When I was little I thought birds were having important meetings when they sat together on the telephone wires.
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that bird perched on telephone wires to keep their feet warmAnon
- That at meetings adults sat on plastic chairs surrounding a large piece of meatAnon
- I used to think that when you sent a fax, the paper went through the wires.— em
- I always thought the connectors on the telephone lines were flying turtles.— Angie B
- When I was eight, I thought my dad could translate what the birds were saying. I have no idea why.Anon
- I used to believe that you could pass things down the telephone.Anon