The Smurfs sarsaparilla). The Smurfs fulfill simple archetypes of everyday people: "Lazy Smurf", "Grouchy Smurf", "Brainy Smurf", and so on. All Smurfs, with the exception of Papa, Baby, Smurfette, Nanny and Grandpa, are said to be 100 years old. There were originally 99 Smurfs, but this number increased as new Smurf characters appeared, such as Sassette and Nanny. All of the original Smurfs were male; later female additions are Smurfette and Sassette—Smurfette being Gargamel's creation, while Sassette was created by the Smurflings. A characteristic of the Smurf language is the frequent use of the undefinable word "smurf" and its derivatives in a
The Egg and the Smurfs book form in 1968. English versions of the book were published by Dupuis in Canada, Random House in the United States and Hodder & Stoughton in the UK. These publications only included the stories "The Egg and the Smurfs" and "The Hundredth Smurf". All three stories were animated, but with notable changes in the storylines: The Egg and the Smurfs The Egg and the Smurfs (original French title L'Œuf et les Schtroumpfs) is the fourth album of the original French-language "Smurfs" comic series created by Belgian artist Peyo. Apart from the titular adventure, it contains two other stories: "The Fake