When I was 6 I had a yellow stuffed dog named Toby. Well, he was more of a dog-bear mixed breed, kind of like the piano playing dog on the Muppet Show. Anyway, I thought that if I put a leash on him and dragged him around, people would believe he was real! I was always amazed at how at easily adults could be fooled. People would always stop and pet him, and call him "a well-behaved dog." This went on for about two years until the bandages would no longer hold his poor paws together. Poor Toby, he had a grand funeral.
A childhood belief about toys
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that only 'poor' people had to go to the bathroom, that 'rich' people didn't.Anon
- My mother used to call my behind "a paw paw" and for many years I refused to eat paw paws (papayas)— Garth
- I used to believe that a brothel was where poor people used to go to get free broth.— Rob. UK
- I used to believe that if i behaved badly i would be taken away in a yellow van.— Mattio
- when I was little my uncle told me he was part bear. I believed people could be part bear until I was twelve. — Audrey
- I thought that kids' pee was yellow and adults' pee was clear.— Aretia