I used to think that if I killed an insect, armies of its angry mourning friends would come to take their revenge on me.
I'm still kind of nice to spiders and ants... You never know...
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I used to wonder what kind of insect "uncles" were named after.
I had "Ants" figured out.— Kimberly in AZ - I know this isnt a huge funny belief, but I used to think that all spiders were poisonous. I love spiders now!— Sammy
- I used to think that "mourning doves" were called afternoon doves starting at noon!
— Megaroo - i used to think the word "friendship" meant a special kind of rocketship that you went on with your friends.— chips ahoy!
- I used to believe that Marmite was made of ants...— Tam
- I used to think that the gas meter made antsAnon