When I was 6 or 7, My sister dared me to eat a cat biscuit, then she told my mother, who said "Oh, so you are just sitting there waiting to die then are you?" I went upstairs and kissed goodbye to all my cuddly toys and laid on the bed waiting to die. It never occurred to me that the cat ate them all the time with no side effects...
A childhood belief about dangerous food

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the toast would never pop out of the toaster if you watched it while you were waiting.Anon
- I used to believe that my head was filled with hair waiting to grow.— Poppy
- I used to believe that the reflection at the bottom of cup of liquid was a crocodile waiting to gobble me up.— Aaron
- When I was little I was afraid of vacum cleaners. I thought there was an old guy inside waiting to eat you.— Kittenz r kool
- I always thought that a little person lived inside each mailbox waiting to take my letter to its destination.— Anne
- that there was a sharp toothed snail inside my nose, waiting to bite my finger off— diana