when i was little, my mom always bought me those cool colored socks. i was so excited to wear my new purple ones one day, so i put them on right away. that night, when i took the socks off my feet, i noticed that my feet were all purple. i was terrified that soon i would turn all purple too, like the girl in 'charlie and the chocolate factory'. it was SO scary

one-eyed one-horned flying purple people eater

My mom told me that women always had to wear a slip. So naturally, I believed that whenever she wore jeans, she just had to tuck in the slip into her jeans!

Anna

My son had very light blond hair as a small boy and we called him our "little toe-head". He'd always say, "Nossir!" Years later he confessed that he thought we were telling him his head was shaped like a big toe. Poor baby.

Anon

I thought that when I closed my eyes no one would see me.

Invisible little fart

As a child I believed that clothes would naturally shrink over time; I didn't realize that I was growing larger.

I had an old nightgown of my own that was too big for one of my dolls, so I hung it in the closet to let it shrink. By the time I found it again in my closet, I had come to understand that I was getting bigger and my clothes were not shrinking over time!

Claudia

Once, my friend's mum came into the room while I was at her house, wearing a gas mask and a see through shower cap, because she was sanding, and I thought she was playing dressing up, and she was being a nurse.

Jesi

In 1st and 2nd grades it was "cool" to wear a bra, and, of course, none of us did. But I used to roll up my undershirt and tell everyone I was wearing one. I was so cool. lol

m.l.

when i was little (ok, i take that back-until about 5th grade) i used to think that pimps were people who had a lot of pimples. i would hear people on TV say, "hey that's pimpin'!" and i thought they were insulting them and saying they had a lot of pimples.

Courtney

I used to believe that when you put on a shoe, it didn't matter about if it was left or right, it just had to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

egaDDe

When I was very young, I used to believe that one day I would grow a beak, feathers and wings so I would be able to fly. I used to pratise flying by jumping off the sofa!

Nobodys-Fool

I'm a light skinned black person who went to predominantly white school. In gymnastics class one night, a friend's little sister asked if I was black or white. Before I could respond, my friend hit her little sister and confidenyly said, "neither silly, she's tan."

C.G.

I used to believe that each sock had to go on a specific foot (like shoes). But I always had a hard time figuring out which sock belonged on which foot. I felt pretty embarassed to ask my mum for help, and when I finally asked her she started laughing. I thought this was because she thought I was stupid for not being able to tell which sock belonged on which foot. I was pretty confused.

bobo

when i played hide and seek when i was younger and hid behind something like a tree, i thoguht that if i closed my eyes and couldn't see them, then they couldn't see me

laurel