CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -When Lencho opened the envelope he found only 70 pesos instead of 100. He doubted that the post-office employees had taken out 30 pesos. So he called them a bunch of crooks’.

Detailed explanation-2: -But when Lencho received it, he thought that the post office employees had stolen thirty pesos from the envelope and called them ‘crooks’. Was this answer helpful?

Detailed explanation-3: -Explanation: Lencho called the post office employees a bunch of crooks as he did not get full money that he had demanded. He could not believe that God had sent him any less money so he doubted these people. But he was not right to call them a bunch of crooks.

Detailed explanation-4: -He thinks that the post office employees stole his money when it’s they who collected the cash for him in the first place. He calls them a “bunch of crooks” though they are the ones who tried to keep his faith in God alive by giving him money.

Detailed explanation-5: -Explanation: Lencho referred to the post office employees as “a bunch of crooks” because he believed they had taken half of the money that God had sent him.