Convert the following passages from Direct to Indirect Speech.
1. A farmer took his sons to a field and said, “There is a treasure hidden here in the earth. If you find it you may share it among you.”
2. “We have not found the treasure,” said one of his sons, “but as the earth has been dug so thoroughly we may as well sow it with corn.”
3. “Why do you fight?” said the lamb, “it will be much better to be friends.”
4. One of his friends said to him, “I do not think you lost much. The money was of no use to you. You did not buy things with it.”
5. “This time, rascal,” shouted he, “you shall not escape me.”
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1. A farmer took his sons to a field and said to them that there was a treasure hidden there in the earth. If they found it they might share it among themselves.
2. One of the sons reported that they had not found the treasure. He suggested that as the earth had been dug so thoroughly, they might as well sow it with corn.
3. The lamb asked them why they fought and remarked that it would be much better to be friends.
4. One of his friends said that he did not think he had lost much. The money had been of no use to him. He had not bought things with it.
5. He shouted to him calling him a rascal and said to him that he would not escape him that time.
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