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ِﻧ َﺪا ُء اﻟ َﱪﱢﻳﱠ ِﺔ
»ﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ ِﻣﻲ أَﻳﱠﺘُ َﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴ ِﻜﻴﻨَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْ َﻬ َﻜ ُﺔَ .ﻫ َﺬا ُﻫ َﻮ آ ِﺧ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻄﺎ ِف ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﻨَﺄْ ُﺧﺬُ ا ْﺳ ِﱰَا َﺣ ًﺔ
َﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔَ .ﺳﻨَﺄْ ُﺧﺬُ ا ْﺳ ِ َﱰا َﺣ ًﺔ َﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْ ِﻛﻴ ِﺪَ «.ﻫ َﻜ َﺬا َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﺋ ُﻖ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُ َﺸ ﱢﺠ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ َب َو ِﻫ َﻲ
ﺗُ َﻬ ْﺮ ِو ُل ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺋِﻴ ِ ﱢﴘ ﻟﺴﻜﺎﺟﻮي.
َﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﺋ ُﻘﻮ َن َﻋ َﲆ ﻳَ ِﻘي ٍن ِﺑﺄَﻧﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﺳﻴَﺄْ ُﺧﺬُو َن ا ْﺳ ِ َﱰا َﺣ ًﺔ َﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻛﺎ َن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜيرُ
ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ِل ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬﻳ َﻦ َﻫ ْﺮ َوﻟُﻮا إِ َﱃ ﻛﻠﻮﻧﺪﻳﻚ ﺑَ ْﺤﺜًﺎ َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐَ ،وا ْﻟ َﻌ ِﺪﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْﺤ ِ ْﴬ َﻋﺎ ِﺋ َﻠﺘَ ُﻪ
َﻣ َﻌ ُﻪِ ،ﻣ ﱠﻤﺎ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﻨﻲ ُو ُﺟﻮ َد ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜي ِر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َ ِﱪﻳ ِﺪ َﻣ َﻊ ا ْﻷَ َوا ِﻣ ِﺮ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﺳ ِﻤﻴﱠ ِﺔَ .و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ُد ْﻓ َﻌﺎ ٌت َﺟ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ٌة
ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻛ َﻼ ِب َﺧ ِﻠﻴ ِﺞ ﻫﺪﺳﻮن ِﰲ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘ َﻬﺎ ِﻟﺘَ ُﺤ ﱠﻞ َﻣ َﺤ ﱠﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﺧﺎ َر ْت ُﻗ َﻮا َﻫﺎ َو َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ
اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻛ َﺾ َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ا ْﻵ َنَ .و َﻗ ْﺪ ِﺑﻴ َﻌ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻌ ْﺪ َﻗﺎ ِد َر ًة َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻛ ِﺾ.
َﻣ ﱠﺮ ْت ﺛَ َﻼﺛَ ُﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍمَ ،وا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َﻒ ﺑﺎك َو ُز َﻣ َﻼ ُؤ ُه َﻛ ْﻢ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ُﺿ َﻌ َﻔﺎ َء َو ُﻣ ْﺮ َﻫ ِﻘي َنَ .و ِﰲ َﺻﺒَﺎ ِح
ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑ ِﻊ ،أَﺗَﻰ َر ُﺟ َﻼ ِن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺠﻨُﻮ ِب َوا ْﺷ َﱰَ ْو ُﻫ ْﻢ َﻣ َﻊ اﻟ ﱡ ُﴪ ِج َو َﻛﺎ ﱠﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻌ ﱠﺪا ِتَ .ﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن
ﻳُ ْﺪ َﻋ َﻮا ِن ﻫﺎل وﺗﺸﺎرﻟﺰَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﺗﺸﺎرﻟﺰ َر ُﺟ ًﻼ ِﰲ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َﺼ ِﻒ ا ْﻟ ُﻌ ْﻤ ِﺮ َذا َﻋﻴْﻨَ ْي ِن َدا ِﻣ َﻌﺘَ ْي ِن َو َﺷﺎ ِر ٍب
َﻣ ْﻠ ُﻔﻮ ِف ا ْﻷَ ْﻃ َﺮا ِف؛ ِﰲ ِﺣي ِن َﻛﺎ َن ﻫﺎل ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﺳ َﻌ َﺔ َﻋ ْ َﴩ َة أَ ِو ا ْﻟ ِﻌ ْ ِﴩﻳ َﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻋ ْﻤ ِﺮ ِهَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺤ ِﻤ ُﻞ
ُﻣ َﺴ ﱠﺪ ًﺳﺎ َﺿ ْﺨ ًﻤﺎ َو ِﺳ ﱢﻜي َن َﺻﻴْ ٍﺪ َﻣ ْﺮﺑُﻮ َﻃ ْي ِن ِﰲ ِﺣ َﺰا ِﻣ ِﻪ .ﺑَ َﺪا اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن ُﻏ َﺮﺑَﺎ َء َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺸ َﻤﺎ ِلَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ
ﻳَ ْﻔ َﻬ ْﻢ أَ ﱡي أَ َﺣ ٍﺪ أَ ْﺳﺒَﺎ َب َﻣ ِﺠﻴ ِﺌ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ ِﻟﻠ ﱠﺸ َﻤﺎ ِل.
َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ﺑﺎك اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ َل ﻳَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺪﺛُﻮ َنَ ،و َرأَى اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻞ ﻳَﺘَﺒَﺎ َد ُل ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎ َل َﻣ َﻊ ُﻣ َﻮ ﱠﻇ ِﻒ ا ْﻟ ُﺤ ُﻜﻮ َﻣ ِﺔَ ،و َﻋ ِﻠ َﻢ
أَ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﺋ َﻖ ا ِﻻ ْﺳ ُﻜﺘْ َﻠﻨْ ِﺪ ﱠي َو َﺳﺎ ِﺋ َﻘ ْﻲ ِﻗ َﻄﺎ ِر ا ْﻟ َ ِﱪﻳ ِﺪ َﺳﻴَ ْﺨ ُﺮ ُﺟﻮ َن ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺣﻴَﺎ ِﺗ ِﻪ ِﻣﺜْ َﻞ ﺑيرو َوﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا
َو َﻏ ْي ِر ِﻫ ْﻢ ِﻣ ﱠﻤ ْﻦ َﺧ َﺮ ُﺟﻮا ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺣﻴَﺎ ِﺗ ِﻪ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚَ .و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َو َﺻﻠُﻮا إِ َﱃ ُﻣ َﺨﻴﱠ ِﻤ ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪَ ،رأَى ﺑﺎك
َﻣ َﻜﺎﻧًﺎ َﻓ ْﻮ َﺿ ِﻮﻳٍّﺎَ .ﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴْ َﻤ ُﺔ َﻋ َﲆ َو ْﺷ ِﻚ ا ِﻻﻧْ ِﻬﻴَﺎ ِرَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أَ ْﻃﺒَﺎ ٌق ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺴ َﺨ ٌﺔَ .ﻛ َﻤﺎ َرأَى
ا ْﻣ َﺮأَ ًة َﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن ﻳَ ْﺪ ُﻋﻮﻧَ َﻬﺎ ﻣﺮﺳﻴﺪسَ ،و ِﻫ َﻲ َز ْو َﺟ ُﺔ ﺗﺸﺎرﻟﺰ َوأُ ْﺧ ُﺖ ﻫﺎل.
َرا َﻗﺒَ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﺑﺎك ِﺑﺘَ َﻮﺗﱡ ٍﺮ َو ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﺤﺎ ِوﻟُﻮ َن إِ َزا َﻟ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴْ َﻤ ِﺔ َوﺗَ ْﺤ ِﻤﻴ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔَ .ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَﺒْﺬُﻟُﻮ َن
ُﻗ َﺼﺎ َرى ُﺟ ْﻬ ِﺪ ِﻫ ْﻢ َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ُﻓﻮا َﻣﺎ َذا ﻳَ ْﻔ َﻌﻠُﻮ َن؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻟ ﱡﻔﻮا ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴْ َﻤ َﺔ ِﰲ ﻟُ َﻔﺎ َﻓ ٍﺔ أَ ْﻛ َﱪَ ِﺑﺜَ َﻼﺛَ ِﺔ
أَ ْﺿ َﻌﺎ ٍف ِﻣ ﱠﻤﺎ ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺐ أَ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ َن َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪَ ،وﺗَ َﺮ ُﻛﻮا ا ْﻷَ ْﻃﺒَﺎ َق ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺴ َﺨ ًﺔ َو َﺣ َﺰ ُﻣﻮ َﻫﺎَ .و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ﻣﺮﺳﻴﺪس
َواﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن ﻳَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺪﺛُﻮ َن َوﻳَﺘَ َﺠﺎ َدﻟُﻮ َن َﻃ َﻮا َل ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖَ .و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َو َﺿ ُﻌﻮا َﺣ ِﻘﻴﺒَ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ ِﰲ ا ْﻷَ َﻣﺎ ِم
َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔ ،ا ْﻗ َ َﱰ َﺣ ْﺖ ِﻫ َﻲ أَ ْن ﺗُﻮ َﺿ َﻊ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒَ ،وﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ أَ ْن َو َﺿ ُﻌﻮ َﻫﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َو َﻏ ﱠﻄ ْﻮ َﻫﺎ ِﺑﺄَ ْﺷﻴَﺎ َء
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