"You'll not find too many red men who worry much about the time," he told Ma.

I'll tell Ma you'll be along by and by.

Would you tell Ma I'll be grabbing a sandwich there?

I told Ma I didn't know they were still around.

Like I told Ma," my father said to me, "Nobody lives forever.

How many times have I told Ma, send the baby back, only to be laughed at and pinched on the cheek?

I told Ma I was going fishing while we were eating breakfast and she didn't object.

"He was talking to Jim when it happened," she told Ma.

I must tell Ma about the spider, she'd like that.

An' you better not tell Ma where you're a-goin'.