Answer: A coin.

Ishika Chakraborty, Class III, Delhi Public School, Ruby Park, Calcutta

Teacher: Can you make a sentence with ‘freedom fighter’.

Aditya: Yes, Ma’am. Gandhiji was a freedom fighter.

Teacher: Fine, but make a longer one.

Aditya: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a freedom fighter.

Tanya Mallick, Class VIII, St Xavier’s School, Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand

Teacher: Sonu, I told you to write an essay on a dog. Where is it?

Sonu: Madam, just as I was going to put the pen on it the dog ran away.

Ritwik Ranjan, Class VI, Delhi Public School, Farakka, West Bengal

Manish: Why are you standing under the hot sun?

Rishabh: I am trying to dry up my sweat.

Somnath Pati, Class VI, St Paul’s School, Rourkela, Orissa

Tipu finds a chip of a stone in his food.

Tipu: God has given you a pair of eyes. Can’t you see the chips when you cook?

Wife: God has given you 32 teeth. Can’t you use them to grind one piece?

Md Shamim Ansari, Class VII, Little Angels Academy, Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Avinash: Mom, can I eat an ice-cream?

Mom: No dear, you will catch a cold.

Avinash: Don’t worry mom, I’ll wear a sweater before I eat it.

Rohan Jain, Class II, La Martiniere for Boys, Calcutta

Question: What begins with a ‘t’, ends with a ‘t’ and is full of a thing beginning with ‘t’?

Answer: A teapot.

Abhishek Pattanayak, Class VI, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Fort William, Calcutta

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

Son: Because you said it was for my lunch.

Shweta Mondal, Class V, Hem Sheela Model School, Durgapur, West Bengal

Kavita: I feel very sorry for my maths book.

Prashant: Why?

Kavita: Because it has so many problems!

Kavya Mayecha, Class IV, La Martiniere for Girls, Calcutta

Husband: Why are you looking so sad?

Wife: I was reading a book, which has a sad ending.

Husband: Which book is that?

Wife: My bank passbook.

Baishali Maji, Class VI, D.A.V. School, Durgapur, West Bengal

Man: Why did you stop suddenly although the signal was green?

Friend: Didn’t you notice? STOP was written there on the road!

Suchandrima Dutta, Class VI, Carmel High School, Calcutta