When I was about 4, we lived in an area that was known for severe weather and even tornadoes. During the stormy season we would sleep in the kitchen, which was the center of our house and had no windows. Somehow I misunderstood and heard tormadoes and thought that a giant, vicious, huge tomato with enormous teeth dripping of green slime would come screaming at your house and rip it to shreds trying to find little girls to eat. I suppose I had a bit of an over active imagination... Now I know what tornadoes are (some reason not so scary) and like to tell the story to my nieces and nephews.
A childhood belief about weather
others believed things like this
- I used to think that tornadoes were giant tomatoes that would sit on top of your house until everyone died.— Maggie
- I used to believe that tornadoes were spinning jack-o-lanterns in the air bent on destroying my house.Anon
- I used to believe that a tornado was a giant red tomato that rolled through cities and towns.— Darlene
- I used to believe that God looked like an enormous version of "Woody" from the Toy Story series.— Ryan
- I thought that the difference between girls and boys was that girls have teeth.
Anon - I used to think that cockroaches would visit your house if you didn't brush your teeth.Anon