"How much do you want?" said the Mayor. "A thousand guilders," said the pied piper. "All right," said the Mayor. "we'll pay you a thousand guilders. When will you set to work ?" "Now," said the pied piper.
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"How much do you want?" said the Mayor. "A thousand guilders," said the pied piper. "All right," said the Mayor. "we'll pay you a thousand guilders. When will you set to work ?" "Now," said the pied piper. - change narration
Answer:
The Mayor asked the pied piper how much he wanted. The pied piper replied that he wanted a thousand guilders. The Mayor agreed to pay him a thousand guilders and asked when he would start working. The pied piper answered that he would start working now.
Explanation:
The original passage is in direct speech, meaning that the words of the characters are quoted directly. To change it to indirect speech, we need to report what was said without using quotation marks and by using appropriate reporting verbs and pronouns.
In the revised passage, the narrator reports that the Mayor asked the pied piper how much he wanted and that the pied piper replied that he wanted a thousand guilders.
The narrator also reports that the Mayor agreed to pay him a thousand guilders and asked when he would start working. Finally, the narrator reports that the pied piper answered that he would start working now.
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