unprompted starter for @earthssprout
ItΒ shouldΒ comeΒ asΒ noΒ surpriseΒ thatΒ PapaΒ SmurfΒ hasΒ aΒ softΒ spotΒ forΒ childrenΒ ofΒ allΒ species.Β SoΒ whenΒ theΒ villageΒ elderΒ happenedΒ uponΒ aΒ waywardΒ humanΒ childΒ wanderingΒ theΒ woodlandsΒ nearΒ theirΒ village,Β heΒ knewΒ heΒ neededΒ toΒ investigate.Β
HeΒ doesn'tΒ approachΒ rightΒ away,Β firstΒ quietlyΒ observingΒ fromΒ theΒ safetyΒ ofΒ theΒ denseΒ undergrowth.Β HeΒ didΒ notΒ wantΒ toΒ revealΒ himselfΒ justΒ yet.Β
Hmβ¦Β Human,Β thatΒ muchΒ isΒ forΒ certain.Β ThoughΒ quiteΒ youngΒ toΒ beΒ onΒ herΒ own.Β
Papa'sΒ eyesΒ scannedΒ theΒ area.Β NoΒ signsΒ ofΒ anyΒ adultΒ humansΒ anywhere.Β AnyΒ otherΒ time,Β thatΒ wouldΒ beΒ aΒ blessing.Β AtΒ thisΒ moment,Β however,Β itΒ allΒ butΒ confirmedΒ hisΒ suspicions.Β ThisΒ childΒ wasΒ mostΒ definitelyΒ lost,Β andΒ PapaΒ SmurfΒ knewΒ allΒ tooΒ wellΒ theΒ dangersΒ thatΒ lurkedΒ inΒ theΒ deeperΒ woodsβ¦Β MostΒ pressingly,Β aΒ certainΒ dark-robedΒ evilΒ wizard.Β
ItΒ wasΒ decided,Β then.Β
PapaΒ emergedΒ fromΒ theΒ brushΒ andΒ cautiouslyΒ approachedΒ theΒ child.Β ThereΒ wasΒ noΒ tellingΒ howΒ sheΒ wouldΒ reactΒ toΒ aΒ creatureΒ likeΒ him,Β andΒ heΒ didΒ notΒ wishΒ toΒ startleΒ her.Β
βΒ PardonΒ me!Β DownΒ here,Β miss.Β βΒ heΒ calledΒ upΒ toΒ her,Β wavingΒ hisΒ armΒ toΒ catchΒ herΒ attention.Β βΒ Don'tΒ beΒ frightened,Β littleΒ one.Β IΒ meanΒ youΒ noΒ harm.Β IΒ amΒ PapaΒ Smurf.Β WhoΒ areΒ you?Β β
