When I was first learning how to read, those Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo commercials used to be on all the time. At the end of it where it says, "No more tears!" I used to read it and think it was "No more tears!" like the tear you get in a piece of paper.
A childhood belief about reading

others believed things like this
- When I first started learning to read I was convinced that vowels were called barnacles.— Andy Howell
- when my friend was little, she used to eat paper, thinking it would make her read better.— hehehe
- I used to believe rain were God's tears— Joy
- My Aunt used to tell me that if I cried too much, I would run out of tears.— Peter
- I used to believe that if you used the kids' shampoos that said 'no tears' it would make you happy.— Emmy
- My sister used to sing Kylie's "cheese on my pillow", somehow tears works better.— Tom