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اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﻫﺎ ُن
ﺑَ َﺪا ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن َﻗ ِﻠ ًﻘﺎَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﻫﺎ َن أَﺛَﺎ َر ُرو َح ا ْﻟ ِﻘﺘَﺎ ِل ِﺑ َﺪا ِﺧ ِﻠ ِﻪَ .ﻓﻨَﺎ َدى ﻫﺎﻧﺰ َوﺑﻴﺖَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ
َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟ َﺪى اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ِل اﻟﺜﱠ َﻼﺛَ ِﺔ ُﻣ ْﺠﺘَ ِﻤ ِﻌي َن ِﺳ َﻮى ِﻣﺎﺋَﺘَ ْﻲ ُدو َﻻ ٍر َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂَ .ﻛﺎ َن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﻤ ِﻠ ُﻜﻮﻧَ ُﻪ،
َو َﻗ ْﺪ َرا َﻫﻨُﻮا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻤﺒْ َﻠ ِﻎ ُﻛ ﱢﻠ ِﻪ.
ﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ْﺤ ِﺮﻳ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب ا ْﻟ َﻌ َ َﴩ ِة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔَ ،وﺗَ ﱠﻢ َرﺑْ ُﻂ ﺑﺎك ِﺑ َ ْﴪ ِﺟ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ﱢص ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔ.
َﻛﺎ َن َﻗ ْﺪ َﺷ َﻌ َﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺤ َﻤﺎ َﺳ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َﺪ ﱢﻓ َﻘ ِﺔ َﺣ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪَ ،و َﻋ ِﻠ َﻢ ِﺑ َﻄ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ٍﺔ َﻣﺎ أَ ﱠن َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﻘﻴَﺎ َم ِﺑ َ ْﴚ ٍء َرا ِﺋ ٍﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ
أَ ْﺟ ِﻞ ﺟﻮن ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن .ﺗَ َﺤ ﱠﺪ َث ا ْﻟ َﺠ ْﻤ ُﻊ َﻋ ْﻦ َﻣﻨْ َﻈ ِﺮ ﺑﺎك اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺋ ِﻊَ .ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ِﰲ َﻫﻴْﺌَ ٍﺔ ُﻣ ْﻤﺘَﺎ َز ٍة ،ﻳَ ِﺰ ُن
ِﻣﺎﺋَ ًﺔ َو َﺧ ْﻤ ِﺴي َن َر ْﻃ ًﻼ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ِة ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِﻟ َﺼ ِﺔ َو َﻓ ْﺮ َوﺗُ ُﻪ ﺗَ ْﻠ َﻤ ُﻊ َﻛﺎ ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺮﻳ ِﺮ ،ﺗَ َﺤ ﱠﺴ َﺲ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ُل َﻋ َﻀ َﻼ ِﺗ ِﻪ
َو َﻗﺎﻟُﻮا إِﻧﱠ َﻬﺎ ُﺻ ْﻠﺒَ ٌﺔ َﻛﺎ ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪَ ،واﻧْ َﺨ َﻔ َﻀ ْﺖ ا ِﻻ ْﺣ ِﺘ َﻤﺎ َﻻ ُت إِ َﱃ اﺛْﻨَ ْي ِن إِ َﱃ َوا ِﺣ ٍﺪ.
َﻫﺘَ َﻒ َﺷ ْﺨ ٌﺺ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ْﻤ ِﻊِ » :ﺑ َﺤ ﱢﻖ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻤﺎ ِء ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي! َﺳﺄَ ْد َﻓ ُﻊ َﻟ َﻚ ﺛَﻤﺎﻧَ ِﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ ُدو َﻻ ٍر ِﰲ
ُﻣ َﻘﺎ ِﺑﻠِ ِﻪَ ،ﻗﺒْ َﻞ ا ْﺧ ِﺘﺒَﺎ ِر ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ِة .ﺛَ َﻤﺎﻧَ ِﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ ُدو َﻻ ٍر ُﻣ َﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻠ ُﻪ ا ْﻵ َن«.
َﻫ ﱠﺰ ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن َرأْ َﺳ ُﻪ َو َو َﻗ َﻒ ِﺑ َﺠﺎ ِﻧ ِﺐ ﺑﺎك.
َﻗﺎ َل ﻣﺎﺛﻴﻮﺳﻦ» :ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺐ أَ ْن ﺗَﺒْ َﻘﻰ ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا َﻋﻨْ ُﻪ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ُﺸ ﱡﺪ .أَ ْﻋ ِﻄ ِﻪ َﻣ َﺴﺎ َﺣ ًﺔ َﺟﻴﱢ َﺪ ًة«.
َﺧﻴﱠ َﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺼ ْﻤ ُﺖ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﺠ ُﻤﻮ ِعَ ،و َﻗ ْﺪ َوا َﻓ ُﻘﻮا َﺟ ِﻤﻴ ًﻌﺎ َﻋ َﲆ أَ ﱠن ﺑﺎك َﺣﻴَ َﻮا ٌن َرا ِﺋ ٌﻊَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ َرأَ ْوا
أَ ﱠن ُﺣ ُﻤﻮ َﻟ َﺔ أَ ْﻟ ِﻒ َر ْﻃ ٍﻞ أَ ْﺿ َﺨ ُﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ْن ﻳَ ُﺠ ﱠﺮ َﻫﺎ َﻛ ْﻠ ٌﺐ َوا ِﺣ ٌﺪَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﺮا ِﻫ ْﻦ أَ َﺣ ٌﺪ آ َﺧ ُﺮ َﻋ َﲆ ُﻗ ْﺪ َر ِﺗ ِﻪ
َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﻘﻴَﺎ ِم ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻤ َﻬ ﱠﻤ ِﺔ.
َﺟﺜَﺎ ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن َﻋ َﲆ ُر ْﻛﺒَﺘَﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑ َﺠﺎ ِﻧ ِﺐ ﺑﺎكَ ،وأَ َﺧﺬَ َرأْ َﺳ ُﻪ ﺑَ ْي َن ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ َوأَ َرا َح َﺧ ﱠﺪ ُه َﻋ َﲆ َﺧ ﱢﺪ ﺑﺎك.
َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻬ ﱠﺰ َرأْ َﺳ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﻤ َﺮ ٍح أَ ْو ﻳَ ْﺪ ُﻋ ُﻪ ِﺑﺄَ ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ٍب َﺳﻴﱢﺌَ ٍﺔ َﻛ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﺘَ َﻤﻨﱠﻰ ﺑﺎك ،ﺑَ ْﻞ َﻫ َﻤ َﺲ ِﰲ أُذُ ِﻧ ِﻪ.
َﻫ َﻤ َﺲ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ًﻼِ » :ﺑ َﻘ ْﺪ ِر َﻣﺎ ﺗُ ِﺤﺒﱡ ِﻨﻲ ﻳَﺎ ﺑﺎكِ .ﺑ َﻘ ْﺪ ِر َﻣﺎ ﺗُ ِﺤﺒﱡﻨِﻲ «.أَ ْﻃ َﻠ َﻖ ﺑﺎك ُﻋ َﻮا ًء ِﺑ َﺤ َﻤﺎ َﺳ ٍﺔ
َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ َﻛﺒْﺘَ َﻬﺎ.
َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ َﺠ ْﻤ ُﻊ ﻳُ َﺮا ِﻗ ُﺐ َﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﺤ ُﺪ ُث ِﺑ ُﻔ ُﻀﻮ ٍل ،ﺑَ َﺪا ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ُﺮ َو َﻛﺄَ ﱠن َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﺳ ْﺤ ِﺮﻳٍّﺎ ﻳَ ْﺤ ُﺪ ُثَ .ﻓ ِﻌﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ
َو َﻗ َﻒ ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن ،أَ َﺧ َﺬ ﺑﺎك ﻳَ َﺪ ُه ﺑَ ْي َن َﻓ ﱠﻜﻴْ ِﻪ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﻀ َﻐ ُﻂ ِﺑﺄَ ْﺳﻨَﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ َﻬﺎ َوﻳَ ْﱰُ ُﻛ َﻬﺎ ِﺑﺒُ ْﻂ ٍء؛ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ
َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ِﻫ َﻲ إِ َﺟﺎﺑَﺘُ ُﻪَ ،و ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُ ْﻈ ِﻬ ُﺮ َﻣ َﺪى ُﺣﺒﱢ ِﻪ ِﻟ َﻬ َﺬا اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ِﻞ .ﺗَ َﺮا َﺟ َﻊ ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن ِﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ َو َﻗﺎ َل» :ا ْﻵ َن
ﻳَﺎ ﺑﺎك«.
َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﺑﺎك اﻟ ﱠ ْﴪ َج َوﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺨﻲ ِﻋ ﱠﺪ َة ﺑُﻮ َﺻﺎ ٍتَ ،ﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ِﻫ َﻲ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗَ َﻌ ﱠﻠ َﻤ َﻬﺎ.
َ َﴏخ ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن» :إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻴَ ِﻤي ِن«.
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