When I was about five, I used to call pine cones "pine corns", and I thought they were edible, but the green ones on the tree weren't ripe, and the ones on the ground were too dirty to eat.
A childhood belief about plants
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that porcupines were humongous pine trees that could hurt you.— Shelly
- i used to believe that everytime you hiccupped, your pine shot up an inch; making you taller— adria
- .. the knots in wood would turn into dinosaurs. I was petrified of pine cladding.Anon
- I used to think that limes were lemons that weren't ripe yet.Anon
- when i was younger i thought ac/dc's dirty deeds (done dirt cheap), was dirty knees and the thunder cheeks.— S
- I used to think that GLASS and GRASS was the same thing. I always wondered why windows weren't green...— Alex