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‫ِﻧ َﺪا ُء اﻟ َ ﱢﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ‬

‫أُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﻟﻴَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻜ ِﺸ َﻒ َﺣ ِﻘﻴ َﻘ َﺔ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ِﺮ‪ .‬ا ْﺷﺘَ ﱠﻢ ﺑﺎك ﻧَ ْﺴ َﻤ َﺔ َﻫ َﻮاءٍ َدا ِﻓ ٍﺊ‪َ ،‬و ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َرأَى ﺑﻴﲇ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ُﻣﺘَ َﻜ ﱢﻮ ٌر‬
‫َﻋ َﲆ ﻧَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ﺗَ ْﺤ َﺖ اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ِج ُﻣ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻠ ِﻘﻴًﺎ ِﰲ ُﻛ َﺮ ٍة َدا ِﻓﺌَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬أَ َﺧ َﺬ ﺑﻴﲇ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﻮي َوﻳَﺘَ َﻠ ﱠﻮى ِﻟﻴُﺜْ ِﺒ َﺖ ِﻟﺒﺎك أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ‬

‫َﺻ ِﺪﻳ ٌﻖ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َو َﻟ َﻌ َﻖ َو ْﺟ َﻪ ﺑﺎك ِﺑﻠِ َﺴﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻃ ِﺐ اﻟ ﱠﺪا ِﻓ ِﺊ‪.‬‬
‫َﻛﺎ َن َﻫﺬَا َد ْر ًﺳﺎ آ َﺧ َﺮ ﺗَ َﻌ ﱠﻠ َﻤ ُﻪ ﺑﺎك‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻬ َﻜﺬَا ﻳَﻨَﺎ ُم ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب َو ْﺳ َﻂ اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ِج‪ .‬اﻧْﺘَ َﻘﻰ ﺑﺎك َﻣ ْﻮ ِﺿ ًﻌﺎ‪،‬‬
‫َوﺑَ َﺪأَ ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻤ ُﻞ ِﺑ ِﺠ ﱟﺪ ِﻟﻴَ ْﺤ ِﻔ َﺮ ِﻟﻨَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ُﺣ ْﻔ َﺮ ًة‪َ ،‬و ُ ْﴎ َﻋﺎ َن َﻣﺎ ﺗَ َ ﱠﴪﺑَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﺤ َﺮا َر ُة ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺟ َﺴ ِﺪ ِه ِﻟﺘَ ْﻤ َﻸَ َﻫ َﺬا‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻜﺎ َن اﻟ ﱠﺼ ِﻐي َر َو َرا َح ﺑﺎك ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠ ْﻮ ِم‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ِﺑﻴَ ْﻮ ٍم َﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٍﻞ َو َﺷﺎ ﱟق‪َ ،‬وﻟِﺬَا َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻏ ﱠﻂ ِﰲ ُﺳﺒَﺎ ٍت‬

‫َﻋ ِﻤﻴ ٍﻖ َو ُﻣ ِﺮﻳ ٍﺢ‪َ ،‬ر ْﻏ َﻢ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ َﺰ ْﻣ ِﺠ ُﺮ َوﻳَﻨْﺒَ ُﺢ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُ َﺼﺎ ِر ُع ا ْﻷَ ْﺣ َﻼ َم اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢﺌَ َﺔ‪.‬‬
‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻔﺘَ ْﺢ ﺑﺎك َﻋﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ أَﻳْ َﻘ َﻈﺘْ ُﻪ َﺿ ْﻮ َﺿﺎ ُء ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻌ ْﺴ َﻜ ِﺮ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﺪاﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْﺪ ِر ْك أَﻳْ َﻦ ُﻫ َﻮ‪،‬‬
‫َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺴﺎ َﻗ َﻄ ِﺖ اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ُج أَﺛْﻨَﺎ َء اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ِﻞ َو َﻏ ﱠﻄﺘْ ُﻪ ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ًﻣﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﺤ َﻮا ِﺋ ُﻂ اﻟﺜﱠ ْﻠ ِﺠﻴﱠ ُﺔ ﺗُ ِﺤﻴ ُﻂ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬
‫ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ٍن َوﺗَ ْﻀ َﻐ ُﻂ َﻋ َﲆ َﺟ َﺴ ِﺪ ِه‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺸ َﻌ َﺮ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻋ ِﺐ َوﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﻠ َﺼ ْﺖ َﻋ َﻀ َﻼﺗُ ُﻪ َواﻧْﺘَ َﺼ َﺐ َﺷ ْﻌ ُﺮ َر َﻗﺒَﺘِ ِﻪ‬
‫َو َﻛ ِﺘ َﻔﻴْ ِﻪ ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ًﻣﺎ‪ .‬ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ﺑﺎك َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُ َﺰ ْﻣ ِﺠ ُﺮ ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ٍة إِ َﱃ ا ْﻷَ ْﻋ َﲆ َو َﺧ َﺮ َج إِ َﱃ َﺿ ْﻮءِ اﻟﻨﱠ َﻬﺎ ِر ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي أَ ْﻋ َﻤﻰ‬
‫َﻋﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﺪاﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻄﺎﻳَ َﺮ ْت ُﻛﺘَ ُﻞ اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ِج ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﻮ ِﻗ ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻘ ﱠﺮ َﻋ َﲆ َﻗ َﺪ َﻣﻴْ ِﻪ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪،‬‬
‫َرأَى ﺑﺎك ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺣ ْﻮﻟِ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻌ َﺴ َﻜ َﺮ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﺗُ ِﺤﻴ ُﻂ ِﺑ ِﻪ اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ُج ا ْﻟﺒَﻴْ َﻀﺎ ُء َوﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ أَﻳْ َﻦ ُﻫ َﻮ‪َ .‬وﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ﺑﺎك‬
‫ِﺣﻴﻨَ َﻬﺎ َﻣﺎ َﺣ َﺪ َث َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أَ ْن ذَ َﻫ َﺐ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟﻨﱡ ْﺰ َﻫ ِﺔ َﻣ َﻊ ﻣﺎﻧﻮﻳﻞ َو َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﺣ َﻔ َﺮ ِﻟﻨَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ُﺣ ْﻔ َﺮ ًة اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ‬

‫ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎ ِﺿﻴَ َﺔ ِﻟﻴَﻨَﺎ َم ِﻓﻴ َﻬﺎ‪.‬‬
‫َو ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺠ ﱠﺮ ِد ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﺑﺎك‪َ ،‬ﺻﺎ َح ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا‪َ ،‬و َﻗﺎ َل ِﺑ َﺼ ْﻮ ٍت َﻋﺎ ٍل ِﻟﺒيرو‪» :‬أَ َﻟ ْﻢ أَ ُﻗ ْﻞ َﻟ َﻚ إِ ﱠن َذ ِﻟ َﻚ‬

‫ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ َﺐ ﺑﺎك ﻳَﺘَ َﻌ ﱠﻠ ُﻢ أَ ﱠي َ ْﳾءٍ ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ؟«‬
‫أَ ْو َﻣﺄَ ﺑيرو َوا ْﻟ ِﺠ ﱢﺪﻳﱠ ُﺔ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺴ ُﻢ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﺤ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨَ َﻈ ًﺮا ِﻷَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻤ ُﻞ َﺳﺎ ِﻋ َﻲ ﺑَ ِﺮﻳ ٍﺪ َﻟ َﺪى ا ْﻟ ُﺤ ُﻜﻮ َﻣ ِﺔ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨَ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ َوﻳَﻨْ ُﻘ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺮا َﺳ َﻼ ِت ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ِﻬ ﱠﻤ َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺤ ُﺼ َﻞ َﻋ َﲆ أَ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب‪َ ،‬وﻟِ َﺬا َﻛﺎ َن‬

‫َﺳ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا ِﻷَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َو َﺟ َﺪ ﺑﺎك‪.‬‬
‫اﻧْ َﻀ ﱠﻤ ْﺖ ﺛَ َﻼﺛَ ُﺔ ِﻛ َﻼ ِب ﻫﺎﺳﻜﻲ أُ ْﺧ َﺮى إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ ِﻊ ِﰲ أَ َﻗ ﱠﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﺎ َﻋ ٍﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴُ ْﺼ ِﺒ َﺢ َﻋ َﺪ ُد‬
‫ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب ِﺗ ْﺴ َﻌ ًﺔ‪َ .‬و ِﰲ ُﻏ ُﻀﻮ ِن ُرﺑُ ِﻊ َﺳﺎ َﻋ ٍﺔ َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱡ ُﴪو ُج َﻗ ْﺪ ﺛُﺒﱢﺘَ ْﺖ َﻋ َﲆ ُﻇ ُﻬﻮ ِر َﻫﺎ َﺟ ِﻤﻴ ًﻌﺎ‪،‬‬
‫َو َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ﺗَﻨْ َﻌ ِﻄ ُﻒ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔ َﻓ ْﻮ َق اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ﱢدي إِ َﱃ َوا ِدي دﻳﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك َﺳ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا ِﺑﺎ ِﻻﻧْ ِﻄ َﻼ ِق‬
‫ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻌ َﻤ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻣ َﻊ أَ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻤ َﻞ َﻛﺎ َن َﺷﺎ ٍّﻗﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻣﻨْ َﺰ ِﻋ ًﺠﺎ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪ‪ .‬أَ ْد َﻫ َﺸﺘْ ُﻪ َﺣ َﻤﺎ َﺳ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ ِﻊ‪َ ،‬واﻧْ َﺪ َﻫ َﺶ‬
‫أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠ ْﻐ ِﻴي ِر ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻃ َﺮأَ َﻋ َﲆ َﺷ ْﺨ ِﺼﻴﱠﺘَ ْﻲ دﻳﻒ َوﺳﻮﻟﻴﻜﺲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺑَ َﺪا َو َﻛﺄَ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠ ْﴪ َج ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺜَﺒﱠ َﺖ‬

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