When Ismall the stair to the second floor was enclosed on both sides, making it into a sort of narrow corridor. I had somehow gotten the impresion thatas soon as I started down the steps a gnarly, hideous witch was at the top of the stairs about to throw a dagger at me. I would fly down the steps as fast as I could go, and whip around the corner at the bottom before she could get me. That image stayed with me for years, long after I knew there was no reason to believe it.
A childhood belief about witches
others believed things like this
- We had an antique lamp that I thought was hideous and for years I thought "Art Deco" was a synonym for ugly.Anon
- i used to believe that the "fast lane" actually had some sort of tracks on it that made you go faster.— erin
- I used to believe that the world, Earth, was enclosed in glass, like one of those snow globes.— G
- I believe there are horses making the car go fast when people told me the horse power of a car.— Jake
- I used to believe if you stayed in water too long your skin would get really wrinkled and stay that way.Anon
- When I was little I thought that if I stayed a long time in the water I would become a mermaid.— Salma