Puzzle

She poured the contents onto the worn surface of the antique oak table which she had inherited from her grandparents. She carefully sorted the pieces, separating the ones with a flat edge and arranging the rest by color and design. The border was assembled first, followed by filling the frame with the puzzled image a serene, snow-covered landscape, until she completed as much as she could. Then she smiled at the memory of what she had forgotten, and this time she remembered to write 'Missing 3 pieces' on the box before putting the puzzle away.