I used to think elephants had six legs. I think this is because I saw a picture of a group of (cartoon) elephants who were standing close to each other and this gave the impression that one or more of them had six legs!(??!!)
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe cats ate dogs and mice ate elephants— lucien
- I thought that hippos were baby elephants— Gerna
- I used to believe that peanuts were a daily must to strengthen the memory like elephants — Qb Cheese
- when i was little i always asked my mom if my aunt had ant legs or people legs.— kelly
- I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon
- i used to picture jesus as a kind of cartoon Tarzan, swinging through the trees...— bex