Hawkins Hollow Nursery Rhymes
Patchwork Question Drum at Bee Garden Edge
The clues are round, line, leaf, and pause. They belong to different holders until the final arrangement. The chant traces round, line, and curve; the missing sound is not forced. Emmitt’s pause idea is credited before one seed pod supplies the last beat.
Rhyme
Ribbon meadow held the start.
The patchwork drum rolled off apart.
At bee-garden edge, clues came by:
Lex held round. Brandon held line.
Callen held leaf. Emmitt held pause.
No one had all four in their paws.
Round with a finger. Line straight through.
Curve like a leaf with a drop of dew.
“Finish fast!” was the first idea.
Emmitt pointed where one sprout grew near.
Four hands stopped. No sound was made.
“Emmitt changed our plan,” Lex said.
Round, line, leaf—then one quiet space.
The silence kept room around the place.
One dry seed pod touched the drum: tok.
The ordinary sound finished the clock.
About This Rhyme
Performance style: Spoken shape-tracing chant with pointing, clue passing, a silent beat, and one background tok.
Estimated spoken length: About 50 seconds.