he asked
Examples
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.
Solomon made a great mistake when he asked for wisdom.
You really want to know what else it was my mom said about you?" he asked. She shook her head. He didn't seem to notice. "She said you'd break my heart.
God knew where he was, but he asked so as to start a conversation with Adam and avoid startling him too much to reply.
One of the neighbors found Nasreddin scattering crumbs all around his house. "Why are you doing that?" he asked. "I'm keeping the tigers away," replied Nasreddin. "But there aren't any tigers around here," said the neighbor. "That's right," said Nasreddin. "You see how well it works?"
Then he asked if I didn't like things changing. And I said I wouldn't mind things changing if I became an astronaut, for example, which is one of the biggest changes you can imagine, apart from becoming a girl or dying.