Teacher: Minu, how much is 5+5?

Minu: Nine, sir?

Teacher: You are wrong. It is 10.

Minu: You shouldn’t be lying, sir. Only yesterday, you told us that 6+4 was 10.

Ranesh Kumar Das, Class VI, D.A.V. Model School, Durgapur

Sonu: The doctor said he would have me on my feet in three days.

Anu: Did he?

Sonu: Yes, I had to sell my car to pay his bills!

Arunava Malo, Class VII, B.N.C. V. School, Howrah

Question: Why is an angle less than 90 degrees considered sweet?

Answer: Because it is a-cute angle.

Asmita Sengupta, Class VII, South Point High School, Calcutta

Question: What has two heads,six feet, one tail and four ears?

Answer: A man sitting on a donkey!

Aryaman Ray, Class VII, Future Foundation School, Calcutta

Question: Why did the elephant eat the candle?

Answer: He wanted a light snack.

Hardic Bhattacharya, Class IV, Patha Bhavan High School, Calcutta

Saptaparna: Do you know the name of the wicked old woman who lives by the sea?

Sahana: No,what’s her name?

Saptaparna: Very simple — Sand-witch.

Shaoni Dutta, Class VI, Calcutta Airport English High School, Calcutta

Father: Why did you tear the Rs 500 note into small bits?

Son: The shopkeeper doesn’t have change. He wants a smaller note.

Annay Das, Class VII, St Xavier’s Institution, Sodepur

Tarun: Shekhar, do you say your prayers before dinner?

Shekhar: I don’t have to. My mother is a good cook.

Dibyendu Pusti, Class VIII, K.T.P.P. High School, Midnapore East

Teacher: What can you tell me about the people of the 18th century?

Student: They are all dead now, sir.