I believed the line from the Australian national anthem was 'our land abounds in nature strips', not 'our land abounds in nature's gifts'. But it's true, my part of the country did have a lot of nature strips!
A childhood belief about nationalities

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that I could talk to nature. I still do. And I'm 12. — Judy
- I used to believe that God and Mother Nature were married.Anon
- I used to believe that Marshmallows grew in nature. — Helen
- i used to think that mother nature was a real person— stephen s
- I used to believe that Mother Nature was The wife of God. She was the mommy and he was the daddy. — Dawn
- When I was very young, I thought that God was married to Mother Nature, and that together they made weather.Anon