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Question
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 to swing on branches.
- I am too tired to climb.
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Solution
- Come to play with me.
- I will make fun by buying things.
- You can climb up my trunk and swing from my branches.
- You can cut down my trunk.
- I am so old that I cannot swing on the branches.
- I am so tired that I cannot climb.
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