Mother (to the class teacher): My son Lala is a very sensitive child. If you need to punish him, just slap the boy in the next seat. That will frighten Lala.

Nidhi Singh,
Class VI, Caesar School, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal

Mother: Rahul, go outside and play your drum. Your father cannot read the newspaper.

Rahul: What a shame! I am only nine years old and I can read it.

Dikcha Mukhia,
Class V, Loreto Convent School, Darjeeling, West Bengal

Master (to his servant): Bittu, go and bring my clothes from the laundry. You can take my bicycle. Bittu returns after an hour.

Master: What took you so long? You should have been back in 15 minutes. Didn’t you take my bicycle?

Bittu: I took your cycle, sir. But I don’t know how to ride it. So I had to wheel it all the way to the laundry and back.

Sarwat Fazela,
Class VII, Loreto Convent, Asansol, West Bengal

Father: How was your question paper son?

Son: It was printed in black ink.

Mohit Maheswari,
Class VII, Sarwan Memorial School, Banarhat, West Bengal

Mukul: What a fierce looking dog you have. Bet he is a good watchdog.

Ranjan: Oh yes! He watches television all the time.

Subham Agarwal,
Class VII, Goethals Memorial School, Kurseong, West Bengal

Question: What do you call an alien starship that drips water?

Answer: A crying saucer.

Abhishek Chakraborty,
Class V, Adarsh Public School, Darjeeling, West Bengal

A man went to buy an umbrella.

Man: Show me an umbrella that lasts long.

Shopkeeper: Take this, sir. It will last long but you must keep it away from water and sunlight.

Debayan Sinha,
Class VIII, Dev Sangha National School, Deoghar, Jharkhand

Some rogues were chasing a man. He quickly went inside the nearest shop. It was a hair salon.

Man (to the barber in the salon): Brother, please save me.

The barber promptly shaved off his hair!

Abhijeet Roy,
Class VIII, Delhi Public School, Farakka, West Bengal

Riya and Hiya were watching a race.

Riya: Why are all these people running?

Hiya: Because the winner will get a trophy.

Riya: What will the other people get?

Hiya: Nothing.

Riya: Then why are they running?

Tonmoy Kumar Baruah,
Class I, Purvanchal Vidyapeeth, Guwahati, Assam

Teacher: What is an acute angle?

Rahul: An angle which is very cute.

Megha Tulika Minz,
Class VII, St Paul’s Boarding and Day School, Calcutta