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What was Lencho eagerly anticipating throughout the morning?
What was Lencho eagerly anticipating throughout the morning?
What did Lencho initially mistake the hailstones for?
What did Lencho initially mistake the hailstones for?
Why did Lencho go out during the rain?
Why did Lencho go out during the rain?
What were the small children doing when the rain began to fall?
What were the small children doing when the rain began to fall?
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Why did the boys run out to collect the hailstones?
Why did the boys run out to collect the hailstones?
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How did Lencho react when he saw the strong wind and hailstones?
How did Lencho react when he saw the strong wind and hailstones?
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Study Notes
Setting
- The story takes place in a valley, with a house situated at the crest of a low hill
- From this height, one can see the river and the field of ripe corn
Characters
- Lencho: a farmer who intimately knows his fields and predicts the weather
- Lencho's wife: preparing supper and calling the children for dinner
- Older boys: working in the field
- Smaller children: playing near the house
Events
- Lencho predicts rain and says, "Now we're really going to get some water, woman"
- Woman replies, "Yes, God willing"
- During dinner, rain starts pouring down, just as Lencho predicted
- Lencho goes out to feel the rain and exclaims that the raindrops are like new coins (big drops are ten-cent pieces, little ones are fives)
- Suddenly, a strong wind begins to blow, and large hailstones start falling, resembling silver coins
- Boys run out to collect the hailstones
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Test your reading comprehension skills with a passage about Lencho, eagerly waiting for rain to save his crops from drought. Answer questions based on the actions and dialogue of the characters in the passage.
