When my youngest brother was about three years old, he asked our mother, "Mom, what does 'tell a fib' mean?"
Mom explained, "When you tell a fib, you say something that isn't true. You lie."
My brother was silent for a moment.
Then he asked, "Mom, did *you* ever use a telefib?"
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- My little brother once asked my mother when we past a couple of factories.. if the factories made clouds— nicky
- One time my brother asked my mom why mosquitoes bite. She said it was because children are bad.— sue
- My brother that is 6 years younger than me used to believe that in seven years he would be older than me.Anon
- When I asked my mother how Elvis died, she told me that he ate too much candy. — Katie B
- My sister once asked her mother why she didn't paint her black....Anon
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie