When I asked my mom why birds hopped instead of walked she told me that their legs were too long and if they walked instead of hopped they'd walk right past where they were trying to go.
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that dogs were furry midget who walked on for legs— doggy
- I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon
- I was told that if your ever swore in church, as you walked out God would strike you with a bolt of lightning.— Lou
- I used to think that if you walked down a dead end street you would die.— holly
- i used to believe that if i walked in the rain i would grow taller.Anon
- I used to think the moon followed me when I walked home in 2014.— Cookies