At the age of 4 and a half, I was convinced that I could teach myself to fly. I developed a training program that involved a step ladder, all of the pillows in the house, and counting aloud. I systematically lined the living room floor with pillows, climbed the ladder, and jumped, counting the Mississippis before I landed on the softened floor. Each jump, I strained to stay in the air a little longer by means of elaborate arm waving.
A childhood belief about magic tricks
others believed things like this
- I used to think that the expression "The former or the latter?" was actually "The farmer or the ladder?" — Fitzwilliam
- When i was litttle i used to believe that if a had a long enough ladder a could touch the sky.— Sarah Howell
- I used to believe that ATM'S had little people inside them counting moneyAnon
- I believed that the ladder on the back of a trailer/rv led up to a swimming pool.— marilese
- I used to believe the way they counted up votes was by counting the signs people used to put on their yards— Jaci Marshall
- When I was little I thought you could get arrested if you accidentally skipped a number while counting.— Hailey