When I was about eight, my friends and I saw our neighbor's dog walking about while we walked home from school. We started calling to the dog when the owner told us not to touch it because the dog had rabies, and if it bit us, we'd have to get shots from a 3-foot-long needle in our stomachs. The dog was not ill, but I guess my neighbor just didn't want his dog getting swamped by a bunch of little kids. Nevertheless, I thought that if I touched a dog not on a leash, I would have to get a shot from a giant needle! I don't think I learned differently until I was about 12 or 13.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs
others believed things like this
- when I was a kid my neighbor told me if I picked my nose I would poke out my eye. I believe him. — Jane
- When I was 3, my neighbor told me she was a witch and she said Godzilla was going to step on my house.— Grayson
- My neighbor told me that the insides of acorns tasted like chocolate. They don't. They're really bitter.— Dial Zero
- i thought the for sale sign buy owner things meant that u could also buy the owner — brandi
- I use to think labor day was neighbor day where you would go out and visit all your neighbors.— euphonic
- In primary school, a whole bunch of kids including me believed that watermelon seeds contained ants. — Caff