I used to believe for the stop lights to work there were trolls going up and down little stairs and they would change the colors of the light from green to yellow to red.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- I used to beleive that little drawf men were inside each traffic light, making them change colors. — alisha
- i used to believe that red yellow and green meant "ready, set, Go!" on traffic lights..— cabagona
- I used to believe that the yellow light in traffic-lights meant Go Faster!— M. L. E.
- My dad could change a traffic light from red to green using our garage door opener.Anon
- I use to believe that there were mice in the stoplights controlling when they would change colors.— Krystal M.
- I used to believe that noodles that were dyed different colors such as green had been killed.— Tasha