When I was little, thanks to ideas planted in my head by Toy Story, I used to think that toys came to life when you left the room and went back to their old positions when you came back. I'd say loudly "I am leaving now" to my toys and stand outside my room to try and hear them, but then I thought that they knew I was there. I'd tell them "You know, it's okay, I know you guys can talk, you don't have to hide it," but they'd never talk. Finally I called them all meanies because they wouldn't talk, then I apologized and "forgave" them for not talking, and said that if they wanted, they didn't have to talk to me. I was a weird little kid.
A childhood belief about toys

others believed things like this
- When I was kid, I used to believe my toys were real, and , when I was out, they used to talk together.Anon
- I used to beleive when ppl didn't talk (deaf ppl) they lost their voice and could never talk again!— Tiara 10
- Olivia Newton John did sing let me hear your budgie talk! didn't she— J Scull
- I used to belive that all animals could talk but just didn't want to aroung people!— Mallory
- I thought I had X-ray vision and could talk to animals and they could understand me.— Kitty Lover
- I used to talk with my teddy bear and I really thought he answered me.— Joy