Back in the day when it was safe to walk home from kindergarten by yourself, my mom had one rule: that we cross the street holding the teacher's hand.
So one day, I didn't wait for the teacher and ran across the street. When I got home, my mom asked me why I didn't cross the street with the teacher. I was perplexed as to how she knew. When I asked, she replied that a little bird told her (she used to run up an alley to the school, watch us cross the street and run home).
For the next couple of years I was convinced that my mom talked to birds. I was very careful to make sure none were around if I were breaking rules!
A childhood belief about birds
others believed things like this
- when I saw a sign with a deer on it I always thought deer had to cross the street by it. like a cross walk— only me
- i believed that thunder and lightning came out of the alley across the street from my house.Anon
- my mom believed when she was little that a street sign that said don't walk meant you better run.— Sara Mclen
- I thought that the "don't walk" sign at crosswalks meant to run across the street as quickly as possible!— richard
- When I was in kindergarten, I used to believe that they locked the teacher's in the teacher's lounge at night.Anon
- I used to think the Back Street Boys were black. I also thought Seal was a boy band. — Tufty