Change the narrative style by using indirect speech:"I can chop some wood today," said Jerry "But I have a boy coming from the orphanage." "I am the boy." "You? But you are small." "Size does not matter, chopping wood," said Jerry. "Some of the big boys don't chop wood. I've been chopping wood for a long time," said Jerry to the writer.

Jerry said that he could chop some wood that day. The writer objected that she had a boy coming from the orphanage. Jerry replied that he was the boy. The writer wordered whether it was he and said that he was small. Jerry told that size does not / (did not) matter chopping wood and added that some of the big boys did not chop wood. Jerry further said that he had been chopping wood for a long time.

Note: Size does not matter af general statement | ধরলে does not হবে কিন্তু, general statement না ধরলে did not হবে।