the house the only one in the entire Valley sat on the top of a low Hill from this height one could see the river and the field of rapecorn the only thing the Earth needed was rain or at least a shower throughout the morning lencho who knew his Fields well had done nothing else but see the sky tower towards the Northeast now we're really going to get some water woman yes God willing the older boys were working in the field while the smaller ones were playing near the house until the woman called them come for dinner during the meal big drops of rain began to fall the air was fresh and sweet o went out for no other reason than to have the pleasure of feeling rain on his body and when he returned he exclaimed these aren't raindrops falling from the sky they are new coins the big drops are 10 cent pieces and the little ones are fives with a satisfied expression he observed the field of rape corn with its flowers covered in a curtain of rain but suddenly a strong wind began to blow and large hailstones began to fall these hailstones resemble new silver coins the boys exposing themselves to the ring ran out to collect the silver coin it's really getting bad now I hope it passes quickly it did not pass quickly for an hour the hail rained on the house the garden the hillside the cornfield and the whole valley the field became White as if covered with salt not to Leaf remained on the trees the corn was totally destroyed the flowers were gone from the plants lencho's Soul was filled with sadness when the storm had passed he stood in the middle of the field and said to his sons even a plague of locusts would have left more than this the hail has left nothing this year we will have no corn Locust a grasshopper that destroys crops 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 those who lived in the solitary house in the entire Valley there was a single home 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 conscience innocence lencho was an ox of a man means he worked like an animal in the field but he knew how to write the following Sunday at Daybreak he began to write a letter to God God if you don't help me my family and I will go hungry this year I need 100 pesos in order to sew my field again and to live until the crop comes because the hail storm he wrote to God on the envelope put the letter inside and still troubled went to town at the post office he plays the stamp on the letter and dropped it into the mailbox one of the employees who was a postman and also helped at the post office took the letter he showed the letter to the postmaster a fat and friendly man [Laughter] what faith I wish I had the faith of the man who wrote this letter starting up a correspondence with God correspondence Communication in order not to shake his faith we must do something answer the letter but when he opened and read the letter they realized that they needed something more than Goodwill ink and paper to answer the letter but he stuck to his resolution he asked for money from his employees he himself gave part of his salary and some of his friends were obliged to give something for an act of Charity it's impossible to gather a hundred pesos Let It Be we will send the amount we could get he put the money in an envelope addressed lencho and with it a letter containing only a single word as a signature God the following Sunday lencho came a bit early to ask if there was a letter for him is there a letter for me blencho was not surprised a bit on seeing the letter from God he was confident that God would help him but when he counted the money one two three four five six seven these are only 70 pesos God could not have made a mistake nor could he have denied my request paper and ink please on the public writing table he started to write when he finished he went to the winter to buy a stamp which he attached to the envelope the moment the letter fell into the mailbox postmaster went to open it God of the money that I asked for only 70 pesos reached me send me the rest since I need it very much but don't send it to me through the mail because the post office employees are a bunch of crooks crook dishonest o hahaha