Mother: Why did you get such low marks in the test?

Son: Because of absence.

Mother: You mean you were absent on the day of the test?

Son: No, but the kid who sits next to me was.

Devleen Mandal, Class VI, Delhi Public School, Bongaigaon, Assam

Tess: Jumping off Blackpool Tower isn’t dangerous.

Jess: Why on earth do you say that?

Tess: The jumping isn’t dangerous — it’s the sudden stop at the bottom that is.

Manav Mirchandani, Class VIII, La Martiniere for Boys, Calcutta

Rohit: Do you know how to make seven even?

Simi: But seven is an odd number.

Rohit: All you have to do is remove ‘s’ from seven!

Pankaj Kr. Hajjam, Class VIII, Bidya Teertha Academy, Calcutta

Policeman: Why are you trying to cross the road here? Can’t you see the zebra crossing 40 yards away?

Boy: Well, I guess it’s having more luck than me.

Somdeb Sengupta, Class VIII, Lycee, Calcutta

Rahul: Rohit, can you lend your cat to me? There are hundreds of mice in my house.

Rohit: Sorry, my cat doesn’t go anywhere. Bring your mice to him.

Srijan Mallick, Class IV, South Point School, Calcutta

Father: How was your exam, son?

Son: I did well, Father. But I keep feeling that there was something I forgot to do.

Father: What did you forget?

Son (suddenly remembering): Father, I forgot to hand in my answer paper to the teacher.

Md. Ashraf, Class III, Albany Hall, Calcutta

First thief: Hey! The police have arrived. Let’s escape through the window there.

Second thief: But we are on the 13th floor.

First thief: There is no time for superstitions now.

Soumya Goswami, Class VIII, Rahara Ramkrishna Mission Boys’ Home Junior High School, Khardah

Teacher: Ratan, did you throw the chair at Ram?

Ratan: I did, Sir, because the bench was too heavy.

Anirban Choudhury, Class VII, Kalyani University Experimental High School, Kalyani

Mother: Ravi, why aren’t you studying? You know that your exams are knocking at the door.

Ravi: That’s all right, Mother. Don’t worry. I won’t open the door.

Koustav Sen, Class VII, Assembly of God Church School, Tollygunge

Question: What did one ghost say to another?

Answer: Do you believe in people?

Najda Belal, Class VI, Patterson’s Day School, Calcutta