Guest guest Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 Pecans in the Cemetery On the outskirt of a small town, there was a big old pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucket full of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and divided the nuts. " One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me, " said one boy. Several dropped and rolled down toward the fence. Another boy came riding along the road on his bicycle. As he passed, he thought he heard voices from inside the cemetery. He slowed down to investigate. Sure enough, he heard " One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me. " He just knew what it was. He jumped back on his bike and rode off. Just around the bend he met an old man with a cane, hobbling along. " Come here quick, " said the boy, " you won't believe what I heard. Satan and the Lord are down at the cemetery dividing up the souls!' The man said " Beat it kid, can't you see it's hard for me to walk. " When the boy insisted though, the old man hobbled slowly to the cemetery. Standing by the fence they heard, " One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me..... " The old man whispered, " Boy, you've been tellin' the truth. Let's see if we can see the Lord. " Shaking with fear, they peered through the fence, yet were still unable to see anything. The old man and the boy gripped the wrought iron bars of the fence tighter and tighter as they tried to get a glimpse of the Lord. At last, they heard, " One for you, one for me. That's all. Now let's go get those nuts by the fence and we'll be done. " They say the old man made it back to town a full 5 minutes ahead of the kid on his bike. [Fran Angel] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 > > Thanks for the giggle. > Pecans in the Cemetery > > On the outskirt of a small town, there was a big old pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucket full of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and divided the nuts. " One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me, " said one boy. Several dropped and rolled down toward the fence. > > Another boy came riding along the road on his bicycle. As he passed, he thought he heard voices from inside the cemetery. He slowed down to investigate. Sure enough, he heard " One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me. " > > He just knew what it was. He jumped back on his bike and rode off. Just around the bend he met an old man with a cane, hobbling along. " Come here quick, " said the boy, " you won't believe what I heard. Satan and the Lord are down at the cemetery dividing up the souls!' > > The man said " Beat it kid, can't you see it's hard for me to walk. " When the boy insisted though, the old man hobbled slowly to the cemetery. Standing by the fence they heard, " One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me..... " The old man whispered, " Boy, you've been tellin' the truth. Let's see if we can see the Lord. " > > Shaking with fear, they peered through the fence, yet were still unable to see anything. The old man and the boy gripped the wrought iron bars of the fence tighter and tighter as they tried to get a glimpse of the Lord. > > At last, they heard, " One for you, one for me. That's all. Now let's go get those nuts by the fence and we'll be done. " > > They say the old man made it back to town a full 5 minutes ahead of the kid on his bike. > > [Fran Angel] > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 > > > > > Thanks for the giggle. > > Pecans in the Cemetery > > > > On the outskirt of a small town, there was a big old pecan tree > just inside the cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucket > full of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and divided the > nuts. " One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me, " said one > boy. Several dropped and rolled down toward the fence. > > > > Another boy came riding along the road on his bicycle. As he > passed, he thought he heard voices from inside the cemetery. He > slowed down to investigate. Sure enough, he heard " One for you, one > for me. One for you, one for me. " > > > > He just knew what it was. He jumped back on his bike and rode > off. Just around the bend he met an old man with a cane, hobbling > along. " Come here quick, " said the boy, " you won't believe what I > heard. Satan and the Lord are down at the cemetery dividing up the > souls!' > > > > The man said " Beat it kid, can't you see it's hard for me to > walk. " When the boy insisted though, the old man hobbled slowly to > the cemetery. Standing by the fence they heard, " One for you, one > for me. One for you, one for me..... " The old man whispered, " Boy, > you've been tellin' the truth. Let's see if we can see the Lord. " > > > > Shaking with fear, they peered through the fence, yet were still > unable to see anything. The old man and the boy gripped the wrought > iron bars of the fence tighter and tighter as they tried to get a > glimpse of the Lord. > > > > At last, they heard, " One for you, one for me. That's all. Now > let's go get those nuts by the fence and we'll be done. " > > > > They say the old man made it back to town a full 5 minutes ahead > of the kid on his bike. > > > > [Fran Angel] > > I just Loved that one .. Janet in il > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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