As a child I believed in fairies as I found one (a doll) in a tree on a walk with my brother and sister - only to find out later about aged 8, that my Dad had placed the dolls there a few minutes earlier. Embarrassing.
A childhood belief about fairies

others believed things like this
- My Sister Once Said That Polly Pocket Was A Real Girl That Got Shrunk To Doll Size And Turned Into A Doll.— Jamie
- i thought that if i dressed in my holly hobby doll's clothes, no one would be able to find me.— pikl
- When I was a child I used to belive that fairies were born from the flowers.— fantasy
- When I was five, I believed God was big as a tree, a tree being the biggest thing I could convieve of.
— Chris - As a small child I believed that the word was "nakeup", finally I found out that it was actually "makeup".— Hannnah P.
- First I believed that my parents were brother and sister. Then I thought that my dad was also my mums dad. — Rainbow