"Nature Hike" joke

Two Boy Scouts were picking hickory nuts while on a nature hike in the hills. They filled their pails to the brim and then began to fill their pockets. When they were unable to hold any more, they went down the country road and stopped when they came to a cemetery, deciding that would be a good place to rest and divide the nuts between them.
Sitting in the shade of an old oak tree, they emptied their pails and pockets by dumping all of the nuts in a large pile on the ground. In the process of doing this, two rolled away and rested by 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 couldn't see the boys because they were hidden by the tree. He hesitated a moment and then ran back to town.
"Dad! Dad!" he yelled as he ran inside his house. "The cemetery. Come quick!"
"What's the matter, son?" his father asked.
"There's no time to explain," the boy frantically panted. "Quick! 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 all was silent for a few moments. The father again asked his son what was wrong.
"Do you hear that?" the son whispered. They both listened intently and heard the Scouts, "One for me. One for you. One for me. One for you... "
"The devil and the Lord are dividing the souls!" the son blurted out.
The father was skeptical, but remained silent... until a few moments later as 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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