You know when the sun goes behind a cloud and it suddenly turns darker? Well, I used to believe that this only happened when I closed my eyes. Therefore, when I was sleepy and blinked a lot it would be getting darker, and when I went to sleep it would go completely dark.
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- When I was younger I used to believe that the darker your skin was, the dark your shadow would be.— Mary S.
- when i was young i thought god was a cloud, big white fluffy cloud floating around with 2 eyes and a smile. — kerrie
- I use to believe Smog and Fog were the same thing on smog was darkerAnon
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon
- I used to believe that when I closed my eyes, nobody could see me. — Jens
- I used to think if i closed my eyes noone could see meAnon