I used to think that if a fly didn't bleed when it was swatted, it would come back to life.
A childhood belief about animals

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if and when you got your hair cut it would all bleed— JC
- When I was about 10 I used to believe that if you burped too much it would make your liver bleed— Lenny
- I used to believe that if you died you could have 'an operation' to bring you back to life. — Mikey
- I used to believe that if you put salt on a dead fly it would make the fly come back to life.— Cody
- i used to believe that when you went to sleep you died and then came back to life in the morning— soph
- I used to believe that when you had a cousin twice-removed, they had died and came back to life twice.— Amanda