When my dad was young, he used to sing "Gladly, the Cross I'd Bear" in church. He thought the lyrics he was singing were about a cross-eyed bear named "Gladly."
A childhood belief about hymns
others believed things like this
- When I was younger, I believed that squinting in a storm would make you cross-eyed... forever.Anon
- 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 think that "cross-eyed" meant that people had X's for eyes, like dead people in cartoons.— Tim
- when I saw a sign with a deer on it I always thought deer had to cross the street by it. like a cross walk— only me
- I used to talk with my teddy bear and I really thought he answered me.— Joy
- I used to believe that if you stepped on the cracks of the pavement, a bear would jump up and eat you.— Nina