I used to believe there was a man who sat in a room surrounded by light switches and when it got dark he would turn all of the street lights on one by one.
A childhood belief about in the street

others believed things like this
- When I was little I thought that the street lights went out after everyone went to bed.— supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
- I used to believe that there where little mice the the street lights that turned them on and off.Anon
- I used to believe that I could change street lights with my mindAnon
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- I used to believe that the yellow light in traffic-lights meant Go Faster!— M. L. E.
- I used to believe that God controlled the traffic lights. He would decide when it was everybody's turn to go.— Amanda