When I was about two or three I used to believe that the birds were starving. When they flew over our house, I felt so sorry for them...I thought they were trying desperately to find food. Well, this prompted me to begin shouting, my face toward the sky, "DOUGHNUTS!!! WE"RE GONNA GET YOU SOME DOUGHNUTS!!!" I was hoping that might cheer up the birds, and usually after that my grandparents would give me some stale bread to throw out.
A childhood belief about birds
others believed things like this
- When I was a child, I had a fear of bagels. I thought they were stale doughnuts.Anon
- I used to believe that birds subsisted on bread.— C.C.
- I used to believe that it rained when God was upset and that all the birds lived together in one big house.— Rozy
- I used to think House Finches were baby birds and they'd later grow into Robins or something— Mica
- When I was eight, I thought my dad could translate what the birds were saying. I have no idea why.Anon
- I thought birds grew from bird seed. — Jen