I used to think, every time I saw the moon, that the sun was behind it and shining around and through it. I only realised when I was about 13 that if the sun was behind the moon the other half of the world wouldn't have any day time!
A childhood belief about outer space
others believed things like this
- i used to think that the moon would follow you in the car, also that it looked like a half moon.— natalie k
- I used to believe that Moon is the kid of Sun, because it has less light and Moon smiles with kids. — Syed Arbab Ahmed
- I always saw a crocodile on the moon, none of this man-in-the-moon nonsenseAnon
- I used to think that the moon was fastened with something so it wouldn't fall— Kelvin
- The moon was actually either a sugar cookie or a banana, depending on the time of the month. — Jessica Aspra
- I used to believe that a half moon was gods finger nail, and his finger was pointing downwards.— clo