When I was seven tears old, my family flew from Alabama to Denver. When we we over the plains, I saw the lines dividing farmers fields. I Assumed they were borders separating states and could not understand why there were so many since there are only 50.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- When I was young I believed that the windmills found in farmers fields were used to keep the cows cool.— Linda
- I used to think that the lines outlining each of the states found on a US map were really there.— Anna
- When I first heard Stawberry Fields Forever, I misheard the lyrics as Strawberry Fields For Trevor.— Matt
- I used to think that Albania and Alabama were the same place.— Not me
- I thought Albania was the state of AlabamaAnon
- I used to believe that America was one of the states of the United States.— Limor