When I was small I thought penguins could fly. It seemed very logical to me -- they had wings and they were birds! I had a whole dicussion with my grandpa about this.. I thought he was so dumb!
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- I thought buffalo wings were wings from a buffalo, for years I looked for their wingsAnon
- When I was little I thought that pancakes were made out of penguins. — Monty
- I used to believe that if you ate enough chicken wings, you'd sprout wings and be able to fly.Anon
- I used to believe that penguins could fly, they just didn't want to.— Mariah\
- I used to believe that penguins lived in the back of my freezzer— JOE JOE
- I use to believe that people who wore tuxedos were actually wearing the skins of Penguins. — Keith