I thought that a fruit machine (gambling machine) was where you actually bought fruit and the money you won was the change.
A childhood belief about money

others believed things like this
- My sister thought a fruit machine (the gaming device) could turn one item of fruit into another.— Richard Davies
- When I was 4, I thought that if I ate Fruit Gushers, my head would turn into a fruit. — Joe
- I used to believe if you ate a seed from a fruit, a tree of that fruit would grow inside you — kels
- i thought an ATM machine was something which gave free money!!— Armani
- i used to believe that our ansering machine was the washing machine and that it could talk
— tamara - When I got my feet measured by the electronic machine, I thought that the machine will squash my feet!— Helen