When I was about 8, I had this crazy thought that if I stayed in the bathtub long enough, I would turn into a mermaid.
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- When I was little I thought that if I stayed a long time in the water I would become a mermaid.— Salma
- When I was a kid, I use to believe, when I put salt in my bath water I will turn into a mermaid.— marletha
- I used to believe if you stayed in water too long your skin would get really wrinkled and stay that way.Anon
- i thought that if you sucked yerr thumb long enough it would turn green. dont ask why! — jordan
- When I was little I used to think that my mom was a mermaid because she never went swimming with me— Martina
- I used to believe that if I wet my legs in the sea I would become a mermaid.
— andrea