According to my parents, when I was very young (probably around 3 or 4) I used to put my ear to the ground. When they would ask what I was doing, I would reply that I was listening for earthquakes.
A childhood belief about disasters
others believed things like this
- After being told by my parents or relatives to "behave," I would usually reply: "I am being have."— Ed
- I used to believe that earthquakes happened because the earth was farting. — Amanda
- I thought ground beef was the meat they scraped off the ground at the slaughterhouse. Yuck.Anon
- I used to believe that if you dig a hole in the ground and put pepper in the hole, the ground would sneeze.— Cookie
- When I was very young, I believed that my parents actual names were "mum" and "dad". — Margo
- My parents used to have an old radio. I thought it could only play old songs, like from when they were young.— kathy