One time when I was 6 and my cousin was 5, there was a storm. We were in our grandparents car and were arguing about what lightning was. I thought I was a lightbulb and my cousin thought it was a candle. Lightbulbs would make more sense then a candle, though!!
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning

others believed things like this
- I thought that when the lights went out, putting a candle behind the tv would make it work :)— Ricky
- My cousin's mom told my cousin that pop makes you short. He probably believed it.— Molly
- I used to think a second cousin meant a cousin’s cousin.— Carlos Almonacid
- My cousin, who's my age always thought there were two n's in the alphabet. 'l-m-N-o-p' and 'w-x-y-N-z'— Ashley
- I have a cousin who thought he could run faster when he got new shoes .. Anon
- When my cousin was younger his name was Alexander and he thought his middle name was "ander"Anon