Miracle's First Crush (Hero Stories)/Part 3

The following morning, all the Smurfs were gathered at the dining hall for breakfast, but Hawkeye and Miner couldn't eat anything as they were too hung over from the night before.

"What's wrong with Uncle Hawkeye and Uncle Miner?" Miracle asked Hero.

"Don't worry, Miracle," Hero answered. "They've just smurfed too much sarsaparilla ale."

"That's right, wee one," Fergus added. "While we Smurfsman smurf the ability to avoid intoxication from fermented drinks, even we smurf limits as to how much we can smurf. Me and your Papa were lucky enough to not smurf enough before we lost control of our basic functions."

"I still don't see how drinks can cause Smurfs to smurf like that," Miracle inquired.

"I guess it's how the drinks are smurfed, lassie," Fergus retorted. "You might need to ask Uncle Nikolai if you're unsure as to how that happens."

Miracle was just about the ask another question when Papa Smurf got everyone's attention.

"My little Smurfs," He announced. "Today, we need to smurf hazelnuts in order to complete our supplies. I will only need a few Smurfs to smurf on this task."

"Who have you picked, Papa Smurf?" a Smurf asked.

"I need Smurfette, Miracle, Hefty, Brutus, Brainy, Fergus, and William to smurf on this task. The rest of us have to smurf out into the forest and smurf enough firewood to last us the entire winter. Do you all understand?" Papa Smurf asked in a somewhat demanding way.

"Yes, Papa Smurf," all the Smurfs answered at once.

... Later, the Smurfs that Papa Smurf had chosen to go complete the task of collecting hazelnuts were finishing up final preparations at the border of the forest.

"Please take care of yourselves out there," Hero said to Smurfette and Miracle. "I don't know what I'll smurf if I lost you."

Smurfette giggled, "We're only smurfing out for hazelnuts, Hero, it's highly unlikely we'll be smurfed."

"Yeah, I know," Hero replied. "But you never know who'll be smurfing out in the forest."

"Don't worry, laddie," Fergus insisted. "If anything smurfs their smurfs on the lassies; then I'll show them the true power of a Smurfsman."

Hero chuckled, "I know I can count on you, Fergus."

At that moment, Papa Smurf approached them.

"All right, my little Smurfs, go smurf some hazelnuts in the forest to complete our supplies!" he ordered.

"Yes, yes, Papa Smurf!" they all said as they turned and headed off into the forest. Hero watched them disappear amongst the forest foliage. Papa Smurf turned to face him.

"Alright, Hero, I need you to go and help the others Smurfs with any maintenance work that needs to be smurfed." Papa Smurf insisted.

"Understood, Papa Smurf," Hero acknowledged, as he headed off into the village to see if any Smurf need any help whatsoever.

to be expanded later.