Like many others here, I too used to wonder what the deal was with the cross-eyes bear named Gladly. Boy am I relieved to see I'm not the only one who was miguided!
A childhood belief about hymns

others believed things like this
- If you cross your eyes, they will get stuck like that.Anon
- if you cross your eyes and there's a gush of wind, you'll get stuck like that !!— Olivier
- I used to think that "cross-eyed" meant that people had X's for eyes, like dead people in cartoons.— Tim
- when I was little my uncle told me he was part bear. I believed people could be part bear until I was twelve. — Audrey
- when I saw a sign with a deer on it I always thought deer had to cross the street by it. like a cross walk— only me
- when i was growing up i had two imaginary friends. One was named Jennifer, the other was named Onion.— Tessica