A zoo that I often visited as a child had an African porcupine. Its quills (especially in back) resembled shafts of feathers to such an extent that for a long time i thought a porcupine was a kind of bird!
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- When I was a child I used to belive that if I put on cardboard wings I could fly like a bird.Anon
- When I was little, I thought that birds feathers were made out of twigs and cat hairs.— Lily
- I thought that all black people were African-AmericanAnon
- When I was a child I used to believe that a camper was some kind of resort. — Patty
- Ice cream was made from feathers. My brother told me it was.— ed209
- when I was little, I thought the big stalls were for royalty and celebrities, when they visitedAnon