A Letter To God-Notes-1

LESSON 1
A LETTER TO GOD
REFERENCE TO CONTEXT:
1. It was during the meal that, just as Lencho had predicted, big drops of rain
began to fall. In the North-East huge mountains of clouds could be seen
approaching. The air was fresh and sweet. The man went out for no other
reason than to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body.
(a) What could be seen approaching in the North-East?

(b) Why did Lencho go out?
(c) Which word in the passage is a synonym of ‘forecast’?
Answer:
(a) Huge mountains of clouds could be seen approaching in the North-East.
(b) Lencho went out to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body.
(c) The word ‘predict’ is a synonym of forecast.
2. The following Sunday, Lencho came a bit earlier than usual to ask if there
was a letter for him. It was the postman himself who handed the letter to
him while the postmaster, experiencing the contentment of a man who has
performed a good deed, looked on from his office.
Lencho showed not the slightest surprise on seeing the money; such was
his confidence, but he became angry when he counted the money. God
could not have made a mistake, nor could he have denied Lencho what he
had requested.
(a) Why did Lencho come earlier to the post office?

(b) Why was Lencho angry when he counted money?
(c) Find the word which is the opposite of permitted from the passage.
(d) Which word in the passage gives the meaning ‘that one will be successful one
day’.
Answer:
(a) Lencho came earlier to the post office to know if there was a letter for him.
(b) Lencho was angry when he counted money, as it was not the full amount that
he had demanded from God.
(c) The word is ‘denied’.
(d) The word is ‘confidence’.
SHORT ANSWER QUESTION AND ANSWER:
1. What did Lencho compare the raindrops to and why?

Ans: Lencho compared the raindrops to new coins because the crop needed
the rain badly and it was the sign of good harvest. Good harvest meant
prosperity for Lencho as he needed the money to fulfil his basic needs.
2. Why and how did the postmaster help Lencho?

Ans: The postmaster was determined to help Lencho. He did not want
Lencho’s faith in God to be shaken so he asked his employees and friends to
help Lencho. He also contributed a part of his salary for this act of charity.
3. Why did Lencho not want the money to be sent through mail?
Ans: Lencho wrote in his second letter that he received only seventy pesos
but he needed a hundred pesos.
He requested God not to send rest of the money by post since the post office
employees were a bunch of crooks and would steal the money.
LONG ANSWER QUESTION AND ANSWER:
1. Who was Lencho and what circumstances forced him to write a letter
to God?
Answer:
Lencho was a hardworking farmer who lived with his family on a crest of a
low hill. He was very caring and God loving man. However, he was a
farmer he could read and write. Lencho eagerly waited for the rainfall in
order to get good harvest and he became happy when it came. However,
the pleasing rain changed into hailstorm and destroyed his crop.
He became sad and was worried about his family, as they might remain
hungry that year. His last hope was the help from God as he had complete
faith in him. Hence, he wrote a letter to God asking him to send hundred
pesos to survive and to re-harvest.
2. “Humanity still exists”, this is what we get to know after reading A

letter to God’ in which firm faith in God of a poor farmer and
helpfulness of the post office employees are aptly depicted thought.
Write a paragraph on the values in it, in about 80-100 words.
Answer:
After reading ‘A letter to God’, our faith in humanity stirs for strong. We
learn from the story that there still are people who help others without any
self-interest. The postmaster and the post office employees lay an
example for every one of us to be kind. Though they all laughed at his
letter, they were really moved by the grip of faith Lencho had in God. The
way they all decided to help the stranger in his hard times restores our
faith in the existence of humanity and motivates us to be a noble and kind
person.

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LESSON 1

(a) What could be seen approaching in the North-East?

(a) Why did Lencho come earlier to the post office?

1. What did Lencho compare the raindrops to and why?

2. Why and how did the postmaster help Lencho?

LONG ANSWER QUESTION AND ANSWER:

2. “Humanity still exists”, this is what we get to know after reading A

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