Complete this text with appropriate forms of these reporting verbs.
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I was in the Arctic last summer to photograph foxes, but I had been having no luck. I was on my way home one day when I saw a construction engineer called Malcolm Davidson waving and (l) …. to me as I drove by. We had met the previous weekend and he (2) … some areas further north where I might find foxes. I (3) …. why he was trying to stop me there. I pulled over and got out to (4) …to him. He (5) … if I was still looking for foxes.

We walked over to what was left of some old rusted cars by the side of the road. I looked down and saw three little foxes asleep beside a broken car door. He (6) …. me that he would have to catch them all and move them away from there. It was his next construction site, he (7)… 'I'm afraid that when we (8) that we are "developing" or "improving" an area, we don't always make things better for wild animals.'

'Let me get my camera and take some photos before you do anything,' I (9)

him. I ran to get my camera. I do hope they'll survive, I (10)

to myself. That afternoon I used up all the film I had while the young foxes played among the old cars.