When I was little we would take a ferry to get to my grandparents' house. So when my parents said the tooth "fairy" was coming, I thought they meant "ferry". So I imagined a big ferry coming into my room at night, and the little captain would get off the ship and take my tooth and leave money.
A childhood belief about fairies

others believed things like this
- when i was a child i used to believe if i put my tooth under the bed the tooth fairy would give me money— milena
- I used to think that the tooth fairy puts you in a deep sleep before stealing your tooth/teeth.Anon
- I used to believe that in the tooth fairy took all your teeth and built a tooth city for her to live in!Anon
- i used to believe that if my tooth came out the tooth fairy would come and kill me!!!— dangerous tooth fairy
- i used to believe that the tooth fairy was a big tooth with wings— mary
- I used to believe the the tooth fairy was a Pokemon fan because she got me Pokemon Crystal for my lost tooth— Pokemon fan