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Originally Posted by Carl Copeland
the tree had made itself for climbing and the boys to climb it
Grammatically unpacked, this comes out “the tree had made itself for climbing and [had made] the boys to climb it”
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That's actually how I read it. Now I am uncertain how that line is intended, but I did read it as meaning that the tree had made both itself and (for the sake of climbing it) the boys. Otherwise wouldn't one just say "the tree had made itself for the boys to climb"?