When I was very young I honestly believed that lions came from flower buds, and If I was able to open one and find a lion, I would get a wish. However many flower buds I found, the meticulous peeling away of the layers was always in vain. I have no idea where the idea came from.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that a perrenial was a particular flower's name— Ducki
- when i was little i asked what time midnight mass started.
i honestly had no idea.— what time?? - When I was little I thought that a "wallflower" was a kind of flower that grew on walls.— A. Nonny-Muss
- When I was young, I honestly believed that I would die before I reached high school. Anon
- I used to believe that sea lions were actual lions that lived in the sea.Anon
- I used to think that a sea lion was a hybrid of a seal and a lion.Anon