CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -’The field was white, as if covered with salt. ‘ This is how the field is described after the hailstorm. The pelting hailstones could have been easily seen as sugar cubes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: The field is compared to a land covered with salt because the crop was destroyed. Now it was similar to a land covered with salt which cannot yield any crop.

Detailed explanation-3: -The field was white as if covered with salt. The flowers were gone from the plants. The corn was totally destroyed.

Detailed explanation-4: -What happened to Lencho’s fields? Answer 3: The rain changed into hailstones. As a strong wind began to blow and huge hailstones began to fall along with the rain. The hailstorm did not pass quickly and field was white, like it was covered with salt.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: When the hail stopped, Lencho’s soul was filled with sadness. He looked around at his fields and said that even a plague of locusts would have left more than what was left after the hailstorm. He said that they would have no corn that year and they would go hungry.