I thought that a "fire drill" at school was an actual drill that came out of the ground and caused fires! I was terrified and had nightmares about this until we actually had a fire drill.
A childhood belief about classes

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the Fire Station was where all fires occurred.Anon
- I used to believe that firemen drove around in their fire trucks and started fires. I wondered why.— Albert
- I used to be terrified of fire-flys because I believed they would burn if they landed on me.— kevin
- i always thought it was Grape Balls of Fire instead of Great Balls of Fire— Courtney
- I used to believe that house fires were caused by foolish people who put paper on the stove.— C.C.
- i used 2 think if u lied your pants would catch on fire cus of the sayin "lier lier pants on fire!"— nell