When I was young my uncle had a big book of the complete works of Edgar Allen Poe. It had the name "Poe" on the spine in huge letters. Inside it had both short stories and poems. Once I saw this I assumed that Poe had invented poetry and people had named it after him.
A childhood belief about reading
others believed things like this
- I thought that the Allen wrench was named after an actor from Home Improvement, Tim Allen.— Jorge
- When I was little my uncle had a huge adams apple. He told me he'd swallowed a marble.— Stacey
- I thought Oklahoma was named after my Uncle Homer. (Pre-Simpsons)Anon
- I thought Kaa's name from The Jungle Book was spelled "Car" and that he had a brother named Truck.Anon
- When I was very young, I assumed that false teeth were taken from dead people's teethAnon
- If you stood in front of the fire for too long your spine would melt!— Helen, Cumbria