people

I used to think funerals were just some weird kind of party for grown ups and that they didn't really die because there was 'awake' afterwards and they would just open their eyes again and go back to normal!

Kel

When I was very small, I would throw a fit whenever my grandparents would bring me back home after a weekend out with them. My mother once told me that every time I cried, my grandparents grew older, and it made me stop crying. Well, at age seven, I was positive that I had killed my grandfather by crying too much.

James

When I was little I'd been given a brief explanation of what death was. But I misunderstood some of it and i though that one day i would just walk into the livingroom and mum and dad would be there with cheery smiles on their faces saying, "Your going to die today!" I used to believe that and I was very scared.

Flickhead the dickhead

I used to believe that a character who dies in a movie is played by a person who wants to commit suicide, so when a person wanted to die s/he'd simply ask for a role in a movie which the character dies.

ertuğrul k.

When I was about 6, my dad told me that glue was poisonous and that if you eat it, you could die. So, one day at school when a girl in my class was eating the Clag glue (non-toxic, children's glue) that we were using, I told her that she was going to die, and that if she didn't die right now, she would die in her sleep that night.

Ashley

This isn't my story it's my teacher's. it makes me laugh every time.

When my teacher was little, her older brother told her that anyone at anytime could spontaniously combust. She slept witha cup of water next to her every night. =P

Anon

I used to believe that if you walked through a graveyard at night then you would be friends with all the dead people because you gave up your sleeping time to come and say hello to them! There was an old wrecked graveyard just up the road from my old house and because the gates were broken I used to leave my house at night to go and be nice to the dead people. Then I used to tell everybody that I was friends with dead people!

.x.CemeteryDrive.x.

When I was little, I believed that, rather than dying, when people got too old, they simply turned into kids again. My dad would always say stuff like "I'm gonna go play on the swings!" and I'd say "No, daddy, you have to wait until you turn into a kid again!"

Melanie

My sister told be that everyone has an identical twin called their alma matter and if you ever saw your alma matter, you would disappear.

Rocky

Before I knew about death, I used to think people turned back into babies again after they got old.

Anon

When I was a child, I used to believe that when people died, they went to the moon, so I wanted to become an astronaut to see my dead relatives.

Dani

I thought "cemetery" was "Jim and Terry", a couple that were friends with my parents. When anybody mentioned the cemetery, i thought they were talking about Jim and Terry's house.

Cristofer

My mate used to live near a cemetry and we would walk through it occasionally. He used to tell me not to walk on top of the old graves because you'd wake up the dead people.
We did a lot of jumping.

Mischa

I was told that if you touched a dead person they would reach out and grab you. It wasn't until I was a teenage that I realized it wasn't true, but I still don't want to test it.

Susan

I used to believe that when I died, the whole world would end.

Paul Forbes

When I was 4 years old my grandfather died--we did not go to the funeral but someone took a photo at the calling hours of the casket. My mother showed it to me after several months when it was developed and told me "See how Grandpa looks like he's sleeping?" I had just been to the gravesite, and thought everyone who was dead in the cemetary was buried in big rooms with pink curtains, candlebulb chandeliers, and plenty of flowers.

Billy

Growing up in the country, I would always see buzzards eating dead
animals. I was afraid that once you die, you get laid out in the field and
the buzzards would eat you. Still scares me today, but I know better now..

Mr.Warren

When my grandad died I was only 4 years old. My mum told me that he was needed by God to paint the skies blue as he was a painter and decorator. When ever there was a brilliant blue sky I would look up and say to my parents and my nan that it was grandad's shift starting!

Laura

When I was litle, I thought we died and came back as someone else (recarination). I was positive in my previous life I was Minnie Mouse. Later when I went to Disney World I was disgusted at the thought of being Minnie Mouse since Minnie Mouse was "married" to Mickey.

Angela

when my little brother was about 5 he asked my dad, "dad did you die when you were younger?"
i think he thought you can die and carry on living

andy