We always passed an antique store on the way to my grandma's house. I always thought to myself, "What is an anti-q store and what in the world would they sell there?"
A childhood belief about reading

others believed things like this
- I thought change was the store's way of saying thank you.— Madeline
- I saw my mom get change back and thought that the store gave you money so you could buy from them again.Anon
- I used to believe that every time i went in a store that the grown ups had to buy me something.— jvf
- I used to think that the clothes in the thrift store were new— Ellie
- I used to think that my mom had to buy ice cubes from the store and bring them home to fill up the trays.— Shawna
- for some time I used to think that at a drug store people really sold drugs.— NEO_ryu