Raju returns home from school. Raju: Mom, my stomach is paining terribly. Please do something.

Mother: It is paining because your stomach is empty. Have this milk with almonds. The pain will subside.

(That evening...)

Father: My head is aching.

Son: Don’t worry. It is aching only because your head is empty.

Bahnnisikha Misra, Class VI , Loreto Convent, Asansol, West Bengal

Master: Where is the postcard? I kept it on the table. Ramu did you see it?

Servant: Master, I posted the postcard.

Master: Oh! Why did you post it? I had not pasted the stamp on it. Don’t do anything without my permission.

(Few days later...)

Master: Ramu bring me a cup of milk.

Servant: Master, the cat has drunk the milk.

Master: Why didn’t you stop the cat?

Servant: Master, the other day you told me not to do anything without your permission. I waited for your permission while you were talking on the phone. The cat by then drank the milk and ran away.

DEBANJANA CHOWDHURY, Class VI, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sevoke Road, Siliguri

Mother: Rita, why are you rubbing your forehead?

Rita: The astrologer has told me that I have bad luck written on my forehead. I am trying to erase it.

PRIYANKA AGRAWAL, Class IV, Modern High School for Girls, Calcutta

Question: What is black, white and red all over?

Answer: A sunburnt zebra!

Nihal Prakash, Class V, La Martiniere for Boys, Calcutta

Teacher: What is the Bengali word for mango?

Student: Umm...

Teacher: That’s right.

Somrik Banerjee, Class VII, South Point High School, Calcutta

Two idiots meet on a dusty country road. One of them is carrying a big bag labelled, ‘chickens’.

First guy: Chickens, eh? Will you give me one if I can guess how many chickens you have got?

Second guy: If you guess it right, I’ll give you both of them.

First guy (scratching his head): Um... five?

Vedant Balasaria, Class VII, La Martiniere for Boys, Calcutta

Question: Which way we cannot walk?

Answer: Norway!

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

Teacher: Raju, what is your ambition in life?

Raju: Sir, I want to be a veterinary surgeon.

Teacher: Why do you want to become that?

Raju: Well, simple. Have you ever heard of animals complaining against doctors?

Aditi Majumdar, Class VI, Delhi Public School, Calcutta