Question

Why did he compare hailstones with a plague of locusts?​

Answer 1

Answer:

the hailstones destroyed his crop. he compares it with locusts because they would have caused equal damage to his crop as the hail.

Answer 2

When the hail stone destroys all the crops of the land of Lencho, he found no leaf left saved on any plant.

He was so disappointed by this destruction that he compared it to the plague of locusts.

He said that if there would be the plague of locusts then it could save at least few and give at least a better result than what happened.