I used to think I could speak Cat. I would say 'meow meow meow' while thinking the words I wanted to say to it and thought the cat would understand me. :)
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- When I was about 4, I thought catfish were supposed to meow. — Élistariel
- I used to believe when dogs bark and cat meow they are talking to each other— frogg gurl
- I remember thinking that non-English speakers were much smarter because they could speak "so much faster." Anon
- I use to believe that I could understand what my cat was thinking/saying. So I translated for about 2 years.— Cat Speaker
- Mom couldn't understand why at dinner time I wanted Chicken Pox.— Kristin
- I thought all you had to do to speak Russian was add -ski to the end of every word!— nateski