My Dad used to tell me and my brother about this stuff called "shrinking powder" if you took it you would be reduced in size so much you could play in your matchbox cars.
For years i put it on my xmas list and never got it.
A childhood belief about magic tricks

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that my clothes were shrinking not that I was growing.— Joann
- Based on that memorable scene from the "Wizard of Oz," I used to believe that people died from shrinking!— Julie
- i used to believe the sound from a piano came from the keys hitting a stuff called "sploosh"{wierd, huh?}.— exploding buttox
- my brother used to think a serial killer was someone that put nails and stuff in your cereal. lol :)Anon
- I thought the no overtaking sign meant that red cars cannot drive by black cars.— Helen
- I thought small cars grew up to become big cars— carhugger