When I was a kid, I had heard that China was on the other side of the world. I lived in a valley, with hills on both sides, and I thought China was on the other side of those hills.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I thought hills were dragons sleeping under the grassAnon
- I used to believe that the hills were buried dinosaurs.— mellybug11
- that hills were giants buried underground...— tracy g
- When traveling, I used to believe the hills and mountains were graves for giants.— seattle
- Until about 2nd grade, I thought they spoke Spanish in China.Anon
- Me and my sister used to dig holes in the yard because we thought we could dig to china.— Savannah