I thought worms would hurt their heads (?) by bumping into rocks in the dark, so I collected some and painted them all luminous green, so that they would glow in the dark. I don't know if they could see better, but they didn't live much longer.... sorry, worms
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I always thought that the gummy worms were real worms that had been mummified— The Ice Cream Sandwich Monster
- my best friend was so pale i thought she could glow in the dark— tattiebird
- i used to think that eating carrots would make your eyes glow in the dark— nik
- I used to believe that worms were the lips of the dead and that green pepper seeds were deadly poison.— Gayle
- My mother told me if I ate too much butter I'd get worms. I didn't eat too much butter...— Dicky
- If you eat your boogers you'll get worms— Kit