When I was 5 years old, the church gave everybody in the neighbourhood those little donation bags that said 'bread for the world' on them. The girl who distributed those bags told me that they were collecting for poor kids who had no money to buy bread. So it seemed only natural to me to snag a few slices of bread from my kitchen. I asked my cousin to do the same, then we'd go to the church together and gave the priest our bags that contained real bread! He had a good laugh before he explained that you were actually supposed to put money in those. And because I thought the money was going to kids, I figured they would only need play money, so I emptied the cashier of my doll supermarket, filled the back and took it back to the church. Little did I understand why the priest was still laughing at me!
A childhood belief about money

others believed things like this
- I thought you were supposed to take money out of the collection at church.— Wangchuk
- "Better than sliced bread"
I used to believe 'Sliced Bread' was a musical band.— Madeline - I thought brown paper grocery bags would fit more than plastic grocery bags.Anon
- I used to believe that when you put toast in the refrigerator, it turns back into bread. — sambot
- I used to think that little bakers lived in the toaster who baked the bread and pushed it back up.— Karen K
- i thought an ATM machine was something which gave free money!!— Armani