I used to believe that in the shower, when you turn the knob to hot, little dwarf things pressed a button on some container, and hot water came out. The same happened with cold water.
A childhood belief about bathrooms

others believed things like this
- I didn't think you could put out a fire with hot water - only cold water would do.— Katti Pytt
- I used to believe that hot water was red and cold water was blue.Anon
- I used to believe that if i splashed water on the wall during a bath, the water would turn into spiders— justin
- I used to think that if you go into a shower nothing can hurt you because you're protected by water — Foxxip
- I used to think when I peed in the shower as a kid, the water coming back through the showerhead was my pee.— gregg
- I used to think that trolls lived in my shower drain and showered with my dirty water— Troll bather