When I was 3 years old, my sister and I used to play in the basement of our old house, where my parents had built a play area. However, when my sister was fed up playing with me, she would want to be left alone, but soon discovered that I wasn't that easy to get rid of!
So she told me that there was a colony of wild, vicious, ferral cats living in our guest bedroom, and that they would attack me if I went in. When she was tired playing with me, and wanted to read, she would then retire to the guest bedroom and get undisturbed reading time in peace and quiet.
I was terrified of the guest bedroom. This belief was exploded when my mother tried to take me in there - I can't remember what for - and I cried and struggled and protested. She asked me what was wrong, and I told her that the wild cats would kill me. Where on earth did you get that idea, she asked - and a huge smile formed on her face as I told her it was my sister, and she realised for the first time just how clever and cynical kids could be!
I still remember being scared of the room after, and quite resentful of my sister!
A childhood belief about around the house
others believed things like this
- My sister and I thought cats and dogs were the same animal, the dogs were male and the cats were female.— Paul
- my sister told me that bunkers on golf courses were for children to play in while their dads played golf.— Julie
- My sister told me that Fraggles lived in our basement. I used to sit down there forever so I could see them. — Suzie
- My sister told me that if you had sweetcorn in your poo, you had six months to live! I cried for weeks — Billy
- My sister's friend thought cats were just small dogs when she was younger.— Richard Davies
- When I was little my sister told me that if I put a C.D. in the wrong case, it would mess up the C.D.'s songs.— Torrie