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Art style: polished, colorful, cinematic storybook animation. The Witch stands at the glowing oven mouth with her cane hooked on her arm; Gretel stands a step to her left. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt): Render this image entirely in "polished, colorful, cinematic storybook animation" style. Match the lighting grammar, material response, colour science, level of realism / stylisation, line weight, and shading model typical of "polished, colorful, cinematic storybook animation". Keep the subject, composition, camera angle, lighting direction, and colour palette from the description above — but EVERY surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in the "polished, colorful, cinematic storybook animation" idiom, not in any other medium. Character identity reference (face, age, build and clothing only): - THE WITCH: Storybook-animated stooped, eccentric old woman with a long hooked nose, deep wrinkles and wispy grey curls. Oversized crooked horn-rimmed spectacles, white baker's bonnet, patched plum-and-emerald gown, flour-dusted white apron. Holds an ornate red-and-white striped candy cane walking stick in her right hand. Textured fabric, amber side light, hunched mid-hobble. - GRETEL: Storybook-animated petite young woman, an adult, rosy freckled cheeks, green eyes, two long strawberry-blonde braids tied with red ribbons. Rose-red wool dress, cream linen apron, brown lace-up boots. Woven dress texture and soft side lighting, caught in motion with braids swinging. Hands empty unless a scene gives her an item. The SCENE description determines the cast, number of people, actions, setting and framing. Include every character it calls for together in this scene; do not turn it into a solo character portrait.