Hawkins Hollow Nursery Rhymes
Woven Footstep Chart at Ribbon Meadow
The three cards say lead, look, and pause with picture symbols. After each choice, the cards move to new hands. A fourth blank card becomes “room maker,” a role for a newcomer who is referenced but not shown.
Rhyme
Down from mailbox bend came three.
No line formed. “Come look with me.”
At ribbon meadow, Callen led.
Lillian looked where soft steps spread.
Zylar held the pause card high.
Choose, then trade. Give roles a try.
Lead card, look card, pause card—pass.
Who needs room beside the grass?
One blank card had stayed unseen.
“Room maker” fit the space between.
Fill this rhyme when you are ready:
“Step, swap, stop, and keep room ___.”
At fern trail, they climbed to see:
one damp route curled like a ribbon through the lea.
About This Rhyme
Performance style: Spoken missing-rhyme participation verse with passing, pointing, and pausing.
Estimated spoken length: About 40 seconds.