My dad used to tell me that thunder was God rearraning His furniture and lightning was a little kid in Heaven flicking the lightswitch on and off.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning

others believed things like this
- My mum used to tell me that thunder was god re-arranging the furniture.— Dale
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that it would thunder when G-D was moving furniture in the sky.Anon
- I used to believe thunder was the sound of God rearranging his furniture.Anon
- I remember being told that thunder was just God moving his/her furniture around.— kipperfeet
- I used to believe that people could fly during thunder and lightning, because I dreamt this once— Minimania
- I was convinced that thunder and lightning could wake up volcanos.— leticia