knock, knock

Cinderella loves to make people laugh and consequently is fascinated with jokes and riddles. All summer long she memorized, rehearsed, and retold the riddles printed on the sticks of the bubblegum swirl popsicles she gets for dessert at the pool. And, in an effort to cultivate her raw talent, my mother bought her a book of jokes for kids. Of course, we are the ones that have to read it to her over and over and over again.

After studying, analyzing, and repeatedly telling knock-knock jokes and riddles of all sorts (like What’s the most musical bone? A trombone and How do you keep a fish from smelling? Plug his nose), Cinderella made up a riddle of her own:

"Why are kids faster than grown-ups?

Because grown-ups are always tired."