"He's coming", says she, "He's going to tell you, this time, the story about the old African and the green watermelons"

“He’s coming”, says she, “He’s going to tell you, this time, the story about the old African and the green watermelons”.
(a) Who is coming?
(b) Who said these lines to whom?
© Which word in the extract is a synonym of ‘tale’?

(a) Colonel Allyn is coming.
(b) Jessie said these lines to John.
© The word is ‘story’.