The maple tree in my yard was my "boyfriend". One day we had a tearful breakup because I told it/him, "I can't see you anymore, I'm in love with the apple tree!" Well, those trees were better men than any around here.
A childhood belief about imaginary friends

others believed things like this
- My Mom used to tell me if I swallowed an apple seed I would grow an apple tree inside my stomach!— Marg
- When I was a kid, I used to bellieve that when I eat an apple pip an apple tree would grow up in my stomach!Anon
- I used to believe that a tree would grow inside you if you ate the seed of an apple or any other fruit!Anon
- I used to believe that if you swallowed an apple seed, a tree would grow in your belly.— Rachel
- I used to believe that broccoli grew on trees. It looks like a tree, so it made sense, right?— Catherine...
- When I was five, I believed God was big as a tree, a tree being the biggest thing I could convieve of.
— Chris