This is a wonderful story. We are prepared to despair with the man at the end when he is robbed, but then his wisdom prevails. The story had a Jack in the Beanstalk feel to it at first, but you took it into a very different and more sophisticated direction.

Extremely well told. To improve the readability of your story, you might check pronoun gender for consistency. This is very likely a translation issue, but since the story is so good, why not make it even better.

Thank you for submitting this excellent story to the Ink Well community.