our uncle collected money from us and 'planted' it. he told us to water it regularly and we'd have a money tree for ourselves.
he pocketed the money when we left...
A childhood belief about magic tricks

others believed things like this
- When I was a little kid I used to believe that tissue paper was money and that you could have a box of money.Anon
- I used to belive that if you went up to an ATM it would just give you money out that is not your own money.Anon
- i used to think that 'uncle sam' was a real person...who took all my parent's money!— julie
- I used to believe there was a money tree in every rich person’s backyard — Kb
- I used to believe that coin change could turn into actual paper money if you left it alone for a long time. — Marcus O
- I used to believe that you had to "buy" your job. The more money you paid, the better the job. — Duke