I only realised a few years ago exactly why Noah took two of each animal onto the Ark.
I thought it was so they didn't get lonely.
A childhood belief about characters

others believed things like this
- I used to think the song "Who Built the ark? Noah. Noah." was "Who built the Ark? No one, no one!"— Embarrassed Kent Girl
- I used to think no one built the ark because I confused it with Noah.Anon
- When I was a child, I used to think that if you eat an animal, you become that animal
— Hmza - I believe animals are our best friends. When we are sad or we feel lonely, they are there to support us.— Rosa Saito
- I thought for a long time that beaver and badger are the same animal— Ted Snow
- As a young child I thought that sheep and poodles were the same animal.— Jane