We told our little sister that she had a long bushy tail and she fully believed us for ages!!
A childhood belief about appearance

others believed things like this
- Turtles can fly. I believed it for ages.
My turtle got lost or probably died and I was told it flew away.Anon - I fully believed, up until about 6 years old, that the word 'accident' was a noun that meant 'burnt toast'.— Karl Goetz
- My older sister told me squirrels were poisonous, and I believed her until I was 9.— Jenni
- MY SISTER TOLD ME THAT CANNED SPAGHETTI WERE REALLY WORMS THAT'S WHY THEY WERE SO CHEAP...I BELIEVED— CATHY
- When I was very little, I used to believe that bacon came from the tail of a pig because it was curly!!— Audrey
- I used to believe that a cat's butt hole was on the tip of his tail.— PANTS