Whenever I was told paper was made from trees, I thought it was made with the leaves and not the wood. I agreed with the whole Save Trees! philosophy, but I secretly thought "What's the big deal, if leaves grow back anyways?"
It was until I was like 12 I understood paper was made with wood.
A childhood belief about plants
others believed things like this
- when I was very young, I used to beleive that the leaves rustling in the trees made the wind blow— Ellona
- I was convinced that paper could only be made out of Birch trees (because they had white bark).Anon
- When I was a kid I thought that the wind was caused by the trees fanning their leaves...— GDP
- I believed that leaves on trees only became individual when you you close to them, and then I got glasses.— nola
- Trees grew leaves as camouflage so birds would`nd nest in them. Don`t ask.— DaWind
- When I was about seven, I was utterly convinced that chickens had leaves and trees had feathers.— Confused