Chapter 4

It's been a week and now Papa had 5 little smurflings with him, the other 2 that arrived was one he named he named Weepy since he hadn't stopped crying since he got here also his first word being 'sad', while the other little smurfling was one named Tuffy because he imitated Hefty in everything and his first word was 'strong'. They made Papa laugh at how each smurfling had their own personality and how they developed it so quick now he wondered how the next smurfling would be like since the next blue moon was tonight, his thoughts were interrupted with the sound of a crash and baby giggles in his lab.

At night, he was rocking the 5 smurflings to sleep before anything else happened; he was also being attentive for the stork to come with his next smurfling but then he heard the sound of a 'bah!' come from the 3rd cradle on his right. It was Grouchy looking at Papa with his little cute frown, Papa just chuckled at his expression and picked him up for whatever he wanted now, the little smurfling just wanted to get out of his cradle for a while; it really bored him to be there so long and doing nothing but just lay on his back and stare at the ceiling as he tried to take a nap.

"What is it now, Grouchy?" said Papa bouncing him to try and make him smile.

"Hate!" he blabbed out and laid his head on Papa's shoulder.

*chuckle* "Seems you only wanted to smurf with me, huh?"

"…Hate"

"You make laugh sometimes Grouchy" he said as he patted his little back.

When Papa glanced at the window he saw the other stork arriving with his other little smurfling, he got excited and decided to take Grouchy with him since the little guy wanted to be with him for a while. He greeted the bird and soon took his delivery and went back inside as Grouchy just stared at the whole thing happening. Papa sat Grouchy on the floor and patted his head as he put the basket down and see his new smurfling.

"Look Grouchy, here's your new playmate like the others." He told the curious smurfling.

He took off the covers on the baby and showed a little smurfling sleeping with a smile on his face. He seemed a little chubbier than the others but it didn't matter, he looked absolutely adorable in the basket until he opened his eyes and saw Papa and Grouchy looking at him. He for some reason started to smile at them but the difference of the smile was that he smiled as he showed them his tongue making Grouchy more confused than curious along with Papa.

"Hello there smurfling, I'm Papa Smurf and this is Grouchy" he said tenderly to the smurfling in the basket.

"Hate!"

"Don't yell too much Grouchy, you can wake up the others" whispered Papa to the little smurfling as he kept looking at the new baby.

And then happened what the elder smurf didn't want, Weepy woke up and started to cry a storm for nothing serious. Papa got up and headed towards him and rocked him slowly to try and calm him down, but Grouchy got closer to the new baby to get a better look at him. The little baby stood still and just stared at the grouch of a baby looking at him with the frown he had 24/7, until for no reason, the baby bit Grouchy on the nose making him scream not from pain but from anger since none of them didn't have teeth yet. He rubbed his nose but he wouldn't let that pass, he got near again and was about to hit the baby in the basket until Papa got his arm before it reached the new comer.

"GROUCHY! Don't do that! You're acting like Hefty when Handy arrived" said Papa with a sigh.

"HATE!" He yelled in anger as he pointed to the baby and rubbed his nose.

"Don't get too mad, he's a little more innocent than you when you got here"

"Hate…"

"Oh Grouchy…"

After a few days the smurfling were playing in nursery Papa had for them. Handy and Hefty were playing with a toy soldier; Weepy was asleep on a teddy bear, Tuffy was punching a toy dragon to show how brave he was and Grouchy just sat there with his arms crossed as he looked at a bird on the window. But the new smurfling was crawling through the nursery looking for something by the looks of it; he was looking at both directions and continued crawling, he passed by Handy and Hefty but found nothing. But soon, something caught his attention from the toy chest, he pulled it out and it was a toy strawberry, his face lit up and he hugged it tight. He loved it so much that he instantly put it in his mouth, but Hefty saw him and wondered why he was doing that until Handy saw him too and decided to imitate him by putting the toy soldier in his mouth like him. When Papa was coming back he saw the baby with the strawberry toy in his mouth knowing there was nothing wrong when it was a plush toy but he saw Handy with the toy soldier and quickly took it off his mouth and pick him up.

"Handy no! That's really dangerous, a part can get loose and you can choke!" he said a little frightened.

"Hammer?"

"It's really unsmurfy, that's also a 'no-no'"

"Hammer" he said again but pointing to the baby as he enjoyed the plush toy.

"That's not much of a problem compared to a wooden toy. But still he shouldn't do that"

Papa walked up to the baby and tried to pull the plush out of his mouth but didn't have much luck because he was also hugging it so no one could take it away from him. After a few tries, he pulled it out his mouth but got him whimpering for it, he didn't want to leave him with such a sad face and thought that maybe he could give it back to him but only if he didn't think of putting in his mouth again because he was making the others do it too, what of one of them does with something that isn't a toy? It could be a really scary experience for him.

"Okay smurfling, I'll give you back the toy, but no more putting up your mouth, ok?" he said really hoping he understood what he said, but he only got a smile and some bounces out of him.

He gave him the toy and hugged it again but this time he didn't put it in his mouth, he stared at it with a very big smile sticking his tongue out at the toy again, Papa was very curious about this smurfling, he just wanted to know what he is meant to be in the future. But the thought was gone after he heard some coos come from the other 5 smurflings; he glanced at them and saw they were giving him a strange look. Before he could wonder what it was, he heard the stomach of one growl and knew what it was now, he picked up Hefty and Handy first and then he'd come for the rest after he was done with them. At the kitchen, Hefty was making a mess with the porridge as Handy was sitting there waiting to be fed, it made Papa laugh how one was a little messy while the other was calm and happy as he fed him a spoon full of porridge. Handy sometimes had the habit of eating with his thumb in his mouth, no matter how many times Papa took out his hand from his mouth he always put it back in the instant it was out, so he just let him be until he gets tired of it. But with Hefty, every time he fed him he'd grab the porridge with his bare hands and spread it through the whole tray with the goop and sometimes on himself for fun, but it gave his papa so much trouble taking the sticky stuff off him constantly.

When he was done feeding them, he picked up Handy and started to pat his back gently until he heard a burp come out, he just said what a good boy he is and put him on the mat for him to play while he finished with the others. When he patted Hefty's back, the little smurfling just looked at his papa's back and started to pat on it as he imitated him. Papa felt the pats and laughed as it tickled him, but he soon heard a loud burp come from Hefty, he really had it stuck in there tight. But after the burp, he let out a little sigh and rested his head on the adult smurf's shoulder, he put him on the mat with Handy and headed for the other 2 smurflings waiting to be fed. It was a little simpler with them, Tuffy wanted to show how strong he was by staying still as Papa fed him and Weepy seemed to be clam when Papa was around so there was no trouble at all in some way, he was really grateful for that part though.

As it was time to feed Grouchy and the new baby, he always tried to make Grouchy at least giggle at the funny faces he makes but the only thing he gets from his sourpuss smurfling is a snort or an annoyed look that makes Papa just cut it out and continue feeding him, but with the other baby he really enjoyed being with Papa all the time even more when he fed him, it seemed he really liked that kind of attention. But Grouchy just stared at him as he was being fed but he then quit and fed himself since he didn't like Papa doing it for him.

1 day later and it was time for the first word ceremony for the new baby, the other 5 sat near the mushroom where the new baby was, he was giggling and sticking his tongue out again towards Papa, he really couldn't wait to see why he was doing that constantly and why did he only enjoy certain toys like the strawberry toy and being with him at feeding hour. As the moon let out the beam it caught him off guard and made the baby look at the moon with curiosity, until he finally said his first word.

"F-f-f-FOOD!"

"Food?" said Papa wondering.

He finally understood what he meant, the strawberry toy, he thought it was a real one, feeding time was favorite time because he got to eat until he couldn't anymore and the fact that he was a little chubbier than the others. He picked up the giggling baby and rubbed his nose with his own.

"You seem to really like food, any type by the looks of it. So then, you'll be named… Greedy Smurf! For your incredible love for food."

"Food!" he yelled out with his tongue out and a big smile.

"I think that also shows it, right?" said Papa with a chuckle.

Now that he had 6 little smurflings to look after, he really wondered how each smurfling would come with their own personality; he just hoped the rest wouldn't be such a fond of food like his new little arrival, Greedy would really make it a little hard to satisfy his different hunger from the others.