When we said the pledge in class I thought it was "one nation under God, invisible..." I thought the country could be made invisible. It made me feel better because I was terrified of nuclear war.
A childhood belief about the pledge

others believed things like this
- I used to think that One nation, under god, indivisible was invisible— Aeris
- Yesterday I realised that invisible ink doesn`t make me invisible.— Jonathan Eleven years old
- When I was little *I thought that if I dressed in all white I would become invisible.Sadly,I wasn't.XP— Kiki
- I used to think that running cross-country meant you ran across the entire nation!Anon
- I used to believe that when you closed you eyes you were invisible and no-one could see you!— Andrew
- I used to think that if I closed my eyes I would be invisible— invisible