I always thought the sound of the crickets chirping at night was the sound of the stars twinkling. I thought a “twinkle” was a sound. In my mind I imagined the stars kind of flickering while they made the noise.
A childhood belief about outer space
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the sound of crickets at night was actually coming from the twinkle of the stars.— Lily Fagioli
- I used to believe that the sound of crickets at night was the noise the stars made when they sparkled. — Jane
- When I was 4 I believe that the crickets "chirping" were the stars twinkling.— mel
- That crickets chirping were actually the stars twinkling.— Allysa
- I used to believe that stars chirped because they would twinkle simultaneously to crickets chirping— alex
- I used to think that the crickets chirp at night was the stars twinkling.— James the Great