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As the smurfs search for the missing Smurflings, Papa Smurf felt bad for himself for pushing them too hard. The new rule he made caused this, and he felt responsible for their disappearance. He sits on a log as Smurfette tries his best to comfort him, "Its not your fault Papa Smurf," she tries to reassure him, "You can't blame themselves for this."
"I know Smurfette," said Papa Smurf, "I know that the Smurflings have been irresponsible but I was the one who smurfed them too hard, I just know Snappy was holding back his temper by the look on his face yesterday."
"We'll find them," said Smurfette, "They shouldn't get that far from the village."
Suddenly Brainy rushed up to Papa Smurf, he appeared to be panicking out of his mind, "Papa Smurf! Papa Smurf!" he blurted.
"What is it Brainy!" asked Papa Smurf.
"We found a smurfberry patch picked clean from smurfberries," explained Brainy, "It could have been the Smurflings."
Since its the only lead they have, Papa Smurf decides to check it out. He got off the log and he and Smurfette follows Brainy to the smurfberry patch, there they saw several smurfs examining the berryless bushels with curiosity. "We hadn't picked these bushes yet," said Farmer Smurf, "Not to mention these smurfberry bushes should be full of smurfberries this time of year, the Smurflings must have smurfed them clean!"
Papa Smurf examined on of the bushes, on the leaves he saw small fingerprints made from smurfberry juice smeared on the leaves. The size of the fingerprints were evidence the Smurflings were here, but Papa Smurf wasn't totally convinced. He looked around some more and managed to find a complete smurfberry juice hand-print, when he placed his hand next to the print he saw that it was smaller than his hand.
No 4 digit hand creature with hands that small lives anywhere near the Smurf Village, this hand-print confirms that the Smurflings were indeed here. Since the smurfberry juice stains appeared fresh, they weren't here that long ago. "We're close," said Papa Smurf, "They're somewhere near here. Brainy, inform the smurfs to concentrate their search near this area."
"Right away Papa Smurf." agreed Brainy as he saluted.
As Brainy ran off, Papa Smurf thought for a moment. "There's a lot of smurfberry juice stained all over the place." he said to himself.
He turned toward Smurfette and the smurf focused her attention towards him, "They must be hungry alright," said Papa Smurf, "The River Smurf isn't that far from here, I have a hunch that they head over there to wash up."
"There's no other water source other than the River Smurf." said Smurfette.
"My smurfs," called out Papa Smurf to the nearby smurfs in the area, "Lets investigate the River Smurf."
He and all the smurfs walked to the Smurf River, what they found shocked them. They saw that the river was rushing with flood waters, no way the Smurflings would swim in this. What made everysmurf's faces cold was the sight of their close just a few centimeters from the river's edge, Papa Smurf and Smurfette rushed up to the piles of clothes left behind by the Smurflings and examined it. "Oh no," said Papa Smurf under his own breath, "They must have been swimming, the flood waters must have washed them away."
All the smurfs gasp as Smurfette tries her best not to faint, "Sassette!" she cried as she placed her fingers between her teeth.
"Search the river downstream," ordered Papa Smurf, "The river isn't that deep, they must-"
Papa Smurf was interrupted by a thunderclap and a flash of bright light, the very storm that caused the flooding of the Smurf River had finally rolled into their area. The sky was becoming dark as the storm clouds block out the sun, "Retreat my smurfs," ordered Papa Smurf, "It is too dangerous to continue search in the progress of this storm, we'll resume once it dissipates."
As the smurfs ran back to their village, the storm began dumping torrential amounts of rain onto the land. The smurflings found themselves in a dire situation where the Smurf River threatens to take them to sea, they were panicking madly as they scramble for shore. Oddly enough, a sharp tern in the rushing river chucked the Smurflings on land, which saved them from drowning.
But they were far from dry, the storm's rain was pounding hard. The Smurflings quickly got up and rushed over to a nearby tree where they tried their best to stay dry, "Why?" Snappy asked himself as he stairs at the river, "Why Mother Nature! Why!"
"She's not going to listen to you Snappy." said Nat.
"Wait," said Slouchy, "Where's Sassette?"
The Smurflings looked around and saw an unconscious Sassette lying face down in the grass nearby, her crude bathing suit had been washed away by the river and was now only wearing pink panties. Snappy rushed over to her and dragged her under the tree. He turned her over and checked her pulse, "She's still alive," said Snappy, "But she's not breathing!"
Snappy popped Sassette's mouth open and does his best to blow air into her lungs, after a few tries she began coughing. "There, there Sassette," said Snappy as he patted her on the back, "Everything's alright."
When Sassette opened her eyes, she looked at Snappy with heartbroken eyes, "I wanna go home!" she cried before she spewed out more water. When she discovered her leafy bathing suit had been removed, she suddenly felt exposed. Sassette let out a squeal before trying to cover herself up in a nearby bush, "Like I said," said Snappy, "You have nothing to hide."
"But its not natural for a smurfette to reveal this much of herself," cried Sassette, "There goes my dignity."
"Its cultural Sassette," said Nat, "It is natural."
"Well you're not staying in the bushes forever," said Slouchy, "We gotta smurf ourselves a campfire."
"We don't have any wood," said Snappy, "And its just too wet to find any smurfy wood."
At that moment, lighting struck somewhere close to the Smurflings. They jumped as the thunderclap was heard in point blank range, Snappy stubbornly grabbed Sassette's hand and pulled her out of the bushes as the Smurflings ran around the tree to see what happened. There they saw an ember burning away deep within the forest, "There," said Nat, "Fire!"
The Smurflings ran back out into the rain and into the thick vegetation where they reached the fire, the flames caused by the lightning was dying out. "Quick," said Snappy, "Add kindling!"
The Smurflings scrambled and find as much dry wood as possible, they add as much kindling to the fire, trying their best not to smother it. Right away, the flames grew to a size where the Smurflings can add firewood to stabilize it. Once done, the Smurflings huddle around the fire for dear warmth, just as it began to get cold. "I guess Papa Smurf was right with the weather prediction after all." said Nat.
"We came out here for a break from work," said Slouchy, "And now we're in rain almost naked, this isn't smurfy at all."
"We'll just wait until the storm passes," said Snappy, "In the meantime, we plan our next move."
"Why doesn't everything we do goes to plan?" cried Sassette.
"Bad timing." muttered Nat.
For two hours, the rain continued to pour non-stop. The Smurflings spent the time huddled together for dear warmth, every minute that passed feels like an eternity for them. They sat there in the mud, sitting very still. Even though the tree canopy above them shield them from the rain, the wind chill factor was cold enough to cause a mild case of hypothermia for Slouchy. Snappy caught it in time when he saw Slouchy's hands turned navy blue.
"Slouchy?" asked Snappy, "Are you alright?"
The smurfling turned his head and looked at him slowly, "I don't know." he mumbled.
"Lets build a shelter," said Snappy, "The fire isn't enough to keep us warm."
The Smurflings got up and quickly constructed a crude makeshift shelter out of twigs and mud, its simply a mound to rest their backs on. The fire's heat would cook it up, providing more warmth for the Smurflings.
The crude construction worked, the Smurflings managed to capture more heat from the fire as they rested their backs up against it. After a few minutes of sitting there, the rain began to ease as the storm passes. When it finally stopped altogether, the sun broke through the clouds and formed a rainbow high in the sky.
The Smurflings didn't see the rainbow, they were just glad that the storm had past. Relieved, they broke camp and rushed to a spot in the forest where the sunlight reaches the forest floor. "Finally," said Snappy as the Smurflings submerged themselves in sunlight, "Relief."
"Its past lunch," said Sassette, "And my tummy is getting bubbly again."
"I know of a place where we can get food," said Snappy, "Though its going to be risky, since its not going to be smurfberries this time."
"An apple tree?" asked Nat, "Or a honey bee hive?"
"No," said Snappy, "A little more complex, an actual human farm."
TO BE CONTINUED...