When I was younger I used to believe that each part of the world had a different sun. So the sun in Africa was different from the sun in Europe and when I drew pictures I would draw 5 or more suns in the sky.

Anon

When I was a wee kid I used to believe that the sun was good and the moon was evil because when the sun was out everyone would enjoy it and talk about how nice a day it was but when it was night time bad things happened like criminals and werewolves roaming the streets and this was all due to the vengeful moon who was the evil mastermind behind it all.

Anon

until i was 7 or 8, i believed i could see the earth spinning on its axis. i eventually learned it was just the clouds moving, and was utterly devastated.

astrid

I used to believe that a new sun crossed the sky every day and set down into a pile of old suns just over the big hill to the west. They were left to cool off and then sliced up to make margarine.

Bikernerd

When I was about four, I thought we all lived *in* the Earth, that the sky was a giant solid dome that had a door for astronauts to get through and that all the pictures of Earth from space where just pictures of the outside of the sky dome.

Jerry

When I was a child we spent alot of time outside at night camping etc...I used to associate the sounds crickets with the stars in the sky. I thought that the stars were making the noise when crickets chirp each time they twinkled.

Anon

I have no idea why, but I thought that the constellation Orion would shoot us with arrows when he was in the sky. We were safe as long as we were in a building or vehicle; but when we got out of the car to go into our house, it was risky. I used to anxiously watch the stars whilst my dad unlocked the door, hoping we'd get inside in time.

Rachel J.

My younger brother used to be afraid of shooting stars. This is because he thought that if you eyed a shooting star, it would actually shoot you with a gun!

kelsey

I used to believe that when it is night time and the Stars are flashing, they are taking pictures of you. Then when you get to Heaven you get to see a photo album of your life under the stars.

StudlyChris (Phoenix)

My brother believed that the moon was a "Western world" because it looked black and white, like an old western television show.

Jeremy - in Austin

One day a friend and I were playing in my backyard when we found a tomato worm. For those of you that have never seen one of these it looks like a large, green and thorny caterpiller. But We thought it was a baby alien and squished it with a stick before it could take over our brains

JewLea

When I was little, I used to think that the moon was following me when I rode in the car. If i was in trouble, I would remind my parents that the moon was going to take me from them if they weren't nice!

DisturbedRa

I used to believe black holes moved quickly through outer space, and if they got too close to Earth, they would wander around on the surface sucking people up.

Anon

A childhood friend confessed to me that she used to think the stars in the sky were from a gigantic American flag that would cover the sun at night like a window shade. For some reason, only the blue starry part would cover her neighborhood but other places were covered by the red and white stripes.

Anon

I used to believe that Sometimes when you looked in the sky at night you would see the Earth up there. Just like the moon!

Tyler

I believed for the longest time that that huge fireworks couldn't just explode in the sky. That wouldn't do it. I really believed that they had to hit a star before they could explode. I was amazed at how fast the fireworks reached them.

jenna

By seeing small circle at the bottom of the World Map representing the Poles, i used to believe that astronauts go out of earth through that hole.

Phoenix

I used to believe, after many discussions with my older brother, that prawns came from the planet Mars... and that is how the planet got its colour.

Bungle

I thought the sky was a mirror and that when I looked up at the moon it was really earth and I used to wave to myself.

chrissie24

When I was about 4 and I saw the clouds moving sideways, I thought that Earth was moving closer to the Sun

Helen