I used to believe that we all had clockwork hearts that had been wound up all the way to the end when we were born and and were ticking away during our lifetimes, and when the clockwork key had run out we'd die. I also thought if we were to take a tumble or fall the clockwork heart could break or get damaged and stop working. I was never worried about rust though, for some reason.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- my mother was able to stop me from sucking my thumb by telling me it would rust and fall off!!— lv
- When I was five or six, I was worried that I'd lost my heart because I didn't hear it beating.Anon
- I still believe that if I really concentrate, I can stop my heart from beating.— Patrick
- I used to think you could have a heart attack if you failed to fall in love.Anon
- I used to believe that you shouldn't swallow gum because it would stick to you heart and make it stop beating.Anon
- i used to believe that dogs were born in the sky and would fall from a paracheute.
-Dante-— Dante