When I was at that short age of about 4 or 5 where you're always playing on the floor, I used to play near a step that had a gap under the door. My dad warned me one day to be careful because "drafts" came out from underneath. Only I heard it as "giraffes".
I spent so many days after that watching for tiny giraffes to come out from under the door, but they never did...
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to think giraffes were a type of horse— Crocotta1
- I used to believe that scarecrows were giraffes! OK it's a bit weird, but I still get mixed up!— Rosie
- i used to believe that my father always told us to close the doors to keep the giraffes out ... terrifying— lee
- My sibs and I thought that the screen door was called the "scream door" so Mom could yell at us through it. — Kyle
- I used to believe there was a secret door to the gremlin world hidden under my bed— Mel
- i thought there was a door in the back of the tv and if you wanted to be on tv you just walk in— fred