"Dad, where did the hills come from?"
"The glaciers left them there."
Ahhh...then "glaciers" must be an ancient race of giants. Naturally.
A childhood belief about landscape

others believed things like this
- that hills were giants buried underground...— tracy g
- When traveling, I used to believe the hills and mountains were graves for giants.— seattle
- When my brother was little he heard the song "Le Freak" by Chic (Ahhh, freak out!) like this: Ahhh, free cow!Anon
- My mom used to believe that the San Francisco Giants baseball team were actual giants.Anon
- I used to think that ATM machines just gave out free money when you needed it. Ahhh if only...Anon
- For a while I thought Anon was a name of an ancient philosopher. Probably Greek.— zeforeigner