animals

When I was 10, being Scottish, my dad told me the story about how a haggis is an animal that lives in the mountains and has three legs - two long and a short one at the other side, so it can run round the side of the mountains easily. Next day at school, we were discussing wildlife that was unique to Scotland - I decided to retell the story of the haggis, much to my friends' delight and my embarrassment. I'm 24 now and I've nearly forgiven him for ruining what little street cred I had!

i used to believe that cats were aliens and dogs wanted to dance with them and eat pie!

I tricked my 6 yr old son into beleiving that hedgehogs hunt fish by hiding on riverbeds and leaping upwards to catch fish on their spikes. I told him to watch for hedgehogs rolling on riverbanks to release the fish to eat. He told all his friends, and ended up in an argument with his teacher. He is now 14. He has never forgotten or forgiven and vows revenge.

When I was a child, I used to believe that all cats were female and all dogs were male.

When i was a kid until now that i am 26 years old i fear cockroaches. when ever i see one there is some feeling of discomfort from within and i start shouting and jumping

I used to live near Windsor Castle in England. My parents both told me that all of the sheep on the reservoirs near to Windsor had crowns on their heads and of course, belonged to the Queen. Naturally, I believed them...

When I was about 4 or 5 I stepped on the neighbor's cat's tail and didn't tell anyone. The very next time I saw the cat, it was covered in bandages and had had surgery. Until I got to college I firmly believed that it was my fault that the cat needed an operation. I finally told my mother and even though I know it's not my fault, I still feel guilty.

When I was little I used to insist that pirates' parrots didn't say "pieces of eight", they said "pieces of egg". It made a lot more sense to me, because you can't chop an eight up (OK, I didn't know an eight was an old coin) but eggs are easily sliceable.

when my dad was little boy his older sister told him that their cats nose was made out of rubber. he believed her without question until the day he tried to rub out a mistake in his jotter and got his arm lacerated by the cats claws and teeth.

Beeing from Austria my fahter told me that there are left and right cows. All depending wich way they walk around the steep hills, and therefore having shorter or longer legs on one side

Whne I was a little girl, my dad told me that sheep were born with 2 legs shorter on one side of their bodies to enable them to graze on the sides of hills - and I believed him!!!!

When I was a small boy, I was convinced that, as wolves are related to dogs, foxes must have been related to cats.

Around the age of about 7 i was told by one of my friends that spiders live inside cherries and from then till present day i have not been able to eat cherries!

I used to belive that if you watched a dog poop and you laughed at it, it would be so embarassed it would never poop in public again.

my wife(when she was a little Girl) was told by her Dad that sheep had shorter legs on one side so that they could stand up on hill sides.

When I was a child, if I played up at bedtime, my mum would tell me that the nine o'clock horses would be coming!