Hawkins Hollow Nursery Rhymes
The Hinged Footstep Chart Changed the Clover Gate
Two friends remember the footstep pattern differently: soft-soft-loud and loud-soft-soft. Baby Bentley’s tiny sound interrupts the pattern, so the group pauses and rebuilds it as three simple directions: look, wait, water.
Rhyme
Soft steps, soft steps, clover view.
Loud step—who remembered true?
Both did, both did. Look and see.
The chart went traveling—one, two, three.
Mud-kitchen side. Quiet-bench side.
Baby Bentley watched, safe beside.
Soft-soft-loud, then—little peep.
Pause the pattern. Let it sleep.
Spencer held “look.” Alice held “wait.”
Callen brought “water” to the garden gate.
Look, wait, water—soft, not fast.
Three little directions joined at last.
Sprinkle, sprinkle, darken the ground.
Leaf, moon, berry—shapes came round.
Baby Bentley looked. The garden stayed still.
Water showed the picture by the clover hill.
About This Rhyme
Performance style: Caregiver-spoken quiet-loud lap rhyme with soft taps, a pause for Baby Bentley’s sensory response, and gentle shared looking.
Estimated spoken length: About 35 seconds.