Purple Reign Of Terror/Part 1

The story took place about five years before Empath returned home for good. Early on a bright clear morning, Papa Smurf yawned as he awakened from his sleep. "All right, my little Smurfs, gather round," he called out.

Every Smurf soon got out of bed and gathered around Papa Smurf's house fully dressed and ready to hear what the village leader had to say.

"Today we have work to smurf on the bridge, so I suggest that we all get started," Papa Smurf said. "And I'll be along to join you in a few minutes."

"All right, Smurfs, you heard what Papa Smurf said, so let's get smurfing," Hefty told the other Smurfs, who then went to get their tools and head for the Smurf River Bridge.

Lazy had just woken up and was at the window of his house looking at all the activity going on. "Come on, Lazy, we need to get smurfing on the bridge right away," Duncan said as he was passing by and seeing Lazy at the window.

"Smurfing, smurfing...always smurfing," Lazy sighed as he got dressed. "Why is it that I can never get a break from smurfing?"

Lazy was the last Smurf in the village to leave and head for the Smurf River Bridge, where he could see his fellow Smurfs already at work, including Smurfette, with all the jobs related to constructing the bridge: carrying and chopping tree sections into logs, tying them with rope as they are laid out on the suspension bridge. Lazy could see that there were enough Smurfs doing the job that they didn't need to have anymore help.

"Well, this certainly looks like a good time for a nap," Lazy said to himself as he started to sneak away from the work area. "Now I just need to smurf the right spot for..."

Then suddenly he walked straight into Papa Smurf. "Lazy Smurf, where do you think you're smurfing?" he asked somewhat sternly.

"Oh, hi there, Papa Smurf," Lazy said rather sheepishly. "You know, I was just going to, uh..."

"Get yourself to work right now like everyone else," Papa Smurf commanded. "I will not have you smurfing off while the others are smurfing the hard work."

"Uh, yes, Papa Smurf, right away," Lazy said before he went to join the others.

Tapper showed up with a pitcher of hot liquid and a coffee cup. "Some fresh acorn brew to smurf your morning off right, Papa Smurf?" Tapper offered.

"I could smurf a good cup of it right now, Tapper," Papa Smurf said, as Tapper poured the liquid into the cup and handed it to the village leader, who then took a sip. "These Smurfs are really starting to wear me out, particularly Lazy of all Smurfs."

"It's nothing that you haven't smurfed with before on many occasions, Papa Smurf, but I feel in my spirit that you're starting to reach the smurfing point," Tapper said. "Is there something I can do to help you relax?"

"No, Tapper, I am smurfectly fine," Papa Smurf said as he took a big swallow of the acorn brew and handed Tapper the empty cup. "It's nothing that a fresh cup of acorn brew can't fix, so if you'll excuse me, I have work to oversmurf."

Tapper sighed as he watched Papa Smurf walk off. "As you wish, Papa Smurf."

Papa Smurf then stopped and saw Hefty working with a pickaxe down in the gully of the river. "How's it smurfing along, Hefty?" Papa Smurf called out.

"Oh, just fine, Papa Smurf," Hefty answered back during a break in his routine. "Could you smurf me the shovel that's next to you?"

Papa Smurf saw the shovel lying on the ground and picked it up to toss it down to Hefty. "Here you go, Hefty," he said as he began to toss the shovel, but in mid-throw, the shovel returned to Papa Smurf's hands, as he could see there was pink sticky goo attached to the shovel that he couldn't get his hands free from.

"Ooooh, who the smurf was smurfing this shovel last?" Papa Smurf asked in an angry tone as he struggled to get his hands free.

"Oh, sorry, Papa Smurf, that was my shovel," Greedy said as he approached. "I was just so hungry this morning that I smurfed myself some muffins before I smurfed here to work. You know how much I don't like smurfing on an empty stomach."

"Yes, well, you could have smurfed your hands right after you've smurfed your muffins, Greedy," Papa Smurf said as Greedy pulled the shovel off the village leader's hands, leaving a bit of sticky residue.

"Just hope we have a smurfy lunch today, since I put Culinary in charge of smurfing up today's meal," Greedy said before he walked away with the shovel.

To be expanded on.