When I was 3 I had my own explanation about day and night: The earth was a tinny ball into a giant's mouth. When the giant's was yawned, the light was coming into his mouth and it was day, otherwise it was night !
A childhood belief about outer space

others believed things like this
- I used to tape my mouth shut at night in case a spider would come along and make a web in my belly.Anon
- I used to believe that mountains were giant camels that God put under the earth.— flip4smith
- i used to belive that god was a giant police man flying around the earth— sam
- I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon
- I used to belive that if i put my foot in my mouth, I would get foot-and-mouth illness— Emily Sathrota
- I used to believe the earth was covered with shiny cloth at night by God.. — akz