A Wedding To Remember/Part 8

And so the Smurfs and their assembled guests returned to the Smurf Village, where Woody and Laconia dressed in their regular clothes as did Papa Smurf and all the other Smurfs, though Smurfette still wore the dress that she had on for the ceremony at Bluebell Dell.

"Now the two of you may exchange your vows together, in the wedding that you always wanted," Papa Smurf said, as he stood before the two woodelves as their minister.

Both Woody and Laconia used sign language to communicate their vows, with Woody speaking his for the benefit of those who could listen. "We, Laconia and Woody, both promise to take care of each other, to share the laughter and the tears, to accept each other the way we are, to dream together, to grow together, to love each other forever."

"Then, by the powers smurfed in me by Mother Nature and Father Time, who smurf before us as witnesses, and by all the Smurfs who have smurfed throughout the ages, I shall pronounce that Woody and Laconia are now husband and wife," Papa Smurf said. "May this bond between them smurf for all time!"

Every Smurf in the audience cheered wildly at the pronouncement, while Tapper and Duncan McSmurf thrust their fists in the air to show their approval.

"And now you may kiss the bride," Empath said to Woody.

Again the audience cheered and clapped their hands as they saw Woody kiss Laconia with a very passionate kiss.

"This is just so beautiful, I can't stop crying," Weepy said.

"I hate crying at weddings," Grouchy said.

"Smurfs, me and Laconia would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the hospitality you have given us, and we appreciate all the effort you have put into our wedding, even if this is all we ever really wanted," Woody said. "However, there is one song that I would want to play for my bride before we go on our honeymoon together, to express everything that I feel for her...if Singer would do the honors of playing the music."

Singer took this as his cue, as he started playing the song that he introduced to Woody the day before. And as Singer played, Woody sang:

It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart Without saying a word you can light up the dark Try as I may I could never explain What I hear when you don't say a thing

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall You say it best when you say nothing at all

All day long I can hear people talking out loud But when you hold me near you drown out the crowd No language on earth could ever define What's being said between your heart and mine

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall You say it best when you say nothing at all

Smurfette shed a tear as she watched Woody share a dance with Laconia, who looked as if she hearing the music in her very spirit, amazed at how beautiful it sounded because it came from the spirit of her husband. At the end of the song, she responded with a very passionate kiss to her husband, which made the Smurfs and assembled guests cheer.

To be expanded on.