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Create a 16:9 horizontal cover illustration for the Ukrainian folk tale “Бідний вовк”**, in a richly detailed, expressive Ukrainian folk-art and in the same style as the attached image. The main character is a **thin, scruffy, hungry gray wolf**, looking comically miserable and exhausted, standing in the center of a beautiful Ukrainian countryside. His expression should be funny and sympathetic rather than frightening, capturing his constant hunger, bad luck, and foolishness. Around him, subtly combine the most memorable scenes from the tale into one dynamic panoramic composition: a **strong horse kicking the wolf**, a **ram near a steep ravine**, a piece of **salted pork lying on a country road**, a **large pig leading the confused wolf toward a Ukrainian village while villagers run toward them with farm tools**, and a **tailor measuring the wolf with a measuring tape**. In the background, show a large tree with **a frightened man hiding high in the branches while several wolves form a comical tower beneath him**. The landscape should feel distinctly Ukrainian: **rolling green fields, wildflowers, a dirt country road, traditional village houses, wooden fences, distant hills, warm countryside light, and lush trees**. The overall mood should be **humorous, lively, mischievous, and adventurous**, not dark or scary. Make the wolf visually expressive and slightly cartoonish while keeping the environment richly painted and realistic. Use **traditional Ukrainian folk-art influences, warm golden sunlight, detailed painterly textures, natural earthy colors, decorative Ukrainian motifs, expressive characters, and a nostalgic vintage children's fairy-tale book illustration aesthetic**. Create a **wide cinematic composition** with the wolf as the clear central focal point and the different story moments naturally integrated around him. Leave some **clean negative space in the upper portion for the title “Бідний вовк”**. **16:9 landscape format, no text, no letters, no typography, no watermark.**