When I was young, I was upset that birds never landed on my finger like in Snow White. My mom told me that long ago, a human accidentally shocked the king bird with static electricity and his heart stopped, so now all birds are afraid of humans.
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- when I was little I was afraid of flies until mom told me they were baby birds!— Lisa
- I thought birds grew from bird seed. — Jen
- I used to believe that it rained when God was upset and that all the birds lived together in one big house.— Rozy
- My dad told me that the reason Birds didn't get electrocuted on overhead wire was they had rubber feet!!— Derricki
- i used to think flies were little birds!— unforgiv3n
- When I was young, I used to wonder what if the animals turned into humans while the humans were away.— Kirk