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Cycling down the road by the cemetery was this
young fella on his
newly-acquired bike. As he passed, he thought
he heard voices from
inside the cemetery, and slowed down
to investigate. Sure enough, he
did hear a voice "One for you, One for
me.... One for you,....." but could not
trace where it was coming from. Then
suddenly, he realized what it was.
"Oh myGod!" he shuddered, "It's Satan and
St.Peter dividing the souls at the
cemetery!". "Quick, I must find someone
else to listen to this, otherwise
no one else would believe me.". So he
cycled down the road a bit, and to
his relief there was an old man with
a walking stick, hobbling his way
towards the town.
"Sir, sir, come quickly please. " he said,
"You won't believe what I
heard. Satan and St.Peter are
down at the cemetery dividing the souls.
I heard them myself - come with me,
I'll show you".
"Shoo off ya young brat you! Ya know no end
of ya silly practical jokes,
you do." the man said. "Having
the noive to ask me to walk back all the
woi to the cemetery - Can't ya see I'm finding
it difficult to walk as it is!.
Now shoo off before I whack ya one with moi
walking stick! Young folk my
day treated elders with respect, you hear
me, RESPECT!"
However, after several belated pleas,
the young fellow finally talked the
old man into hobbling his way back to
the cemetery, and sure enough,
they heard the mysterious voice from
somewhere inside, "One for you,
one for me... One for you, one...."
"Egad, laddie you's been speakin' the throot
all thees toime." whispered
the old man. "Let's see if we can catch
a glimpse of the Devil heemself."
and shivering with fear, edged toward
the cemetery fence along with the
young lad. Peeking in from just outside
the fence, they still couldn't see
anything, but sure enough, still heard
-
"One for you, one for me.... One for you, one
for me.... And one last
one for you. There, that's all. Now let's
go get those nuts by the fence and
we'll be done."