Maugham's story is different from the message

the message in Maugham's story is different from the message in the Aesop fable of the ant and the grasshopper. The fable suppose to be the ant who is hardworking and get enough food to through the winter, and the grasshopper who is lazy and idle, in the end, he has to beg ant for a little food to through the winter. However,Maugham's story is describe Tom and his brother, Geroge. Tom leave his family and job only for enjoy his life. His has sexes with prettiest women, eat at expensive resraunt, gamble, and so on. In the end he gets anything he wants because he married a old lady. After she died, she left him a million pound, a house in London and a house in country. George is hardworking, responsible to his family and job. He never has a vacation longer than two-week in year for 25 years. He was 47 years old, but he looks sixty. He never think about betry his wife, Andre always be a good father. However, he only get a small income and little house in the end.