in the fifth grade, we were evacuated from the school because of a fire near one of the transformers right outside the gym. watching from the opposite end of the playground, we were all hysterical because we thought that if the fire reached the transformer, it would explode and the fire would jump down to the ground and follow our footsteps wherever we went.
A childhood belief about classes

others believed things like this
- i always thought it was Grape Balls of Fire instead of Great Balls of Fire— Courtney
- i used 2 think if u lied your pants would catch on fire cus of the sayin "lier lier pants on fire!"— nell
- The first time i heard of someone getting fired from a job, i thought that they were actually set on fire.Anon
- I thought that I could get a suntan if I stood really close to a fire for long enough.— Mat
- When I was little I used to believe that if I played with fire, then I would wet the bed. — Danielle
- when you sit by a fire it can dry up you bone marrow— debbie