When I was a kid I thought praying mantises were made out of grass
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- As a child I thought that if you killed a praying mantis, you had to pay God $50.00.— stevie p
- I thought hills were dragons sleeping under the grassAnon
- I used to think that the praying mantis was related to the katydid!Anon
- For whatever reason, I thought that grass was slang for tobacco rather than marijuana.Anon
- I used to think that dandilions were marshmallows on grass— Vernon D'Souza
- I use to think mountains were dead dinosaurs and grass grew over it.— Tara