When I was about 8 I was convinced that my dog possessed the ability to speak but I had to teach him the words first. I spent many afternoons trying to get him to say something but to no avail.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that I would one day have a dog, and I would teach him to speak, read, and even write!— Gretchen
- I would speak in gidderish, convinced that it was some foreign language I had never heard of— Molly
- I had my wife convinced that Steven Hawking made his fortune as the original voice for the speak N spell toy.Anon
- I used to believe that I couldn't eat deviled eggs because they were from satan and possessed.— Char
- for years i was afraid to throw up because i thought it meant i was possessed like in the exorcist.Anon
- I used to think that my cat was an alien that had come to teach me how to be good!— laz