Ada and Bad News Jolly Phonics · Step 2, Unit 12: ue, ew, u_e as in glue, new, cube

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Ada and Bad News

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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, colours and contemporary clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Dhegdheer (match attached reference) stands on a hilltop, with her ear spread wide. The place is a red desert plain with sand dunes. 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 colour 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. [EDITOR_REGEN_REQUIREMENTS] These editor requirements are mandatory and override any conflicting earlier wording: - Change the name Asad in all versions to a girl's name that fit in the phonics lesson.

This is Dhegdheer. She stands on a hilltop in the red sand. She has one big, big ear. That ear can pick up all sounds, old and new.

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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, colours and contemporary clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Ada (match attached reference) crouches in the sand beside a small contemporary rural homestead with a canvas shade, a simple modern house wall, and practical water containers nearby, holding a plastic water jerrycan. She looks at a huge strange footprint with a frightened but determined expression. 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 colour 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. [EDITOR_REGEN_REQUIREMENTS] These editor requirements are mandatory and override any conflicting earlier wording: - Change the name Asad in all versions to a girl's name that fit in the phonics lesson.

This is Ada. Ada's mum is not back. Ada looks and looks. She spots a big footprint in the sand. This is bad news!

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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, colours and contemporary clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Old Nuur (match attached reference) sits on a low folding stool under an acacia tree, holding out a seed pod (match attached reference; held loose in Old Nuur's hand) to Ada (match attached reference). Ada stands in front of him with one hand open, listening, while a small coil of braided cord and a modern notebook rest beside him. 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 colour 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. [EDITOR_REGEN_REQUIREMENTS] These editor requirements are mandatory and override any conflicting earlier wording: - Change the name Asad in all versions to a girl's name that fit in the phonics lesson.

Ada brings the sad news to old Nuur. 'Take this pod, Ada,' he says. 'The pod can make a sound and trick Dhegdheer.'

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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, colours and contemporary clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Ada (match attached reference) walks alone across a cracked white salt pan. A seed pod (match attached reference; tied to Ada's wrist) is tied to her wrist as she squints and thinks. 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 colour 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. [EDITOR_REGEN_REQUIREMENTS] These editor requirements are mandatory and override any conflicting earlier wording: - Change the name Asad in all versions to a girl's name that fit in the phonics lesson.

Ada ties the pod to her wrist and tracks the big footprints. A few steps in, she stops and thinks. All her steps ring out loud on this vast, pale pan.

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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, colours and contemporary clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Ada (match attached reference) peers down into a dry ravine with a cave and a thorn pen (match attached reference; closed and intact) below. Dhegdheer (match attached reference) sleeps and blocks the cave entrance, and Ada's Mother (match attached reference) is among the prisoners. 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 colour 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. [EDITOR_REGEN_REQUIREMENTS] Dhegdheer must match the current canonical character image exactly: olive-green skin, rounded face and pig-like nose, small white tusk, black hair bun, magenta-orange headband, one enormous orange/turquoise/magenta patterned ear and gold disc earring, orange-yellow sunburst top, purple patterned waist sash, blue/teal/orange geometric skirt, beads and bangles, bare green feet. No charcoal-grey skin, bald head or ragged brown coat. Preserve the scene action, expression, other characters and composition.

Ada peeps down at the cave. A few men, mums and kids sit in a thorn pen, and Ada's mum is there! Dhegdheer sleeps by the cave. Her big ear is still.

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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, colours and contemporary clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Ada (match attached reference) loosens a branch from the thorn pen (match attached reference; partly loosened with one branch cracking) while Ada's Mother (match attached reference) and the other prisoners in contemporary everyday clothing hide behind her. Dhegdheer (match attached reference) watches from the cave, her ear raised and one eye glaring. 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 colour 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. [EDITOR_REGEN_REQUIREMENTS] Dhegdheer must match the current canonical character image exactly: olive-green skin, rounded face and pig-like nose, small white tusk, black hair bun, magenta-orange headband, one enormous orange/turquoise/magenta patterned ear and gold disc earring, orange-yellow sunburst top, purple patterned waist sash, blue/teal/orange geometric skirt, beads and bangles, bare green feet. No charcoal-grey skin, bald head or ragged brown coat. Preserve the scene action, expression, other characters and composition.

Ada creeps down and tugs at a thorn branch. It hangs askew, then... crack! The big ear spins to the sound, and Dhegdheer wakes up.

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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, colours and contemporary clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Ada (match attached reference) sprints across red sand while Dhegdheer (match attached reference) chases close behind. Dhegdheer's ear points toward Ada. 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 colour 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. [EDITOR_REGEN_REQUIREMENTS] These editor requirements are mandatory and override any conflicting earlier wording: - Change the name Asad in all versions to a girl's name that fit in the phonics lesson. - missing arm

Ada runs, but Dhegdheer chases her. The big ear locks on to her feet. Ada can not flee fast on soft sand, so she thinks up a shrewd plan.

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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, colours and contemporary clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Ada (match attached reference) stands at the edge of a salt pan with one arm out after throwing a seed pod (match attached reference; untied and skittering across the salt crust). Dhegdheer (match attached reference) lunges the wrong way while her ear swings left. 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 colour 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. [EDITOR_REGEN_REQUIREMENTS] Dhegdheer must match the current canonical character image exactly: olive-green skin, rounded face and pig-like nose, small white tusk, black hair bun, magenta-orange headband, one enormous orange/turquoise/magenta patterned ear and gold disc earring, orange-yellow sunburst top, purple patterned waist sash, blue/teal/orange geometric skirt, beads and bangles, bare green feet. No charcoal-grey skin, bald head or ragged brown coat. Preserve the scene action, expression, other characters and composition.

Ada gets to the flat pan. She stops and throws the pod far. Clack, clack! It hops on the crust, and the sound skews far left. The big ear spins left, and Dhegdheer chases the sound, not Ada.

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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, colours and contemporary clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Ada (match attached reference) holds the hand of Ada's Mother (match attached reference) and points south as mothers, children, and herdsmen in contemporary practical clothing leave the thorn pen (match attached reference; torn open). The scene is outside an empty cave at night, with a few small flashlights kept low and dim. 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 colour 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. [EDITOR_REGEN_REQUIREMENTS] These editor requirements are mandatory and override any conflicting earlier wording: - Change the name Asad in all versions to a girl's name that fit in the phonics lesson.

Ada sprints back and rips a gap in the pen. 'Come quick, and keep soft feet!' she calls. She grabs her mum's hand, and they all creep out in the dewy dark.

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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, colours and contemporary clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Ada (match attached reference), Ada's Mother (match attached reference), and the fleeing group run across the sand and look back at Dhegdheer (match attached reference) in the distance. An elderly man in modern simple clothing and worn shoes has fallen ahead of them, and Ada turns back to help him. 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 colour 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. [EDITOR_REGEN_REQUIREMENTS] These editor requirements are mandatory and override any conflicting earlier wording: - Change the name Asad in all versions to a girl's name that fit in the phonics lesson.

A big howl splits the night. Dhegdheer has the pod. It is a trick! Her ear hunts anew, and she comes back fast. An old man trips and drops down in the sand.

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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, colours and contemporary clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Ada (match attached reference) stands in a white salt pan, stamping and shuffling with arms spread as noise ripples outward. Dhegdheer (match attached reference) crouches at the edge covering her ear, while the freed prisoners, including Ada's Mother (match attached reference), and the old man watch from far away. 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 colour 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. [EDITOR_REGEN_REQUIREMENTS] Dhegdheer must match the current canonical character image exactly: olive-green skin, rounded face and pig-like nose, small white tusk, black hair bun, magenta-orange headband, one enormous orange/turquoise/magenta patterned ear and gold disc earring, orange-yellow sunburst top, purple patterned waist sash, blue/teal/orange geometric skirt, beads and bangles, bare green feet. No charcoal-grey skin, bald head or ragged brown coat. Preserve the scene action, expression, other characters and composition.

Ada drags the old man to the flat pan. She stamps and stamps, and the din rings out on all sides. Dhegdheer grabs her ear and howls in pain. She flees far to the dark hills.

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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, colours and contemporary clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Ada (match attached reference) and Ada's Mother (match attached reference) sit outside their simple contemporary rural home, sharing tea from a metal kettle and modern cups with Old Nuur (match attached reference) and freed villagers. Three camels graze nearby, with a white salt pan in the distance. 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 colour 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. [EDITOR_REGEN_REQUIREMENTS] These editor requirements are mandatory and override any conflicting earlier wording: - Change the name Asad in all versions to a girl's name that fit in the phonics lesson.

All get home safe. Ada's mum brews hot tea, and old Nuur comes to sit and drink with them. 'What a shrewd kid!' he says with a grin, and the news zooms far and wide.

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