When I was about 7, I was at my cousins house and she asked me if I wanted to see her 'gerbil'. I said yes because thought it was a type of precious gemstone!! oops...
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to think the gemstone opal was like opal fruits and wanted to eat one.Anon
- Instead of Madonnas 'Like a virgin' I used to sing 'Like a gerbil'— Stupid Child
- I thought braces were made out of precious metals and that's why they were so expensive!— Sp' Iyulgar
- I used to think that your cousins are your cousins only until they're 21, then they become your aunt,or uncle!— AMILA
- Follow me and I will make you vicious old men.....OOPS that was really fishers of men— oddsox
- I thought that my parents chose my cousins, and was upset when my mother wouldn't let me add one.Anon