I used to believe dogs and other animals could talk if they wanted to -- I guess because I watched it happen in so many cartoons and etc -- but that they just didn't want to.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- I used to belive that all animals could talk but just didn't want to aroung people!— Mallory
- I used to believe cartoons were real people and animals. They were just wet.— Wendy
- On Christmas Eve all the animals are able to talk but only for that night!Anon
- I thought I had X-ray vision and could talk to animals and they could understand me.— Kitty Lover
- I beliveve that i got abducted by aleiens and i got special powers and i could talk to animals— I found out
- I used to beleive when ppl didn't talk (deaf ppl) they lost their voice and could never talk again!— Tiara 10