8 year old andrew loved one thing in life.

sitting in his favorite chair, reading a book.

it's what he would do all day, and at night, he would sleep in his favorite chair too.

well, one morning andrew finished his breakfast and went to sit on the chair.

but as he sat down, it gave way- and broke.

his mother tried to fix it with glu but she couldn't do it.

andrew cried

his mother smiled at andrew and told him not to worry, she would take it to the repair shop right away.

andrew tried to stop her from taking his chair away from the house...

but it was no good.

" maybe," said mum, " we can find you a new chair- just until you're one gets fixed."

andrew tried lots of chairs. some of them looked the same. others felt the same, one or too even smelled the same.

but they were not the same, and andrew cried.

" never mind," said mum. " why don't you come to the kitchen and we can bake some cookies?."

andrew baked some cookies with his mother, and then he ate the cookies.

but he sighed.

" it would be better to sit down and have these cookies," he said. " my legs hurt."

his mother smiled.

" don't worry," she said. " let's do some painting."

andrew did some painting

his mother smiled at him and asked what he was painting

" my favorite chair," andrew replied.

his mother smiled. " I know you miss your chair, but right now it's being repaired. come on, let's watch a movie."

andrew watched toy story

but he sighed

he would rather sit on his favorite chair, not on the sofa next to mum

" we could try bouncing!" mum exclaimed, and her and andrew went outside to do bouncing.

the bouncing was fun, but when andrew got tired, he wished he had his favorite chair to rest in.

just then their was a knock at the door.

andrew's mother opened it, and their stood the repairman with andrew's favorite chair, as good as knew.

andrew saw it and was so happy!

but his mother looked sad

" what's wrong?" andrew asked her.

" I've enjoyed doing activities with you," she said. " can't you do one more with me?."

andrew smiled. " only if my chair can join in", he said

" I know what to do." said his mother

that afternoon all of andrew's friends came round his house

and you know what?

they spent the rest of the day playing musical chairs

and andrew even won
sitting in his favorite chair