Updated on 22/08/2024
Summary of 'A Letter to God' in Hindi
“ए लेटर टू गॉड” कहानी के लेखक (writer) जी एल फुएंट्स (G.L. Fuentes) है। कहानी ईश्वर में विश्वास (Faith in God) के इर्द-गिर्द घूमती है। कहानी एक लैटिन अमेरिकी देश में हो रही है। लेंचो (Lencho), एक किसान (a farmer), जो कहानी का नायक (main character) है, भगवान को एक पत्र लिखता है। पत्र में, वह भगवान से मदद चाहता है क्योंकि उसकी पूरी फसल ओलावृष्टि (hailstone) से नष्ट (destroy) हो गई थी।
लेंचो बहुत दुखी था। हालाँकि उसको ईश्वर में दृढ़ विश्वास था कि भगवान उसकी मदद करेंगे। साथ ही, वह एक बहुत ही सीधा-साधा आदमी था। यद्यपि खेत पर लंबे समय तक काम करते हुए, फिर वह लिखना जानता था। इस उसने भगवान को एक पत्र लिखा। पत्र में, उसने भगवान से एक सौ पेसो (One Hundred Pesos) भेजने के लिए कहा। वह पोस्ट ऑफिस गया और पत्र पोस्ट बॉक्स में डाल दिया।
डाकिया ने पत्र-पेटी से पत्र निकाल लिया। इस पर उन्होंने संबोधन पढ़ा 'A Letter to God' और खूब हंसे। वह पोस्टमास्टर के पास गया और उस अजीब पत्र को दिखाया जो भगवान के नाम लिखा गया था। हालांकि, पत्र को पढ़ने पर, वह बहुत गंभीर हो गया। उन्होंने इस व्यक्ति की सराहना की, जिसने परमेश्वर पर विश्वास किया और उसकी मदद करने का फैसला किया। उन्होंने डाकघर के कर्मचारियों को दान देने के लिए कहा। इसके अलावा, उन्होंने अपने वेतन का एक हिस्सा भी दिया। हालांकि, वे लेंचो द्वारा अनुरोध के अनुसार केवल 70 पेसो (Seventy Pesos) एकत्र करने में सक्षम थे। पोस्टमास्टर ने पैसे एक लिफाफे में डाल दिए। इसे लेन्चो को पत्र के माध्यम से भेज दिया।
रविवार को, लेन्चो एक बार फिर डाकघर में आया। उसने पूछा कि क्या उसके लिए कोई पत्र है। पोस्टमास्टर ने पत्र निकाला और उसे लेंचो को सौंप दिया। पैसे देखकर लेंचो हैरान नहीं हुआ। लेकिन जब उसने पैसे गिने, तो वह भगवान पर क्रोधित हो गया। उसे यकीन था कि भगवान से कोई गलती नहीं हो सकती। उन्होंने कागज और स्याही ली और भगवान को एक और पत्र लिखा। फिर उसने उसे लेटर-बॉक्स में डाल दिया।
लेन्चो के वहां से चले जाने के बाद, पोस्टमास्टर और कर्मचारियों ने पत्र पढ़ा। इसमें, लेंचो ने भगवान से शिकायत की थी कि उसे केवल सत्तर पेसो प्राप्त हुए । साथ ही, उसने भगवान से इस बार उसे बाकी पैसे भेजने का अनुरोध किया। हालांकि, उसने भगवान से डाक के माध्यम से पैसे नहीं भेजने के लिए कहा। उसने लिखा है कि डाकघर के कर्मचारी लालची व मक्कार है, उन्होंने पैसे चुरा लिए होंगे।
1. A Letter to God (G.L. Fuentes)
Very
Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the writer of ‘A Letter to God’?
Ans. G. L. Fuentes
2. Who was Lencho?
Ans. He was a hard working farmer
3. Where was his house
located?
Ans. on the top of a low hill
4. How did Lencho feel
when it started raining?
Ans. He felt very happy
5. What were Lencho's older boys doing?
Ans. They were working
in the field
6. What are called frozen pearls in “The Letter to God”?
Ans. Hailstones
7. Did the corn remain
safe after the hails?
Ans. No, the corn was not safe, it was totally destroyed.
8. What is “a plague of locusts”?
Ans. a group of insects
9. What is the meaning of Spanish word 'peso'?
Ans. A
coin
10. How much money had
Lencho asked for?
Ans. One hundred pesos
11. How much money did
Lencho receive from God?
Ans. only seventy pesos
12. How much money did he
ask God to send more?
Ans. Thirty pesos
13. What is synonym of
'crest'?
Ans. Top
14. What
is the meaning of ‘an ox of a man’?
Ans. a hard working man
15. What happened when Lencho and his family were having meal?
Ans. Big
drops of rain began to fall
16. “Now we're really going to get some water, woman.” Who
is this woman?
Ans. Lencho's wife
17. What has Lencho been doing throughout the morning?
Ans. He was looking
towards the sky in the northeast
18. What destroyed Lencho's field completely?
Ans. Hailstones
19. Who was a fat amiable fellow in “A letter to God”?
Ans. The
postmaster
20. What was the reaction of the postman when he saw the
address on the envelope?
Ans. He laughed heartily
21. These truly did resemble new silver coins.' What are
these?
Ans. Hailstones
22. Lencho asked for help from God but who helped him in
real?
Ans. The post office's employees
23. What does Lencho call
the post office employees?
Ans. a bunch of crooks
Short Type Q-Ans.
*1. What did Lencho hope for?*
Ans. Lencho hoped for rain. Because his field needed rain for good harvest.
*2. Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?*
Ans. His crops was needed of good rain. When rain comes he compared it to new coins. He called big drops- ten cent and small drops- five cent.
*3. Where was Lencho’s house situated?*
Ans. Lencho's house was located on the top of a low hill. It was the only house in the entire valley.
*4. How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho's field?*
Ans. The rain changed into the hailstorm. It continued for an hour. As a result, the corn in his field was totally destroyed.
*5. Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?*
Ans. Lencho had faith in God. He believed that God would help him. So he wrote a letter to God. He explained his situation and asked for one hundred pesos.
*6. Why was Lencho angry when he received money?*
Ans. Lencho asked one hundred pesos from God. But the post employees sent him only seventy pesos. Lencho was angry to find less money. He called them 'a bunch of crooks' to keep his money.
Long-Answer
*Q. 1 Why did Lencho write a letter to God?*
Ans.
Lencho is the main character of this story. He was a hard
working farmer. He lived in a small house which was situated on the top of a low hill. His house was the only house in the entire valley.
He lived with his wife and his sons. This year his crops was needed of good rain. When rain comes, it
suddenly changed into heavy hailstones. The hailstones
destroyed Lencho's crops completely. He was very sad. He had only one hope to
get help from God. So he wrote
a letter to God and asked for one hundred pesos. But the post employees sent him only seventy pesos. Lencho was angry to find less money. He called them 'a bunch of crooks' to keep his money.