WORDMEANINGS
The given page numbers correspond to the pages in the prescribed textbook.
Meaning Word Meaning
Word Meaning Word
resolution firm decision
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charity help or money given to those
crest top of a mountain or hill solitary single in need
downpour a heavy fall of rain instructed taught contentment astate of happiness and
an inner sense of right and satisfaction
shower drizzle conscience
wrong deed a brave or noble act
intimately Very wwell
daybreak dawn wrinkling a slight line or fold in the skin
supper an evening meal, typically a of the face
light or informal one peso unit of currency
lick to strike with tongue gentiy
God willing by grace of God SOW planting the seeds of a
crop affixed attached
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heartily loudly PAGE 7
consider hard hit
regard amiable friendly blow
covered group
draped PAGE 6 bunch
an unusually large crooks dishonest people
plague number correspondence letters sent or received
NCERT FOLDER
Here we have cOvered questions given in the NCERT textbook along with their answers.)
Oral Comprehension Check (Page 5) (Page 7)
1 What did Lencho hope for? T Was Lenchosurprised to find a letter for him
Aus. Lencho hoped for a good rainfall so that his fields with money in it?
of ripe corn could provide him a good harvest. Ans. No, Lenchowas not surprised to find a letter with
money in it. He believed that God will help him
2 Whydid Lencho say the raindrops were like by sending the money.
'new coins'?
2 What made him angry?
Ays. Lencho said that the raindropswere like new coins
because with rain his fields of ripe corn would Ans. When Lencho counted the money in the
produce a good harvest. A good harvest would envelope, he got angry. There were only seventy
help him in earning more money. pesos in the envelope while he had asked for
hundred pesos.
3 How did the rain change? What happened to
Lencho's fields? Thinking about the Text (Page 7, 8)
us The rain changed into hail as a strong wind began 1 Who does Lencho have complete faith in?
to blow and huge hailstones began to fall. Which sentences in the story tell you this?
All the crops in Lencho's fields got destroyed Ans. Lencho has complete faith in God. The sentences
because of the hailstones.
which show this are
4 What were Lencho's feelings when the hail • But in the hearts of all who lived in that
stopped? CBSE 2020 solitary house in the middle of the valley, there
Ans. When the hail stopped, Lencho became sad. All was a single hope-help from God.
his flowering crops were destroyed due to the • All through che night, Lencho thought only of
hailstones. He felt chat no one can help his family his one hope: the help of God, whose eyes, as
he had been instructed, see everything, even
and they would face hunger. what is deep in one's conscience.
Page 6) "God", he wrote, "If you dont help me, my
family and I will go hungry this year".
I Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What • He wrote"To God' on the envelope, put the
did he do? letter inside and still troubled, went to town.
Ans. Lencho had faith in God. He believed that God • God could not have made a mistake, nor could
seeseverything and helps him. He have denied Lencho what he had requested.
He wrote a letter to God asking him to send a • It said, "God: of the money that I asked for,
hundred pesos. only seventy pesos reached me. Send me the
rest, since I need it very much."
2 Who read the letter?
Ans. The postmaster, read the letter. 2 Why does the postmaster send money to
Lencho? Why does he sign the letter 'God'?
S What did the postmaster do then? Ans. When the postmaster read Lencho's letter, he
S. After reading Lencho's letter, postmaster laughed realised the firm belief and faith of Lencho in
but soon he became serious and was impressed by God. He did not want chis faith to be broken and
the Lenchơs faith in God. He didn't want to therefore decided to send money to Lencho.
break Lenchos fith in God. So, he decided to To maintain Lencho'sfaith in God, the
collect money from his employees and friends. He postmaster sign the letter as 'God' so that Lencho
also gave a part of his salary and send it to Lencho believes that God has helped him.
on behalf of God.
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3 Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the Nature in the form of hailstones, is in conflict
money to him? Why/why not? with a human, in the form of Lencho.
Ans. No, Lencho did not try to find out who had sent the The story also illustrates conflict between
money to him. The reason was that he could not humans [Link] postmaster alongwith
believe that it could be anybody other than God who his friends and staff sent Lencho money
had asked from God.
that he
would send him the money. His faith in God was so
strong that he believed that only God had sent money However, when Lencho recieves it and finds it to
to him. be less, he gets angry. He blames the employees
of the post office to take out his money that God
Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the had sent him. He even calls them a bunch of
money? What is the irony in the situation? crooks'. This shows that man does not have faith
(Remember that the irony of a situation is an in man, thereby giving rise to this conflict.
unexpected aspect of it. An ironic situation is
strange or amusing because it is the opposite of Thinking about Language (Page 8, 9, 10, 17)
what is expected).
I. There are different names in different parts
Ans. Lencho thinks that the post office employees have of the world for storms, depen ding on their
taken the rest of the money because he had asked for
a hundred pesos from God. But in the letter there nature. Can you match the names in the
were only seventy pesos. He believed that God could box with their descriptions below, and fill
not make such a mistake. So, he assumes that the post in the blanks? You may use a dictionary to
office employees have stolen the money. help you.
The irony in the situation is that Lencho suspects gale, whirlwind, cyclone,
those people who helped him in his problem. He hurricane, tornado, typhoon
tried to keep his faith alive in God.
1 A violent tropical storm in which strong
5 Are there people like Lencho in the real world? winds move in a circle
What kind of a person would you sayhe is? You
Ans. cyclone
may select appropriate words from the box to
answer the question. 2 An extremely strong wind_a
Greedy, Naive, Stupid, Ungraceful, Selfish, Ans. gale
Comical, Unquestioning.
3 A violent tropical storm with very strong wind
Ans. Yes, there are people like Lencho in the real world.
Such people have blind faith in God and believe that Ans. typhoon
God will help them.
4 A violent storm whose centre is a cloud in
Lencho is a simple and a hardworking armer who has the shape of a funnel
extreme faith in God. He is innocent and naive but
Ans. tornado
not stupid. He has an unquestioning atitude for he is
unable to realise that anyone also instead of God 5 Aviolent storm with very strong winds,
would help him. especially in the Western Atlantic Ocean
r
6 There are two kinds of conflict in the story
between humans and nature and between Ans. hurricane
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humans themselves. How are these conflicts
O A very strong wind that moves very fast in a
illustrated?
spinning movement and causes a lot or
Ans. The conflict berween humans and nature is illustrated damage
by the destruction of Lencho'scrop by the hailstorm.
Ans. whirlwind
Lencho was expecting rain to have a good harvest.