Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
The Floating Sorting Sail Makes One New Rule 244
Song promise: Each character can lead one part without taking over, the temporary path can disappear behind the group, and the detour can become the shared work that reveals the final message.
The part everyone joins: “Pass the note; erase the trail; keep the open turn.”
Lyrics
Opening — Above Butterfly Station
Lex chose the station-side slope.
Brandon chose the wider ground.
Kaydence followed one silver sail edge.
No group line held them close.
Lex carried one low route note.
Brandon added one warm reply.
Kaydence joined with a rising phrase.
No singer kept the song alone.
Relay Refrain
Pass the note; erase the trail.
Keep the open turn where choices meet.
Step, sweep, listen, turn—
each new leader leaves room to learn.
At Carlisle rain porch, the sorting sail
placed blue beside gold.
Lex stepped one curve in dust.
Brandon swept it from behind.
Kaydence drew a second bend.
Lex erased that line.
The route existed under moving feet,
then disappeared from sight.
The sail sorted color perfectly,
but color did not show
which bend left room for every turn
or where the next note should go.
Brandon marked the wider footing.
Kaydence marked the listening place.
Lex held the relay note between them.
The detour opened space.
Detour Becomes the Main Activity
They stopped treating the detour
as something to hurry through.
They drew one curve, erased one curve,
then built the tune anew.
Brandon led the footpath round.
Kaydence led the listening turn.
Lex passed every melody piece.
Each strength changed what came next.
Pass the note; erase the trail.
Wide turn first, then listen well.
Step, sweep, hold, and trade—
the detour is the song we made.
They followed the tested open curve
to firefly switchback ground.
The sail rested near the markers.
The erased path left no line.
Lex held the first folded part.
Brandon held the middle part.
Kaydence held the final part.
Three shapes waited side by side.
Held-Message Verse
Lex held the M shape.
Brandon held the A.
Kaydence held the P shape.
Together they could read: MAP.
Only while all three held their parts
did the temporary message stay.
Quiet Release
The footpath was gone from the ground.
The shared message held the detour memory.
About This Song
Age lane: S3 — Early Elementary Song, approximately ages 5–8.
Theme: Home & Helping—sharing leadership across unlike strengths by letting one person carry the tune, another preserve route space, and another track the changing pattern.
Energy: Careful discovery, relay momentum, light foot play, and a quiet held-image finish.
Estimated duration: Approximately 2:30–2:55.
Participation: Relay melody handoffs, foot-drawn-and-erased path actions, independent route movement, optional watching, and a three-part held message.
Cast: Lex, barefoot Brandon Rabbit, and Kaydence with clearly visible round glasses. Brandon remains barefoot because conditions are dry and calm. Lillian and Zylar were considered, but the three-person relay and three-letter held message are clearer without crowding the final action.
Ways to Join In
- Pass one short melody phrase at a time; children may sing, hum, gesture, or listen.
- Draw a temporary route with feet or safe floor markers and erase each part behind the group.
- Let each participant lead a different strength: footing, listening, melody, or watching.
- Hold one letter each; the message appears only when everyone is ready.