Once a fat man was sitting on an elephant.

(A child started laughing at the sight).

Man: Why are you laughing? Have you not seen an elephant before?

Child: Of course I have. But this is the first time I am seeing an elephant sitting on an elephant.

Shaikh Anjum Shehzad, Class V, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Ranchi, Jharkhand

Teacher: You can achieve anything if you keep trying.

Student: Ma’am, there’s something that you can’t achieve, no matter how hard you try.

Teacher: And may I know what it is?

Student: Squeezing toothpaste back into its tube!

Ankit Jude Kindo, Class VII, Don Bosco, Siliguri

Bittu: Mother, do we belong to the ape family?

Mother: I am not sure, son. I have not seen your grand- father.

Rupsagar Chatterjee, Class VI, St Francis Elite School, Calcutta

Ravi: Dad, are you married?

Dad: Yes, I am.

Ravi: Whom did you marry?

Dad: Your mother.

Ravi: What? You have married within the family?

Kevin Gandhi, Class VI, La Martiniere For Boys, Calcutta

Question: What do you call Santa’s fan?

Answer: A subordinate clause!

Neha Sarkar, Class VII, St Xavier’s School, Raiganj, West Bengal

Dhaval: Dad, what are four oranges and three oranges?

Dad: Can’t you solve such a simple problem? Haven’t you solved anything like this before?

Dhaval: No dad, we always take bananas to school.

Riya Sampat, Class V, Loreto Day School (Elliot Road), Calcutta

Rahul: Why is Sunday called a strong day?

Ravi: Because all the other days are ‘weak’ days.

Ginny Gandhi, Class VIII, Loreto Day School, Dharamtalla, Calcutta

Satishbabu always bought things on credit. One day, he wrote a letter to the butcher.

Satishbabu: Please send me one kg of meat. If the meat is all right, I’ll send you the money.

The butcher wrote back: Please send me the money. If the money is all right, I’ll send you the meat.

Somrik Banerjee, Class VII, South Point High School, Calcutta

Teacher: I asked you to draw a cow that is eating grass but you’ve only drawn the cow. Where is the grass?

Pupil: Ma’am, the cow ate up all the grass!

Rohan Shah, Class VI, La Martiniere for Boys, Calcutta

Question: Why was the maths book sad?

Answer: Because it had so many problems.

Vivek Patodia, Class VIII, South Point High School, Calcutta