A poplar tree stood near the path stretching its branches straight out from the trunk.
That was the way the poplar trees grew in those days.
“Ah,” said the man, “This tree is the very place in which to conceal my treasure.
“The trees are all asleep, I see, and these leaves are large and thick.”
He carefully placed the pot of gold in the tree, and hurried home to tell of his good fortune.
Very early the next morning, Iris, the rainbow messenger, missed the precious pot of gold.
She hastened to Zeus and told him of the loss.
Zeus immediately sent Hermes in search of it.
Hermes soon came to the forest where it was hidden.