- Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] Storytelling was an art in our family. It was not only entertaining but a way of preserving family history, local legends, and a few tall tales. Stories of ghosts and nameless things that moved in the night were told by my grandfather in the warmth of the fireplace. But they lived only in our imaginations until one quiet, moonless night, it seemed that something was watching us.