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During my elementary school years I believed that all animals had curseword names because female dogs were referred to as "bitches". Somehow I assumed male dogs were called "bastards" but was embarrassed to ask what the curseword names for other animals were, though I was dying of curiousity.

Mojo!

I thought that if you saw a stag or an elk head mounted on a wall, the rest of the animal was on the other side in the next room.

creeped out kid

I used to think supermarkets used to cross-bread farmyard animals with lions because you would always see Pork Lion (loin) and Beef Lion on the shelves

Kipper

I used to think God made frogs out of wet playdough.

Anon

Did anyone watch the old '80's Sesame Street? Does anyone remember the little cartoon clip that had a boy brushing his teeth, and washing his hands all while letting the water run? Does anyone remember the fish that swam up through the pipes to pop out of the drain to yell at him to turn the water off? For years I used to believe you had to keep soap suds/toothpaste/ect. running down the drain, lest that fish think you were wasting water and swimming up to yell at you.

Anon.

I used to believe that the reason swimming pools had a deep end was because a whale lived there. I assumed that when people came to swim they moved the whale to a different pool for a few hours. I was always scared that they would forget to move the whale and it would be there to eat me when I went swimming.

Shaina

I always used to watch Snow White and Bambi. I thought that in "olden days," wild animals were never afraid of people, like in Snow White, but because people hunted them too much over the years, they learned to be afraid of people. I was always mad with generations past because I wanted to make friends with deer like Snow White was.

Anon

When I was around 4, I accidentally made a dot on the center of my forehead with marker. My older brother then said I was the "chosen one" and I was going to be sacrificed. I asked to who. Being on my aunt's farm, he looked around, pointed to a large brown and white goat and said," Him." For years after that I was terrified that goats were out to get me.

Jackie

That if a pig loses its voice, it's disgruntled.

Anon

I used to think that by hanging frogs from the garden pond off the washing line (I made them cling on with their 'hands') and catching them in buckets of water I was actually teaching them a valuable lesson in survival that would someday help them escape from the local cats.

Susan

I used to believe that since 'bitch' was a female dog, that 'bastard' was a male dog. Boy was I surprised when I realized it wasn't, at the table with my friend's parents.

Kay Two

I was raised Polish Roman Catholic.

When I was a child, my father used to tell me that on Christmas eve when we were at mass that at exactly midnight animals began to talk.

This had to do with some blessing of the Baby Jesus to the animals in the manger.

For years I harboured anger at my father every Christmas Eve because I was dragged to mass and I really wanted to talk to my dog.

Toddmichael, Ohio

I used to Believe that animals could only think and respond to english orders so people in other counrty speaking other languages had to learn engish before they could teach there animal tricks or take orders

Daniel, Australia

I used to believe,, when I saw the Deer Xing sign , that there was an animal called a Xing,, that nobody had ever told me about,, you know you have too,..

Cher

Whenever we'd go on holiday we'd go via the motorway and there would be these horse boxes with CAUTION HORSES in big bold lettering.
I always wanted to visit this place called Caution and see all these wonderful horse!
Took my mother some time to convince me that there wasn't a place called Caution!

Jessica Hogan

Not mine - my wife's. She believed that the elephant's trunk was also it's, umm, copulation device. She was eighteen when I demonstrated otherwise by taking her to Chester Zoo.

Rich the Snitch

I tricked my 6 yr old son into beleiving that hedgehogs hunt fish by hiding on riverbeds and leaping upwards to catch fish on their spikes. I told him to watch for hedgehogs rolling on riverbanks to release the fish to eat. He told all his friends, and ended up in an argument with his teacher. He is now 14. He has never forgotten or forgiven and vows revenge.

essexbob

When my younger brother was about seven I told hime that some sheep had green marks on there coats because they had passed their gree cross code test and could now cross the road safely and that the sheep with red marks couldn't and had to always stay on the same side of the road. He believed me for ages!

Anon

my gran tod me that rabbits made a noise that went "map map"

Lise

When I was little I believe that Lambs had White flea's because my Dad always told me, "Mary had a little lamb, her flea's were white as snow." Nobody corrected me until I was in my Teens.

Bernice