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ِﻧ َﺪاءُ اﻟ َ ﱢﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ
ِﺑ ُﺠ ُﺮو ٍح ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺛَ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻌ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔَ .و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ ﺑُ ُﺰو ِغ َﺿ ْﻮ ِء ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺠ ِﺮَ ،ﻋﺎ َد ِت ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻌ ْﺴ َﻜ ِﺮ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺪوا
أَﺛَ ًﺮا ِﻟ ْﻠ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب اﻟ ﱠ ِﴩ َﺳ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ا ْﺟﺘَﺎ َﺣﺘْ ُﻪَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ﺑيرو َوﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ َﻏﺎ ِﺿﺒَ ْي ِن ،إِ ْذ َﻓ َﻘ َﺪا ِﻧ ْﺼ َﻒ
َﻣ ْﺨ ُﺰو ِﻧ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ ِمَ .وا ْﻟﺘَ َﻬ َﻤ ْﺖ ِﻛ َﻼ ُب اﻟﻬﺎﺳﻜﻲ أَ ْﺟ َﺰاءً ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡ ُﴪو ِج َو ِﻏ َﻄﺎ َء ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔَ ،ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ
ﻳُ ْﻔ ِﻠ ْﺖ َ ْﳾ ٌء — َﻣ ْﻬ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﺗَﻨَﺎ ُوﻟُ ُﻪ َﺻ ْﻌﺒًﺎ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَ ْي ِن أَ ْﺳﻨَﺎ ِﻧ َﻬﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أَ َﻛ َﻠ ْﺖ ِﺣﺬَاءَ ﺑيرو ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِﺪ ﱠي،
َو ُﺟ ْﺰ ًءا َﻗ ْﺪ ُر ُه َﻗ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ِن ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻃ ْﺮ ِف اﻟ ﱠﺴ ْﻮ ِط ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﺨ ِﺪ ُﻣ ُﻪ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮاَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﺘَﺄَ ﱠﻣﻠُ ُﻪ
ِﰲ ُﺣ ْﺰ ٍن ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َو َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ ِﻛ َﻼ ُب ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻌ ْﺴ َﻜ ِﺮ.
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا ِﺑ ِﺮ ﱠﻗ ٍﺔ» :آ ِه ﻳَﺎ أَ ْﺻ ِﺪ َﻗﺎ ِﺋﻲَ ،ﻫ ْﻞ ُﺟ ِﺮ ْﺣﺘُ ْﻢ؟ ُرﺑﱠ َﻤﺎ ُﺟ ُﺮو ُﺣ ُﻬ ْﻢ أَﺑْ َﻠ ُﻎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ْن ﻳَ ُﻌﻮ ُدوا
إِ َﱃ َﺟ ﱢﺮ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎَ ،ﻣﺎ َرأْﻳُ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ﺑيرو؟«
َﻫ ﱠﺰ َﺳﺎ ِﻋﻲ ا ْﻟ َ ِﱪﻳ ِﺪ َرأْ َﺳ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠ ْﻔ ِﻲَ ،ﻓ َﻼ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ﺑَﻴْﻨَ ُﻬ ْﻢ َوﺑَ ْي َن داوﺳﻮن أَ ْرﺑَ ُﻌ ِﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ ِﻣﻴ ٍﻞَ ،و َﻟﻴْ َﺲ
ِﺑ َﻤ ْﻘ ُﺪو ِر ِه أَ ْن ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ َﺮَ .ﻗ َﴣ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن َﺳﺎ َﻋﺘَ ْي ِن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻤ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺸﺎ ﱢق ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﺗَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﻌﺒَﺎ َرا ُت
ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎ ِﺿﺒَ ُﺔ ِ ِﻹ ْﺻ َﻼ ِح اﻟ ﱡ ُﴪو ِج َوإِ َﻋﺎ َد ِﺗ َﻬﺎ إِ َﱃ َﻫﻴْﺌَ ِﺘ َﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﺳﺘَﺄْﻧَ َﻔ ْﺖ ِﻛ َﻼ ُب ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ ِﻊ
ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺠ ُﺮو َﺣ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ َﺔَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ﺗُ َﺠﺎ ِﻫ ُﺪ ِﰲ أَ َﻟ ٍﻢ َو ِﻫ َﻲ ﺗَ ْﻘ َﻄ ُﻊ أَ ْﺻ َﻌ َﺐ ُﺟ ْﺰءٍ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖَ ،ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻘ َﻄ ِﻊ
ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ ًﻘﺎ َﻋ َﲆ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ِر ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺼ ُﻌﻮﺑَ ِﺔ ،إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ أَ ْﺻ َﻌ ُﺐ ُﺟ ْﺰ ٍء ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ﱢدي
إِ َﱃ داوﺳﻮن.
َﻛﺎ َن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﺠ ْﺰ ُء ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَ ْﻬ ِﺮ ﻳﻮﻛﻮن َوا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳَ ْﻤﺘَ ﱡﺪ ِﻟﺜَ َﻼ ِﺛي َن ِﻣﻴ ًﻼ َﻫﺎ ِﺋ ًﻼَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَ َﺠ ﱠﻤ ْﺪ ِﻣﻴَﺎ ُﻫ ُﻪ
ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻀ َﻄ ِﺮﺑَ ُﺔَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﺟ ِﻠﻴ ٌﺪ ِﺳ َﻮى ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤﻨَﺎ ِﻃ ِﻖ اﻟ ﱠﻀ ْﺤ َﻠ ِﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺣﺎ َﻓﺘَ ِﻲ اﻟﻨﱠ ْﻬ ِﺮ أَ ْو
ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤﻨَﺎ ِﻃ ِﻖ ا ْﻟ َﻬﺎ ِدﺋَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜ ُﻦ أَ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﻤﺎ َﺳ َﻚ ِﻓﻴ َﻬﺎ اﻟﺜﱠ ْﻠ ُﺞ .ا ْﺣﺘَﺎ َج ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ِﻟ ِﺴﺘﱠ ِﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ِﻣ َﻦ
ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻤ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻀ ِﻨﻲ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﻳَ ْﻘ َﻄ ُﻌﻮا اﻟﺜﱠ َﻼ ِﺛي َن ِﻣﻴ ًﻼ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮ ِﻫ َﻘ َﺔ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚُ .ﻛ ﱡﻞ ُﺧ ْﻄ َﻮ ٍة َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ
ﺗُ َﻤﺜﱢ ُﻞ َﺧ َﻄ ًﺮا َﺟ ِﺪﻳ ًﺪا ِﻟ ْﻠ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب َواﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻠ ْي ِنَ ،ﻓﺄَ ْﻛﺜَ ُﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ٍة ﻳَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﻄ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻠﻴ ُﺪ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳَ ْﻤ ِﴚ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺑيرو
ُﻣﺘَ َﻘ ﱢﺪ ًﻣﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ َﻖ َوﻳَ َﻘ ُﻊ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎءَِ .وﺗُﻨْ ِﻘﺬُ ُه ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﺼﺎ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﺴ ُﻚ ِﺑ َﻬﺎ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ْﺴ ُﻘ َﻂ
ِﺑ َﻌ ْﺮ ِض ا ْﻟ ُﺤ ْﻔ َﺮ ِة ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﻳَ ْﺼﻨَ ُﻌ َﻬﺎ َﺟ َﺴ ُﺪ ُهَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ﺑُ ُﺮو َد َة ا ْﻟ َﺠ ﱢﻮ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺰ َدا ُد ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍمَ ،و ِﰲ
ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ٍة ﻳَ َﻘ ُﻊ ِﻓﻴ َﻬﺎ ﺑيرو ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎءِ َﻛﺎ َن َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أَ ْن ﻳُ ْﺸ ِﻌ َﻞ ﻧَﺎ ًرا َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ِﺠ ﱠﻒ َﻣ َﻼ ِﺑ ُﺴ ُﻪَ ،وإِ ﱠﻻ ﺗَ َﺠ ﱠﻤ َﺪ
َﺟ َﺴ ُﺪ ُه َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻮ ِت.
َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َ ْﳾءٌ ﻳُﺜِيرُ َﺧ ْﻮ َف ﺑيرو أَ ْو ﻳُﺜَﺒﱢ ُﻂ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻋ ِﺰﻳ َﻤ ِﺘ ِﻪَ ،وﻟِﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﺧﺘَﺎ َرﺗْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﺤ ُﻜﻮ َﻣ ُﺔ
ِﻟﻴَﻨْ ُﻘ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺮا َﺳ َﻼ ِتَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﺘَ َﻌ ﱠﺮ ُض ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ أَﻧْ َﻮا ِع ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺨﺎ ِﻃ ِﺮَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ ُم اﻟ ﱡﺼ ُﻔﻮ َف َو ْﺳ َﻂ
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