The more of these I read, the more I remember...
At the age of about seven, I started being bought porcelain dolls by well-meaning aunts. They (not the aunts) were beautiful things, smooth china skin, velvet frocks and deep glass eyes.
I just KNEW that the dolls were real little girls that had somehow been transformed into their current form, maybe by a magic potion made by an enchanter. What was more, I wanted it to happen to me, too. I was still coming to terms with the idea of growing old, and I thought if I could be a porcelain doll I would live forever.
A childhood belief about toys
others believed things like this
- I used to think that The Great Wall of China was made out of porcelain.— Morten Vestergaard
- I used to believe that Barbie was a real person and all the dolls were just modelled after her.Anon
- My aunts use to tell me that when I pouted the crows would come and bite my lips. Anon
- I used to think that in the song "Smooth Operator" they were saying "Schooooooool's not forever!"— Steph
- I used to believe that all my aunts were related to my mother and all my uncles were related to my father.— Mandy
- i thought that we were all toys in a dolls house and giants playing with us was why we did what we did— Sarah