Mary: A girl fell off her seat on the bus today. Everybody laughed except me.

Mom: Why didn’t you laugh?

Mary: Because I was the one who fell.

Injamamul Haque Ahmed, Class VII, Delhi Public School, Dhaligaon, Assam

Teacher: Sohan, if a hen lays one egg per day, how many will it lay in a week?

Sohan: Six eggs, Ma’am.

Teacher (surprised): How?

Sohan: Sunday’s a holiday, Ma’am!

Aishwarya Gupta, Class VIII, National High School (for Girls), Calcutta

Question: Why do cows have bells?

Answer: Because their horns don’t work.

Akash Sharma, Class V, Sunrise (English Medium) School, Belur

Question: What is never asked a question but is always answered?

Answer: The doorbell.

Ragamala Rahi Datta, Class V, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Khanapara, Guwahati

Son: Dad, will you help me find the lowest common denominator in this problem?

Father: My gosh! Haven’t they found it yet? They’ve been looking for it since I was a lad.

Raktotpal Gogoi, Class VII, Delhi Public School, Nazira, Assam

Two men were riding on a train for the first time. They had brought bananas for lunch. Just as one of them bit into one of the bananas, the train entered a tunnel.

First man: Did you start having your banana?

Second man: No.

First man: Well, don’t. I did and went blind.

Aditya Pran Borah, Class VII, Carmel School, Digboi, Assam

Question: Why did the music teacher need a ladder?

Answer: To reach the high notes.

Anwesha Hazra, Class V, St Mary’s School, Siliguri

Mother: Why did you swallow the money I gave you?

Son: You told me it was my lunch money.

Upasana Basumullick, Class III, Calcutta Girls’ High School, Calcutta

First friend: When I was singing, somebody hit me with a shoe.

Second friend: Oh! What did you do?

First friend: What could I do? I just sang another song.

Guneet Singh Tarang, Class V, St Xavier’s Collegiate School, Calcutta

Customer: Where is the paneer in your matar paneer?

Waiter: Do you expect to see a gulab (rose) in a gulab jamun?

Ishan Sarkar, Class III, The Assembly of God Church School, Purulia

Question: What’s the worst thing you would find in the school cafeteria?

Answer: The food.

Raj Chopra, Class VI, Springdale School, Ranchi