The Canterville Ghost Summary by Oscar Wilde, Mr Know All Summary by William Somerset Maugham, When Mr Pirzada Came to Dine Summary by Jhumpa Lahiri, The Nightingale and the Rose Summary by Oscar Wilde, The Postmaster Summary by Rabindranath Tagore. They laughed at Lencho when they saw the letter but helped him in his need. Fuentes depicts unwavering faith of a farmer in God. He did not believe that God could do such a mistake and send him less money. The story, "A Letter to God" by G.L. Once there was a hailstorm in his valley and it destroyed his crop completely. Question 4 : Are there people like the post office employees in real world? The man went out for no other reason than to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body. Question 3 : Did Lencho try to find out who send the money to him? To his utmost excitement, rainfall did happen but sooner, it turned into a hailstorm destroying his entire crop … I wish I had the faith of the man who wrote this letter. The field was white, as if covered with salt. Lencho was a farmer. He believed that God sees everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience and helps one in one’s problems. He believed that God would help him in his plight. Which sentences in the story tell you this? An ironic situation is strange or amusing because it is the oppose of what is expected). This story “A letter to God” is a story of extreme faith in god. Answer : Lencho did not want rest of the money to be sent through mail because he knew that God could not do such a mistake and send him only seventy pesos as he asked Him to send hundred pesos. But the decision he ultimately makes becomes a testament to the quiet power of one boy's shining spirit and unshakable faith. But don’t send it to me through the mail because the post office employees are a bunch of crooks.“. He was so determined to help Lencho that he himslef contributed a part of his salary for this act of charity. Lencho writes a letter to God to help him. Lencho’s reaction towards post office employees was not right or justified but it was just because of his innocence as he could not believe that God had done such a mistake. iv) What does that word ‘conscience’ in the extract mean? They read the letter and realize his predicament as well. Answer : Lencho asked God to send him hundred pesos to sow the crops and support his family till the next harvest but when he received the letter from God which was sent by the post office employees, he saw only seventy pesos in it, less than he had demanded from God. As Lencho hoped, it started raining at the time of supper (dinner) which gave Lencho a ray of hope. Lencho was an innocent man who did not know that there was no such a living person as God who could send him money to fulfil his needs. When the storm had passed, he stood in the middle of the filed and said to his sons, “A plague of locusts would have left more than this. How are these conflicts illustrated? They are able to scrounge up 70 pesos and put it inside an envelope with a letter signed by ‘God’. Answer : Lencho was a poor farmer who totally depended on the harvest to survive and fulfil the basic needs of his family. It is Lencho’s faith in God. You may select appropriate words from the box to answer the question. He put the money in an envelope addressed to Lencho and with it a letter containing only a single word as a signature: God. But when he opened it, it was evident that to answer it he needed something more than goodwill, ink and paper. “God,” he wrote, “if you don’t help me, my family and I will go hungry this year. He collected seventy pesos and put them in an envelope containing only a single word as a signature of God. All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience. Once his crops were destroyed due to heavy rainfall and hailstones, and he was afraid to think how his family would survive. The following Sunday Lencho came a bit earlier than usual to ask if there was a letter for him. After reading Lencho’s letter to God, the postmaster laughed but soon realised that Lencho had firm faith in God and his belief should not be shaken. He didn’t want to shake Lencho’s faith in God. Can you match the names in the box with their descriptions below, and fill in the blanks? (whose). iii) Find the word from the extract which means ‘forecasted’. Lencho was a hard-working farmer. The Postmaster’s Letter to Lencho’s Letter. Lencho’s soul was filled with sadness. A Letter to God Summary In English. Lencho’s soul was filled with sadness. He could not believe that it could be anybody else other than Him who would send him the money. Lencho.”. The boys, exposing themselves to the rain, ran out to collect the frozen pearls. The boys, exposing themselves to the rain, ran out to collect the frozen pearls. The flowers were gone from the plants. One has been done for you. The corn was totally destroyed. To keep the writer’s faith in God intact, the postmaster decided to help the writer. They collected seventy pesos and sent it to Lencho. Why does he sign the letter God? He composed a letter to God. (which). He found in God his last hope and decided to write a letter to God for help. ii) What was the status of leaves after the storm? He was innocent, hopeful, caring and responsible. A Letter To God Summary. We believe that people should have such kind of faith and attitude in difficult situation and should try a solution of their problems. I need a hundred pesos in order to sow my field again and to live until the crop comes, because the hailstorm….”. Question 1 : Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Lencho became angry when he saw seventy pesos in the envelope as he had demanded a hundred pesos. He was extremely delighted to see that. He was eagerly waiting for a good rain to have a good harvest so he could earn money for his family. He firmly believed that God would help him in such a difficult situation and would not let him and his family die of hunger. Everyone was dejected, but there was a small light of hope in everyone’s heart and that was “help from God.”. (b) thinking that this would happen (it may or may not have happened). 2. Answer : There were only seventy pesos in the envelope whereas Lencho had demanded a hundred pesos. In his letter, he requested God not to send the rest of the money through the money order because he thought that the post office employees were ‘a bunch of crooks’ who might have stolen his money. Lencho blamed them for taking away some amount of money. | He was expecting a good harvest but the earth needed a downpour.