When I was little, I used to think that if you water pine cones, they'll turn into porcupines. So I picked one off the gound and went back inside. I took care of it like a hampster!
A childhood belief about plants
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that porcupines were humongous pine trees that could hurt you.— Shelly
- .. the knots in wood would turn into dinosaurs. I was petrified of pine cladding.Anon
- I used to believe that buckeyes (from the tree) were baby porcupines...— Minerva
- I used to believe that if you soaked a raisin (or prune) in water, it would turn back into a grape (or plum).— C.C.
- I used to believe that if i splashed water on the wall during a bath, the water would turn into spiders— justin
- My mother told me that if I picked my nose it would turn into a pigs trotter!— Lynne S :o)