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Scouting
#1 · June 11, 1999, 10:19 am
Posted by: tz8cy5 <tz8cy5@...>
Two boy scouts went on a nature hike in the hills picking hickory nuts. Along
the way, they filled their small pails and then started to fill their pockets
and shirts. When they could hold no more nuts, they started down the country
road until they came across a cemetery. The boys decided that would be a good
place to stop and rest and divide out the nuts. The two boys sat in the shade
of a large oak tree and unloaded their pockets and buckets by dumping all of
the nuts in a large pile. In the process, two of them rolled away and rested
near the road. The boys then proceeded to divide out the nuts. "One for you.
One for me. One for you. One for me..." As they were doing this, another boy
was passing by and happened to hear them. He looked into the cemetery, but
could not see the boys, because they were obscured by the tree. He hesitated a
moment and then ran back to town. "Father! Father!" he yelled as he entered
his house. "The cemetery. Come quick!" "What's the matter?" his 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 stopped at the side of the road and all fell silent for a few moments.
Then the father asked his son what was wrong. "Do you hear that?" he
whispered. Both people listened intently and heard the Scouts. "One for me.
One for you. One for me. One for you..." The boy then blurted out, "The devil
and the Lord are dividing the souls!" The father was skeptical but silent.
Until a few moments later as the Scouts completed dividing out the nuts and
one Scout said to the other, "Now, as soon as we get those two nuts down by
the road, we'll have them all."
the way, they filled their small pails and then started to fill their pockets
and shirts. When they could hold no more nuts, they started down the country
road until they came across a cemetery. The boys decided that would be a good
place to stop and rest and divide out the nuts. The two boys sat in the shade
of a large oak tree and unloaded their pockets and buckets by dumping all of
the nuts in a large pile. In the process, two of them rolled away and rested
near the road. The boys then proceeded to divide out the nuts. "One for you.
One for me. One for you. One for me..." As they were doing this, another boy
was passing by and happened to hear them. He looked into the cemetery, but
could not see the boys, because they were obscured by the tree. He hesitated a
moment and then ran back to town. "Father! Father!" he yelled as he entered
his house. "The cemetery. Come quick!" "What's the matter?" his 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 stopped at the side of the road and all fell silent for a few moments.
Then the father asked his son what was wrong. "Do you hear that?" he
whispered. Both people listened intently and heard the Scouts. "One for me.
One for you. One for me. One for you..." The boy then blurted out, "The devil
and the Lord are dividing the souls!" The father was skeptical but silent.
Until a few moments later as the Scouts completed dividing out the nuts and
one Scout said to the other, "Now, as soon as we get those two nuts down by
the road, we'll have them all."