A LETTER TO GOD - G.L. FUENTES
Oral Comprehension check ( page no -5) :
1. What
did Lencho hope
for ?
Ans : Lencho
hoped for a
downpour or at
least a shower
for his cornfields
.
( 2. Why
did Lencho say
the raindrops were
like ‘ new
coins ’ ?
Ans : Lencho
said that the
raindrops were like
‘ new coins
’ because it
would give full
nourishment to the crops
in his cornfields
in getting
the best harvest so that
he would sell that
crops for money
in the market .
He resembled the big
drops and the
little drops of
rain with ten
cent and five
cent pieces respectively .
( 3. How
did the rain
change ? What
happened to Lencho’s
fields ?
Ans : The
rain changed into
a big hailstorm
which lasted for an hour
on his house
, garden , hillside , cornfield and
the whole valley .
The field
was white , as
if covered with
salt . Not
a leaf remained
on the trees
. The flowers
were gone from
the plants .
The corn was
totally destroyed .
( 4. What
were Lencho’s feelings
when the hail
stopped ?
Ans : When the hail stopped , Lencho’s soul was filled with sadness . He felt that the hail had left nothing and that year would have no corn . All their hard work in vain . There was no one to help them , they would go hungry that year .
Oral Comprehension check ( page no- 6) :
1. Who or what did Lencho have faith in ? What did he do ?
Ans: Lencho had faith
in God . He wrote
a letter to God
asking for one
hundred pesos to
cover up his
losses .
2. Who
read the letter
?
Ans : The
postmaster read the
letter .
3. What
did the postmaster
do then ?
Ans : The postmaster did
not want to
shake the faith
of Lencho .
He decided to
help him . For this
purpose he collected
money from his
employees , friends
as a charity
. He himself
gave a part
of his salary
and so he
collected seventy pesos
. Then he
mailed this to
Lencho with a
letter having only
the signature of God .
Oral Comprehension check ( page no - 7) :
1. Was
Lencho surprised to
find a letter
for him with
money in it
?
Ans : No
Lencho was not
surprised at all
.
2. What
made him angry
?
Ans : When
Lencho opened the
letter , he found only
seventy pesos instead
of hundred pesos
that he asked
for . He thought that
God surely sent
the hundred pesos
but the employees
at the post
office had stolen
thirty pesos from
it and this
made him very
angry .
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 following sentences
in the story
tell us this
:
(a) Lencho thought
only of his
one hope :
the help of God …..in
one’s conscience (b) God , he
wrote , “ If you
don’t help me
…….this year .”
(c) He
wrote ‘ To God
’ on the
envelop …….went to town
.
(d) Lencho showed
not the little
surprised on seeing
the money ……such
was his confidence
…..
(e) God
: Of the
money that I
asked for only …
I meet
it very much .
(2) Why
did the postmaster
send money to Lencho
? Why does
he sign the
letter ‘ God ’
?
Ans: The
postmaster wondered at
Lencho’s deep faith
on God .
He did not
want to shake
his faith . Therefore
he sent him
the money so
that he would
think that God
had granted his
appeal .
He signed
the letter ‘ God ’
so that Lencho
would believe that
it was really
God who had
sent him the
money .
3. Did
Lencho try to
find out who
had sent the
money to him
? why /
why not ?
Ans : No , Lencho did
not try to
find out who
had sent the
money to him
because he obviously
knew that it
was sent by
God himself .
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 employees
had taken away
the rest of
the money . The
irony in the
situation is that
the postmaster and
his employees had
raised money and
sent it to Lencho.
But Lencho did
not know the
secret and suspected
them and termed
them as a
bunch of crooks
.
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