Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Lantern Porch After The Hinged Sorting Sail 241
Song promise: A response does not need to copy the sound, a wrong destination can reveal the question the group missed, and the final open space can hold tomorrow without pretending the answer is complete.
The part everyone joins: “One beat speaks; another shape replies.”
Lyrics
Opening — Lantern Porch
The sail opened one silver square.
Alice held one quiet note.
Aralynn watched the sunflower view.
Emmitt kept both hands open.
One-Beat Dialogue
Alice sang, “Ping!”—one beat.
Aralynn answered with a low curve.
Aralynn sang, “Hush!”—one beat.
Emmitt answered with two wide hands.
Emmitt sang, “Hmm!”—one beat.
Alice answered with a small square.
No gesture copied the sound.
Each reply changed the next turn.
Hook Return
One beat speaks; another shape replies.
Sound goes straight; the answer moves sideways.
Pass the sail; keep every doorway wide.
One beat speaks; another shape replies.
The hinged sail was meant to chime
when its bright panels met.
But soft porch cloth and padded wood
gave only a quiet press.
Alice looked for a louder corner.
Aralynn checked the framed view.
Emmitt kept the wide-hands gesture,
though no one used it yet.
They set three small route pieces:
near, narrow, and wide.
The near path faced sunflower fence.
The narrow path curved beside.
The wide path used Emmitt’s gesture
as space between two marks.
They tried the near path first,
then followed the narrow dark.
No sunflower fence stood at the ending.
The sail view did not match.
The wrong destination asked the question:
“Which route leaves room to answer back?”
Alice held the quiet sound.
Aralynn kept the pictured fence.
Emmitt opened both hands again.
The group returned the idea to him.
Credited Reroute
Wide hands first; near mark next.
Leave one opening after rest.
Follow the hinge through maple hollow.
Keep Emmitt’s space inside the path.
The hook did not return unchanged.
It became directions for the route.
They followed the altered route
through maple hollow’s bend.
At sunflower fence, the sail view
matched the place at last.
Alice held the lower picture piece.
Aralynn held the side piece.
Emmitt held the top curve
with open space beneath.
Unfinished-Image Release
Three pieces nearly made a window.
One section stayed open for tomorrow.
About This Song
Age lane: S3 — Early Elementary Song, approximately ages 5–8.
Theme: Books & Words—returning credit to the person whose idea changed the plan through a visible final arrangement rather than a spoken lesson.
Energy: Silly wordplay, attentive gesture play, cooperative rerouting, and a quiet unfinished finish.
Estimated duration: Approximately 2:25–2:50.
Participation: Exact one-beat solos, deliberately nonmatching gestures, miniature route testing, optional watching, and a three-part held image with one open section.
Cast: Alice Mole without glasses, Aralynn Fox, and Emmitt. Emmitt’s open-hands answer changes the route. Lillian and Zylar were considered, but the three-person dialogue and three-piece image are clearer without adding another visible participant.
Ways to Join In
- Offer one-beat solos such as ping, hush, hum, or silence.
- Answer each solo with a gesture that deliberately does not copy the sound.
- Children may sing, gesture, test a miniature route, watch, hold a picture piece, or preserve the opening.
- Keep the final open section unfilled; tomorrow is invited without assigning a future participant.