When I was little I had a theory that while you were sleeping, you were a blade of grass awake on the other side of the world. During the day, you were awake and your blade of grass was asleep.
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- I thought hills were dragons sleeping under the grassAnon
- Long grass with black seeds were really ant hotels, and the seeds were sleeping ants.— angelsheep
- I used to think that dandilions were marshmallows on grass— Vernon D'Souza
- I use to think mountains were dead dinosaurs and grass grew over it.— Tara
- When I was a kid I thought praying mantises were made out of grass— Landon
- I, to this day, believe that when I can't sleep at night it means I'm awake in someone else's dreams... — Turner