Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
The Weather-Vane Deck Uneven-Meter Walking Song And The Split-Color Rhythm Bridge 208
Song promise: Children assemble a refrain backward, discover that one pace cannot serve every viewpoint, stop before completion, and rebuild the song around Austin’s slow placement.
The part everyone joins: “Last piece first—five, then three, then wait.”
Lyrics
Lex watched from weather-vane deck.
Aleea stood by blueberry leaves.
Haylee looked beyond berry landing.
Austin held the bridge between.
Amber side faced Lex’s way.
Blue faced Haylee’s view.
Aleea passed the middle fold.
Both colors looked like “go.”
They moved the bridge, not everyone.
The three viewpoints stayed.
Five steps fit the amber side;
three fit the blue display.
Reverse-Order Chorus
Wait—then three—then five.
Build the last part first.
Blue, then amber, middle fold;
walk the words in reverse.
Lex began the five-step phrase.
Haylee started three.
Aleea moved the middle fold,
but Austin could not place his piece.
The exciting market picture
was one bright shape from done.
They stopped before they filled the space.
No final step was sung.
Shortened Chorus
Wait—then three—
the five can wait.
Blue, then middle—
leave the amber place.
Austin turned the bridge one careful width.
Everyone watched it land.
His slow placement made the downbeat;
the song followed his hand.
They did not speed his turning up
or fit him to the five.
They rebuilt every entrance
after his piece arrived.
Lex moved the amber panel last.
Haylee held blue still.
Aleea opened the middle gap.
Austin set the timing mark.
The misunderstanding changed in view:
each color had its place.
One open corner stayed unfilled
for tomorrow’s market shape.
Changed Chorus
Austin’s turn—then three—then five.
Build when the slow mark lands.
Blue, then amber, leave one space;
tomorrow adds a hand.
Unfinished-Image Outro
On weather-vane deck, three colored parts
made most of a berry-basket sign.
The open corner held no piece—
ready, not finished, for another time.
About This Song
Age lane: S3 — Early Elementary Song, approximately ages 5–8.
Theme: Food & Market Days—repairing a misunderstanding with a visible action while allowing tomorrow’s gathering to remain unfinished.
Energy: Patient, bright, gently off-kilter, then softly celebratory.
Estimated duration: Approximately 2:35–3:00.
Participation: Uneven-meter walking or seated marking, reverse-order phrase assembly, split-color bridge handoffs, slow-action timing, and one deliberately unfinished picture.
Cast: Lex, upright clothed anthropomorphic Austin Turtle, Aleea, and Haylee. Lillian and Zylar were considered, but the four-character design already provides three viewpoint roles plus one bridge/timekeeping role, and the unfinished image remains clearer without expanding the cast.
Ways to Join In
- Speak or move the refrain backward: wait, three, five; blue, amber, middle.
- Mark five beats, then three beats, by walking, rolling, tapping, pointing, or watching.
- Let the slowest deliberate placement start the next round; do not speed it up or fill the wait.
- Stop the picture before completion and leave one clearly agreed open area for a later session.