When I was a real little kid I thought that the modern-day American west was as it was portrayed in westerns. As an older kid I saw a movie in which in English kid believed this. I thought, "how stupid this kid is" until it jogged my memory about my own belief as a little kid.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- At the age of four I believed I was soooo smart. I spoke TWO languages...English AND American!— Melinda
- I used to think that even people who spoke something other than English, thought in English— Peaches
- i used to believe that they really killed Indians on westerns.— tripod tod
- When I was little I believed when an actor died in a movie, he died in real life.— Ben
- I used to believe that english was the only real language and all the others were just made up after.Anon
- Thanks to the movie "Annie", I thought hot dogs were made from real dogs. — Katie