Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
No Reprise at Reed Dock Inlet with the Pocket Trail Card
The part everyone joins: “Stop the step; save a space.” The song promises that stopping can protect a place for someone who has not arrived yet.
Lyrics
Four cards waited by the reeds,
each with room for names and needs.
Brandon checked the painted row;
one guest’s card had nowhere to go.
Aydin held the pocket guide.
Lillian kept one place beside.
Kaydence heard the quick steps start;
she touched one finger to the card.
Leader: Stop the step.
Group: Save a space.
Leader: Hold the card.
Group: Keep the place.
All: We can wait before we race—
stop the step and save a space.
The pocket window showed willow roots.
Everyone readied coats and boots.
Kaydence gave one quiet tik;
four moving feet went still and quick.
Willow root gallery held no guest,
only a blank where the name should rest.
The wrong place asked a better thing:
“What can tomorrow’s welcome bring?”
Turn Section
No second march, no opening tune.
Turn through sunflower fence by noon.
Fold the route; the trip is through.
Make one card the guest can use.
Brandon placed one dry leaf frame.
Aydin left the box for a name.
Lillian set one sunflower round.
Kaydence kept the open ground.
One wet corner would not dry.
No one filled it just to try.
They left the picture partly done—
tomorrow could add the missing one.
Leader: Stop the step.
Group: Save a space.
Leader: Hold the card.
Group: Keep the place.
All: Leave one corner as it stays—
tomorrow has a welcome place.
About This Song
Age lane: S2 — Preschool Songs, ages 3–5
Theme: Nature & Conservation — accepting an honest unfinished ending.
Energy: Quiet noticing with a gentle medium pulse and one decisive stop.
Estimated duration: About 1 minute 30 seconds.
Participation: Echoed stop word, open-hand pause, picture-card placement, and one held final rest.
Ways to Join In
- Kaydence’s one-finger tik is the stop cue.
- The leader sings each short command; the group answers.
- Children may freeze, sit, point, or hold an open palm during “save a space.”
- The final chorus ends without repeating the opening travel pulse.