I used to live in a valley, with mountains either side of us. When my mum told me that people would go driving up the mountain, I could never work out why I couldn't see them. I thought that the smooth looking outline of the mountain (the tree tops) was where the cars would drive.
A childhood belief about landscape
others believed things like this
- I was convinced that hot air sinks. Why else are mountain tops cold, and Death Vally is so hot?— Not-my-wife
- I used to believe that sonic booms were huge explosions that only occured at the very tops of mountains.— Jessica Tinch
- I used to think that the chorus of "mountain song" by jane's addiction was in a different language— nothing'sshocking
- I thought the no overtaking sign meant that red cars cannot drive by black cars.— Helen
- I thought the Mountain of Olives was made out of Olives— Tanuki
- i used to believe people were put in coffins because they were special cars that could drive you to heaven!— jym