My sister and I used to believe that the tags on stuffed animals' bottoms were "substitute tails," just in case their real tails were to ever fall off.
A childhood belief about toys

others believed things like this
- That hot dogs were made from rat tails.Anon
- When i was little, i thought dogs poop from their tails.Anon
- When I was little, I used to believe that wind was caused by whales flapping their tails way out in the ocean.— Nanohawk
- I used to believe that waves were made by whales who lined up in a row and flapped their tails.— Passionola
- I thought a Monkey was just a baby Gorilla and when they grew up their Tails fell off!— Brainhead
- I used to believe that some puddles had bottoms and if you jumped in others you'd fall forever and ever.— abi