Before I knew about death, I used to believe that people grew up, got old, and then grew down again and got young, so that people were just in a constant state of flux.
A childhood belief about people
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- I used to think wrinkles came about because people just grew too much skin.Anon
- I used to believe that people only grew, physically and in age, on their birthday. — Aretia
- I thought plants only grew when people were not looking at them.Anon
- Before I knew about death, I used to think people turned back into babies again after they got old. Anon
- I used to think bread grew on trees and people just cut it up and sold it.Anon