I used to believe that dead people were conscious and able to talk once they had been buried, and that the corpses used to yell to the people buried near them and have conversations and stuff, but that only other dead people could hear them because they were underground. I used to think they must get really bored just lying in their coffins forever.

Anon

When I was in kindergarten, we used to listen to this moody song at naptime called Inchworm. A beautiful female voice sings solemnly, while a group of children whisper the chorus. I hope these lyrics refresh your memory.

Inch worm, inch worm
Measuring the marigolds
Could it be, stop and see
How beautiful they are

(Chorus of kids:)
Two and two are four
Four and four are eight
Eight and eight are sixteen
Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two

So, one day at Grandma's house, I’m flipping through channels on the TV, with the volume down, and Inchworm is stuck in my head. I come across Pink Floyd's The Wall on one channel. It's the scene where the kids are falling off the conveyor belt, into the shredder, and being ground into hamburger meat. I instantly associated "Inchworm" with the image of the ground meat oozing from the shredder and believed that this was a documentary about kids who were bad at school.

Matte

My sisters and I used to believe that when you would die you could turn in to an animal. My sister wanted to turn in to kitty cat i wanted to be a dog.

butthead Jones

When I was 3 I thought grown-ups were lying to us about going to heaven. I finally asked my pre-school teacher, "If we are supposed to go to heaven when we die, why do they put us in the ground with the devil?"

Amber

i thought my great nan had died by flying a kite near a plyon and getting it chaught and she climbed up to get it, but in fact she died of natural causes. i also had just leant about being eletricuted by pylons and it was a dream.

louise

When I was in kindergarden, a boy told me to never wipe off sweat and if I do, I will die.

anon.

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

when my baby brother died my mum dressed him for the funeral in a puffy white thing (kindof like a skirl) and i thought that it ws a hula skirt (don't ask me why) and i wondered why mum wanted him to be buried in a hula skirt.

andy

I used to believe that if u fell of a boat ud always die cuz u would get shredded by the boat motor, thats how theyd kill ppl in jail.

Erin Eull

I used to believe that if you cut off the circulation of a body part, then that body part would become white until it became totally invisible. So my concept for someone passing away was that all their blood was gone and all their skinned became invisible. Also known as a ghost.

Karen

i overheard my parents/sisters talking about my grandfather's death and the dangers of popping zits on your nose around the same time. for years after that, i believed that my grandfather had actually died from popping a zit on his nose!

Anon

when i was little, i was deathly afraid of dying. i would have my dad check my pulse every night before i went to bed just to make sure my heart was still beating. i had this fear until one day my mom and dad took me to the hospital to have a full check up to show that i was healthy.

tori