Question

One day a jackal entered the forest. He was dirty, dangerous and very
cunning too. He told the elephants, " (1) You are the biggest animals
in the forest. Why do you want to play with the squirrels and the
rabbits?" He poisoned the minds of the peacocks saying, “(2) Peacocks
are the loveliest birds in the forest Why do you want to praise the
mynahs?" The jackal then approached the deer and whispered that
(3) the tiger was waiting for a chance to kill them.​

Answer 1

The correctly punctuated paragraph is gievn below.

Explanation:

• One day a jackal entered the forest. He was dirty, dangerous, and very cunning.  
• He told the elephants, that "You are the biggest animals in the forest".
• Why do you want to play with the squirrels and the rabbits?
• He poisoned the minds of the peacocks saying, “Peacocks are the loveliest birds in the forest". Why do you want to praise the mynahs?
• The jackal then approached the deer and whispered that the tiger was waiting for a chance to kill them.​