My mum used to tell me that the drops that bounced up from puddles when it rained were actually little fairies dancing.
I still like to believe its true!!!
A childhood belief about fairies

others believed things like this
- I used to think that oil drops on wet road were rainbows drops that have fallen to earth Anon
- I used to believe that some puddles had bottoms and if you jumped in others you'd fall forever and ever.— abi
- When I was around four,I used to think when it rained in my area,it rained over the WHOLE world too...Anon
- When I was a kid I thought that when it rained, it rained all over the world.
Anon - When it rained, it rained all over the planet simultaneously— Artgoober
- when i was a kid i used to believe that the water drops was racing on the window when it was raining outside — Emeline