When I was about seven, I was utterly convinced that chickens had leaves and trees had feathers.
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- Apparently, when I was little, I used to try and grow chickens by 'planting' their feathers in the ground.— Mat
- I believed that leaves on trees only became individual when you you close to them, and then I got glasses.— nola
- Trees grew leaves as camouflage so birds would`nd nest in them. Don`t ask.— DaWind
- When I was a kid I thought that the wind was caused by the trees fanning their leaves...— GDP
- when I was very young, I used to beleive that the leaves rustling in the trees made the wind blow— Ellona
- I used to believe that chickens reproduced A sexually and that roosters were just handicapped chickens. — Teena Strang