TALES from the STOOP Growing up in the fifties and sixties was a time to remember. As I look back, I wonder where the time has gone. Although I would prefer to now be in my thirties instead of my sixties, I will make the sacrifice to have lived through those wonderful years. Tales from the Stoop, though a work of fiction, will bring back the memories of a time gone by when a twelveyear-old and his friends could take the train to Coney Island with a sandwich rolled in a towel and not have his parents arrested for child abuse. It was a time when five- and six-year-olds could come home from school, have a glass of milk, and go out and play without the fear of being abducted. Yes, the neighborhoods in Brooklyn were tough, and the fights in the school yard were there, but a mother knew that if she came to her child's aid, the perpetrator was polite and respectful even if he did later end up in jail. The groups back in the fifties stood on the corner by the candy store and...

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