I used to believe that the moon was nothing more than the sun that God put a 'moon pocket' on. The reason why we could only see one side of it was because the zipper was on the other side.
A childhood belief about outer space

others believed things like this
- 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
- I always saw a crocodile on the moon, none of this man-in-the-moon nonsenseAnon
- I used to believe that if I chewed on one side of my mouth too much the other side would get jealous.Anon
- I used to believe that the moon followed me everywhere I went.— Ann
- I used to believe that the sun, stars, and moon were following me when in a car.— Toy