I used to reflect the sun off my watch to create little circles of light on the wall and tell my younger brother they were fairies and if he caught one he would be able to fly like Peter Pan! He used to run around for ages trying to catch one but when the sun went in they disappeared!
A childhood belief about fairies

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that some day i'll catch up with my brother and never have to be the younger one again!!!!— rhea
- when i was younger, i thought that people disappeared when i wasn't with them.— Debbie
- i used to set up traps to try and catch santa. i never caught him. — santa trap
- When I was younger, I seriously believed Peter Pan was real and would take me away to Neverland.Anon
- i used to believe i would 'catch up' to my big brother one day and we'd be twins.— lil' sis
- i used to think that if i didn't celebrate my birthday each year my younger sister would catch up with me— q