i used to think that countries boundaries were determined by the best runners in the country. they would all go to the capital city, and then they would run in all possible directions, and wherever one met another from a different country, that's where the border would be.
you can imagine the russians ran like all hell.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the moon was another country and that all countries were little planets.Anon
- I used to think wars started when a sergeant from one country socked a sergeant from another country.— recovering
- I used to believe that Paris was the capital of London and Italy was the capital of France.Anon
- i used to believe that 'overseas' was a countryAnon
- I used to think each country was it's own planet.— erin clements
- i used to believe that every country was a different planet!— bianca