i thought that people got tans because they got enough reckls that it looked solid and that some people got freckles faster than others.
A childhood belief about skin

others believed things like this
- I used to think people with lots of freckles were playing with crayons and drew dots on their face.— WOW
- I never used to take shower after going to the beach, because i thought that tans washed off right away.Anon
- At about age 7 I thought one could see the people running around on a map, if one looked hard enough.— Adam Smith
- I used to believe that which ever way you looked it was north, never understood how people got lost :-S— Simon
- when I was little, I was scared of taking the plane because I thought clods were solid !! — valentine a french student in eigth
- i used to think that the faster you go in your car, the faster the car radio went.— Matt