NCERT Exercise
Question 1: What did Lencho hope for?
Answer- Lencho hoped for rains; because the harvest in his field needed rains.
Question 2: Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?
Answer- Since raindrops would have helped in getting a better harvest, resulting in more prosperity, so Lencho compared them with new coins.
Question 3: How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s fields?
answer- The rain has turned to hailstorm. All the crop in the field was destroyed.
Question 4: What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?
Answer- After the destruction caused by hail, Lencho was devastated (destroy or ruin). He could see a bleak future for him and his family. He was worried about the lack of food for the coming year.
Question 5: Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
Answer- Lencho had faith in God. He believed that God could see everything and would help him. Lencho wrote a letter to the God, explained his situation and asked for some money from God.
Question 6: Who read the letter?
Answer: The postmaster read the letter.
Question 7: What did the postmaster do then?
Answer- Postmaster was deeply touched by Lencho’s faith in the God. The postmaster asked his employees to contribute some money so that they could send it to Lencho.
Question 8: Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this?
answer-- The following sentences explain Lencho’s faith in the God, “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. “Don’t be so upset, even though this seems like a total loss. Remember, no one dies of hunger.”