Question

[passage-header]Read the passage below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]I was still a thief when I met Anil. And though only $$15$$, I was an experienced and fairly successful hand.
Anil was watching a wrestling match when I approached him. He was about $$25$$ - a tall, lean fellow - and he looked easy going, kind and simple enough for my purpose. I hadn't had much luck of late and thought I might be able to get into the young man's confidence.
"You look a bit of a wrestler yourself." I said. A little flattery helps in making friends.
"So do you," he replied, which put me off for a moment because at that time I was rather thin.
"Well," I said modestly, "I do wrestle a bit.'"
"What's your name?"
"Hari Singh," I lied. I took a new name every month. That kept me ahead of the police and my former employers. After this introduction, Anil talked about the well-oiled wrestlers who were grunting, lifting and throwing each other about. I didn't have much to say. Anil walked away. I followed casually.
"Hello again," he said.
I gave him my most appealing smile. "I want to work for you," I said.
"But I can't pay you."
I thought that over for a minute. Perhaps I had misjudged my man.
I asked, "Can you feed me?"

"Can you cook?"
"I can cook," I lied again.
"If you can cook, then may be I can feed you."
He took me to his room over the Jumna Sweet Shop and told me I could sleep on the balcony. But the meal I cooked that night must have been terrible because Anil gave it to a stray dog and told me to be off. But I just hung around, smiling in my most appealing way, and he couldn't help laughing.

$$(1)$$ ''I want to work for you,'' I said.
(Change it into indirect speech)

$$(2)$$ I can't pay you.
(Rewrite making it affirmative)

Answer 1

Indirect speech:

I said that I wanted to work for him.

Affirmative sentence: I am unable to pay you.