Teacher: Salil, how do you define ‘hard water’ and ‘soft water’?

Salil: Ice is hard water and when it melts, it becomes soft water.

Debojit Thaosen, Class VI, Sacred Heart H.E. School, Umrongso, N.C. Hills, Assam

Teacher: Why does the Statue of Liberty have a book in one hand and a torch in the other?

Rohan: Because you are not supposed to read in the dark.

Bernard Akshay Gomes, Class VIII, St Xavier’s School, Calcutta

Question: Why are story writers the strangest creatures in the world?

Answer: Because ‘tales’ comes out of their heads.

Vishal Iyer, Class VI, Orient Day School, Calcutta

Mother: Ravi, why aren’t you studying? You know your exams are knocking at the door.

Ravi: That’s all right, mother. Don’t worry, I won’t open the door.

Jayobroto Bhattacharjee, Class V, National Gems H.S. School, Calcutta

Teacher: Name a bird that does not build its own nest.

Student: The cuckoo, sir.

Teacher: Very good. How do you know?

Student: Simple. Everyone knows that the cuckoo lives in a clock!

Sipra Mahanto, Class VIII, Loreto Day School, Sealdah, Calcutta

Teacher: Who is a blackmailer?

Neeta: My brother is a blackmailer.

Teacher: What do you mean?

Neeta: Whenever my mother refuses my brother a second candy, he raises a shrill cry and my mother has no choice but to give in to his demand.

Kanhailal Sharma, Class VII, Garampani M.E. School, Umrongso, N.C. Hills, Assam

Sunny: Grandma, are Lord Ram and Lord Krishna’s skin green in colour?

Grandmother: No, darling. What makes you think so?

Sunny: Then why do people call them Hare Ram and Hare Krishna?

Shefali Mishra, Class II, St Mary’s Convent, Brajrajnagar, Orissa

Soham: There is something that only I can do. Nobody else in my school can do that, not even my teacher.

Mother: Really? What is that?

Soham: Read my handwriting!

Subham Agarwal, Class VII, Goethal’s Memorial School, Kurseong, Darjeeling, West Bengal

Mother: What are you doing?

Son: I am cleaning myself.

Mother: Without soap or water?

Son: Mom, haven’t you heard of dry cleaning?

Prashant Kamani, Class VII, St Aloysius School, Salkia, Howrah, West Bengal

Mother: Why does our electricity bill run so high these days?

Son: Because you make me study till late at night.

Ankit Nahar, Class VII, National High School for Boys, Calcutta