The first time that our cat went into heat, she drove everyone in the house crazy with her crying. My little brother, who was about nine at the time, told one of his friends that she was crying because "there's a little baby wiggling around in her stomach and making her cry."
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- When I was a child my mom told me that when it rained it was because the baby Jesus was crying.— Tatiana
- while my son was crying one day, my little brother announced that "babies cry to let off moisture". ha!— i'm laughing WITH you
- My brother (who was 6 at the time) would never flush the toilet in fear of our new house being blown up! Anon
- 'I've got candy in my ears tonight, baby'.
~Canned Heat, Jimiroquai.— Nin - I used to believe that when it was raining, God was crying.— Marcus
- I used to believe that adults were incapable of crying.— Adrienne