when I was little I was afraid of flies until mom told me they were baby birds!
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- i used to think flies were little birds!— unforgiv3n
- I thought that gnats were baby flies, then one day I found out about maggots. yuck— Felicia
- I use to believe that dragon flies and fire flies were fairies— lady eberly
- I used to believe that flies were called "bloody flies"!— Angelface
- I used to think House Finches were baby birds and they'd later grow into Robins or something— Mica
- i would never eat biscuits with currants in because someone told me they were flies.— ahab