Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Butterfly Station Motion Map
Song promise: The group will move the map to reveal its hidden clue, reverse before the planned destination, and leave an honest invitation that the audience may complete—or leave open.
The part everyone joins: “Fast finds corners; slow finds space; leave one open patch for another pace.”
Lyrics
Opening — Opposite Sides
Warm gray light rests over mud kitchen.
Lex and Brandon approach from the west.
Aralynn and Aydin approach from the east.
Both pairs keep their own clear line.
At butterfly station, the patchwork map lies flat.
Its bright squares point toward Carlisle rain porch.
Aralynn turns it one patch toward the light;
a silver thread appears beneath the lower edge.
The thread bends sideways through a color gap.
Aydin says, “That is not the direct way.”
Lex says, “It may be the part we could not see.”
Brandon says, “Let both speeds try.”
Paired-Speed Chorus
Fast finds corners; slow finds space.
Two different speeds can share one place.
Trade who starts; keep both views.
Follow the thread instead of the first route.
Lex and Brandon move quickly first.
Aralynn and Aydin move slowly beside them.
Next round, the pairs exchange their starts;
quick waits for slow, and slow watches quick.
Detour — The Main Play
The silver thread curves around a patchwork bend.
Fast feet find where the corners meet.
Slow steps find a wide place between them.
The detour becomes the game they are making.
They make brief shapes with arms and shadows,
then let each shape disappear.
Nothing has to remain as a finished object;
noticing together is the play.
Reverse Before Carlisle Rain Porch
The thread points toward Carlisle rain porch,
but one open patch waits before the turn.
Both pairs reverse along their own sides
and carry the unfinished map back to butterfly station.
Turn — The Audience Becomes the Final Verse
Lex raises one hand to open the call.
Brandon answers with a held pause.
Aralynn opens the blank patch outward.
Aydin waits beside the silver thread.
Audience verse:
Add one patch, gesture, sound, or shadow.
Or leave the open place unfilled.
Your way of answering becomes the final verse;
the map stays ready for tomorrow.
Final Image — Honest and Unfinished
Four finished patches frame one open square.
The silver thread stops at its edge.
No tidy reset covers the blank place.
Tomorrow may begin where today paused.
About This Song
Age lane: S4 — Upper Elementary, approximately ages 8–12.
Theme: Creativity and Play through noticing the person left outside the pattern.
Energy: Warm, curious, spacious, and gently welcoming.
Estimated duration: Approximately 3 minutes 51 seconds.
Participation: Opposite-side approach, deliberately different pair speeds, silence-centered call-and-response, map turning, and an optional audience-added final element.
Cast: Lex, Brandon Rabbit, Aralynn Fox, and Aydin. Bentley is not present. Lillian and Zylar were considered as available underused characters, but the supplied four roles already form two balanced speed pairs and preserve the audience as the distinct unfinished fifth role.
Ways to Join In
- Paired speeds: One pair uses four small movements while the other uses two longer movements over the same phrase. Switch which pair begins each round.
- Movement choices: Participants may walk, roll, tap, gesture, eye-track, or use position cards.
- Audience verse: A participant may add one safe patch, gesture, sound, or shadow—or leave the space open. No response is required.
- Safety boundary: A trusted grown-up prepares all routes and materials. Reverse before Carlisle rain porch without crossing or crowding the other pair.