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ِﻧ َﺪا ُء اﻟ َﱪﱢﻳﱠ ِﺔ
ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﺴ ُﻚ ِﺑ َﻌ ًﺼﺎ َوﻳُ َﻠ ﱢﻮ ُح ِﺑ َﻬﺎ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُﺾ ﻧَ ْﺤ َﻮ َﻣ ْﺠ ُﻤﻮ َﻋ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب ِﻟﻴُ َﻔ ﱢﺮ َﻗ َﻬﺎَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك
ﺛَ َﻼﺛَ ُﺔ ِر َﺟﺎ ٍل آ َﺧ ِﺮﻳ َﻦ ﻳُ َﺴﺎ ِﻋ ُﺪوﻧَ ُﻪَ .ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ِق ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ُﺮ َﻃ ِﻮﻳ ًﻼَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ﻛيرﱄ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ ُﺟ ِﺮ َﺣ ْﺖ
َوأَ َﺧ َﺬ َﻫﺎ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪاَ .رأَى ﺑﺎك أَ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻌ َﺮ َﻛ َﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻋﺎ ِد َﻟ ًﺔَ ،ﻫ َﻜ َﺬا ﺗَﺘَ َ ﱠﴫ ُف َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب
إِذَ ْن؟ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ﺗَ َﻘ ُﻊ ﺗَ ْﻠﺘَ ﱡﻒ َﺟ ِﻤﻴ ُﻌ َﻬﺎ ِﻟﺘُ َﻬﺎ ِﺟ َﻤ َﻚ؛ إِ َذ ْن َﻓ َﻌ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أَ ْن ﻳَﺄْ ُﺧﺬَ ِﺣﺬْ َر ُه َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻳَ َﻘ َﻊ أَﺑَ ًﺪا
َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻷَ ْر ِض .أَ ْﺧ َﺮ َج ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ِﻟ َﺴﺎﻧَ ُﻪ َو َﺿ ِﺤ َﻚ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮىَ ،و ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﺤ َﻈ ِﺔ َﻛ ِﺮ َﻫ ُﻪ ﺑﺎك أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ
ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ﱢي َﻛ ْﻠ ٍﺐ أَ ْو إِﻧْ َﺴﺎ ٍن َﻋ َﺮ َﻓ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﺣﻴَﺎ ِﺗ ِﻪ.
َو َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أَ ْن ﻳُ ِﻔﻴ َﻖ ﺑﺎك ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺻ ْﺪ َﻣ ِﺔ َﻣﺎ َﺣ َﺪ َث ِﻟﻜيرﱄ ﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﻰ َﺻ ْﺪ َﻣ ًﺔ أُ ْﺧ َﺮىَ .ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺛَﺒﱠ َﺖ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا
َﻋ َﲆ َﻇ ْﻬ ِﺮ ِه َﻣ ْﺠ ُﻤﻮ َﻋ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻷَ ْﺣ ِﺰ َﻣ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺮﺑُﻮ َﻃ ِﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻤ َﺸﺎ ِﺑ ِﻚَ ،ﻛﺎ َن َ ْﴎ ًﺟﺎ َﻛﺎ ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ َﺮى اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َس
ﻳَ َﻀ ُﻌﻮﻧَ ُﻪ َﻋ َﲆ ُﻇ ُﻬﻮ ِر ا ْﻟ ُﺨﻴُﻮ ِل ِﰲ ﺑَ ْﻠ َﺪ ِﺗ ِﻪَ ،و ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ِﺔ ﻧَ ْﻔ ِﺴ َﻬﺎ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﻴُﻮ ُل ﺗَ ْﻌ َﻤ ُﻞ ِﺑ َﻬﺎ،
ﺑَ َﺪأَ ﺑﺎك ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻤ ِﻞَ :ﻓ َﻜﺎ َن ﻳَ ُﺠ ﱡﺮ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒُ َﻬﺎ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻮ ُﺟﻮ َد ِة ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ
أَ ْﻃ َﺮا ِف ا ْﻟ َﻮا ِدي َوﻳَ ُﻌﻮ ُد َو َﻣ َﻌ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ ِﺣ ْﻤ ٌﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻷَ ْﺧ َﺸﺎ ِب ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗُ ْﺴﺘَ ْﺨ َﺪ ُم ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﺪ ِﻓﺌَ ِﺔَ .ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﺮ ْق َﻫﺬَا
ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻤ ُﻞ ِﻟﺒﺎك َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ِﺣ ْﻜ َﻤ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻓ َﺾ ا ْﻟ ِﻘﻴَﺎ َم ِﺑ ِﻪَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أَ ﱠدى َﻣ َﻬ ﱠﻤﺘَ ُﻪ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َﻣﺎ أُو ِﺗ َﻲ
ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ٍةَ ،وﺑَ َﺬل ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻣﺎ ِﰲ ُو ْﺳ ِﻌ ِﻪ َﻣ َﻊ أَ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻫﺬَا َﻛﺎ َن َﺟ ِﺪﻳ ًﺪا َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪَ .ﻛﺎ َن ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا َﺻﺎ ِر ًﻣﺎ َﻣ َﻊ
ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب َو َﻛﺎ َن ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ُﻫ َﻮ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ُﺪ َﻫﺎَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ُﻫ َﻮ َودﻳﻒ أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب ِﺧ ْﱪَ ًةَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ﻳُ َﻌ ﱢﻠ َﻤﺎ ِن
ﺑﺎك ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱡﺒَﺎ ِح ِﰲ َو ْﺟ ِﻬ ِﻪ َو َﻋ ﱢﻀ ِﻪ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ﻳُ ْﺨ ِﻄﺊَُ ،و َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻌ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﺑﺎك ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ َو ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ.
َﻓ َﻘﺒْ َﻞ َﻋ ْﻮ َد ِﺗ ِﻬ ْﻢ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻌ ْﺴ َﻜ ِﺮ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻌ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ا ْﻟ ُﻮ ُﻗﻮ َف ِﺣﻴﻨَ َﻤﺎ ﻳَ ْﺴ َﻤ ُﻊ َﻛ ِﻠ َﻤ َﺔ » ِﻗ ْﻒ« َوﻳَ ْﻤ ِﴚ
ِﺣﻴﻨَ َﻤﺎ ﻳَ ْﺴ َﻤ ُﻊ َﻛ ِﻠ َﻤ َﺔ »اﻧْ َﻄ ِﻠ ْﻖ«َ ،وأَ ْن ﻳَﻨْ َﻌ ِﻄ َﻒ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻠ ﱠﻔﺎ ِتَ ،وﻳَﺒْﺘَ ِﻌ َﺪ َﻋ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ
ﺗَﻨْ َﺤ ِﺪ ُر الِم ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱠﻤ َﻠ ُﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ ْﻠ ِﻔ ِﻬ ْﻢ أَ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ اﻟﺘﱠ ﱢﻞ.
َو َﻗ ْﺪ َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا ِﻟﺒيرو» :إِ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ َب اﻟﺜﱠ َﻼﺛَ َﺔ َﻣﺎ ِﻫ َﺮ ٌة ِﺟ ٍّﺪاَ ،وذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ ُﺐ ﺑﺎك ﻳَ ُﺠ ﱡﺮ
ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ َﺔ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗِ ِﻪَ ،ﺳﺄَ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ﺗَ ْﻌ ِﻠﻴ َﻤ ُﻪ أَ ﱠي َ ْﳾءٍ ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ«.
َو ِﺑ ُﺤﻠُﻮ ِل َﻓ ْﱰَ ِة ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱠﻈ ِﻬي َر ِةَ ،ﻋﺎ َد ﺑيرو — ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻛﺎ َن ِﰲ َﻋ َﺠ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ْﻣ ِﺮ ِه ِﻟﻴَﺬْ َﻫ َﺐ ِﻟﺘَ ْﻮ ِﺻﻴ ِﻞ
َﻣﺎ ِﺑ َﺤ ْﻮ َزﺗِ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَ ِﺮﻳ ٍﺪ — َو َﻣ َﻌ ُﻪ َﻛ ْﻠﺒَﺎ ِن آ َﺧ َﺮا ِنَ .ﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺪ ُﻋﻮ ُﻫ َﻤﺎ ﺑﻴﲇ َوﺟﻮَ ،و ُﻫ َﻤﺎ أَ َﺧ َﻮا ِن ِﻣ ْﻦ
َﻓ ِﺼﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ اﻟﻬﺎﺳﻜﻲَ .و َﻣ َﻊ أَﻧﱠ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أُ ﱟم َوا ِﺣ َﺪ ٍةَ ،ﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ُﻣ ْﺨﺘَ ِﻠ َﻔ ْي ِن ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ًﻣﺎ َﻋ ْﻦ ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﻀ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ
ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻌ ِﺾَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﻴﲇ َﻟ ِﻄﻴ ًﻔﺎ َو َﻫﺎ ِدئَ اﻟ ﱢﻄﺒَﺎ ِع ،ﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﺟﻮ ﻳَ ِﻘ ُﻒ َﻋ َﲆ اﻟﻨﱠ ِﻘﻴ ِﺾ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪ؛ َﺣﺎ ﱠد
اﻟ ﱢﻄﺒَﺎ ِع َو َﻛ ِﺌﻴﺒًﺎ ،ﻳُ َﺰ ْﻣ ِﺠ ُﺮ َدا ِﺋ ًﻤﺎ َوﺗَ ْﻈ َﻬ ُﺮ ِﰲ َﻋﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ ﻧَ ْﻈ َﺮ ٌة َﺧ ِﺒﻴﺜَ ٌﺔَ .ر ﱠﺣ َﺐ ﺑﺎك ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠﺒَ ْي ِن ،ﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ
ﺗَ َﺠﺎ َﻫ َﻠ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ دﻳﻒَ ،و َﺣﺎ َو َل ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ إِ ْر َﻫﺎﺑَ ُﻬ َﻤﺎِ .ﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﺪاﻳَ ِﺔ َﺣ ﱠﺮ َك ﺑﻴﲇ َذﻳْ َﻠ ُﻪ ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﺟ َﺮى ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا ِﺣﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ
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