I used to have this twisted belief that if I was nice enough to a wasp, he might become my friend. He would talk to me, walk on my arm but never sting, and convince all his buddies to refrain from stinging when they landed on me or any member of my family.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- My friend managed to convince a gulliable kid at various stages of school that he was superman and a robot.— naff
- I was told as a kid that if you kept stuffing a Big Buddies (bubble gum)I would get lock jaw.— Dawn
- I used to believe Sting was my dad in a parallel universe — Jenn Green
- i used to think bugs could sting you through closed glass windows.Anon
- My sister told me that jellyfish came out of the shower and sting you to death.— Nick (Alex's brother)
- when i was 4 or 5 i used to think neon sour gummy worms were real because they always twisted and turned— HUGBUG09