my kindergarten teacher was born without a full arm (I don't remember if it was the left or right one). She had all of her upper arm and the elbow area, but her arm didn't grow past the elbow. She was able to move her elbow, which was really freaky.
I believed that if I touched the end of her stump my arm would shrivel up like hers. I was so scared of it that I would make sure to never stand or sit on her stump side. On my birthday she tried to give me a big hug and I freaked out. I wouldn't go to sleep that night because I was sure I would wake up with just a stump.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I called every body part my elbow. For example if my leg hurt I would say my elbow hurt.— Kady
- I use to believe that kissing your elbow would make you change your sex when you woke up the next day.— Chuck
- When i was 5, i thought that you could lick your elbow....Anon
- I used to call the shoulder of the road, the elbow.Anon
- I used to believe that if I could kiss my elbow that I would turn into a girl (the opposite sex).— Rusty
- My sister told me that if I could kiss my elbow I would change into a boy. I never disproved her on this.— Aussie