Question: What goes up when the rain comes down?

Answer: The umbrella.

Mayuri Kirtania, Class VIII, Maria’s Day School, Howrah, West Bengal

Interviewer: What will happen if I cut off one of your ears?

Punit: I won’t be able to hear too well.

Interviewer: And if I cut off both your ears?

Punit: I won’t be able to see too well.

Interviewer: How can that be?

Punit: My glasses will slip down my nose.

Sk Akbar Ali, Class VII, Belpahar Refractories M.E. School, Jharsuguda, Orissa

Customer: Give me one kilo mustard oil.

Shopkeeper: Here it is.

Customer: What about the free gift on offer?

Shopkeeper: Sorry, but there are no free gifts.

Customer: Do you think I am a fool? It is clearly written on the label, ‘Cholesterol free’.

Nadeem Khan, Class VIII, St Thomas Boys’ School, Calcutta

Question: Why did the banana go to the doctor?

Answer: It was not ‘peeling’ well.

Afsha Shaikh, Class VI, Mahadevi Birla Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Calcutta

Sunil: I was feeling so sleepy this morning that I tossed a coin to decide whether I should attend class or go back to bed.

Sumit: So, what did you finally do?

Sunil: I had to toss 10 times before I could finally go back to bed.

Ankit Nahar, Class VII, National High School (Boys), Calcutta

Jenny: Ma’am, what is the meaning of go down?

Teacher: Warehouse

Jenny: Then ma’am, what is the meaning of go up?

Aditya Narain Das, Class VIII, W.W.A. Cossipore English School, Calcutta

Suman: What is the difference between man and superman?

Vishal: Man wears his underwear underneath his trousers and superman wears it outside his trousers.

Aniraj Pradhan, Class VI, S.U.M. Institution, Kalimpong, Darjeeling, West Bengal

A loud noise was heard from a house. The police arrived.

Police: Who is the owner of this house?

One of them: That is what we are trying to decide.

Dishari Sarkar, Class III, South Point School, Calcutta

An elephant was playing with an ant.

Elephant: Oh, no! My mom is coming.

Ant: So, why are you scared?

Elephant: I’ll tell you later. Do something now.

Ant: Okay! Come and hide behind me.

Shantanu Dey, Class VIII, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Ballygunge, Calcutta

Teacher: Name an animal which is not scared of the lion.

Ajay: A lioness.

Madhura Moitra, Class V, D.A.V. Public School, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh