Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
The Echoing Trail Card Makes One New Rule
The part everyone joins: “Look, wait, leave room.” Younger children can join the three-part direction line; older children and adults can carry the near-and-wide countermelodies.
Lyrics
Alice came where the reeds bent low.
Aralynn crossed where the pale stones showed.
Aleea and Haylee reached the inlet side
from two different paths that never formed a line.
The echoing card showed blueberry blue,
a finished little arrow before they knew
which first step mattered, which pause belonged,
or why the ending had arrived before the song.
Family Chorus
All: What did you notice? What did you hear?
Near can be helpful; wide can be clear.
Hold your answer lightly; another may be true.
We can make room for more than one view.
Alice remembered a turn by the shelf.
Aralynn remembered the water itself.
“Be our caller,” Haylee asked Aleea.
Aleea shook her head: “I would rather hear.”
No coaxing chorus, no second request.
They named “echo watcher” to fit her best.
Aleea tracked which answer changed in the air,
and which quiet space was still waiting there.
Echo Bridge
Near part: I remember the stone.
Wide part: I remember the shore.
Echo watcher: Both answers change when the card turns once more.
Turn the card; the opening appears.
Blueberry trellis is not the next step from here.
The old chorus cannot ask only what we knew;
now it must tell us what to do.
Before blueberry trellis, four friends turned.
Back at creek pebble shelf, a small shape stirred.
A tiny frog rested where damp stones met.
No hand reached down. No foot crossed yet.
Alice watched near. Aralynn watched wide.
Haylee opened the safer side.
Aleea listened until the echoes were gone,
then lifted three fingers for the changed refrain.
Direction Chorus
Younger voices: Look. Wait. Leave room.
Older voices: Near keeps detail; wide gives room.
All: Look. Wait. Leave room.
Let the little frog choose when to move.
The card stayed still. The path stayed clear.
The frog stayed resting by the water near.
No grand finish, no practiced tune—
four held the space, and that was room.
About This Song
Age lane: S5 — Mixed-Age Family Song
Theme: Family Routines — letting two valid memories coexist.
Energy: Bright cooperation with a relaxed family groove, layered echoes, and a spacious last section.
Estimated duration: About 2 minutes 20 seconds.
Participation: Shared chorus, near-and-wide response parts, optional silent pointing, an echo-watcher role, and seated or standing direction gestures.
Ways to Join In
- Younger singers carry “Look. Wait. Leave room.”
- Older singers or adults layer the near and wide countermelodies.
- Aleea’s echo-watcher role may be sung, signed, pointed, or held in silence.
- End without imitating a frog jump; the frog remains still.