I used to call grey cats "pussy willows" because I belived that a pussy willow plant grows into a grey kitten. I remember getting a pussy willow plant because I wanted a cat!
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that kittens came from pussy willows.— hope
- When I was a kid, I used to believe a nuclear plant was a clouds plant and could make magic clouds.— Tommy
- I used to believe that in old times the world was grey (black and white, i got the idea from old movies) — Bryce
- if you eat a seed, the plant will grow in your tummyAnon
- I used to believe that rootbeer was made from the roots of a beer plant.Anon
- I used to believe that if I ate a fruit's seeds, a plant would grow in my stomach.— Natalia Castillejo