When i was about 5 or 6 i used to believe that if i swallowed a seed from a watermelon, it would start to grow in my stomach. it would grow so big that my stomach would get bigger and bigger and bigger!! I believed this until i was about 9!! :)
A childhood belief about seeds
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you ate a watermelon seed you would grow a watermelon tree in your stomach!!!— Eskimo
- I used to beleive that if you ate a black watermelon seed a tree would grow in your stomach— anonymous
- When my mom would say that my eyes were bigger than my stomach I thought she meant it literally.— Amanda
- When I was a child, I used to think that if I lied my nose would grow bigger.Anon
- I use to believe (thanks to my Mom) that if I swallowed a watermelon seed a watermelon would grow in my belly.Anon
- My Mom used to tell me if I swallowed an apple seed I would grow an apple tree inside my stomach!— Marg