At The Mercy Of Thy Enemy/Part 3

"It's surprising to see that Smurfette would desire good things for a Smurf who she would consider too annoying for her to desire anything good to happen to him," Polaris observed.

"We all have our moments, Polaris," Empath said. "Besides, that's pretty much what Tapper's Almighty would expect out of His followers, to bless those who would curse others, so they would not act like how the world acts when dealing with such people they run into even on a daily basis."

"Indeed, my good Empath, you have spoken the truth," Tapper said. "As many times as I would feel tempted to smurf into my flesh and curse Brainy for all the times he had annoyed even me with his presence, I have to smurf back from those desires and seek what the Almighty would desire of me to smurf in those instances. The walk of faith is not an easy one to smurf."

"That hasn't stopped me from wanting to smurf Brainy the boot when it's so necessary at times, laddie," Duncan said with a chuckle.

"So Papa Smurf has finished creating the anti-pollution solution and is now ready to test it by putting it into the affected waters of the River Smurf, which is the point where the story is now at," Polaris said. "Where were you when this part took place?"

"I was gathered with Tracker and Duncan near the edge of the river when Papa Smurf and Smurfette came with the completed formula, Polaris," Tapper said.

And as Tapper continued on with the story, Empath and Polaris saw Tapper, Tracker, and Duncan waiting by the riverside when Papa Smurf arrived with Smurfette, carrying a vial full of the solution.

"Is it ready, Papa Smurf?" Tracker asked.

"I believe that it is ready for testing, Tracker," Papa Smurf answered. "That is, if Tapper is ready to smurf what he has to smurf in healing the waters."

"Aye, Papa Smurf, that part I'm prepared for," Tapper said. He then bowed his head and raised up his arms toward heaven as he prayed. "O Lord God Almighty, the Heavenly Father, I pray that Your hand will be upon the waters of the forest to heal them of the toxic evil that has beeen smurfed into them by the smurf of man, that You would forgive those who through their evil have smurfed this pollution into Your perfect creation, and that the fish and the forest creatures would also be healed, for not a sparrow smurfs from the sky without You knowing about it. In the name of Your only begotten Son, I pray. Amen."

"Amen," Duncan said after the prayer had ended.

"The Almighty has said that it is safe for you to smurf the solution into the river, Papa Smurf," Tapper said.

Papa Smurf nodded before he poured the solution into the water. Soon the Smurfs saw that the blackness that was covering the water was clearing itself away, replaced by the crystal-clear view of the river.

"It's working, Papa Smurf," Smurfette said as she and her fellow Smurfs watched.

"Yes, the river is now safe," Papa Smurf said, pleased with what he saw.

"Oh, thank smurfness," Tracker said. "Now we can let all the creatures drink of the pure clean water again."

"And the frogs and the fish can smurf home," Smurfette added.

"Unfortunately, Smurfette, you and I must smurf to Gargamel's and clean up his muck pond as well," Papa Smurf said.

"I don't know why we should be helping Gargamel clean up from his own mess, Papa Smurf, but the forest animals don't deserve to be his victims," Smurfette said.

"We'll smurf after the village while you're gone, Papa," Duncan said as he watched Papa Smurf and Smurfette head back toward Gargamel's hovel.

Tapper seemed distracted, as if he was listening to someone else talking in his head at that moment. "Yes, Almighty, I understand," he said. Then he turned to his fellow Smurfs. "Gargamel must be smurfing near the village, and we are to smurf care of him when he arrives. The Almighty has assured us that he will be no danger to us in his present condition."

"It's too bad we couldn't leave him as a stone statue a while back when he was trying to smurf his petrification formula on us," Tracker said.

"I agree with you there, laddie," Duncan said. "Gargamel and his cat were less trouble to us when they were victims of their own evil, and we could have been smurfed of them forever if we didn't restore them to normal."

"I understand what you are feeling right now, my fellow Smurfs," Tapper said. "I do not wish to see Gargamel continue on smurfing harm to others, but we cannot smurf down the same path of darkness that the evil wizard has smurfed if we wish to prove ourselves to be better than he is."

To be expanded on.