When I was a child, I used to believe Sherlock Holmes was a real person. But I learned that he is just an imaginary character.
A childhood belief about reading

others believed things like this
- I thought my imaginary friend was real and he imagined me
I hope he still believes I existAnon - When I was little - before we learned cursive - my sister and I called it 'real writing'. — Monty
- i used to think that mother nature was a real person— stephen s
- i used to think that 'uncle sam' was a real person...who took all my parent's money!— julie
- I used to believe that I was the only real person in the world and that everyone else were fake things!— supermk342
- I used to believe that Barbie was a real person and all the dolls were just modelled after her.Anon