In the famous Class 10 English chapter 'A Letter to God' by G.L. Fuentes, a poor farmer named Lencho writes a letter directly addressed to "God," asking for 100 pesos because his crops were destroyed by a hailstorm. When the village postmaster opens this letter, his reaction defines the emotional core of the story.
The author deliberately makes the postmaster an anonymous character without a name to symbolize that acts of pure humanity, charity, and kindness do not require fame or recognition.
When the postmaster—a fat, friendly, and kind-hearted man—first saw the envelope addressed simply "To God", his immediate reaction was to burst out laughing. In his entire career, he had never seen anyone try to mail a letter to God. However, almost immediately, he turned serious. He was deeply moved by the sheer, innocent, and unshakeable faith the poor farmer had in God.
To ensure that Lencho's beautiful faith in God was not broken, the postmaster decided to take action and answer the letter himself.
The postmaster did this brilliant act of secret kindness expecting Lencho to be happy. Instead, when Lencho counted the money and saw it was short by 30 pesos, he got angry! Lencho wrote a second letter to God, calling the kind post office employees a "bunch of crooks" who had stolen his money. The postmaster's kindness was met with absolute irony.
He signed the letter as 'God' so that Lencho would truly believe that the Almighty had read his letter and sent the money. He wanted to preserve the poor farmer's absolute faith.
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