Hawkins Hollow Nursery Rhymes
Patchwork Footstep Chart at Acorn Table
The opposites are step and stop, near and far, and draw and erase. The pause lets the sprinkle become an equal partner. During cleanup, separate patchwork pieces settle into one lantern-shaped picture with no flame.
Rhyme
From creek pebble shelf came three.
Pumpkin corner hid from view.
Step went near. Stop stayed far.
Feet drew lines beneath the chart.
Aralynn stepped. Aleea brushed.
Lillian paused. The path went hush.
Draw it forward. Erase behind.
No trail stayed for feet to find.
Five-minute drops changed dry to wet.
The chart said, “Pause. Do not step yet.”
Near became far. Go became stay.
The weather helped them choose the way.
Back at acorn table, pieces lay:
one cloth square, three rings to put away.
Flat on the table, side by side,
four pieces made a lantern shape—no light inside.
About This Rhyme
Performance style: Spoken opposites-motion rhyme with step-stop, near-far, draw-erase, and flat-shape placement.
Estimated spoken length: About 50 seconds.