When I was little, a family friend showed us her chooks. She said that she thought they were girls, but turned out to be boys. I misunderstood and thought that chickens were magical creatures that could change their gender whenever they wanted.
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- when i was 6 i used to believe that birds were magical creatures and used magic to fly— Serriu
- I used to believe that numbers had gender, that the odd numbers were boys and even numbers were girls. — Evelyn
- That boys turned into women when they became adults and girls turned into men when they became adults. Anon
- I thought that the difference between girls and boys was that girls have teeth.
Anon - I always thought when I was a kid that Milo is for boys and that milk are for girls. . . — Cathyia
- i thought cats were girls and dogs were boys. Anon