I was really young and for some strange reason afraid of owls. In the morning I would hear doves cooing which I mistook for whooing.My mom asked why I wouldn't go out to play, I answered because I thought the mean old owls would get me.
A childhood belief about birds
others believed things like this
- As a child I believed that cats, when they died, became owls and always accompanied you. — AdryLiz
- I used to think that "mourning doves" were called afternoon doves starting at noon!
— Megaroo - when i was small, i thought if i don't sleep then morning wouldn't come..— lily
- when asked what i would like to be when i grew up, as a girl of about 5, i answered "a horsey".Anon
- When a "mean girl" in early grade school asked me if I was a virgin I answered "no I am catholic."— Hilary
- when i was a kid, i used to think that if i didn't fall asleep, morning wouldn't comeAnon