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Say the given sentences with different expressions. Come and play with me. I want to buy things and have fun. Come and climb up my trunk and swing from my branches. Cut down my trunk. I am too old

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Say the given sentences with different expressions.

  1. Come and play with me.
  2. I want to buy things and have fun. 
  3. Come and climb up my trunk and swing from my branches. 
  4. Cut down my trunk. 
  5. I am too old to swing on branches.
  6. I am too tired to climb.
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  1. Come to play with me.
  2. I will make fun by buying things.
  3. You can climb up my trunk and swing from my branches.
  4. You can cut down my trunk.
  5. I am so old that I cannot swing on the branches.
  6. I am so tired that I cannot climb.
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