Once upon a time, many years ago, two burglars broke into our neighbors house in Rockaway....
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Once upon a time, many years ago, two burglars broke into our neighbors house in Rockaway. Mr. and Mrs. Needleman had gone to a movie and the following events occurred
[First Lines]
Once upon a time, many years ago, two burglars broke into our neighbors house in Rockaway. Mr. and Mrs. Needleman had gone to a movie and the following events occurred
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one of many
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Now it's all gone
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except for the memories
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The scene is Rockaway The time is my childhood
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It's my old neighborhood
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and forgive me if I tend to romanticize the past
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I mean it wasn't always as stormy and rain swept as this
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But I remember it that way
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because that was it at its most beautiful
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In those days the radio was constantly playing at our house
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Movie Summary
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
