I believed that wooden furniture was carved from a single enormous tree, (much like marble sculptures) i didn't understand about joinery at all. It wasn't until i began high school & we had woodwork classes that the penny dropped!
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- When I was very young, I believed that houses were carved out of one gigantic block of wood.— tinmanjones
- When I was young, I honestly believed that I would die before I reached high school. Anon
- I used to believe nude furniture was ,furniture with pictures of naked people on them.— Bethany Mote
- I didn't understand about boiled eggs until my Mum explained I wasn't supposed to eat the shell as well.— Chris
- i thought going to school was getting on the bus and driving round all day until they dropped you off. Anon
- When I was five, I believed God was big as a tree, a tree being the biggest thing I could convieve of.
— Chris