Bullets & Billets

Anan ne aka sami labarin Kirsimeti daga littafin da wani wanda yake wurin ya rubuta:

Bullet & Billets, na Bruce Bairnsfather via Project Guttenberg

BABI NA 13

KASKIYA KIRANTA - A LULL IN HATE-
BRITON CUM BOCHE

Ba da daɗewa ba bayan ayyukan da aka gabatar a babi na baya mun bar ramuka don kwanakin da muka saba a cikin takardu. Yanzu ya kusan zuwa Ranar Kirsimeti, kuma mun san cewa zai faɗi ga namu don sake dawowa cikin ramuka a ranar 23 ga Disamba, kuma saboda haka, za mu yi Kirsimeti a wurin. Na tuna a lokacin na kasance cikin rashin sa'a game da wannan, saboda komai a yanayin bukukuwan Ranar Kirsimati a bayyane yake an buga kansa. Yanzu, duk da haka, idan na waiwayi komai, da ban rasa wannan keɓaɓɓiyar ranar Kirismeti ɗin ba.

Da kyau, kamar yadda na faɗi a baya, mun sake shiga "a cikin" 23rd. Yanayin yanzu ya zama mai kyau da sanyi. Washe gari 24 ya kawo cikakkiyar rana, sanyi, rana mai sanyi. Ruhun Kirsimeti ya fara mamaye mu duka; mun yi ƙoƙari mu tsara hanyoyi da hanyoyin yin washegari, Kirsimeti, ya bambanta da wasu ta wasu. Gayyata daga ɗayan da aka haƙa zuwa wani don abinci iri-iri sun fara zagawa. Kirsimeti Kirsimeti ya kasance, a cikin yanayin yanayi, duk abin da Kirsimeti Kirsimeti ya zama.

An yi niyyar in bayyana a wata hanyar da aka haƙa kusan mil mil huɗu zuwa hagu da yamma don in sami wani abu na musamman a cikin abincin dare - ba maƙwabtaka da yawa da Maconochie ba kamar yadda aka saba. Kwalban jan ruwan inabi da medley na ƙananan abubuwa daga gida waɗanda aka wakilta a cikin rashi. Ranar ba ta da komai daga harbi, kuma ko ta yaya duk mun ji cewa Boches, suma suna son yin shuru. Akwai wani irin abin da ba a gani, wanda ba za a iya jinsa ba ya fadada cikin fadamar daskararren tsakanin layukan biyu, wanda ya ce "Wannan Hauwa ce Kirsimeti gare mu duka -wani abu a gama gari. ”

Game da 10 a lokacin da na fitar da ni daga haɓaka mai haɗin kai a gefen hagu na layinmu kuma muka koma gida. Lokacin da na isa a kaina na rami sai na sami mutane da dama da ke kusa da su, kuma duk suna farin ciki. Akwai mai kyau na tsarkakewa da yin magana, jokes da jibes a kan m Kirsimeti Hauwa'u, kamar yadda ya bambanta da kowane tsohon, sun kasance a cikin iska. Ɗaya daga cikin mutanena ya juya gare ni ya ce:

“Za ka iya 'saurara' a bayyane, ranka ya daɗe!”

"Ji me?" Na tambaya.

“Jamusawan da ke can, yallabai; 'kunnen' em singin 'da playin' a kan band ko wani abu '' ”

Na saurari; -ya fita daga cikin filin, cikin duhu inuwa kusa, zan iya jin muryar muryoyin, kuma wani lokaci na fassarar wasu waƙoƙin da ba za a iya fahimta ba zai zo a kan iska mai sanyi. Mai tsarkakewa ya zama kamar ƙarar ƙarfi kuma ya bambanta da dama. Na shiga cikin kullina kuma na sami kwamandan kwamandan.

"Shin kuna jin Boches suna harbawa wannan raket ɗin can?" Na ce.

"Na'am," ya amsa; "Sun kasance a wani lokaci!"

“Na zo,” in ji na, “bari mu bi ramin zuwa shingen da ke can gefen dama - wancan shi ne mafi kusa da su, can can.”

Don haka sai muka yi tuntuɓe tare da ramin da muke da shi a yanzu, da sanyi, kuma muka hau kan bankin da ke sama, muka tsallake filin zuwa ɓangarenmu na gaba na dama. Kowa yana ji. Anungiyar Boche da ba ta inganta ba tana ta buga wata mummunar sigar "Deutschland, Deutschland, uber Alles," a ƙarshenta, wasu daga cikin ƙwararrun gabobinmu na ramuwar gayya tare da ƙwace waƙoƙin ragtime da kwaikwayo na kiɗan Jamusawa. Ba zato ba tsammani sai muka ji wani rudani yana ihu daga ɗayan gefen. Dukanmu mun tsaya don saurare. Ihu ya sake dawowa. Wata murya a cikin duhun ta yi ihu da Ingilishi, da lafazin Jamusanci mai ƙarfi, “Zo nan!” Wani gurnani na farin ciki ya lulluɓe tare dajinmu, sannan mummunan hayaniya na gabobin bakin da dariya. A yanzu haka, cikin nutsuwa, wani daga cikin sajan din mu ya sake maimaita bukatar, “Zo nan!”

“Ka zo rabin-hanya - ni kuma na tafi rabin-rabin,” sun yi iyo daga duhun.

"Zo, to!" ihu sajan. "Ina zuwa tare da shinge!"

“Ah! amma ku biyu ne, "muryar ta dawo daga wancan gefen.

Duk da haka, duk da haka, bayan munanan murya da rawar jiki daga bangarori biyu, sakonmu ya bi cikin shinge wanda ke tafiya a kusurwa zuwa ga yankuna biyu na ramuka. Ya hanzari da sauri; amma, kamar yadda muka saurara a cikin shiru, ba da daɗewa ba mu ji wani zance na tattaunawa da yake faruwa a cikin duhu.

A halin yanzu, sajan ya dawo. Yana tare da wasu sigari da sigari na Jamusanci wanda ya canza wa wasu Maconochie da kwano na Capstan, waɗanda ya ɗauka tare. Taron ya wuce, amma ya ba da mahimmancin abin da ya dace da Kirsimeti na Kirsimeti - wani abu ɗan ɗan adam kuma daga al'adar yau da kullun.

Bayan watanni na yin amfani da maciji da ƙuƙwalwa, wannan ƙananan labarin ya zo ne a matsayin mai karfin zuciya, da kuma maraba da jin dadi ga yaudarar ta yau da kullum. Ba ta rage karfinmu ba ko ƙuduri; amma kawai sanya dan ɗan adam alamar alama a rayuwarmu na sanyi da kuma m ƙi. Kawai a rana mai kyau, Har ila yau Kirsimeti Hauwa'u! Amma, a matsayin wani abu mai ban mamaki, wannan ba wani abu ba ne idan aka kwatanta da kwarewarmu a ranar da ta gabata.

A ranar Kirsimati na farka sosai da wuri, kuma na fito daga digina-fita a cikin rami. Wata rana cikakke. Kyakkyawan sararin samaniya. Ƙasa ƙasa da farar fata, yana raguwa zuwa itace a cikin zurfin bakin ciki. Yau irin wannan rana ne wanda masu fasaha ke nunawa akan katunan Kirsimeti-Kirsimeti Kirsimeti na fiction.

"Fancy duk wannan ƙiyayya, yaƙe-yaƙe, da rashin jin daɗi a rana irin wannan!" Na yi tunani a cikin kaina. Dukan ruhun Kirsimeti ya kasance a wurin, don haka sai na tuna tunani, "Wannan wani abu da ba za a iya misaltawa ba a cikin iska, wannan jin daɗin Peace and Goodwill, tabbas zai yi wani tasiri a halin da ake ciki a yau!" Kuma ban yi kuskure mai nisa ba; hakan ta kasance a kusa da mu, duk da haka, kuma koyaushe ina mai farin cikin tunanin sa'ata a ciki, da farko, kasancewa a zahiri a cikin ramuka a ranar Kirsimeti, kuma, abu na biyu, kasancewa a wurin da wani ɗan ƙaramin abu ya faru.

Komai yayi kama da annashuwa da haske a waccan safiyar-rashin kwanciyar hankali kamar ba shi da ƙasa, ko yaya dai; da alama sun ba da kansu kansu cikin tsananin sanyi. Irin wannan ranar ce kawai za a ayyana Zaman Lafiya. Zai yi kyau irin wannan wasan ƙarshe. Ya kamata in so kwatsam jin babbar siren iska. Kowa ya tsaya ya ce, “Menene wancan?” Siren yana sake hurawa: bayyanar ƙaramin adadi yana tsallaka daskararren lakar yana mai girgiza wani abu. Yana matsowa kusa-ɗan waya mai waya! Ya miko min shi. Da yatsu masu rawar jiki na buɗe shi: “Yaƙi, koma gida.-George, RI” Murna! Amma a'a, yana da kyau, kyakkyawar rana, wancan ne kawai.

Lokacin da yake tafiya a kusa da maƙallan dan lokaci kaɗan, muna magana akan wannan abu mai ban dariya na dare kafin haka, mun gane cewa ba mu san komai ba game da gaskiyar cewa muna ganin shaidu mai yawa na Jamus. Shugabannin suna bobbing game da nuna su a kan hanyar da ba su da kyau, kuma, yayin da muke kallo, wannan lamari ya zama sananne sosai.

Cikakken adadi na Boche kwatsam ya bayyana a saman bututun, kuma ya kalli kanta. Wannan korafin ya zama mai yaduwa. Ba a ɗauki “Bert ɗinmu” da tsayi a sama ba (yana daɗaɗawa guda ɗaya don a taɓa hana shi). Wannan ita ce alama don ƙarin bayanin jikin Boche da za a bayyana, kuma wannan duk na Alf da Bill sun amsa shi, har sai da, a cikin ƙasa da lokacin da za a faɗi, rabin dozin ko makamancin haka na kowane daga cikin masu gwagwarmaya suna wajen ramukarsu kuma suna ci gaba da juna a cikin ƙasar ba ta mutum ba.

Baƙon abu ne, hakika!

Na fadi sama da kan kanmu, kuma na fito daga cikin filin don duba. Daɗa a cikin kwandon kwalliyar khaki da kuma saka gashin sutura da Balakwama kwalkwali, na shiga cikin taro game da rabin hanyar zuwa ga tudun Jamus.

Dukkancin sun fi jin dadi: a nan wadannan wutches ne masu cin nama, waɗanda suka zaba don fara wannan ƙananan ƙasashen Turai, kuma a cikin haka sun kawo mu duka cikin wannan tsami kamar yadda suke.

Wannan shi ne mafita na farko da na gani a kusa da su. A nan sun kasance-ainihin, masu amfani da sojojin Jamus. Babu wata ƙwayar ƙiyayya a kowane gefe a wannan rana; kuma duk da haka, a gefenmu, ba don wani lokaci ba ne yardar da za a yi yaƙi da kuma buƙatar ta doke su da annashuwa. Ya zama kamar tsaka-tsaki a tsakanin zagaye a wasan wasan kwallon kafa. Bambancin bambancin tsakanin mazajenmu da su sun kasance alama sosai. Babu bambanci da ruhun bangarorin biyu. Mutanenmu, a cikin kayan ado na kayan datti, khaki muddy, da kawunansu daban-daban na kawunan woolen, masu shafuka da ƙuƙwalwa, sun kasance mai ɗamarar zuciya, budewa, zane mai ban dariya maimakon tsayayyar dulluna da fitina na Huns. launuka masu launin toka masu launin toka masu launin toka, da takalma, da takalma mai naman alade.

Matsayin da ya fi dacewa zan iya ba da burin da nake da ita shi ne cewa mazauninmu, masu fifiko, masu zurfin zuciya, masu faɗar gaskiya, da masu ƙauna, sun kasance game da waɗannan abubuwa masu banƙyama waɗanda ba su da mahimmanci na al'amuran da suka lalace a matsayin wani abu mai ban sha'awa amma mai ladabi wanda yake da kawunansu. samu da za a smacked.

"Duba wannan can can, Bill," in ji Bert dinmu, yayin da yake nuna wani dan ban sha'awa musamman dan jam'iyyar.

Na yi tafiya cikin su duka, kuma na sha ɗumbin abubuwan da zan iya. Biyu ko uku daga cikin Boch ɗin suna da alama suna da sha'awa musamman a gare ni, kuma bayan sun zagaye ni sau ɗaya ko sau biyu tare da takaicin son sani a fuskokinsu, ɗayan ya zo ya ce "Offizier?" Na girgiza kaina, wanda ke nufin “Ee” a cikin yawancin harsuna, kuma, ban da haka, ba zan iya magana da Jamusanci ba.

Wadannan aljannu, na ga, duk sun so su zama abokantaka; amma babu wani daga cikin su wanda yake da ikon budewa, mutuntaka na maza. Duk da haka, kowa yana magana da dariya, da tunawa da farauta.

Na hango wani jami'in Jamus, wani maƙwabciyar ya kamata in yi tunani, kuma kasancewa dan wani mai karɓa, na gaya masa cewa na ɗauka ga wasu daga cikin maɓallinsa.

Mu duka munyi magana da juna wanda ba a fahimta ba, kuma mun amince da muyi swap. Na fito da sakon waya na waya, kuma, tare da 'yan kwalliya kaɗan, cire wasu maballinsa da kuma sanya su cikin aljihu. Sai na ba shi biyu na musayar.

Yayinda wannan ke faruwa a kan bambance-bambance wanda ya fito daga ɗaya daga cikin wadanda ake kira '' luggage '', ya gaya mini cewa wasu ra'ayoyin sun faru ga wani.

Nan da nan, ɗaya daga cikin Boches ya sake komawa cikin raƙumansa kuma yanzu ya fara da babban kamara. Na gabatar da wani rukuni na rukuni don hotuna da yawa, kuma tun lokacin da na so na shirya wasu shirye-shirye don samun kwafi. Babu shakka an tsara hotunan hotunan nan a kan wasu hanyoyi na Hun, suna nunawa a fili da kuma rashin amincewa ga sha'awar ƙuri'a yadda wani rukuni na Turanci na ƙetare ya ba da kyauta a ranar Kirsimeti ga Masanan 'yan kasuwa.

Nan da nan taron ya fara watsawa; wani irin tunanin cewa hukumomi a bangarori biyu ba su da matukar farin ciki game da wannan rikicewar da aka yi kamar yadda ya kewaya cikin taro. Mun rabu, amma akwai kyakkyawar fahimtar juna da fahimtar juna cewa ranar Kirsimeti za a bar ya gama cikin natsuwa. Na ƙarshe na ga wannan karamin al'amari shine hangen nesa na ɗaya daga cikin na'ura na na'ura, wanda ya kasance mai laushi mai laushi a cikin rayuwar jama'a, yana yanke gashin gashi mai tsaka-tsalle mai suna Boche, wanda yake da hakuri a durƙusa a ƙasa yayin da ta atomatik Clippers ya sauko da baya na wuyansa.