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ِﻧ َﺪا ُء ا ْﻟ َ ﱢﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ
أَ ْﻓ َﺮا ُد »اﻟﻴﻴﻬﺎﺗﺲ« َو َر َﻛ ُﻀﻮا ﻧَ ْﺤ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ َو ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﻠ ﱢﻘﺒُﻮ َن ﺑﺎك ِﺑﺎ ْﺳ ِﻢ »اﻟ ﱡﺮو ِح اﻟ ﱢ ﱢﴩﻳ َﺮ ِة«َ .و َﻛﺎ َن
ﺑﺎك ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪو ِ ﱢﴍﻳ ًﺮا َﺣ ٍّﻘﺎ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُ َﻄﺎ ِر ُد ُﻫ ْﻢَ .وﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ُﻣ ُﺮو ِر ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﺾ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖَ ،ﻋﺎ َد ﺑﺎك إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي
َﻛﺎ َن َﻗ ْﺪ ُد ﱢﻣ َﺮ ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ًﻣﺎَ ،ﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ُل َوا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب َﻗ ْﺪ َر َﺣﻠُﻮاَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﻣ َﻜﺎ ِن ﺑﺎك َﺷ ﱡﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻮ ِﻗ ِﻊ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي
َﻗﺎﺗَ َﻞ ِﻓﻴ ِﻪ ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن َو َﺧ ِ َﴪ.
َﻃﺎ َف ﺑﺎك َﺣ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ َﻃ َﻮا َل ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ْﻢ َﻣﺎ َذا ﻳَ ْﻔ َﻌ ُﻞَ ،ﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂ أَ ﱠن
ﺟﻮن ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن َﻗ ْﺪ َر َﺣ َﻞ ﺗَﺎ ِر ًﻛﺎ ِﺑ َﺪا ِﺧ ِﻠ ِﻪ َﺧ َﻮاءً ِﻣﺜْ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﺠﻮ ِع أَ َﺧ َﺬ ﻳُ ْﺆ ِﻟ ُﻤ ُﻪ َوﻳُ ْﺆﻟِ ُﻤ ُﻪَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن
ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ أَ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ َم َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻤ َﻸَ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻮا َء.
ِﰲ ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﺾ ا ْﻷَ ْﺣﻴَﺎ ِنَ ،ﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺨ ِﺮ ِﻷَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ﺗَ َﻤ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻃ ْﺮ ِد اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ِل ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬﻳ َﻦ ا ْﻗﺘَ َﺤ ُﻤﻮا
ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨﻴﱠ َﻢ؛ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻃﺎ َر َد اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ َلَ ،و َﻗ ْﺪ أَ ْد َر َك أَ ﱠن ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ َﺮ أَ ْﺳ َﻬ ُﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺤﻴَ َﻮاﻧَﺎ ِت ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮى ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻃﺎ َر َد َﻫﺎ،
َﻓﺎ ْﻟﺒَ َ ُﴩ َﻻ ﻳُ َﻤﺜﱢﻠُﻮ َن َﺧ َﻄ ًﺮا إِ ﱠﻻ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﺤ ِﻤﻠُﻮ َن ا ْﻷَ ْﺳ ِﻠ َﺤ َﺔ َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂَ .و ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻵ َن َﻓ َﺼﺎ ِﻋ ًﺪاَ ،ﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ َﺮ
ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻮ ِف ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَ َ ِﴩ أَﺑَ ًﺪا إِ ﱠﻻ إِ َذا َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَ ْﺤ ِﻤﻠُﻮ َن ا ْﻟ ِﺤﺒَﺎ َل أَ ِو اﻟ ﱢﺴ َﻬﺎ َم أَ ِو ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺴ ﱠﺪ َﺳﺎ ِت.
َو ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ِﻞَ ،ﺳ َﻄ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻤ ُﺮ ﺑَ ْﺪ ًرا َﻓ ْﻮ َق ا ْﻷَ ْﺷ َﺠﺎ ِرَ ،وﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻠ ِﻘﻲ َﺣ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ ِﺑ َﺠﺎ ِﻧ ِﺐ
ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ ِهَ ،ﺷ َﻌ َﺮ ِﺑ َ ْﴚ ٍء آ َﺧ َﺮ ﻳَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺮ ُك ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔَ .ﻫ ﱠﺐ ﺑﺎك َوا ِﻗ ًﻔﺎ َﻋ َﲆ َﻗ َﺪ َﻣﻴْ ِﻪ ﻳُﻨْ ِﺼ ُﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ْﻤ َﻊ َوﻳَ َﺸ ﱡﻢ
ا ْﻟ َﻬ َﻮا َءَ .و ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ ٍﺪ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َﺻ ْﻮ َت ُﻋ َﻮاءٍ َﺧﺎ ِﻓ ٍﺖ َوﺗَ ِﺒ َﻌ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ْﺻ َﻮا ِت ا ْﻟ ُﻌ َﻮاءِ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻏ َﺪا
اﻟ ﱠﺼ ْﻮ ُت أَ ْﻗ َﺮ َب َوأَ ْﻋ َﲆَ .ﻛﺎ َن َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻧ َﺪاءً آ َﺧ َﺮَ ،و َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻤ ﱠﺮ َة َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ُﻣ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻌ ٍّﺪا ِﻟﺘَ ْﻠ ِﺒﻴَ ِﺘ ِﻪ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َر َﺣ َﻞ
ﺟﻮن ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮنَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻌ ْﺪ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﺮ ِﺑ ُﻂ ﺑﺎك ِﺑ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﺒَ َ ِﴩ.
َد َﺧ َﻞ َﻗ ِﻄﻴ ٌﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺬﺋَﺎ ِب إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨْ َﻄ َﻘ ِﺔَ ،و َو َﻗ َﻒ ﺑﺎك ِﰲ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َﺼ ِﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻜﺎ ِن ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ُﻫ ْﻢ.
َو َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْﻋ َ َﱰ ِت ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ اﻟ ﱠﺪ ْﻫ َﺸ ُﺔَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك َﺿ ْﺨ ًﻤﺎ ِﺟ ٍّﺪاَ ،ﺣﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ َو َﻗ ُﻔﻮا ِﻟ َﻠ ْﺤ َﻈ ٍﺔ َوأَ َﺧﺬُوا
ﻳُ ْﺤ ﱢﺪ ُﻗﻮ َن ِﻓﻴ ِﻪ .ﺛُ ﱠﻢ اﻧْ َﻘ ﱠﺾ ا ْﻷَ ْﺷ َﺠ ُﻊ ﺑَﻴْﻨَ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻋ َﲆ ﺑﺎكَ ،و ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َ ْﱪ ِق َﻗﺎﺗَ َﻞ ﺑﺎك ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﺣﺎ َو َل
ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ ْﻢ ُﻣ َﻬﺎ َﺟ َﻤﺘَ ُﻪ َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻗﺎﺗَ َﻠ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﺟ ِﻤﻴ ًﻌﺎ.
َﻟﻘ ْﺪ َﻗﺎﺗَ َﻞ ِﺑ َﱪَا َﻋ ٍﺔَ ،ﺣﺘﱠﻰ إِ ﱠن اﻟﺬﱢﺋَﺎ َب ﺗَ َﺮا َﺟ َﻌ ْﺖ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ِﻧ ْﺼ ِﻒ َﺳﺎ َﻋ ٍﺔَ ،ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ُﻣﺘْ َﻌ ِﺒي َن
َو ُﻣ َﺼﺎ ِﺑي َنَ ،ﻓ َﻜﺎ َن ﺑَ ْﻌ ُﻀ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻠ ِﻘﻲ َوا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻌ ُﺾ اﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ َو َﻗ َﻒ ﻳُ َﺸﺎ ِﻫ ُﺪ ﺑﺎك َوآ َﺧ ُﺮو َن ﻳَ ْ َﴩﺑُﻮ َن
ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ ِه .ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم أَ َﺣ ُﺪ اﻟﺬﱢﺋَﺎ ِب — َﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٌﻞ َو َﻣ ْﻤ ُﺸﻮ ُق ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻮا ِم َو َر َﻣﺎ ِد ﱡي اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﻮ ِن — ِﺗ َﺠﺎ َه ﺑﺎك
ِﺑ َﺤﺬَ ٍر َو ِﺑ َﻄ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ٍﺔ َو ُدو َد ٍة َوﺗَ َﻌ ﱠﺮ َف ﺑﺎك َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ُﻫ َﻮ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْ ُﺐ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻗﺎﺑَ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞَ .ﻛﺎ َن
اﻟ ﱢﺬﺋْ ُﺐ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﻮي ِﺑ ِﺮ ْﻓ ٍﻖَ ،ﻓﺄَ َﺟﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ﺑﺎك ِﺑ ُﻌ َﻮا ٍء ُﻣ َﻤﺎ ِﺛ ٍﻞ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﻼ َﻣ َﺲ أَﻧْ َﻔﺎ ُﻫ َﻤﺎ ِﰲ ِر ْﻓ ٍﻖ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم ِذﺋْ ٌﺐ
َﻋ ُﺠﻮ ٌز — ﻧَ ِﺤﻴ ُﻒ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﻨْﻴَ ِﺔ َو َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ﻧُ ُﺪو ٌب ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻌﺎ ِر ِك — َوﺗَ َﺸ ﱠﻤ َﻢ ﺑﺎك أَﻧْ َﻔ ُﻪ أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﺟ َﻠ َﺲ
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