What John changed and why

I've set my version of 'The Man with a Wish' in a world closer to the one we know in modern Hong Kong.

So now the poor man is no longer on his way to the market to sell his last cow. Instead he's walking to a job interview in Kowloon.

And I've removed the magical element.

The expensive gifts he receives are no longer created by the supernatural powers of an angel. In my version they are bought for him by a rich and grateful woman.

But the structure of this version and Astina's excellent original story are basically the same.

In both, a poor man is struggling to survive.