The Smurfs and the Foxfire (Hero Stories)/Part 2

Pushover arrived at the grinding mill and noticed Lazy had already disappeared, he deeply sighed as he began to push the wheel, he spoke to himself as he did it.

"I'm just a Smurf who can't say 'No', I always say 'Yes' when I really mean 'No', what's the matter; what's wrong with me? I just can't say 'No'" Pushover said to himself as Hefty arrived at the mill pushing a wheelbarrow full of rocks.

"Hiya, Pushover!" Hefty greeted. "Eh, I was just wondering since I'm so busy, if you'd mind, when you're through smurfing flour, that you'd smurf these rocks over to Handy."

Wonder appeared at the door of the mill and peered inside, watching Pushover and Hefty's conversation.

"Come on, Pushover!" Wonder thought to herself. "Say 'No', can't you tell that Hefty's only smurfing you."

But her thoughts were dashed when Pushover agreed to do Hefty's job for him.

"Certainly, Hefty," Pushover agreed. "Is there anything else I can do for you?"

Hefty began to ponder his thoughts until he noticed Pushover had a vial of smurfberry juice attached to his waist.

"Well," he said with a chuckle. "You could smurf me a sip of that smurfberry juice you've got there."

Pushover looked down at the vial on his person, "But... but... this is my own personal smurfberry juice. I even smurfed my own additions in it."

"Oh, come on, Pushover," Hefty insisted. "I just want to smurf a little sip."

"I'm telling you, Hefty," Pushover answered back. "My additions aren't for any other Smurf to consume."

"I just want one sip, Pushover," Hefty insisted. "Why are you making this so difficult?"

"Well, don't say I didn't warn you, Hefty," Pushover said as he reluctantly gave Hefty his vial of smurfberry juice. He watched as Hefty consumed a large amount of its contents.

"Hey! You said you only wanted to smurf a sip!" Pushover beseeched.

"Oh, calm yoursmurf, Pushover," Hefty replied, he suddenly clenched his face. "That was revolting! What did you smurf in that?"

Pushover watched as Hefty walked away, leaving him to do not only the grinding work, but also delivering the wheelbarrow of rocks to Handy.

"I tried to tell you, Hefty," Pushover muttered to himself. "That juice had my medicine in it."

Pushover got back to work in the mill when Wonder walked in, hoping to get some answers.

"Pushover?" Wonder asked innocently.

"What do you want? Can't you smurf I'm busy right now," he replied aggressively without even looking at her.

Wonder just looked at him work, Pushover then let out a deep sigh.

"I'm sorry about that, Wonder," Pushover apologized, sounding incredibly sincere. "I shouldn't have smurfed at you like that."

"There's no harm done, Pushover," Wonder replied. "I'm really concerned about you."

"Me? Why do you need to be concerned about me?" Pushover asked, turning to finally look at her.

"I'm just concerned as to why you're always smurfing 'Yes' instead of standing up for yoursmurf and saying 'No'" Wonder responded.

Pushover sighed once more, "Trust me, Wonder," he said. "I've always wanted to smurf 'No' to the other Smurfs, but I always smurf this deep gut-wrenching feeling that I'm letting every Smurf down if I don't help out. I've always been that way, ever since I was a Smurfling."

"Saying 'No' doesn't mean you're letting any Smurf down, Pushover," Wonder insisted. "I can understand from your perspective that you're helping out your fellow Smurfs, but you have to understand that if you always say 'Yes' and do the jobs that were smurfed to them, then it just makes you a doormat. Did it ever occur to you when it became a common thing?"

"It did occur to me long ago, Wonder, but the others just make it sound so convincing," Pushover said. "Since it sounds believable to me I just smurf 'Yes' without getting a chance to think it over, not even for a second."

"Well, I'll help you break this barrier and get you saying 'No' when they want to smurf their jobs onto you," Wonder said sounding determined.

"I don't know, Wonder," Pushover answered, doubting anything could be done. "I feel it's just going to be a waste of your time."

"Don't smurf that, Pushover," Wonder replied with a smile. "You will break this barrier, and you will stand up for yoursmurf."

Pushover smiled before Wonder gave him a light kiss on the cheek.

to be expanded later.