As told on an iPad between me in New York, and M, my three-year-old half-Japanese granddaughter, in Tokyo.

Me: Would you like to learn a knock-knock joke?

M: What is a knock-knock joke?

Me: Stick around, and you’ll see.

M: Ok.

Me: Knock-knock. Now, what do you say if someone comes to the door?

M: Who is it?

Me: Good enough! Knock, knock.

M: Who is it?

Me: Banana…

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