I believed our budge could not only speak English but also read. I would write him notes with little instructions on. When he didn't follow the instructions, I assumed he was just being bloody-minded.
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that I would one day have a dog, and I would teach him to speak, read, and even write!— Gretchen
- I used to believe that my dog could speak English, but he just didn't feel like it.— Mariah
- I remember thinking that non-English speakers were much smarter because they could speak "so much faster." Anon
- I used to think everyone in the world knew and thought in English, but choose to speak different languages. Anon
- My brother used to believe that when we went to school dogs went to dog school to learn to speak and read— Matt
- When ever someone said ''read aloud'' I assumed aloud was the title of a book. Lol.— Delaney