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‫ِﻧ َﺪا ُء اﻟ َﱪﱢﻳﱠ ِﺔ‬

‫ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ‪َ .‬وا ْﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺾ أَ ْﻋ َﻮا ِد ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ اﻟ ﱠﻄﺎ ِﻓﻴَ ِﺔ ِﻟﻴُ ْﺸ ِﻌ َﻼ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ َﻬﺎ ُ ْﴎ َﻋﺎ َن َﻣﺎ َﺧﺒَ ْﺖ‬
‫ِﺑ َﺴﺒَ ِﺐ ُو ُﺟﻮ ِد اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ِج َوا ْﺿ ُﻄ ﱠﺮا ِﻟﺘَﻨَﺎ ُو ِل ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﺸﺎ ِء ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻈ َﻼ ِم‪.‬‬

‫َﺣ َﻔ َﺮ ﺑﺎك ُﺣ ْﻔ َﺮ ًة ِﻟﻴَﻨَﺎ َم ِﻓﻴ َﻬﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎ ِﺋ ِﻂ اﻟ ﱠﺼ ْﺨ ِﺮ ﱢي‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﻨْ َﻌ ُﻢ ِﻓﻴ َﻬﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺪ ْف ِء‬
‫اﻟ ﱠﺸ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪ‪َ ،‬ﺣﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﱰُ َﻛ َﻬﺎ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َو ﱠز َع ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا ا ْﻷَ ْﺳ َﻤﺎ َك َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻬ ْﻢ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ أَ ْن‬
‫َو َﺿ َﻌ َﻬﺎ َﻓ ْﻮ َق اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِر َﻗ ِﻠﻴ ًﻼ ِﻟﻴَﺬُو َب اﻟﺜﱠ ْﻠ ُﺞ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ َﻬﺎ‪ِ .‬ﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ اﻧْﺘَ َﻬﻰ ﺑﺎك ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﻨَﺎ ُو ِل َﻃ َﻌﺎ ِﻣ ِﻪ َو َﻋﺎ َد‬
‫إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﺤ ْﻔ َﺮ ِة ِﻟﻴَﻨَﺎ َم َو َﺟ َﺪ َﻛ ْﻠﺒًﺎ آ َﺧ َﺮ ِﺑ َﺪا ِﺧ ِﻠ َﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻋ َﺮ َف ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْﻣ َﺠ َﺮ ِة ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ أَ ْﻃ َﻠ َﻘ َﻬﺎ ُﻣ َﺤﺬﱢ ًرا إِﻳﱠﺎ ُه أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ‬
‫ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ‪َ .‬ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ﻳَﺘَ َﺠﻨﱠ ُﺐ ا ْﻟ ِﻌ َﺮا َك َﻣ َﻊ َﻋ ُﺪ ﱢو ِه‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻌ ْﺪ ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﻣ َﻜﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪ أَ ْن‬
‫ﻳَ ْﺤﺘَ ِﻤ َﻞ أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺛَﺎ َر ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﺣ ُﺶ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ِﺑ َﺪا ِﺧ ِﻠ ِﻪ؛ َﻓ َﻘ َﻔ َﺰ ﺑﺎك َﻋ َﲆ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ِﰲ َﻏ َﻀ ٍﺐ َﺟﺎ ِﻣ ٍﺢ‬
‫أَذْ َﻫ َﻞ ُﻛ ٍّﻼ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﺎ ْﻷَ َﺧ ﱢﺺ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﻌﺘَ ِﻘ ُﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺧ ْ َﱪ ِﺗ ِﻪ َﻣ َﻊ ﺑﺎك أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ ْﻠ ٌﺐ َﺟﺒَﺎ ٌن‬
‫َو َﻫﺎ ِدئٌ ا ْﺳﺘَ َﻄﺎ َع أَ ْن ﻳُ َﺤﺎ ِﻓ َﻆ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺰ ِه ﺑَ ْي َن ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂ ِﺑ َﻔ ْﻀ ِﻞ َو ْز ِﻧ ِﻪ َو َﺣ ْﺠ ِﻤ ِﻪ‬

‫ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒيرَﻳْ ِﻦ‪.‬‬
‫اﻧْ َﺪ َﻫ َﺶ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ﺗَ َﺪ ْﺣ َﺮ َج ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠﺒَﺎ ِن َﺧﺎ ِر َج ا ْﻟ ُﺤ ْﻔ َﺮ ِة َو ُﻫ َﻤﺎ ﻳَﺘَ َﺸﺎ َﺟ َﺮا ِن‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎ َن‬

‫ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﻣ َﻜﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪ أَ ْن ﻳُ َﺨ ﱢﻤ َﻦ َﺳﺒَ َﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺸﺎ َﺟ َﺮ ِة‪.‬‬
‫َﺻﺎ َح ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا إِ َﱃ ﺑﺎك‪» :‬آااا ِه! ا ْ ِﴐﺑْ ُﻪ‪ ،‬ا ْ ِﴐ ْب َﻫ َﺬا اﻟ ﱢﻠ ﱠﺺ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﻘي َر!«‬
‫َو َﻛﺎ َن ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ِر ﻧَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ِﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﻌ َﺪا ِد ﻟﻠﻘﺘﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ِﺼﻴ ُﺢ ِﰲ َﻏ َﻀ ٍﺐ‬
‫َو َﺣ َﻤﺎ َﺳ ٍﺔ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُ َﺤ ﱢﻮ ُم إِ َﱃ ا ْﻷَ َﻣﺎ ِم َوا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ًﺮا اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﺤ َﻈ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨَﺎ ِﺳﺒَ َﺔ ِﻟﻴَﻨْ َﻘ ﱠﺾ َﻋ َﲆ ﺑﺎك‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎ َن‬
‫ﺑﺎك ُﻣﺘَ َﺸ ﱢﻮ ًﻗﺎ أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻤ ْﻌ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن َﺣ ِﺬ ًرا َﻛ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُ َﺤ ﱢﻮ ُم إِ َﱃ ا ْﻷَ َﻣﺎ ِم َوا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ‪َ ،‬و ِﰲ‬

‫َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﺤ َﻈ ِﺔ َﺣ َﺪ َث َ ْﳾ ٌء َﻏ ْيرُ ُﻣﺘَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ ٍﻊ َﺟ َﻌ َﻠ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ ﻳُ َﺆ ﱢﺟ َﻼ ِن ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻌ َﺮ َﻛ َﺔ‪.‬‬
‫َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤ ُﻌﻮا َﻓ ْﺠﺄَ ًة ِﺻﻴَﺎ َح ﺑيرو َوأَ ْﺻ َﻮا َت ﻧُﺒَﺎ ٍح َﻫﺎ ِد َر ًة‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ ا ْﻣﺘَ َﻸَ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻌ ْﺴ َﻜ ُﺮ َﻓ ْﺠﺄَ ًة‬
‫ِﺑ َﺤﻴَ َﻮاﻧَﺎ ٍت َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﺧ ْﻤ ِﺴي َن أَ ْو ِﺳﺘﱢي َن َﻛ ْﻠﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻛ َﻼ ِب اﻟﻬﺎﺳﻜﻲ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ﺗَﺘَ َﻀ ﱠﻮ ُر ُﺟﻮ ًﻋﺎ‪،‬‬
‫َوا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘ َﻄ ْﺖ َرا ِﺋ َﺤ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻌ ْﺴ َﻜ ِﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ ْﺮﻳَ ٍﺔ ُﻣ َﺠﺎ ِو َر ٍة‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻠ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك‬
‫وﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ﻳَﺘَ َﻌﺎ َر َﻛﺎ ِن‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن َو ْﺳ َﻂ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب ا ْﻟ َﺠﺎ ِﻣ َﺤ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛ ﱠ َﴩ ْت َﻋ ْﻦ أَﻧْﻴَﺎ ِﺑ َﻬﺎ‬
‫َو َﻫﺎ َﺟ َﻤﺘْ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﺛَﺎ َر ْت َرا ِﺋ َﺤ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ ِم ُﺟﻨُﻮﻧَ َﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬و َو َﺟ َﺪ ﺑيرو أَ َﺣ َﺪ َﻫﺎ ﻳَﺄْ ُﻛ ُﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺼﻨْ ُﺪو ِق‬
‫ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳُ َﺨ ﱢﺰﻧَﺎ ِن ِﻓﻴ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ اﻟ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ ِم‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻄﺎ َر َد ُه ﺑيرو َوأَﺑْ َﻌ َﺪ ُه َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺼﻨْ ُﺪو ِق‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺼﻨْ ُﺪو َق َو َﻗ َﻊ‬

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