Ans :- Lencho hoped for rains as his field of ripe corn needed it for better growth.
2. Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like new coins ?
Ans :- Lencho said the raindrops were like new coins as his crops were almost ready for harvest. But all he needed was a good rain resulting in more prosperity. So, Lencho compared them with new coins.
3) How did the rain change ? What happened to Lencho's field ?
Ans :- The rain changed into hailstones as strong wind began to blow and huge hailstones began to fall. It fell on the valley , on the ground , on the whole valley. All the crops in
Lencho's field got destroyed because of the weather conditions.
4) What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?
Ans:- Lencho's soul was filled with grief after the hail stopped as everything was ruined and there was nothing that he could feed his family with.
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1) Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
Ans :- Lencho had firm faith in God. He believed that God's eyes sees everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience and help everyone in one’s problems. He wrote a letter to God demanding him a hundred pesos to sow his field again.
2) Who read the letter ?
Ans :- The Postmaster read Lencho's letter addressed to god.
3) what did the postmaster do then ?
Ans :- The postmaster was very much impressed by Lencho . He saw that one man Lencho has such a deep faith in God. so, he didn't want to break Lencho's faith in God and give him what he asked for through that letter. Therefore, he collected about 70 pesos from his office
employess , several friends and some part of his salary too and send the money to Lencho to keep his faith intact.
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1) Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
Ans :- No , Lencho was not surprised to find a letter with money from God, as he believed that God would help him.
2) What made him angry ?
Ans :- When he finished counting money he found only seventy pesos in it. But he had demanded hundred pesos. He was confident that God could neither make a mistake nor deny him what he had requested. So he was pretty sure that the post office employees must have taken the remaining thirty pesos.
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Thinking about the text
1. Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell
you this?
Ans :- Lencho had complete faith in God. The sentences in the story that show this are as follows: (i) But in the hearts of all who lived in that solitary house in the middle of the valley, there was a single hope: help from God.
2. Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the
letter ‘God’?
Ans :- Postmaster was moved by Lencho’s strong faith in the God. So he decided to send money to Lencho. Moreover the postmaster did not want to disillusion him or shake his trust in God. So he signed the letter ‘God’. It was a good ploy to convey a message that God had himself written the letter.
3. Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?
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Ans :- Lencho did not try to find out who had sent the money to him because he never suspected the presence of God and had complete faith in God. He could not believe that it could be – anybody else other than him who would send him the money. His faith in God was so strong that he believed that he had sent money to him for his help in his problem.
4. Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is the irony
in the situation? (Remember that the irony of a situation is an unexpected
aspect of it. An ironic situation is strange or amusing because it is the
opposite of what is expected.)
Ans :- Lencho thinks that the post office employees have taken the remainder of the cash as he had demanded hundred pesos from God and within the letter, there was only seventy pesos. Lencho is certain that God couldn't have made an error and hence accuses the post office employees of stealing the money. The irony during this situation is that Lencho suspects the exact same people that helped him in his time of need. He thinks that the post office employees stole his money when it's they who collected the cash for him in the first place. He calls them a “bunch of crooks” though they are the ones who tried to keep his faith in God alive by giving him money.
5. Are there people like Lencho in the real world? What kind of a person would you
say he is? You may select appropriate words from the box to answer the question.
Ans :- It is almost impossible to find a person like Lencho as he is an unquestioning and naive kind of person. He is not stupid if he doesn’t know who has sent him money or a letter will reach God without any address. It is Lencho’s faith in God. In real world, people are selfish and greedy and Lencho is totally lovable and different.
6. There are two kinds of conflict in the story between humans and nature and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?
Ans :- There are certainly two sorts of conflicts within the story
Conflict between humans and nature: The conflict between humans and nature is illustrated by the destruction of Lencho’s crop by the hailstorm. Lencho was expecting good rainfall to ensure a good harvest, which was the sole hope he had for his earning. He worked very hard to feed his family, but nature turned violent and destroyed everything.
Conflict between humans and humans: The story also illustrates another conflict, between humans themselves. When Lencho demanded money from God, the postmaster and therefore the other employees of the post office sent him some money, albeit they didn’t know Lencho.
However, Lencho accused them of stealing some amount of the cash . He called them “a bunch of crooks”. This shows that man doesn't have faith in another man, thereby giving rise to the present conflict.