I was 5 or 6 when my father told me that there were elephants that lived in the trees across the street. At first I didn't believe him, but he said they only came out at night. So we left some peanuts out for them one night. The next morning when the peanuts were gone I was convinced that there really were elephants that lived in the trees!
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that peanuts were a daily must to strengthen the memory like elephants — Qb Cheese
- I used to belief sloths lived in trees outside my childhood home. My older sister told me so.Anon
- My young daughter thought that night came after the trees ate all the sunlight.— Bruce
- i thought chickens laid peanuts.
— pikl - I used to believe cats ate dogs and mice ate elephants— lucien
- I thought that hippos were baby elephants— Gerna