This was a great Chinese folk tale. A young man sets out to ask a wise man why, though he works hard, he is so poor. The moral of the story at the end is: "Helping others and doing good deeds brought him happiness and rewards."
It has a good, relatable, age appropriate moral. Again, this would be a great story during a folktale unit. It would also be great when talking about the theme or moral of a story, as it wasn't explicitly stated what the moral was. ( )