when i was young (5 or 6) i would line up a row of stuffed toys either side of me in bed because i was convinced that a burgler would come in the night and shoot me. For some reason i thought that the bullet wouldn't get to me, because it had to travel through all of my teddies first.
A childhood belief about criminals

others believed things like this
- i thougt robers could shoot into the phone and the bullet would come through and hit me— knowledge
- I used to believe toys came alive at night.
Because I love toys, and I hoped be good friend with my toys.Anon - From the ages of 4-10 (I'm 10) I thought a "Cat Burgler" was a person who stole cats.— MarkoPolo5000
- I used to believe that child line sold childrens toys— Gayle
- When I was young I had a plan to shoot big piles of paper up to the sun so it would never burn out.— Waterbottle
- I used to believe that all my stuffed animals would come to life at night.— Carrie