I thought that when a child turned nine they were presented with a mini airplane so they could fly over other peoples houses and spy on them. On my ninth birthday I asked my mom where my airplane was, needless to say all of my spying dreams were crushed.
A childhood belief about birthdays

others believed things like this
- When I was young whenever I rode on an airplane I always thought we were traveling to another planet. — Dennis Rueda
- --I thought if I swung hard enough in my swing i could possibly reach an airplane
— dusty chenille - I used to belive that an airplane was my mothers car. I don't no why. — Erilld
- I used to believe that Disney World was up in the sky because you have to take an airplane to get there.— lauren
- I used to think when an airplane ran out of fuel, it stayed stuck in the sky.— BoB
- I used to believe that when you flushed on an airplane, it would land on the people below.Anon