In kindergarten, after our teacher read us a story about fairies, she would tell us all to close our eyes so that the 'fairies' would come and scatter lots of glitter all over the room, and we could collect it afterwards. I thought the fairies really did come at first, but then I started to suspect that this wasn't true. This was confirmed when one day, I just pretended to close my eyes, and saw my teacher scattering the glitter. I didn't tell anyone, though, because I didn't want to ruin it for them.
A childhood belief about fairies

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that butterflies are fairies that crossed the rainbow— sillyme
- When I was a sprog, I used to think that Rainbows were painted in the sky by magic fairies— Jojo
- Well,I really think that fairies and witches can be real! We're in a big universe and they can exist!— Raul
- When I was a child I used to belive that fairies were born from the flowers.— fantasy
- I used to believe that princesses were make-believe like monsters, dragons, and fairies.Anon
- If you step on the cracks in tiles when walking through a street, fairies will die.— Maddie