A well-wrapped present

The other day a friend brought me something, like a giant cigar or a joint, wrapped in bright green leaves. "Open it, open it," my friend urged.



So I started, but my friend had wrapped this present well. If there had been more than just me around, we could have played a game of pass-the-parcel, with each person taking off a layer of leaves.



I unwrapped and unwrapped, but there was always another layer.



Finally I got to the gift within--solid gold! But not for putting in vaults or smithing into a...