Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Clockwork Choice Gate Map Song at Rain Chain Corner
The part everyone joins: “Quick can sparkle; safe can wait.” The song keeps excitement while giving the safety check its own beat.
Lyrics
Gate First
Click goes the clockwork gate.
Rain-chain corner stays still around it.
Through the gate window, little-library step appears like a picture page.
No one travels there.
Two Memory Calls
Lex: I remember a quick turn near the chain.
Callen Crow: I remember a slow turn wide of the wet shade.
Group answer: Near can be true.
Wide can be true.
Show us what the ground can do.
The Rejected Idea
Haylee: Skip the shadowed strip and keep the pattern moving.
Lillian points to the dark ground.
Lex crouches to look.
Callen holds the gate still.
Lex: The shaded strip is still damp.
Callen Crow: We will not skip the check.
The Safety Turn
Haylee nods and changes her idea.
Haylee: Then let the rejected skip become our check.
The group tests the shadowed ground before the next turn.
Quick excitement no longer sets the timing.
Antiphonal Directions
Near-side call: Look at the ground.
Wide-side response: Leave room around.
Near-side call: Turn when it is clear.
Wide-side response: Keep both memories here.
All: Quick can sparkle; safe can wait.
Look, leave room, and turn the gate.
Hold one beat—
[One intentional empty beat]
Lillian: Now.
The gate turns once.
The chorus ends at rain-chain corner.
Little-library step remains only a picture in the gate.
About This Song
Age lane: S3 — Early Elementary Songs, ages 5–8
Theme: Nature and Night — separating urgency from excitement.
Energy: Gentle experimenting with wiggle-and-pause play and a soft after-rain atmosphere.
Estimated duration: About 1 minute 55 seconds.
Participation: Two-part call-and-response, pointing, slow and quick turns, one ground-check gesture, one held empty beat, seated alternatives, or watching.
Ways to Join In
- Divide participants into near-side calls and wide-side responses.
- Point to the ground before any turn.
- Hold exactly one silent beat before Lillian’s “Now.”
- Children may sing, point, crouch, gesture seated, hold the beat, or watch.