My mom always told us that our belly button was a bear cave and when we got hungry: the stomach growl, was actually the bear growling. she said that we had better feed it before it got mad!
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- when I was little my uncle told me he was part bear. I believed people could be part bear until I was twelve. — Audrey
- I used to believe that if you stepped on the cracks of the pavement, a bear would jump up and eat you.— Nina
- I used to talk with my teddy bear and I really thought he answered me.— Joy
- I used to beleive that my stomach growled when I was hungry because I was part tiger.— Matthew
- i use to bleave that a belly buttion was another mouth on my body and i will try to feed it— come on down and lets play tpir!
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon