Question

That night was a sorrowful one. 

“All our work, for nothing.”

 “There’s no one who can help us.” 

“We’ll all go hungry this year.” 

But in the hearts of all who lived in that solitary house in the middle of the valley, there was a single hope: help from God. “Don’t be so upset, even though this seems like a total loss. Remember, no one dies of hunger.” 

“That’s what they say: no one dies of hunger.” 

All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience. 

i. Why was Lencho’s family full of sorrow? 

ii. What has been taught to Lencho? 

iii. Find a word from the passage which means ‘lonely’.

Answer 1

i. Lencho’s family was full of sorrow because the hailstones had destroyed the entire crop. 

ii. Lencho has been taught that God sees everything, even our deepest feelings and thoughts. 

iii. The word which means lonely is ‘solitary’.