I thought the Vietnamese must really care about their animals as on TV they mentioned Vietnam Vets so often and with such respect.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I was convinced that Gorilla soldiers in Vietnam in the 70's were real Gorillas attacking other Soldiers.— Mario
- I used to believe that when adults mentioned horsepower that there were Horses under the bonnet— Jonathan
- when I was little, I used to think that everyone was a child but someone invented adults to take care of us.— chocolate
- I thought I had X-ray vision and could talk to animals and they could understand me.— Kitty Lover
- I thought that some animals had just been "invented" recently (like within the last 50 years or so)— Makron
- I used to think that Shamu was my whale and that he just lived at Sea World and they took care of him for me.Anon