i don't know why but when I was younger I used to eat loads of sprinkles by themselves, until one day my dad told me that if you have too much, it turns into seeds and a sprinkle tree grows inside you, but you have to beware of police men, or they'll get their doughnuts and dip them into you.
A childhood belief about sweeties
others believed things like this
- When I was little my mother told me that the chocolate sprinkles you put on ice-cream were ants.Anon
- i used to believe that if you ate loads and loads of crust from bread it would make you have BIG boobies.— Israel Bliss
- I used to believe that if I ate any seeds of any fruit, it would grow a tree in my stomach.— Julia
- When I was younger, my brother told me the police had an infra-red system and could see into everyones house.— Clare, Ireland
- When I was a child, I had a fear of bagels. I thought they were stale doughnuts.Anon
- I used to believe that a tree would grow inside you if you ate the seed of an apple or any other fruit!Anon