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I used to believe that, by moving their branches from one side to another, trees made wind.

— Pilar

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Factories make clouds

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Trees make the wind blow

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I used to believe that when windmills spun round they were making wind. They only spun round on windy days and stayed still on sunny days, so i never doubted my belief. I never could understand why people wanted to make it windy, STUPID PEOPLE!!!!!

— Claire-Ponteland (UK)

My dad worked on a plant of some sort. They had those huge stacks with all the smoke coming out. One day I went up there with my mom and I saw the smoke, I truly believed that my dad made clouds all day! But no, he was just polluting.. ha.

— Laura

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My aunt had my cousin convinced that clouds were made by sticking cotton balls together with peanut butter and throwing them up into the air.

— Denise

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I used to believe that went the sun went down, it went down into the ground over in China.

— Danielle, AL

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i used to think that clouds got in the sky by the skywriters. One day there was no clouds and i said that it must be his day off

Anon

My cousin moved from Texas to Illinois when she was about 4. At the time is was winter and she had never seen snow. When her mother told her that she was finally going to see snow she started crying. As it turned out she thought that snow came out of the sky in the form of snowballs and they would hit you in the head if you went outside.

— gadgetgirl

when i was small about 4 or 5 i asked "why dose the sun kept disapearing?"
"its cloudy." my mom replied.
i heard clowny and pictured big fat clowns covering the sun.

— adrianna garcia

I used to believe that winter came because the earth had moved farther away from the sun. It never occured to me that it was summer in other parts of the world, I thought we had global summers and winters. That never explained why it never snowed during our Christmas time, which is in summer.

— gary b

Growing up in Los Angeles, I believed snow came down in balls - literally snowballs falling from the sky. Imagine my disapointment the first time that I saw snow.

Anon

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When i was little i believed that clouds were cotton candy that angels lived in and rain was angel tears

— Missy

I used to believe that when it rained god was crying, and when it thundered he was rolling over in bed, and when there was an earthquake the dead people were rolling over in their graves!

— Tarn

When I was young, I believed that the dark clouds brought the nighttime darkness. I would run in on a cloudy day, and say, is it time to go to bed mummy.

— UKsonia

When i was younger , maybe about 7 or 8 i used to believe clouds never moved or changed shape. they would stay in the same position and the world moved, i believed if it rained one day then the same time the next year when the world turned a full circle it would be raining again

Anon

Ok, I live in a place where it snows quite a bit. When I was in kindergarten, I thought that when it snowed, it was god's dandruff. I beleived this until I was in the third grade, I think. So, whenever it would snow, I was afraid to go outside because I thought I would get dandruff.

— ShagNasty

I used to believe that on the rare occassion when it rained while the sun was still shining, the sun would get wet and drip and set fire to anything it drips on which

— St. Louis

My older brothers told me that if it rained and the sun was shining, the rain was radioactive! So whenever it happened, I would run for cover as fast as possible so I wouldn't get "radiation poisoning."

— Annelee

I can vivdly remember my sister laughing when I suggested to her that it was impossible to get dirty in winter because all the dirt was frozen. Seemed like sound logic as a kid being told it was time to take a bath.

Anon

I used to think that when you saw a rainbow there would be a little green leprechaun sitting there with a pot of gold, and if you tried to steal the gold he would push you into the rainbow and your body would get boils and burn to death...

— Martin

when i was 5 or so i used to beleive the weather had something to do with where god was living such as thunder was when he moved his furniature rain was when he pulled the plug after a bath and lightning was him flicking the lights on and off

— quite foolish

When I was about 5 or so, I used to believe that when it was raining it was God who would be bathing and the water would be running down the drains which was the clouds. Even up to now I can't figure out where I got that idea.

— Lennon (Zim)

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