When I was about eight or nine, my grandfather took me to a marina. The sea was so flat that I didn't think it could possibly be water and wanted to walk on it to check. When Grandpa said no, I thought that you had to be older to legally check if something was water or not.
A childhood belief about water

others believed things like this
- I didn't think you could put out a fire with hot water - only cold water would do.— Katti Pytt
- I used to believe that you could create money (that you didn't previously have) by writing a check.Anon
- I used to believe I could walk on water— Junior....$...
- I thought that hydrogen was pure water (since I knew hydro- meant water) and H2O was impure some how— Hexetic
- I used to believe that if i splashed water on the wall during a bath, the water would turn into spiders— justin
- that bathroom tap water was recycled "potty" water from the toliet. — livingdeadgirl