Question: What is the difference between Ram and Ravan?

Answer: Ram can wear a T-shirt but Ravan can’t. Ravan can sing in chorus but Ram can’t.

Aindrila Das, Class II, Sister Nivedita School, Calcutta

Beggar: Please give me some money.

Rohit: Why should I?

Beggar: Because I can’t talk — I am dumb!

Spandan Mondal, Class VII, Sri Aurobindo Vidyamandir, Chandernagore

A little boy was causing such a ruckus at a library that some readers complained to the librarian.

Librarian: Please be silent. The people near you can’t read.

Boy (puzzled): Really? Then what are they doing in a library?

Soomaiya Akhtar Khan, Class V, Maria’s Public School, Guwahati

It’s exam time in a school.

Teacher: Please write a letter to your father asking for Rs 50 for a school picnic.

Student: Do we really need to write a letter? Can’t we just send an SMS?

Biswarup Biswas, Class VII, WWA Cossipore English School, Dum Dum

Teacher: Raju, how many days are there in a week?

Raju: There are nine days in a week, ma’am.

Teacher: What? Can you name the days?

Raju: Yes ma’am. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Everyday and Today.

Hrishikesh Kakoti, Class IV, Holy Home School, Calcutta

Teacher: What will happen if there are no trains in the world?

Rohan: All the railway stations would become useless.

Shaukat Ali, Class VII, T Raza High School, Patna

Two ghosts are taking a walk in a graveyard.

First Ghost: I think I just saw a human beside a tombstone.

Second Ghost: Stop being silly! Don’t tell me you believe in humans.

Suvosree Ghosh, Class VII, Dolna Day School, Calcutta

George: Do you know why it’s impossible to keep a secret in a farm?

Jimmy: No, why?

George: Because the potatoes have eyes and the corns have ears.

Prabhat Kumar Prasad, Class VI, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Arjunpur, Calcutta

Woman: Help! My husband had gone to buy potatoes two days ago and he’s been missing since.

Policeman: Why bother? Use another vegetable instead.

Raktotpal Gogoi, Class VI, Delhi Public School, Nazira

Teacher: Do you know why I beat

you? It is because I like you.

Student: Sir, I also like you, but I’m not strong enough to prove it.

Hrishikesh Kha, Class VIII, Raymond Memorial Higher Secondary School, Falakata, Jalpaiguri