Question: What’s a cat’s favourite TV show?

Answer: The Evening Mews.

PAYAL ROY, Class VII, South Point High School, Calcutta

Patient: Doctor, I keep forgetting things. Please tell me what I should do.

Doctor: Before we continue with this conversation, please pay my fees.

TUSHAR SHAW, Class VIII, Kalyani Central Model School, Kalyani, Nadia

Father: Why didn’t you tell me when you saw a man stealing my wallet?

Son: Father, you’ve always taught me not to interfere in adult matters.

DEBANJAN BANERJEE, Class VIII, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Berhampore

Two men were boasting about their fathers.

First man: My father is so strong that he can lift an elephant with one finger.

Second man: My father is so clever that he can ruin your father.

First man: How?

Second man: By tickling your father when he has the elephant on his finger.

RITAMAN GHOSH, Class VI, Patha Bhavana, Santiniketan

Question: What would you get if you cross bred a a hedgehog with a giraffe?

Answer: A 10-foot toothbrush.

SUBHAM DWIVEDI, Class VIII, Mahbert High School, Siliguri

Rohan: Why were you fired?

Mohan: I killed a mosquito.

Rohan: How can anyone get into trouble for killing a mosquito?

Mohan: The mosquito was sitting on my boss’s head.

SHREYA BOSE, Class V, South Point High School, Calcutta

Lorraine: Mummy, how can I but- ton my dress when the button is at the back and I am in front?

FATEMA SAYED, Class VII, Loreto Day School Dharamtalla, Calcutta

A man went to a grocery and asked the shopkeeper to give him half a dozen eggs quickly.

Shopkeeper (angrily): ‘What makes you think I’m a hen?

AAKRITI GURUNG, Class IV, Loreto Convent School, Darjeeling

Father: If I give you two cats and four dogs, how many animals would you have?

Vini: Nine, Dad.

Father: How’s that?

Vini: Have you forgotten that we have a turtle, a rabbit and a parrot?

ADITI JOISHER, Class III, St Agnes School, Kharagpur, West Bengal

Grandfather: I have visited all the countries in Europe and Asia.

Grandson: Oh! Then you know your geography very well.

Grandfather: Geography! Oh, it’s a wonderful place. I was there for ten days.

SUNNY SAH, Class VII, Sree Ramkrishna Paramhans Vidyapith High School, Calcutta