Hawkins Hollow Nursery Rhymes
Ribbon Market Day Mix-Up Rhyme A
“List-list, pick one!” is the dominant choice anchor. The everyday event is a short grocery list with room for one fruit choice. Haylee keeps the list rhythm, Emmitt compares two real options, and the child chooses one kind next step—place the selected fruit in the basket—or one silly next step—give the ribbon a tiny “swish-wish.” The ribbon is an established temporary list marker, not clothing or a recurring character accessory.
Rhyme
Ribbon Market Day Mix-Up
By Carlisle creek—pitter-pat—
Haylee held a list like that:
“Bread and milk, then fruit—just one.”
Emmitt grinned, “Let’s make it fun!”
At old stump school—tap-tap-tap—
Two fruit choices filled the gap:
One red apple, one ripe pear—
“List-list, pick one! Which goes there?”
They peeked toward barn lane, silver-gray;
No extra choice came down the way.
“Apple or pear?” Haylee asked again.
Emmitt chose pear in the puddle-pat rain.
At the quiet bench, what should they do?
Place pear in the basket—or “swish-wish” too.
The list ribbon fluttered, loop-de-loop;
One chosen pear joined bread and milk in the group.
About This Rhyme
Performance style: Spoken or lightly chanted with two list taps, a “pick one” echo, a peek gesture, and a child-chosen kind or silly next step.
Estimated spoken length: About 45–60 seconds with echoes.
Ways to Join In
- Notice: hold up one finger when the list says “fruit—just one.”
- List taps: tap twice for bread and milk.
- Compare: show one open hand for apple and the other for pear, or point to two picture options supplied by a caregiver outside the artwork.
- Echo: caregiver says “List-list”; child may answer “Pick one,” gesture one, or listen.
- Choose: invite the child to name apple or pear; the finished rhyme follows Emmitt’s pear choice.
- Next step: pretend to place the pear in a basket, or make the silly ribbon sound “swish-wish.”
- Participation may be spoken, signed, gestured, seated, moving, or watching. One choice is made at a time, and either offered option is treated as acceptable.