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ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮﻳ َﻤﺎ ِن
أَ ْو َﻣﺄَ ﺑيرو ُﻣ َﻮا ِﻓ ًﻘﺎَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ُﻣﺘَ َﻘ ﱢﺪ ًﻣﺎ َﻋ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ْﺪ َو ِل آﻧَﺬَا َك َوﻳَ ْﻜ ِﺴ ُﺐ َﻣ ِﺰﻳ ًﺪا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ
ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍمَ .ﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ُﻖ ِﰲ َﺣﺎ َﻟ ٍﺔ ُﻣ ْﻤﺘَﺎ َز ٍة َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﺛَ ْﻠ ٌﺞ َﺟ ِﺪﻳ ٌﺪَ ،ﻛ َﻤﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ﱡﻮ
َﺷ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ا ْﻟ ُﱪُو َد ِة .ﺗَﻨَﺎ َو َب اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن َﻋ َﲆ ِﻗﻴَﺎ َد ِة ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔ َواﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻛ ِﺾ ِﺑ َﺠﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ َﻬﺎ.
َﻛﺎ َن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﺠ ْﺰ ُء ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَ ْﻬ ِﺮ ﻳﻮﻛﻮن ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳَ ْﻤﺘَ ﱡﺪ ِﻟﺜَ َﻼ ِﺛي َن ِﻣﻴ ًﻼ ُﻣ َﻐ ٍّﻄﻰ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻠﻴ ِﺪ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ
ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖَ ،و ِﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َوا ِﺣ ٍﺪ َﻗ َﻄ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ ُﻖ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎ َﻓ َﺔ ﻧَ ْﻔ َﺴ َﻬﺎ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻗ َﻄ َﻌ َﻬﺎ ِﰲ َﻋ َ َﴩ ِة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ِﰲ ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺔ
اﻟ ﱠﺬ َﻫﺎ ِبَ .و ِﰲ ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ٍﺔ َوا ِﺣ َﺪ ٍة َﻗ َﻄ ُﻌﻮا ِﺳﺘﱢي َن ِﻣﻴ ًﻼ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑُ َﺤ ْي َر ِة ﻟﻮﺑﺎرج إِ َﱃ ُﻣﻨْ َﺤ َﺪ َرا ِت واﻳﺖ ﻫﻮرس.
َو َر َﻛ ُﻀﻮا ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ َﻫﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻋ ْ َﱪ ﺑُ َﺤ ْي َرا ِت ﻣﺎرش َوﺗﺎﺟﻴﺶ َوﺑﻴﻨﻴﺖ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﺘَ َﻌ ﱠي ُن َﻋ َﲆ
اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ِﻞ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳَ ِﺤي ُن َد ْو ُر ُه ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻛ ِﺾ ِﺑ َﺠﺎ ِﻧ ِﺐ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔ أَ ْن ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﺴ َﻚ َﺣﺒْ ًﻼ َﻣ ْﺮﺑُﻮ ًﻃﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔ.
َو ِﰲ آ ِﺧ ِﺮ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻷُ ْﺳﺒُﻮ ِع اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻲَ ،و َﺻﻠُﻮا إِ َﱃ ِﻣﻨْ َﻄ َﻘ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻤ ﱢﺮ ا ْﻷَﺑْﻴَ ِﺾَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻬ ْﻢ ُر ْؤﻳَ ُﺔ
أَ ْﺿ َﻮا ِء ﺑَ ْﻠ َﺪ ِة ﺳﻜﺎﺟﻮي ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻋ َﲆ ﺑُ ْﻌ ٍﺪ.
َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِﰲ َو ْﻗ ٍﺖ ِﻗﻴَﺎ ِ ﱟﳼ؛ َﻓ ِﻔﻲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ِة أَ ْرﺑَ َﻌ َﺔ َﻋ َ َﴩ ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُﻀﻮ َن
َﻣ َﺴﺎ َﻓ َﺔ أَ ْرﺑَ ِﻌي َن ِﻣﻴ ًﻼ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َﻮ ﱢﺳ ِﻂَ .و ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ِة ﺛَ َﻼﺛَ ِﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ا ْﻟ ُﻮ ُﺻﻮ ِل إِ َﱃ ﺑَ ْﻠ َﺪ ِة ﺳﻜﺎﺟﻮيَ ،ﻇ ﱠﻞ
ﺑيرو َوﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا ﻳَ ْﺤﺘَ ِﻔ َﻼ ِن ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺸﺎ ِر ِع اﻟ ﱠﺮﺋِﻴ ِ ﱢﴘَ ،و َﻋ َﺮ َض ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺪ ُﻋﻮ ُﻫ ْﻢ ِﻟﺘَﻨَﺎ ُو ِل اﻟ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ ِم
َواﻟ ﱠ َﴩا ِب ،ﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن َﻓ ِﺮﻳ ُﻖ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب َﻣ َﺤ ﱠﻞ ﻧَ َﻈ َﺮا ِت َﺣ ْﺸ ٍﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ِﻘﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬﻳ َﻦ ﺗَﺄَ ﱠﻣﻠُﻮ ُﻫ ْﻢ
ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﻋ َﺠﺎ ٍب.
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