Lady: I want to buy an Indian flag.

Shopkeeper: Of course, madam. Take a look at these.

Lady: Show me a few more. I want to choose one with the most unusual colours.

Aishwarya Bhattacharya, Class IV, Modern High School for Girls, Calcutta

Richa: My friends are about to come. Please hide all these things.

Ruchi: Why? Are they thieves?

Richa: No, but they will recognise their stuff!

Aiman Jalil, Class VI, Goethals Memorial School, Kurseong, West Bengal

Police: I will charge you Rs 50 for breaking that window pane.

Boy: But I only have a hundred rupee note.

Police: I don’t have change. Well, you can go and break another window.

Suvra Saha, Class VIII, St Joans’ School, Calcutta

John: Patrick, why are you running?

Patrick: I am trying to stop two people from fighting.

John: That’s very nice of you. Which two people are you trying to stop from fighting?

Patrick: Lawrence and myself.

Musomat Jyoti Khatoon, Class VI, Chowringhee High School, Calcutta

Question: Why did Komal keep the cassette player in the fridge?

Answer: Because he wanted to listen to some cool music!

Aditya Vikram Daga, Class VI, Hariyana Vidya Mandir, Calcutta

Some ladies were talking among themselves.

First lady: You know what? Before I had my first child, I had gone to see the film, A Tale of Two Cities and I had twins!

Second lady: I had read the book, The Three Musketeers and gave birth to triplets!

Third lady (nervously): Oh God! What will I do? I have just finished reading Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves !

Sonakshi Aneja, Class VIII, St Joseph’s High School, Siliguri, West Bengal

Servant: Madam, your son just swallowed a big cockroach.

Lady: Hurry up and call the doctor.

Servant: Don’t worry, madam. I gave him a cupful of Baygon spray to drink.

Biplob Chakraborty, Class VII, Pragjyotish English Medium High School, Guwahati

When the children came out of the school bus...

Bus conductor: Children, make sure that you have not left anything behind.

Little boy: Oh! But we left our seats there!

Kiran Chetry, Class VI, St James’ School, Binnaguri, West Bengal

Teacher: What is a bacteria?

Rahul: Back entrance to the cafeteria.

Noman Nazish, Class IV, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Shillong, Meghalaya