SEBA Class 10 English Chapter 1 – A Letter to God
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Chapter Name: A Letter to God
Author: G.L. Fuentes
Board: SEBA (Assam)
Class: 10
Subject: English (First Flight)
Chapter Type: Prose
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About the Chapter
“A Letter to God” is a heart-touching story about Lencho, a hardworking farmer who had strong faith in God. When a hailstorm destroyed his crops completely, he wrote a letter to God asking for financial help. The story highlights hope, faith, kindness, and humanity.
Important Points of the Chapter
- Lencho was a simple farmer.
- He had full faith in God.
- A hailstorm ruined his crops.
- He wrote a letter to God asking for 100 pesos.
- Post office employees helped him.
- The story teaches us belief and goodwill.
1. What did Lencho hope for?
Ans:- In the story “A Letter to God” by G.L. Fuentes, Lencho hoped for a good, heavy rain shower for his cornfield.
জি.এল.ফুয়েণ্টেছৰ “এ লেটাৰ টু গড” গল্পটোত লেঞ্চোৱে নিজৰ কুঁহিয়াৰৰ পথাৰখনৰ বাবে ভাল, প্ৰচণ্ড বৰষুণৰ বৰষুণৰ আশা কৰিছিল।
Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?
Ans:- Lencho said the raindrops were like ‘new coins’ because he saw them as money that would bring a good harvest and prosperity.
3. How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho fields?
The welcome rain changed into a destructive hailstorm. It completely destroyed Lencho’s cornfield, leaving nothing behind and shattering his hopes for a harvest.
4. What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?
Ans:- When the hail stopped, Lencho became very sad and disappointed. He felt that all his hard work was wasted because the crops were completely destroyed. He also feared that his family would have no food for the whole year.
5. Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
Ans:- Lencho had complete faith in God.
Believing that God would help him, he wrote a letter to God. In the letter, he asked God to send him one hundred pesos so that he could sow his fields again and feed his family until the next harvest.
6. Who read the letter? (চিঠিখন কোনে পঢ়িছিল?)
Ans:- The postmaster read the letter written by Lencho.
চিঠিখন পোস্টমাস্টাৰে পঢ়িছিল।
7. What did the postmaster do then?
(প’ষ্টমাষ্টাৰজনে তেতিয়া কি কৰিছিল?) (2–3 marks)
Ans:- After reading Lencho’s letter, the postmaster was surprised by Lencho’s strong faith in God. He decided to help him. So, he collected money from his friends and employees, added some of his own money, and sent it to Lencho as God’s help.
প’ষ্টমাষ্টাৰজনে চিঠিখন পঢ়ি আচৰিত হৈছিল আৰু লেন্ছোৰ ঈশ্বৰলৈ থকা গভীৰ বিশ্বাস দেখি তেওঁ সহায় কৰিবলৈ ভাবিলে। তেওঁ নিজৰ সহকর্মী আৰু বন্ধু-বান্ধৱীৰ পৰা ধন সংগ্ৰহ কৰি কিছু নিজৰপক্ষেও দিয়া আৰু লেন্ছোৰ ঈশ্বৰৰ সহায় হিচাপে পঠিয়ালে।
8. Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
(লেঞ্চ’ই চিঠিসহিত পইচা পাবলৈ পাই আচৰিত হৈছিল নেকি?) (2 Marks)
Ans:- No, Lencho was not surprised. He had full faith that God would send him money. He believed that God always helps honest people.
নহয়, লেঞ্চ’ আচৰিত হোৱা নাছিল। তেওঁ নিশ্চিত আছিল যে ঈশ্বৰে তেওঁক ধন পঠিয়াব। কাৰণ ঈশ্বৰৰ ওপৰত তেওঁৰ পূৰ্ণ বিশ্বাস আছিল।
9. What made him angry?
(কি কথাত তেওঁৰ খঙ উঠিছিল?) (2 Marks)
Ans:- Lencho became angry when he found that the money was less than he had asked for. He thought that some post office employees had stolen the money, because he strongly believed that God would never make a mistake.
লেঞ্চ’ৰ খঙ উঠিছিল যেতিয়া তেওঁ দেখিলে যে পইচা সম্পূৰ্ণ নাছিল। তেওঁ ভাবিলে যে প’ষ্ট অফিচৰ কিছুমান কৰ্মচাৰীয়ে পইচা খাই পেলাইছে, কাৰণ ঈশ্বৰে কেতিয়াও ভুল নকৰে বুলি তেওঁ বিশ্বাস কৰিছিল।
Thinking about the text ( পাঠটিৰ বিষয়ে ভাবা )
1. Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this?
(লেঞ্চ’ৰ কাৰ ওপৰত অগাধ বিশ্বাস আছিল? পাঠত কোন কেইটা বাক্যই লেঞ্চ’ৰ বিশ্বাসক প্ৰতিফলিত কৰিছিল?) (3 Marks)
Ans:- Lencho had complete faith in God. He believed that God helps people in difficult times.
The sentences from the story that show his faith are:
- “There was a single hope – help from God.”
- “God could not have made a mistake, nor could he have denied Lencho what he had requested.”
- “His faith in God was unshaken.”
These sentences clearly show that Lencho’s trust in God was strong and unshakeable.
- লেঞ্চ’ৰ ঈশ্বৰ ওপৰত অগাধ বিশ্বাস আছিল। তলত উল্লেখিত বাক্যবোৰে তেওঁৰ বিশ্বাস প্ৰমাণ কৰে—
- “এজনহে আশা আছিল — ঈশ্বৰৰ পৰা সহায়।”
- “ঈশ্বৰে ভুল কৰিব নোৱাৰে, তেওঁ লেঞ্চ’ৰ অনুৰোধ অস্বীকাৰ কৰিব নোৱাৰে।”
- “তেওঁৰ ঈশ্বৰৰ ওপৰত থকা বিশ্বাস অবিচলিত আছিল।”
2. Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’?
(প’ষ্টমাষ্টাৰজনে লেঞ্চ’লৈ কিয় পইচা পঠাইছিল? তেওঁ কিয় চিঠিখনত ভগৱানৰ নামত স্বাক্ষৰ কৰি দিছিল?) (3 Marks)
Ans:- The postmaster sent money to Lencho because he was deeply moved by Lencho’s faith in God. He wanted to help him and also protect his faith. Lencho believed strongly that God would send money, so the postmaster didn’t want to break his trust.
He signed the letter as ‘God’ so that Lencho would believe the money truly came from God, and his faith would remain strong and unshaken.
প’ষ্টমাষ্টাৰ লেঞ্চ’ৰ ঈশ্বৰলৈ থকা দৃঢ় বিশ্বাস দেখি প্ৰভাৱিত হৈছিল। সেইবাবে তেওঁ লেঞ্চ’ক সহায় কৰিবলৈ পইচা পঠাইছিল আৰু তেওঁৰ বিশ্বাস ভঙা নোহোৱা হ’বলৈ চেষ্টা কৰিছিল।
চিঠিখনত ‘God’ বুলি স্বাক্ষৰ কৰিলে কাৰণ তেওঁ বিচাৰিছিল লেঞ্চ’য়ে যেন বিশ্বাস কৰে যে ঈশ্বৰে সহায় কৰিছে। এতেকে লেঞ্চ’ৰ ঈশ্বৰৰ ওপৰৰ গভীৰ বিশ্বাস যেন অটুট থাকে।
Did lencho try to find out who had sent the Money to him? Why/Why not?
( লেঞ্চ’ই তেওঁলৈ কোনে পইচা পঠাইছিল বিচাৰ কৰি চাইছিল নে? যদি নাই কৰা কিয়? )
Ans:- No, Lencho did not try to find out who had sent the money to him.
He did not do so because he had absolute and unshakable faith that God himself had sent the money. It never even occurred to him that anyone else could be responsible. For him, it was a direct and expected response from God to his letter.
নাই, লেঞ্চ’ই তেওঁলৈ কোনে পইচা পঠাইছিল সেয়া বিচাৰি চোৱা নাছিল।
তেওঁ তেনে নকৰাৰ কাৰণ আছিল তেওঁৰ ঈশ্বৰৰ প্ৰতি সম্পূৰ্ণ আৰু অটল বিশ্বাস। তেওঁ কেতিয়াও ভবা নাছিল যে ইয়াৰ বাবে ঈশ্বৰৰ বাহিৰে অন্য কোনোবা দায়ী হ’ব পাৰে। তেওঁৰ বাবে, এইটো আছিল ঈশ্বৰৰ ফালৰ পৰা তেওঁৰ চিঠিৰ এক প্ৰত্যক্ষ আৰু আকাংক্ষিত উত্তৰ।
4. Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is the irony in the situation? ( Remember that the irony of a situation is an unexpected aspect of it. An ironic situation is strange or amazing because it is the opposite of what is expected? ) ( লেঞ্চ’ৰ মতে বাকী পইচাখিনি কোনে ৰাখি থৈছিল? দৰাচলতে পৰিস্থিতিটোৰ আচল তাপৰ্য কি আছিল? মনত ৰাখিবা যে আইৰণি হৈছে সাম্প্ৰতিক পৰিস্থিতি সম্পূৰ্ণ ওলটা )
Ans:- Lencho thinks that the post office employees have taken the rest of the money.
The irony in the situation is that the people Lencho accuses of being thieves are the very same people who collected and sent him the money out of kindness. He calls them a “bunch of crooks,” not knowing they were his real helpers, while he thanks God, who did not physically send the money. The helpers are seen as villains, and the unseen God gets all the credit.
লেঞ্চ’ৰ মতে পোষ্ট অফিচৰ কৰ্মচাৰীসকলেই বাকী পইচাখিনি ৰাখি থৈছিল।
ইয়াত থকা বিৰোধাভাস বা আইৰণিটো হ’ল – লেঞ্চ’ই যিসকল লোকক চোৰ বুলি অভিযোগ কৰিছে, সেয়া ঠিক সেই একেখন লোক যিসকলে দয়াপৰবশ হৈ ধন সংগ্ৰহ কৰি তেওঁলৈ পঠাই দিছিল। তেওঁ নিজৰ সহায়কৰ্তাসকলক “এচাম অসৎ মানুহ” বুলি কয়, কিন্তু সেই সহায়কৰ্তাসকল তেওঁৰ পৰিচয় নাই; আনহাতে ঈশ্বৰক ধন্যবাদ দিয়ে, যিয়ে প্ৰকৃততে শাৰীৰিকভাৱে সেই ধন পঠোৱা নাছিল। সহায়কৰ্তাসকল দুৰ্নামিত পৰে, আৰু অদৃশ্য ঈশ্বৰেই সকলো গুণৰ ভাগীদাৰ হয়।