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

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that all my aunts were related to my mother and all my uncles were related to my father.— Mandy
- My sister and I thought cats and dogs were the same animal, the dogs were male and the cats were female.— Paul
- My sister's friend thought cats were just small dogs when she was younger.— Richard Davies
- I used to believe all dogs were male and all cats were female. I still call dogs "boy" and cats "girl." — Kelly F.
- When I was younder, I was convinced that all dogs were boys and all cats were girls.— Clare, Ireland
- I used to believe that people with the same first name were related.— Rebecca