Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Bright Friendship Bench
The chorus treats inclusion as more than saying “come play.” Lex and Brandon notice someone may want connection, offer a genuine invitation without pressure, and change the activity so different ways of joining can matter.
The part everyone joins: “Make the ask, make the space—let their answer shape the game.”
Lyrics
Count-In
Lex: Leave a little room.
Brandon: Ask—then hear the answer.
In the maple hollow light,
blackberry leaves flashed green and bright.
Lex saw space beside the lane.
“Want to join us in a game?”
Leader: Make the ask!
Everyone: Make the space!
Leader: Hear the answer—
Everyone: Change the pace!
All: Join, suggest, or watch awhile—
every choice can shape our style!
By the garden shed, they planned
a moving game with foot and hand.
Brandon said, “We could race through—
or build a slower clue game too.”
At the stone footbridge they tried
one round small and one round wide.
Lex said, “Best is not the same;
choose what helps you join the game.”
Leader: Make the ask!
Everyone: Make the space!
Leader: Hear the answer—
Everyone: Change the pace!
All: Join, suggest, or watch awhile—
every choice can shape our style!
Lex: Want to lead?
Brandon: Want a clue?
Lex: Want to watch the first round through?
Brandon: “No” is fine; a maybe too.
All: Ask with care, then follow through.
Down the Hawkins Hollow trail,
breeze kept time along the rail.
At the listening stump they found
every choice could shape the round.
Brandon tapped a steady start.
Lex made room for every part.
Fast or quiet, near or far,
friends can join as who they are.
Leader: Make the ask!
Everyone: Make the space!
Leader: Hear the answer—
Everyone: Change the pace!
All: Join, suggest, or watch awhile—
every choice can shape our style!
Lead or listen, move or stay—
let each answer shape the play!
Closing Tag: An open place, an honest choice—
friendship listens for each voice.
About This Song
Age lane: S4 — Upper Elementary Song, approximately ages 8–12
Theme: Friendship
Emotional hook: Inclusion is active
Cast: Lex and Brandon Rabbit
Weather: 69°F, high white clouds, no precipitation, steady farm-path breeze, bright practice weather
Route: Maple hollow → garden shed → listening stump, with blackberry lane, stone footbridge, and Hawkins Hollow trail details
Energy: Bright invitation-to-game groove with a roomy chorus and conversational verses
Participation: Notice, invite, offer two options, listen to the answer, and adjust the game together
Estimated duration: About 1 minute 50 seconds
Ways to Join In
- Open one hand or shift slightly to show “make the space”; no participant is required to move.
- On “hear the answer,” pause for a full beat before continuing.
- Offer two real options rather than one preferred option and one joke choice.
- Participants may lead, suggest, join, observe, count, tap, sing, gesture, sit, stand, roll, or decline.
- A “no,” “maybe,” gesture, silence, or request to watch must be respected without persuasion.
- Keep all movement on clear, firm paths; the stone footbridge is a route landmark, not a play surface.