When I was little, I used to give the numbers personalities.
1 had two personalities - he was either a bit mean and didn't talk much to the other numbers; or he was a very talkative, funny number who liked to joke around.
2 was male, and was sensible and stopped the other numbers from fighting.
3 was a sweet little girl who liked to dance.
4 was a male toddler who ate baby food and picked his nose.
5 was male, and always liked to party and have fun.
6 was female, and was more serious that the other numbers.
7 was male, and was a really kind number who got along with every number. He liked to joke around a lot.
8 was a fat boy who liked to eat food all the time (maybe because 8 sounds like 'ate')
9 was a beautiful lady who was really powerful and was looked up to by all the other numbers. She was also very kind, and was friends with 7.
10 was female, and was a kind old lady who took care of the other numbers.
A childhood belief about counting

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that numbers had gender, that the odd numbers were boys and even numbers were girls. — Evelyn
- I used to think that to desex an animal meant to turn it from a male to a female or female to male.— Phil
- I used to believe that after the number "ten" came the numbers "tendy-one, tendy-two..." etc.Anon
- I believed that numbers eventually just ended. That they stopped somewhere after 1000.— Jamis
- Numbers went up to 100 then restarted at zero.Anon
- This may sound absurd but I thought the numbers next to the Bible versus said what time the person said it at!— Biomeka