Anusua: Do you know that seven is an odd number?

Rohim: Yes, I know.

Anusua: Rohim, can you make it an even number?

Rohim: No, I can’t.

Anusua: It is very easy.

Rohim: How?

Anusua: Just erase the letter ‘s’ from the word seven.

PARANJOY DEB, Class VIII, Assembly Of God Church School, Calcutta

Student: Why does it not rain continuously for two days?

Teacher: Because night comes in between.

Himanshu Sikaria, Class VI, Don Bosco School, Guwahati, Assam

Amal: Do you know which reptile is good at geometry?

Bimal: No.

Amal: Well, you see snakes have scales on their bodies which are helpful when you are doing geometry.

Bishwarup Biswas, Class VI, Cossipore English School, Dum Dum

Avinash: Sir, what have you written so illegibly in my homework notebook?

Teacher: Can’t you read that? It says “write legibly”.

Anabil Dey, Class VIII, Gopal Govindo Academy, Ramkrishna Vivekananda Mission, Barrackpore

Teacher: What would you like to be in your next birth?

Student: I would like to be a giraffe, sir.

Teacher: Why?

Student: So that you can’t slap me.

Kumar Abhishek, Class V, Denobili School, Sijua, Dhanbad

Shopkeeper: Sir, do you want a pock- et calculator?

Customer: No, I already know how many pockets I have.

Shahid Nawaz, Class VI, New Horizon School, Calcutta

A guy walks into a doctor’s office. He has a sausage coming out of his ear, a waffle coming out of his nose, and bacon coming out of his other ear.

Man: Doc, what’s wrong with me?

Doctor: You’re not eating properly

Bikash Sharma, Class VI, Lyceum English Medium School, Howrah

Manas: Mummy, Roshan is an outstanding student of our class.

Mummy: Really? What did he do?

Manas: Today our teacher asked him which is the largest land animal and he gave the wrong answer. The teacher asked him to stand outside. So you see, he became an outstanding student.

G. Manas, Class I, St Joseph School, Cinnamara, Jorhat, Assam

Rahul: What happened to your head? How did you get hurt?

Arun: Do you see the pole right next to the gate?

Rahul: Yes, I do.

Arun: Well, I didn’t.

Varun Purty, Class V, Loyola School, Jamshedpur