When I was about 6, my dad told me that the stock market crashed. Needless to say, I was determined that this meant the stock market building rolled down a big hill and broke.
A childhood belief about money

others believed things like this
- When I first heard the words "flea market", I actually thought it meant "selling fleas".Anon
- I used to belive that the black market was a place— Lyndsey
- When i was a child, i thought a flea market was where you bought fleas.— Vanessa
- When I used to see the sign 'police accident' I thought it meant that a police car had crashed.Anon
- I used to think the Empire State Building was called the "Ten-past-eight building".— Alex
- I used to believe that when people broke bones, doctors would give them a new part of the body they broke. — Kelly