Question 1.What did Lencho hope for?
Answer: Lencho hoped for a good rain
as it was much needed for a good
harvest.
Question 2.Why did Lencho say the
raindrops were like ‘new coins’?
Answer:Lencho compared the
raindrops with new coins because they
were promising him a good harvest
resulting in more prosperity.
Question 3.How did the rain change?
What happened to Lencho’s fields?
Answer:The rain changed into
hailstones as a strong wind began to
blow and huge hailstones began to fall
,alongwith the rain. All the crops in
Lencho’s field got destroyed because of
the weather conditions.
Question 4.What were Lencho’s
feelings when the hail stopped?
Answer:Lencho was filled with grief
after the hail stopped as everything
was ruined and there was nothing that
he could feed his family with. He could
see a bleak future for him and his
family.
Question 5.Who or what did Lencho
have faith in? What did he do?
Answer:Lencho had firm faith in God.
He believed ‘ that God 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.
Question 6.Who read the letter?
Answer: Postmaster read the letter.
Question 7.What did the postmaster do
after reading a letter?
Answer:The postmaster laughed when
he read
Lencho’s letter but soon he became
serious and was moved by the writer’s
faith in God. He didn’t want to shake
Lencho’s faith. So, he decided to
collect ,money and send it to Lencho
on behalf of God.