When I was about six i had a pen pal in Colorado. I thought that because they didn't live in a shoreline state they had never seen water before so I would go down the street to the beach and put some water in bags and mail the water to them, attemting to explain what it was.
A childhood belief about water

others believed things like this
- I didn't think you could put out a fire with hot water - only cold water would do.— Katti Pytt
- I thought that hydrogen was pure water (since I knew hydro- meant water) and H2O was impure some how— Hexetic
- I used to believe that if i splashed water on the wall during a bath, the water would turn into spiders— justin
- that bathroom tap water was recycled "potty" water from the toliet. — livingdeadgirl
- ***I used to believe that water towers was a place that someone lived and they controlled the water.— C H R I S T E N
- I thought tonic water was toxic water and wondered why would anyone drink it if it is toxic?— Dr.Badguy