My dad used to tell us all kinds of silly little fibs, which my sisters and I believed for a very long time. Here is one of my favourites.
He told us that female elephants were called Elephants and males were called Ollyphants.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I used to believe cats ate dogs and mice ate elephants— lucien
- I thought that hippos were baby elephants— Gerna
- I used to believe that peanuts were a daily must to strengthen the memory like elephants — Qb Cheese
- I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon
- I believed that female teachers got to choose if they wanted to be called "mrs. or miss" — Jenna
- I believed that the breed of dog called Boxer was called that because they could stand up and box.Anon