Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Riverside Shadow Screen
Song promise: The group will let silent votes differ, keep Lillian’s missing-condition discovery, use the reversed-panel mistake as the new opening cue, and form a lantern image without joining the pieces permanently.
The part everyone joins: “Turn it back; leave the gap clear.”
Lyrics
Silent Vote
The screen passes from Brandon to Austin,
from Austin to Aleea,
from Aleea to Lillian.
Four shadow cuts appear on wet sand.
Each person points without speaking.
Brandon points left.
Austin points right.
Aleea points toward the wide center.
Lillian pauses, then points to the empty fourth place.
The silent pointing becomes the vote.
The Missing Condition
The first three shadows land on firm pale sand.
The fourth falls across moving water.
Lillian notices what the pattern lacks:
a clear backing surface for every piece.
The screen briefly shows remembered bridge alcove—
a clue image, not a place they visit.
The Reversed Panel
Austin turns one panel the wrong way.
Its shadow lands backward on the sand.
For one moment, the fourth gap becomes readable.
The mistake shows where to begin.
Turn it back; leave the gap clear.
Reverse—pause—check the fourth.
Weather-Interrupted Round
A violet cloud edge dims the sand.
The group holds the screen still.
The round restarts from the reversed panel:
Brandon marks the first shadow.
Austin marks the second.
Aleea marks the third.
Lillian checks the fourth backing place.
The old opening does not return.
Cobb Orchard Press — One Use
They use Cobb orchard press once.
Exactly four separate translucent pieces rest on one stable surface.
Brandon aligns the lower piece.
Austin aligns the left piece.
Aleea aligns the right piece.
Lillian aligns the top piece above a clear backing panel.
The four projected shapes meet.
They form one lantern-shaped image in shadow only.
The pieces remain separate.
No lantern object is built or lit.
About This Song
Age lane: S4 — Upper Elementary, approximately ages 8–12.
Theme: Problem Solving through repairing a misunderstanding with a visible action.
Energy: Violet-edge curiosity, quiet voting, weather-aware pauses, and a careful visible repair.
Estimated duration: Approximately 4 minutes 20 seconds.
Participation: Screen handoff, silent pointing vote, weather-interrupted round, one-use shadow test, and four-piece symbolic image assembly.
Cast: Brandon Rabbit, Austin Turtle, Aleea, and Lillian. Bentley is absent. Zylar was considered, but the supplied four exactly match the four separate pieces and preserve Lillian’s quiet missing-condition role.
Ways to Join In
- Silent vote: Participants may point, look, place a marker, hold a pause, or abstain. Count every visible choice and pause without requiring speech.
- Missing condition: Compare where each shadow lands. A trusted grown-up prepares one clear backing surface for the fourth position.
- Opening cue: Use reverse, one full pause, then check the fourth position.
- Four-piece image: Use exactly four large translucent pieces on a stable surface. Keep them physically separate; the lantern exists only as their shared projected shape.
- Safety: A trusted grown-up manages the screen and pieces, keeps fingers clear of folding joints, and maintains safe distance from the orchard press.