Whenever I saw those signs that said "In case of fire, use stairs", I thought it was telling me to use the stairs just in case a fire randomly broke out. I thought it was a stupid sign. I later realized it was telling me to use the stairs if there was a fire.
A childhood belief about reading

others believed things like this
- i always thought it was Grape Balls of Fire instead of Great Balls of Fire— Courtney
- i used 2 think if u lied your pants would catch on fire cus of the sayin "lier lier pants on fire!"— nell
- The first time i heard of someone getting fired from a job, i thought that they were actually set on fire.Anon
- I used to believe I could fly when I was about four, until I fell down the stairs.— Sarah
- I thought that I could get a suntan if I stood really close to a fire for long enough.— Mat
- I used to think you could die if you jumped half way down the stairs. Anon