when my mom used to say that shirt's grown small .. i used to think the clothes actually grew small.
its sad but true i had this belief till grade 4.
A childhood belief about appearance

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a vitamin was a small animal
only recently I have found out that it is not true... :)— Sylwia - i used to think that the word 'clothes' was the plural for 'clo.' so i'd call a sock or a shirt a clo. — jessimocha
- I thought small cars grew up to become big cars— carhugger
- When I was little I used to belief that my clothes shrunk systematically, instead of me growing...— Nico
- that as I grew up, my parents would "grown down," then I would be the Mom and Mom would be my child.Anon
- i use to belive that mum could vac up my toy no matter how big or small— beach bum