Hawkins Hollow Nursery Rhymes
The Seed Filled Gesture Deck Makes One New Rule
The final word changes from go to slow, then no, and finally grow. Aleea declines the offered “finder” role, so the group invents “keeper of the quiet spot.” The dominant anchor is: Go, go—slow. Slow, slow—no. No, no—grow.
Rhyme
Inside the sunny sunflower row,
the seed-filled deck said, “Go, go—go!”
Only the deck went down below.
Four friends stayed still: “Slow, slow—slow.”
At blueberry trellis, Alice said, “Find!”
Aleea shook her head, gentle and kind.
“Finder?” “No.” They changed the show:
“Keep the quiet spot.” “No, no—no.”
Austin Turtle saw a packet near.
Aralynn Fox said, “Let’s look right here.”
Under one leaf, a small thing grew.
They did not touch it. What should they do?
The lost seed packet marked the place.
Aleea kept a quiet, open space.
No clap, no grab, no loud hello.
They smiled from back: “Grow, grow—grow.”
About This Rhyme
Performance style: Spoken changing-last-word couplets with pointing, passing, and one quiet freeze.
Estimated spoken length: About 50 seconds.