I used to believe that each state of the United States was a living being---like a different breed of animal. I used to think that I might see a Florida walking down the street or a Mississippi driving a car on the interstate.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that China was attached to the United States somewhere up near Washington state.Anon
- I grew up in Hawaii, and was pretty sure that our country, the United States, was the fiftieth stateAnon
- I used to believe that America was one of the states of the United States.— Limor
- i used to think France was in the united states
— TY - I used to think that Los Angeles took up half the United StatesAnon
- I used to believe that the United States were a planet, since I'm from another country.Anon