I am from a small town in a small county full of small towns in the Midwest of the United States. When I was quite young, our trips away from that small town were adventures of magic and grandeur as far as I knew. Another small town, about half the size of my hometown, was about fifteen minutes away, and we passed through it on our way to my grandparents' house and to the nearest malls. This town was called Wayland. However, for many years, I believed this town was called Whale-land, and I believed that whales lived there. For this reason, I always wanted to visit Whale-land, but we never stopped (because there was nothing there but people's homes, a restaurant, and a gas station; I wanted to see the whales.)
After my parents' divorce, my mother moved to Wayland and I live there when I am with her. Now I know there are no whales, but I do love this town.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to think all television shows were made at the tv station on the hill of my home town. — Monique
- When i was about 6 years old, i thought God was washing his"LEGO" town, when it was raining here.— Meie
- I thought there was only one copy of a movie and you had to wait til it got to your town,— quagmire
- I used to believe that at the beach town where we spent the summer, they took the sidewalks in for the winter.— Missy
- I used to believe that clouds were made from a factory chimney that was south of my home town. — bynbyn
- I used to believe if it was raining in the town I lived in then it was raining everywhere in the world — Pablo