when i was just learning to read, whenever i passed a sign near my house on a gate that said "beware of the dog" i believed it to read "Bewarrel of the dog"
A childhood belief about reading

others believed things like this
- When I first started learning to read I was convinced that vowels were called barnacles.— Andy Howell
- A billboard sign read: Moonshine kills.
I thought being caught outside by the moon would kill me. Humph.Anon - I used to believe that a street sign that read "Dead End" meant that there were dead people buried there.Anon
- I BELIEVED THE TEACHERS COULD READ MY THOUGHTSAnon
- I used to think that we were breaking a law every time my mom passed a "Do Not Pass" sign on the road. — Kyra
- I used to believe that I would one day have a dog, and I would teach him to speak, read, and even write!— Gretchen