Hawkins Hollow Nursery Rhymes
Balance Garden Marker at Creek Pebble Shelf
Five marker pieces begin in a size row. The friends rebuild the row by feeling—welcome, calm, curious, brave—while Lillian’s slow sweep gives every choice enough time. A split seam is repaired rather than hidden.
Rhyme
Five pieces waited, big to small.
“Feelings first,” said one and all.
Four felt welcome. Three felt calm.
Two felt curious, palm to palm.
One felt brave beside the shelf.
No zero yet—go slow yourself.
Aralynn chose. Haylee turned.
Zylar saw where one wet edge curled.
Lillian swept one slow hand round.
Her slowest move kept time and sound.
The first size-row had felt unkind.
They changed the order, changed their mind.
Before barn loft pulley, all turned back.
One split seam showed on the marker track.
Bright thread crossed it, stitch by stitch.
The marker kept its shining mend.
About This Rhyme
Performance style: Spoken reverse-counting fingerplay with sorting, slow hand timing, and one pretend stitch.
Estimated spoken length: About 50 seconds.