My family used to have a cast iron wood stove. It had these two decoritive pieces that curved up, I used to think they were tusks and that the stove was actualy a monster. when you lit it the heat made the metal expand and it would groan. Man, I was afraid of that thing!
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that house fires were caused by foolish people who put paper on the stove.— C.C.
- I used to believe that Metal music was when a bunch of people would bang metal together to make noise. Ha ha.— Kassandra
- I used to believe that pretzals were made of wood.Anon
- I used to believe that pretzels were made from wood....Anon
- I used to think tree-nuts (especially almonds) were made of wood. — Josh
- I used to belive that if I ate orange peel it would expand in my stomach and blow me up.— Paul