Title: Ladder of Nails. Sentence 1: I wanted to make a ladder by which we could climb a tree. Sentence 2: I ended up just hammering nails into the tree in an ascending pattern. Sentence 3: Finally, I was ready to give the "nail ladder" a test. Sentence 4: The nails cut through my shoes and left me with some scrapes.
I did, however, make it to the top.