I used to believe that cat's eyes worked by way of two tiny oil lamps. They were fuelled by collecting oil from the road dropped by leaky cars.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- When I was a child I belived that cars worked with magic— Marc Pujol
- I used to believe that cars were alive and their headlights were eyes.— Wiley
- I used to believe that cats eyes were lit up by a man running under the road with a torch— Martin
- I used to believe that all Street-Lamps were turned off at Midnight.Anon
- I used to think that lave lamps were the devil coming out of them trying to steel my soul. until i was like 10— Bianca
- i believed that moles wore davy lamps on their heads so they could see underground— Omi