Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Bell-Tipped Shadow Screen
Song promise: The group will compare both miniature folds, notice the hidden underside notch, let Haylee’s slow check set the pace, and leave one chrysalis completely undisturbed.
The part everyone joins: “Test it small; wait for the slowest count.”
Lyrics
Three Viewpoints Stay Put
Brandon listens from maple hollow.
Austin waits beside chalk courtyard.
Aydin watches beyond weather-vane deck.
Haylee keeps the shared testing pace.
No character travels between viewpoints.
Only the bell-tipped shadow screen moves.
The Visible Pattern
Four bright panels seem to make one complete square.
Brandon says, “It looks ready.”
Austin turns the model toward the stable board.
Underneath, one narrow notch stays hidden.
Miniature Test One — Close the Square
Brandon places the small screen model
in the straight closed fold.
Austin checks the balance point.
Aydin watches the lower edge.
Haylee counts one, two—
The model gives one surprising sideways wobble.
The wobble may be funny.
Brandon is not.
The hidden notch tips toward the miniature shelter.
They stop the first test.
Miniature Test Two — Leave the Center Open
Austin resets the model.
Aydin places three panels around one open center.
The fourth panel stays wide.
Haylee counts slowly:
One—check the base.
Two—check the shelter.
Three—check the open route.
The model stays balanced.
Test it small; wait for the slowest count.
The Slowest Action Becomes the Clock
Brandon keeps the open fold visible.
Austin keeps the balance mark clear.
Aydin keeps the route outside the shelter edge.
Haylee’s slow three-count becomes the shared timekeeper.
No one moves to the next step
until all three checks are complete.
Success Left Undisturbed
The full-size screen rests open.
The route remains outside one small chrysalis shelter.
No leaf is moved.
No shelter is touched.
The chrysalis stays exactly where it began.
About This Song
Age lane: S4 — Upper Elementary, approximately ages 8–12.
Theme: Weather & Movement through allowing humor without making anyone the joke.
Energy: Violet-edge curiosity, careful testing, and a gentle successful finish.
Estimated duration: Approximately 4 minutes 20 seconds.
Participation: Three fixed viewpoints, screen-only movement, two sequential miniature tests, a slow count used as a shared clock, and quiet observation.
Cast: Brandon Rabbit, Austin Turtle, Aydin, and Haylee. Bentley is absent. Lillian and Zylar were considered, but the supplied four already provide fold, balance, timing, and shelter-check roles without crowding the protected-living-thing payoff.
Ways to Join In
- Viewpoints: Keep Brandon, Austin, Aydin, and Haylee at their established locations. Move only the shadow screen.
- Miniature tests: Use one stable board and one lightweight model. Test the straight closed fold first, reset, then test the open-center fold.
- Slow timekeeper: Use Haylee’s three checks—base, shelter, open route. Watching, signing, pointing, or passing is valid.
- Humor: The model’s wobble may be funny; no person, body, pace, or mistake becomes the joke.
- Living-object safety: A trusted grown-up establishes a clear boundary around the chrysalis. No character touches, moves, or closely inspects it.