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I was convinced when I was young that if I held out two fingers and whistled long enough, a bird would come and land on my fingers. That's what Disney teaches young children - just sing like a bird and hold out your hand and they'll come to you!

Horn of the French

When my sister was little (around 5 or so) I used to tell her that rabbits made the sound of "hippity-hop, hippity-hop" when they tried to speak. She believed me for a few years and whenever she played with her stuffed rabbits, she'd say "hippity-hop!".

Horn of the French

When I was young, mum would get up and declare that she was "going to see a man about a dog". I was thrilled because I loved dogs. Turns out she wasn't seeing anyone, but visiting the bathroom!

Samantha

My mother once took me and my little cousin Amy(who was only three) to my uncle's farm. Amy could make all the animal noises, so my mother pointed to the white cows and asked what noise they made. Amy said "Baaa Baaaa" My mother said "No, that's not right, try again." She pointed to some black cows. Amy said"Mooo Mooo". So my mother pointed to the white cows again and Amy said "Baaa Baa". I just stood there, trying not to laugh. As far as Amy was concerned, cows could never be white. The only farm animal that could be white was a sheep.

Anon

I used to believe that if you used people shampoo on a dog, the dog would turn into a human.

Anon

i used 2 believe that humans and animals could mate. I have no idea why but y'know... Also i thought that if a dog mated with a sheep it made a cow...

am i that weird

o dear o dear i am strange indeed

I used to think that to desex an animal meant to turn it from a male to a female or female to male.

Phil

I used to believe that you could keep a chicken egg (that you bought) warm, and it would hatch!

Anon

When I was younger playing in the yard, I saw a butterfly, but I didn't know what it was. I told my mom that there were flutterbys outside, because they fluttered bye... I still call them that.

Anon

When I was four and I was at primary school, we used to play out on the fields where some rabbits lived. Because I ws only 4. I didn't know a lot about the world (!!), and one dinnertime I found all these little 'stones' on the grass. So I picked up as many as I could find, and went and showed the dinner lady my 'special stones'. Only to discover, to my emvbarrasment, that these 'stones' were in fact rabbit droppings!

Nichola

i used to think that if i was walking through long grass i might somehow find a dead cow. i don't know why it was a cow, or why i was terrified. i only remember that if the thought came into my mind, i would shudder and wouldn't walk through long grass for a long time afterwards.

rose

I thought unicorns existed until I was six, I just never saw one yet in a zoo

Orevet

When i was young, I spent a lot of time around horses and ponies. My 4 year old logic naturally assumed that the ponies, being a lot smaller, would one day grow up to be great big horses,no matter how old the pony was. And yes, I would tell them so.

After all, small children grow up to become big adults..so why not!? I'm more worried that I would attempt meaningful conversation with my four legged friends.

shadow