Two boy scouts went on a nature hike in the hills, picking up hickory nuts along the way. They soon filled their small pails and started to fill up their shirt and pants pockets. When they could hold no more nuts they started down the country road until they came across a cemetery. One of the boys decided that would be a good place to stop and divide up the nuts.
The two boys sat in the shade of a large oak tree and unloaded their pockets and buckets, dumping all of the nuts in a big pile. In the process, two nuts rolled down near the road. The boys then proceeded to divide up the nuts. "One for you. One for me. One for you. One for me." And so on.
As they were dividing up the nuts another boy walking by the cemetery happened to hear them. He looked into the cemetery but couldn't see the two boys because they were hidden by the tree. He hesitated a moment and then ran back to his house.
"Father, father," he yelled as he entered his house. "The cemetery. Come quick!!!" "What's the matter?" the father asked. "No time to explain," the boy frantically panted. "Follow me!!!" The boy and his father ran up the country road and stopped when they reached the cemetery. They stood at the side of the road and listened for a few moments. Then the father asked his son, "What's wrong?"
The boy whispered, "Do you hear that?" They both listened intently and heard the two scouts, "One for you. One for me. One for you. One for me."
The boy then blurted out to his father, "The devil and God are dividing up the souls!!!" A few moments later, as the scouts completed dividing up the nuts, one scout said to the other, "As soon as we get those two nuts down by the road, we'll have 'em all!!"
The two boys sat in the shade of a large oak tree and unloaded their pockets and buckets, dumping all of the nuts in a big pile. In the process, two nuts rolled down near the road. The boys then proceeded to divide up the nuts. "One for you. One for me. One for you. One for me." And so on.
As they were dividing up the nuts another boy walking by the cemetery happened to hear them. He looked into the cemetery but couldn't see the two boys because they were hidden by the tree. He hesitated a moment and then ran back to his house.
"Father, father," he yelled as he entered his house. "The cemetery. Come quick!!!" "What's the matter?" the father asked. "No time to explain," the boy frantically panted. "Follow me!!!" The boy and his father ran up the country road and stopped when they reached the cemetery. They stood at the side of the road and listened for a few moments. Then the father asked his son, "What's wrong?"
The boy whispered, "Do you hear that?" They both listened intently and heard the two scouts, "One for you. One for me. One for you. One for me."
The boy then blurted out to his father, "The devil and God are dividing up the souls!!!" A few moments later, as the scouts completed dividing up the nuts, one scout said to the other, "As soon as we get those two nuts down by the road, we'll have 'em all!!"
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