special powers

When I was maybe 4 or 5 years old, I got one of those helium balloons from somewhere. On the way home, we stopped to visit my grandma and while I was going in, I accidentally let go of the balloon and it flew off into the sky. I was quite distraught, and I begged my grandma to go inside, get her wings (which was actually an apron she always wore) and fly to get my balloon. She insisted she didn't have wings, but I knew the truth.

Michelle

I used to believe I was the fastest boy in the world because I once crossed a large gym in four seconds(honestly!)and all these people were wondering how I went that fast.I was 10. Now I feel like I feel like I'm gonna get a heart attack whenever I run that fast.

Barry Allen

When I was in primary school I knew this kid two years younger than me who believed that he could fly. Every recess he would run up and down the playground flapping his arms and believing that he could fly. He even built up a following of children who would run after him flapping their arms madly in an attempt to take off. It was fun to watch.

Charlie girl

I used to think that if I squinted my eyes, that people that appeared dark were evil, and people that appeared somewhat light were good. Suffice to say, I really hated my Grade Three class, so technically it DID work.

Kyle McIntyre

When I was young I wasn't the most popular girl in school and I thought the popular people could read my mind so they didn't like me for my thoughts. Soon I began thinking popular thoughts all the time like "I can wait to go to the mall today." and "Me and my boyfriend kissed yestreday" and "I wonder if i left my Cell on." stuff like that. Turns out they didnt have super powers but their parents VISA cards.

So silly!

My dad used to bend his elbow, put his thum in his mouth and pretend to blow "into" it. At the same time, he'd flex his bicep muscle. I thought he was actually using his breath to inflate his muscle!

Janet

When I was 5 after I believed that if u jump out the window(2nd floor) with an umbrella i would land safety. Sadly I end up with a broken arm.

Anon

when i was little i had myself convinced that if i sat really still in the middle of my living room for long enough that i could float. in the hour and a half that i was alone in the house with my sister before my mom would come home, i would "float" quietly around my living room. When my mom came home, however, she would break my concentration and i would fall down and hurt my butt. I'm still not sure whether i really floated or not...but it would be pretty cool if i did.

rebecca

One time when I was around five or six years old, my mother and I were going into an elevator, and the door started closing on my mom. I immediately leaped to the rescue, pushing the door open with my back. My mom walked in, and another lady already inside commented on how strong I was. From then on I believed I had super-strength, and would occasionally test to see if I still had it by bending spoons.

I also used to believe that everyone had magical powers, and that I would somehow learn to use them in a sudden epiphany at the age of sixteen. Sixteen came and went, and I still can't fling fireballs or conjure earthquakes... and sadly enough, I'm still waiting for that epiphany...

Veridianedge

When I was little my stepfather and I used to play karate but without actually knowing any karate. I thought I was so good because I could beat him up that I then went around telling the other kids I knew karate and could fight grown ups. So one day one of the kids decided to test my skills. He kicked my ass and I was shocked to learn that I didn't actually know karate.

Anon

My whole family goes to a bunch of cottages with eachother every year. there is only five of us who are over the age of ten, the other twelve of us are eight or younger. One day my cousin philip and I decided it would be fun to, trick the younger kids into thinking he could control the weather. We figured out what way the wind was blowing, then got the younger ones. I was standing so the wind would hit me about five seconds before it would hit him, so I'd wave to him when I felt the wind, and he'd start slowly raising his arms. As he did that, the wind would pick up. That was three years ago, and these kids who saw him do that still say "Mommy! look, it's the boy who controld the wind!"

Kaitlin, Canada

one time i decided to make a "potion" in the sink and I put tons of soap and shampoo and other wierd stuff in it. when I was done with my "potion", i pulled the plug in the sink. afterward i cried endlessly for days because i thought that maybe a homeless person would be thirsty and put their mouth under the drain to drink water and they would get my "potion" and die from poisoning.

Madie Bolles

My cousin once told my sister that if you wore jelly shoes for a whole week with out taking them off, then she would be able to walk on wall and ceilings. It drove my mom nuts, because she did not understand why my sister insisted on wearing them to bed.

K

I used to believe that people could read eachothers' mind by pressing foreheads together. This came about from my being the youngest of several (very bored?) siblings. My brother would agree that whatever word I said was indeed the one he had been thinking, and he would magically be able to guess the word I was thinking, thanks to the sister that I had told before-hand.. they had to make sure I wasn't cheating.

Krista

when i was younger(im still considerably young) one of my friends told me that if i ate two sugar pakcets i would become my fave powerpuff girl, and i couldnt tell my parents. later that night i told my mom and she let me eat two sugar pakcets. i told my friend that i had done wat she said to do the next day and during recces we pretended to fly around.

I'm 13 now, when i think about it i get sooo embarresed(sp?)

Briana

When i was younger i believed that my life was this giant book that someone was reading to their child... i would even dream that I was the one reading it, and when i would try to look ahead the pages would go blank....
i still believe that life is this HUGE book someone is reading.......

clueless youngster

Ok I still belive this sometimes and I'm 14 now but since i was probably 4 or I've belived that the adults in my family could read anyones mind. And I thought that it was like our family secret (like off of sabrina the teenage witch) and i would learn how to do it when i got older.

Waiting for the red pill

i used to think the dots you see in front of your eyes were magic sparkles - if you collected them by keeping your eyes shut instead of losing them by opening your eyes and letting them out, you would learn how to fly =)

s k

Red shoes make you run faster.

Ann B.

Me and my friends used to have this secret club. It was called the Ghost Club. We thought we could see ghosts(it was our imagination) and they used to give us missions to save the world and we felt so proud of ourselves. We also thought we had magic powers like transport ion and flying spells. To add on to that, we also thought we were all vampires and we thought we would grow our fangs at the age of 13.(we were 6/7 at the time). We still laugh about that club all the time!

Ghostbuster Girl