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ِﻧ َﺪا ُء اﻟ َ ﱢﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ
ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ُﺤ ُﻤﻮ َﻟ َﺔ َﺧ ﱠﻔ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻤ ْﻘ َﺪا ِر اﻟﻨﱢ ْﺼ ِﻒَ ،ﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل َﻛ ِﺒيرَ ًة .ذَ َﻫ َﺐ ﺗﺸﺎرﻟﺰ
َوﻫﺎل ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎ ِء َوا ْﺷ َ َﱰ ْوا ِﺳﺘﱠ َﺔ ِﻛ َﻼ ٍبَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ َﻬﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺸ َﻤﺎ ِلَ .ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب — ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ
إِ َﺿﺎ َﻓ ِﺘ َﻬﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ ا ْﻷَ ْﺻ ِﲇﱢ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻜ ﱠﻮ ِن ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺳﺘﱠ ِﺔ ِﻛ َﻼ ٍبَ ،وﺗﻴﻚ َوﻛﻮﻧﺎ َﻛ ْﻠﺒَ ِﻲ اﻟﻬﺎﺳﻜﻲ اﻟ ﱠﻠ َﺬﻳْ ِﻦ ﺗَ ﱠﻢ
ِ َﴍا ُؤ ُﻫ َﻤﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣﻨْ َﺤ َﺪ ِر ﻧَ ْﻬ ِﺮ رﻳﻨﻚ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻘﻴَﺎ ِﺳﻴﱠ ِﺔ — َﺟ َﻌ َﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ َﻖ ُﻣ َﻜ ﱠﻮﻧًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ْرﺑَ َﻌ َﺔ
َﻋ َ َﴩ َﻛ ْﻠﺒًﺎَ .و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ َب ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ َة — ُر ْﻏ َﻢ أَﻧﱠ َﻬﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻣ َﺪ ﱠرﺑَ ًﺔ — َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺑَﺎ ِر َﻋ ًﺔَ ،ﻓﺒَ َﺪ ْت
َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠ َﻬﺎ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ِﺤﺒﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﺑﺎك َو ِر َﻓﺎ ُﻗ ُﻪَ .و َﻗ ْﺪ َﻋ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﺑﺎك ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ َب ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ َة ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ
َﻣﺎ َﻻ ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺐ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ َﻬﺎ ِﻓ ْﻌﻠُ ُﻪَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻤ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﻌ ِﻠﻴ ِﻤ َﻬﺎ َﻣﺎ ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺐ ِﻓ ْﻌﻠُ ُﻪَ .ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻣ ْﺨﻠُﻮ َﻗ ًﺔ
ِﻟ َﻬﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ َو َﻻ ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻤ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺸﺎ ﱢق ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳُ َﺼﺎ ِﺣﺒُ ُﻪَ .ﻛﺎ َن ُﻣ ْﻌ َﻈ ُﻤ َﻬﺎ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺒ ًﻜﺎ َو َﺧﺎ ِﺋ ًﻔﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ِﺤﻴ ِﻂ
ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮﻳ ِﺐ َوا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻌﺎ َﻣ َﻠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢﺌَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗَﺘَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﺎ َﻫﺎ.
َوﻧَ َﻈ ًﺮا ِﻷَ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻮا ِﻓ ِﺪﻳ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﺠ ُﺪ َد َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﻣﻴْﺌُﻮ ًﺳﺎ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ ْﻢَ ،وا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ َﻖ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺪﻳ َﻢ ُﻣﻨْ َﻬ ٌﻚ ِﺑ َﺴﺒَ ِﺐ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻛ ِﺾ
ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َﻮا ِﺻ ِﻞ ِﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎ َﻓ ِﺔ أَ ْﻟ َﻔ ْي ِن َو َﺧ ْﻤ ِﺴ ِﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ ِﻣﻴ ٍﻞَ ،ﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﺿ ُﻊ َﻏ ْيرَ ُﻣﺒَ ﱢ ٍﴩ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨ ْي ِرَ .و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻠ ْي ِن
َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬ َﺠ ْي ِن ُر ْﻏ َﻢ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ َﻓ ُﺨﻮ َرﻳْ ِﻦ أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ؛ إِ ْذ إِﻧﱠ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﺸﺎ ِﻫ َﺪا ِﻣ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ًﺔ ﻳَ ُﺠ ﱡﺮ َﻫﺎ أَ ْرﺑَ َﻌ َﺔ
َﻋ َ َﴩ َﻛ ْﻠﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞَ .و َﻗ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﺳﺒَ ٌﺐ َو ِﺟﻴ ٌﻪ َﻛ ْﻲ َﻻ ﻳَ ُﺠ ﱠﺮ أَ َرﺑْ َﻌ َﺔ َﻋ َ َﴩ َﻛ ْﻠﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ًﺔ َواْ ِﺣ َﺪ ًة
ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﻄ ِﺐ اﻟ ﱠﺸ َﻤﺎ ِﱄﱢ ،أَ َﻻ َو ُﻫ َﻮ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜ ُﻦ ِﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ٍﺔ َوا ِﺣ َﺪ ٍة أَ ْن ﺗَ ْﺤ ِﻤ َﻞ َﻃ َﻌﺎ ًﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜ ِﻔﻲ أَ ْرﺑَ َﻌ َﺔ
َﻋ َ َﴩ َﻛ ْﻠﺒًﺎَ .و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ﺗﺸﺎرﻟﺰ َوﻫﺎل َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮﻧَﺎ َﻋ َﲆ ِﻋ ْﻠ ٍﻢ ِﺑ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺧ ﱠﻄ َﻄﺎ ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َ ْﳾءٍ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َر ِق،
َو َﺣ َﺴﺒﺎ َﻛ ﱢﻤﻴﱠ َﺔ اﻟ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ ِم ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻇﻨﱠﺎ أَﻧﱠ ُﻬﻤﺎ َﺳﻴَ ْﺤﺘَﺎﺟﺎ ِﻧ َﻬﺎَ .و َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ُﺮ ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪو ﺑَ ِﺴﻴ ًﻄﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ.
َﻗﺎ َد ﺑﺎك ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒي َر َﻋ ْ َﱪ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ ِﰲ َو ْﻗ ٍﺖ ُﻣﺘَﺄَ ﱢﺧ ٍﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺻﺒَﺎ ِح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﱄَ .ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ
ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أَ ﱡي َﺣﻴَ ِﻮﻳﱠ ٍﺔ أَ ْو ﻧَ َﺸﺎ ٍط ِﻓﻴ ِﻪ أَ ْو ِﰲ ُز َﻣ َﻼ ِﺋ ِﻪَ .ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَﺒْ َﺪءُو َن اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ َﺔ َو ُﻫ ْﻢ ِﰲ َﻏﺎﻳَ ِﺔ
اﻟﺘﱠ َﻌ ِﺐ َوا ْ ِﻹر َﻫﺎ ِقَ ،ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻗ َﻄ َﻊ ﺑﺎك ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎ َﻓ َﺔ ﺑَ ْي َن ﺳﻮﻟﺖ ووﺗﺮ َوداوﺳﻮن أَ ْرﺑَ َﻊ َﻣ ﱠﺮا ٍتَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ
ِﻓ ْﻜ َﺮ ُة أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَ ْﻘ َﻄ ُﻊ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ َﻖ ﻧَ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى — َو ُﻫ َﻮ ُﻣﻨْ َﻬ ُﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ َﻮى ِﺑ َﻬﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺸ ْﻜ ِﻞ — ﺗُ ِﺜيرُ
َﻏ َﻀﺒَ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ٍةَ .ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑ َﻌ َﻤ ِﻠ ِﻪ ِﺑ ُﺤ ﱟﺐَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ َﻮا ِﻓ ُﺪو َن ا ْﻟ ُﺠ ُﺪ ُد َﺧﺎ ِﺋ ِﻔي َنَ ،وا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ ُﻖ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺪﻳ ُﻢ
َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ِﺜ ُﻖ ِﰲ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ِﻘﻴ ِﻪ.
َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ أَ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ َب َﻻ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜ ُﻦ أَ ْن ﺗَ ْﻌﺘَ ِﻤ َﺪ َﻋ َﲆ َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ ا ْﻷَ ْﺷ َﺨﺎ ِص اﻟﺜﱠ َﻼﺛَ ِﺔَ .ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮﻧُﻮا
ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ُﻓﻮ َن َﻛﻴْ َﻒ ﻳَ ُﻘﻮ ُﻣﻮ َن ِﺑﺄَ ﱢي َ ْﳾءٍَ ،و َﻣ َﻊ ُﻣ ُﺮو ِر ا ْﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم اﺗﱠ َﻀ َﺢ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻬ ُﻢ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻌ ﱡﻠ ُﻢَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ
َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﻛ ُﺴﻮﻟِي َن؛ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ُﻗﻮ َن ِﻧ ْﺼ َﻒ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ ِﻟﻨَ ْﺼ ِﺐ ُﻣ َﺨﻴﱠ ٍﻢ َﻓ ْﻮ َﺿ ِﻮ ﱟي ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ِﻧ ْﺼ َﻒ َﻓ ْ َﱰ ِة اﻟ ﱠﺼﺒَﺎ ِح
ِﻟ َﺤ ْﺰ ِم ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ َوﺗَ ْﺤ ِﻤﻴ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔ ِﺑ َﻄ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ٍﺔ َر ِدﻳﺌَ ٍﺔ ِﺟ ٍّﺪاَ ،ﺣﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَﻨْ َﺸ ِﻐﻠُﻮ َن َﻃ َﻮا َل
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