The New Shop In The Village/Part 3

The next morning, Empath and Smurfette joined most of the other Smurfs at the dining commons to eat their breakfast together. Hefty and Tuffy both sat together with their wives as they saw the couple sitting down together.

"Well, smurf who's bright and chipper this morning!" Hefty said.

"Yeah, those Smurfs never get tired of smurfing together with each other," Tuffy said.

"Are you saying you're getting tired of us, Hefty?" his wife Artemis asked.

"Uh, no, sweetheart, you know how much that I love you," Hefty said a bit defensively.

"You're still the best thing there is since smurfed bread, Brassy," Tuffy said to his wife.

"You bet I am, Tuffy," Brassy said, nudging him with an elbow.

"So how smurfs things between you and Smurfette, Empath?" Hefty asked.

"Nothing's changed between us, Hefty," Empath said. "Your boys are still mighty hard workers. You really smurfed them to live right."

"So what do you think of that Wake N Bake Shop here in the village?" Smurfette asked.

"Me? Never been in there, and neither has Artemis," Hefty said. "And I'll probably never smurf foot in there to smurf their stuff."

"I don't understand why they even need their own place to gather together and smoke that smurfnip," Artemis said.

"Simply because Slugger won't allow them to smurf that in Tapper's Tavern, even if it has smurfed hands from Tapper to Slugger," Tuffy said.

"But can't they just smurf it outside the tavern?" Brassy asked.

"Not if it's rainy or snowy outside, dear," Tuffy said. "And personally, I wouldn't blame them for that. I think they deserve their own place for their own personal pleasure."

"But what's to keep them from smurfing other kinds of drugs in that place?" Hefty asked.

"This smurf has sensed that they have no intentions as of yet to introduce other kinds of addictive substances into their shop, Hefty," Empath said.

"That's still 'as of yet', Empath," Artemis said.

"Yeah, who knows?" Hefty said. "Smurfing high on smurfnip may not be enough for them, they may turn to smurfing the harder stuff, and then things will really smurf out of hand."

"Well, I think we can trust Chatty and Nosey that things will smurf the way they are in that shop and that we won't have Smurfs smurfing high on things that may kill them, Hefty," Smurfette said.

"We are going to keep an eye on that shop, Hefty, so you shouldn't have to worry too much about its activities until something happens that should raise any alarm," Empath said.

"Hey, you're the village leader, you smurf the shots," Hefty said. "I just want to make sure you're smurfing into this thing with both eyes and that minds-eye of yours open all the way."

To be expanded on.