Mother: How did you find school today?

Raju: I did not have to find school. Father dropped me off at school by car.

Soumik Ghosh,
Class VII, Delhi Public School, Ruby Park, Calcutta

Dinesh and Ayan were talking on the way to school.

Dinesh: When my father speaks, the entire country listens.

Ayan: Really? Your father must be a popular leader.

Dinesh: No, he is a news reader.

Sankalp Ranjan Jha,
Class V, Burnpur Riverside School, Burnpur, Asansol

Two friends were bragging.

First friend: Our village gets so cold during winter that everyone requires 12 blankets to stay warm.

Second friend: That’s nothing. It’s so cold in our village during winter that our cow gives ice-cream instead of milk.

Sumedha Kushari,
Class VII, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Cossipore, Calcutta

Teacher: Raghu, what is a collector of stamps called?

Raghu: A philatelist, ma’am.

Teacher: Good. Now, tell me what a collector of coins is called?

Raghu: A beggar.

Yash Vardhan Gaddhyan,
Class V, De Nobili School, Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Q: What goes all around the world but always stays in one corner?

A: A postage stamp.

Ritwika Chakraborty,
Class VII, St Thomas’ Girls’ School, Calcutta

A boy bought a model aeroplane from a toystore and was walking back when the shopkeeper came running after him.

Shopkeeper: Hey, you tried to trick me! The money you paid me is not real.

Boy: So what? The aeroplane you sold me isn’t real either.

Rudranil Basu,
Class VI, Vivekananda Mission School, Calcutta

Johnny: My dog died of flu.

Ronny: That’s strange. Dogs usually don’t catch the flu.

Johnny: Mine ‘flew’ under a bus.

Tithi Das,
Class VI, Dreamland School, Bhattanagar, Howrah

An English class is in progress.

Teacher: ‘‘I stole a car’’. Change this sentence to future tense.

Student: You will be jailed.

Sumit Kumar,
Class V, Holy Child School, Dumka, Jharkhand

Q: Why can’t a bicycle stand up?

A: Because it is two tyred.

Basudhara Purkait,
Class VIII, St Stephen’s School, Dum Dum

A bus passenger suddenly opens his bag and checks his tiffin box.

Co-passenger: Why did you do that?

Passenger: To check whether I am going to office or coming back.

Probaho Nandy,
Class VIII, St Paul’s School, Darjeeling