Episode Thirteen
The Red Blanket
Papa Smurf
Papa Smurf saw three Oompa Loompas and a cloaked figure walk up to the front of his cell. “Why do you have me locked up?
I haven't done anything wrong” pleaded Papa Smurf.
The cloaked one whispered in to the ears of the Oompas Loompas and they proceeded to sing a song.
“Oom-pa, loom-pa, doop-a-dee-doo, we've, got a perfect riddle for you.
Oom-pa, Loom-pa, doop-a-dee-dee, if you were wise, you would listen to me.
What is scared, locked up, powerless, and blue?
Where you are going it will test if you're true.
What will happen next? Soon you will know,
feel like it's jail but it's time for the show”
"Time for the show, what does that mean?
What do you plan to do with me?
Is this some kind of sick joke?”
Papa Smurf didn't know whether he was scared or confused,
he grabbed a rock from outside the cage and
threatened to throw it if he didn't get answers.
The cloaked figure again whispered into the Oompa Loompas ear then took off. “Hey buddy! How about cutting an old smurf a break? Please let me go”
The Oompa Loompa pretended to not understand and sat down.
He pulled out a chocolate bar, and began to eat it.
“Fine don't answer me, it doesn't matter anyways. This just proves the myth that Oompa Loompas don't have hearts, or is it souls?”
“My name is Waldo and I do have a heart. I'm pretty sure I have a soul too”.
Papa Smurf was in disbelief “Wait you have a name? The history books state that Oompa Loompas don't have individual names.
What the smurf is going on here?”
"I feel like I'm not me, or better yet, I feel like I'm not real.
Do I even exist? Everyone keeps telling me I have a great imagination,
or some say I might be going insane. I swear, I feel like I have another life somewhere else. I feel like I wasn't always an Oompa Loompa, is that strange?
They wanted me to offer you this chocolate bar. For Oompa Loompas, it's our only source of food and what we've always eaten, so it's normal. Why are they asking me, to force you to eat it? Things are becoming strange” said Waldo.
“This is so fascinating. I can't believe what I'm hearing.
What if you are someone else? and you've been forced to be
an Oompa Loompa by some kind of magic? Do you remember your childhood, or anything of your life before this?” asked Papa Smurf.
“You actually believe me eh? You're the first person to believe me,
most think I'm crazy. No I don't remember anything before my first day of work at the factory. How would they be able to enslave a whole colony of us and we not know how? And who could even do this?” asked Waldo.
“Gargamel could, but I know this wasn't him, we have him locked up.
I am going to help you Waldo. If your story is true, which I believe it to be,
then all the Oompa Loompas are people who have been kidnapped
and turned into slaves”.
Papa Smurf grabbed the key he found and tried it on his cell but it was too big.
“I don't have a key and neither does she. None of us do.
I'm going to pretend you ate this chocolate okay? Go along with it”
Waldo tossed the chocolate into the bush.
"Sounds good. Who is the 'she' you were talki...”
Papa Smurf was cut off by the three of them returning.
The hooded figure whispered in Waldos ear asking if Papa Smurf ate the chocolate. “He ate half of it, so I ate the other half, is that okay madame?”
She continued whispering again but this time Waldo pretended to sneeze and knocked into the figure, the commotion pulled off her hood.
She was quick to put it back on but not quick enough, Papa Smurf saw her.
“SMURFETTE? You're behind this?”.
She looked towards Papa Smurf and said “What's a Smurfette?”.
Papa Smurf was heartbroken and said
“You too? I can't believe you don't know who you are anymore.
This is a sad day for all Smurf- kind”.
“You think I'm a Smurfette? My name is Five, address me by my proper title”
“Hahaha Five like the number, they couldn't come up with a better fake name for you” Papa Smurf couldn't hold himself back from laughing.
“I know you're not the Smurfette I knew because you'd never allow yourself to have that much chocolate on your face.
Do you own a mirror anymore?”
Five got mad and stormed over to the cell
“I would end you right now but the truth is,
I'd rather see you go where you're going”
She whistled and a few more Oompa Loompas
came running in with a big red blanket.
“Ahh good timing. All we need now is the okay from the big boss man,
and the games can begin. Can you two...”, pointing to two Oompa Loompas, “send word to the Candy- man?
Tell him that... What's your name again?” she asked Papa Smurf.
“You don't remember who I am either Smurfe... I mean Five?”
Even though he was heartbroken he chuckled when calling her Five.
“I don't know you, let alone remember you.
I've been an Oompa Loompa my whole life”
“Have you ever wondered why you don't look like them?”
Papa Smurf was getting mad now too.
“They're my brothers of course we look alike”
“You're blue and they're not!” I think Smurfette heard enough,
she said “Don't let him escape. And don't put the blanket on until I'm back.
I have something planned for the stranger
and I'm going to talk to the boss myself about it”.
She took off with all but two Oompa Loompas and would be back
any moment so Papa Smurf knew he had to act quick.
“Hey young man” shouted Papa Smurf to the other Oompa Loompa
“If you could pick any name in the whole world for yourself,
what would it be?”
“You're starting to sound like Waldo here”
he chuckled and so Papa asked again.
“I've always liked the name Maurice for some reason
so I guess that would be it”.
“Well Maurice, can you grant a smurf one last request?”
“Depends what it is but I'm pretty sure I can help”
“Can you grab me one more chocolate bar, it was the best thing I've ever had” “See this is something I can help with, one more coming up” Maurice left.
As soon as he was far enough away Papa Smurf started talking to Waldo “Where are they taking me? And what is that blanket used for?”
“We have only a few seconds so I should be quick... The only thing I know is you're going to a place where you'll have to fight to survive. As soon as she comes back in here she's going to cover you with that blanket and it will send you there instantly. I want you to take this pouch,
it has a few things that may come in handy and might even save your life”
“Thanks buddy, will you give Elvis this key? He might know something about it”
asked Papa smurf as he handed him the golden key the squirrel grabbed for him. “I wish I could let you out but I don't know how and I can't risk being discovered. They will do terrible things...”
Waldo stopped talking when he heard Maurice coming back.
“Here ya go last one in my bag, enjoy”
Papa Smurf put it in his hat and said thanks.
“This stuff is so good I swear it might control my life”
Papa winked at Waldo as he said this.
"Prepare the cage for transportation”
shouted Five as she burst in through the door.
She was chanting something as they tossed the red blanket
over the cage and the cage was gone.
What's up with the Oompa Loompas?
Is Waldo someone else?
Why is Papa Smurf locked up?
Why is Smurfette an 'Oompa Loompa' now?
Why is her name Five?
Are there more like her?
Will Waldo get the key to Elvis?
Who's the Boss?
Find out.
The Red Blanket
Papa Smurf
Papa Smurf saw three Oompa Loompas and a cloaked figure walk up to the front of his cell. “Why do you have me locked up?
I haven't done anything wrong” pleaded Papa Smurf.
The cloaked one whispered in to the ears of the Oompas Loompas and they proceeded to sing a song.
“Oom-pa, loom-pa, doop-a-dee-doo, we've, got a perfect riddle for you.
Oom-pa, Loom-pa, doop-a-dee-dee, if you were wise, you would listen to me.
What is scared, locked up, powerless, and blue?
Where you are going it will test if you're true.
What will happen next? Soon you will know,
feel like it's jail but it's time for the show”
"Time for the show, what does that mean?
What do you plan to do with me?
Is this some kind of sick joke?”
Papa Smurf didn't know whether he was scared or confused,
he grabbed a rock from outside the cage and
threatened to throw it if he didn't get answers.
The cloaked figure again whispered into the Oompa Loompas ear then took off. “Hey buddy! How about cutting an old smurf a break? Please let me go”
The Oompa Loompa pretended to not understand and sat down.
He pulled out a chocolate bar, and began to eat it.
“Fine don't answer me, it doesn't matter anyways. This just proves the myth that Oompa Loompas don't have hearts, or is it souls?”
“My name is Waldo and I do have a heart. I'm pretty sure I have a soul too”.
Papa Smurf was in disbelief “Wait you have a name? The history books state that Oompa Loompas don't have individual names.
What the smurf is going on here?”
"I feel like I'm not me, or better yet, I feel like I'm not real.
Do I even exist? Everyone keeps telling me I have a great imagination,
or some say I might be going insane. I swear, I feel like I have another life somewhere else. I feel like I wasn't always an Oompa Loompa, is that strange?
They wanted me to offer you this chocolate bar. For Oompa Loompas, it's our only source of food and what we've always eaten, so it's normal. Why are they asking me, to force you to eat it? Things are becoming strange” said Waldo.
“This is so fascinating. I can't believe what I'm hearing.
What if you are someone else? and you've been forced to be
an Oompa Loompa by some kind of magic? Do you remember your childhood, or anything of your life before this?” asked Papa Smurf.
“You actually believe me eh? You're the first person to believe me,
most think I'm crazy. No I don't remember anything before my first day of work at the factory. How would they be able to enslave a whole colony of us and we not know how? And who could even do this?” asked Waldo.
“Gargamel could, but I know this wasn't him, we have him locked up.
I am going to help you Waldo. If your story is true, which I believe it to be,
then all the Oompa Loompas are people who have been kidnapped
and turned into slaves”.
Papa Smurf grabbed the key he found and tried it on his cell but it was too big.
“I don't have a key and neither does she. None of us do.
I'm going to pretend you ate this chocolate okay? Go along with it”
Waldo tossed the chocolate into the bush.
"Sounds good. Who is the 'she' you were talki...”
Papa Smurf was cut off by the three of them returning.
The hooded figure whispered in Waldos ear asking if Papa Smurf ate the chocolate. “He ate half of it, so I ate the other half, is that okay madame?”
She continued whispering again but this time Waldo pretended to sneeze and knocked into the figure, the commotion pulled off her hood.
She was quick to put it back on but not quick enough, Papa Smurf saw her.
“SMURFETTE? You're behind this?”.
She looked towards Papa Smurf and said “What's a Smurfette?”.
Papa Smurf was heartbroken and said
“You too? I can't believe you don't know who you are anymore.
This is a sad day for all Smurf- kind”.
“You think I'm a Smurfette? My name is Five, address me by my proper title”
“Hahaha Five like the number, they couldn't come up with a better fake name for you” Papa Smurf couldn't hold himself back from laughing.
“I know you're not the Smurfette I knew because you'd never allow yourself to have that much chocolate on your face.
Do you own a mirror anymore?”
Five got mad and stormed over to the cell
“I would end you right now but the truth is,
I'd rather see you go where you're going”
She whistled and a few more Oompa Loompas
came running in with a big red blanket.
“Ahh good timing. All we need now is the okay from the big boss man,
and the games can begin. Can you two...”, pointing to two Oompa Loompas, “send word to the Candy- man?
Tell him that... What's your name again?” she asked Papa Smurf.
“You don't remember who I am either Smurfe... I mean Five?”
Even though he was heartbroken he chuckled when calling her Five.
“I don't know you, let alone remember you.
I've been an Oompa Loompa my whole life”
“Have you ever wondered why you don't look like them?”
Papa Smurf was getting mad now too.
“They're my brothers of course we look alike”
“You're blue and they're not!” I think Smurfette heard enough,
she said “Don't let him escape. And don't put the blanket on until I'm back.
I have something planned for the stranger
and I'm going to talk to the boss myself about it”.
She took off with all but two Oompa Loompas and would be back
any moment so Papa Smurf knew he had to act quick.
“Hey young man” shouted Papa Smurf to the other Oompa Loompa
“If you could pick any name in the whole world for yourself,
what would it be?”
“You're starting to sound like Waldo here”
he chuckled and so Papa asked again.
“I've always liked the name Maurice for some reason
so I guess that would be it”.
“Well Maurice, can you grant a smurf one last request?”
“Depends what it is but I'm pretty sure I can help”
“Can you grab me one more chocolate bar, it was the best thing I've ever had” “See this is something I can help with, one more coming up” Maurice left.
As soon as he was far enough away Papa Smurf started talking to Waldo “Where are they taking me? And what is that blanket used for?”
“We have only a few seconds so I should be quick... The only thing I know is you're going to a place where you'll have to fight to survive. As soon as she comes back in here she's going to cover you with that blanket and it will send you there instantly. I want you to take this pouch,
it has a few things that may come in handy and might even save your life”
“Thanks buddy, will you give Elvis this key? He might know something about it”
asked Papa smurf as he handed him the golden key the squirrel grabbed for him. “I wish I could let you out but I don't know how and I can't risk being discovered. They will do terrible things...”
Waldo stopped talking when he heard Maurice coming back.
“Here ya go last one in my bag, enjoy”
Papa Smurf put it in his hat and said thanks.
“This stuff is so good I swear it might control my life”
Papa winked at Waldo as he said this.
"Prepare the cage for transportation”
shouted Five as she burst in through the door.
She was chanting something as they tossed the red blanket
over the cage and the cage was gone.
What's up with the Oompa Loompas?
Is Waldo someone else?
Why is Papa Smurf locked up?
Why is Smurfette an 'Oompa Loompa' now?
Why is her name Five?
Are there more like her?
Will Waldo get the key to Elvis?
Who's the Boss?
Find out.
