A Letter To God – Comprehensive Study With NCERT Solution
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Summary In Easy To Understand Language -
Lencho Poor But Hardworking Farmer
- Lencho
was a poor farmer.
- His
house was the only one in the entire valley.
- It
was on the top of a hill.
- His crops needed just a shower for a good
harvest.
- He
was looking towards the sky hoping for rain.
- During
the meal, big drops of rain began to fall.
- He
went out to feel the rain on his body as it was a pleasing moment for him.
Pleasing Moment To Consider Raindrops Like Coins
- Lencho
was satisfied as it rained as per his expectation.
- He
called drops of rain new coins.
- The
big drops were ten-cent pieces and the little ones were worth five each.
- Suddenly, a strong wind began to blow.
Natural Disaster As Hailstones
- Along with the rain, it began to fall very large hailstones.
- They truly resembled silver coins.
- The house, the fields, and the hillside were covered with white hails.
- Not a leaf remained on the trees.
- The corn was totally destroyed. So were the flowers. Lencho was dismayed.
- They would have nothing to eat the whole year
- There was no one to help in his bad times
Single Hope - Help from God
- But Lencho had firm faith in God that was only one hope.
- It was the help from God.
- The following Sunday, he wrote a letter to God.
- He wrote that if he did not help, his whole family would die as there was nothing to eat.
- He needed a hundred pesos in order to sow his field again and to live until the new crop coming.
- He wrote ‘To God’ on the envelope, placed a stamp on it, and dropped it into the mailbox.
Letter To God As Address
- One of the postmen who read the address laughed heartily and took it to the postmaster.
- The postmaster was quite a friendly and amiable person.
- He too broke out laughing at first.
- But soon he became serious.
- He realized that the sender of the letter had great faith in God.
- He didn’t want to shake the writer’s faith in God.
- He passed a resolution to answer the letter.
- But it needed more than a reply.
The Postmaster's Deed Of Humanity
- The generous postmaster collected money from his employees.
- He himself gave a part of his salary.
- He
put seventy pesos, all the money he could collect, in an envelope and handed
over Lencho himself.
Post Office Employees "A Bunch Of Crooks"
- Lencho had a firm and unshaken faith in God.
- He did expect help from God.
- When he received the money, he was not surprised.
- But his happiness was just for some moments.
- When he counted the money, he became very angry.
- He believed that God could never deceive him.
- God could not make a mistake.
- So post office employees were responsible for the shortage of money.
- Immediately, he wrote a second letter to God and posted it.
- The postmaster opened the letter eagerly.
- Lencho wrote that he received seventy pesos that had been sent by God.
- He asked God not to send the money through the mail.
- As The post-office employees were a bunch of crooks’.
Difficult Words In The Chapter - A Letter To God
- Entire = complete (पूर्ण)
- crest = top of a hill (शिखर/चोटी)
- harvest= season’s yield of the crop ( फसल)
- downpour = heavy rain (मूसलाधार वर्षा)
- throughout = all through (लगातार)
- Intimately = thoroughly (पूरी तरह से)
- Predict = say in advance (भविष्यवाणी करना )
- Expression = aspect of the face (भाव)
- regarded = looked closely (ध्यान से देखा )
- draped = dressed/covered (ढका हुआ)
- curtain = cover(आवरण)
- hailstones = frozen rain (ओले)
- resemble = be similar (शक्ल का मिलना)
- exposing = leaving uncovered (खुला /उघाड़ा छोड़ देना )
- frozen = frozen (जमे हुए )
- pearls = pearls (मोती)
- remain = be still present (शेष रहना)
- plague = cause of the disaster (एक बीमारी /विपत्ति)
- locust = (टिड्डी)
- solitary = a lonely (अकेला)
- upset = worried/troubled (परेशान)
- instruct = teach/ inform (सिखाना/बताना)
- conscience = moral sense of right/wrong (अंतरात्मा)
- still = even in this /that time (अभी भी)
- boss = person in authority (अफसर)
- career =a profession (व्यवसाय)
- amiable = kind-hearted (दयालु -ह्रदय)
- Tap = give light, quick blows (थपथपाना)
- continent = remark (टिप्पणी करना)
- correspondence stuck = exchange of letter (पत्र व्यवहार)
- shake = weaken (हिलाना /कमजोर करना )
- goodwill = friendly feeling (सदभावना)
- stuck = remained determined (दृढ़- निश्चय)
- resolution = determination (पक्का इरादा)
- salary = pay, emoluments (वेतन)
- obliged =compelled (मजबूर होना)
- charity = benefaction (दया/उदारता)
- contain = have within itself (में होना/रखना)
- signature =signature (हस्ताक्षर)
- handed = gave (दिया)
- experiencing =felling ( महसूस करना)
- contentment = satisfaction (संतुष्टि)
- perform =do (करना)
- deed = act (कार्य)
- slightest = very little (बहुत कम)
- Confidence = faith (विश्वास)
- deny = say no/refuse (इंकार करना)
- wrinkling = have wrinkles (झुर्रियाँ होना)
- brow = (here) forehead (माथा )
- caused =(here) made (बनाया)
- effort = attempt (प्रयत्न)
- express = show by words ( व्यक्त करना)
- lick = pass the tongue over/under (चाटना)
- affix = fix / fasten (लगाना)
- Blow = hard stroke with a fist, etc. (प्रहार)
- since = because (क्योंकि)
- mail = Post (डाक)
- bunch = gang / group (समूह)
- crook = rogue / swindler (ठग/धोखेबाज)
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