When I was little, I thought that if you did make-believe scenes, they would come true. I stopped pretending to be a mermaid after that.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- When I was little I thought that if I stayed a long time in the water I would become a mermaid.— Salma
- I thought pretending I was sick to stay home from school was called cookie not hookie.— Jen
- When I was little I used to think that my mom was a mermaid because she never went swimming with me— Martina
- I used to believe that if I wet my legs in the sea I would become a mermaid.
— andrea - I used to believe that i swam more than 2 hours I would become a mermaid.— M11cazares
- When I was young I used to believe if you died in the water, you'd become a mermaid.— stefanie