When I was about 3 or 4, I used to be horrified whenever my mother got steel wool at the local hardware store. I thought it was "steal wool" and, not knowing about past tenses, assumed she had stolen it. I felt terribly worried for days, thinking the police would come and catch us and arrest us for stealing wool.
A childhood belief about criminals
others believed things like this
- steel wool comes from steel sheep— tg
- I used to believe that when sheep had their wool sheered off, they became lambds again.— Janet
- I used to believe that when sheep die, god takes their wool and makes it into clouds— Oded
- I used to believe that if you did not keep your shoes tied, that the police would arrest you.— Kelly
- My mom threatened that if I didn't eat all my vegetables that the police would come and arrest me.— Lisa T.
- I was told as a young child that if I didn't smile going past the police station, I wouldbe arrested.Anon