A Haunted Christmas/Part 3

"This one senses that you were not pleased with the idea of having to evacuate the village on the first year that you were a real Smurf, fellow Smurfette," Polaris surmised.

"I truly wasn't pleased at all, Polaris," Smurfette said. "I was just getting used to the Smurf Village being my home, and the thought of having to smurf out into the cold to look for food and shelter was just something I couldn't bear to smurf about."

"But that's what you ended up doing, Smurfette, if this smurf was not mistaken," Empath said.

"Yes, and it was during our travels that we smurfed upon this abandoned castle somewhere out beyond the forest, but we didn't know for sure if anybody was still smurfing in it or not, Empath," Smurfette said.

"And you and your fellow Smurfs had thought that this castle was haunted?" Polaris asked.

"It was really scary smurfing in there at first, not knowing what we would find, but we did think that it was being haunted by some ghost in a suit of armor, Polaris," Smurfette said.

"Let's start from when you and the Smurfs decided to leave the village and then go from there," Empath suggested.

And as Smurfette continued to tell her story, Empath and Smurfette saw that Papa Smurf had Harmony summon every Smurf together around the speaking mushroom for an important announcement...one that Papa Smurf wished he would never have to make.

"My little Smurfs, for our safety and our well-being, I have decided that we must evacuate the Smurf Village," Papa Smurf said woefully.

"Evacuate the village?" the Smurfs said in unison.

"But Papa Smurf, I don't want to leave the village," Smurfette said, sounding very sad. "This has been my home." And the other Smurfs also shared the same sentiments.

"I know how you feel, Smurfette, but we don't have any choice," Papa Smurf said. "It is very likely that by traveling south, we will be able to find food and shelter."

"We'll smurf back to the village when it's springtime, my dear Smurfette, I promise you," Tapper said.

"Now I want all of you to prepare for the journey ahead of you, and since we'll be traveling light, I will ask each and every one of you to only smurf what you need," Papa Smurf said.

"That's hardly a problem with us now, isn't it, Tapper?" Duncan said. "All we need to smurf is just the bare essentials, and we'll be underway."

"Smurf only what we need," Smurfette repeated to herself as she headed for her house. - A short while later, Papa Smurf had his backpack ready with only the things he needed to carry with him. He looked around his house as if he was wondering if he would ever see the village and everything in it again.

To be expanded on.