When I was little, I had a cat named Pepsi. I used to believe that cats grew up to be lions or tigers. And I knew even then that we wouldn't be able to keep him once he turned into a lion or tiger, so I would always (this is awful, I know) try to take his food away so that he couldn't eat and grow up, because I didn't want to have to get rid of him.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- Since lions and tigers are larger versions of cats, I used to believe bears were large dogs— Chris Ayala
- German tiger tanks shot out tigers, the invading army would get mauled to death by all the tigers— Bob
- When i was little i was so scared of cats, because i taught the turned in to tigers if you saw them.Anon
- I used to think a tiger was a female and a lion was a male... until I remembered Tony the Tiger.— Alysia
- I used to believe that lions married tigers. Anon
- I used to believe that tigers were girls and lions were boys— Ruth