Rahul: Papa, you won’t have to spend a single paise on my books this year.

Papa: Why? Where will you get your books from?

Rahul: I failed this year. So I will be using the old books and you won’t have to buy new ones.

Shreya Kesari, Class VI, Shree Bharati School, Calcutta

Mother: Rohit, won’t it be nice when your baby brother is able to talk?

Rohit: Why would he want to talk? He gets everything by simplycrying!

Priyanka Choudhury, Class V, Hemsheela Model School, Durgapur, West Bengal

A man went scuba diving. He went 10 feet into the water and saw a man who was also in the same level of water but with no scuba gear. He went down another 30 feet and saw that the other man was there again.

Man (through gestures to the other man): How are you diving without your scuba gear?

The other man (through gestures): I am drowning you fool!

Enakshi Ghosh, Class VII, Calcutta Girls’ High School, Calcutta

Question: Why did the tiny ghost join the football team?

Answer: Because he heard they needed a little team spirit.

Shazmeen Shamsi, Class V, Loreto Convent, Asansol, West Bengal

Boy (to a girl in school): Isn’t the new principal dumb?

Girl: Do you know who I am?

Boy: No.

Girl: I am the principal’s daughter?

Boy: Do you know who I am?

Girl: No.

Boy: Thank goodness!

amrita kar, Class VIII, Rajkumari Santanamoyee Girls’ High School, Tamluk, West Bengal

Teacher: Tell me about Gandhijayanti.

Student: Gandhiji was a good man. I don’t know about Jayanti.

Sudipta Bhattacharya, Class V, Raiganj Coronation High School, Raiganj, West Bengal

Vampire (to a man): I will drink your blood.

Man: But my blood has turned cold with fear.

Vampire: So what? I like cold drinks.

Avijit Paul, Class VIII, Sri Krishna Mission School, Agartala, Tripura

Beggar: Please give this blind beggar a coin.

Raju: Are you really blind?

Beggar: Yes, I can prove it.

Raju: How?

Beggar: Can you see the fat lady standing over there?

Raju: Yes.

Beggar: Well, I can’t.

Drima Chakraborty, Class IV, South Point School, Calcutta

Question: What do you give a sick pig?

Answer: Oinkment!

Kishalay Dey, Class VII, Seventh Day Adventist Senior Secondary School, Calcutta