I used to think metal was created b/c a gnome touched something that wasn’t metal before (darn the story of Rumpelstiltskin).

Comments (0) Jul 24 2009

When I was a kid, I believed car engines, their blinkers, computers, tractors, everything worked b/c creatures inside manned them.

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I used to think that things with lids that popped when opened, popped b/c invisible creatures lived inside, and died when the lid was opened. The ‘pop’ was their souls trying to get out too quickly and denting the lid

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I thought my hair was green after swimming lessons because I was secretly a mermaid.

Comments (0) Jul 19 2009

When I looked out my window right before bed, the tall trees looked like huge dinosaurs walking by my window, I still see them now.

Comments (0) Jul 15 2009

As a kid I liked pulling up weeds by the roots. My mom let me, but told me to never pull up any of her flowers by the roots, She was so serious, that I suspected little creatures had communities in those roots, and pulling them would kill them all.

Comments (0) Jul 12 2009

My best friend and I would pretend we were orphans in a junkyard or in the woods and we would go fairy-watching

Comments (0) Jul 09 2009

When I was little, every time I got out of the bath, I’d pretend to be a bat and use my towel as ‘wings’ to fly around the room.

Comments (0) Jul 08 2009

I used to try to walk down the stairs the same way my dog did. I would always trip on the last few steps and fall in an awkward, painful position.
By Erin

Comments (0) Jul 08 2009

I used to pretend I was a Yoshi by putting both of my legs into one leg of full-length leggings, letting the other leg be my tail.
By Cate

Comments (0) Jul 07 2009