I used to think the price of gas per gallon was all you had to pay and always wondered why my parents complained about high gas prices.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if i threw something as high as i could into the air god would steal it.Anon
- i once thought that if you jumped high enough in the air, you'd get stuck!Anon
- I used to believe that grown-ups got scared because they were so high off the ground.— Sammy
- I used to believe that the sky was full of dead people and I would see them if I went high enough— Maria
- I used to believe you got high tides when the sea was full (I lived on the Thames, then) — rosy
- I used to believe that you got married right after you finished high school or college. Anon