The Smurf Of Many Colors/Part 4

After Jacob and his eleven sons walked behind the curtains, Narrator stepped back on stage to continue the narrative. "And so Jacob and the rest of his family traveled to Egypt so that he may see his long-lost son. Along the way, the Almighty promised Jacob that He would bring him to Egypt and bring him back out again, and one of his sons will close his eyes when he is ready to join his people. While Jacob made the journey, Joseph spoke to the Pharaoh about his family."

And as the curtains parted, the scene was now inside the Pharaoh's throne room, where Joseph was talking to the king of Egypt. "So your family is smurfing from the land of Canaan to escape the famine, is that correct?" the Pharaoh asked.

"That is correct, Your Majesty, and they need the best of your land for themselves and their livestock to live upon," Joseph said.

The Pharaoh stroked his beard while contemplating the request. Then he said, "Then I shall permit them to smurf in the land of Goshen, which is where they shall have the best land. And if there are any in your family that are shepherds, have them smurf after my flocks and herds as well."

"This smurf understands and acknowledges, Your Highness," Joseph said, bowing down before him.

One of the guards arrived in the throne room. "My lords, there is a Smurf named Jacob who is here to see his son."

Joseph turned to see his father Jacob arriving. "Papa Smurf!" he cried out, rushing to meet and embrace him. "Oh, it's so good to see you after all these years."

"I wouldn't believe that you were still alive if it weren't for the Almighty, my son," Jacob said, smiling. "Your brothers smurfed you off as a slave, and now smurf at you -- you now rule over all of Egypt! This must be the Almighty's doing!"

"This smurf serves the Pharaoh as his second-in-command, Papa Smurf," Joseph said. "This smurf shall introduce you to him, and he shall let you and our family live in the land of Goshen." He then turned and approached the throne. "My lord, this is my father Jacob, who seeks to live in our land during the famine."

"Ah, so you must be Jacob's father," the Pharaoh said as Jacob approached his throne. "You must have lived a long and healthy life to have smurfed me a son that has smurfed me well all these years."

"I have only smurfed my best for him, Your Highness, but it is the Almighty to whom I shall smurf credit for, not just for him, but also for me as well," Jacob said, bowing down before the Pharaoh.

"Then I shall let you and your family smurf in the land of Goshen during the famine, and if you are pleased with how things will smurf after the famine, then I shall let you smurf here for as long as you want until you are ready to leave," the Pharaoh said.

"May the Almighty bless you and smurf you in all of your deeds," Jacob said, bowing down before the Pharaoh once more. - Narrator returned to continue the narrative after the curtains closed. "And so Jacob and the rest of his family smurfed in Egypt for the entire time of the famine, during which they were well smurfed care of by Joseph. Then came the time when Jacob was ready to depart from this world, and so he blessed every one of his sons according to the blessing that he smurfed them. He was buried along with his wife Leah in the grave in the field of Machpelah, where Joseph and his brothers mourned for their father before they returned to Egypt."

Then the curtains parted, and Joseph's brothers were now wearing beards to show how old they have gotten over the years. Joseph himself was also wearing a beard in the Egyptian style, and he was joined by his wife Asenath and their two sons.

"I got to be blessed as the firstborn by Grandpa Jacob, Manasseh," Ephraim said.

"That's not fair! I was the actual firstborn, not you!" Manasseh said.

"Life isn't always fair, my sons," Joseph said. "But the Almighty always knows what he's doing and will bring about His purposes according to his plan and in His time. You wouldn't have any of your family living with us in Egypt if it wasn't for Him."

"Uh, yeah, that's right," Gad said. "We wouldn't be smurfing in Egypt right now if it wasn't for the Almighty."

"Oh, please, Gad, how could the Almighty be totally behind this?" Benjamin said in his lecturing tone. "I mean, it was us that smurfed Joseph off into Egypt, so in fact we were responsible for having smurfed up the situation where Joseph would be smurfing us from the famine by becoming the Pharaoh's second-in-command, and furthermore..."

Levi hit Benjamin in the head with a mallet in order to get him to shut up.

"...who among us even has the ability to interpret anyone's dreams?" Benjamin moaned.

"Well, if this is the work of the Almighty, we certainly have Him to thank for everything, don't we, brothers?" Judah said.

"Who knew that our brother's crazy dreams would smurf us all down into Egypt just so we can save our families?" Reuben said.

"Oui, oui, this has certainly been a most fortuitous deliverance that the Almighty has smurfed upon us," Issachar said.

"Oh, and smurf at all these smurftastic clothes that I have smurfed down here," Naphtali said, holding up various garments. "I don't even know which of these I'm going to wear."

"Well, it's sure nice to be smurfing somewhere that I can smurf some peace and quiet," Dan said while letting out a yawn.

"I'm sure that all of this will be recorded as an epic story for people to smurf about someday," Zebulun said. "I'm not just certain about what to call it."