I misunderstood the concept of the Sandman as a kid.
My mom, checking on me before she went to bed, found me sitting up in bed. Why aren't you asleep, she wanted to know.
Calmly, I told her I was waiting for that old man to come and throw dirt in my eyes!
A childhood belief about imaginary friends
others believed things like this
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon
- my older brother told me that if i didnt clean every bit of dirt out of the prints on my feet, i'd die— chel
- I never did understand why it was "Our Father, who aren't in heaven".— Edith
- My mom said she had eyes in the back of her head. I looked and looked, but never found them.Anon
- I used to be really confused about the whereabouts of God.
On account of: "Our Father who Aren't in Heaven".— Tania Bradshaw - My Dad told me that the big bales of hay wrapped in plastic sitting in the fields on farms were cow eggs.Anon