When I was about six I used to listen to my cat purr. I asked my parents what made her purr, but they didn't know, so I concluded that there was a tractor inside her that was turned on every time I petted her.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- When I was a little girl I used to believe cats were broken because of their moter sound when they purr— Shaune F.
- I used to believe that the boogie man would come and get me if I didn't listen to my parents.Anon
- when i was little i thought every time i left the room my parents turned into aliensAnon
- King Henry VIII was named “the eighth” by his dad because the first seven didn’t listen!— Mojo
- i used to believe that my brain worked like the inside of a clock. How the wheels cranked and turned.— Becky
- My parents always told me at night the sticks we had played with throughout the day turned into snakes.. — Sarahb