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Swapping desks

First, read the text of the dialogue below. Then try and follow along with the cartoon.
Stop and re-read the text as needed. Then, try and answer the questions afterward.

Would you switch seats with me? This desk is too small for me.
I'm just as big as you are! If it's too small for you, then it’s too small for me, too!
Tell the teacher that you desk is too small. I'm sure she'll find a bigger one for you.
I already told her, she told me to ask someone in the class to switch seats with me.
You should ask Barak to switch seats with you. His is the biggest one in the whole class.
I asked Barak first and he told me to go fly a kite.
Barak is not the most considerate person in the world. I guess you stuck with that puny desk.

Question: Why does she want to switch desks?
Question: Who should she ask to switch seats with?
Question: Who told her to go fly a kite?