Anansi and the Tight Pot Jolly Phonics · Step 3, Unit 6: /ie/ mixed

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Anansi and the Tight Pot

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Anansi (match attached reference) sits at the center of his web in a forest tree, gesturing proudly toward the intact Pot of Wisdom (match attached reference; tightly closed with its woven lid secured), with distant painted cement houses beyond the trees. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed toward the RIGHT. Keep the LEFT 50% text area genuinely open inside a smooth, low-detail gradient blur covering the LEFT 60% of the image. Use only a plain, continuous continuation of the scene background there, with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations. Keep all important characters and detailed scene content in the RIGHT 40%, with only a soft natural fade into the blurred left text area. That LEFT 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the LEFT 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

Anansi has a big plan. His face shines bright. He will go to all lands and get the wisdom. He will tip it all in one big pot. Then Anansi will be the wise one, and all must come to him.

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Anansi (match attached reference) stoops low to listen as old Tortoise murmurs wisdom at a red-dirt crossroads in the Ashanti forest. The full, intact Pot of Wisdom (match attached reference; tightly closed with its woven lid secured) sits beside them, glowing faintly, with hornbill feathers above and crab tracks plus a bicycle mark in the dirt. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed toward the LEFT. Keep the RIGHT 50% text area genuinely open inside a smooth, low-detail gradient blur covering the RIGHT 60% of the image. Use only a plain, continuous continuation of the scene background there, with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations. Keep all important characters and detailed scene content in the LEFT 40%, with only a soft natural fade into the blurred right text area. That RIGHT 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the RIGHT 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

Anansi sets off in the forest and asks all he meets for the best plans. Gray Hornbill tells him how to wait. River-crab says go side to side. Tortoise says take it on the back. Anansi tips each plan in the pot and claps the lid on tight. By the tall tree, the pot is very hard to lift.

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Anansi (match attached reference) scrambles partway up a tall silk-cotton tree trunk while sliding downward in frustration, hugging the intact, closed Pot of Wisdom (match attached reference) against his belly. Pot's Bark-Rope (match attached reference; tied around the pot's neck and looped over Anansi's front four legs) is tied around the pot's neck and looped over his front four legs, with scraped reddish bark and dry leaves around the roots. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed in the lower part of the frame. Keep the TOP 50% text area genuinely open inside a smooth, low-detail gradient blur covering the TOP 60% of the image. Use only a plain, continuous continuation of the scene background there, with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations. Keep all important characters and detailed scene content in the LOWER 40%, with only a soft natural fade into the blurred top text area. That TOP 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the TOP 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

'I will hide this pot high up in the tree,' says Anansi. He ties the rope to the pot and hugs the pot to his front. He tries to go up. He slips. He tries one more time. He slides back down to the roots. He sighs. The trunk is no help at all.

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Ntikuma (match attached reference) sits on a mossy rock at the base of the silk-cotton tree, with gathered firewood beside him and a chewed grass stem. Anansi (match attached reference) is frozen clinging to the bark above, with the intact, closed Pot of Wisdom (match attached reference) awkwardly blocking his climb against his front, secured by Pot's Bark-Rope (match attached reference; holding the pot against Anansi's front), tied around its neck. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed toward the RIGHT. Keep the LEFT 50% text area genuinely open — plain, continuous background with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations in it — while the rest of the scene fills the frame naturally. That LEFT 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the LEFT 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

Little Ntikuma sits on a rock. He is out to get wood, yet he stops to look. 'Dad,' Ntikuma calls up, 'tie the pot on your back, not your front. Then your legs are free.' The fix is so plain that Anansi stops still on the bark.

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: In a tight close view, Anansi (match attached reference) presses his embarrassed face against the rough tree bark as Pot's Bark-Rope (match attached reference; taut across the close view) cuts across the scene, capturing his realization that the pot is already incomplete. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed toward the LEFT. Keep the RIGHT 50% text area genuinely open — plain, continuous background with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations in it — while the rest of the scene fills the frame naturally. That RIGHT 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the RIGHT 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

Anansi feels hot with shame, from his top legs to his back legs. He has all the wisdom in the land in his pot. But his own small boy has a plan that is not in the pot. So the pot does not hold it all. Anansi sighs a big sigh.

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Anansi (match attached reference) climbs a silk-cotton tree with the intact, closed Pot of Wisdom (match attached reference) strapped to his back, secured by Pot's Bark-Rope (match attached reference; securing the pot to Anansi's back). His legs grip the bark. Below, Ntikuma (match attached reference) watches from his rock, with a pale plastic bucket far off near the forest path. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed in the lower part of the frame. Keep the TOP 50% text area genuinely open inside a smooth, low-detail gradient blur covering the TOP 60% of the image. Use only a plain, continuous continuation of the scene background there, with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations. Keep all important characters and detailed scene content in the LOWER 40%, with only a soft natural fade into the blurred top text area. That TOP 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the TOP 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

'If a small boy has wisdom I do not have,' says Anansi, 'then there may be wisdom by the lake. And in the next town. And up in the sky!' He looks at the pot. He looks up at the tree. The pot does not feel like gold any more. Still, Anansi will not quit. He ties the pot to his back and climbs. His legs grip well. Up and up he goes, higher and higher.

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Anansi (match attached reference) falls mid-air above the tree roots, legs flailing behind the upside-down Pot of Wisdom (match attached reference; striking a tree root as its woven lid detaches and spins away) as Pot's Bark-Rope (match attached reference; slipping loose during the fall) slips loose. The pot's lid spins toward the ferns as startled sunbirds flash from the green canopy. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed toward the RIGHT. Keep the LEFT 50% text area genuinely open — plain, continuous background with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations in it — while the rest of the scene fills the frame naturally. That LEFT 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the LEFT 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

He is almost at the first high branch when the rope slips. The pot tilts. Anansi grabs for it, lets go, and then he is falling. The pot falls fast. It hits a root with a crack, and the birds fly up in a fright. The lid spins off into the ferns.

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Anansi (match attached reference) sits dazed in crushed ferns at the tree roots, surrounded by the two split pieces of the Pot of Wisdom (match attached reference; broken into two pieces with the lid detached). Gold-green threads stream from the break into spider-lilies and toward far hills, with sleeping children faintly visible in the distance. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed toward the LEFT. Keep the RIGHT 50% text area genuinely open inside a smooth, low-detail gradient blur covering the RIGHT 60% of the image. Use only a plain, continuous continuation of the scene background there, with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations. Keep all important characters and detailed scene content in the LEFT 40%, with only a soft natural fade into the blurred right text area. That RIGHT 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the RIGHT 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

The wisdom bursts from the pot. It shines and spins and flies off on the wind. Some lands in the lilies by the stream. Some drifts down on sleeping kids. Some blows far, far away. Anansi lands in the ferns with a soft thud. He is not hurt, but the pot sits split apart. All the wisdom is out.

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Anansi (match attached reference) and Ntikuma (match attached reference) sit side by side in a fern bed, with the two pieces of the broken Pot of Wisdom (match attached reference; broken into two pieces with the lid detached) between them. A small yellow weaver-bird sings from one piece while Anansi looks at his empty legs hanging loose. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed in the lower part of the frame. Keep the TOP 50% text area genuinely open inside a smooth, low-detail gradient blur covering the TOP 60% of the image. Use only a plain, continuous continuation of the scene background there, with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations. Keep all important characters and detailed scene content in the LOWER 40%, with only a soft natural fade into the blurred top text area. That TOP 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the TOP 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

Anansi sits in the ferns for a long time. Ntikuma sits by him and says nothing, because that can be the wise thing to do. The forest is quiet but for the river and the birds. Then a small bird lands on the broken pot and sings three bright notes. Anansi looks at his legs, all empty, and he feels light.

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Anansi (match attached reference) and Ntikuma (match attached reference) sit together in the ferns; Anansi raises one leg mid-count and stares at his legs with his mouth half-open while Ntikuma sits beside him calmly. Nearby lie the two pieces of the broken Pot of Wisdom (match attached reference; broken into two pieces with the lid detached), with fern shadows patterned on the ground. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed toward the RIGHT. Keep the LEFT 50% text area genuinely open inside a smooth, low-detail gradient blur covering the LEFT 60% of the image. Use only a plain, continuous continuation of the scene background there, with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations. Keep all important characters and detailed scene content in the RIGHT 40%, with only a soft natural fade into the blurred left text area. That LEFT 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the LEFT 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

'Gray Hornbill tells me how to wait,' says Anansi. 'I do not wait. River-crab says go side to side. I go up. Tortoise says take it on the back. I do not.' He counts on leg after leg, and still there is more to count. 'The wisdom is not in the pot,' says Ntikuma. 'It is in what we do with it.' Anansi wants to fight back. Then he just smiles.

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Anansi (match attached reference) laughs and tells a story in an Akan village clearing while elders, children, a weaver, and a drummer listen, with bright Western casual clothing, a carved drum, patterned cloth, painted cement walls, and small daylight wisdom motes drifting between them. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed toward the LEFT. Keep the RIGHT 50% text area genuinely open — plain, continuous background with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations in it — while the rest of the scene fills the frame naturally. That RIGHT 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the RIGHT 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

From that day on, wisdom lives in the wind, in the songs, in the daylight, and in small boys who sit on rocks. When a man thinks he has all the wisdom, a breeze blows his plan away, and all just grin. Anansi tells the story on himself. A spider who can smile at his own plan is hard to beat.

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Inside a village home, Ntikuma (match attached reference) holds up a perfectly undone woven knot while surprised adults admire her. Enamel bowls are stacked near a wall, sneakers sit by the doorway, and Nyame’s small pleased face appears beyond the clouds. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed in the lower part of the frame. Keep the TOP 50% text area genuinely open — plain, continuous background with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations in it — while the rest of the scene fills the frame naturally. That TOP 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the TOP 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

Nyame looks down from the sky and is glad. Not that Anansi fell, but that the wisdom is now in all the forest, not shut in one pot under one tree. And late at night, when a kid fixes what the big ones can not, Ntikuma is there in the fix. No one holds all the wisdom, not even Anansi. And that is a very wise thing.

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