Question: Which game do you play with a racket and an orange ?

Answer: Squash.

Krittika Gupta, Class V, Birla High School (Girls’ Section), Calcutta

Ram: Why are you at the police station again?

Rahul: On account of my sneezing.

Ram: What? Sneezing! That’s not a crime.

Rahul: The guards at the bank woke up when I sneezed and so I am here again.

Ditipriya Pusti, Class III, KTPP Primary School, Mecheda, East Midnapore

A doctor advised his patients to eat the fruits that they liked. But he instructed them to have the fruits with their skins on.

After a few days, one of the patients came back, somewhat crestfallen.

Patient: I tried following your advise, doctor, but I failed.

Doctor: Why? What’s the problem?

Patient: My favourite fruit is coconut. And now I have broken all my teeth.

Aritra Nayak, Class III, Garia Vidya Bhavan, Calcutta

Udit to bus conductor: Is this bus running on time?

Conductor (surprised): No, Sir. It is running on wheels!

Adit Sood, Class V, Mahbert High School, Siliguri

First boy: My father is a very good swimmer. He swam across a river.

Second boy: Mine’s so good at swimming that he crossed a sea.

Third boy: And my father swam in our well and came out of the tap in our house.

Angshuman Ray, Class IV, St Xaviers’ School, Durgapur

Teacher: Ram, why does your note book look so old?

Ram: That’s because it’s my history notebook, Ma’am.

Soumyadeep Mondal, Class VIII, Garia Vidya Bhavan, Calcutta

Question: What is a parrot’s favourite game?

Answer: Hide and Speak!

Nihal Prakash, Class VIII, La Martiniere for Boys, Calcutta

Question: What did the blanket say to the bed?

Answer: You are under cover.

Argho Chakraborty, Class IV, St Joseph’s Convent High School, Chittaranjan

Jenny: I haven’t slept for days.

Sara: Why not?

Jenny: I sleep only at night, you see.

Afsana Zannat Ahmed, Class VII, SP English Medium High School, Assam

Student: I have no pencil, Ma’am.

Teacher: That’s not the way you say it, Rohit. You should say, ‘I don’t have a pencil, he doesn’t have a pencil, she doesn’t have a pencil etc’.

Student: Oh dear! Where have all the pencils gone?

Koustav Sen, Class VIII, Assembly of God Church School, Tollygunge, Calcutta