I used to believe that fireflies went to sleep for the night as soon as it got dark. Or at least that's what I was told, probably so I would go inside. It wasn't until my 20's when I was hiking with some friends at night and saw fireflies that I expressed out loud, 'Wow, I can't believe these guys are out so late.' It got quiet and at that point I realized...
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I used to think that fireflies only came out for the 4th of July. :-)— Whitney
- I use to believe the fireflies were birds with spotlightsAnon
- The line 'The dark sacred night' in What A Wonderful World is actually 'The dogs say goodnight'...— rebecca
- My mother didn't want me outside at night so she told me i had to come in or else 'the night air would get me'— Dan
- I used to believe that there was an off switch to the ocean so that it could go to sleep at night.Anon
- I used to believe when I was 5 that I was special because I couldn't get to sleep until 11pm at night — Carrie