I once saw some hills in or near the desert around Kern, CA that looked tan with dark blotches on them. My dad told me they were cows eating grass. I figured it out that he was joking, but I still look twice to catch the herd moving.
A childhood belief about landscape

others believed things like this
- I thought hills were dragons sleeping under the grassAnon
- That eating grass was a sure fire way to gain superhuman powers.— Brendan
- i used to think that eating carrots would make your eyes glow in the dark— nik
- I used to think that someone having dark-coloured skin was a result of eating too much chocolate.Anon
- When I looked up in the sky and could see the clouds moving I used to think that it was the earth spinning.— JOhn
- When I was about 4 and I saw the clouds moving sideways, I thought that Earth was moving closer to the Sun— Helen