When I was four years old my family went to a lake for a vacation. I was not allowed in the lake except for the roped-off kiddie area, but I wanted it deeper, so I spent two weeks getting sandpails of water from the other side of the dock and pouring it into the wading area. I must have been pretty dense because it never did dawn on me that I wasn't getting anywhere.
A childhood belief about water

others believed things like this
- I used to think that "No standing signs" meant that you weren't allowed to actually stand in the area!Anon
- Well into adulthood I thought that a local anesthetic meant one from the area near the hospital..— D'sparil
- When I was around four,I used to think when it rained in my area,it rained over the WHOLE world too...Anon
- when i was younger i used to think no-one was driving cars and it was only my family who were allowed to...— Lucie x
- My husband used to believe that kindergarten was called, "kiddie garden." — wife of mispronouncing guy
- I wasn't allowed to cut my nails on a sunday , don't ask me why.— martin