My Dad told me when I was 5 that fairies wouldn't let people see them because cruel people often catch them and keep them in jam jars. He helped me write a note to them, to say that I wouldn't do that. I'm 27 now, and my dad still keeps that note in his wallet!
A childhood belief about fairies

others believed things like this
- When my brother was 5 I use to swap a $5.00 note for lots of coins because he thought that I had more money— MATT NEWTON
- I used to belive there were people under the traffic lights, otherwise they wouldn't work...Anon
- I ues to believe that if I broke th TV the people would jump out and try to catch me.— Lazyj (K)
- My mother told me when i was 5 that Santa wouldn't come if i kept sucking my thumb. — Traumatized
- I used to believe that black people were white people dipped in Chocolate. That's what my dad told me...— Steve
- I used to think that you wouldn't die unless you got married.— Um...no.