When I was in Kindergarden my parents brought home a puppy and told me it was a Collie puppy since I loved the show 'Lassie' so much. I believed them for years, and patiently waited for the puppy to grow, later to find out it was a chihuahua.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- When I was younger, I used to think that barney was a giant purple and green puppy!Anon
- I loved watching the cartoon Casper the Friendly Ghost and wondered why the Holy Ghost never got his own show.— Robert
- i thought that when it was your birthday you grow and then you didn't grow until a years time.— hello
- To get me to eat liver and onions, my parents used to tell me it was brown chicken. And I loved it.— Mallory
- I once was told that ONLY virgins get acne. After sex, no new pimples grow. I believed that.— MD Caruso
- Until I was about 12 years old I believed that homeless people were made up by my parents to scare me.— Angela B.