As a child, I thought that the sun was a 'big ball of fire'.
I wondered why the 'fire' wouldn't go out permanently when the sun 'fell' into the sea every evening.
And if the sun DID fall into the sea, why was the sea not the source of fried fish ?
This belief came from living on the sea front :)
A childhood belief about outer space
others believed things like this
- If you stood in front of the fire for too long your spine would melt!— Helen, Cumbria
- i always thought it was Grape Balls of Fire instead of Great Balls of Fire— Courtney
- I used to believe that firemen drove around in their fire trucks and started fires. I wondered why.— Albert
- When I was a child my Grandma told me if I threw food on the fire I was feeding the devil— Anthony P.
- i used 2 think if u lied your pants would catch on fire cus of the sayin "lier lier pants on fire!"— nell
- I used to believe that if I fell asleep lying on my front that my boobs wouldn't grow. And they didn't.— Booey