When my big brother and I were little, we used to think that if we couldn't hear something, then our parents couldn't. So early in the morning when we didn't want to wake anyone up, we'd plug our ears when we were about to make a noise, you know... so -they- couldn't hear it either.
A childhood belief about special powers
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that I couldn't pass by the cemetery at night because the dead people would wake up.— Marcos Carvalho
- When I was a year old, I believed if I hid my face, my mother couldn't see me because I couldn't see her.— kimberly dianne(:
- I can remember thinking that is I hid my eyes, and couldn't see anybody that they couldn't see me.Anon
- I used to belive that if I put my finges in my ears when i sang noone could hear me— Helen
- When I was younger, I used to believe if i covered my ears before I farted no one else would hear it.— Lime
- I used to think you couldn't die if you didn't have shoes on. Coincidentally, so did one of my friends.— Casey