Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Split Color Sound Ladder Partner Song at Frog Pond Rim
The part everyone joins: “Near can remember; wide can remember.” The song does not make one memory defeat the other.
Lyrics
Separate Descent
Alice Mole comes down from the high fern view.
Aleea follows another safe line.
Haylee takes a third way.
No group line forms.
Frog Pond Rim
The split-color ladder shows two endings.
Near-side part: Quick little turn by the pond-edge stone.
Wide-side part: Quiet wide turn with room of its own.
Alice: I remember the near turn.
Aleea: I remember the wide turn.
Haylee: Point before we choose.
Silent Vote
Alice points to the near color.
Aleea points to the wide color.
Haylee points to the open center.
The three points become one vote:
keep the open-space part,
and release the rest of the first plan.
Following the Ladder
Alice carries the near-side sound.
Aleea carries the wide-side sound.
Haylee keeps the center quiet.
They follow the split-color ladder to firefly switchback.
Shadow Message
Lavender dusk falls across the ladder.
Alice holds the near side.
Aleea holds the wide side.
Haylee holds the open center.
The pond-edge side casts one close curve.
The wide side casts one long curve.
Together, the shadows make a readable picture:
two paths with one open place between them.
The song cannot return to choosing only one memory.
Final Gesture
Alice lowers the near-side sound.
Aleea lowers the wide-side sound.
Haylee opens one hand toward the open place.
No one explains the gesture.
It means the space is ready,
and either memory may rest beside it.
About This Song
Age lane: S3 — Early Elementary Songs, ages 5–8
Theme: Daily Routines — letting two valid memories coexist.
Energy: Quiet noticing with gentle after-rain movement.
Estimated duration: About 1 minute 55 seconds.
Participation: Partner singing, pointing, silent voting, open-hand gestures, seated alternatives, or watching.
Ways to Join In
- Sing the near and wide lines as partner parts.
- Vote by pointing; speaking is optional.
- Children may hold an imaginary side, point, gesture seated, or watch.
- End with one open hand and no spoken explanation.