CBSE Class 10 · English · board exam 2027
Chapter 1: A Letter to God — notes
The chapter’s 5 parts in the book’s order — the first idea of each and the points Medha Ma’am writes on the board — and the summary at the end. The full lesson and a check question for each part are in the app.
1. Lencho and his hope for rain
Okay, so let's meet Lencho.
- • House: only one in the valley, on crest of a low hill.
- • Lencho watched the sky towards north-east all morning.
- • Rain began to fall - his great hope.
- • He called raindrops 'new coins': big drops = ten cents, little ones = fives.
2. The hailstorm destroys the crop
Okay, so Lencho was happy, the rain had come.
- • Strong wind + hailstones fell with the rain.
- • Hail lasted for an hour over the whole valley.
- • Field turned white, 'as if covered with salt'.
- • Not a leaf left; corn totally destroyed.
- • Lencho: 'A plague of locusts would have left more than this.'
- • Family's hope: help from God.
3. Lencho writes his letter to God
Okay, so all through the night, Lencho could think of only one hope — the help of God.
- • Lencho's one hope: help of God, who sees everything.
- • He wrote a letter, addressed 'To God'.
- • Asked for a hundred pesos to sow his field again.
- • Posted the letter himself with a stamp.
4. The postmaster's act of charity
Okay, so a postman finds this letter addressed to God.
- • Postmaster read the letter, said: 'What faith!'
- • Decided to answer it himself, signed as 'God'.
- • Needed money, not just goodwill, ink, paper.
- • Asked employees, gave his own salary, friends gave 'for an act of charity'.
- • Could gather only a little more than half of 100 pesos.
5. Lencho's anger and the irony
Okay, so let's see what happens the next Sunday.
- • Lencho not surprised by the money, only by the amount.
- • He believed God could not make a mistake.
- • Second letter: 'only seventy pesos reached me... send the rest'.
- • He blamed 'the post office employees' as 'a bunch of crooks'.
- • Irony: those who gave charity were called thieves.
Summary
Okay, so let's go back over the whole story once more. It begins with Lencho, hoping so badly for rain to save his ripe cornfield. When the rain finally comes, he's overjoyed, he even calls the raindrops 'new coins'. But that joy doesn't last. A hailstorm comes and destroys the entire crop. Now the family has only one hope left — help from God. See, Lencho trusts completely that God's eyes see everything. So he writes a letter, asking for a hundred pesos, and posts it himself. The postmaster reads it, and he's moved by such faith. He gathers money — from himself, from his employees, from friends — as an act of charity. He sends Lencho a little more than half the amount, and signs it 'God'. Now here's the interesting part — Lencho isn't surprised at all that God sent him money. But he's angry, because the amount is short. So he writes back, accusing the postal employees of being crooks who must have stolen the rest. He never realises — it was these very men who had given out of kindness. Why do you think Lencho never once doubted that God had written back to him?
AskMedha · Medha Ma’am — CBSE Class 10 English, Chapter 1. Written from the textbook, checked twice.
Questions parents and students ask
- How do I get the "A Letter to God" notes as a PDF?
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- Where are these notes written from?
- From the chapter’s own textbook text, part by part, in the book’s own terms; a second, independent model then checked every part against the book. The full lesson, a check question for each part and the practice are in the AskMedha app.
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