When I was in Preschool Smokey the Bear came to teach us fire safety. He kept saying, "Only you can prevent forest fires!" Only I was 3, so the word prevent was beyond my vocabulary and I thought he was blaming it all on me. "Only you, Tennille, can start forest fires!" I had nightmares for years.
A childhood belief about classes
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the Fire Station was where all fires occurred.Anon
- I used to believe that firemen drove around in their fire trucks and started fires. I wondered why.— Albert
- I thought that hot water couldn't put out fires.— Matt
- I used to believe that arson was a flammable liquid, not the act of deliberately setting fires.— Joey Schwartzman
- I used to believe that house fires were caused by foolish people who put paper on the stove.— C.C.
- I used to believe that Canada was a territory of the U.S. and was one big forest.Anon