- Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] When I was a boy I dreamed of what I would make of my life when the time came to leave the mountain. My journey took me to New York City where I became a reporter for a press service, began work on my second novel and fell in love. I knew that the days of my life would be played out elsewhere, but as always, the events that took place on the mountain would shape and change the rest of my life.