The Smurf Impersonators/Part 4

"By the following day, the bridge was ready to be open, and so also was Hogatha's surprise for us when we would smurf over the bridge," Narrator said. "She was already there before most of the other Smurfs were, though we didn't know why at first. Soon Papa Smurf showed up to smurf us an inauguration speech before he smurfed the ribbon."

As Narrator continued, Polaris saw in his mind the Smurfs gathered around the side of the bridge where there was a red ribbon tied across its entrance. Hogatha stood there holding a piece of string that was attached to a few surprises that were attached to the underside of the bridge in the middle.

Soon Papa Smurf showed up, and the Smurfs clapped as he stood near the entrance of the bridge with a pair of scissors. "My dear little Smurfs, this is indeed a grand occasion," he announced. "It's thanks to your hard smurf that we were able to smurf together this smurf of art which will finally allow us to smurf to the other side."

Hogatha rolled her eyes upon hearing the speech. If I never hear the word "smurf" again, it will be too soon, she said quietly to herself, laughing and snorting.

"And now the moment you've all been waiting for," Papa Smurf stated as he held up the pair of scissors. "I hereby dedicate this bridge to all Smurfdom in the Smurf Village." He cut the ribbon in half, allowing the Smurfs to cheerfully begin crossing over it to the other side of the river.

"Toodle-loo, my little blue suckers," Hogatha said with a vicious smile on her face as she pulled the cord that opened all the surprises that were attached under the bridge while the Smurfs were crossing it. She plugged her ears and shut her eyes, expecting for the surprises to go off, but to her surprise, they didn't.

"La, la, la la la la, sing a smurfy song...la, la, la la la la, smurf it all day long," the Smurfs sang as they crossed the bridge unharmed.

Hogatha dropped to the ground in another temper tantrum, frustrated that her plan didn't work. "Ooooh, some sneaky dishonest little Smurf must have sabotaged my sabotage!" she fumed.

"Hey, Snorty, what are you doing over there?" Vanity called back. "Come on."

"You're going to miss out if you don't join us, laddie," Duncan added.

Hogatha wasn't in the best of spirits when she started to cross over the bridge. "I must find another plan that will work. I must..."

But as she reached the middle of the bridge, the surprises exploded, the bridge snapped in two, and Hogatha found herself screaming as she fell into the river.

"Michty me, did you smurf that, laddies?" Duncan said. "The bridge just blew up as Snorty was crossing over it."

"Great Smurfiny Crickets, where is the poor Smurf?" Tapper asked as he looked down at the river. "I hope that he's all right."

"Look! There he is!" Smurfette cried out as she saw Hogatha's head pop up to the surface.

"Help, Smurfs, help! Save me!" Hogatha cried out as she was being pulled away by the river's currents.

"Don't worry, Snorty Smurf, I'll save you," Hefty said as he went down to the river's edge and dove in, swimming as fast as he could to grab the Smurf before he got carried too far downstream. Hogatha grabbed a hold of Hefty's shoulders, but the current was too strong for Hefty to swim back to shore.

"Smurf a hold of this rope, Hefty," Papa Smurf said as he threw a rope into the water for Hefty to grab. Hogatha continued to hold on to Hefty for dear life as Papa Smurf and a few other Smurfs joined together to pull the two Smurfs to shore.

"Are you all right there, laddie?" Duncan asked as Hogatha and Hefty shook out the water that was in them from being in the river.

"That was quite a scare you smurfed us back there, Snorty," Jokey said, sounding concerned.

"Uh, yeah, we would have lost you smurfing down the river if it wasn't for Hefty," Clumsy said.

"Don't worry, Snorty...we'll smurf good care of you once we're back in the village," Smurfette said as she and Tapper helped Hogatha back to her feet.

"Nothing that a blanket and a good smurf of smurfberry tea couldn't fix, my friend," Tapper said, noticing that his fellow Smurf was shivering.

As the Smurfs headed back to the village, Papa Smurf stayed at the river's edge, curious about something. "Now what could have caused the bridge to collapse?" he asked himself, before he noticed that a piece of Jokey's gift box was floating downstream. He pulled it out of the water and examined it closely. - Outside Tapper's Tavern, Hogatha was sitting in a chair with a blanket wrapped around her and a cup of smurfberry tea sitting on a table next to her. She only drank a few sips of the tea, not liking the flavor of smurfberries, but at least grateful to be out of the water.

Smurfette sat next to Hogatha, watching over her while she recuperated. The witch sneezed, making Smurfette feel sorry for her fellow Smurf. "Oh, you poor thing," Smurfette said, holding Hogatha's hand. "You're going to feel much better soon, I promise you."

To be expanded on.