I used to think that animals used to grow meat that could be cut from them without killing them, just like you pick an apple from a tree without seriously harming it.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My Mom used to tell me if I swallowed an apple seed I would grow an apple tree inside my stomach!— Marg
- When I was a kid, I used to bellieve that when I eat an apple pip an apple tree would grow up in my stomach!Anon
- I used to believe that a tree would grow inside you if you ate the seed of an apple or any other fruit!Anon
- I used to believe that if you swallowed an apple seed, a tree would grow in your belly.— Rachel
- When i was little i used to think the meat didn’t come from the animals we saw — m.d
- I used to think doner kebabs were called that because the animals donated their meat for it— Jordan