I used to believe the colorful lights peaking in through the blinds were faeries. The red ones were evil, you couldn't let them see you. The green ones held candy within them and the rest just loved to play tag and giggle.
A childhood belief about fairies

others believed things like this
- that blackouts were caused by evil monkey's turning off all the lights.— key
- i used to believe that the green arrows on the traffic lights told you which way you had to go to get home.— Helen
- i used to believe that red yellow and green meant "ready, set, Go!" on traffic lights..— cabagona
- when i was little thought that ants changed traffic lights from green to red and vice versa.Anon
- I used to believe that Venetian blinds came from Venus.— Valerie
- I thought if you took some candy and buried in the yard, you would grow a candy tree.Anon