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Squashed: crush or squeeze something with force so that it becomes
flat, soft, or out of shape

Harris placed the jar of strawberry jam on top of the tomatoes. The
tomatoes were squeezed by the jar and then, they removed the
damaged tomato with the help of a spoon.

And then it was George’s turn, and he trod on the butter. I didn’t say
anything, but I came over and sat on the edge of the table and watched
them. It irritated them more than anything I could have said. I felt that. It
made them nervous and excited, and they stepped on things, and put
things behind them, and then couldn’t find them when they wanted them;
and they packed the pies at the bottom, and put heavy things on top,
and smashed the pies in.

trod on: stepped on

Next, George stepped on the butter. Jerome remained silent but sat on
the edge of the table to watch the action. His silence irritated his friends.
They became nervous and stepped on the things. They kept the things
behind them and later, when they wanted them, they could not find
them. They placed the pies on the bottom and kept heavier things on
them which smashed the pies.

They upset salt over everything, and as for the butter! I never saw two
men do more with one-and two pence worth of butter in my whole life
than they did. After George had got it off his slipper, they tried to put it in
the kettle. It wouldn’t go in, and what was in wouldn’t come out. They did
scrape it out at last, and put it down on a chair, and Harris sat on it, and
it stuck to him, and they went looking for it all over the room.

Upset: overturned
Scrape: drag or pull

The boys overturned the can of salt on everything. Jerome says that
they created a lot of confusion with the small piece of butter. He had not
seen anyone create so much mess with butter that was worth one and
two pence (meaning it was a very small piece) as they did. George
removed it from his slipper and tried to put it into the kettle. As he was
unable to do that, he placed it on a chair. Harris sat on it, the butter stuck
to him, he stood up and both the boys went around the room looking for
the piece of butter.

“I’ll take my oath I put it down on that chair,” said George, staring at the
empty seat. “I saw you do it myself, not a minute ago,” said Harris.

Oath: to swear upon something