when i was little, i didn't understand about bulls, and mares; i thought that all cows were female and all horses were male, and that they somehow mated (which i also didn't "understand")
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- When I was little I thought cows married horses, cows were all female and horses were all male. — Sheila
- I used to believe, as a child, that horses were male cows.— Martin Taylor
- I always believed there were boy cows and girl cows and boy bulls and girl bulls— karen
- I used to think that to desex an animal meant to turn it from a male to a female or female to male.— Phil
- For many years I didn't understand why everyone was talking about the 'youth in Asia' (euthanasia).Anon
- I didn't understand about boiled eggs until my Mum explained I wasn't supposed to eat the shell as well.— Chris