Smurfette In Charge: A Narrator's Story/Part 4

Just then, Duncan McSmurf joined the other Smurfs at the counter. "Say, laddies, what kind of story is Narrator telling you this time?" he asked while Tapper poured him another glass of sarsaparilla ale.

"Oh, it's this smurfdiculous story about how Smurfette became the leader of the Smurf Village, Duncan, not that I can believe a smurf of it," Brainy said.

"Smurfette being the village leader, eh?" Duncan said. "Well, that was just what I was discussing with Hefty and Tuffy, and neither of them believe that Smurfette would ever be smurf out for the job...not that I would agree with them on that."

"Nor would I believe it myself, my good Duncan, for I have always heard that the McSmurfettes and the Ailill clan Smurfettes are always the strongest-smurfed Smurfettes that can smurf their own against their Smurf counterparts," Tapper said.

"But Smurfette doesn't belong to any of those clans, since she was originally a creation of Gargamel, Tapper," Chatty said. "So what would that make her?"

"Do I really need to belong to a clan to prove myself as a Smurfette around here?" Smurfette asked, sounding indignant.

"No, of course not, lassie," Duncan said. "But as the only adult Smurfette in this village, having to smurf up with about a hundred male Smurfs has got to smurf a bit of the McSmurf spirit in you to deal with everything that your fellows can smurf at you on a daily basis."

"The only armor that you'll ever need is the armor of the spirit, my dear Smurfette," Tapper said. "Nothing in the world can smurf you as long as you smurf yourself in that armor and never let yourself be smurfed unguarded."

"So the story brings us up to the point where Smurfette and her fellow Smurfs are having a small party for all the hard work they have smurfed together and for Smurfette being smart enough to deal with the village's problems in her own unique way," Empath said. "What comes next, Narrator?"

"It was during the party that Smurfette and Sassette decided to turn in early for the night, but little did their fellow Smurfs ever know where they were really going," Narrator said. - As Narrator continued the story, Empath and his fellow Smurfs saw that the Smurfs in the story were having a wonderful time at the party, dancing, singing, eating, and talking to each other. Only Grouchy didn't seem to be having a good time, as he was standing next to Harmony, listening to him playing his trumpet out of tune. "I hate out-of-tune trumpet music," he said.

Smurfette was standing near some of her fellow Smurfs talking to them with Sassette and the Smurflings next to her when Hefty approached her. "Say, Smurfette, would you like to smurf a dance with me?" he asked politely.

"Uh...I'm a little tired, Hefty," Smurfette said. "The day was really smurfy for me, so I think that I'll be smurfing off to sleep now."

"Already?" Hefty said. "It's barely past sundown, and you want to go to smurf?"

"If I'm going to be a good leader, I need to make sure that I'm well prepared to smurf the tasks that are ahead of me for the following day," Smurfette said.

"Come to think of it, I need to smurf off to bed myself," Sassette said.

"But Sassette, it's not even anywhere near your bedtime, and Smurfette just allowed us to smurf up late for the party," Snappy said.

"I know, Snappy, but if I'm going to help Smurfette tomorrow, I need to be just as well-rested as she is," Sassette said. "You can enjoy the party without me."

"Well, if that's what you want, we'll smurf you tomorrow morning," Nat said.

"Goodnight, everyone, have fun," Smurfette called out as she and Sassette both left together. The other Smurfs at the party also said goodnight to her before they resumed with the festivities.

Both Smurfette and Sassette got as far as the gate to Smurfette's house when Sassette said, "Nobody's watching us, Smurfette."

"Good, now let's smurf out of here," Smurfette said quietly.

And so the two Smurfettes made their way out into the forest without being seen by any Smurf, following a path that led toward the desert in the area known only as the Cursed Country. Smurfette remembered that she and Hefty had to go through the same desert together in order to get Sir Johan and Peewit's help in order to deal with a dragon and his master who had set fire to their village and kidnapped all the Smurfs to make them work in his diamond mine.

Then soon upon approaching a hill, Sassette saw a campfire at the top. "There he is, Smurfette," she said.

They both went up the hill and saw that Papa Smurf had camped himself on top of a hill near the desert, looking through a telescope. "Papa Smurf," Smurfette called out.

"Smurfette! Sassette! Are the both of you all right?" he asked, looking away from the telescope that he had set up.

"We're all right, Pappy Smurf," Sassette said. "In fact, everyone in the village is all right. We just smurfed out here because Smurfette had some good news to smurf you."

"Thank you, Sassette," Smurfette said. "What I wanted to smurf you is that I have smurfed such an impression on the other Smurfs while I was leading the village during the time you were away that they wanted to smurf me as 'Smurfette The Great'...but naturally I had to smurf it down."

"You should have seen it, Pappy Smurf," Sassette said. "Tailor had smurfed up this dress and hat for Smurfette to wear. We were ready to call her Mama Smurf...well, at least me and the other Smurflings were going to call her that."

"Mama Smurf?" Papa Smurf said with a chuckle. "Well, Smurfette has some years ahead of her before she is ready to be called that, but I will say that I am happy for the both of you. I knew that Smurfette would succeed in her job, and that you, my little Sassette, would be faithful to her as her assistant."

"To tell you the truth, Papa Smurf, it was a hard role to smurf at first, and I was going to leave it in order to seek you," Smurfette said as she and Sassette sat down to talk with Papa Smurf.

"As a wise Smurf once said, Smurfette, it's lonely at the top, and being the leader of the village can smurf pretty lonely for me at times when there's no other Smurf my age that I can smurf to for advice," Papa Smurf said. "Fortunately, you smurfed on good. It's impossible to succeed as a leader of anything if you don't have any perseverance."

"This means that you can return soon, Pappy Smurf," Sassette said. "The other Smurfs won't even know that you've been smurfing out here all this time."

"I'll be here smurfing until dawn, Sassette," Papa Smurf said. He then directed their attention to the small ball of light that was in the sky. "There's this hairy comet that I've been smurfing with my telescope that's smurfing above us right now. It's a rather rare occurrence that I have been smurfing out here in the desert just to see it on a clear night like tonight."

"A hairy comet?" Smurfette said, as she and Sassette took turns looking through the telescope to get a better look at it.

"I wonder if this is a he comet or a she comet if it has any hair, Pappy Smurf?" Sassette asked after looking at it.

Papa Smurf chuckled. "I don't think comets are either hes or shes, Sassette. But if I were to give this one a name, I would name it 'The Great Smurfette'."

"Oh, I get it...like 'Smurfette in the sky with diamonds' or something," Smurfette said with a giggle. "Anyway, it makes me think of what it would be like to always be smurfing in the sky, looking down upon my fellow Smurfs, like Astro Smurf when he tried to smurf into outer space."

"Maybe you should try it someday, Smurfette," Sassette said. "I'm sure that an Astro Smurfette can succeed in smurfing one small step for Smurf and one giant leap for Smurfkind."

Papa Smurf chuckled at the thought. "I don't think we'll be smurfing through that again anytime soon, Sassette, but maybe someday Smurfs might succeed in smurfing to the stars where only others have dreamed of smurfing such a thing."

"Well, it's time for me to smurf back to the village, Papa Smurf," Smurfette said as she yawned. "Come, Sassette, we need to smurf back home."

"Oh, Pappy Smurf, can I stay with you to watch the hairy comet in the sky?" Sassette asked. "Oh, please, can I, can I, can I?"

"Of course you can, Sassette," Papa Smurf said. "I'll make sure that she returns with me right before dawn, Smurfette. That way, in case anyone asks, I'll say that I have found her smurfwalking into the forest."

"Oh, all right, Papa Smurf," Smurfette said as she turned to walk toward the village. "I'll smurf the both of you in the morning."

To be expanded on.