When I was younger, my father told be about Tornados. Well, I was scared out of my freakin' mind when I found out that something could just rush by at any given minute destroying everything in its path!
That night, I filled my suitcases--many of which said 'Going to Grandmas!' on them (does anyone else remember those?)--with everything: money, pictures, stuffed animals, clothes, whatever.
I fell asleep that night holding the handles to about four suitcases, ready to spring into action in case a tornado came tearing through the house.
The next morning, I woke up and found all my suitcases on the floor.
A childhood belief about disasters
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that all my stuffed animals would come to life at night.— Carrie
- I used to believe that my stuffed animals would come alive at night to protect me.— Julie
- I believed that the pictures on my nighties came alive at night and played in my room while i was asleep!!Anon
- I used to believe that when we went to bed at night, all the animals in our house talked to each other. Anon
- When I was a kid I thought rape just meant someone tearing the clothes off of a woman's body.— Matt
- I used to believe that tornadoes were spinning jack-o-lanterns in the air bent on destroying my house.Anon