When my sister was young, she got a little toy oven for Christmas. She tore off the wrapping paper and just stared at the box for awhile. On the rather nondescript box, there was a turkey inside an oven. After a moment, she gasped. "A TURKEY!" she yelled.
She was so happy, too.
A childhood belief about toys

others believed things like this
- Up until I was 10 I used to believe turkey was vegetarian.Anon
- I used to think Hungary and Turkey were the same country... I have no idea where that came from...— Skylla
- I thought people from Turkey actually praised turkeys...Anon
- I used to believe Turkey day was a Turkish holiday. Then why are we celebrating it in America?— Lecia
- I used to believe that you could quit smoking by eating cold turkey:)— Loren
- I used to wonder why the oven didn't set food on fire!— danielle