when i was younger i asked my cousin why the birds stood on the pilons and the power cables. he told me that they were charging their batteries so they could fly again.
it makes sense!
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- My cousin's mom told my cousin that pop makes you short. He probably believed it.— Molly
- I thought the lines in the sky left behind by airplanes were "sky scrapers". Makes sense.Anon
- I thought a major general is more powerful than just a general (which still kind of makes sense to me)— Demond
- i used to believe (because my dad told me so) that AM stood for "awful music" and FM stood for "fine music"— skydvgrl
- when I was younger, I used to believe cows were cousin's to beefs— péisus taré
- When I was younger I thought MTV was an x-rated station because I thought M stood for Mature.— Aeris