When I was little, my younger sister and I would try to lift each other by the waists, simultaneously, thinking that this would allow us to fly. It never would work, and I attributed it to my sister not trying hard enough.
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that if i didn't work at school, i would have donkey ears, so now i work hard !!!— denis
- My 6 years younger sister used to tell me that I was younger than her. She was just growing backwards.— Taryn
- i used to think that if you were a boy your younger sibling would have to be a sister and vice verca (sp?)— ben
- When we were younger my sister and I used to think that our shoulder blades were really sprouting wings.— Raven
- My younger sister used to believe that in everybody's belly button there lived a family of squirrels.— Sophie
- i used to think that if i didn't celebrate my birthday each year my younger sister would catch up with me— q