when people said it was "raining cats and dogs" i'd always go out to check but always came back disappointed because it was only water.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- My sister and I thought cats and dogs were the same animal, the dogs were male and the cats were female.— Paul
- I used to believe all dogs were male and all cats were female. I still call dogs "boy" and cats "girl." — Kelly F.
- I use to believe that cats and dogs were the same species; cats were girls and dogs were boys.— poopcrystals
- Looking back at it, the belief that dogs eat cats is a pretty funny idea. I used to believe it myself.Anon
- when i was a kid i used to believe that the water drops was racing on the window when it was raining outside — Emeline
- I used to believe that dogs ate cats.— Tom