The Day Of The Machine Smurfs: A Narrator's Story/Part 1

Empath's personal journal.

''This village notably has a problem with recycling garbage that Recycler is always on every Smurf's case trying to get them to be aware of, and while most Smurfs don't like having Recycler be a constant reminder of what their daily habits are doing, this smurf doesn't mind the effort that he puts into making sure things get reused by his fellow Smurfs, and Nat and Tracker both like that he thinks about the environment that we live in, that the animals live in the same forest that we do and that we should respect their right to live in a land that's free of pollution. This is part of the reason that Tracker helped Papa Smurf clean up Gargamel's muck pond one time when he was using it as a dumping ground for his failed formulas, which was running down into the Smurf River and polluting it, causing strange mutations with the fish that live in it. Today Handy has introduced a new machine that will help us be ever mindful of our need to recycle our garbage.'' - Every Smurf was summoned around the outskirts of the village by the sound of Harmony's horn playing to see what new machine Handy had built for the village garbage collector.

"Ladies and gentlesmurfs, may I present to you the first ever Smurf Village Recycling Plant," Handy announced as he lifted the cloth from over the machine, causing his fellow Smurfs to look at it in wonder.

"How does the machine work, Handy?" Papa Smurf asked.

"Why, it's simple," Handy answered. "Recycler simply separates the glass, the metal, and the paper from the garbage and smurfs them into the machine through separate slots, and then the machine simply processes it and smurfs it into new materials. Here, let us smurf you an example."

As the Smurfs watched, Recycler dumped a load of glass, a load of metal, and a load of paper into the recycling plant through three separate slots, and then pulled the lever. The machine started up with the turning of gears and belts, and then minutes later the Smurfs saw new clean glass bottles, blocks of metal, and clean sheets of paper coming out from the other side.

Every Smurf clapped as they saw the result of the machine. "Why, that's absosmurfly amazing," Papa Smurf said. "This machine will really smurf a long way into helping us smurf our forest clean."

"I hate smurfing our forest clean," Grouchy said.

"This smurf couldn't be more pleased with the inventions you keep building to make the lives of your fellow Smurfs easier, Handy," Empath said. "If only more Smurfs would know how to use your inventions wisely, we wouldn't have to resort to going back to doing things the old-fashioned way."

"I know how you feel, Empath," Handy said. "But I have a feeling that this invention won't be one of those machines that I will have to smurf to the scrap pile."

Just then, Narrator appeared. "Oh, hello, Empath, and hello, Handy. It seems that I have missed the introduction of your new machine."

"It's the new Smurf Village Recycling Plant, Narrator," Handy said. "It's the new way that we'll be handling garbage in this village."

"Well, that seems very nice, Handy, and I'm glad that your latest contribution to Smurf society has been well-received," Narrator said.

"Narrator, this smurf is sensing that you're not entirely pleased with Handy's new invention," Empath said. "Is there something wrong?"

"It's just that where I've been lately, I had to deal with Handy's other new invention that had smurfed over the entire village, Empath," Narrator said.

"What other new invention did I create, Narrator?" Handy asked.

"It's not you who created it, Handy, but some version of you in the story that I was in," Narrator said.

"Great, that just makes me a bit confused," Handy said, scratching his head.

"Why don't you tell us the story from the beginning, so that this smurf and Handy can understand what you are talking about a little better?" Empath suggested.

"Very well, then," Narrator said. "It all started when Papa Smurf was away visiting Homnibus the wizard, and his little Smurfs decided to surprise him upon his return by smurfing the annual repairs in the village."