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September 7, 1998
Dividing Nuts

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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 to rest and divide the nuts between them.
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 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 his house.
"Father! Father!" he yelled as he entered. "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. They listened intently and heard the Scouts. "One for me. One for you. One for me. One for you..."
The boy exclaimed, "The devil and the Lord are dividing the souls!"
The father was skeptical, until a few moments later. The Scouts completed dividing 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."

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