Hawkins Hollow Nursery Rhymes
Magnetic Footstep Chart at Butterfly Station
The chart first looks like a complete butterfly picture. After one magnetic wing piece slips loose in the sprinkle, the friends stop trying harder and ask what changed. The missing-word invitation remains open until a child is ready.
Rhyme
Two ways met by reeds that sway.
Four friends came, but made no train.
At butterfly station, magnets clung:
two bright wings and a middle one.
“What shape flies but stays down low?”
Point when ready. You may say, “I know.”
The sprinkle came. One wing slid free.
“Try harder?” “Wait. What changed?” said three.
Aydin held the middle still.
Aleea found the loose wing by the sill.
Brandon asked, “Can ___ fit here?”
Fill the word only when you feel ready.
Austin turned the chart around.
One safe wing stayed on the ground.
Before moss-log stage, they turned away.
“One wing now; the next tomorrow,” they say.
About This Rhyme
Performance style: Spoken gesture riddle with pointing, turning, an optional missing word, and one quiet stopping cue.
Estimated spoken length: About 50 seconds.