My mom and I discovered a melted crayon in the basement once, and that's when I learned crayons were made of wax. I spent the next three years trying to figure out why candles didn't work the same way.
A childhood belief about toys

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the wax statues at Madame Tussauds were made of recycled candles and crayons.Anon
- I used to believe that crayons were candy and the colors were flavors. We went through a lot of crayonsAnon
- As a kid, I use to believe that candles were made out of ear wax.— CC
- My uncle once said that elves were really badchildren made to work in santa's work shop— Some guy
- I could never figure out what an "Elomenopee" was till I learned the alphabet a bit better. "L-M-N-O-P"— Lula
- i used to believe that if i didn't work at school, i would have donkey ears, so now i work hard !!!— denis