A Letter To God
A. Textual / Oral Comprehension Questions
1. What did Lencho hope for?
Answer: Lencho hoped for a good shower or a downpour of rain because his ripe cornfield badly needed water. He believed that timely rain would bring him a rich harvest.
2. Why did Lencho say that the raindrops were like “new coins”?
Answer: Lencho compared the raindrops to new coins because rain promised a good harvest, and a good harvest would bring him money. In his happiness, he imagined the large drops as ten-cent coins and the smaller ones as five-cent coins.
3. How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s field?
Answer: The pleasant rain suddenly changed into a violent hailstorm. A strong wind blew and large hailstones fell continuously for about an hour. The corn crop was completely destroyed, the flowers disappeared, and hardly any leaves remained on the trees.
4. What were Lencho’s feelings when the hailstorm stopped?
Answer: Lencho was filled with deep sadness and disappointment. His entire crop had been destroyed, and he feared that there would be no corn or income to support his family. He thought that his family might go hungry that year.
5. Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
Answer: Lencho had complete and unquestioning faith in God. He believed that God knew everyone’s problems and would never abandon a person in need. Therefore, after losing his crop, he wrote a letter to God asking for one hundred pesos so that he could sow his field again and support his family until the next harvest.
6. Who read Lencho’s letter?
Answer: A postman noticed the unusual letter addressed to God and showed it to the postmaster. The postmaster then read the letter.
7. What did the postmaster do after reading Lencho’s letter?
Answer: The postmaster was deeply impressed by Lencho’s extraordinary faith. He did not want that faith to be broken, so he decided to help him. He contributed part of his own salary, collected money from the post-office employees and others, and sent the amount to Lencho in an envelope signed “God”.
8. How much money did the postmaster manage to send to Lencho?
Answer: The postmaster and his helpers were able to collect and send seventy pesos to Lencho.
9. Was Lencho surprised to find a letter with money in it? Why?
Answer: No, Lencho was not surprised at all. His faith in God was so strong that he had fully expected God to answer his request and send him the money.
10. What made Lencho angry?
Answer: Lencho had asked God for one hundred pesos, but the envelope contained only seventy pesos. He was certain that God could neither make a mistake nor send less than the requested amount. Therefore, he became angry and suspected the post-office employees of taking the remaining thirty pesos.
11. What did Lencho write in his first letter to God?
Answer: Lencho informed God that the hailstorm had destroyed his entire crop. He asked for one hundred pesos so that he could sow his field again and provide food for his family until the next crop was ready.
12. Why did Lencho write a second letter to God?
Answer: Lencho wrote the second letter because he had received only seventy of the hundred pesos he had requested. He asked God to send the remaining thirty pesos and requested that the money should not be sent through the post office because he suspected its employees.
13. What did Lencho call the post-office employees?
Answer: Lencho called the post-office employees “a bunch of crooks” because he mistakenly believed that they had taken the remaining thirty pesos.
14. Did Lencho try to find out who had actually sent the money? Why or why not?
Answer: No, Lencho made no attempt to discover the real sender. His faith in God was absolute, so he immediately assumed that the money had come directly from God. The possibility that ordinary people had helped him never occurred to him.
15. Why did Lencho go out when the large raindrops began to fall?
Answer: Lencho had eagerly waited for rain because his crop needed it. When the rain finally began, he went outside to enjoy the fresh air and feel the raindrops on his body. He was delighted because he believed the rain would ensure a good harvest.
16. Why did Lencho tell his sons that they would go hungry that year?
Answer: Lencho said this because the hailstorm had completely destroyed the ripe corn crop. Since farming was the family’s main source of food and income, he feared that they would have nothing to live on during the year.
17. What did Lencho do throughout the morning? What did he see in the north-east?
Answer: Throughout the morning, Lencho repeatedly looked towards the north-east, hoping for rain. Later, he saw a huge mass of dark rain clouds approaching from that direction.
18. Why did Lencho keep gazing at the sky?
Answer: Lencho kept gazing at the sky because his crop required rain and he was eagerly waiting for a shower that would ensure a successful harvest.
B. Thinking About the Text
19. Who does Lencho have complete faith in? How does the story show his faith?
Answer: Lencho has complete faith in God. His actions clearly show this faith. After the destruction of his crop, he sees divine help as his only hope. He writes directly to God asking for money, confidently expects an answer, shows no surprise when the money arrives, and even refuses to believe that God could have sent less than he requested. These incidents show that his faith is absolute and unquestioning.
20. Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter “God”?
Answer: The postmaster is deeply moved by Lencho’s faith and does not want him to lose it. He therefore collects money and sends it to Lencho as an act of kindness. He signs the letter “God” so that Lencho will believe that his prayer has truly been answered and his faith will remain unshaken.
21. Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is ironic about the situation?
Answer: Lencho believes that the post-office employees have taken the missing thirty pesos.
The irony is that those very employees had contributed their own money to help him and preserve his faith in God. Instead of being grateful to them, Lencho wrongly accuses them of dishonesty.
22. Are there people like Lencho in the real world? What kind of person is Lencho?
Answer: People with such unquestioning faith may exist, although they are uncommon. Lencho can best be described as naive and unquestioning. He is simple, innocent and deeply religious. However, his excessive faith prevents him from recognising the kindness of the people who actually helped him.
23. How are the two conflicts—human versus nature and human versus human—shown in the story?
Answer: The story presents two important conflicts.
Human versus nature: Lencho works hard and expects rain to improve his crop. The same natural force that first gives him hope suddenly turns destructive when rain changes into a hailstorm and ruins everything.
Human versus human: The postmaster and his employees help Lencho by collecting money for him. However, Lencho misunderstands their kindness and suspects them of stealing the missing money. Thus, mistrust creates a conflict between people.
C. Additional Short Questions
24. Where was Lencho’s house situated?
Answer: Lencho’s house was the only house in the valley and stood on the crest of a low hill.
25. What was the only thing Lencho’s field needed?
Answer: The field needed a good downpour or at least a shower of rain.
26. Which crop was growing in Lencho’s field?
Answer: Corn was growing in Lencho’s field.
27. What were the older boys doing before the rain started?
Answer: The older boys were working in the field.
28. What did Lencho compare the large raindrops with?
Answer: He compared the large raindrops with ten-cent coins.
29. What completely destroyed Lencho’s crop?
Answer: A strong wind accompanied by a severe hailstorm completely destroyed his crop.
30. How long did the hailstorm continue?
Answer: The hailstorm continued for about one hour.
31. What did the field look like after the hailstorm?
Answer: The field became white and appeared as though it had been covered with salt.
32. How much money did Lencho ask God for?
Answer: Lencho asked God for one hundred pesos.
33. How much money did Lencho receive?
Answer: Lencho received seventy pesos.
34. What was the single word used by the postmaster as the signature?
Answer: The postmaster signed the letter with the word “God”.
35. What kind of man was the postmaster?
Answer: The postmaster was a friendly, kind-hearted, sympathetic and generous man who respected Lencho’s faith and tried to preserve it.
36. Why did the postmaster laugh when he first saw Lencho’s letter?
Answer: At first, he found the idea of a letter directly addressed to God unusual and amusing. However, his amusement quickly turned into admiration when he realised how deeply Lencho believed in God.
37. How did the postmaster arrange the money?
Answer: The postmaster contributed part of his own salary and requested his employees and other people to contribute to the charitable act. Together they collected seventy pesos.
38. What is meant by “Lencho was an ox of a man”?
Answer: The expression means that Lencho was physically strong and extremely hardworking. Like a strong farm animal, he worked tirelessly in his field to support his family.
39. What did the “huge mountains of clouds” indicate?
Answer: They indicated the approach of large rain clouds that appeared capable of bringing heavy rain.
40. What does “pesos” mean?
Answer: Peso is a unit of currency used in several Latin American countries.
41. What does “amiable” mean?
Answer: “Amiable” means friendly, pleasant and good-natured.
42. What is a locust?
Answer: A locust is an insect that may gather in large swarms and cause serious damage to crops.
D. Long Answer Questions
43. Write a character sketch of Lencho.
Answer: Lencho is a poor but hardworking farmer whose life depends entirely on his cornfield. He is physically strong and works tirelessly to support his family. His most remarkable quality is his deep and unquestioning faith in God.
When a devastating hailstorm destroys his entire crop, Lencho does not give up his belief. Instead, he writes directly to God asking for one hundred pesos. When he later receives seventy pesos, he accepts the money without surprise because he is convinced that God has sent it.
At the same time, Lencho is very naive. His absolute faith makes him unable to recognise human kindness. He wrongly assumes that the post-office employees have stolen the remaining money, even though they are the people who helped him. Thus, Lencho is hardworking, simple, innocent, hopeful and deeply faithful, but also lacking in worldly understanding.
44. Describe the character and role of the postmaster.
Answer: The postmaster is one of the most generous and compassionate characters in the story. At first, he laughs at the unusual letter addressed to God. Soon, however, he becomes serious and is deeply impressed by Lencho’s faith.
He decides that such strong faith should not be destroyed. To help Lencho, he contributes part of his salary and collects donations from his employees and other people. Although he cannot collect the full one hundred pesos, he sends seventy pesos to Lencho and signs the letter “God”.
The postmaster represents kindness, sympathy and humanity. His actions show that people can sometimes become the means through which another person receives hope and support.
45. Explain the irony in the ending of “A Letter to God”.
Answer: The ending of the story is deeply ironic. The postmaster and his employees make a genuine effort to help Lencho. They contribute their own money and send him seventy pesos simply to preserve his faith in God.
Lencho, however, is so certain that God has sent the money that he cannot imagine God sending less than the full amount. As a result, instead of thanking the post-office employees, he suspects them of stealing the missing thirty pesos and calls them dishonest.
Thus, the people who deserve Lencho’s gratitude become the very people he accuses. This unexpected contrast between their kindness and Lencho’s suspicion creates the central irony of the story.
46. Describe the conflict between humans and nature in the story.
Answer: Lencho’s livelihood is completely dependent on nature. His ripe corn crop needs rain, and when rain begins, he feels delighted because he expects a rich harvest.
However, the same rain soon turns into a destructive hailstorm. Large hailstones fall for about an hour and destroy the entire crop. Lencho’s months of hard work disappear in a very short time.
The incident demonstrates that human beings depend greatly on nature but cannot control it. Nature can provide hope and prosperity, yet it can also become destructive without warning.
E. Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where was Lencho’s house situated?
(a) In a city
(b) At the bottom of a hill
(c) On the crest of a low hill
(d) On a beach
Answer: (c) On the crest of a low hill
2. What did Lencho hope for?
(a) Snowfall
(b) A shower of rain
(c) A storm
(d) Strong sunshine
Answer: (b) A shower of rain
3. From which direction did Lencho see the clouds approaching?
(a) South-east
(b) North-west
(c) North-east
(d) South-west
Answer: (c) North-east
4. Which crop was growing in Lencho’s field?
(a) Rice
(b) Barley
(c) Corn
(d) Wheat
Answer: (c) Corn
5. What did Lencho compare the raindrops to?
(a) Pearls
(b) New coins
(c) Diamonds
(d) Stones
Answer: (b) New coins
6. Lencho compared the large raindrops to—
(a) one-cent coins
(b) five-cent coins
(c) ten-cent coins
(d) twenty-cent coins
Answer: (c) Ten-cent coins
7. What did the rain finally turn into?
(a) Cyclone
(b) Hailstorm
(c) Tornado
(d) Snowfall
Answer: (b) Hailstorm
8. For how long did the hail fall?
(a) Ten minutes
(b) Thirty minutes
(c) One hour
(d) Two hours
Answer: (c) One hour
9. After the hailstorm, the field looked as though it was covered with—
(a) sugar
(b) flour
(c) salt
(d) sand
Answer: (c) Salt
10. Lencho’s soul was filled with—
(a) joy
(b) excitement
(c) sadness
(d) anger
Answer: (c) Sadness
11. Lencho had complete faith in—
(a) his wife
(b) the postmaster
(c) God
(d) his neighbours
Answer: (c) God
12. How much money did Lencho ask for?
(a) 30 pesos
(b) 50 pesos
(c) 70 pesos
(d) 100 pesos
Answer: (d) 100 pesos
13. How much money was finally sent to Lencho?
(a) 30 pesos
(b) 70 pesos
(c) 100 pesos
(d) 120 pesos
Answer: (b) 70 pesos
14. Why was Lencho not surprised when he received the money?
(a) He knew the postmaster had sent it.
(b) He had complete faith in God.
(c) His wife had told him about it.
(d) He had expected money from a friend.
Answer: (b) He had complete faith in God
15. Why did the postmaster help Lencho?
(a) To make fun of him
(b) To preserve Lencho’s faith in God
(c) To receive a reward
(d) To make Lencho work for him
Answer: (b) To preserve Lencho’s faith in God
16. What did the postmaster send as a reply from God?
(a) Crops
(b) Food
(c) Money
(d) Gold
Answer: (c) Money
17. What did Lencho call the post-office employees?
(a) Helpful people
(b) Good friends
(c) A bunch of crooks
(d) Kind officers
Answer: (c) A bunch of crooks
18. What is the main irony in the story?
(a) Lencho wanted rain but disliked farming.
(b) The postmaster refused to help him.
(c) Lencho accused the very people who had helped him.
(d) God sent more money than Lencho requested.
Answer: (c) Lencho accused the very people who had helped him
19. The word “amiable” means—
(a) angry
(b) friendly
(c) weak
(d) serious
Answer: (b) Friendly
20. A locust is—
(a) a bird
(b) an insect
(c) a plant
(d) a mountain animal
Answer: (b) An insect
21. What was Lencho’s wife preparing?
(a) Breakfast
(b) Lunch
(c) Supper
(d) Tea
Answer: (c) Supper
22. The air before the hailstorm was—
(a) dusty and hot
(b) fresh and sweet
(c) polluted
(d) extremely cold
Answer: (b) Fresh and sweet
23. Lencho was described as—
(a) a lion of a man
(b) an ox of a man
(c) a horse of a man
(d) a tiger of a man
Answer: (b) An ox of a man
24. Lencho contacted God through—
(a) telephone
(b) e-mail
(c) a letter
(d) a friend
Answer: (c) A letter
25. The postmaster was mainly moved by Lencho’s—
(a) handwriting
(b) wealth
(c) strong faith
(d) farming skill
Answer: (c) Strong faith
26. The word “intimately” most nearly means—
(a) carelessly
(b) very closely
(c) suddenly
(d) angrily
Answer: (b) Very closely
27. Who is the author of “A Letter to God”?
(a) G. L. Fuentes
(b) William Shakespeare
(c) Robert Frost
(d) Roald Dahl
Answer: (a) G. L. Fuentes
28. “They are new coins” is an example of—
(a) alliteration
(b) metaphor
(c) personification
(d) irony
Answer: (b) Metaphor
29. “Huge mountains of clouds” suggests—
(a) very small clouds
(b) clouds likely to bring heavy rain
(c) snow-covered mountains
(d) clouds below the hills
Answer: (b) Clouds likely to bring heavy rain
30. “Pesos” refers to—
(a) a type of crop
(b) a unit of currency
(c) a kind of storm
(d) a farming tool
Answer: (b) A unit of currency
F. Thinking About Language
1. Match the types of storms with their descriptions.
- A violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle — Cyclone
- An extremely strong wind — Gale
- A violent tropical storm with very strong winds — Typhoon
- A violent storm with a funnel-shaped cloud at its centre — Tornado
- A violent storm with very strong winds, especially in the western Atlantic — Hurricane
- A rapidly spinning strong wind capable of causing damage — Whirlwind
2. Match the uses of “hope” with their meanings.
(i) “I hope so.”
Meaning: Wanting something to happen and believing it is possible.
(ii) “I hope you don’t mind…”
Meaning: A polite way of showing concern that one’s words may offend someone.
(iii) “This discovery will give new hope…”
Meaning: A feeling that something good may happen.
(iv) “Hoping against hope…”
Meaning: Wishing for something even though it is very unlikely.
(v) “In the hope of speaking to her…”
Meaning: Acting because one thinks or wishes that something may happen.
(vi) “Given up hope…”
Meaning: No longer believing that the desired event will happen.
3. Join the sentences using relative clauses.
(i) I often go to Mumbai, which is the commercial capital of India.
(ii) My mother, who cooks very well, is going to host a TV programme on cooking.
(iii) The sportspersons whose performance has been excellent are going to meet the President.
(iv) Lencho prayed to God, whose eyes can see into people’s minds.
(v) The man whom I trusted cheated me.
4. Rewrite using negatives for emphasis.
(i) The trees lost all their leaves.
Answer: Not a single leaf remained on the trees.
(ii) The letter was addressed directly to God.
Answer: It was nothing less than a letter addressed to God.
(iii) It was the first time the postman had seen such an address.
Answer: Never before in his career had the postman seen such an address.
5. Identify the metaphors and their meanings.
| Object | Metaphorical expression | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Clouds | Huge mountains of clouds | A very large mass of clouds |
| Raindrops | New coins | Rain promised a valuable harvest |
| Hailstones | Frozen pearls | Their bright, rounded appearance |
| Locusts | A plague of locusts | Their power to cause widespread destruction |
| Lencho | An ox of a man | His strength and hardworking nature |
Human Generate Question Answer
- What did Lencho hope for? ( লেঞ্চই কি আশা কৰিছিল? )
Ans:- Lencho hoped for rain as it was much needed for a good harvest ( লেঞ্চই বৰষুণৰ বাবে আশা কৰি আছিল যিটো তাৰ খেতিডৰাৰ বাবে খুবেই প্ৰয়োজন আছিল। )
- Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?(লেঞ্চই বৰষুণৰ টোপালবোৰক কিয় নতুন পইচাৰ লগত তুলনা কৰিছিল? )
Ans:- For lencho, the raindrops were like ‘new coins’ as they promised him a good harvest resulting in more prasperity.( বৰষুণৰ টুপালবোৰ লেঞ্চৰ বাবে নতুন পইচাৰ দৰে আছিল কিয়নো ই তেখেতৰ খেতিডৰাক সমৃদ্ধিশালী কৰাৰ সপোন দেখাইছিল। )
- How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho fields?( বৰষুণ কিদৰে সলনি হৈছিল? ই লেঞ্চৰ খেতিডৰালৈ কি পৰিৱৰ্তন আনিছিল? )
Ans:- The rain who came with a new hope had changed into a hailstorm. A strong wind began to blow and huge hailstones began to fall along with the rain. All the craps in Lencho’s field got destroyed due to hailstorm. ( নতুন আশা কঢ়িয়াই অনা বৰষুণজাকে হঠাতে শিলাবৃষ্টিলৈ পৰিৱৰ্তন হ’ল। তীব্ৰ বতাহে তথা ডাঙৰ শিল পৰিব ধৰিলে বৰষুণৰ সৈতে, যাৰ ফলত লেঞ্চৰ পথাৰখনৰ খেতিডৰা সম্পূৰ্ণৰূপে নষ্ট হৈ থকিল। )
- What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stoppes? ( ধুমুহা শেষ হোৱা পাছত লেঞ্চৰ কেনেকুৱা অনুভৱ হৈছিল? )
Ans:- When the hail stopped Lencho was filled with grief as everything was ruined and there was nothing that could feed his family. He could see a bleak future for him and his family.( ধুমুহা শেষ হোৱা পাছত লেঞ্চৰ খংউঠিছিল কিয়নো ই সকলো ধ্বংস কৰি পেলেইছিল যাৰ ফলত তেওঁ পৰিয়ালক খুৱাবৰ বাবে একো বাছি নাথাকিলে। তেওঁ নিজৰ মাথো অন্ধকাৰময় ভৱিষ্যত দেখা পাইছিল। )
- Who or What did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?( লেঞ্চই কিহৰ ওপৰত বিশ্বাস ৰাখিছিল? আৰু তেওঁ কি কৰিছিল? )
Ans:- Lencho had firm faith in God. He believed that God sees everything including one’s deep conscience and help everyone in one’s problems. He wrote a letter to God demanding him a hundred pesos to his field again.
( লেঞ্চৰ ভগৱানৰ ওপৰত অগাধ বিশ্বাস আছিল। তেঁও বিশ্বাস কৰিছিল যে ভগৱানে সকলোকে দেখি থাকে আৰু সকলোৰে মনৰ ভিতৰখনো পঢ়িব পাৰে। সেইবাবে সি ভগৱানৰ ওচৰত ১০০ টকা বিচাৰি চিঠি লিখিছিল যাতে পুনৰ খেতি আৰম্ভ কৰিব পাৰে। )
- Who read the letter? ( চিঠি খন কোনে পঢ়িছিল? )
Ans:- The postmaster read the letter.( প’ষ্টমেনজনে চিঠিখন পঢ়িছিল। )
- What did the postmaster do then? ( প’ষ্টমাষ্টাৰজনে কি কৰিছিল? )
Ans:- The postmaster helped Lencho by sending money on behalf of God. lencho had written a letter God help him money. The postmaster didn’t want to shake Lencho’s faith in God. So he collected money and sent to Lencho.( ভগৱানৰ হৈ প’ষ্টমাষ্টৰজনে লেঞ্চৰ বাবে পইচা পঠাইছিল। লেঞ্চই ভগৱানৰ নামত এখন চিঠি লিখিছিল পইচা বিচাৰি, সেইবাবে পষ্টমাষ্টজনে লেঞ্চ’ৰ বিশ্বাস অটুট ৰাখিবৰ বাবে নিজে পইচা গোটাই লেঞ্চ’লৈ পঠিয়াছিল। )
- Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it? ( লেঞ্চ’ই চিঠিসহিত পইচা লাভ কৰি আচৰিত অনুভৱ কৰিছিল নেকি? )
Ans:- No, Lencho was not surprised to find a letter for him with money in it, because he had full faith in God. He knew that God saw everything even in one’s conscience.( নাই, লেঞ্চ’ই চিঠিখনৰ সৈতে পইচা লাভ কৰি কোনো আচৰিত হোৱা নাছিল, কিয়নো তেওঁৰ ভগৱানৰ ওপৰত সম্পূৰ্ণ বিশ্বাস আছিল। তেওঁ জানিছিল যে ভগৱানে সকলোৰে মনৰ ভিতৰৰ দূৰৱস্থাও বুজি পাই। )
- What made him angry?
( কি কথাত তেওঁৰ খঙ উঠিছিল? )
Ans:- Lencho asked for hundred pesos from God. But God sent him only seventy pesas. It was not good on God’s part. This made him angry. ( লেঞ্চ’ই ভগৱানৰ পৰা এশ টকা বিচাৰিছিল। কিন্তু ভগৱানে মাত্ৰ সত্তৰ টকা দিছিল, যিটো ভগৱানৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত অসম্ভৱ হয়। এইটো কথাতে লেঞ্চ’ৰ খঙ উঠিছিল। )
Thinking about the text ( পাঠটিৰ বিষয়ে ভাবা )
- Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in story tell you this?
( লেঞ্চ’ৰ কাৰ ওপৰত অগাধ বিশ্বাস আছিল? পাঠটি কোনকেইটা বাক্যই লেঞ্চ’ৰ বিশ্বাসক প্ৰতিফলিত কৰিছিল? )
Ans:- Lencho have complete faith in God as he is instructed that God knows everything and helps as in our problems. There are few sentences which show this.
I. 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.
II. 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 that is deep in one’s conscience.
III. God could not have made a mistake, nor could he have denied Lencho what he had requested.
( লেঞ্চৰ ভগৱানৰ ওপৰত অগাধ বিশ্বাস আছিল কিয়। তেওঁ সদায় শুনি আহিছিল যে ভগৱানে সকলোৰে কথা শুনে আৰু সহায় কৰে। পাঠটিৰ পৰা কেইটামান বাক্য তলত উল্লেখ কাৰ হ’ল->
I. এই সকলোবোৰৰ ভিতৰত অঞ্চলটোত নিগাজীকৈ বাস কৰা সিহঁতৰ মাজত ভগৱানৰ পৰা সহায় লাভ কৰা এক আশা আছিল।
II. গোটেই নিশা লেঞ্চ’ই নিজৰ একমাত্ৰ আশাটিৰ কথা ভাবি আছিল যিটো আছিল ভগৱানৰ সহায়। কিয়নো তেওঁ সদায় শুনি আহিছিল যে ভগৱানে সকলোকে সহায় কৰে আৰু সকলোকে চাই থাকে। )
III. ভগৱানে কেতিয়াও ভূল নকৰে আৰু তেওঁ লেঞ্চ’ৰ লগতো কোনো অন্যায় নকৰে বুলি লেঞ্চ’ৰ বিশ্বাস। )
- Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sing the letter God?
( প’ষ্টমাষ্টাৰজনে লেঞ্চ’লৈ কিয় পইচা পঠাইছিল? তেওঁ কিয় চিঠিখনত ভগৱানৰ নামত স্বাক্ষৰ কৰি দিছিল? )
Ans:- The postmaster does not want that Lancho’s faith in God should break. He in fact, feels proud that Lencho has such a great faith in God. He signs the letter again to keep lencho’s faith. It he does not do so, Lencho might think differently. His faith in God may shake.
( পষ্টমাষ্টৰজনে কেতিয়াও বিচাৰা নাছিল যে লেঞ্চ’ৰ ভগৱানৰ ওপৰৰ পৰা বিশ্বাসটো উঠি যাওক বৰঞ্চ তেওঁ লেঞ্চ’ৰ ভগৱানৰ ওপৰত থকা অগাধ বিশ্বাসক লৈ তেওঁ গৌৰৱ অনুভৱ কৰিছিল। সেইবাবে তেওঁ লেঞ্চ’ৰ বাবে চিঠখন লিখি পঠাওতে ভগৱানৰ নাম দি স্বাক্ষৰ কৰি দিছিল, কিয়নো তেনে নকৰা হ’লে লেঞ্চ’ৰ হয়তু ভগৱানৰ ওপৰৰ পৰা বিশ্বাস উঠি গ’ল হয়। )
- Did lencho try to find out who had sent the Money to him? Why/Why not?( লেঞ্চ’ই তেওঁলৈ কোনে পইচা পঠাইছিল বিচাৰ কৰি চাইছিল নে? যদি নাই কৰা কিয়? )
Ans:- Lencho did not try to find out who had sent the money to him. It was because he had complete faith in God. There fore he did not bother about the sender.
( লেঞ্চ’লৈ কোনে পইচা পঠাইছিল তাৰ বিষয়ে কোনো অনুসন্ধান চলোৱা নাছিল কিয়নো তেওঁৰ ভগৱানৰ ওপৰত সম্পৰ্ণ বিশ্বাস আছিল যে তেওঁ কেতিয়াওঁ লেঞ্চক নিৰাশ নকৰে । সেয়েহে লেঞ্চই পইচা পঠিওৱা মানুহজনৰ ওপৰত কোনো ধৰণৰ গুৰুত্ব আৰোপ কৰা নাছিল । )
- 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 amazing because it is the opposite of what is expected? )
( লেঞ্চ’ৰ মতে বাকী পইচাখিনি কোনে ৰাখি থৈছিল? দৰাচলতে পৰিস্থিতিটোৰ আচল তাপৰ্য কি আছিল? মনত ৰাখিবা যে আইৰণি হৈছে সাম্প্ৰতিক পৰিস্থিতি সম্পূৰ্ণ ওলটা )
Ans:- Lencho thinks that the rest of the money have been taken by the emplayees of the past office as he had asked for hundred pesas from God. But he get only seventy pesas with the letter from God, and he belives that God can not make such a mistake. Thus he assumes that they have stolen the money.
The irony in the sutuation is that due to his full faith in God, Lencho suspects those people who helped him in his problem and tried to keep his faith alive in God.
( লেঞ্চ’ই ভাবিছিল যে তেওঁৰ বাকী পইচাকেইটা ডাকঘৰৰ মানুহে লৈ থৈছিল। কিয়নো তেওঁ ভগৱানক ১০০ টকা বিচাৰিছিল, মাত্ৰ ৭০ টকাহে তেওঁ পাইছিল আৰু লগত ভগৱানৰ স্বাক্ষৰিত এখন চিঠি। লেঞ্চৰ দৃঢ় বিশ্বাস আছিল যে ভগৱানে কেতিয়াও ভূল নকৰে গতিকে বাকী পইচাকেইটা চুৰ হোৱাটো নিশ্চিত।
এই পৰিস্থিতিৰ আমোদজনক তথা আশ্চৰ্যজনক ঘটনা হ’ল যে লেঞ্চ’ৰ ভগৱানৰ ওপৰত থকা অন্ধ বিশ্বাসে তেওঁক মনত সেইসকল ব্যক্তিৰ প্ৰতি সন্দেহৰ ভাব জন্মাইছিল যিসকল ব্যক্তিয়ে তেওঁক পইচা দি সহায় কৰিছিল যাতে তেওঁৰ ভগৱানৰ প্ৰতি থকা বিশ্বাস অটুট থাকে। )
- Are there people like Lencho in the real world? What kind of a person would you say he is? You may select apprapriate words from the box to answer the question.
( আজি পৃথিৱীত লেঞ্চ’ৰ দৰে ব্যক্তি বিচাৰি পোৱা যাবনে? তেওঁ দৰাচলতে কেনেকুৱা প্ৰকৃতিৰ ব্যক্তি? তলত দিয়া শব্দবোৰ ব্যৱহাৰ কৰি উপযুক্ত উত্তৰ লিখা। )
Greedy (লোভীয়া) Naive (সৰল) stupid ( মূৰ্খ ) ungreatful ( অকৃতজ্ঞ ) selfish ( স্বাৰ্থপৰ ) comical ( হাস্যমধুৰ ) unquestioning ( অপ্ৰশ্নসূচক )
Ans:- In this world of science, it is hard to find a person like Lencho who is an unquestiong and naive by nature. He looks so stupid as he doesn’t understand who has sent him money and how his letter God without any address, it is Lencho’s faith in God. In real world, people are selfish, greedy, and ungrateful, while Lencho is totally lavable and different.
( বৰ্তমানৰ এই বিজ্ঞানৰ যুগত লেঞ্চ'ৰ দৰে অপ্ৰশ্নসূচক সৰল মনৰ মানুহ বিচাৰি পোৱাটো অধিক কঠিন। তেওঁক কিছুমান মূহুৰ্তত মূৰ্খৰ দৰে দেখা গৈছিল যিহেতু তেওঁ সহায় লাভ কৰা মানুহবিলাককে সন্দেহ কৰিছিল চুৰ বুলি আৰু কোনোধৰণৰ ঠিকনা নোহোৱাকৈ ভগৱানক উদ্দ্যেশি চিঠি লিখিছিল। একমাত্ৰ ভগৱানৰ ওপৰত থকা অন্ধবিশ্বাসৰ বাবে। পিছে আজিকালিৰ পৃথিৱীত স্বাৰ্থপৰ, অকৃতজ্ঞ মানুহহে পোৱা যায়। আৰু লেঞ্চ হৈছে ইয়াৰ সম্পূৰ্ণ ওলোটা প্ৰকৃতিৰ মৰমীয়াল। )- There are two kinds of conflict in the story between humans and nature and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?
( পাঠটিত দুই ধৰণৰ সংঘৰ্ষ বা বিবাদ দেখিবলৈ পোৱা গৈছে-এক হৈছে প্ৰকৃতিৰ আৰু আনচি হৈছে মানুহৰ মাজত। দুয়োটা ঘটনা বহলাই লিখা।
Ans:- The Conflict between humans and nature is illustrated by the destruction of Lencho’s crop by the hailstorm as Lencho was expecting a good rain to have good harvest as that was the only hope he had for his earning. He worked so hard to feed his family, but he become the victim of nature who destroyed his crop field.
This very story is also illustrated another conflict between human themselves. After receiving Lencho’s letter to God, the postmaster along with the staff sent money to him which he asked from God in order to keep his belife in God. But Lencho had climed the staff of post office that they take away money from him because he get called them “a bunch of crook”. It shows that man does not have faith in other man, thereby giving rise to this conflict.
( মানুহ আৰু প্ৰকৃতিৰ মাজৰ বিবাদক বুজোৱা গৈছে লেঞ্চ’ৰ খেতিডৰাৰ বিনষ্ট হোৱাক লৈ যি সংঘটিত হৈছিল প্ৰচণ্ড শিলাবৃষ্টি বাবে। লেঞ্চ’ৰ বৰষুণৰ বাবে অপেক্ষা কৰি আছিল যিয়ে তেওঁৰ খেতিডৰাক ভাল কৰি তুলিব আৰু তেওঁৰ উপাৰ্জনৰ পথ মুকলি হব। তেওঁ নিজ পৰিয়ালক খোৱাবৰ বাবে যথেষ্ট কষ্ট কৰিছিল। কিন্তু তেওঁ অৱশেষত গৈ প্ৰকৃতিৰ ৰোষত পৰিলগৈ যিয়ে তেওঁৰ সম্পূৰ্ণ খেতিডৰা নষ্ট কৰি পেলালে। )
উক্ত পাঠটিতে মানুহৰ মাজত হোৱা বিবাদৰ কথা উল্লেখ আছে। ডাকঘৰৰ প’ষ্টমাষ্টৰজনে লেঞ্চ’ই ভগৱানলৈ লিখা চিঠিখন লাভ কৰা পাছত তেওঁ সহকমীবোৰৰ সহায়ত লেঞ্চ’লৈ ৭০ টকা পইচা এখন চিঠিৰ লগত দি পঠালে যাতে লেঞ্চ’ৰ বিশ্বাস অটুট খাকে। কিন্তু লেঞ্চ’ই তেওঁলোককহে সন্দেহ কৰিলে বাকী পইচাখিনি ডাকঘৰৰ কৰ্মচাৰীসকলে চুৰি কৰিলে। )
Thinking about language ( ভাষাৰ বিষয়ে ভাবা )
- There are different names in different parts of the world for storms, depending on their nature. Can you match the names in the box with their description below, and fill in the blanks.
( পৃথিৱীৰ বিভিন্ন অংশত বতৰ তথা পৰিৱেশ অনুযায়ী বিভিন্ন ধুমুহা বতাহ আদি হয়। তলত দিয়া বিলাকৰ নাম উপযুক্ত স্থানত পূৰ কৰা। ) - A violent trapical strom in which strong winds move in a circle: cyclone
সময় সাপাক্ষে বলা এক ঘূৰ্ণী বতাহ তথা ধুমুহাঃ চাইক্ল’ন। - An extremely strong wind: gale
( অতি শক্তিশালী ৰূপত বলা বতাহঃ গেল ) - A violent tropical strom with very strong wind: typhone
( সময়সাপাক্ষে হোৱা তীব্ৰ বতাহৰ ধুমুহাঃ টাইফোন - A violent strom whose centre is a cloud in the shape of a funnel: tornado
( এক ভয়ানক ধুমুহা যাৰ উপত্তি স্থান হৈছে ডাৱৰঃ টৰনেড’ - A violent strom with very strong winds expecially in the western Atlantic Ocean: hurricane
( শক্তিশালী বতাহৰ সহিতে আহা এক ভয়ানক ধুমুহা যি বিশেষকৈ আটলানটিক মহাসাগৰৰ পশ্চিম দিশত উপত্তি হয়ঃ হাৰিকেন - A very strong wind that moves very fast in a spinning movement and causes a lot of damage: hurricane.
( শক্তিশালী ভাবে বলা ঘূৰ্ণী বতাহ যি বিস্তৰ ক্ষতি সাধন কৰেঃ হাৰিকেন।’
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