Page 17 - نِدَاءُ البَرِّيَّةِ

‫ِﻧ َﺪاءُ اﻟ َﱪﱢﻳﱠ ِﺔ‬

‫ا ْرﺗَ َﺴ َﻤ ْﺖ َﻋ َﲆ َو ْﺟ ِﻪ ﺑيرو اﺑْﺘِ َﺴﺎ َﻣ ٌﺔ َﻋ ِﺮﻳ َﻀ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺒﺎﻟﻨﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ ِﻻ ْرﺗِ َﻔﺎ ِع أَ ْﺳ َﻌﺎ ِر ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب ُﻣ َﺆ ﱠﺧ ًﺮا‬
‫ِﺑ َﺴﺒَ ِﺐ َﻫ َﻮ ِس ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﺤ ِﺚ َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺬ َﻫ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱢﺴ ْﻌ ُﺮ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻃ َﻠﺒَ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ُﻞ ُﻣ َﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ َﻛ ْﻠ ٍﺐ ُﻣﺘَ َﻤﻴﱢ ٍﺰ ِﻣﺜْ ِﻞ‬
‫ﺑﺎك َﻣ ْﻌ ُﻘﻮ ًﻻ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎ َن ﺑيرو ﻳَ ْﻔ َﻬ ُﻢ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب َﺟﻴﱢ ًﺪا ِﺑ َﻔ ْﻀ ِﻞ ِﺧ ْﱪَ ِﺗ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ﻧَ َﻈ َﺮ إِ َﱃ‬

‫ﺑﺎك َﻋ َﺮ َف أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ ْﻠ ٌﺐ ﻧَﺎ ِد ٌر َو َﻓ ِﺮﻳ ٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَ ْﻮ ِﻋ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َو َﻗﺎ َل ِﰲ ﻧَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪َ » :‬ﻗ ْﺪ َﻻ أَ ِﺟ ُﺪ ِﻣﺜْ َﻠ ُﻪ‪«.‬‬
‫َرأَى ﺑﺎك ﺑيرو َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﺪ َﻓ ُﻊ اﻟﻨﱡ ُﻘﻮ َد ِﻟﻠ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ِﻞ ِذي اﻟ ﱡﺴ ْﱰَ ِة ا ْﻟ َﺤ ْﻤ َﺮاءِ‪ ،‬ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َد ُه ُﻫ َﻮ َو َﻛ ْﻠﺒَ ًﺔ‬
‫أُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﺗُ ْﺪ َﻋﻰ ﻛيرﱄ — َو ِﻫ َﻲ َﻛ ْﻠﺒَ ٌﺔ َﻟ ِﻄﻴ َﻔ ٌﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ِﺼﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ﻧﻴﻮﻓﺎوﻧﺪﻻﻧﺪ — إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِر ِج‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺮ َك ﺑﺎك‬
‫َوﻛيرﱄ ﺳﻴﺎﺗﻞ َﻋ َﲆ َﻇ ْﻬ ِﺮ َﺳ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ٍﺔ ﺗُ ْﺪ َﻋﻰ »ﻧﺎروال«‪َ ،‬و ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﺳ ﱠﻠ َﻤ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ ﺑيرو إِ َﱃ َر ُﺟ ٍﻞ َﺿ ْﺨ ِﻢ‬
‫ا ْﻟ ُﺠﺜﱠ ِﺔ ﻳُ ْﺪ َﻋﻰ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺑﺎك ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ُف َﻫ َﺬﻳْ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻠ ْي ِن ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪َ ،‬و َر ْﻏ َﻢ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ِﺤﺒﱠ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ‪،‬‬
‫ا ْﺳﺘَ َﻄﺎ َع أَ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﻌﺎ َﻣ َﻞ َﻣ َﻌ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﺣ ِ َﱰا ٍم؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أَ ْد َر َك أَ ﱠن ﺑيرو َوﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ َﻋﺎ ِد َﻟ ْي ِن َو َﻫﺎ ِدﺋَ ْي ِن‪،‬‬

‫َوأَﻧﱠ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ َﻓﺎ ِن ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜي َر َﻋ ْﻦ َﻛﻴْ ِﻔﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻌﺎ ُﻣ ِﻞ َﻣ َﻊ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب‪.‬‬
‫َو ُﻫ َﻤﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻨَ ﱠﻘ َﻼ ِن ﺑَ ْي َن أَ ْﺳ ُﻄ ِﺢ ﻧﺎروال‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎﺑَ َﻞ ﺑﺎك َوﻛيرﱄ َﻛ ْﻠﺒَ ْي ِن آ َﺧ َﺮﻳْ ِﻦ‪ .‬أَ َﺣ ُﺪ ُﻫ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن َﻛ ِﺒي ًرا‬
‫َو َﻟ ْﻮﻧُ ُﻪ أَﺑْﻴَ ُﺾ ِﻣﺜْ َﻞ اﻟﺜﱠ ْﻠ ِﺞ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪو َو ُدو ًدا َو َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ اﺑْ ِﺘ َﺴﺎ َﻣﺘَ ُﻪ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ﺗُﻮ ِﺣﻲ ِﺑﺄَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ‬
‫ُﺧ ْﺪ َﻋ ٍﺔ َد ِﻧﻴﺌَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬و ِﰲ إِ ْﺣ َﺪى ا ْﻟ َﻤ ﱠﺮا ِت َ َﴎ َق ﺑَ ْﻌ ًﻀﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻃ َﻌﺎ ِم ﺑﺎك‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ﻳُ َﻄﺎ ِر ُد ُه‪،‬‬

‫ا ْﺳﺘَ َﻄﺎ َع ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا أَ ْن ﻳَﺄْ ُﺧ َﺬ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ َم َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أَ ْن ﻳَ ِﺼ َﻞ إِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺑﺎك َوأَ َﻋﺎ َد ُه إِ َﱃ ﺑﺎك‪.‬‬
‫َو َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ ُﺐ ا ْﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﺗَ َﻌ ﱠﺮ َف َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺑﺎك َوﻛيرﱄ َﻻ ﻳُ ِﺤ ﱡﺐ ا ِﻻ ْﺧ ِﺘ َﻼ َط ِﺑﺎ ْﻵ َﺧ ِﺮﻳ َﻦ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎ َن‬
‫ﻳُ ْﺪ َﻋﻰ دﻳﻒ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َﻣﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﻔ َﻌﻠُ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻷَ ْﻛ ُﻞ َواﻟﻨﱠ ْﻮ ُم َواﻟﺘﱠﺜَﺎ ُؤ ُب ﺑَ ْي َن ا ْﻟ ِﺤي ِن َوا ْﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ‬
‫ﻳَ ْﻬﺘَ ﱡﻢ ِﺑﺄَ ﱢي َ ْﳾ ٍء‪َ ،‬ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ُﺔ ﺗُ َﻮا ِﺟ ُﻪ أَ ْﻣ َﻮا ًﺟﺎ ُﻣﺘَ َﻼ ِﻃ َﻤ ًﺔ َوﺗَﺘَ َﻤﺎﻳَ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺟﺎ ِﻧ ٍﺐ‬
‫إِ َﱃ آ َﺧ َﺮ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻠ ُﻖ َوا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻮ ُف ﻳَ ْﻌ َ ِﱰﻳَﺎ ِن ﺑﺎك َوﻛيرﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎ َن دﻳﻒ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻓ ُﻊ َرأْ َﺳ ُﻪ َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂ‪،‬‬

‫َوﻳَﺒْ ُﺪو َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ِﻻﻧْ ِﺰ َﻋﺎ ُج‪ ،‬ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﻳَﻨْ ُﻈ ُﺮ إِ َﱃ ﺑﺎك َوﻛيرﱄ َوﻳَﺘَﺜَﺎءَ ُب َوﻳَ ُﻌﻮ ُد ِﻟﻠﻨﱠ ْﻮ ِم َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬‬
‫َﻣ ﱠﺮ َﻛ ِﺜيرٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم َواﻟ ﱠﻠﻴَﺎ ِﱄ‪َ ،‬و َﻻ َﺣ َﻆ ﺑﺎك أَ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﺠ ﱠﻮ ﻳُ ْﺼ ِﺒ ُﺢ أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ﺑُ ُﺮو َد ًة َﻣ َﻊ ُﻣ ُﺮو ِر ُﻛ ﱢﻞ‬
‫ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪َ .‬و ِﰲ َﺻﺒَﺎ ِح أَ َﺣ ِﺪ ا ْﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ُﺔ َﻫﺎ ِدﺋَ ًﺔ َو َﺷ َﻌ َﺮ ْت ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب ِﺑﺎ ْ ِﻹﺛَﺎ َر ِة؛ إِذْ إِﻧﱠ َﻬﺎ‬
‫َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ أَ ﱠن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﺗَ ْﻐ ِﻴيرًا َﺳﻴَ ْﺤ ُﺪ ُث‪َ .‬و َﺿ َﻊ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا ا ْﻟ ِﺤﺒَﺎ َل ِﰲ أَ ْﻃ َﻮا ِﻗ َﻬﺎ َﺟ ِﻤﻴ ًﻌﺎ َوأَ ْﺣ َ َﴬ َﻫﺎ‬
‫إِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ْﻄ ِﺢ‪َ .‬و َﻣ َﻊ أَ ﱠو ِل ُﺧ ْﻄ َﻮ ٍة ِﻟﺒﺎك َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻷَ ْر ِض ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِر َد ِة‪َ ،‬ﻏﺎ َﺻ ْﺖ َﻗ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ُه ِﰲ َﻣﺎ ﱠد ٍة ﺑَﻴْ َﻀﺎءَ َﻫ ﱠﺸ ٍﺔ‬
‫ﺗُ ْﺸ ِﺒ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﺣ َﻞ َﻛ ِﺜيرًا‪َ .‬ﻗ َﻔ َﺰ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َرا ِء ُﻣ ْﻄ ِﻠ ًﻘﺎ َﺻ ْﻮﺗًﺎ َﻋﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧْ ِﻔ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎ ﱠد ِة‬
‫ا ْﻟﺒَﻴْ َﻀﺎءِ ﻳَﺘَ َﺴﺎ َﻗ ُﻂ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻤﺎ ِء‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻬ ﱠﺰ ﺑﺎك َﺟ َﺴ َﺪ ُه‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﺳ َﻘ َﻂ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎ ﱠد ِة‪،‬‬

‫‪16‬‬