My older sister once convinced me that the Russian word babushka (grandmother) meant 'an old person with wings'. She said she was a babushka, and when I asked where her wings were she said her shoulder blades were hidden wings. I spent the next few days trying to get my 'wings' to open up.
A childhood belief about lies
others believed things like this
- When we were younger my sister and I used to think that our shoulder blades were really sprouting wings.— Raven
- I thought buffalo wings were wings from a buffalo, for years I looked for their wingsAnon
- I used to believe that if you ate enough chicken wings, you'd sprout wings and be able to fly.Anon
- i used 2 think ostriches didnt have wings— venti
- Until I was about 6, I used to believe that flys were raisins with wings.Anon
- i used to believe if a cat ate a bird the cat would eventually GROW WINGS!— nightmare