In England, 'Lyons Syrup' comes in tins with a picture of a lion lying in the sun. My father told me that this was how they made syrup, by leaving lions out in the sun to melt. I believed it for a long time, and even thought I could taste the lion.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I used to think that a sea lion was a hybrid of a seal and a lion.Anon
- when i was little i thought my cat would turn into a lion when he got older.Anon
- I used to believe that the meat dish 'tripe' was lion.— Kent
- when ever i ate broccoli i thaught the monkey from Lion King was in there— Simon
- I grew up believing meerkats have human hands because I learned about meerkats from The Lion King.Anon
- I used to think a tiger was a female and a lion was a male... until I remembered Tony the Tiger.— Alysia