my mum used to say to me shut the door or you will let a draught in, but i thought she was saying giraffe, and i was terrified that giraffes must be on the loose and very dangerous!
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to think giraffes were a type of horse— Crocotta1
- I used to believe that scarecrows were giraffes! OK it's a bit weird, but I still get mixed up!— Rosie
- i used to believe that my father always told us to close the doors to keep the giraffes out ... terrifying— lee
- I thought the song "Little Deuce Coupe" was "Little Loose Tooth".Anon
- My sibs and I thought that the screen door was called the "scream door" so Mom could yell at us through it. — Kyle
- I used to think dead people are dangerous. — J.G.