【美国人物志】谢尔·希尔弗斯坦（6/6)

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谢尔登·艾伦·希尔弗斯坦（Sheldon Allan Silverstein）是美国诗人、创作歌手、音乐家、作曲家、插画家、编剧和儿童文学作家，笔名为谢尔·希尔弗斯坦。在他的一些儿童文学作品中，他自称为谢尔比叔叔（Uncle Shelby），同时，他在部分卡通作品中的签名用的是S·S。
Hints:
Shel Silverstein
"The Lady or the Tiger Show"
Irish Rovers
"The "Unicorn"

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In the 1980s, Shel Silverstein began writing plays. He wrote about 20 of them. His first play is called "The Lady or the Tiger Show." It is a funny play about a game show. The game show player has to choose between two doors. Behind one door is a beautiful woman, and behind the other door is a tiger.
Shel Silverstein died of heart failure in 1999. He was 68 years old. Some of his works were released after his death. Shel Silverstein once said: "I would hope that people, no matter what age, would find something to identify with in my books." He hoped people would "experience a personal sense of discovery."
Shel Silverstein once said that he wanted to go everywhere, look at and listen to everything. He said people could go crazy with the wonderful things in life. And he communicated this in all of his writings, drawings and songs. We leave you now with a song by Shel Silverstein that was a huge hit around the world. The Irish Rovers sing "The "Unicorn."