I used to believe that the monsters under my bed could only see shapes, not actual things. So at night I would pile a bunch of stuffed animals at one end of the bed, and they lie out as flat as possible on the other end, hoping the monsters would eat my toys and not me!
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that all my stuffed animals would come to life at night.— Carrie
- I used to believe that my stuffed animals would come alive at night to protect me.— Julie
- I use to cover my head at night because I thought monsters would give me a bad hair cut while I was sleeping!— Amy
- I used to believe toys came alive at night.
Because I love toys, and I hoped be good friend with my toys.Anon - There ARE monsters under the bed but they won't eat you so long as you don"t get out of bed before 7am.— Sarah
- i used to believe that the basement had monsters in it.Anon