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ِﻧ َﺪاءُ ا ْﻟ َ ﱢﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ
ﺳﺎن ﺑﺮﻧﺎردِ ،ﻟﺬَا َو ِر َث ﺑﺎك َﺣ ْﺠ َﻤ ُﻪ َو َو ْزﻧَ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪ ،ﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ َو ِر َث ِﻣ ْﻦ أُ ﱢﻣ ِﻪ — َوا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ
َﻓ ِﺼﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ اﻟﺮاﻋﻲ — َﻫﻴْﺌَﺘَ َﻬﺎَ .ﻛﺎ َن أَﻧْ ُﻔ ُﻪ َﻃ ِﻮﻳ ًﻼ َﻛﺎﻟﺬﱢﺋَﺎ ِبَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ َﻬﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ أَ ْﻛ َﱪَ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧْ ِﻒ أَ ﱢي ِذﺋْ ٍﺐ،
َو َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َرأْ ُﺳ ُﻪ ﺗُ ْﺸ ِﺒ ُﻪ َرأْ َس اﻟﺬﱢﺋْ ِﺐَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ َﻬﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ أَ ْﻛ َﱪَ ِﺑﺜَ َﻼﺛَ ِﺔ أَ ْﺿ َﻌﺎ ٍف.
َﻛﺎ َن َﻣﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا َﻛﺎﻟﺬﱢﺋْ ِﺐَ ،وذَ ِﻛﻴٍّﺎ َﻛ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب َﻓ ِﺼﻴ َﻠﺘَ ْﻲ ﺳﺎن ﺑﺮﻧﺎرد واﻟﺮاﻋﻲَ .ﻫﺬَا — ِﺑﺎ ْ ِﻹ َﺿﺎ َﻓ ِﺔ
إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ِﺨ ْﱪَ ِة ا ّﻟ ِﺘﻲ ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺴﺒَ َﻬﺎ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺸ َﻤﺎ ِل — َﺟ َﻌ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﰲ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ِة أَ ﱢي َﺣﻴَ َﻮا ٍن َﻣ ْﻮ ُﺟﻮ ٍد ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﱪﱢﻳﱠ ِﺔَ ،ﻓ َﻜﺎ َن
ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻪ ا ِﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘ َﺠﺎﺑَ ُﺔ ِﻟ ْﻸَ ْﺻ َﻮا ِت َوا ْﻟ َﺤ َﺮ َﻛﺎ ِت ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﱪْ ِقَ ،وﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻮﺛْ ُﺐ ِﺑ ِﻀ ْﻌ ِﻒ ُ ْﴎ َﻋ ِﺔ ِﻛ َﻼ ِب
اﻟﻬﺎﺳﻜﻲَ .و َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻪ ُر ْؤﻳَ ُﺔ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺤ ﱡﺮ َﻛﺎ ِت َو َﺳ َﻤﺎ ُع ا ْﻷَ ْﺻ َﻮا ِت َوا ِﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘ َﺠﺎﺑَ ُﺔ ِﰲ َو ْﻗ ٍﺖ أَ َﻗ ﱠﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ
ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳَ ْﺤﺘَﺎ ُﺟ ُﻪ أَ ﱡي َﻛ ْﻠ ٍﺐ ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ أَ ْو َﺳ َﻤﺎ ِع أَ ﱢي َ ْﳾءٍَ .ﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻋ َﻀ َﻼﺗُ ُﻪ َﻗ ِﻮﻳﱠ ًﺔ َوﺗَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺮ ُك
َوﺗَﻨْ ِﺒ ُﺾ َﻛﺎ ْﻟ ُﻔﻮ َﻻ ِذ.
» َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْﺨ َﻠ ْﻖ َﻛ ْﻠ ٌﺐ ِﻣﺜْﻠُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞَ «.ﻫ َﻜﺬَا َو َﺻ َﻔ ُﻪ ﺟﻮن ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن ِﰲ أَ َﺣ ِﺪ ا ْﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن
ﻳُ َﺮا ِﻗﺒُ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ َو ُ َﴍ َﻛﺎ ُؤ ُه َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﺨ ُﺮ ُج ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ.
َو َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻴﺖَ » :ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺤ ﱠﻄ َﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ُﺐ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ِﺻﻴ َﻎ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ُﺻﻨْ ِﻌ ِﻪ«.
أَ َﺿﺎ َف ﻫﺎﻧﺰِ » :ﺑ َﺤ ﱢﻖ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻤﺎءِ! أَﻧَﺎ أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ أَ َرى َذ ِﻟ َﻚ«.
َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َرا َﻗﺒُﻮ ُه َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﺨ ُﺮ ُج ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ ْوا َﻣﺎ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠي َر ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺠ ﱠﺮ ِد أَ ِن ا ْﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ
ِﰲ أَ ْﺣ َﻀﺎ ِن ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔَ .ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻒ َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ْي ِر َوأَ ْﺻﺒَ َﺢ ُﺟ ْﺰ ًءا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َ ﱢﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﺰ َﺣ ُﻒ ِﺑ ُﻬ ُﺪو ٍء،
َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ َﻛﻴْ َﻒ ﻳَ ْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺊُ َوﻳَ ْﺰ َﺣ ُﻒ َﻋ َﲆ ﺑَ ْﻄ ِﻨ ِﻪ َﻛﺎﻟﺜﱡ ْﻌﺒَﺎ ِنَ ،وﻳَ ِﺜ ُﺐ َوﻳُ َﻬﺎ ِﺟ ُﻢ أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ َﻛﺎﻟﺜﱡ ْﻌﺒَﺎ ِنَ .ﻛﺎ َن
ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻪ ا ْ ِﻹﻣ َﺴﺎ ُك ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﻄﻴُﻮ ِر ِﰲ أَ ْﻋ َﺸﺎ ِﺷ َﻬﺎَ ،وا ْﻷَ َرا ِﻧ ِﺐ أَﺛْﻨَﺎ َء ﻧَ ْﻮ ِﻣ َﻬﺎ ،أَ ِو اﻟ ﱠﺴﻨَﺎ ِﺟ ِﺐ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻬ َﻮا ِء أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ
َﻗ ْﻔ ِﺰ َﻫﺎَ .وا ْﻷَ ْﺳ َﻤﺎ ُك َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َ ِﴎﻳ َﻌ ًﺔ ِﺑ َﻤﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜ ِﻔﻲ ِﻟﺘَ ْﻬ ُﺮ َب ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻣ َﺨﺎ ِﻟ ِﺒ ِﻪَ .و ِﰲ أَ ْﺣﻴَﺎ ٍن َﻛ ِﺜيرَ ٍةَ ،ﻛﺎ َن
ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻤ ِﺘ ُﻊ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺰ ْﺣ ِﻒ ِﺧ ْﻠ َﺴ ًﺔ َو َراءَ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻨَﺎ ِﺟ ِﺐَ ،و ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺠ ﱠﺮ ِد أَ ْن ﻳُﻮ ِﺷ َﻚ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْ ِﻹ ْﻣ َﺴﺎ ِك ِﺑ َﻬﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﱰُ ُﻛ َﻬﺎ
َوﻳُ َﺮا ِﻗﺒُ َﻬﺎ َو ِﻫ َﻲ ﺗَ ْﻬ ُﺮ ُب ِﰲ َﺧ ْﻮ ٍف ُﻣﺘَ َﺴ ﱢﻠ َﻘ ًﺔ ا ْﻷَ ْﺷ َﺠﺎ َر.
َو َﻣ َﻊ ُﻗ ُﺪو ِم َﻓ ْﺼ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺮﻳ ِﻒ ،ﺑَ َﺪأَ ُﻇ ُﻬﻮ ُر أَﻳَﺎ ِﺋ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮ ِظ َو ِﻫ َﻲ ﺗَ ِﺴيرُ ِﺑ َﺮ ِوﻳﱠ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻮا ِدي.
َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْﺻ َﻄﺎ َد ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻔ ْﻌ ِﻞ أَﻳْ ًﻼ َﺻ ِﻐي ًراَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ أَ َرا َد أَﻳْ ًﻼ أَ ْﻛ َﱪَ َوأَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ُﺻ ُﻌﻮﺑَ ًﺔ ِﰲ ا ْ ِﻹ ْﻣ َﺴﺎ ِك
ِﺑ ِﻪَ ،و َﻗ ْﺪ َو َﺟ َﺪ َﺿﺎ ﱠﻟﺘَ ُﻪ ِﰲ أَ َﺣ ِﺪ ا ْﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ِﺑ َﺠﺎ ِﻧ ِﺐ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ْﺪ َو ِل اﻟ ﱠﺼ ِﻐي ِرَ .ﻛﺎ َن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﻋ ْ ُﴩو َن ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻳَﺎ ِﺋ ِﻞ
ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮ ِظ ﻳَ ِﺴيرُو َن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َكَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ُﺪ ُﻫ ْﻢ ذَ َﻛ َﺮ ُﻣﻮ ٍظ َﺿ ْﺨ ًﻤﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺊَ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ َﺰا َجَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ُﻃﻮﻟُ ُﻪ ﻳَﺒْﻠُ ُﻎ
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