When I was 3, I asked my mom what "the hole in my tummy" came from. She said my belly button was a special hole I got when I was a baby, and it played a big role when you got older. According to her, "if dirt gets in it, and you leave it there, a big dirt monster will form inside your belly button."
So one day, I went to the beach. I wanted to get rid of the "dirt monster" in there, but my bathing suit was a 1 piece so I pulled it down and my mom got really embarrassed, because she didn't want people to see my chest. She said, "Honey, I don't want your privates showing." I replied, "Mommy, the sun will destroy the dirt monster!"
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- my older brother told me that if i didnt clean every bit of dirt out of the prints on my feet, i'd die— chel
- I used to think that my belly button was where I was once shot and that the navel was a healed up bullet hole— Tony
- I used to think people were made of dirt and mayonnaise. I kind of rememeber picking this up at church.— julia
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- the if you swallowed a fly by accident that you would then grow an appetite for dirt.— sarah
- I used to believe that mountains were dinosaurs that had died and been covered with dirt.— Marina