Hawkins Hollow Nursery Rhymes
Hinged Question Drum at Garden Bell Corner
The easy tongue twister is turn, tap, tell. The pieces are grouped as welcome, calm, and brave. Austin’s backward turn is kept as the new start cue instead of being treated as failure.
Rhyme
Turn, tap, tell—the drum went round.
Three friends listened for one small sound.
Austin turned back. “Wrong?” “Not so.”
“Back can mean begin and go.”
Alice held welcome, soft and near.
Zylar held calm, quiet and clear.
Austin held brave by one open side.
Feelings made the groups—not narrow or wide.
Cobb orchard press stayed in the drum view.
They kept it a clue and did not go through.
At ribbon meadow, once they stood.
Three held parts met as they could.
Blue, gold, fold—held in a row.
One shadow said, “All three can show.”
About This Rhyme
Performance style: Spoken turn-taking tongue twister with passing, turning, sorting, and a three-part hold.
Estimated spoken length: About 40 seconds.