When I was a kid I used to believe that the birds up in the sky chooses people whom they don't like to shit on them. So whenever a bird was flying above me, I whispered softly that they have nice feathers and hoped that the wind would convey my message to them!
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- When I was little, I thought that birds feathers were made out of twigs and cat hairs.— Lily
- I thought birds grew from bird seed. — Jen
- I used to believe a tornado was a omato flying around and wondered why people were afraid of them.Anon
- I always used to think that grownups whispered where they wanted to go and the car went by itself!— Kay
- Ice cream was made from feathers. My brother told me it was.— ed209
- When I was about seven, I was utterly convinced that chickens had leaves and trees had feathers.— Confused