Question: I have a head and a tail but no body. Who am I ? Answer: A coin!

Pritisha Goswami, Class VI, Delhi

Public School, Guwahati

A little boy is crying on the road. A man approaches and asks him why he is crying. Boy: I have lost my buffalo.

Man: The buffalo will go home by itself. You don’t have to worry.

Boy: It was the buffalo who knew the way home.

Rushil Sharma, Class VIII, Delhi Public School, Nazira

Teacher: Why are you late, Frank? Frank: Because of the sign...

Teacher: What sign?

Frank: The one that says, ‘‘School Ahead, Go Slow.’’

Sayantani Ghosh, Class III, Adamas International School,

Calcutta

Two doctors on seeing a man limp started talking among themselves: Cardiologist: I’m afraid, he has a heart problem…

Orthopaedic: No, I think he has a problem with his bones…

Man (after overhearing): I’ve a problem with my slippers.

Amrita Kar, Class VIII, Rajkumari Santonamoyee Girls’ High School, Tamluk

Raja: Jeet, you’d said that roots would grow from the rose plant after it is planted, but there’s nothing.

Jeet: How do you know?

Raja: Because I’ve been pulling the plant out from the soil everyday and checking.

Shuvadeep Das, Class VII, Niva Ananda Vidyalaya, Brahmapur

Teacher: Rakesh, can you tell anything about Raja Ram Mohan Roy? Rakesh: Yes teacher. All four were very good friends.

Akriti Rastogi, Class VII, M.P. Birla Foundation H. S. School, Calcutta

Question: How did the fool drown in a submarine? Answer: He had opened the window to get some fresh air.

Soumyasree Chakraborty, Class VIII, St Agnes’ Convent School, Howrah

A boy saw an old lady searching for something outside her house. Boy: What are you looking for?

Old lady: My needle.

Boy: Where did you lose it?

Old lady: In my room.

Boy: Then why are you looking here?

Old lady: There is no light in my room.

Diya Poptani, Class IV, Julien Day School, Calcutta

A tourist to a mountaineer: Hey, your son just threw a stone at me.

Mountaineer: Did it hit you?

Tourist: No.

Mountaineer: Then it wasn’t my son.

Chayanika Saha, Class VI, St Xavier’s School, Kaliyaganj

Question: Why are Egyptian children always confused? Answer: Because after death their fathers become ‘mummies’!

Raka Musib, Class VII, Bankura Christian Collegiate School, Bankura