A Vision Of The Blue Moon

"Once In A Blue Moon" is a story event that takes place in the EMPATH: The Luckiest Smurf story series. It is an adaptation of the original cartoon show episode set in that particular universe, retelling the origin of Baby Smurf.

Plot Summary
One day about three years before Empath's final return from Psychelia, the Smurfs who went out to pick smurfberries that day noticed that they all mysteriously turned blue. Smurfette, who never saw smurfberries turn blue before, asked her fellow Smurfs what that meant, and they answered that it indicated the coming of a blue moon. Papa Smurf, who also noticed the blue smurfberries appearing, signals his little Smurfs and tells them that they shall have a Blue Moon Festival that night to see what the face of the blue moon will reveal. Smurfette is excitedly curious about the event, as she has never attended a Blue Moon Festival before. That night, as the Smurfs enjoy dancing, music, and food made with the blue smurfberries, the moon turns the same shade of blue as Smurf skin and they see a mysterious vision in the face of the moon -- a child that will be delivered by stork to their village. Papa Smurf sees a message in the moon that tells him that a small visitor will come to bring joy to the entire village. Every Smurf is curious as to what that sign is supposed to represent, and Papa Smurf says they will have to wait and see for themselves as the blue shade of the moon vanishes.

The morning following the Blue Moon Festival, Harmony wakes up to find a basket sitting outside his door. He is curious to find out what it contains, but as he tries to look into the basket, he hears a rattling that makes him think it's a snake. His screaming awakens everybody in the village as they gather around Harmony's house to find out what's in the basket that's causing the rattling. Papa Smurf looks through what appears to be blankets and sees a tiny blue Smurf face peeking out. All the Smurfs relax as they find out that it's a baby Smurf, the very thing that the vision in the moon had revealed.