The Perfect Joke

[A cute joke, cutely presented.]

 

On the outskirts of town, there was a huge nut tree by 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. The bucket was so full, several rolled out toward the
fence.
Cycling down the road by the cemetery was a third boy. 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 knew what it was. Oh
my, he shuddered, It's Satan and St. Peter dividing the souls at
the cemetery."
He cycled down the road fast as he could and found an old man
with a cane, hobbling along. "Come here quick," said the boy,
"You won't believe what I heard. Satan and St. Peter are down at
the cemetery dividing the souls."
The man said, "Shoo, you brat, can't you see I'm finding it hard
to walk as it is." But after several pleas, the man hobbled 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 devil himself."
Shivering with fear, they peered through the fence, yet they 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 Satan. At last they heard, "One for
you, one for me. And one last one for you. That's all. Now
let's go get those nuts by the fence, and we'll be done."
They say the old guy made it back to town 5 minutes before the
boy.