When I was 4 I was very angry at my older brother and told my mom that i was "Happy as a Clown" until he hit me, she laughed and said it was "Happy as a Clam" i got angry and asked "Why would a Clam be happy?"
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- That a dog humping someone's leg was just really happy. — Ruben
- I generally believed in happy endings!— Claire
- I thought that there was a law that all movies had to have a happy ending— Quatsch
- I used to believe that if you used the kids' shampoos that said 'no tears' it would make you happy.— Emmy
- I thought my parents had written "Don't Worry, Be Happy".Anon
- I believed the mosque down the road was Aladdin's castle, and my mum went along with it to keep me happy.— Elena