As a child, after the storm passed, I noticed the water puddles contain colorful oil slicks swirling around. I thought that were dead rainbows. I tried to rescue them with a twig but it was too late.
A childhood belief about weather

others believed things like this
- I used to think oil patches on the roads was dead rainbows— Si
- When I was a child, I used to believe that when there was a storm it was because God was angry.— Raul
- I used to believe that some puddles had bottoms and if you jumped in others you'd fall forever and ever.— abi
- I used to believe that rainbows got scared and went away if you went outside— Kate
- I used to believe that rainbows were lights that humans sent to the sky— Julia
- When I was a sprog, I used to think that Rainbows were painted in the sky by magic fairies— Jojo