"Lost Shaker of Salt"

Kindergarten Week Two

  "I can't go to school today," he said.
 "Why not?" asked the adult voice.
  He tried to explain, as best he could,
  Not yet having reached five years of age.
  "Because I lost something,
   And I have to look for it."
  "What did you lose?" the questioner persisted.
  Sobbing now, he answered:
 " I don't know what it is that I lost.
   I only know I can't find it."