when i was small i used to believe that the sand in the desert was filled by the builders who did not need that sand anymore, and when i got to the actual reason for the desert being full of sand i was shocked and suprised too :-)
A childhood belief about landscape

others believed things like this
- i used to think salt was made of sand— hibiscus
- When my daughter was 3, she saw a cat using a litter box. She thought it was building a sand castle.— Debbie the Bad Swimmer
- When i was 6 years old i had a dog named Sandy. And i thought she was made of Sand.— Billy Bob Joe
- in sting's / the police's song ''roxanne''. I thaught that it was ''rock sand''— wacko zacho
- I believed one of the greatest dangers you could face was quick sand. I was scared to death of it.Anon
- i used to think that bethleham was in australia, like just out in the desert somewhere— joanna