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i used to believe that butterflies were actually called "flutter bys" because they always fluttered by

Anon

When I was little there was a little mouse in my house. I believed that you could kill mice with crackers with Elmer's glue on them so I fed the mouse cracker after cracker with Elmer's Glue.

Girlfloyd

I belived that when you were driving down the road and you smelled a skunk it ment some one ran a skunk over. Then I started to think about it. Skunks can't really be that stupid. Then I realized that skunks spray when there being threatened. I felt so dumb.

Desi

I used to think that kangaroos were the only animals that have a pouch

Anon

When I was small we lived in the country just outside Didcot. Every day the factory nearby would sound a horn to signal the end of the days work. I was outside playing in the mud when the siren went of and I was convinced it was Elephants making the noise, and they were coming to get me. I was so scared so i tried to run back to the house but it was muddy so my boots got stuck and I couldnt go fast enough. I spent the rest of the day traumatised wondering when the elephants would arrive.

Billy Baghead

i love that when you're little you think that animals are animals and people are people, but people are most definitely not animals. i remember being just old enough to get the concept that people were animals, but i couldn't convince my younger stepsisters this fact because i wasn't smart enough to articulate my idea. i would argue for hours with them about it and all they wanted to do was play my nintendo.

deaf sam

I used to believe that when it was raining, the little streaks and dots all over the window were fush. I was so happy when it rained because all the fish came out because i thought they only cam out when it rained or when they were in water. Also, when the "fish" reached the end of the window (the rubbery line going vertically across the window) THEY DIED!

Megan

I used to believe that chipmunks were just baby squirrels.

Haley

I used to think that taxidermy had something to do with being an accountant

Anon

I thought snakes got thinner as they shed their skin.

Anon

I used to think that you could catch a bird by putting salt on its tail.

Anon

Wheen I was younger, I used to believe that animals understood me.

A french pupil

When travelling in the countryside, the sheep in the fields always face the direction that you are travelling in.
I still believe this now, and im nearly 30.

Loz H

I use to think that there were HILL COWS!

Erin

when visiting a school in washington as a child we were travelling on a school bus. the bus passed a field with cows in it. I asked some of the other children what they were as we did not have them in england. they all fell for it.

Anon

i used to believe that bambi lived under my bed and at night he would fight a big deer

Holden batt

I used to believe that sheep would fall off the hill

philippa

When I saw the movie "Dumbo" (the about the flying elephant) I thought that if elephants had big enough ears, they could actually fly!!!

Laura

i used to believe unicorns were real and when they get old theyr horns came off

gabby

When visiting my grandparents cabin, I would get bored. To fix this, my grandpa decided to tell me that the squirrel (really just multiple squirrels in the forest) was named Tiny. "Tiny," he said was really a magical little horse (not a pony) that would turn back if I caught it. Wanting to ride it, I'm sure that he and my parents got hours of entertainment watching me chase the squirrels with a bug net.

Jacie