A Wedding To Remember/Part 2

And soon Smurfette got her list of wedding preparations ready. There was so much to do and so little time to get it all done that she called out the Smurfs by name whom she charged with the various assignments. "Tailor, I want you to smurf the wedding clothes," Smurfette said after the Smurfs had gathered together.

"Consider it done and smurfed, Smurfette," Tailor said.

"Greedy, I want you and your kitchen team to bake the biggest wedding cake," Smurfette said.

"You got it, Smurfette," Greedy said.

"Vanity, I want you to make sure that Greedy doesn't eat the cake before the wedding," Smurfette said.

"Oh, very well, Smurfette," Vanity said.

"Party, I want you to be in charge of the decorations," Smurfette said.

"That's my favorite part," Party said, sounding very excited.

"Brainy, I want you to smurf up as many invitations as you can for the wedding, so that all our friends can be invited," Smurfette said.

"Certainly, Smurfette, but if you truly want my advice on how to smurf the perfect wedding, please feel free to ask me," Brainy said.

Smurfette giggled. "Thanks for the offer, Brainy, but I'm fine with what we have now."

"What about the bachelor party for the lucky groom, Smurfette?" one of the Smurfs asked.

"Duncan will be in charge of that," Smurfette answered. "Right now I'm more concerned with the bridal shower, and we can't have one until our guests from Pussywillow Hollow arrive."

"Gosh, I've never been to a bachelor party before," Clumsy said. "By the way, what exactly is a bachelor party?"

"A bachelor party is one where the laddies smurf a farewell toast to the innocence of the lad who's about to be married, Clumsy," Duncan said. "It's going to be fun, trust me."

"Farmer, we're going to need smurfs of rice to toss onto the couple, to celebrate their union after the ceremony," Smurfette said.

"Yup, I'll be smurfing you all the rice you need," Farmer said.

"I'll let you all know what else we're going to need when it's time, so for right now, you're all dismissed," Smurfette said. - And so the work began with the preparations for the wedding, with Smurfette overseeing everything to make sure it was meeting up to her standards. Papa Smurf also observed all the activity going on in the village while talking to his guests about their wanting to be married, to make them aware of what it involves, both the good things of being married and the bad.

"Being married means that you will no longer have the freedom that you once used to smurf when you were single," Papa Smurf said to both Woody and Laconia. "It will also be a test of your faithfulness to your spouse, as there will be things and people in the world that will try to smurf you apart from each other."

Laconia signed something that Woody interpreted. "Laconia says that she understands and is willing to take the risk as long as I am willing to do the same, Papa Smurf," Woody said. "By the way, I was wondering if you ever had to deal with marriage and what was it like for you, if you don't mind my asking."

Papa Smurf looked up to the sky, thinking of how to answer. "It's been quite a long time ago, Woody, since I have been married, and the married life for a Smurf wasn't always a smurf of roses. The wife that I once had was very beautiful, and she smurfed me a son who only comes to visit us once every ten years, because of something that I have smurfed to him that made me and my wife separate."

"I'm sorry to have asked such a question, Papa Smurf," Woody said, after Papa Smurf heaved a sigh from telling about his marriage. "I don't mean to ask you about something that you don't like to talk about."

"It's not your fault for asking, Woody," Papa Smurf said. "The thing is, we will all make mistakes when it comes to marriage, but what's important is whether you will learn not to smurf the same mistake and that you will be forgiving to your wife as she will be toward you when you make a mistake."

Laconia signed something which Woody interpreted. "She says that it was very brave of you to tell us about your marriage, Papa Smurf, and that she will try to live up to the example of forgiveness that you have shown her."

Papa Smurf smiled. "I believe that you will make a wonderful wife for Woody, Laconia."

To be expanded on.