I think this stemmed from the belief that when you swallow watermelon seeds you would grow a water melon in your stomach (which of course some evil grown up told me). Somehow I applied this theory to gum, but it was obvious that it wouldn't grow in my stomach..that would just be stupid! So instead I picked a perfect spot to plant my gum. Everyday I went out to water it waiting for it to sprout. I soon moved from that place but didn't give up on my tree. Iwould beg my mom to drive by even years later to see if my gum tree had grown. I really thought I was onto something...I mean imagine how much money you would save if you grew your own gum
A childhood belief about chewing gum
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I ate any seeds of any fruit, it would grow a tree in my stomach.— Julia
- I used to believe that if you ate a watermelon seed you would grow a watermelon tree in your stomach!!!— Eskimo
- I used to beleive that if you ate a black watermelon seed a tree would grow in your stomach— anonymous
- I used to believe that if I ate a fruit's seeds, a plant would grow in my stomach.— Natalia Castillejo
- I thought that if I swallowed grapestones, a tree would grow out from my stomach. — Tone
- i used to believe that if i swallowed beens,,a tree would grow in my stomach :P— fatma