When I was 6 or 7, I received a children's one-volume encyclopedia. At the end of some entries, it would suggest that you "Look Up" a related subject. I could not understand why the book wanted me to look up. I tried staring at the ceiling but nothing happened.
A childhood belief about reading
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that all my aunts were related to my mother and all my uncles were related to my father.— Mandy
- My brother used to believe that ceiling fans were helicopters flipped upsidedown and stuck in the ceiling.— Seven
- i used to think that it you kept the volume off on the teleivision set. it would explode.— kath
- I used to believe that when you turned up the volume on the T.V the people had to shout louder.— Tanana
- Mom couldn't understand why at dinner time I wanted Chicken Pox.— Kristin
- I used to believe that people with the same first name were related.— Rebecca