I thought the moon rose in the west and set in the east, because it was the opposite of the sun. I didn't discover otherwise until fourth grade.
A childhood belief about outer space
others believed things like this
- For along time I thought the Middle East and Eastern Europe were just different names for the same place!— Helllowerer
- In old west lore, Billy the Kid was called 'buck toothed'. I thought this was because he sucked his thumb. — Monty
- i used to think that the moon would follow you in the car, also that it looked like a half moon.— natalie k
- I used to believe that Moon is the kid of Sun, because it has less light and Moon smiles with kids. — Syed Arbab Ahmed
- that car headlamps were eyes. the ones that rose up really freaked me out!Anon
- I used to believe that Sheri Lewis from the show Lambchop was my Auntie Rose. the look so much a like!— Nirveli