When I was very young, my sister convinced me that we were a part of an elephant's dream. She said if I made too much noise or jumped around too much I would wake up the elephant and when his dream ended, I would cease to exist. This terrified me into being quiet and remaining still.
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- when i was about 5 my sister told me that kiwis were elephant poop— kelli putnam
- I used to think that life was all a dream and one day i would wake up like a 75 year old woman.( who knows?)— 8 with wrinkles
- I thought that life is a dream and when you die you wake up (maybe it's true who knows?)— Naos
- I wanted to be an elephant when I grew up. — Vix
- I used to believe that salami was the meat from elephant's feet— Sarah
- I used to believe that a dream catcher really made nightmares go away.
— WOLVERINEfLASH14