When I named all the bedposts on my bed "prettygoons" and covered them with socks or toys every night before going to sleep to keep them from coming to life and menacing me.
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- I used to believe toys came alive at night.
Because I love toys, and I hoped be good friend with my toys.Anon - I used to believe that if you didn't take your socks off at night your feet would turn into jellyAnon
- I always wondered why shepherds washed their socks by night. (correct lyric: watched their flocks)— MaggieNJ
- I used to believe that my toys would wake up when I went to sleep, and would play by themselves.Anon
- I still belive that when a I sleep, my toys would have a party and play with each other until dawn.— Meah
- I used to believe the earth was covered with shiny cloth at night by God.. — akz