I disliked crossing this bridge, not amounting to a hump in the road, over a little streamtwo or three feet below but only about three inches deep called locally 'The Brook', for (surely) In the Brook Beneath There Dwelt a Terrifying Troll. Trolls could drag you into the water and drown you. I knew it was always watching when anyone crossed - for I'd heard that to cross certain bridges you had to pay a troll.
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- When I was little, I used to believe that deer could only cross the road at the deer crossing signs. — Shellie
- I used to believe that wildlife crossed at wildlife crossing signs...so did my dad when he was young— Sheryl
- I used to think that trolls lived in my shower drain and showered with my dirty water— Troll bather
- When I first seen that boy band Hanson I thought they were all drag queen that were in bad drag. — TUTTLE
- I used to believe that drag racing was when guys dressed in drag raced each other. LOL— Emmy
- I used to believe that drag racing actually involved men in drag.Anon