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ِﻧ َﺪا ُء اﻟ َﱪﱢﻳﱠ ِﺔ
َوا ْ ِﻹ ْﺣ َﺮا ِجَ .وﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ُﻣ ُﺮو ِر ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﺾ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ ،ﺑَ َﺪأَ اﻟ ﱢﺬﺋْ ُﺐ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻛ ِﺾ ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ َﺧ ِﻔﻴ َﻔ ٍﺔَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أَ ْن
ﻳَﺘْﺒَ َﻌ ُﻪ ﺑﺎكَ ،و َر َﻛ َﻀﺎ َﻣ ًﻌﺎ َﻋ ْﱪَ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ِﻞ ﻧَ ْﺤ َﻮ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺒَﺎ ِل.
َﻇ ﱡﻠﻮا ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُﻀﻮ َن ِﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ٍمَ ،ﻏ َﻤ َﺮ ْت ِﻓﻴ َﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻌﺎ َد ُة ﺑﺎك ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﺷ َﻌ َﺮ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُ َﻠﺒﱢﻲ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟﻨﱢ َﺪا َء أَ ِﺧيرًا
َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُﺾ ِﺑ َﺠﺎ ِﻧ ِﺐ َﺻ ِﺪﻳ ِﻘ ِﻪ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻛﺎ َن ِﺑ َﻤﺜَﺎﺑَ ِﺔ أَ ٍخ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ َﻟ ُﻪ .ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻔﺎ ِﺑ َﺠﺎ ِﻧ ِﺐ َﺟ ْﺪ َو ِل ِﻣﻴَﺎ ٍه
ِﻟﻴَ ْ َﴩﺑَﺎ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﺬ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ﺑﺎك ﺟﻮن ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن َﻓ َﺠ َﻠ َﺲ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻷَ ْر ِض .ﺑَ َﺪأَ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْ ُﺐ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺤ ﱡﺮ ِك ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻋﺎ َد
إِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺘَ َﺸ ﱠﻤ ُﻢ أَﻧْ َﻔ ُﻪ ُﻣ َﺤﺎ ِو ًﻻ ﺗَ ْﺤ ِﻔﻴ َﺰ ُه َﻋ َﲆ ا ِﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﻤ َﺮا ِرَ .و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ﺑﺎك ا ْﺳﺘَ َﺪا َر َوﺑَ َﺪأَ
ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻌ ْﻮ َد ِة ِﺑﺒُ ْﻂءٍَ ،و ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ِة َﺳﺎ َﻋ ٍﺔ َر َﻛ َﺾ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْ ُﺐ ِﺑ َﺠﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﺤ ُﺐ ِﺑ ِﺮ ْﻓ ٍﻖ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﺟ َﻠ َﺲ َﻋ َﲆ
ا ْﻷَ ْر ِض َو َر َﻓ َﻊ أَﻧْ َﻔ ُﻪ ِﺗ َﺠﺎ َه اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻤﺎءِ َوأَ ْﻃ َﻠ َﻖ ُﻋ َﻮا ًء َﺣ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎَ ،وﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ ا ْﺳﺘَ َﻤ ﱠﺮ ﺑﺎك ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻘ ﱡﺪ ِمَ ،ﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ
اﻟ ُﻌ َﻮاءَ ﻳَ ْﺨﺒُﻮ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ا ْﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ َﻣ َﻊ ﺑُ ْﻌ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎ َﻓ ِﺔ.
َﻛﺎ َن ﺟﻮن ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن ﻳَﺘَﻨَﺎ َو ُل ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﺸﺎءَ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َر َﻛ َﺾ ﺑﺎك إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ َو َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪَ ،وأَ َﺧ َﺬ
ﻳَ ْﻠ َﻌ ُﻖ َو ْﺟ َﻬ ُﻪ َوﻳَ َﻌ ﱡﺾ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه ِﺑ ُﺤ ﱟﺐ ،ﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ ﻳَ ُﻬ ﱡﺰ ُه ﺟﻮن ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن ِﻟ ْﻸَ َﻣﺎ ِم َوا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳﻨْ َﻌﺘُ ُﻪ
ِﺑﺄَ ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ٍب َﺳﻴﱢﺌَ ٍﺔ.
ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻳَ ْﻮ َﻣ ْي ِن ِﺑ َﻠﻴْ َﻠﺘَﻴْ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﱰُ ْك ﺑﺎك ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨﻴﱠ َﻢ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﱰُ ْك ﺟﻮن ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن ﻳَ ِﻐﻴ ُﺐ َﻋ ْﻦ
ﻧَﺎ ِﻇ َﺮﻳْ ِﻪَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﺘْﺒَ ُﻌ ُﻪ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ٍنَ .ﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ َﺮا ِﻗﺒُ ُﻪ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺄْ ُﻛ ُﻞ َوﻳَﺘْﺒَ ُﻌ ُﻪ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﻨَﺎ َم ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم،
َوﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ُه ِﺣي َن ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ُﻆ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺼﺒَﺎ ِحَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ﻳَ ْﻮ َﻣ ْي ِن ﺑَ َﺪأَ ﺑﺎك ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱢ َﺪا ِء ا ْﻟ َﻌ ِﺠﻴ ِﺐ ِﻣ َﻦ
ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ أَ ْﻗ َﻮى ِﻣ ْﻦ ِذي َﻗﺒْ ُﻞَ ،و َﻋﺎ َد إِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َﻗ َﻠ ُﻘ ُﻪ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻤ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻮ ﱡﻗ ِﻒ َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜي ِر ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺬﺋْ ِﺐ
َو ِﰲ ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺘ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ َﻣ ًﻌﺎ َﻋ ْ َﱪ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔَ ،ﻓ َﻌﺎ َد ﻳَﺘَ َﺠ ﱠﻮ ُل ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ َو َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺬﺋْ َﺐ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك.
ﺑَ َﺪأَ ﻳَ ْﺨ ُﺮ ُج َﻟﻴْ ًﻼ َوﻳَﺒْ َﻘﻰ ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا َﻋ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ ِﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ﱠﺮ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻮا ِﺣ َﺪ ِةَ .و ِﰲ إِ ْﺣ َﺪى ا ْﻟ َﻤ ﱠﺮا ِت،
َﻋ َﱪَ ا ْﻟ َﺠﺒَ َﻞ َوﺗَ َﺠ ﱠﻮ َل ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ِة أُ ْﺳﺒُﻮ ٍع ﺑَ ْﺤﺜًﺎ َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْ ِﺐَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺼ َﻄﺎ ُد َوﻳَﺄْ ُﻛ ُﻞ أَﺛْﻨَﺎ َء َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮ ِهَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ
ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠ َﻌ ِﺐ َﻗ ﱡﻂَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ ا ْﺻ َﻄﺎ َد أَ ْﺳ َﻤﺎ َك اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻠ ُﻤﻮ ِن ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺟ ْﺪ َو ٍل َﺻ ِﻐي ٍرَ ،و َﻓﺎ َز ِﺑ ِﻘﺘَﺎ ٍل ِﺿ ﱠﺪ
ُد ﱟب أَ ْﺳ َﻮ َد َﺿ ْﺨ ٍﻢ؛ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻣ ْﻌ َﺮ َﻛ ًﺔ َ ِﴍ َﺳ ًﺔ َو َﻗ ْﺪ َﺷ َﻌ َﺮ ﺑﺎك َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ُﻣ َﻘﺎ ِﺗ ٌﻞ ُﻣ َﺠ ﱠﺪ ًداَ ،وﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ﻳَ ْﻮ َﻣي ِن
َﻃﺎ َر َد َﺣﻴَ َﻮاﻧَﺎ ِت اﻟﻮﻟﻔﺮﻳﻦ َوأَ ْﻣ َﺴ َﻚ اﺛْﻨَ ْي ِن ِﻣﻨْ َﻬﺎ.
َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠ ُﻪ أَ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ َﺻﻴﱠﺎ ٍد ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢَ ،وأَ ْﻗ َﻮى َﺣﻴَ َﻮا ٍنَ .ﻛﺎ َن َﻓ ُﺨﻮ ًرا ِﺑﻨَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ َو َﻗ ْﺪ
َﻇ َﻬ َﺮ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ ِﻣ ْﺸﻴَ ِﺘ ِﻪَ .و ِﻓﻴ َﻤﺎ َﻋ َﺪا اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﻮ ِن ا ْﻟﺒُﻨﱢ ﱢﻲ َﻋ َﲆ أَﻧْ ِﻔ ِﻪ َو َﻓ ْﻮ َق َﻋﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ َواﻟ ﱠﺸ ْﻌ ِﺮ ا ْﻷَﺑْﻴَ ِﺾ َﻋ َﲆ
َﺻ ْﺪ ِر ِه ،ﺑَ َﺪا َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ِذﺋْ ٌﺐ َﺿ ْﺨ ٌﻢ ،أَ ْﺿ َﺨ ُﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ْﺿ َﺨ ِﻢ ِذﺋْ ٍﺐ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢَ .ﻛﺎ َن َوا ِﻟ ُﺪ ﺑﺎك ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ِﺼﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ
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