When I was six my sister told me that if I swallowed a watermelon seed it would grow in my stomach. I swallowed on by accident and waited years for it to grow, the whole time i was scared the plant was slowly rising toward my mouth. I was fourteen when I realized it wasn't true.
A childhood belief about watermelons
others believed things like this
- If you swallowed a watermelon seed it would grow in your belly— Rachelle
- I use to believe (thanks to my Mom) that if I swallowed a watermelon seed a watermelon would grow in my belly.Anon
- My Mom used to tell me if I swallowed an apple seed I would grow an apple tree inside my stomach!— Marg
- the if you swallowed a fly by accident that you would then grow an appetite for dirt.— sarah
- I used to believe that if you ate a watermelon seed you would grow a watermelon tree in your stomach!!!— Eskimo
- I used to beleive, that if you swallowed a seed the food would grow in your body.Anon