Snowflake Lullaby

(hushed, music-box lullaby)

Hush little molecule, drifting down slow Up in the sky where the cold breezes blow You were a droplet, all soft and round — Now you are sleepy, and homeward-bound

Cold slips in, and you slow your dance Reach out a hand, find a tiny friend Click... click... this is where we mend

Six little arms, at the gentlest bend — That's the angle that water molecules send Never a four, never a five, never a three — Always the six, that's how water will be

Snowflake, snowflake, click into place Lacey little bit of grace Every one different, every one true — But always six arms, and each arm askew

Salt makes cubes, and sugar makes gleam Diamonds are carbons locked up tight — All of them crystals catching the light

(whisper) Every snowflake is a tiny song A pattern molecules agreed all along Six little arms, at the gentlest bend — Goodnight, little crystal... dream without end.

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Key Concepts: Crystallization = molecules slowing down and locking into a repeating pattern | Snowflakes show six-fold symmetry because water molecules bond at a consistent angle | Salt (cubes), sugar, diamonds, gemstones are all crystals — same trick, different molecule | Crystals = ordered solids, not just any solid

Character: LiQuo droplets settle into Solidic snowflakes in slow motion | First lullaby-scale reveal of why snowflakes have six arms | "Click... click... this is where we mend."