Felt Elegy for a Sugar Float

6-panel children’s adventure storyboard in a 3x2 grid on a single horizontal 16:9 canvas, no text, ukiyo-e woodblock print, midnight carnival atmosphere, melancholic and nostalgic mood, dusty rose and sage dominant palette, everything rendered with a soft felt tactile quality. Panel 1: beneath dim paper lanterns and faded festival banners, a weary fruit vendor stands beside a wobbling stall of pears, persimmons, and star-shaped melons, listening to the distant carousel creak under a moon veiled by thin mist, posture quiet and reflective. Panel 2: from the edge of a shallow mirror-like puddle on the carnival path, the vendor notices a tiny spun-sugar parade float drifting apart in the water, its delicate felt tassels sagging, as abandoned game booths glow softly in the background. Panel 3: the vendor gently ties on an oversized patchwork apron-cape stitched from muted floral scraps and wraps felt cords around their wrists, preparing with tender resolve, fruit crates and dangling prize charms swaying around them. Panel 4: with sudden grace, the vendor strides into the puddle, sending rounded felt-like ripples outward beneath hanging lantern reflections, carnival wheels and striped tents bending dreamily in the wet surface. Panel 5: kneeling in the water, the vendor carefully lifts the dissolving confection float with both hands, preserving its fragile shape while a few velvet-textured berries tumble from a basket at their side. Panel 6: inside a quiet carnival tea tent after the rescue, wrapped in a sage blanket near a small brazier, the vendor receives a soft embrace from a child in festival attire while rescued fruit and the repaired little float rest nearby, the scene glowing with wistful relief and tender gratitude.