I must have been 6 or 7 When I was told that we need oxygen to live. I thought we had boxes of oxygen inside of our bodies. I prayed that I had enough for a long, long life.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to think that oxymoron had something to do with oxygen...Anon
- I used to believe there was nothing inside our bodies when I was about 4.— Connie
- I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon
- I used to believe that if i watched TV for too long, my eyes would turn square. As told to me by my mother.— Alex
- My dad told my young daughters that molasses comes from mole asses. I don't know how long they— Monica
- When I was five or six I thought that if I prayed to fly I would fly one day. — Zimel