I used to believe that carnival rides at the fair were like tulips or daffodils in that they grew up from the ground in the days before the fair and when it was over they sunk back into the ground, dormant until next year.
A childhood belief about excursions

others believed things like this
- I thought ground beef was the meat they scraped off the ground at the slaughterhouse. Yuck.Anon
- I used to beleive that the moon was where the local fair was.— tah
- My sister used to believe that chickens grew from the ground.Anon
- I used to believe that telephone poles grew out of the ground.— Jennifer (the blonde)
- I used to think sausages were vegetables, and they grew in the ground.— K.L.
- I used to beleive that road signs grew out of the ground.— Tiana