Do you think the message in Maugham's story is the same as or different from the message in the Aesop fable of the ant and the grasshopper? Explain

             Its obvious that the message on the story by Maugham is different from Aesop fable. The Aesop fable leads to what more commonly would happen if you act like a grasshopper(lazy, ignorant and idle) homeless and unhappy. Maugham story gives you a different and rarely common situation that you might possibly see this situation in resent days, with is acting like a grasshopper might bring you the opportunity to find some one wealthy that wouldn't mind sharing their belongings with you. At the end it seems that it doesn't matter what you do in life, because you might get lucky and end up with a good life.