I used to believe that if I jumped high enough off of my grandfather's armchair, I'd fly. I soon stopped believing this, however, because the end result was always a head-first collision with the sofa.
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- i once thought that if you jumped high enough in the air, you'd get stuck!Anon
- Thunders are created because of the collision of cloudsAnon
- As a child I used think if I jumped too high on a trampoline I'd be sucked up into outer space.— Jenn
- I used to believe you could live down the back of the sofa...— Big Pete
- the dance settee seems to be very popular... I'm another one who thought of Jesus dancing on a sofa....Anon
- I used to think that someone having dark-coloured skin was a result of eating too much chocolate.Anon