Divyamaan: What do you call a fish without an eye?

Arjun: ‘Fsh!’

Vedant Khandelwal, Class VI, La Martiniere for Boys, Calcutta

My grandpa lay down on the bed and started snoring loudly.

Unable to concentrate on his studies and a little weak in English, my little brother asked me: Does the snore indicate that grandpa is having a ‘sound’ sleep?

Sanghamitra Sahu, Class VI, Don Bosco School, Agartala, Tripura

Teacher: Tell me about Gandhi Jayanti.

Student: Gandhiji was the father of our nation. I don’t know about Jayanti.

Arjuni, Class VI, Birla High School for Girls, Calcutta

Teacher: Give me a sentence with an object.

Student: You have a very kind heart.

Teacher: What is the object here?

Student: A good grade.

Teetam Ghosal, Class VIII, Hem Sheela Model School, Durgapur

Son: Father, is it true that ‘worry’ causes tension?

Father: Yes, it does.

Son: Can tension cause a heart attack?

Father: Yes, the doctors say so.

Son: That’s why father, I have stopped worrying about my studies.

Shibangi Saha Roy, Class II, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Maligaon, Assam

Joe: Harry, tell me the definition of doing words.

Harry: Doing words are action words which make us tired.

Joe: Does sleeping make us tired?

Aditya Chakraborty, Class III, Delhi Public School, Calcutta

Doctor: You are very sick.

Patient: Can I have a second opinion?

Doctor: And miserly too.

Shambaditya Das, Class VIII, St Xavier’s School, Malda

Sunny: Did I ever tell you that once I had come face to face with a lion?

Raghav: Really? What happened then?

Sunny: Well, there I was staring at the lion in front of me, without a gun or anything else to protect me.

Raghav: Oh, my god! What did you do?

Sunny: I just moved to the next cage.

Ankit Nahar, Class VIII, National High School, Calcutta

Teacher: Define Mathematics.

Student: A war between duster and chalk on the blackboard.

Satyam Dhawan, Class VI, Assembly of God Church School, Calcutta

Teacher: It’s clear that you haven’t studied your geography. What’s your excuse?

Student: Well, my dad says the world is changing every day. So I decided to wait until it settles down!

Rohan Shah, Class VI, La Martiniere for Boys, Calcutta