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ِﻧ َﺪاءُ اﻟ َ ﱢﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ
ا ْﻟ ُﺠ ْﺰ َء ا ْﻟ ُﻌ ْﻠ ِﻮ ﱠي ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺣﺬَا ِﺋ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِﺪ ﱢي ِﻟﻴَ ْﺼﻨَ َﻊ ِﻟﺒﺎك أَ ْﺣ ِﺬﻳَ ًﺔ ِﺟ ْﻠ ِﺪﻳﱠ ًﺔ َﺻ ِﻐيرَ ًة ِﻷَ ْﻗ َﺪا ِﻣ ِﻪ ا ْﻷَ ْرﺑَ َﻌ ِﺔَ ،و َﻗ ْﺪ
أَ َرا َﺣﺘْ ُﻪ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻷَ ْﺣ ِﺬﻳَ ُﺔ َﻛ ِﺜيرًاَ .و ِﰲ أَ َﺣ ِﺪ ا ْﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ،ا ْﺳﺘَ َﻄﺎ َع ﺑﺎك أَ ْن ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﺰ َع اﺑْ ِﺘ َﺴﺎ َﻣ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑيروِ ،ﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ
ﻧَ ِ َﴘ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا ا ْﻷَ ْﺣ ِﺬﻳَ َﺔ َﻓﺎ ْﺳﺘَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ ﺑﺎك َﻋ َﲆ َﻇ ْﻬ ِﺮ ِه َوأَ َﺧ َﺬ ﻳُ َﺤ ﱢﺮ ُك أَ ْﻗ َﺪا َﻣ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻬ َﻮا ِء َرا ِﻓ ًﻀﺎ أَ ْن
ﻳَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺮ َك ُدو َن أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﻠﺒَ َﺴ َﻬﺎَ .و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ِﺑ ُﻤ ُﺮو ِر ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺔ ،أَ ْﺻﺒَ َﺤ ْﺖ أَ ْﻗ َﺪا ُم ﺑﺎك أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ َﺻ َﻼﺑَ ًﺔ
ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻛ ِﺾ َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖَ ،وﺗَ ْﺨ ﱠﻠ َﺺ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻷَ ْﺣ ِﺬﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ.
َو ِﰲ َﺻﺒَﺎ ِح أَ َﺣ ِﺪ ا ْﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِمَ ،وﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺪي اﻟ ﱡ ُﴪو َجَ ،ﺣ َﺪ َث َ ْﳾءٌ َﻏ ِﺮﻳ ٌﺐ ِﻣ ْﻦ
َﻛ ْﻠﺒَ ٍﺔ ﺗُ ْﺪ َﻋﻰ دوﻟﲇ — َوا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔ َﻌ ْﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻛ َﻬﺬَا ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ — إِ ْذ َﻓ َﻘ َﺪ ْت دوﻟﲇ أَ ْﻋ َﺼﺎﺑَ َﻬﺎَ
ِﺑ َﺸ ْﻜ ٍﻞ ُﻣ َﻔﺎ ِﺟ ٍﺊِ .ﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﺪاﻳَ ِﺔ أَ ْﻃ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ دوﻟﲇ ُﻋ َﻮاءً َﻃ ِﻮﻳ ًﻼ َو َﺣ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ أَﺛَﺎ َر اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻋ َﺐ ِﰲ ﻧُ ُﻔﻮ ِس ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب
ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮى ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت ُﻣﺘَ َﻮ ﱢﺟ َﻬ ًﺔ ﻧَ ْﺤ َﻮ ﺑﺎكَ ،ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺑﺎك َﻗ ْﺪ َرأَ َى ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ َﻛ ْﻠﺒًﺎ ﻳَ ْﻔ َﻌ ُﻞ َذ ِﻟ َﻚَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ
َﻋ َﺮ َف أَ ﱠن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻏ ْي َر َﻃ ِﺒﻴ ِﻌ ﱟﻲ َو َر َﻛ َﺾ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻌ ًﺪا ِﰲ ذُ ْﻋ ٍﺮَ .و َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻮ ِر ،ﺑَ َﺪأَ ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُﺾ ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ
َو ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ ْﻠ ِﻔ ِﻪ دوﻟﲇ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻋ َﲆ ﺑُ ْﻌ ِﺪ َﻗ ْﻔ َﺰ ٍة َوا ِﺣ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪَ .ﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك َﺧﺎ ِﺋ ًﻔﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ َوﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُﺾ
ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠ َﻬﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ اﻟ ﱢﻠ َﺤﺎ َق ِﺑ ِﻪَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ َﻬﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻏﺎ ِﺿﺒَ ًﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ — َﻟﻴْ َﺲ ِﻟ َﺴﺒَ ٍﺐ
ِﺳ َﻮى أَﻧﱠ َﻬﺎ ُﻣﺘْ َﻌﺒَ ٌﺔ — َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﺑﺎك أَ ْن ﻳُ ْﻔ ِﻠ َﺖ ِﻣﻨْ َﻬﺎَ .ر َﻛ َﺾ ﺑﺎك َﻋ ْ َﱪ أَ ْﺷ َﺠﺎ ِر ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة،
َو َﻋ َ َﱪ ﻧَ ْﻬ ًﺮا َﺻ ِﻐي ًرا ُﻣ ْﻤﺘَ ِﻠﺌًﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻠﻴ ِﺪ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َو َﺻ َﻞ إِ َﱃ َﺟ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة أُ ْﺧ َﺮىَ ،و َوا َﺻ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻛ َﺾ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ
َو َﺻ َﻞ إِ َﱃ َﺟ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة ﺛَﺎ ِﻟﺜَ ٍﺔ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻋﺎ َد َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى إِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠ ْﻬ ِﺮ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺋِﻴ ِ ﱢﴘ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﺣﺎ َو َل أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﻌ ُ َﱪ ُه ِﰲ
ﻳَﺄْ ٍسَ .و ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ ٍﺪ ،ﻧَﺎ َدا ُه ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا َﻓ َﺠ َﺮى ﺑﺎك ﻧَ ْﺤ َﻮ ُه َودوﻟﲇ َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل َﻋ َﲆ ﺑُ ْﻌ ِﺪ َﻗ ْﻔ َﺰ ٍة َوا ِﺣ َﺪ ٍة
ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪَ .ﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ﻳَ ْﻠ َﻬ ُﺚ ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ٍة َو َو َﺿ َﻊ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ِﺛ َﻘ ِﺘ ِﻪ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ِﻞَ .و َﻛﺎ َن ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﺴ ُﻚ َﺣﺒْ ًﻼ ِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪ ِه،
َو ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺠ ﱠﺮ ِد أَ ْن َﻋ َﱪَ ﺑﺎك ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ َﻣﺎ ِﻣ ِﻪ أَ ْو َﻗ َﻊ دوﻟﲇ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺤﺒْ ِﻞ َو َﺣ َﻤ َﻠ َﻬﺎ ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا.
َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ُﻣﻨْ َﻬ ًﻜﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔَ ،وأَ َﺧﺬَ ﻳَ َﱰَﻧﱠ ُﺢ أَ َﻣﺎ َم ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﻠ َﻬ ُﺚ ِﻻ ْﻟ ِﺘ َﻘﺎ ِط أَﻧْ َﻔﺎ ِﺳ ِﻪ َو ِﰲ
َﺣﺎ َﻟ ٍﺔ ﻳُ ْﺮﺛَﻰ َﻟ َﻬﺎَ .و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ُﻓ ْﺮ َﺻ َﺔ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ؛ َﻓﺎﻧْ َﻘ ﱠﺾ َﻋ َﲆ ﺑﺎك َو َﺣﺎ َو َل أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﻄ َﺮ َﺣ ُﻪ أَ ْر ًﺿﺎ
َوﻳَ َﻌ ﱠﻀ ُﻪَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن َﻋ َﲆ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺠ ِﺬ َب ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا َﻋﻨْ ُﻪ.
َﻗﺎ َل ﺑيرو» :إِ ﱠن ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ َﻫ َﺬا َﻛ ْﻠ ٌﺐ َو ِﺿﻴ ٌﻊ ،ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎ َﻣﺎ َﺳﻴَﻨَﺎ ُل ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑﺎك«.
َﻓ َﺮ ﱠد َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ًﻼ» :إِ ﱠن ﺑﺎك َﻫ َﺬا َو ِﺿﻴ ٌﻊ أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪَ ،ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨْ ُﺖ أُ َرا ِﻗﺒُ ُﻪَ ،وأَﻧَﺎ َﻋ َﲆ
ﻳَ ِﻘي ٍن أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَ ْﻔ ِﻘ ُﺪ َﺻ َﻮاﺑَ ُﻪ ِﰲ إِ ْﺣ َﺪى ا ْﻟ َﻤ ﱠﺮا ِتَ ،و َﺳ ْﻮ َف ﻳُ َﻤ ﱢﺰ ُق ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ َﻫ َﺬا إِ ْرﺑًﺎ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻠﻴ ِﺪ«.
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