My Nana once caught my cousin (who was about 3-4 years old at the time), planting feathers in a row in the garden. When she asked Jason what he was doing he replied, "planting feathers so birds will grow Nana!"
A childhood belief about birds
others believed things like this
- Apparently, when I was little, I used to try and grow chickens by 'planting' their feathers in the ground.— Mat
- I used to falsely believe that planting a fruit pip in the garden would actually grow a tree or bush.— Natasha
- When I was little, I thought that birds feathers were made out of twigs and cat hairs.— Lily
- When i was little, i used to think that brocolli were mini trees, so i tried planting one one time. — Stacey
- Ice cream was made from feathers. My brother told me it was.— ed209
- my nana told my brother that if he continued sucking his thumb, it would turn into a matchstick. — tracy g