When I was about 9, I had a small growth on my eyelid (which was eventually removed). I was convinced it would grow into another eyeball.
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- i used to believe if a cat ate a bird the cat would eventually GROW WINGS!— nightmare
- My mom told me that rain would help me grow... at a small 5'3" the reality set in quickly.Anon
- My sister ate fish food one day and she was convinced that she was going to grow scales— leohauoli
- I used to think that when people were taking their contacts out that they were taking their eyeball out :) — Jen
- I used to believe that when you had a cousin twice-removed, they had died and came back to life twice.— Amanda
- I used to believe that if the tyres were removed from a car, it would work perfectly on a railway track.— Anonymous Whistleblower