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أَ ْﺳﻴَﺎ ٌد ُﺟ ُﺪ ٌد
ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠ َﻮ ﱡﻗ ِﻒ َوإِ َﻋﺎ َد ِة ﺗَ ْﺮﺗِﻴ ِﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﺤ ُﻤﻮ َﻟ ِﺔَ .و ِﰲ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم أُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻌﻮا ﺑَ ْﺪءَ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺔ أَ َﺳﺎ ًﺳﺎ،
َو ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛَ ﱠﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻘ َﻄ ُﻌﻮا ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎ َﻓ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﺧ ﱠﻄ َﻂ َﻟ َﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن.
ِﺑﺎ ْ ِﻹ َﺿﺎ َﻓ ِﺔ إِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚَ ،ﻛﺎ َن َﻃ َﻌﺎ ُم ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب َﺳﻴَﻨْ َﻔ ُﺪ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻋ ْﻦ َﻗ ِﺮﻳ ٍﺐَ ،و َﻗ ْﺪ َ ﱠﴎ َع اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن
ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﻃ َﻌﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ِﻣ ﱠﻤﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺒَ ِﻐﻲَ ،ﻓ َﻜﺎ َن ا ْﻟ َﻮا ِﻓ ُﺪو َن ا ْﻟ ُﺠ ُﺪ ُد ﻳَﺄْ ُﻛﻠُﻮ َن َﻛ ِﺜيرًا،
َو ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ ُﻖ ﻳَ ُﺠ ﱡﺮ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ َﺔ ِﺑ َﻀ ْﻌ ٍﻒ ،ﻳَ ُﻈ ﱡﻦ ﻫﺎل أَ ﱠن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻷَﻧﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺄْ ُﻛﻠُﻮا َﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜ ِﻔﻲ
َوﻳُ َﻀﺎ ِﻋ ُﻒ ِﺣ ﱠﺼﺘَ ُﻬ ْﻢَ .و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﺷ َﻌ َﺮ ْت ﻣﺮﺳﻴﺪس ِﺑﺎ ْﻷَ َﺳ ِﻒ ِﺗ َﺠﺎ َه ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ إِ ْﻗﻨَﺎ َع
أَ ِﺧﻴ َﻬﺎ ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﻋ َﻄﺎ ِﺋ َﻬﺎ َﻃ َﻌﺎ ًﻣﺎ إِ َﺿﺎ ِﻓﻴٍّﺎَ َ ،ﴎ َﻗ ْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺨ ُﺰو ِن َوأَ ْﻃ َﻌ َﻤﺘْ َﻬﺎ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن
ﻳُ َﺮا ِﻗﺒَﺎ ِﻧ َﻬﺎَ .و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺑﺎك َو ِﻛ َﻼ ُب اﻟﻬﺎﺳﻜﻲ ِﰲ َﺣﺎ َﺟ ٍﺔ ِﻟﻠ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ ِم؛ ﺑَ ْﻞ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ِﰲ َﺣﺎ َﺟ ٍﺔ ِﻟﻠ ﱠﺮا َﺣ ِﺔ.
أَ ْد َر َك ﻫﺎل ِﰲ أَ َﺣ ِﺪ ا ْﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم أَ ﱠن َﻃ َﻌﺎ َم ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧَ ِﻔ َﺪ ِﻧ ْﺼ ُﻔ ُﻪَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮﻧُﻮا َﻗ ْﺪ َﻗ َﻄ ُﻌﻮا إِ ﱠﻻ
َﻣ َﺴﺎ َﻓ ًﺔ َﻗ ِﻠﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺘ ِﻬ ْﻢَ .وا ْﻷَ ْﺳ َﻮأُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ،أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜ ُﻦ إِﻳ َﺠﺎ ُد َﻃ َﻌﺎ ٍم ِﻟ ْﻠ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب ِﰲ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ
ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻜﺎ ِنِ ،ﻟﺬَا َﻗ ﱠﻠ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﺤ َﺼ َﺺ َﻗ ِﻠﻴ ًﻼ َو َﺣﺎ َو َل ِزﻳَﺎ َد َة ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺔ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍمَ .ﻛﺎ َن ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ْﻬ ِﻞ إِ ْﻋ َﻄﺎءُ
ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب َﻃ َﻌﺎ ًﻣﺎ أَ َﻗ ﱠﻞَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻛﺎ َن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺤﻴ ِﻞ َﺣ ْﻤﻠُ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ أَ ْ َﴎ َعَ .ﻛ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن
َوا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺮأَ ُة َﺣﺎ ِﻧ ِﻘي َن َﻋ َﲆ ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﻀ ِﻬ ْﻢ أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ.
َو ِﰲ أَ َﺣ ِﺪ ا ْﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِمَ ،ﻗ ﱠﺮ ُروا أَ ِﺧي ًرا ﺗَ ْﺮ َك ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب اﻟ ﱢﺴﺘﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ِة ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺎ َح َوﺗَ ْﺴ َ ِﱰ ﱠد َﻋﺎ ِﻓﻴَﺘَ َﻬﺎ.
ِﺑ ُﺤﻠُﻮ ِل َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖَ ،ﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻷَ ْﺷ َﺨﺎ ُص اﻟﺜﱠ َﻼﺛَ ُﺔ َﻏﺎ ِﺿ ِﺒي َن ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﻀ ِﻬ ْﻢ َﻃ َﻮا َل ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ َوﻳَﺘَ َﻌﺎ َﻣﻠُﻮ َن
َﻣ َﻊ ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﻀ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑ ِﻐ ْﻠ َﻈ ٍﺔَ .ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻌ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ ُﺮ َﻋ ْ َﱪ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﻄ ِﺐ اﻟ ﱠﺸ َﻤﺎ ِﱄﱢ ُﻣ َﻐﺎ َﻣ َﺮ ًة ُﻣ ْﻤ ِﺘ َﻌ ًﺔ؛ َﻓ ُﻜ ﱡﻞ َﻣﺎ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا
ﻳَ ْﻔ َﻌﻠُﻮﻧَ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ َﺪا ُلَ .ﻓ َﻜﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻋ َﻀ َﻼ ُت َﺟ َﺴ ِﺪ ِﻫ ْﻢ َو ِﻋ َﻈﺎ ُﻣ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﺗَ ِ ﱡﱧ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻷَ َﻟ ِﻢَ ،و َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ُﻗﻠُﻮﺑُ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﺗَ ِ ﱡﱧ
ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻷَ َﻟ ِﻢ.
َو ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﺗﺸﺎرﻟﺰ َوﻫﺎل ﻳَﺘَ َﺸﺎ َﺟ َﺮا ِنَ ،ﻛﺎ َن ذﻟﻚ ِﺑ َﺴﺒَ ِﺐ ا ْﻋ ِﺘ َﻘﺎ ِد ُﻛ ﱟﻞ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَ ُﻘﻮ ُم
ِﺑﺄَ ْﻛﺜَ ِﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺣ ﱠﺼ ِﺘ ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻤ ِﻞَ .ﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ﻣﺮﺳﻴﺪس ﺗُ َﻮا ِﻓ ُﻖ َز ْو َﺟ َﻬﺎ أَ ْﺣﻴَﺎﻧًﺎَ ،وﺗُ َﻮا ِﻓ ُﻖ أَ َﺧﺎ َﻫﺎ أَ ْﺣﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ
أُ ْﺧ َﺮى؛ َواﻟﻨﱠ ِﺘﻴ َﺠ ُﺔ ِﺷ َﺠﺎ ٌر َﻋﺎ ِﺋ ِﲇﱞ َﻻ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬﻲ.
َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣﺮﺳﻴﺪس ﺗُ ِﺤ ﱡﺐ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ َﻖَ ،ﻛ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻣ ْﻌﺘَﺎ َد ًة َﻋ َﲆ ُﻣ َﺴﺎ َﻋ َﺪ ِة اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِس َﻟ َﻬﺎَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ
َز ْو َﺟ َﻬﺎ َوأَ َﺧﺎ َﻫﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ َﺿﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺴﺎ َﻋ َﺪ َة َﻗ ﱡﻂ .ﺑَ َﺪ ًﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚَ ،ﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ﻳَﺘَﺬَ ﱠﻣ َﺮا ِن ِﻣﻨْ َﻬﺎَ ،و ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻘﺎ ِﺑ ِﻞ
َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ِﻫ َﻲ ﺗُ َﻌﺎ ِﻣﻠُ ُﻬ ْﻤﺎ ُﻣ َﻌﺎ َﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ َﺳﻴﱢﺌَ ًﺔَ .و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻌ ْﺪ ﺗَ ْﻬﺘَ ﱡﻢ ِﻷَ ْﻣ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِبَ ،وﻧَ َﻈ ًﺮا ِﻷَﻧﱠ َﻬﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻣﺘْ َﻌﺒَ ًﺔ
َو ُﻣﺘَﺄَ ﱢﻟ َﻤ ًﺔ أَ َ ﱠﴏ ْت َﻋ َﲆ ُر ُﻛﻮ ِب ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔَ .ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﺿ ْﺨ َﻤ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ْﺠ ِﻢَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ َﻬﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ﺗَ ِﺰ ُن ِﻣﺎﺋَ ًﺔ
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