A Picture Book Story

I saw a post about favorite stories on the free board and it suddenly reminded me of something. It's a picture book called 'The Missing Piece' by Shel Silverstein. For some reason, I've always liked it, and later I had an experience that made me think it's natural to like this story, which felt a bit strange. If I reread it now, I'm not confident I wouldn't cry. (Slight wry smile)