I used to believe that lightning was actually God taking a photograph of me, so whenever it rained and there was thunder and lighting, there I would be, smiling from ear to ear - to give God a good picture of me. Today, I have got the worst eyesight in the family!
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when I was a child I thougt taht sea waves are the result of whales swimming
My grandmother used to tell me that thunder was the angels bowling.
i used to think that when it thundered God was mad at me because i forgot something.
i used to think that moss was actually hibernating moths. this was until the age of 10, when my mum finally asked why i refused to touch it (moths scare me). it still freaks me out.
When I was really little, my babysitter told me and my brother that when it thundered, God was moving his furniture.
When I was a kid, I used to think that "Fred" DROVE the moon, because it seemed to follow us whenever we went anywhere at night
I used to believe that all rivers ran south, or down. This just had to the truth because the rivers were on the big pull-down map hanging in our classroom and the fact that gravity makes water run down.
I used to believe that it rained everywhere at the same time. (I came from a small country, it was mostly true.) I don't remember how I explained the fact that we never got snow.
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Earthquakes were when a huge cavernous crack opened in the earth. It swallowed everyone and everything near it, and then closed up again.
I knew lightning could come in through my bedroom window and kill me.
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I used to believe that the sound of crickets at night was the noise the stars made when they sparkled.
i used to believe that thunder looked a lot like an orange towel. once i was sitting in the backseat of the car and we were driving along the water and the lightning hit the water and my mom pointed out over the ocean and told me: "look, did you see the thunder?" and i looked but all i could see was a big orange towel someone left behind on the beach below us.
To me, an 'earthquake' was a giant round stone, like a millstone or the big round stone in front of a Biblical grave. The 'earthquake' rolled on things and destroyed them.
when i was younger i believed that clouds were made from the smoke stacks
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I was convinced that blowing bubbles on flowers helped them grow. Naturally, why not dump an entire bottle of bubbles in the flower bed?
I used to beleive that if you see a rainbow you will get good luck
When I was young I used to believe that when it is raining God is crying or washing dishes.
i used to believe that when it thundered and lightning came God was mad at the devil
when i was 3 years old, i was driving to the store with my gradfather. it was kinda late at night and the moon was half full, i asked where the rest of the moon went, he then proceeded to tell me that cookie monster ate it. so from that point on to about the time i entered into school, where i learned better, i thought cookie monster ate the moon.