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ِﻧ َﺪاءُ اﻟ َ ﱢﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ
أَ ْﻛ َﻤ َﻞ ﻣﺎﺛﻴﻮﺳﻦ ِﺑ ُﺨﺒْ ٍﺚَ » :ﻟ َﺪ ﱠي ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِر ِج ِﻣ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ٌﺔ ﺗَ ْﺤ ِﻤ ُﻞ ِﻋ ْ ِﴩﻳ َﻦ ِﻛﻴ ًﺴﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺪ ِﻗﻴ ِﻖ،
ﻳَ ِﺰ ُن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ِﻛﻴ ٍﺲ َﺧ ْﻤ ِﺴي َن َر ْﻃ ًﻼَ .ﻫﺎ ِﻫ َﻲ ُﺣ ُﻤﻮ َﻟ ُﺔ ا ْﻷَ ْﻟ ِﻒ َر ْﻃ ٍﻞَ .و َﻫ َﻜ َﺬا ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺬ َﻫﺎ ُب ا ْﻵ َن«.
َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ِﺠ ْﺐ ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮنَ ،ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ َﻣﺎذَا ﻳَ ُﻘﻮ ُلَ ،وأَ َدا َر َﻋﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻮ ُﺟﻮ ِه ِﻣ ْﻦ َو ْﺟ ٍﻪ ِﻟ َﻮ ْﺟ ٍﻪ
َو َرأَى َﺻ ِﺪﻳ ًﻘﺎ َﻗ ِﺪﻳ ًﻤﺎ ﻳُ ْﺪ َﻋﻰ ﺟﻴﻢ أوﺑﺮاﻳﻦ.
َﺳﺄَ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن َﻫﺎ ِﻣ ًﺴﺎَ » :ﻫ ْﻞ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ َﻚ إِ ْﻗ َﺮا ِﴈ أَ ْﻟ َﻒ ُدو َﻻ ٍر؟«
أَ َﺟﺎﺑَ ُﻪ أوﺑﺮاﻳﻦِ » :ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻄﺒْ ِﻊ .أَﻧَﺎ أَ َﺿ ُﻊ ِﺛ َﻘ ِﺘﻲ ِﺑ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ﺟﻮنَ ،وأَ ِﺛ ُﻖ أَ ﱠن َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﺣ َﺶ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻪ
ا ْﻟ ِﻘﻴَﺎ ُم ِﺑﺎ ْﻷَ ْﻣ ِﺮَ «.وأَ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ِﺑ ِﻜﻴ ٍﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱡ ُﻘﻮ ِد إِ َﱃ َﺟﺎ ِﻧ ِﺐ ِﻛﻴ ِﺲ ﻣﺎﺛﻴﻮﺳﻦ.
َﻗﺎ َل ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮنَ » :ﻻ ﺗَ ْﻘ َﻠ ْﻖَ ،ﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ ُﺐ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﻘﻴَﺎ ُم ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻌ ِﺠ َﺰا ِتَ .ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻧْ َﻘ َﺬ َﺣﻴَﺎ ِﺗﻲ ذَا َت
َﻣ ﱠﺮ ٍة«.
» َو َﺳﻴَ ْﻔ َﻌﻠُ َﻬﺎ ُﻣ َﺠ ﱠﺪ ًداَ «.ﻫ َﻜﺬَا َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻴﺖ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺘَﺬَ ﱠﻛ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ﱠﺮ َة ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻛﺎ َد ﺑﺎك أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﻘ ِﻔ َﺰ ِﻣ ْﻦ
َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﺠ ُﺮ ِف ِﺑﻨَﺎءً َﻋ َﲆ أَ ْﻣ ٍﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮنَ .وأَ َﺿﺎ َفَ » :ﻟ ْﻢ أَ َر َﻗ ﱡﻂ َﻛ ْﻠﺒًﺎ ُﻣ ْﺨ ِﻠ ًﺼﺎ َو ُﻣﺘَ َﻔﺎ ِﻧﻴًﺎ ِﻟ َﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ِه
ِﺑ َﻬ َﺬا اﻟ ﱠﺸ ْﻜ ِﻞَ .ﻓ ِﺈذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻤ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ﺑﺎك ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻘﻴَﺎ ِم ِﺑﺎ ْﻷَ ْﻣ ِﺮَ ،ﻓ َﻼ أَ َﺣ َﺪ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ«.
أَ ْو َﻣﺄَ أوﺑﺮاﻳﻦ ِﺑ َﺮأْ ِﺳ ِﻪ ُﻣ َﻮا ِﻓ ًﻘﺎ َو َﻗﺎ َل َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُ ِﺸيرُ إِ َﱃ ﺑﺎكَ » :ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤ ْﻌ ُﺖ َﻋﻨْ ُﻪ َو َﻋ ﱠﻤﺎ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻪ
ا ْﻟ ِﻘﻴَﺎ ُم ِﺑ ِﻪ .أَ ْﻋ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧﱠ َﻬﺎ ُﻣ َﺨﺎ َﻃ َﺮ ٌة َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ ُﻣ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻌ ﱞﺪ ِﻟﺘَ َﻘﺒﱡ ِﻠ َﻬﺎ .إِ ﱠن ﻣﺎﺛﻴﻮﺳﻦ َﻛ ِﺜيرُ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺚَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ
ﺑﺎك ُﻫ َﻮ َﻛ ْﻠ ُﺐ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻬﺎ ﱢم اﻟ ﱠﺼ ْﻌﺒَ ِﺔ«.
َﺧ َﺮ َج ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻓﻨْ ُﺪ ِق إﻟﺪورادو َو َو َﻗ ُﻔﻮا ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺸﺎ ِر ِع ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِر ِجَ ،و َﻗ َﻒ ِﻋ ﱠﺪ ُة ِﻣﺌَﺎ ٍت
ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ِل ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺪﻳ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮ َو َوا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻔﺎ َزا ِت َﺣ ْﻮ َل ِﻣ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔ ﻣﺎﺛﻴﻮﺳﻦَ .ﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻣ َﺤ ﱠﻤ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﺑﺄَ ْﻟ ِﻒ َر ْﻃ ٍﻞ
ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺪ ِﻗﻴ ِﻖَ ،و َوا ِﻗ َﻔ ًﺔ ِﰲ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ِﻧ َﻬﺎ ِﻟ ِﻌ ﱠﺪ ِة َﺳﺎ َﻋﺎ ٍتَ .و ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ْﻘ ِﺲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِر ِد ،ﺗَ َﺠ ﱠﻤ َﺪ ِت ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ُﺔ ِﰲ
ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻠﻴ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱡﺼ ْﻠ ِﺐَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ُﻣ ْﻌ َﻈ ُﻢ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ِل ﻳُ َﺮا ِﻫﻨُﻮ َن أَ ﱠن ﺑﺎك َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﺘَ َﻤ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ َز ْﺣ َﺰ َﺣ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ
َﻣ َﻜﺎ ِﻧ َﻬﺎ.
َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﺟﻮن ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن َﺷ َﻌ َﺮ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺴﻮءِ ِﻟﺘَ َ ﱡﴪ ِﻋ ِﻪ ِﺑ َﻘﺒُﻮ ِل اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﻫﺎ ِن ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺠ ﱠﺮ ِد ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔ َﻣ َﻊ
َﻓ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘ َﻬﺎ ا ْﻷَ ْﺻ ِﲇﱢ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻜ ﱠﻮ ِن ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻋ َ َﴩ ِة ِﻛ َﻼ ٍب ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻠ ُﻘﻮ َن َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻠﻴ ِﺪ أَ َﻣﺎ َﻣ َﻬﺎ .ﺑَ َﺪ ْت َﻣ َﻬ ﱠﻤ ُﺔ ﺑﺎك
ُﻣ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺤﻴ َﻠ ًﺔَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ﻣﺎﺛﻴﻮﺳﻦ َﻛﺎ َن َﺳ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا.
َﻓ َﺼﺎ َح َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ًﻼ» :ﺛَ َﻼﺛَ ٌﺔ إِ َﱃ َوا ِﺣ ٍﺪ! َﺳﺄُ َرا ِﻫﻨُ َﻚ ِﺑﺄَ ْﻟ ِﻒ ُدو َﻻ ٍر أُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻋ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻨﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔَ ،ﻣﺎ
َرأْﻳُ َﻚ؟«
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