Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Clockwork Pocket Makes Rules
Song promise: The older helpers will erase each temporary route behind them, keep Bentley separated from props and movement, let an expected listener become an optional sound participant, and use the obstacle itself to prove the safe path.
The part everyone joins: “Draw it, clear it, measure what blocks the way.”
Lyrics
Opening — Moonflower Wall
Moonflower wall holds the first route marks.
The clockwork pocket clicks through four phases:
draw, check, clear, wait.
Butterfly station stays hidden.
Lex traces the first curve.
Callen checks the next interval.
Aralynn clears the finished marks behind them.
Bentley listens in full caregiver support,
well outside the route and prop area.
Audience Turn — A New Participant
An expected listener waits beyond the group.
The pocket leaves one rhythm space open.
The listener may answer with one click—or silence.
Either response becomes part of the path song.
Draw and Erase
Draw it, clear it, measure what blocks the way.
Three steps, two; erase behind.
Keep the path only where feet are now.
Leave the finished ground unmarked.
Lex draws one temporary curve.
Callen checks the gap ahead.
Aralynn removes each finished marker.
The audience pulse sets the next start.
Obstacle — The New Measuring Rule
A fallen lattice strip crosses the direct route.
No one moves it or steps across.
Callen places the pocket beside its full length.
The obstacle becomes the measuring tool.
One lattice-strip length marks the first safe gap.
They repeat that length around the obstacle.
The direct path disappears behind them.
The measured curve leads toward Carlisle rain porch.
Return — Moving Shadow Picture
At Carlisle rain porch, the pocket turns slowly.
The measured curve appears in its moving shadow.
One shadow edge shows the obstacle.
One shadow line shows the safe route around it.
Lex keeps the clear curve in view.
Callen slowly turns the pocket.
Aralynn keeps the obstacle edge visible.
Bentley may look, listen, feed, sleep, or rest;
no response is required.
About This Song
Age lane: S5 — Mixed-Age Family Song.
Theme: Nature and Night through making safety observable instead of assumed.
Energy: Warm, exploratory, access-aware, and quietly wondrous.
Estimated duration: Approximately 4 minutes 23 seconds.
Participation: Erase-behind route marking, optional off-scene sound response, 3+2 walking pulse, overhead measurement, shadow watching, and newborn-sized sensory presence.
Cast: Lex, Callen Crow, Aralynn Fox, and Baby Bentley, plus the approved caregiver required for Bentley’s full support. Baby Bentley is newborn / 0 months; participation is limited to hearing, looking, feeding, sleeping, resting, or tiny natural movement. Lillian and Zylar were considered as available, but the supplied older trio already carries the route, measure, and final shadow roles without crowding Bentley’s safe support.
Ways to Join In
- Draw-and-clear path: Use temporary floor cards, projected marks, or gestures. Remove every completed segment behind the group.
- Audience participation: The expected listener may supply one click or preserve silence; do not invent or display the participant’s identity.
- Baby-sized participation: Baby Bentley remains fully supported by an approved caregiver with stable head and neck control. Looking, listening, feeding, sleeping, resting, or tiny natural movement all count; no prop handling or prompted movement is required.
- Measurement and viewing: A trusted grown-up prepares the lattice strip, matching-length markers, and safe shadow-viewing area. No child climbs, crosses the obstacle, or handles porch machinery.