animals

I used to believe that snakes were worms and worms were snakes, because my dad would play with snakes and let me play with them, too. He would point to a huge worm and call it a snake, and I would cringe in disgust. Now, I'm pretty sure he did that purely for his own amusement. Now, I hate worms, but snakes are okay.

when i was about 4 i thought if u got licked by a dog u would turn into one. so i thought if someone had a dog it was one of their family members that had got licked by a dog. lol

I visited my grandparents house for a few days by myself when I was young. My unkle lived with them they had three cats between them a black one (Roo) a gray one (phido) and a calico (AC-DC) anyway, I thought that my relatives had the ability to turn into their cats. I thought my grandma turned into the black one. My grandpa turned into the gray one. And my unkle turned into the calico. I thought that when I got older I would get a cat of my own that I could turn into. I'd seen the cats and the people in the same room and I knew it wasn't reality but I still thought it would be neat if it were true and I remember keeping secrets from the cats as though they were the relatives.

I used to believed that cats were the females and dogs were the males of the same species.

I was walking with my family at the zoo when we saw deer, and my husband said to my children, "Kids, look at the reindeer!" I ARGUED with him in front of loads of people, telling him that reindeer do NOT exist; they're part of the whole Santa thing! These are DEER, not reindeer!" I finally caught on after many people started looking at me strangely... and I was well over twenty-five at the time. :)

My sister loved geese and swans, but when it came to ducks, she for some VERY strange reason she thought that they were the devil's minions. It was quite a sight to see her running in the park towards all the ducks and hear her scream in front of everyone, "GO AWAY YOU MEANIES!! YOU WON'T TAKE MY SOUL TO THE DEVIL!!"

I was ten years old and playing with a tree. I saw a bug and my older brother told me it was an earwig. He then proceeded to say that they got that name as they lay eggs in your ears and raise the babies in there, living their lives like us. For years i feared going to sleep. Thanks Bro.

When I was a small child, I would name farm animals while on road trips. My mother had convinced me that a horse was a cow and vice-versa. She thought it would be funny. Eventually, I found out the truth but still to this day if you were to show me a flashcard of a cow, I would more than likely say horse without thinking of it.

I used to believe that cats were so allergic to water, that it would likely kill them. It turns out that my folks discovered my brother and I giving the kittens a bath. Fearing that we would drown them, they told us that getting the kitties wet could kill them. It worked. I believed my folks. Then, a couple of years later I saw a cat running outside in the rain...

When I was about 3 or 4, my older sister (about 20 at the time) thought it would be funny to have me watch JAWS. Because of this, I thought the sound sharks made was the JAWS theme. Doggies go "bark," sharks go "dun dun...dun dun..."

My sister's boyfriend was quite bemused when I announced my frustration that the sharks weren't "singing" at the aquarium the next week.

When I was little, I used to believe that my pets were actually robots who were spies for my mom. Whenever I did stupid stuff, I would bribe them so they wouldn't tell on me.

When I was about nine, I saw a TV soap with a man talking about a Haggis on it (I'm British). I asked my mum what a Haggis was and she said it was a small furry creature with three eyes and six feet that lived in Scotland. When I went on holiday to Scotland later in the year, I came back crying because I had seen a sign in a butcher's shop that said "Fresh Haggis Sold Here; The Most Delicious In The UK!".

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everytime my brother and i went fishing an dlost the fish on the pole we would hear a bird. I would always tell him that the bird was laughing at him because he lost his fish. I still tell him that everytime he looses a fish.

When I was little, I believed my dog could talk, and just decided not to due to the fact I wasnt a dog. So for hours, I would sit by him and say things like "Good doggy. You're such a nice doggy, will you talk to me?" When that didn't work, I would hold up treats and beg him to talk. Eventually I got very annoyed and stood up, glaring down at him, shouting "I KNOW YOU CAN TALK, SO SAY SOMETHING, DOPEY!"

When he didnt talk after I did all of that, I threatened to poke him until he did. So every day for a week after that, family would walk in to where my dog and I usually were to find me sitting there, poking him..

I thought my cats would go to parties at night when they knew everyone was in bed. I thought they would talk at bars and have drinks. I thought they would sing karoke. I thought they had a secret door to get into the cat world! Sometimes, I would stay up and spy on them until I fell asleep. I thought this until I was 9!

I was told when a bee stung you it lost it's stinger and died, but I heard wrong and thought if you were stung by a bee you would die. Well one day I was stung by a bee and I started cyring and cryingg and wouldn't stop until my parents told me that i heard wrong.