When I was little, I thought if you cried on stuff(pillows, toys, etc.), it would come to life. I spent some time making myself cry, and getting the tears to fall on things.
A childhood belief about toys

others believed things like this
- My Aunt used to tell me that if I cried too much, I would run out of tears.— Peter
- When I was a young boy I thought when we cried or when we laughed we won or we lost one minute of our life. — loulou83
- I used to believe that thunder was Santa making toys.Anon
- I used to believe that realistic looking toys could actually see. But only the shadows of things.— Micah Dunlap
- I used to believe toys came alive at night.
Because I love toys, and I hoped be good friend with my toys.Anon - I used to believe that old people were wrinkly because they spent too much of their life swimming— Amy