When I was three or four my mom took the family cat to the doctor. The doctor looked the kitty over and said "you cat has a virus" I missheard this as " your cat is a virus" And promplty yelled at the doctor "thats not a virus thats my kitty!!"
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- I used to think eating raw potatoes would give you "BEZORES".
Our family doctor told me this— Moodycop - I used to want to be a doctor when I grew up, because doctors never die, as they can cure themselves.— Stuart
- my uncle was a doctor, so when he told me his vw could fly, i believed.— boodles
- i used to watch doctor who and every time i saw a darlic i wet myself literally.— Dan Barber
- I used to believe that the people who take your blood at the doctor's office were vampires. — Andy
- I once thought people would keep growing until they were as big as buildings if they didn't go to the doctor. — Tufty