Turn the stool upside-down
Because his mother was in a jam.
asked his mum. 'Because my new sneakers hurt.' 'That's because you have put them on the wrong feet.' 'But they are the only feet I have.'
What a wondrous *turd* of events.
You turn off the lights.
Because she's dead
Corduroy!
Can I push your stool in?
So he could save his stool.