when i was little, my father told me that Frankfurt sausage-like dogs once have long legs, and the reason why they have short legs now is because they ran too much.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon
- My father told me that Frenchmen had three legs.Anon
- I used to believe that seals were dogs that had amputated legs.Anon
- i used to believe that dogs were furry midget who walked on for legs— doggy
- when i was little i always asked my mom if my aunt had ant legs or people legs.— kelly
- i used to beleve that the sun had thin long legs and followd me wherever i went..— Hege