When I was little, I used to think that during an earthquake, the reason the bed would shake was because my sister was messing with me. I would yell to my parents to come and get my sister out from under my bed.
A childhood belief about disasters

others believed things like this
- I used to believe my parents were brother and sister, and that everybody's parents were brother and sister.— Rachael
- When I was little my parents used to tell me and my sister that carrots were "orange candy." — Nancy
- First I believed that my parents were brother and sister. Then I thought that my dad was also my mums dad. — Rainbow
- I used to believe that my parents and sister were alligators underneith there zip on human costume...haha— Alyssa
- When my sister's father went to Seattle, my sister said "Is Attle nice?" She thought Attle was a person's name— zzo38
- I used to believe that when there was an earthquake, rocks would fall from the sky.— Nai