I used to think that if I ate any kind of seed (watermelons in particular as well as apples, oranges, etc) I'd grow a tree in my stomach. How it watered and grew didn't matter to me; and I would watch my mother for hours after she ate any seeds for fear that a tree would sprout out of her stomach!
A childhood belief about seeds
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you ate the pips in apples a tree would grow inside your stomach.— QueenB
- I used to believe that if I ate any seeds of any fruit, it would grow a tree in my stomach.— Julia
- I used to beleive that if you ate a black watermelon seed a tree would grow in your stomach— anonymous
- My Mom used to tell me if I swallowed an apple seed I would grow an apple tree inside my stomach!— Marg
- I used to believe that if you ate a watermelon seed you would grow a watermelon tree in your stomach!!!— Eskimo
- i used to believe that if i swallowed beens,,a tree would grow in my stomach :P— fatma