Be Smurf My Heart –
Sassette walked right up to Taylor's hut, and pounded on the door as hard as she could. A Smurf with pins in his hat and a tape measure hanging off of his shoulders opened the door. "Why Sassette, what's the emergency?" he asked in a New Yorker's accent. "Can you make this?" she asked while holding up her drawing for him to look at. After looking at the 'three-year-olds' drawing of what was supposed to be a Kimono, Tailor handed it back, "Wish I could Sassette, but I've got a smurf load of cloths to mend." he said, turning to his work. Sassette decided to play it differently, "That's ok Tailor Smurf; it probably wouldn't come out very smurfy anyway." she said with what looked to be a downtrodden look. Tailor watched as she walked away for a few seconds, the guilt setting in before saying, "Wait Sassette," and sighed in defeat, "I'll see what I can smurf." Sassette smiled, her plan had worked like a charm.
Snappy, on the other hand, went to visit Greedy Smurf in his kitchen. Snappy just opened the door and walked right in. Greedy Smurf wore a scarf around his neck like a bib, and had a chef's hat in place of his Smurf hat. "Greedy, can you give us a hand?" Snappy asked. Greedy shoved a smurf sized cake into his mouth before answering, "Sure Snappy, what do you need?" then swallowing. "The other Smurflings and I need you to make a special dinner for Sam and Smurfette." the Smurfling said. Stuffing a cookie into his mouth, Greedy asked, "What's the occasion?"
"Smurf romantic. Blegh." Snappy said with a mild disgust, then sticking his finger down his throat. Greedy immediately spit out the cookie in his surprise, "You want me to smurf a romantic dinner so Sam and Smurfette can smurf in love?" he asked in a quiet outrage. "They're already smurfing for each other; they just need to admit it to each other." Snappy said, holding his hands up in defense. "What?" Greedy nearly shouted. Snappy resorted to a calm quiet pleading voice, "Listen Greedy, I've been around Smurfette for a while. I've never seen her as happy as when she is around Sam, have you?" he asked. Greedy let his temper subside a little to think, and sighed in a defeat at the answer he came up with, "No, I haven't."
"So will you help us?" Snappy asked hopefully. Sighing again, Greedy Smurf stood up strait, "Why not, it is for Smurfette." and smiled.
Nat Smurfling was the one chosen to visit the least enjoyable Smurf in the village, Brainy. Nat hoped to high heaven that Brainy wouldn't go into one of his 'I'm so smart' rants as he gathered the information he needed. Nat knocked on the door of the brainiac's mushroom house hoping to an even higher heaven that he was not home. Unfortunately, Brainy answered the door. "Oh, hello Nat." Brainy said, less that enthused. Nat summoned up all the courage he could to not kick Brainy in the shin for that. "Brainy, what do humans smurf before they have dinner?" he asked. Brainy quirked an eyebrow at the little Smurfling, "Whatever they want." he said simply. Nat realized the mistake in how he asked, and said, "No, I mean if a human boy is trying to impress a human girl."
"Are you and the Smurflings up to something?" Brainy asked, knowing right away that they had an ulterior motive; even if it didn't take him long to figure it out. Nat quickly began sweating as he searched for an excuse, "Umm…well…no you see…uh."
"You four are trying to hook Sam up with Smurfette aren't you?" he surmised. Nat had a deer in the headlights look to him, he had no idea that Brainy would figure it out so fast. "I thought so." the older Smurf said before smiling, "I'm not really smurfy about what you are doing, but if it will keep Smurfette happy, then I'll help."
"Jumping Jellybeans, this is perfect." Sassette said as she modeled her new kimono for Tailor Smurf. The dress was light blue and hugged her hips and wrapped around to make a formal looking ensemble. The sleeves opened up wide at the wrists, almost as wide as her waist. The design on the dress was of a Chinese dragon made from white material wrapping itself around her and crawling over her left shoulder. "I must admit, it wasn't as hard as I first smurfed." he said, very proud of himself. "Can you make one for Smurfette?" she asked quickly. Tailor placed his hand against his mouth in thought, before smiling and saying "Absasmurfly Sassette, I'll have it done in a jiffy." With that he went to work on making Smurfette's surprise kimono. "And I've got the perfect design. I just know she'll be smurfed."
"Good, because it's a surprise." Sassette said before giggling. "I figured so." Tailor said as he focused on his work while Sassette admired herself in the mirror.
Snappy and Nat met up with Slouchy at their house right at noon. "So how did it go?" Slouchy asked. "Greedy agreed to smurf the dinner." Snappy said. "And Brainy gave me these to help." Nat said presenting two envelopes, one addressed to Smurfette and the other to Sam. "You told him our plan?" Snappy nearly screamed. "No, he figured it out to fast. But he did agree to help, and he smurfed these letters." Nat said a little scared. "Sounds smurfier than our original plan." Slouchy agreed. Snappy smiled at the thought, "Smurfaroo, this just might work." Gently, yet quickly Snappy grabbed the letter for Sam, and ran off to deliver it before the shade covered the hill. Nat took off to deliver the letter addressed to Smurfette. "I knew hanging with them would be an adventure in itself." Slouchy said to himself.
Sam was going over the wooden Bokkens he had just received from Handy, when he heard what sounded like paper being slid under his door. He closed his eyes and focused all his senses on the sound of the footfalls outside, he recognized that they moved pretty fast and had small feet. Those two things alone told him that the deliverer was a Smurfling and most likely not Slouchy because of the quickness of the steps. He also noticed that the sound was slightly cushioned like the Smurfling wore shoes, effectively eliminating Nat. Sam smiled at the child-like behavior of the person. Unfortunately the footfalls were the only noise he could hear, leaving him to guess between Sassette and Snappy. Sam opened his eyes and looked to his door, thanks to the light shining through the bottom; he noticed the pink envelope lying on the ground. He quickly opened it up and placed the letter on the ground in the light so he could read it. It read, 'My dearest Sam, I would like to meet you tonight at the creek, under the willow branches, please be their right after sundown. There is much we need to smurf about. I hope to tell you everything, and I hope you will share all your wishes with me. Sincerely, Smurfette.' Sam smiled at how prank-like it was, and then he frowned as he began to think, 'what if it really was written by Smurfette?' He decided, "Even if it isn't, I'd better humor them, they are just kids after all." he said and smiled.
Smurfette was singing to herself while brushing her hair, and thinking, "La la lala la la, la lala la la," she sang, "I wonder, how has Sam been smurfing without me?" she asked herself. Suddenly sadness enveloped her features, her shoulders slumped and the hand that held the brush fell to her side. Frowning she sighed and said, "It's no use, I just can't get him out of my smurf." That was before she heard knock on the door, as she turned to answer, she saw a lovely white letter slide its way under her door. Getting up, Smurfette walked to the piece of stationary and picked it up, before opening the door and looking out. "He…hello?" she asked looking to the right. Finding no one, she turned to her left and called out, "Is someone there?" Seeing no one again, she slid inside her house and closed her door, and then she opened the letter. "My dearest Smurfette, though your hair be like sun rays, I am in darkness, and your eyes like the clearest water I cannot drink. My heart has been locked away, and now you have released it to the world, and I give it only to you. When the moon shines silver, I would meet you under the willow near the water of the creek, there I will reveal my true self and the love I have for you. Your secret admirer." she read out loud. Gasping in shock, she asked, "Oh dear, what am I going to wear?"
End of the chapter.