When I was a small child, my mother would tell me about her parents and my dad's parents coming to the United States "on the boat." I used to believe that ALL immigrants came to the U.S. on ONE boat. There were not many ships, making many trips. Just one boat. "THE" boat.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the last line of Row Row Row Your Boat was 'Life is butter dream'.— Mindless Misfit
- row row row your boat gently down the stream...merrily merrily merrily merrily life's a butter bean.— bleeslady
- I used to believe that America was one of the states of the United States.— Limor
- i used to think France was in the united states
— TY - I used to think that Los Angeles took up half the United StatesAnon
- I used to believe that the United States were a planet, since I'm from another country.Anon