I used to thing the words "One nation, Under God" were really "One nation, Underground". I always said it dutifully, but wondered why!
A childhood belief about the pledge

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that every nation in the world were states of U.S.A. . Sometimes I still do.Anon
- I used to think that One nation, under god, indivisible was invisible— Aeris
- I used to think that running cross-country meant you ran across the entire nation!Anon
- i used to always wonder how one national guard could always guard the entire nation.— karen ellis
- I used to think that GLASS and GRASS was the same thing. I always wondered why windows weren't green...— Alex
- that hills were giants buried underground...— tracy g