She said," I have been smoking too much."
change the above sentence into indirect speech.

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?

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Summarize the text. list five to seven key events from the story in the order in which they happen. your summary should include main points from the beginning, middle, and end of the story