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ِﻧ َﺪا ُء اﻟ َ ﱢﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ
أَ َﺣ ﱠﺐ ﺑﺎك ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ َﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺼﻴْ ِﺪ َو َﺻﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻷَ ْﺳ َﻤﺎ ِك َواﻟﺘﱠ َﺠ ﱡﻮ ِل ِﰲ ا ْﻷَ َﻣﺎ ِﻛ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ِﺔَ .و َﻋ َﲆ
َﻣ َﺪا ِر أَ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﻴ َﻊَ ،ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳُ َﺨﻴﱢ ُﻤﻮ َن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َو ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ،ﺗَﺘَ َﻜﺎ َﺳ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب َوﻳُ ْﺤ ِﺮ ُق اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ُل اﻟﺜﱡ ُﻘﻮ َب ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻠﻴ ِﺪ
َوا ْﻟ َﺤ َﴡَ ،وﻳَ ْﻔ ِﺼﻠُﻮ َن اﻟ ﱠﺬ َﻫ َﺐ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺤ َﴡ ِﺑ َﺤ َﺮا َر ِة اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِر ،ﻳَ ُﺠﻮ ُﻋﻮ َن أَ ْﺣﻴَﺎﻧًﺎَ ،وﻳَﺄْ ُﻛﻠُﻮ َن َﺣﺘﱠﻰ
اﻟ ﱠﺸﺒَ ِﻊ ِﰲ أَ ْﺣﻴَﺎ ٍن أُ ْﺧ َﺮىَ .و َﺟﺎءَ َﻓ ْﺼ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺼﻴْ ِﻒَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب َواﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ُل ﻳَ ْﺤ ِﻤﻠُﻮ َن ا ْﻟ َﺤ َﻘﺎ ِﺋ َﺐ
َﻋ َﲆ ُﻇ ُﻬﻮ ِر ِﻫ ْﻢَ ،وﻳَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒُﻮ َن ا ْﻷَ ْﻃ َﻮا َف َﻋ ْ َﱪ ﺑُ َﺤ ْيرَا ِت ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺒَﺎ ِلَ ،وﻳُ َﺴﺎ ِﻓ ُﺮو َن َﻋ ْ َﱪ ا ْﻷَﻧْ َﻬﺎ ِر ِﰲ َﻣ َﺮا ِﻛ َﺐ
َﺻ ِﻐي َر ٍة ﻳَ ْﺼﻨَ ُﻌﻮﻧَ َﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻷَ ْﺷ َﺠﺎ ِر ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ.
َﻣ ﱠﺮ ْت ُﺷ ُﻬﻮ ٌر َﻋ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ٌةَ ،و ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﻠُ ُﻜﻮ َن ُﻃ ُﺮ ًﻗﺎ َﻛ ِﺜي َر ًة َﻋ ْ َﱪ أَ َرا ٍض َﻣ ْﻬ ُﺠﻮ َر ٍةَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَﺘَ َﺠ ﱠﻮﻟُﻮ َن
ِﰲ اﻟ ﱡﻄ ُﺮ ِق ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺪﻳ َﻤ ِﺔ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺸﺘَﺎءَِ ،وأَ ِﺧي ًرا ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺑﻴ ِﻊ َو َﺟ ُﺪوا َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎَ .ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻤﻨْ َﺠ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻔ ُﻘﻮ ُد َو َﻻ
اﻟ ُﻜﻮ ُخ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻔ ُﻘﻮ ُد َوإِﻧﱠ َﻤﺎ ﻧَ ْﻬ ٌﺮ َﺿ ْﺤ ٌﻞ ِﰲ َوا ٍد َﻋ ِﻤﻴ ٍﻖَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﺻ ُﺨﻮ ُر اﻟﻨﱠ ْﻬ ِﺮ َﻣ ِﻠﻴﺌَ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺬ َﻫ ِﺐ .ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻒ
ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ ُﻖ َﻋ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﺤ ِﺚ َوا ْﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َكُ .ﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺪو َن َﻣﺎ ﻳُ َﺴﺎ ِوي آ َﻻ َف اﻟ ﱡﺪو َﻻ َرا ِت ِﻣ ْﻦ
ِﻗ َﻄ ِﻊ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ َو ُﻏﺒَﺎ ِر ِهَ .و َﺿ ُﻌﻮا اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ َﺐ ِﰲ أَ ْﻛﻴَﺎ ٍسَ ،ﺧ ْﻤ ُﺴﻮ َن َر ْﻃ ًﻼ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ِﻛﻴ ٍﺲَ ،و َو َﺿ ُﻌﻮ َﻫﺎ
ِﰲ َﻛ ْﻮ َﻣ ٍﺔ ِﻣﺜْ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ َﺧﺎ ِر َج اﻟ ُﻜﻮ ِخ اﻟ ﱠﺼ ِﻐي ِر اﻟﺬي ﺑَﻨَ ْﻮه.
َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َ ْﳾءٌ ﺗَ ْﻔ َﻌﻠُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب ِﺳ َﻮى َﺳ ْﺤ ِﺐ ا ْﻟ َﻐﻨَﺎ ِﺋ ِﻢ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﻳَ ْﺼ َﻄﺎ ُد َﻫﺎ ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮنِ .ﻟﺬَا
َﻗ َﴣ ﺑﺎك َﺳﺎ َﻋﺎ ٍت َﻛ ِﺜي َر ًة َﺣﺎ ِﻟ ًﻤﺎ ِﺑ َﺠﺎ ِﻧ ِﺐ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِر؛ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺤﻠُ ُﻢ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﺴ َﻤ ُﻊ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻳُﻨَﺎ ِدﻳ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ،
َو َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻌﺎ َد ِةَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ِﻓ ْﻌ َﻞ َ ْﳾ ٍء ِذي أَ َﻫ ﱢﻤﻴﱠ ٍﺔَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ َﻣﺎ ِﻫﻴﱠﺘَ ُﻪِ .ﰲ
ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﺾ ا ْﻷَ ْﺣﻴَﺎ ِن َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ َﻄﺎ ِر ُد َﻫ َﺬا اﻟ ﱠﺼ ْﻮ َت َﻋ ْ َﱪ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ﺑَ ْﺤﺜًﺎ َﻋ ﱠﻤﺎ إِ َذا َﻛﺎ َن َﺻ ْﻮ َت َﺣﻴَ َﻮا ٍنَ .ﻛﺎ َن
ﻳَ ْﺪ َﻓ ُﻊ ِﺑﺄَﻧْ ِﻔ ِﻪ َوﻳُ َﺸ ْﻤ ِﺸ ُﻢ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻌ ْﺸ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِر ِد أَ ِو اﻟ ﱡ ْﱰﺑَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ْﻮ َداءِ َﺣﻴْ ُﺚ ﻳَﻨْﺒُ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻌ ْﺸ ُﺐ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﻮﻳ ُﻞ،
أَ ْو ﻳَ ْﺮ ِﺑ ُﺾ ِﻟ َﺴﺎ َﻋﺎ ٍت ُﻣ ْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺌًﺎ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻒ ُﺟﺬُو ِع ا ْﻷَ ْﺷ َﺠﺎ ِر ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َﺴﺎ ِﻗ َﻄ ِﺔ ،ﻳُ َﺮا ِﻗ ُﺐ َوﻳَ ْﺴ َﻤ ُﻊ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْﳾءٍ
ﻳَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺮ ُك أَ ْو ﻳُ ْﺼ ِﺪ ُر َﺻ ْﻮﺗًﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪَ .ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ ِﻟ َﻤﺎذَا ﻳَ ْﻔ َﻌ ُﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻷَ ْﺷﻴَﺎءََ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن
ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ أَ ﱠن َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﻘﻴَﺎ َم ِﺑ َﻬﺎ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺄَ ْل ﻧَ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﻟ َﻤﺎذَا.
أَ ْﺣﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ُﻣ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻠ ِﻘﻴًﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ ،ﻧَﺎ ِﺋ ًﻤﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ﱢﻮ ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎ ﱢرَ ،و َﻓ ْﺠﺄَ ًة ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻓ ُﻊ َرأْ َﺳ ُﻪ َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠ ُﻪ
َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﻳَ ُﻬ ﱡﺐ َوا ِﻗ ًﻔﺎ َﻋ َﲆ أَ ْﻗ َﺪا ِﻣ ِﻪ َوﻳَﻨْ َﺪ ِﻓ ُﻊ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻌ ًﺪاَ .و َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُﺾ ِﻟ َﺴﺎ َﻋﺎ ٍت َﻋ ْ َﱪ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ
َوا ْﻟ ِﻤ َﺴﺎ َﺣﺎ ِت ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻔﺘُﻮ َﺣ ِﺔَ ،وﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻠ ِﻘﻲ َﻓ ْﻮ َق اﻟ ﱡﺸ َﺠ ْي َرا ِت ِﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﺣﻴْ ُﺚ ﻳُ َﺮا ِﻗ ُﺐ اﻟ ﱡﻄﻴُﻮ َرَ ،ﻛ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن
ﻳُ ِﺤ ﱡﺐ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻛ َﺾ ِﰲ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َﺼ ِﻒ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ِﻞ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺼﻴْ ِﻒَ .ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ﻳَﺒْ َﺤ ُﺚ َدا ِﺋ ًﻤﺎ َﻋ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠ ْﴚ ِء
ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎ ِﻣ ِﺾ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳُﻨَﺎ ِدﻳ ِﻪ.
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