When I was as little, my friend and I used to collect dead butterflies from her greenhouse and put the dust from the wings on our arms and jump off the top of the steps, thinking we could fly.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that dandelions roared, and butterflies had butter on their wings.— Adam
- I used to believe that falling leaves were dead butterflies, and I always buried them in the back yeard.— waters
- 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 to believe that butterflies would eat your nose.— Kate G.
- I used to think that butterflies made butter— Christophe R.