at home

I used to believe that if you could make a room that was all mirrors then
when you turned off the light the room would still stay lit........
turns out that something like this is the basis for lasers.

I used to believe that if you were in a place with two mirriors facing each other, had a set of identical twins, that if each twin were to enter a mirror, they would each be taken to the otherworld.

Weird huh?

When I was little my favorite game was candyland and one day when my dad was in the attic my sisters had me stand at the bottom of the steps to the attic and told me that there was a real candyland in the attic but I was to young to see it I had to be 4 years old and every year that I got older they said oh you have to be 5 or you have to be 6 but for year I thought that there was a candyland in the attic.

I used to believe…

sometime i remember the flowers on my bedroom walls... nighttime they used to mouve around....
and under my bed there was such a thin place....

When we were little our parents put us in the bath together to save on the hot water. We used to stir up the water with bubble bath in it to make more bubbles, which was good fun. However, my big sister convinced me that to play this game I had to have my eyes closed and my mouth open. If I started stirring without closing my eyes and opening my mouth she would say "Remember, Eyes Closed, Mouth Open!" and if I still didn't obey she would do it herself to remind me of my duty. I noticed at the time that while I was doing Eyes Closed, Mouth Open I used to get a lot of water in my mouth, but after all, we were stirring and there was water flying around - that was only to be expected. I didn't learn until I grew up that Eyes Closed, Mouth Open was invented entirely so that she could throw water into my mouth without me seeing.

Also at a country park near our house where we often went there was a miniature railway leading to a model "fairy village". We loved to ride on it, but one day my sister announced "You have to do Eyes Closed, Mouth Open or you won't see the fairies!" And like a fool, I obeyed. I don't think she put anything in my mouth that time, though. :-)

I was always afraid to sleep with my hands off the bed because I thought something would come out from under the bed and pull me under.

I used to lie on my back and look at the ceiling thinking that it formed the ground of a parallel,upside down, world.I thought that one day I might be able to step into that world.

I used to believe there was a monster living in my bedroom closet. At night, if the door was opened, I thought I could see him looking at me, just waiting until I fell asleep to come get me. Funny that he also looked like Frankenstein's monster!

I used to make my mum get me out of the bath tub before she pulled the plug. I thought I would go down with the water!

Years ago, houses had only bath tubs installed. Our house, however, had a shower, but my family never used it, we all took baths.
One day my older sister told me that we didn't use the shower, because when you turned it on, fire came out instead of water.

I always believed if I didn't say my bedtime prayers the Devil would come up from under my bed and get me in my sleep. Sometimes I was sure I could feel my bed shaking .

When I was a little girl, my grandmother had a long mirror over her kitchen sink. Having aspirations to being a dancer, I loved to whirl and pose in front of that mirror. Or, I did until my grandmother told me that if I kept staring at the mirror, I would see the Devil. For years afterward, I was terrified of staring too long into any mirror--and most especially into Grandma's!

I used to believe that alligators lived under my bed so when I went to bed I would run and jump quickly so they wouldnt grab my ankles

when I was little, I used to believe... if you had to go to a dark and spooky place, like the basement at night, you should sing really loud, THAT would scare the ghosts away.

When my sister and I were little, we called every area that was dark and scary "Crocodile Creek" after seeing Peter Pan, especially the area between our beds. I have to have my feet and hands on the mattress to this day, or at least have them wrapped in a sheet to protect them from the crocodile and/or Captain Hook.

i believed in things under my bed, but covered my fears. my little brother was more afraid as we shared the room. To compensate, I would have my play army soldiers and tanks positioned at strategic places around the room targeting all the exit points under our beds. that way, if any monsters or such came out, the army would take care of them. that really gave my brother a comfort on many nights. but it was not just for him. even today, i still thank the US Army for protecting us from monster that would come in the night.