CBSE Class 10 English NCERT Solutions: Chapter 1 - A Letter to God

The story of Lencho is deeply moving because it portrays a simple, hardworking farmer facing immense hardship with extraordinary faith. Lencho's unwavering belief in God, even after losing his entire crop to a devastating hailstorm, is remarkable. He trusts that God will help him and his family, demonstrating a profound spiritual conviction.

Lencho's attitude towards the post office officials is one of suspicion and accusation. While he is grateful for the money received, he immediately concludes that the post office employees are 'a bunch of crooks' for withholding thirty pesos. This reaction highlights his naivety and perhaps a lack of understanding of how help is actually delivered. He fails to appreciate the kindness and effort of the postmaster and his staff, who went out of their way to help him.

It is debatable whether Lencho is right in blaming the post office staff. While his desperation is understandable, his accusation is unfair. He should have considered that the money came from human effort, not directly from God's hand. His actions stem from his absolute faith in God's omnipotence and his immediate assumption that any shortfall must be due to human dishonesty. He does so because his faith is so absolute that he cannot conceive of God failing him, nor can he fathom that humans would help him in God's name without expecting something in return, or worse, stealing from him.

Lencho's actions, though flawed in their accusation, stem from a place of deep faith and desperation. He is a responsible farmer concerned about his family's survival, and his actions are an attempt to secure their future through the only means he believes can help – God.

The story of Lencho, when rearranged in chronological order, unfolds as follows:

1. Lencho, his wife, and their children lived in a lonely house in a valley. (10)
2. Their corn field was longing for water. (5)
3. Lencho predicted it will rain and it did. He and his wife were happy. (3)
4. But it rained heavily and hailstorm thrashed his corn field and all the corn was destroyed. (1)
5. Lencho felt desperate but believed that God would help him. (4)
6. He wrote a letter to God asking for a hundred pesos to sow his field again and to survive until the next crop came up. (7)
7. He wrote 'To God' on the envelope and posted it. (2)
8. The postmaster opened the letter, it said "Oh! Thanks for sending the money. But I have received only seventy pesos. Next time you please send the money directly to me. The people at the post office are a bunch of crooks. They have taken the thirty pesos. (11)
9. The postmaster collected about 70 pesos from his colleagues and sent it to Lencho. (13)
10. After some days, Lencho went to the post office to receive the money as the postmaster watched him. (8)
11. He opened the letter and was happy to find the money. He counted and found it was only seventy pesos. (12)
12. The postman and the postmaster laughed at Lencho's letter but were surprised by the faith of the man. (6)

The correct sequence of the jumbled sentences, based on their original numbering in the question, is:

1. 10
2. 5
3. 3
4. 1
5. 4
6. 7
7. 2
8. 11
9. 13
10. 8
11. 12
12. 6