When I was little, about 7 or so, I always used to have a dream where I would stand at the top of the stairs in our house and jumped and then I could fly. And I thought that this would be possible in real life too. So I spent hours trying to fly from the stairs.
A childhood belief about special powers
others believed things like this
- I used to think you could die if you jumped half way down the stairs. Anon
- I used to believe I could fly when I was about four, until I fell down the stairs.— Sarah
- I used to believe that if I went down the stairs slowly a red eyed skeleton would come and run after me.— Melly2bee
- I used to believe that it was the law to hold the railing when you're walking down/up stairs— Brit
- I used to believe I could fly.
All I had todo was step of a flight of stairs and I'd be walking in the air...— Dolly - I used to believe that if I stood at the top of the stairs, closed my eyes and yawned, I flew down them— Sam