There are a couple of islands off the coast by the beach where my family vacationed in Maine. I assumed they were England for many years.
My brother came to the same conclusion independently, and at one point informed us that Lake Michigan was bigger than the Atlantic Ocean, since you could see the other side of the Atlantic Ocean!
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to think that the song "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" was really "My Body Lies Over the Ocean."Anon
- I used to believe that somebody turned the ocean waves off at night.— David
- i didnt knew it rained over the ocean...Anon
- I used to believe that there was an off switch to the ocean so that it could go to sleep at night.Anon
- At the ocean's horizon there was a giant waterfall.— Stephanie
- I used to believe that the waves in the ocean were made from whales swimming by...— Tina