I used to believe that areoplanes only stayed up in the sky because lots of hot air balloons kept them there. And when the pilot wanted to land, he'd simply shoot at the balloons with a gun until enough burst and the plane landed softly!
A childhood belief about aeroplanes

others believed things like this
- I used to let go all my balloons so my great grandma would get it in heaven— lissa
- When I was a kid, I thought the stars in the sky at night, were the balloons people let go.— Lisa
- i use to believe....that cement trucks carried balloons to the Bozo circus....lol— Laura
- My friend's sister used to think the auto pilot on a plane was an inflatable man like the one in Airplane!— Richard Davies
- when i was younger i thought that areoplanes drove dead people to heavenAnon
- I used to think that
"The land of make believe"
was
"The land of baked beans."— Baked Bean!