Shilpa: Mummy, did you buy me at the supermarket sale?

Mummy: Of course not, dear. But why do you ask?

Shilpa: Why are all my fingers of different sizes?

aishi sur, Class VIII, Our Lady Queen of the Missions School, Calcutta

Question: Why do farmers put bells around their cows’ necks?

Answer: Because their horns don’t work.

arphiwaka Kynjing, Class V, St Mary’s School, Calcutta

Ram: I read A Tale of Two Cities and soon after went to jail for two years.

Shyam: What a coincidence! I read The Three Musketeers and went to jail for three years.

Jadu: God help me! I have just finished reading Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves!

rupsagar chatterjee, Class VII, St Francis Elite School, Calcutta

Teacher: Why is your homework in your father’s handwriting?

Rounak: I must have borrowed my father’s pen to do it.

nabamita pal, Class VII, Burnpur Riverside School, Asansol

A husband and wife were going to Hong Kong.They arrive at the airport.

Husband: Oh! I wish I hadn’t forgotten to bring the magazine I was reading in the morning.

Wife: Why? What was in it?

Husband: Our plane tickets.

yash vardhan gaddhyan, Class V, Amity International School, Calcutta

Patient: Thank you, doctor, for saving my life.

Doctor: Don’t thank me. It was God who saved your life.

Patient: Thanks, anyway. I must be leaving.

Doctor: What about my fees?

Patient: I’ll send a money order to God.

ankit kumar, Class VIII, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Amerigog, Guwahati

Vijay: My brother lived on water for an entire month.

Dinesh: That’s impossible.

Vijay: It is possible. My brother is in the navy.

ayushman mukherjee, Class V, St Xavier’s High School, Jajpur, Orissa

A foolish man bought a lottery ticket for Rs 25 and won a jackpot of Rs 25 crore. But the dealer gave him only Rs 17 crore.

Seeing this, the man became very angry.

Man: Hey! I was supposed to get Rs 25 crore! Where’s the entire amount?

Dealer: You won’t get Rs 25 crore. You’ll get Rs 17 crore after deducting the taxes.

Man: Either give me the entire money or give me back the Rs 25 with which I bought the ticket!

sudipta chakrabarty, Class VII, Chandannagar Sri Aurobindo Vidyamandir, Chandernagore