When I was a kid, the little "helicopter" leaves would come down from the trees, and they would scare me so much, because I thought they were dead bugs that could still fly.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- When I was a kid I thought that the wind was caused by the trees fanning their leaves...— GDP
- I believed that leaves on trees only became individual when you you close to them, and then I got glasses.— nola
- Trees grew leaves as camouflage so birds would`nd nest in them. Don`t ask.— DaWind
- When I was about seven, I was utterly convinced that chickens had leaves and trees had feathers.— Confused
- when I was very young, I used to beleive that the leaves rustling in the trees made the wind blow— Ellona
- I used to believe that falling leaves were dead butterflies, and I always buried them in the back yeard.— waters