When I wer 4 I lernt about rats. A big rat lived under our shed, a shed raised off the ground by an inch or so. Obviously rats were flat. Rats, I wer told, FLEW for the throat when cornered - aha rats could fly as well ! AND had razor sharp teeth. Not like the cuddly toys that pass for rats these days.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the dancing rats from the nutcracker lived under my dresser.— Molly
- I used to think thats rats put those eye crusties there while I were asleep— Maria
- I used to believe that tangled hair really had rats in it.— Kristy
- I used to believe that spiders were mutated rats that were shrunk!— Quako
- I used to believe that meatballs were made from dead rats.— Dogface
- when i was small i thought rats mutated into batsAnon