When I was little my older sister read me this story about an old lady that lived under the third step of the basement stairway and when you walked on the third step she would grab your foot to freak you out. So for about two years I would always skip the thrid step as I went down and up the stairs.
A childhood belief about basements
others believed things like this
- I used to believe I could fly.
All I had todo was step of a flight of stairs and I'd be walking in the air...— Dolly - I used to think Jane Austen was related to the Bronte sisters, maybe like their cousin or step/half sister.Anon
- I used to think Jane Austen was related to the Bronte sisters, maybe like their cousin or step/half-sister.Anon
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that if I stepped on a bug, it would step on me in the other world.— classroom 43
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that if I stepped on a bug, it would step on me in the other world.
Anon - when i was younger i used to believe that if i step on the lines of the tiles i would die — arouf gangsta