How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s fields?
Acceding to Lencho's predictions, big drops of rain began to fall. But, soon strong wind began to blow resulting in dropping of large hail stones. The hailstones destroyed the corn fields completely.
Who read the letter?
What did the postmaster do then?
Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
What made him angry?
Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this?
Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’?
Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?
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 amusing because it is the opposite of what is expected.)
Are there people like Lencho in the real world? What kind of a person would you say he is? You may select appropriate words from the box to answer the question.
greedy naive stupid ungrateful
selfish comical unquestioning
There are two kinds of conflict in the story: between humans and nature, and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?
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