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I used to believe…

that using athletes foot cream would instantly make me an athlete.

— Kate

When I was about four or five, I thought you could fly (oh, what an unusual belief) if you held an umbrella above your head and jumped off of something, like Mary Poppins. So one day I climbed up to the highest part of the playground, opened my umbrella, and...*thud.* Ouch. Thank god I did it when nobody was around - although the reason I waited until I was alone was because if I managed it I didn't want anyone else to discover the "secret."

— Meghan

I used to believe that everything in the world had a thin black outline, like in a coloring book. I swore up and down that I could look at things and see their black line

— JW

when i was younger i used to watch the movie Hook alot and i was convinced that i could fly by thinking happy thoughts,when it didnt work i thoughtit would help if i jumped off my bed while thinking,i kept finding really high places to jump from until i got hurt and realized the only way i could fly was if i had wings so i put on some fairy wings from a halloween costume,wow that was stupid...

Anon

I used to think that I could breath underwater by cupping my hands over my mouth and filtering the oxygen out of the water. I told my mom that I couldn't understand why more people didn't try it. I was devastated when she laughed and tried explaining that things just don't work that way. These days I still have dreams that I can breath underwater...

— miraculosly not drowned!

I used to think that if I tried hard enough, I could actually jump off the ground and fly like ten feet as if I were a person walking on the moon, and 'till this day I still have a major fascination with defying gravity.

— Marybeth

Hmmm. The same 'used to fly' belief, except- logically (for a seven year old) I could only do it with wings. So I taped paper wings to my arms and practiced by jumping off climbing frames. Except I swear I managed it once- I went too far for it to just me a jump, and landed too light...

— powergirl

When I was little, about 7 or so, I always used to have a dream where I would stand at the top of the stairs in our house and jumped and then I could fly. And I thought that this would be possible in real life too. So I spent hours trying to fly from the stairs.

— RiotGirl

pick of the bunch

i used to believe (when i was little) i could make the wind stop and start by saying, "stop" and "start"

— Ali

I used to believe that if I heard a noise, I could mimic that noise! I guess I was about 6 when I tried it while watching cartoons. I was Crushed!

— Rob Alabama

There's Two

1: My brother was Ulimate superman FREAK! so......I told my brother once that if e wear a red towel (like a Superman) and jumped off the window he would fly. I usedv to laughed everytime he crashed. But one time he landed on me and i had a broken arm!!!!! maybe i shouldn't had told him!!!!

2: I use to think if i stay still i would turned invisible. Lat time i did that was when I acciendtlly touch a girl's butt. Girl slap me even thought i was standing still for like 5 minutes.

— Johnaao

Until my little cousin turned eight, she firmly believed that she could fly on her birthday. On her eight birthday, my cousin was going to prove this to her mother by flying off her bed. She broke her ankle.

— Rachel

When I was small I believed that humans could fly. I believed that no one had ever bothered to learn and that was why we didn't. So me and my friends were determined to try.

We'd run along benches in the schoolyard and flap our arms like crazy when we jumped off the end.

One of my friends forgot to land on their feet and landed on two teeth, breaking them totally and bruising her face badly.

We then realised that humans just weren't supposed to fly...

— Kitunae the Klot

At the age of 6 my Old best friend (who moved away 5 years ago) "Megan" told me that if you closed your eyes on the tire swing and said, "I wish I could fly!" 100 times going really high, that you'd fly! But when I tried it, I thought i did something wrong. So I asked Megan and she said that I must not have been ment for flying!

— Katie

When New Years Eve in 2000 came by, I was prepared for take off. When the ball hit 0 on tv, I flapped my arms up and down, expecting to fly. But unfortunately, I tripped on the rug, and landed flat on my face, therefore abusing the flying privelage. God was angry at me, so he took that away.

— Cat

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When I was little I believed that everyone had a little bit of magic in them, and i would star at objects intensely trying to make them move. It never worked.

— the amazing magic kid

My friend Danny and I believed that by wishing on those little Troll toys, we could make ourselves able to fly. We "practiced flying" by jumping from the slide at a nearby park into the sand. Once I landed on my face! And I never did fly.

— Jesse

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when i was littel i thought that i coulnd shake the world case when i jumped and landed my vison shaked

— Chorzo Ghost ( RuneScaper )

pick of the bunch

when i was little, i cried after watching superman because i couldn't fly and can't see through walls.i thought i was abnormal! hah!

— adam

when i was around ... 4-6 i used to think when i drew a picture of a person then their eyes would watch me... i got pretty freaked out...lol

— myself

When I was little I asked my mom how are body moves she told me that little people know when I wont to move so thay move my bones whitch move my body.

— Amber

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