Excerpt from "JC and Mr. T" by Gil Trudell

There once was a boy name JC.

He was a normal kid like you and me.
He liked to have fun, and his homework was never done.

He was the baby of a big family.
There was Trevor, Angel, Demetrius, Bobby,
and we can’t forget about Chris, Vince, Duquan, and Steve.
They were all apart of the Hope family.

Trevor was the oldest,
And liked to play football.
Angel liked to rollerblade,
but he would always fall.

Demetrius liked to dance,
And Bobby liked to sing.
Chris loved to skateboard,
and Vince wore lots of bling.

Duquan was always hyper,
So he got into lots of trouble.
Steve loved to eat ice cream,
He would always say make mine a double.

There was only one thing different about them,
Mr. T and his wife couldn’t have children,
So they decided to adopt and raise the little boys into men.