For a category, show 3 posts along with post images

anyone…?
any help would be appreciate…

i already put this

<?php
 $rand_posts = get_posts('numberposts=3&cat=6');
 foreach( $rand_posts as $post ) :
 ?>
    <p class="meta"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a><p>
    <p class="meta">Posted by <?php the_author() ?><strong>|</strong> <?php the_time('F j, Y, g:i a') ?></p><br />
    <p><?php the_content(); ?><br /></p>
 <?php endforeach; ?>

but the intro txt doesn’t appear..all i want the intro txt is appear in just 10 words with the thumbnail
any help..?
thanks

foreach( $rand_posts as $post ) :
 ?>

should be

foreach( $rand_posts as $post ) :
 setup_postdata($post);
 ?>

Reference:
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Tags/get_posts#Access_all_post_data

Also need to add the_category to get categories so see the WordPress Default theme wp-content/themes/default/index.php for an example.

many thanks for your reply..it works
but i still can’t make the image appear as thumbnail..
i already saved the image as large image and thumbnail in media library..
what should i do to get the thumbnail one?

thanks in advance

This will display thumbnail image for post in loop

<?php
$images = get_children(
array(
	'post_parent' => $post->ID,
	'post_status' => 'inherit',
	'post_type' => 'attachment',
	'post_mime_type' => 'image',
	'order' => 'ASC',
	'orderby' => 'menu_order'
	)
);
	if ( $images ) {
	foreach ( $images as $id => $image ) {
		$img = wp_get_attachment_thumb_url( $image->ID );
		$link = get_permalink( $post->ID );
		print "\n\n" . '<a href="' . $link . '"><img class="thumb" src="' . $img . '" alt="" /></a>';
		}
	}
?>

thanks michael..it works greatttt!!