When I was young, my sister told me the stars get in the sky when I'm not looking by shooting out of the flowers at night! One night, I actually sat on the patio watching the flowers in our yard, waiting for the stars to come out!
A childhood belief about outer space

others believed things like this
- I used to believe the rain drops that fell from my roof at night were shooting stars— Kay
- When trains (subways) go underground, my little sister thought that the lights were shooting stars.— Katie
- When I was younger, I used to think shooting stars were aliens in need.— Sakanaaaaaa
- When I was a kid, I thought the stars in the sky at night, were the balloons people let go.— Lisa
- I used to think that the crickets chirp at night was the stars twinkling.— James the Great
- I used to wonder that if man wanted to reach the stars in rockets, why didn't he just go up at night? Duh!!!— albinoavenger