Ali: Hello Monica. How are you? Monica: I don’t say hello to fools.

Ali: But I do.

Sudipta Shankar Hazarika, Class VII, Delhi Public School, Guwahati, Assam

Teacher: In this box I have a ten feet snake.

John: You can’t fool me, sir. Snakes don’t have feet.

Arindam Banerjee, Class VIII, St Michael School, Durgapur, West Bengal

Ram: You have a good collection of books, but you should have more shelves to put them in.

Shyam: I know, but I cannot borrow the shelves.

Ashish Kumar Shaw, Class III, Sri Aurobindo Vidyamandir, Chandannagar, West Bengal

Mother: Manisha, why are you not going to school today?

Manisha: It’s our teacher’s birthday today and as a gift, I am staying home.

Ankit Kansal, Class VIII, St James’ School, Binnaguri, West Bengal

Patient: Doctor, the medicine you prescribed is not available in the market.

Doctor (looking at the prescription): I am sorry, this is my signature. I forgot to write the name of the medicine.

Sneha Sharma, Class IV, Carmel School, Jorhat, Assam

Question: What did the boy octopus say to the girl octopus?

Answer: Can I hold your hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand?

Shristi, Class VIII, Mount Assisi School, Bhagalpur, Jharkhand

Mother: Rohit, why are you drawing on the walls of the drawing room? It will look very dirty.

Rohit: Mother, you told me this is our drawing room. So I thought I can draw here.

TRISHTANA BANERJEE, Class IV, St Teresa’s Secondary School, Calcutta

On seeing Ankit's mark sheet... Father: Such poor marks! Should be beaten up.

Ankit: Yes, dad. You are absolutely right. Come, let’s go to the teacher’s house.

Argho Das, Class V, St Xavier’s Collegiate School, Calcutta

Rajiv: Tonmoy, do you think computers will replace newspapers?

Tonmoy: I don’t think so. You can’t swat a fly with the computer.

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

Two friends were discussing a play. First friend: Yesterday, I went to see the play you were talking about the other day.

Second friend: Good. What did you think of the second act of the play?

First friend: I did not see it.

Second friend: Why?

First friend: The leaflet said the second act takes place one year later. I possibly could not wait that long.

Sayan Saha, Class VII, Aditya Academy, Barasat, West Bengal