I used to read to my younger neighber and make up words while doing so. I convinced her that once she learned to read she would understand what I was saying. I couldn't read either at the time, but I thought I was right.
A childhood belief about reading
others believed things like this
- I thought vegetarians couldn't read Chicken Soup for the Soul. — Aretia
- When I first started learning to read I was convinced that vowels were called barnacles.— Andy Howell
- when my friend was little, she used to eat paper, thinking it would make her read better.— hehehe
- For the longest time I was sure my cat could read my mind.Anon
- i thought grown ups read in a different language!Anon
- After my dad read The Hobbit to us, when we were little, I thought that Gollum lived in the toilet. — PixelFish