Teacher: Why does the Statue of Liberty have a book in one hand and a torch in the other?

Student: One is not supposed to read in the dark.

ASHISH MAJUMDAR, Class VIII, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Siliguri, West Bengal

Teacher: Who among you wants to go to heaven?

All except Raju raise their hands.

Teacher: Raju don’t you want to go to heaven?

Raju: No Sir, my mother will scold me if I don’t return home after school gets over.

Aditya narayan das, Class VII, W.W.A. Cossipore English School, Calcutta

Father: Avik, you told me that you had not answered a single question. Then what made your teacher give you the pass mark?

Avik: She has given me marks for neatness.

pritom dey, Class VII, Loyola High School, Calcutta

Question: Why did the boy ask his father to sit in the refrigerator?

Answer: Because he wanted ice cold pop.

subhajeet saha, Class VIII, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Purulia, West Bengal

Question: Why do ghosts hate rain?

Answer: Because it dampens their spirit.

Kumar sourav das, Class VII, Holy Rock School, Burdwan, West Bengal

Teacher: Have you read Shakespeare?

Student: Sir, who wrote it?

shambaditya das, Class VIII, St Xavier’s School, Malda, West Bengal

Question: Why was the Egyptian boy confused?

Answer: Because his daddy was a mummy.

shreya basu, Class VII, Hem Sheela Model School, Durgapur, West Bengal

Son: Father, has any of your childhood dreams come true?

Father: Yes, son! When the teacher would pull my hair, I used to wish that I would become a boy with no hair.

ujjyani ghosh, Class VII, Purwanchal Vidya Mandir, Calcutta, West Bengal

Question: What is a frog’s favourite drink?

Answer: Croaka-cola.

nssar goel, Class VIII, St James’ School, Binnaguri, West Bengal

Patient: I can’t sleep properly at night, doctor. I dream of a door with a signboard on it. I keep pushing it, but it doesn’t open. Then I wake up.

Doctor: What’s written on it?

Patient: Pull.

anushka singhania, Class V, Bharatiya Bidya Bhavan, Calcutta

Ravi: Raj, lets play chess.

Raj: Wait, wait, let me put on my sports shoes and come.

vatsal chirimar, Class IV, Don Bosco School, Park Circus, Calcutta

Question: Five girls walked under one umbrella. How many got wet?

Answer: None. It wasn’t raining.

sweta p. pattanaik, Class VII, St Vincent’s Convent School, Balasore, Orissa