Hawkins Hollow Nursery Rhymes
Silver Mud Pie Jingle 093
“Tick-tock, smaller—stop.” The actual engine is notice active pace → make one movement smaller → stop → choose quiet action → settle. Spencer names the smaller motion; Austin performs it and stops.
Rhyme
Silver Mud Pie Jingle
Old stump school—roll, roll, play;
Pretend mud pies spun away.
Spencer said, “Make one roll small.”
Austin made one smaller roll.
Pond stones—tick, tock, stop;
Austin let the motion drop.
Spencer listened to the breeze;
Both rested hands upon their knees.
Riverside bend—what shall we choose?
Hum one note, or rest our shoes—
Or whisper silly, “Mud-pie-hush!”
Then let the busy wiggles rest.
Silver tick-tocks in make-believe play
Floated quiet sounds through the day.
Tick-tock, smaller—stop;
Rest can follow busy play.
About This Rhyme
Performance style: Spoken or lightly chanted with one big knee roll, one small knee roll, a stop, and one tiny choice.
Estimated spoken length: About 45–60 seconds with echoes.
Ways to Join In
- Big to small: make one comfortable knee roll, then one smaller roll.
- Stop: let hands rest on knees or lap.
- Listen: use eye direction, a calm head position, or quiet attention.
- Choose: hum one note, rest, or whisper “mud-pie-hush.”
- Participation may be seated, standing, spoken, gestured, hummed, moving, or watching. Settling does not require sleep, silence, closed eyes, stillness for a long time, or removal of shoes.