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ا ِﻻ ْﺧ ِﺘ َﻄﺎ ُف
َﻋ َﲆ ﻧَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ أَﺑَﻰ أَ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ َن ُﻣ َﺠ ﱠﺮ َد َﻛ ْﻠ ٍﺐ َﻣﻨْ ِﺰ ِﱄﱟ ُﻣ َﺪ ﱠﻟ ٍﻞَ ،ﻓﺎﻟ ﱠﺼﻴْ ُﺪ َواﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻛ ُﺾ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻬ َﻮا ِء اﻟ ﱠﻄ ْﻠ ِﻖ
أَﺑْ َﻌ َﺪا َﻋ ْﻦ َﺟ َﺴ ِﺪ ِه اﻟ ﱡﺸ ُﺤﻮ َم َو َزا َدا ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ِة َﻋ َﻀ َﻼ ِﺗ ِﻪَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ ﻳُ ِﺤ ﱡﺐ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ِﻌ َﺐ َواﻟ ﱢﺴﺒَﺎ َﺣ َﺔ.
َﻫ َﻜ َﺬا َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ِﰲ َﺧ ِﺮﻳ ِﻒ َﻋﺎ ِم ِ ١٨٩٧ﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ا ْﺟﺘَﺎَ َح َﻫ َﻮ ُس ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﺤ ِﺚ َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺬ َﻫ ِﺐ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي
ا ْﻛﺘُ ِﺸ َﻒ ِﰲ ِﻣﻨْ َﻄ َﻘ ِﺔ ﻛﻠﻮﻧﺪﻳﻚ ُﻋ ُﻘﻮ َل اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ِل ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺟ ِﻤﻴ ِﻊ أَﻧْ َﺤﺎ ِء ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢَ ،و َﺟ َﻌ َﻠ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﺪ ﱠﻓ ُﻘﻮ َن َﻋ َﲆ
ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﻄ ِﺐ اﻟ ﱠﺸ َﻤﺎ ِﱄﱢ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َﺠ ﱢﻤ ِﺪَ .و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ﺑﺎك َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻘ َﺮأُا ْﻟ َﺠ َﺮا ِﺋ َﺪ ِﻟﻴَ ْﻌ ِﺮ َف َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ َﱪَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ
أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ أَ ﱠن ﻣﺎﻧﻮﻳﻞ ا ْﻟﺒُ ْﺴﺘَﺎ ِﻧ ﱠﻲ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ َﻌﺎ ِﻧﻲ ُﻣ ْﺸ ِﻜ َﻠ ًﺔ َﺧ ِﻄي َر ًة؛ أَ َﻻ َو ِﻫ َﻲ ُﺣﺒﱡ ُﻪ ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻤ َﻘﺎ َﻣ َﺮ ِة.
َو ِﰲ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﺷ ِﻬ َﺪ ْت َﻋ َﲆ ِﺧﻴَﺎﻧَ ِﺔ ﻣﺎﻧﻮﻳﻞَ ،ﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﴈ ِﰲ ا ْﺟ ِﺘ َﻤﺎ ٍعَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻷَ ْو َﻻ ُد َﻣ ْﺸ ُﻐﻮﻟِي َن
َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ أَ َﺣ ٌﺪ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﻣﺎﻧﻮﻳﻞ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﺼ َﻄ ِﺤ ُﺐ ﺑﺎك َﻣ َﻌ ُﻪ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒُ ْﺴﺘَﺎ ِن ِﻓﻴ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ﻳَ ُﻈ ﱡﻦ أَﻧﱠ َﻬﺎ
ﻧُ ْﺰ َﻫ ٌﺔَ .و ِﻓﻴ َﻤﺎ َﻋ َﺪا َر ُﺟ ٍﻞ آ َﺧ َﺮَ ،ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ ُﻫ َﻤﺎ أَ َﺣ ٌﺪ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َو َﺻ َﻼ إِ َﱃ َﻣ َﺤ ﱠﻄ ِﺔ ِﻗ َﻄﺎ َرا ٍت َﺻ ِﻐيرَ ٍة ﺗُ ْﺪ َﻋﻰ
ﻛﻮﻟﻴﺪج ﺑﺎرك .ﺗَ َﺤ ﱠﺪ َث َذ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ُﻞ إِ َﱃ ﻣﺎﻧﻮﻳﻞ َوأَ ْﻋ َﻄﺎ ُه ﻧُ ُﻘﻮ ًدا.
َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮﻳ ُﺐ ِﺑ َﺼ ْﻮ ٍت أَ َﺟ ﱠﺶ ِﻟﻤﺎﻧﻮﻳﻞُ » :رﺑﱠ َﻤﺎ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ أَ ْن ﺗَﻠُ ﱠﻒ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻀﺎ َﻋ َﺔ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أَ ْن
ﺗُ َﺴ ﱢﻠ َﻤ َﻬﺎِ «.ﺣﻴﻨَ َﻬﺎ ﺛَﺒﱠ َﺖ ﻣﺎﻧﻮﻳﻞ َﺣﺒْ ًﻼ َﻗ ِﻮﻳٍّﺎ ﺗَ ْﺤ َﺖ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ْﻮ ِق ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺪﻳ ِﻪ ﺑﺎك َﺣ ْﻮ َل َر َﻗﺒَ ِﺘ ِﻪ.
ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل ﻣﺎﻧﻮﻳﻞ» :إِذَا ﺛَﻨَﻴْﺘَ ُﻪ َﺳ ْﻮ َف ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﺧ ِﺘﻨَﺎ ٍق َﺷ ِﺪﻳ ٍﺪَ «.ﻓﺄَ ْو َﻣﺄَاﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ُﻞ اﻟ َﻐ ِﺮﻳ ُﺐ ِﺑ َﺮأْ ِﺳ ِﻪ.
ﺗَ َﻘﺒﱠ َﻞ ﺑﺎك ا ْﻟ َﺤﺒْ َﻞ ِﺑ ِﻜ ْ ِﱪﻳَﺎءٍ َو ُﻫ ُﺪو ٍء؛ َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﺮ ْق َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻄﺒْ ِﻊَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ ﺗَ َﻌ ﱠﻠ َﻢ أَ ْن ﻳَ ِﺜ َﻖ
ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ِل ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬﻳ َﻦ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻬ ْﻢَ ،وﻳَ ْﺤ َ ِﱰ َﻣ ُﻬ ْﻢ ِﻷَﻧﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ُﻓﻮ َن أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ِﻣ ﱠﻤﺎ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ُف ُﻫ َﻮَ .و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ِﺣﻴﻨَ َﻤﺎ اﻧْﺘَ َﻘ َﻞ
َﻃ َﺮ ُف ا ْﻟ َﺤﺒْ ِﻞ إِ َﱃ ﻳَ َﺪ ِي اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮﻳ ِﺐ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﺑَ َﺪأَ ﻳَ ْﺴ َﺤﺒُ ُﻪ ،أَ َﺧ َﺬ ﺑﺎك ﻳُ َﺰ ْﻣ ِﺠ ُﺮ ِﰲ َﻏ َﻀ ٍﺐَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ
ُﻓﻮ ِﺟﺊَ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺤﺒْ ِﻞ ﻳَ ِﻀﻴ ُﻖ َﻋ َﲆ َر َﻗﺒَﺘِ ِﻪ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﺘَﻨَ ﱠﻔ ُﺲ ِﺑ ُﺼ ُﻌﻮﺑَ ٍﺔَ ،و ُﻫ َﻮ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﻌﺎ َﻣ ْﻞ ِﰲ
َﺣﻴَﺎ ِﺗ ِﻪ َﻗ ﱡﻂ ِﺑ َﻬ َﺬا ا ْﻷُ ْﺳﻠُﻮ ِب ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳ ِﻪَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ِﺼ ْﻞ َﻏ َﻀﺒُ ُﻪ أَﺑَ ًﺪا إِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺪىَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ
أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﻬ ُﺮ َبَ .وﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ َﻓ ْﱰَ ٍة َو ِﺟﻴ َﺰ ٍة ،ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻒ ِﻗ َﻄﺎ ٌر ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺤ ﱠﻄ ِﺔ َوأَ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ِﺑ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن ِﰲ َﻋ َﺮﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ِﺘ َﻌ ِﺔ.
َﻛﺎ َن أَ ﱠو ُل َﻣﺎ أَ ْد َر َﻛ ُﻪ ﺑﺎك ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أَ ﱠن ِﻟ َﺴﺎﻧَ ُﻪ ﻳُ ْﺆ ِﻟ ُﻤ ُﻪ َوأَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺘَﺄَ ْر َﺟ ُﺢ َدا ِﺧ َﻞ َﻋ َﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ َﻣﺎَ .و ُ ْﴎ َﻋﺎ َن
َﻣﺎ َﻋ ِﻠ َﻢ ﺑﺎك أَﻳْ َﻦ ُﻫ َﻮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺻﺎ ِﻓ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﻠﻴ َﻈ ِﺔَ .ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳﺎ َﻓ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺜي ًرا َﻣ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﴈ َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ
ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ُف َﻛﻴْ َﻒ ُﻫ َﻮ ُﺷ ُﻌﻮ ُر اﻟ ﱡﺮ ُﻛﻮ ِب ِﰲ َﻋ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﺔ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ِﺘ َﻌ ِﺔَ .ﻓ َﻔﺘَ َﺢ ﺑﺎك َﻋﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ َوﺗَ َﻤ ﱠﻠ َﻚ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱡﺸ ُﻌﻮ ُر
ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀ ِﺐ َوا ْﻟ َﺤﻨَ ِﻖ َﻛﺄَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻣ ِﻠ ٌﻚ َﻣ ْﺨ ُﻄﻮ ٌفَ .و َرأَى أَ َﻣﺎ َﻣ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻞ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي أَ َﺧﺬَ َه َوﺑَ َﺪأَ ﻳَﻨْﺒَ ُﺢ ِﺑ َ َﴩا َﺳ ٍﺔ
ِﰲ َو ْﺟ ِﻬ ِﻪ ،ﺑَ ْﻞ َوﻧَ َﺠ َﺢ ِﰲ أَ ْن ﻳَ َﻌ ﱠﺾ إِ ْﺣ َﺪى ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ.
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