A Good Riddle

[ceotwo]

I picked this riddle up from a travelling story teller,
cost me $5 to get the answer from him after i finally gave up...
and it was so simple....

- You went into the woods and you got it,
you tried to get it but you couldn't,
so you left it there and took it home with you...
what is it?

[ceotwo]

the one hint I got was that the answer is a physical object that can be found in the woods

[ceotwo]

I'll post the answer in a few days if nobody can guess it..

[African_Elephants]

Ooh! A splinter!

[African_Elephants]

Or a burr?

[ceotwo]

Yeah, the answer was a sliver so you got it, nice

[Tashi]

I thought the answer would have been the view. Oh well, at least I tried.