Unlike some of the stories that I've covered before, the lesson here is clear and easy to understand. There's appears to be no deeper analysis then the simple concept that your wants shouldn't outstrip your means. You got the nice house now be happy with it instead of demanding more. Having said that, and now that I think about it, perhaps there is a deeper, less pleasant lesson here, about how the poor should be happy with whatever bits of largess they receive and not entertain dreams of rising above their station.