In upstate New York the farmers wrap huge bales of hay in white plastic so it won't get wet out in the field. I tell my kids they are giant marshmellows on a marshmellow farm. My daughter is 6 and she is just starting to question this.
A childhood belief about sweeties

others believed things like this
- My Dad told me that the big bales of hay wrapped in plastic sitting in the fields on farms were cow eggs.Anon
- I thought the big apple was literally a giant apple in New York Anon
- i used to beleive cotton balls were marshmellows— carly
- When I was a little girl, I used to believe that the moon was actually a giant, glowing white
Anon - I used to think that bales of hay were cow cocoons.— Wally
- i used to think bales of hay were housing indians— alyssa