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Read the story and pay attention to the use of Reported Speech:

 

 

Layla and the Wolf

It was a beautiful morning and Layla asked her mother to visit her grand mother in a nearby village. The mother told Layla that she could go and took some sweets to her grand mum. The beautiful young girl left .She was very happy and enjoyed walking through the Jungle. She liked the singing of the birds and the sound of the water streams. Suddenly a wolf met her and asked her where she was going. She told him that she was going to visit her grand mum. She informed  him where her grand mum was living. He advised her to follow the shortest road. But in fact he instructed her for the longest one.The wolf hurried and reached the old woman’s house first. He put the old woman in the cupboard and wore her clothes and slept into her bed. Layla was very happy when she reached the house of her grand mum .She entered and found her grand mum in the bed(in fact he was the wolf).Layla asked her grand mum why her eyes were larger .The grandmum replied  she wanted to see her better.  Layla also wondered why her eyes were bigger. She answered that she could hear her well. And finally she wanted to know why her teeth seemed sharper and wider. The wolf then threatened her that he  wanted to eat her. She escaped and asked a hunter if he could help her. He went quickly to the house and killed the wolf. The hunter warned Layla to be careful of dangerous animals when she walked in the forest.

 

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