Create a layered paper-cut animation explaining one simple wetland food chain. Use exactly five recognizable subjects from Image 1: algae, water snail, small fish, heron, and decomposer fungi. Use Image 2 for spatial order only. All elements are hand-cut colored paper with visible fibers, shallow physical shadows, and hinge-like motion—no photoreal animals.

Beat 1: blue paper water slides into frame; algae layers unfold. Beat 2: a water snail moves toward algae, followed by a small fish entering from the opposite side; thin cream paper arrows appear one at a time to show algae → snail → fish. Beat 3: a heron silhouette lowers its beak toward the fish; fallen brown paper leaves descend and fungi shapes appear beneath, completing the cycle with one final curved arrow.

No statistics or generated labels; reserve a clean lower strip for human-added captions. Use gentle page sounds and wooden percussion. Avoid extra species, reversed arrows, realistic predation, plastic 3D rendering, tiny text, logos, or watermark.