CLASS 10
A LETTER TO GOD
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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By visiting a place of worship
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By praying in his field
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By writing a letter
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By sending a fax
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Detailed explanation-1: -As Lencho believed whole heartedly in God, he decides to beseech God by writing a letter to him. He asks God for 100 pesos in the letter and he goes to the post office to post his letter addressed only as ‘God’.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lencho’s crops were destroyed by the hailstorm. He wrote a letter to God asking for a hundred pesos. He needed the money to sow his field again and survive till the new crops came.
Detailed explanation-3: -When he finished, he went to the window to buy a stamp which he licked and then affixed to the envelope with a blow of his fist. The moment the letter fell into the mailbox the postmaster went to open it. It said, “God: Of the money that I asked for, only seventy pesos reached me.
Detailed explanation-4: -The postmaster was a kind, generous, helpful, and God-fearing man. The postmaster did not want to shake Lencho’s faith in God, and thus, replied to Lencho’s letter by sending him money under the name of God.
Detailed explanation-5: -Nothing was left for the poor Lencho and his family. So he wrote a letter to God asking Him for one hundred pesos in order to sow his field again and live until the new crops came. The letter was received by a postman. The postmaster also read it and was moved.