I used to believe that the 'duck crossing' and 'deer crossing' signs on the side of the road were actually put there by the ducks and the deer. I remember asking my mother how ducks and deer learned to read.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- When I was little, I used to believe that deer could only cross the road at the deer crossing signs. — Shellie
- when I saw a sign with a deer on it I always thought deer had to cross the street by it. like a cross walk— only me
- i thought when you went road hunting for deer i thought you ran them over— nick
- I used to believe all deer were girls, and all moose were boys. Anon
- I believed chewing gum was made out of the eyes of deer.— Greg
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that the "ped x-ing" signs meant "pediatrician crossing."— Jessica