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Edit the dialogue passage

The passage below is not punctuated correctly. You will need to edit the passage with the
correct punctuation by rewriting the passage using the lines provided (The passages below
contain a few question marks [?], commas [,], speech marks [“”], apostrophes [‘], full stops
[.] and capital letters).

vithy was looking at a savage elephants head carved in teak but he managed
to croak: why I’m the king of the city and you stink vithy shrugged he
supposed he did but there were so many other things to worry about alright
then the gold okay it was a small price for a meal but vithy decided he was
not going to be frightened any more by this kid. He relaxed the king of the
city nodded and pulled at his lip well I suppose you want to eat first suddenly
vithys mouth was in flood the kid could call himself emperor of the universe
for all he cared just so long as he was the king of a bow of rice you have
something the king laughed come to my palace he said

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