Lencho knew it was going to rain because he had been scanning the sky all morning. When the rain started, Lencho was happy because the rain drops looked like coins falling from the sky. However, his happiness was short-lived as a hailstorm soon arrived, bringing large hailstones that destroyed the corn crop, leaving Lencho and the valley facing hunger for the year without the harvest.

2. 1.How do you think Lencho knew that it
was going to rain?
Lencho knew that it was going
to rain because throughout the morning
he was scanning the sky.
2. Throughout the morning Lencho had
done nothing. Was he lazy? What do you
think?
I think he was not lazy. He was
looking at the sky towards the northeast
throughout the morning. His intense
desire for falling ain is expressed here.

3. 3. Have you watched the sky when it
rains? How does it look?
Huge mountains of clouds can be
seen approaching. The air becomes fresh.
The wind starts to blow gently.
4, The big drops are tens and the little
ones are fives…’ What does Lencho mean
by this?
Throughout the morning, Lencho
was watching the sky waiting the rain fall.
When ain began to fall he became very
happy. He says ‘the rain drops falling from
the sky are like new coins. The big drops
are tens and the little ones are fives’.

5. 6. Pick out the expressions which tell you
that Lencho was sad.
Lencho expresses ‘ This year we
will have no corn. There is no one to help
us. We will all go hungry this year’.
5. Lencho was happy when it started
raining. But the happiness didn’t last long.
What was the reason?
Because suddenly a strong wind
began to blow. Very large hailstones began
to fall from the sky and the corn was
totally destroyed. So the happiness didn’t
last long.

6. 7. What changes did the hailstorm bring to
the valley?
The ripe corn was totally
destroyed. The bean flowers and the leaves
have disappear from plants.