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> >> PECANS IN THE CEMETERY
> >>
> >> On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big, old
> >> pecan
> >> tree just inside the cemetery fence.
> >>
> >> One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat
> >> down by
> >> the tree, out of sight, and began dividing 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 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' me 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 an d 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 the bike.
> >>
> >> SMILE, God Loves