BLACK MAGIC

AN OLD MAN AND WOMAN WERE MARRIED FOR YEARS,

EVEN THOUGH THEY HATED EACH OTHER.

WHEN THEY HAD A CONFRONTATION,

SCREAMING AND YELLING COULD BE HEARD DEEP INTO THE NIGHT.

THE OLD MAN WOULD SHOUT,

“WHEN I DIE, I WILL DIG MY WAY UP AND OUT OF THE GRAVE AND

COME BACK AND HAUNT YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!”

NEIGHBORS FEARED HIM.

THEY BELIEVED HE PRACTICED BLACK MAGIC

BECAUSE OF THE MANY STRANGE OCCURRENCES

THAT TOOK PLACE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE OLD MAN LIKED THE FACT HE WAS FEARED.

TO EVERYONE’S RELIEF,

HE DIED OF A HEART ATTACK WHEN HE WAS 68.

HIS WIFE HAD A CLOSED CASKET AT THE WAKE.

AFTER THE BURIAL,

SHE WENT STRAIGHT TO THE LOCAL BAR AND BEGAN

TO PARTY AS IF THERE WAS NO TOMORROW.

HER NEIGHBOURS, CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY, ASKED ,

“AREN’T YOU AFRAID THAT HE MAY INDEED

BE ABLE TO DIG HIS WAY UP AND OUT OF THE GRAVE

AND COME BACK AND HAUNT YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?”

THE WIFE PUT DOWN HER DRINK AND SAID,

“LET THE OLD CREEP DIG.

I HAD HIM BURIED UPSIDE DOWN.