When I was little everytime I made a wish on a birthday cake or dandelion, I wished that I would turn into a magical lion. I wouldn't settle for any ordinary lion, nope, I wanted to be a magical one. I was so upset when I didn't turn into one, like my birthday cake ripped me off or something.
A childhood belief about birthdays

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that on your birthday, you didn't advance to your next age until you ate your birthday cake.— Casi
- I used to believe that all dessert was birthday cake.— David
- when i was little i thought my cat would turn into a lion when he got older.Anon
- I used to believe making a cake from scratch meant using a box mix rather than buying a cake from the store.— EZ
- I used to think that a sea lion was a hybrid of a seal and a lion.Anon
- if you drank coffee before your 16th birthday, your skin will turn purple.Anon