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ِﻧ َﺪاءُ اﻟ َﱪﱢﻳﱠ ِﺔ
ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ِﺔ ﻧَ ْﻔ ِﺴ َﻬﺎ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َرأَى ِﺑ َﻬﺎ َد َوا ِﺋ َﺮ ُﻣ َﻤﺎ ِﺛ َﻠ ًﺔ ﺗُ ْﻐ َﻠ ُﻖ َﻋ َﲆ ِﻛ َﻼ ٍب أُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖَ .و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ
ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻤ ﱠﺮ ِة َﻛﺎ َن ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ َﺐ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ُ ِﴐ َب.
َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺑﺎك ِﻟﻴَﺘَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻒَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ ا ْﺳﺘَ َﻌ ﱠﺪ ِﻟ ِﻼْﻧَ ِﻘ َﻀﺎ َﺿ ِﺔ ا ْﻷَ ِﺧيرَ ِةَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َدا ِﺋ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب َﻗ ِﺪ
ا ْﻗ َ َﱰﺑَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ٍة َﺣﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ ِﺑﺄَﻧْ َﻔﺎ ِس ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب َﻋ َﲆ َﻇ ْﻬ ِﺮ ِه َو َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ َﺮا ُﻫ ْﻢ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻒ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ
َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﺠﺎ ِﻧﺒَ ْي ِنُ ،ﻣ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻌ ﱢﺪﻳ َﻦ ِﻟ ِﻼﻧْ ِﻘ َﻀﺎ ِض َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َوﻳُ َﺮا ِﻗﺒُﻮﻧَ ُﻪ .ﺗَ َﺠ ﱠﻤ َﺪ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َﺣﻴَ َﻮا ٍن ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ ْﻢ ِﰲ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪ
َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ﺗَ َﺤ ﱠﻮ َل إِ َﱃ َﺣ َﺠ ٍﺮَ .ﻛﺎ َن ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ِﺣﻴ َﺪ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻔ ُﺾ َوﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺠ ُﻒ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ِﻘ ُﻒ ُﻣ َ َﱰﻧﱢ ًﺤﺎ َﻋ َﲆ
َﻗ َﺪ َﻣﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺠ ُﺮو َﺣﺘَ ْي ِن .ﺛُ ﱠﻢ اﻧْ َﻘ ﱠﺾ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺑﺎك َوأَ ِﺧي ًرا ﻧَ ﱠﻔ َﺬ َ ْﴐﺑَ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺘ ِﻒ َوأَ َﻃﺎ َح ِﺑﺴﺒﻴﺘﺰ َو َﻃ َﺮ َﺣ ُﻪ
أَ ْر ًﺿﺎ .اﻧْ َﻘ ﱠﻀ ْﺖ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﺑ َﺪ ْو ِر َﻫﺎ َو ِﻫ َﻲ ﺗَﻨْﺒَ ُﺢ ِﺑ َﺼ ْﻮ ٍت َﻋﺎ ٍل َوﺗَ َﻌ ﱡﺾ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ
ا ْﺿ ُﻄ ﱠﺮ ِﻟﻠ ﱠﺮ ْﻛ ِﺾ ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا َﻋ َﲆ اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ِج إِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺐ اﻟ ﱠﻈ َﻼ ِمَ .و َﻗ َﻒ ﺑﺎك َو َرا َﻗﺒَ ُﻪ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﻬ ُﺮ ُب؛ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ
أَ ْﺻﺒَ َﺢ ا ْﻟﺒَ َﻄ َﻞ ،ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ َﺐ ا ْﻷَ ْﻗ َﻮىَ ،ﻟ َﻘ َﺪ َﻫ َﺰ َم َﺧ ْﺼ َﻤ ُﻪَ ،و َﺷ َﻌ َﺮ أَ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ َﺮ ﻳَ ْﻤﻨَ ُﺤ ُﻪ ُﺷ ُﻌﻮ ًرا َرا ِﺋ ًﻌﺎ.
»أَ َﻟ ْﻢ أَ ُﻗ ْﻞ َﻟ َﻚ إِ ﱠن ﺑﺎك أَ ْﻛﺜَ ُﺮ َد َﻫﺎ ًء ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰَ «.ﻫ َﻜ َﺬا َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺼﺒَﺎ ِح اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﱄ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ
َو َﺟ َﺪ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ َﻣ ْﻔ ُﻘﻮ ًدا َو َرأَى َﻟ َﺪى ﺑﺎك ُﺟ ُﺮو ًﺣﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ آﺛَﺎ ِر ا ْﻟ ِﻘﺘَﺎ ِلَ .ﻓﺄَ َﺧﺬَ ﺑﺎك ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِر
َوأَ َﺷﺎ َر إِ َﱃ ُﺟ ُﺮو ِﺣ ِﻪ َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﻀ ْﻮ ِء ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺒَ ِﻌ ِﺚ ِﻣﻨْ َﻬﺎ.
َﻗﺎ َل ﺑيرو َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻨْ ُﻈ ُﺮ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﺠ ُﺮو ِح َوآﺛَﺎ ِر ا ْﻟ َﻌ ﱢﺾ َﻋ َﲆ َﺟ َﺴ ِﺪ ﺑﺎك» :ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ َﻫﺬَا ﻳُ َﻘﺎ ِﺗ ُﻞ
ِﺑ َ َﴬا َو ٍة«.
َﻓﺄَ َﺟﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮاَ » :وﺑﺎك َﻫ َﺬا ﻳُ َﻘﺎ ِﺗ ُﻞ ِﺑ َ َﴬا َو ٍة أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮَ ،وا ْﻵ َن َﺳﻨَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ ُم ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ أَ ْﻛ َﱪَ؛ َﻓ َﻌ َﺪ ُم
ُو ُﺟﻮ ِد ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﻨﻲ َﻋ َﺪ َم ُو ُﺟﻮ ِد ُﻣ ْﺸ ِﻜ َﻼ ٍت .أَﻧَﺎ َوا ِﺛ ٌﻖ ِﺑ َﻬﺬَا«.
ﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑيرو ﻳَ ْﺤ ِﺰ ُم ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨﻴﱠ َﻢ َوﻳَ َﻀ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﺤ ُﻤﻮ َﻟ َﺔ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔ ،ﺑَ َﺪأَ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﺠ ِﻬﻴ ِﺰ
ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡ ُﴪو ِجَ .ﺳﺎ َر ﺑﺎك إِ َﱃ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ِن ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا َﻛﺎ َن َﻗ ْﺪ َﺟ َﻠ َﺐ ﺳﻮﻟﻴﻜﺲ
إِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻜﺎ ِن ِﻋ َﻮ ًﺿﺎ َﻋﻨْ ُﻪ؛ إِذْ َرأَى ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا أَ ﱠن ﺳﻮﻟﻴﻜﺲ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ا ْﻷَ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ا ْﻵ َن؛
ِﻷَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ا ْﻷَ ْﻛﺜَ ُﺮ ِﺧ ْ َﱪ ًةَ .و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ﺑﺎك َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ َﻋ َﲆ ﺳﻮﻟﻴﻜﺲ َوأَ َزا َﺣ ُﻪ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َرا ِء َو َو َﻗ َﻒ َﻣ َﻜﺎﻧَ ُﻪ.
َﺻﺎ َح ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْ ِﴬ ُب َﻓ ِﺨﺬَﻳْ ِﻪ ِﺑ َﻤ َﺮ ٍحَ » :ﻣﺎ َﻫ َﺬا؟ اﻧْ ُﻈ ْﺮ إِ َﱃ ﺑﺎكَ ،ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻃ َﺮ َد ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ
َوا ْﻵ َن ﻳَ ُﻈ ﱡﻦ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻪ أَ ْﺧﺬَ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪ .ا ْذ َﻫ ْﺐ ،اﺑْﺘَ ِﻌ ْﺪ َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ!« َﺻﺎ َح ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا َﻋ َﲆ ﺑﺎك
َو َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ َﺐ َر َﻓ َﺾ أَ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﺰ ْﺣ َﺰ َح ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪ.
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