I used to take tennis rackets and tape cardboard paper feathers on them and then I would flap them really hard and try and fly. Since I did this in the front yard, it certainly amused the neighbors.
A childhood belief about special powers
others believed things like this
- i used to think next door neighbors were "next store neighbors"Anon
- I thought the “rec” button on tape recorders said wreck and it would wreck your tape if you pushed it!— Alberto Richardson
- I forgot the expression "not cricket", so I said, "not tennis" instead.Anon
- When I was a child I used to belive that if I put on cardboard wings I could fly like a bird.Anon
- Ice cream was made from feathers. My brother told me it was.— ed209
- When I was about seven, I was utterly convinced that chickens had leaves and trees had feathers.— Confused