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ِﻧ َﺪاءُ اﻟ َﱪﱢﻳﱠ ِﺔ
ِﺳﺘﱠ َﺔ أَ ْﻗ َﺪا ٍمَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻗ ُﺮوﻧُ ُﻪ ُﻃﻮﻟُ َﻬﺎ َﺳﺒْ َﻌ ُﺔ أَ ْﻗ َﺪا ٍمَ ،و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َرأَى ﺑﺎك اﻧْﺒَ َﻌ َﺚ اﻟ ﱠ َﴩ ُر ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻋﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ
اﻟ ﱠﺼ ِﻐيرَﺗَ ْي ِنَ ،و َزأَ َر ِﰲ َﻏ َﻀ ٍﺐ.
َﻃﺎ َر َد ﺑﺎك أَﻳَﺎ ِﺋ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮ ِظ ِﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ٍمَ ،وأَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ،ﺑَ َﺪأَ ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ ِﺑﺘَ َﻐ ﱡي ٍر ﻳَ ْﺤ ُﺪ ُث ِﰲ ا ْﻷَ ْر ِضَ ،ﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ
أَ ْﺷ َﻜﺎ ٌل أُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺤﻴَﺎ ِة ﺗَﺒْ َﺪأُ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮو ِجَ ،و َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْﺳﺘَ ْﺸ َﻌ َﺮ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻬ َﻮا ِءَ .ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﺴ َﻤ ُﻊ
أَ ْو ﻳَ َﺮى َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ُﻣ َﻤﻴﱠ ًﺰاَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ أَ ْد َر َك أَ ْن َو ْﺟ َﻪ ا ْﻷَ ْر ِض َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠيرَ ِﺑ ُﺼﻮ َر ٍة َﻣﺎَ ،وأَ ﱠن َﻛﺎ ِﺋﻨَﺎ ٍت َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ًﺔ
ﺗَﺘَ َﺠ ﱠﻮ ُل ُﻫﻨَﺎ َكَ .ﻓ َﻘ ﱠﺮ َر اﻟﺘﱠ َﺨ ﱢﲇَ َﻋ ْﻦ َﺻﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮ ِظ َوﺗَ َﺤ ﱢﺮ َي ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ِﺮ .ﺑَ َﺪأَ ﻳَ ْﻘ َﻄ ُﻊ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻖ ا ْﻟ َﻌ ْﻮ َد ِة إِ َﱃ
ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ َوإِ َﱃ ﺟﻮن ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮنَ ،ﻓﺎﻧْ َﻄ َﻠ َﻖ ﻳَ ْﻌ ُﺪو َوﻳَ ْﻌ ُﺪو ِﻟ َﺴﺎ َﻋﺎ ٍتَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻔ ِﻘ ْﺪ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ُﻪ أَﺑَ ًﺪا َو ُﻫ َﻮ
ﻳَﺘﱠ ِﺠ ُﻪ إِ َﱃ اﻟ ُﻜﻮ ِخ ُﻣﺒَﺎ َ َﴍ ًة.
َوﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُﺾ ،ﺑَ َﺪأَ ﻳُ ْﺪ ِر ُك أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ َوأَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ أَ ﱠن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﺟ ِﺪﻳ ًﺪاُ ،ﻫﻨَﺎ َك َ ْﳾءٌ َﺣ ﱞﻲ
ُﻣ ْﺨﺘَ ِﻠ ٌﻒ َﻋ ﱠﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن َﻣ ْﻮ ُﺟﻮ ًدا ِﰲ َﻓ ْﺼ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺼﻴْ ِﻒ .إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َ ْﳾ ٌء ﺗَ َﺤ ﱠﺪﺛَ ْﺖ َﻋﻨْ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱡﻄﻴُﻮ ُرَ ،وﺗَ َﻜ ﱠﻠ َﻤ ْﺖ َﻋﻨْ ُﻪ
اﻟ ﱠﺴﻨَﺎ ِﺟ ُﺐَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ َﺸ ﱡﻤ ُﻪ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎ ِحَ .و َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻒ ِﻋ ﱠﺪ َة َﻣ ﱠﺮا ٍت ِﻟﺘَ َﺸ ﱡﻤ ِﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻬ َﻮاءِ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺼﺒَﺎ ِح َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠ ُﻪ
ﻳَ ْﻘ َﺮأُ ِر َﺳﺎ َﻟ ًﺔَ ،و َﻗ ْﺪ َﺟ َﻌ َﻠ ُﻪ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُﺾ أَ ْ َﴎ َعَ ،ﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ أَ ﱠن َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺌًﺎ ﺳﻴَ ْﺤ ُﺪ ُث ،أَ ْو َﺣ َﺪ َث
ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻔ ْﻌ ِﻞَ ،و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ﺑَ َﺪأ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱡ ُﺰو ِل ِﻷَ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻮا ِدي ِﰲ اﺗﱢ َﺠﺎ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ ﺑَ َﺪأَ ﻳَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺮ ُك ِﺑ َﺤﺬَ ٍر.
َﻋ َﲆ ﺑُ ْﻌ ِﺪ ﺛَ َﻼﺛَ ِﺔ أَ ْﻣﻴَﺎ ٍلَ ،و َﺟ َﺪ ﺑﺎك آﺛَﺎ ًرا َﺟ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ًة َﺟ َﻌ َﻠ ْﺖ َﺷ ْﻌ َﺮ َﺟ َﺴ ِﺪ ِه ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﺼ ُﺐ؛ إِ ْذ َﻛﺎ َن
ا ْﻷَﺛَ ُﺮ ﻳَ ُﻘﻮ ُد ُﻣﺒَﺎ َ َﴍ ًة إِ َﱃ ُﻣ َﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ ﺟﻮن ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن .ﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم ﺑﺎك ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ َو َر َﺷﺎ َﻗ ٍﺔ َو َﺻ ْﻤ ٍﺖَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ
ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ذَ ﱠر ٍة ِﰲ َﺟ َﺴ ِﺪ ِه ُﻣﺘَ َﺤ ﱢﻔ َﺰ ًة ِﻟ َﻤﺎ َﺷ َﻌ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪَ .ﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺤﻴَ َﻮاﻧَﺎ ِت ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ُﻣ ْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺌَ ًﺔ ِﰲ َﺻ ْﻤ ٍﺖ.
اﺗﱠﺒَ َﻊ َرا ِﺋ َﺤ ًﺔ َﺟ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ًة ِﰲ ُﺷ َﺠ ْيرَ ٍةَ ،و َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺟ َﻬ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ أَ ْﺻ َﻮاﺗًﺎ َﻋ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ًة ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﻔ ُﻊ
َوﺗَﻨْ َﺨ ِﻔ ُﺾ ِﰲ ِﻏﻨَﺎ ٍء ،ا ْﻗ َﱰَ َب ﺑﺎك ِﺑﺒُ ْﻂ ٍء َوﻧَ َﻈ َﺮ ﻧَ ْﺤ َﻮ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ِن اﻟ ُﻜﻮ ِخ َو َرأَى َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﺟ َﻌ َﻞ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﺷ ْﻌ َﺮ ٍة
ِﰲ َﺟ َﺴ ِﺪ ِه ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻔ ُﺾ.
َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻗ ِﺒﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺴ ﱠﻜﺎ ِن ا ْﻷَ ْﺻ ِﻠﻴﱢي َن َﻣ ْﻌ ُﺮو َﻓ ٌﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﺳ ِﻢ »اﻟﻴﻴﻬﺎﺗﺲ« ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻗ ُﺼﻮ َن َﺣ ْﻮ َل اﻟ ُﻜﻮ ِخ
ال ُم ْﺤ َ ِﱰ ِقَ .ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَ َﻗﺎ َم ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن َو ُ َﴍ َﻛﺎ ُؤ ُه ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨﻴﱠ َﻢ ِﰲ أَ ْر ِض اﻟ ﱡﺴ ﱠﻜﺎ ِن ا ْﻷَ ْﺻ ِﻠﻴﱢي َن ُدو َن أَ ْن ﻳُ ْﺪ ِر ُﻛﻮا
أَ ﱠن َذ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺳﻴَ ْﺠ َﻌﻠُ ُﻬ ْﻢ ُد َﺧ َﻼ َءِ .ﻟ َﺬاَ ،ﻫﺎ َﺟ َﻤ ُﻬ ُﻢ »اﻟﻴﻴﻬﺎﺗﺲ« َو َﻓﺎ ُزوا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻌ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ِﺑ ُﺴ ُﻬﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔَ ،و َﻗ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا
ﻳَ ْﺤﺘَ ِﻔﻠُﻮ َن ِﺑﻨَ ْ ِﴫ ِﻫ ْﻢ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﺳ ِﻤ ُﻌﻮا َزﺋِيرًا َو َرأَ ْوا َﺣﻴَ َﻮاﻧًﺎ ﻳَﻨْ َﻘ ﱡﺾ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻬ ُﻢ اﻧْ ِﻘ َﻀﺎ َﺿ ًﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ ْوا
َﻣ ِﺜﻴ َﻠ َﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ؛ إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ ﺑﺎك ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي اﻧْ َﻘ ﱠﺾ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻬ ْﻢ َﻛﺎ ْ ِﻹ ْﻋ َﺼﺎ ِرَ ،و َﻃﺎ َر َد ُﻫ ْﻢ ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ٍة َﺣﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن ِﻣ َﻦ
ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺤﻴ ِﻞ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻐ ﱡﻠ ُﺐ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪَ .ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺮ ُك ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ َﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﻘ ٍﺔَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﺛَﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀ ِﺐَ ،ﻓ ِﺰ َع
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