Hawkins Hollow Nursery Rhymes
Woven Garden Marker at Barn Loft Pulley
The picture roles are lead, look, and pause. After every choice, the cards move to new hands. The last rhyme may stay empty; the silence tells the friends to stop and look from above.
Rhyme
Barn loft pulley held three near.
The woven marker left from here.
Lead card, look card, pause card—pass.
Choose, then trade beside the grass.
Brandon led. Haylee looked.
Lillian paused where wet steps hooked.
One silver drop changed the practiced way.
They traded cards and chose to stay.
Fill this rhyme when you are ready:
“Step, swap, stop, and hold it ___.”
No word came. Silence said, “See.”
From above, one damp route curled free.
About This Rhyme
Performance style: Spoken missing-rhyme participation verse with passing, pointing, and one silent beat.
Estimated spoken length: About 40 seconds.