When I was five, I asked my Nan why birds jumped and people walked (I know, nosey child) and she told me that if birds walked (or their legs moved independantly of one another) their brains would explode. I believed that until a year ago. I'm 25.
A childhood belief about birds
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that dogs were furry midget who walked on for legs— doggy
- when I was little I was afraid of flies until mom told me they were baby birds!— Lisa
- My dad told me that the reason Birds didn't get electrocuted on overhead wire was they had rubber feet!!— Derricki
- I used to believe that people's brains differed in colours. I always wanted purple brains for some reason.— Katrina
- When I was younger, I used to think people in China walked upside down.— Max
- I believed dinosaurs made the mountains whenever they walked the earth.— Tammy