Hawkins Hollow Nursery Rhymes
The Windowed Rhyme at Berry Landing
The cast never travels. Only the window changes viewing position and returns with separate translucent parts. The dominant anchor is “What do you see?” Each reply may differ, and no single answer becomes correct. The final message appears only while Lex, Alice Mole, Aralynn Fox, and Emmitt each maintain one distinct part.
Rhyme
Four clear pieces lay near the berries;
None showed the whole of what they carried.
Lex asked, “What hides in the pattern?”
Alice said, “A path.” Aralynn said, “A lantern.”
“What do you see?” asked Emmitt then.
Lex said, “A doorway.” Alice said, “A bend.”
Answers crossed without being erased;
The window waited for each view’s place.
All four stayed at Berry Landing.
Only the window changed where it was standing.
Lex sent it beside remembered Clover Gate;
One green strip returned along its plate.
Emmitt held the window near the ground.
A tiny latch made the smallest sound.
No one heard a word or command—
Just one soft click beneath his hand.
Emmitt held the window near the ground.
A tiny latch made the smallest sound.
No one heard a word or command—
Just one soft click beneath his hand.
Lex held the green strip at the left.
Alice held the pale corner beneath.
Aralynn held the red curve above.
Emmitt held the clicked frame level.
While all four held, one message showed:
ROOM FOR MORE in gaps of shadow.
No single hand could keep it clear;
Release one part, and the words disappeared.
The smallest click became the final mark:
A tiny square of light inside the dark.
Four unlike answers, four steady parts—
One message readable only while held.
About This Rhyme
Performance style: Spoken tiny dialogue poem with four short exchanges, optional pointing or holding roles, and no required consensus answer.
Estimated spoken length: About two minutes.