Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Seed-Filled Listening Cone
Song promise: The pair will move the cone to reveal the hidden clue, rotate who begins, keep the mistaken early handoff as the revised start signal, and leave the fourth chorus beat intentionally empty.
The part everyone joins: “Move, reveal; start, then leave.”
Lyrics
Two Separate Descents
Spencer takes the left reed-board route.
Austin follows the long outer curve.
Two paths reach rain-chain corner.
No group line forms.
Move the Cone, Find the Clue
The cone rests closed on its stable stand.
It gives a soft seed-rattle when Austin turns the sleeve one notch.
A blue thread appears beneath the moved edge.
The clue was there, but it could not be seen before the movement.
Move, reveal; start, then leave.
Relay Round One — Spencer Starts
Spencer lifts the cone.
Austin listens for the seed hush.
Spencer offers the cone too early,
before Austin’s listening beat is complete.
Austin shows the unfinished beat with one open hand.
Spencer returns the cone to the stand.
The early handoff is not erased.
It becomes the cue they can see.
Relay Round Two — Austin Starts
Austin lifts.
Both wait one full beat.
Austin offers.
Spencer receives.
Lift—wait—offer.
Relay Round Three — Shared Start
Spencer and Austin begin together without a fixed leader.
One marks the lift.
One marks the wait.
Both release the offer at the same time.
The blue thread points toward windmill path.
They follow the cone’s wider route there.
Intentional Empty Beat
At windmill path, the cone rests still.
Click—one.
Hush—two.
Hum—three.
Beat four stays empty.
Move, reveal; start, then leave.
Click—one.
Hush—two.
Hum—three.
[intentional silence]
The empty beat keeps the repaired handoff visible.
The chorus does not fill it.
About This Song
Age lane: S4 — Upper Elementary, approximately ages 8–12.
Theme: Community Helpers through repairing a misunderstanding with a visible action.
Energy: Cool-blue focus, careful retrying, and a quiet open finish.
Estimated duration: Approximately 4 minutes 8 seconds.
Participation: Separate routes, two-person rotating relay starts, seed-cone sound, visible handoff cue, and a three-sound chorus with one empty beat.
Cast: Spencer and Austin Turtle. Bentley is absent. Lillian and Zylar were considered, but the supplied pair creates the clearest rotating-start structure and complementary noticing and route-checking roles.
Ways to Join In
- Separate descent: Participants may walk, roll, trace, point, or move route cards on two distinct prepared paths.
- Clue reveal: A trusted grown-up steadies the cone while one participant moves the large sleeve one notch.
- Relay starts: Use exactly three rounds—Spencer starts, Austin starts, then shared start. No permanent leader is assigned.
- Repair cue: Use lift, one full wait beat, then offer. An open hand may show that listening is not finished.
- Chorus: Use click gesture, soft seed-rattle or hush, gentle hum, and one full silent fourth beat.