It was a nice cool day in Smurf Village, and the Smurfs were taking it easy today.
Brainy was in Papa's mushroom looking at a photo album with Papa. There was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" Papa called.
"Hey, whatcha doin in here?" Gutsy asked as he, Grouchy, and Hefty walked in.
Brainy was beside the rocking chair Papa was sitting in. The trio came over to look at the album as well.
"They're from when we were all Smurflings." Brainy stated.
Papa turned the page, and the next photo was of Papa holding a smiling baby Smurf. The baby's hat had a blue puff ball on the tip.
"Ah, this is from when you arrived, Gutsy." Papa announced.
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The giggling baby Smurf once again yanked on Papa's red beard.
"Ow! Well, I'm glad to see you're enjoying this, my little Smurfling." Papa said as he winced.
He sat the baby on the floor with the other Smurflings, and turned to finish cleaning up the mess Hefty and Handy had made. Once the toys were away, he glanced around for the new baby, but he was gone.
"Hefty, did you smurf where the new baby went?"
Hefty pointed towards his lab.
"Gagoo." He replied.
Papa got a nervous twist in his stomach, and quickly ran for the lab. Upon running in, he was nearly hit with a glass bottle. The potion inside exploded, and Papa dove out of the way. He glanced up, and his stomach dropped.
The new Smurfling was atop his shelves, laughing happily as he crawled around, seemingly oblivious to the chaos he was causing below.
"Come down from there my little Smurfling!" Papa yelled.
The baby glanced down at him with a grin, before crawling along the shelf again. Suddenly his hand slipped, and he started falling. Papa dove forward, and the baby landed safely in his arms, while Papa hit the floor with a grunt.
As he shook his head and regained his bearings, he frowned at the baby. The little smurfling however, continued to giggle and clap.
"Don't ever do that again, my potions can be dangerous for Smurflings, understand?" Papa asked as he stood.
The baby gave no sign of having heard a word he said, instead grabbing his beard and pulling on it again. Papa yelped, before sighing.
"Gaga?"
He turned to see Handy and Hefty gazing curiously from the doorway.
"It's okay my little Smurflings, just a little mess. Stay in there for the time being." Papa ordered as he walked into the room full of Smurflings.
He set the baby down in the play pen, before heading back to the lab to clean it up. 20 minutes later, he came back in to see most of the Smurflings playing with blocks. One was missing though.
"Did any of you see where the new Smurfling went?" he asked, coming up to the group.
They all shook their heads or offered baby noises of denial. Papa looked around in a panic, before he heard laugher outside. He quickly ran outside, looking around. Looking up, he felt his heart skip a few beats upon seeing the baby on the roof of his house.
"How in Smurf's name did you get up there?" he exclaimed.
His shout must've startled him, because the baby jumped a little, and he fell off. Papa ran forward, and the baby landed safely in his arms. Papa let out a sigh of relief, before looking down at his little Smurfling.
"You sure are a bold little Smurf; you have the guts to do just about anything."
Papa paused for a moment, thinking things over.
"I think that's just what we'll call you; Gutsy, Gutsy Smurf."
The newly named Gutsy giggled, and once again yanked on Papa's beard.
"What is it with you Smurflings and pulling on my beard?"
Gutsy laughed as Papa tickled his tummy, before being playful tossed in the air.
"Let's go smurf up something to eat." Papa announced as he caught Gutsy.
They went back inside, and after gathering the other Smurflings, fixed up lunch.
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"You were quite a troublesome little Smurfling, I couldn't smurf my eye off you for three seconds without you trying to smurf up a tree or my house." Papa stated.
The others were laughing, while Gutsy gave a bow.
"Thank you, thank you." he said with a laugh.
"Gutsy would be the most difficult Smurfling." Braniy remarked, and received a bop on the head from Gutsy in return.
"Oh, I never said he was the most difficult, there was one Smurfling who topped even Gutsy." Papa said with a chuckle.
He turned the page, and the photo had Papa in it holding another Smurfling in his arms.
"Who's that?" Brainy asked.
Papa chuckled. "Why don't I tell you the story and see if you can smurf it out..."
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