I had a dream when I was younger that a caged bird rested behind my bed. Every time I went to sleep, it would come out and float above me. I didn't know it was a dream at the time, so I always put a bunch of pillows against the wall to keep the bird from getting me again.
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- I used to dream that if I held my breath, I could swim through the air for brief amounts of time— Adam
- until the age of 6 i didnt know bird had feet.Anon
- i used to believe if a cat ate a bird the cat would eventually GROW WINGS!— nightmare
- I once for some reason thought a Mantis was a bird, instead of a bug...— Laurie J.
- I thought birds grew from bird seed. — Jen
- My Dad use to tell me if I pouted and stuck my lower lip out, a bird would come and poop on my lip.— Tom