When I was a kid, I thought when Smokey The Bear said "only you can prevent forest fires," he really meant only me. I thought I was the only one in the world who could stop fires from ravaging and eventually destroying all the world's forests.
I was constantly on-guard for smoke in the woods behind our house. I even had a battle-plan to run in with the garden hose and put a fire out if it started.
My mother eventually calmly explained to me that Smokey didn't mean I was the only one that could stop forest fires. It felt like the weight of the world had been lifted from my shoulders.
A childhood belief about i'm different
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that firemen drove around in their fire trucks and started fires. I wondered why.— Albert
- I used to believe that the Fire Station was where all fires occurred.Anon
- I used to believe that house fires were caused by foolish people who put paper on the stove.— C.C.
- I thought that hot water couldn't put out fires.— Matt
- I used to believe that arson was a flammable liquid, not the act of deliberately setting fires.— Joey Schwartzman
- I thought the world was black and white because of all the smoke from the bombs in Second World War.— Bjoern