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A blistering heat wave beams down on the Smurf Village, it has been going on during the last few days. The smurfs were desperate for relief as they crowd wherever there is shade, since they don't have air conditioning their homes were even hotter than outside.

The smurfs weren't so prepared for a heat wave since its spring, nor were they're prepared for an impending drought. The only smurf who is prepared for such harsh conditions isn't even a fully smurf, his name is Chernov Reznov.

Standing 10.1 cm tall and wearing woodland camouflaged smurf hat and pants, he's the kind of being bred for such conditions. He has brown hair, which acts like a natural radiator. He also has grass green skin, which is slightly thicker than the average smurf.

Chernov's job is the village chemist, usually working alone. Like Papa Smurf, he also does experiments which sometimes benefit the smurfs. Unlike the smurfs, Chernov has a array of electronic equipment at his disposal.

He prepared his home for the incoming heat wave by placing a reflecting blanket over his house, the blanket was coated with a white paint to help reflect the light of the sun and also has rubber spikes underneath it to radiate the heat. The blanket has helped Chernov a lot and so the inside of his home is cooler than the other smurf homes, not to mention his home also has a crude air conditioning system readily available.

Since Chernov doesn't like the cold, he made his home just a little warmer above room temperature. This keeps the smurfs away seeking refuge from the heat, which Chernov greatly aprpeciates. He was sitting at his desk listening to the radio, the radio signal was coming from the Green Smurf Colony just 10 kilometers to the east. Since he does not like living with his own kind, he resides to the Smurf Village to perform his research on – whatever.

He gazed at the digital thermometer on the wall as he listens to the radio, the thermometer reads 40 degrees Celsius for outdoor temperature and 28 degrees Celsius for indoor temperature.

"The heat wave warning in effect will continue throughout the week," said Rick, the green smurf radio operator on the radio station, "In news that relates to the heat wave, the drought that is plaguing the entire le pays maudit region will also continue for another two weeks. It is recommended to keep water rations on hand just in case the heat wave will continue longer than is expected."

Unlike the Smurf Village which resides in a clearing, the Green Smurf Colony sits deep within a forest with tall old growth trees. Sunlight, if at all, never reaches the forest floor. The average temperature in the Green Smurf Colony resides around 25 to 28 degrees Celsius which is tolerable to live in, so the green smurfs are doing better than most.

The Smurf Village however is having problems with their water supply, with the rivers drying up and their emergency reservoirs near empty Papa Smurf must come up with a plan or the smurfs would die from heat stroke.

So he gathered all of his smurfs for an emergency meeting at the village square, "My smurfs," he says to all of them, "I know this unsmurfy weather is hard on all of you but its also hard on me as well, I have some dire news that might put our lives in jeopardy."

The smurfs began to mutter among themselves, "Our water reserves are draining fast, if we don't find more water to drink then we'll all go thirsty for the entire period of the-"

"What Papa Smurf is trying to tell you," said Chernov as he approached, catching all the smurfs' attention, "Is that you'll die from dehydration then get burned to a crisp by the sun."

All the smurfs gasped as Papa Smurf slapped his face in disbelief, "Well if you put it that way," he said as he puts his hand down, then he paused for a moment, "I don't know how to argue with this, this is a conclusion I want to avoid."

"I've gotten word from the Green Smurf Colony that they've predicted that the heat wave will continue on throughout the week," said Chernov, "The drought will last longer than that, so I've contacted some friends of mind to help with our problem."

"What are you suggesting Chernov?" asked Papa Smurf.

"We put a giant white tarp over the Smurf Village," said Chernov, "It will block out most of the sunlight from reaching the village, it is similar to the one I have over my home but on a more larger scale."

"That's a genius idea." said Papa Smurf, "How come I haven't thought of that?"

"You're thinking of water," said Chernov, "This won't solve the water problem, but it will help make the evaporation of water slow. This will buy us enough time to improvise how we use the water we have, and I mean using the water we already used."

"We already do that." said Handy.

"Not a full 100% that is." added Chernov.

"So let me get this straight," said Papa Smurf, "You're suggesting we reuse water?"

"Filter it first," said Chernov, "Then reuse it. Simple remedies will help put a water filtration system together, so who's up to the challenge?"

"Me! Me!" cried several smurfs as almost every smurf in the whole village raised their own hand.

"Good," said Chernov, "Since we only have one Hefty, we're going to need some more muscle. That's right, we're going to have some green smurfs help us with our problem."

TO BE CONTINUED...