I used to believe that if I swam long enough in my pool or in the ocean with my legs together, I would turn into a Mermaid and could play with Ariel. I think a part of me still believes that.
A childhood belief about swimming pools

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that i swam more than 2 hours I would become a mermaid.— M11cazares
- I used to believe that if I wet my legs in the sea I would become a mermaid.
— andrea - I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon
- When I was a kid, I use to believe, when I put salt in my bath water I will turn into a mermaid.— marletha
- When I was little I thought that if I stayed a long time in the water I would become a mermaid.— Salma
- When I was about 5 or 6 I used to think that poeple who appeared on TV used to live in the TV ariel.Anon