When I was about 5, I convinced myself that when I looked up at the sky, I could see the world turning. I think my mother burst my bubble by telling me that what I was seeing was the clouds moving across the sky.
A childhood belief about outer space
others believed things like this
- When I looked up in the sky and could see the clouds moving I used to think that it was the earth spinning.— JOhn
- When I was about 4 and I saw the clouds moving sideways, I thought that Earth was moving closer to the Sun— Helen
- I used to believe that when I saw the clouds moving in the sky, that it was actually the earth moving. — Megan Gilbert
- When I saw that the clouds were moving in the sky, I thought it was because of the rotation of the earth.Anon
- I used to believe that if I swallowed bubble gum, a bubble gum tree would grow inside of me. — Ryan
- I used to believe that the bubble gum medicine was really made of bubble gum. i believed this until i was 16.— Shawn