Thank you for sharing this story with the Inkwell community. You address the prompt, 'fortune' well. Also, you have a good story arc and character development. One thing you might keep in mind is that it is better state the moral from a character's perspective, as you do in the last paragraph. Often if the author states a moral outside the story, as you do in the beginning, it interferes with the reader's ability to get lost in the narrative.

Looking forward to reading more stories from you, also to reading comments that you offer to other authors in the community.