When I was little, a stray cat came to our house. I 'named' him 'Slimey' because that was the name of Oscar the Grouch's worm on Sesame Street, and I thought that was what you named all pets.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- According to my mom, whenever I saw a stray dog in the street I would ask where its parents were. — Meg
- when i was growing up i had two imaginary friends. One was named Jennifer, the other was named Onion.— Tessica
- I used to believe there was a Russian Leader named Garbage Trough and an Arabian named Are A FatAnon
- The boy in my class named "Sahand" must have a sister named "Safoot".Anon
- I used to believe that “Emo” was related to Elmo from Sesame Street.Anon
- I seriously used to believe that Bert from Sesame Street lived in my closet and that he was going to kill me.— Liz