when i was rather young i knew that birds didn't fly just by moving their wings rapidly up and down but that they moved them in a certain way. i figured that if i could somehow master how they did it, then i would be able to fly too!
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- I used to belive that kids had powers and if you didn't master them quick you'd lose them. — Oliver
- I used to believe that when you moved houses, you traded homes with the person whose house you're moving into.Anon
- I thought buffalo wings were wings from a buffalo, for years I looked for their wingsAnon
- I used to believe that if you ate enough chicken wings, you'd sprout wings and be able to fly.Anon
- when i was young i was told that thunder represented god moving the chairs about— lips
- I used to believe that when you moved house you swapped house with the person moving into your old house.Anon