The Missing Piece

　　It was missing a piece.
　　And it was not happy.
　　So it set off in search of its missing piece.
　　And as it rolled it sang this song –

　　Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece I'm lookin' for my missin' piece Hi-dee-ho, here I go,Lookin' for my missin' piece.

　　What it finds on its search for the missing piece is simply and touchingly told in this fable that gently probes the nature of quest and fulfillment.

作者簡介

　　Shel Silverstein was so accomplished as a playwright that Frank Rich, the New York Times critic, once wondered if the theater “may eventually prove his most fruitful career to date.”His theatrical work included the 1981 hit “The Lady or the Tiger Show” as well as “Remember Crazy Zelda?” and “Wild Life” (the 1988 production of several one-act plays that prompted Mr. Rich’s happy speculation).He and David Mamet each wrote a play for Lincoln Center’s production of “Oh, Hell,” and they later collaborated on writing the 1988 film “Things Change,” which Mr. Mamet also directed.

　　For many years, Shel Silverstein maintained homes in Greenwich Village, Key West, Martha’s Vineyard, and on a houseboat in Sausalito, California.He died in Key West in May 1999.