I used to believe that there was a village of gnomes that lived in my stomach and digested my food for me. Everytime I ate I was feeding their village, so I ate lots of seeds so they could grow plants.
A childhood belief about eating
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I ate a fruit's seeds, a plant would grow in my stomach.— Natalia Castillejo
- I used to believe that if I ate any seeds of any fruit, it would grow a tree in my stomach.— Julia
- I used to think that if you ate nuts and seeds that minature trees woudl grow in your stomach.— Gillian
- When I was a child my Grandma told me if I threw food on the fire I was feeding the devil— Anthony P.
- I used to believe that my urine was a super fertilizer - peeing on plants made them grow.— Andrew C
- I used to believe that if you swallowed watermelon seeds, they would dance around in your stomach at night.— jaalyn