Teacher: Biswa, why are you late for school today?

Biswa: It’s because of the traffic sign near our school, sir.

Teacher: Why? What’s wrong with it?

Biswa: It says ‘School ahead. Go slow’.

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

Question: What is it that starts with an E, ends with an E but has only one letter?

Answer: An envelope.

Soubhik Deb, Class VIII, St Mary’s Orphanage and Day School, Calcutta

Teacher: Neha, why are you talking in class? If you don’t pay attention, you’ll get a big egg in the examination.

Neha: But I’m a vegetarian, ma’am.

Srishti Chaudhary, Class V, D.A.V. Public School, NIT Campus, Jamshedpur

Question: A tiger kills a goat. The only witness is a hippopotamus. The tiger asks the hippo not to say this in court, but the hippo refuses. Why?

Answer: Because hippos don’t lie.

Moshina Khanam, Class VII, Grace Ling Lian English School, Calcutta

On a chilly December night, a policeman catches a known thief near a building. As the policeman is about to take him away, the thief pleads with him to let him go into the building, as he had forgotten to bring his coat.

Policeman: Oh no! I’m not falling for that again. Last month, you had said the same thing and when I let you go, you gave me the slip. This time, you stay right here. I’ll go and get the coat for you.

Rishav Dey, Class IV, Holy Cross School, Gangtok

Salesman: Is Mrs Chatterjee home?

Child: I’m sorry, she’s not at home. Salesman: Why are you sorry?

Child: Because I hate to tell a lie.

Kumar Gaurav, Class V, St Xavier’s School, Bokaro Steel City

Athlete: I’m training hard to win the cup this time too.

Wife: We have enough cups. For a change try and win some saucers.

Raktotpal Gogoi, Class VII, Delhi Public School, Nazira

Father: Why aren’t you doing well in history?

Daughter: Because the teacher keeps asking me about things that happened before I was born.

Avik Mallick, Class VI, South Point High School, Calcutta

Question: Which country has the most number of diseases?

Answer: Germ-many.

Urui Shah, Class VI, Carmel High School, Calcutta

Doctor: Take two teaspoons of this medicine after every meal.

Patient: But doctor, I’ve got only one teaspoon.

Soham Chatterjee, Class VI, St Xavier’s School, Durgapur