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‫ﺷﺠﺮﺓ ﺍﻟﺤﻴﺎﺓ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

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‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﳊﻴﺎة‬

‫ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫رﻗﻢ إﻳﺪاع ‪١٥٣٠٩ / ٢٠١٢‬‬ ‫ﺗﺪﻣﻚ‪٩٧٨ ٩٧٧ ٦٤١٦ ٢٣ ٩ :‬‬ ‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ﻟﻠﻨﺎﴍ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬ ‫املﺸﻬﺮة ﺑﺮﻗﻢ ‪ ٨٨٦٢‬ﺑﺘﺎرﻳﺦ ‪٢٠١٢ / ٨ / ٢٦‬‬ ‫إن ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ ﻏري ﻣﺴﺌﻮﻟﺔ ﻋﻦ آراء املﺆﻟﻒ وأﻓﻜﺎره‬ ‫وإﻧﻤﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳﻌﱪ اﻟﻜﺘﺎب ﻋﻦ آراء ﻣﺆﻟﻔﻪ‬ ‫‪ ٥٤‬ﻋﻤﺎرات اﻟﻔﺘﺢ‪ ،‬ﺣﻲ اﻟﺴﻔﺎرات‪ ،‬ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ ﻧﴫ ‪ ،١١٤٧١‬اﻟﻘﺎﻫﺮة‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻬﻮرﻳﺔ ﻣﴫ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻛﺲ‪+ ٢٠٢ ٣٥٣٦٥٨٥٣ :‬‬ ‫ﺗﻠﻴﻔﻮن‪+ ٢٠٢ ٢٢٧٠٦٣٥٢ :‬‬ ‫اﻟﱪﻳﺪ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪hindawi@hindawi.org :‬‬ ‫املﻮﻗﻊ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪http://www.hindawi.org :‬‬ ‫رﺳﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ :‬ورود اﻟﺼﺎوي‪.‬‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻟﺨﺎﺻﺔ ﺑﺼﻮرة وﺗﺼﻤﻴﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ملﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي‬ ‫ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‪ .‬ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻷﺧﺮى ذات اﻟﺼﻠﺔ ﺑﻬﺬا اﻟﻌﻤﻞ ﺧﺎﺿﻌﺔ ﻟﻠﻤﻠﻜﻴﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫‪Cover Artwork and Design Copyright © 2011 Hindawi‬‬ ‫‪Foundation for Education and Culture.‬‬ ‫‪All other rights related to this work are in the public domain.‬‬

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‫ﺒﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫‪ -١‬اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﰲ‬ ‫‪ -٢‬اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ ُر‬ ‫‪َ -٣‬ﺷﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَﻞ‬ ‫‪ -٤‬ﺣَ ﺪاﺋ ُِﻖ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ‬ ‫ﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫‪ -٥‬ﻋُ ﺒُﻮ ُر ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫‪ -٦‬ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘﺒ َُﺔ اﻷَﺧِ ريَ ُة‬ ‫‪َ -٧‬‬ ‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎة«‬ ‫ﺧﺎﺗِﻤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ‬

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‫اﻟﺸﺎﰲ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﻨ ُ‬

‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﱠ‬ ‫)‪» (1‬ﻳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻣﺎن َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ٌة ﻋَ ﺠُ ﻮ ٌز‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻣﺎت َزوْﺟُ ﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﺮ َك َﻟﻬﺎ ِﻃ ْﻔ ًﻼ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا‪ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَﺰﻳ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﻋﺎﺷ ْﺖ ِﰲ َﻗﺪِﻳ ِﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻋُ ﻤْ ُﺮ ُه ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳﺒ ِْﻊ َﺳﻨ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮات‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻢ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ري »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ِﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ْ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﺗُﺤِ ﺐﱡ َو َﻟﺪَﻫﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ اﻟﺤُ ﺐﱢ ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡﻖ ِﰲ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ً‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻋَ ُ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ِﻣ ً‬ ‫ﺴﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻓﺎ ﺑﺎ ٍّرا ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻠﻘﺎ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺜﺎﻻ ﻟِﻠﺬﱠﻛﺎءِ وَا ْﻟﻮَﻓﺎءِ‪ ،‬وا ِﻹ ْﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻼص وَاﻹﺣْ ِ‬ ‫َﻮان‪.‬‬ ‫ﺴﺎن وَﺣَ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫إﻧ ْ ٍ‬ ‫)‪ْ (2‬اﻷ َ ْرﻣَ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‬ ‫ري ًة — َﻛﻤﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠﻨﺎ — َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻣﺎت َزوْﺟُ ﻬﺎ َوﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﻬﺎ َﻓﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻷَرﻣَ َﻠ ِﺔ‪1 .‬‬ ‫راوي ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ و ْ‬ ‫َﺻ َ ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ ﻷُﻣﱢ ِﻪ اﻷ َ ْرﻣَ ﻠ ِﺔَ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳﻒ« ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن َوﻟﺪُﻫﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﻳُﺆدﱢي أﻋْ ﻤﺎ َل اﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ُﻛﻠﻬﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴُﻬَ ﻴﱢﺊَ اﻟﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻟﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺰ َل ُ‬ ‫ﻮف َﻓﺘَﺠْ ﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ ُﺧﻴُﻮ ً‬ ‫َاﻟﺼ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻦ و ﱡ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺘﻠُﻬﺎ؛ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُﺴﺞُ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ أﺛْﻮاﺑًﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَﻜﺎ ُد‬ ‫ﻮق ِﻟﺘَ ِﺒﻴﻌَ ﻬﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻮاب ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ ِﺑﻬﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺘﺎت ِﺑﺜَﻤَ ﻨِﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﺴ ِﺞ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻷَﺛ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬

‫‪ 1‬اﻷرﻣﻠﺔ‪ :‬املﺮأة اﻟﺘﻲ ﻣﺎت زوﺟﻬﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫ﻛﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل ﻳَ ْﻮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ دا ِﺋﺒًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻛﻨ ْ ِﺲ اﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻈ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﱠ‬ ‫ﻫِ َﻲ وَاﺑْﻨُﻬﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ‬ ‫ﻄﻌﺎ ِم َوﺗَﻬْ ﻴﺌَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻌَ ﻬﱡ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺒ ِْﺦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻏ َﺮﻓ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏ ْﺴ ِﻞ أ َ ْر ِﺿ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮاﺟ ِﺐ اﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬ ‫َف إ ِ َﱃ إِﻋْ ﺪادِ املﺎ ِﺋ َﺪةِ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ َﱃ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻼح ﺛِﻴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ وَﺣِ ﺬاﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺈذا اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَداءِ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺎب أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ وَﺣِ ﺬاﺋِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻤﺎل ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ْﺸ َﻐ ُﻞ و َْﻗﺘَ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫إﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻋْ ِ‬ ‫َوﺛ ِ‬ ‫ﻮار ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‬ ‫)‪ِ (3‬ﰲ ِﺟ ِ‬ ‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟﺪﱠا ُر — ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳ َْﺴ ُﻜﻨﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ — ِﻣ ْﻠ ًﻜﺎ َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ؛ وَﻫِ َﻲ دا ٌر َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮ َد ٌة ﺗُ ِﻄ ﱡﻞ ﻧَﻮاﻓِ ﺬُﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ِﻔﺎع‪.‬‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺒ ٍَﻞ ٍ‬ ‫ﻋﺎل َﺷﺪِﻳ ِﺪ اﻻ ْرﺗ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻖ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ َﻞ َوﻳ ْ‬ ‫َﺼﻌَ َﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻻ ْرﺗِﻔﺎﻋِ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﺘِﻮاءِ‬ ‫َرات اﻟﻌَ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ ِق ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺤُ ﻮ ُل د َ‬ ‫ﻮار ا ُمل ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ﻌَ ِﺔ وا ُملﻨْﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ُون‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺜ ْ َﺮ ِة ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﻣَ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻮز‬ ‫ض ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻷ َ ْرﻣَ َﻠ ُﺔ واﺑْﻨُﻬﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺎن — ِﰲ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮ ِد — ﺣَ ﻴﺎ ًة َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻳ َْﻘ ِﻀ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ﻮﱠدا ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺸ َﺔ وَا ْرﺗَ َﻀﻴﺎﻫﺎ وا ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄَﻧﱠﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﻮ َﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﱪُ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ً‬ ‫ف اﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﻼ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺘﺎﻋِ ِﺒﻬﻤﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻜﺎن ﻣَ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫ذات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم؛ ﻣَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْرﻣَ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺺ‬ ‫ﺒﺎب اﻟﺘﱠﻨْﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﻬﺎ َﺳﺒَﺒًﺎ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺳ ِ‬ ‫واﻟ َﻜﺪ َِر‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ اﻷ ُ ﱡم ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺒﻴﺒًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻮ ﻋَ َﺮ َﻓ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐَ َﻟﻤﺎ وَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻤﺎل‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘَﺪ َْﻓﻌَ ُﻪ أَﺟْ ًﺮا َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣُﻌﺎ َﻟﺠَ ﺘِﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َت ِﰲ ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻬﺎ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ري ُة ا ْﻟ َﻔﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ِني‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺠَ َﺰ ﻋَ ْﻦ ْ‬ ‫واﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن ِﺑ َﻮ َﻟﺪِﻫﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫اﻻﻫﺘِﺪاءِ إ ِ َﱃ و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﺳ ُﻞ ِﺑﻬﺎ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻒ« ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜ ِ‬ ‫ِﺷﻔﺎﺋِﻬﺎ؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ أَﻣْ ِﺮهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪ ِْر ﻣﺎذا ﻳ ْ‬ ‫َﺼﻨَﻊُ؟! َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ — ِﻻُﻣﱢ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻀﺎﻗ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤَ ﱠ َ‬ ‫— ْﻏريَ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ِﺑﺄَﻣْ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وا ْﻟﻘِ ﻴﺎ ِم ﻋَ َﲆ ﺧِ ﺪْﻣَ ﺘﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﱠ‬ ‫واﻟﺴﻬَ ِﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ راﺣَ ﺘِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ َ‬ ‫ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا َمل ِﺮ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﺪ ُﻣ ُﻪ َﻟﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ُﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤﺎءِ‪ :‬املﺎءِ وَﺣْ َﺪهُ؛ َﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ َ ْ‬ ‫‪8‬‬

‫ﺒﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﰲ‬

‫ري‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ُﻫﻮَ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﺘَﻨﺎ َو ُل ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻐِ ﺬاءِ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻛ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﴪ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ اﻟﻴﺎ ِﺑ ِﺲ‪ :‬ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ وَﺣْ َﺪ ُه ِﺑ َﻐ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌﺎ ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ُﻔﺎر ْﻗﻬﺎ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻻ َز َم »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ« أُﻣﱠ ﻪُ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﻣﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن — َﻛﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛْﺘُ َﻚ — ﻻ ﻳَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ِﴪ ِة ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮت أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻜ ْ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ا ْﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺤﺎف‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﻨ ُ ﱢﻮ ﻋَ َﲆ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَى ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻵﻻ ِم‪ ،‬ﺣَ ِﺰ َن َوﺑَ َﻜﻰ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻣ ُْﺸﻔِ ًﻘﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَﻮَﺟﱢ ﻌً ﺎ َﻟﻬﺎ — َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻟ ِ​ِﺸﻔﺎﺋِﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻵﻻ ِم ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻧ َ َﺰ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬﺎ —‬ ‫ري ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﻞ واﻟ ﱠﺮﺟﺎءِ‪ ،‬وَﺻﺎدِ ِق اﻟﺪﱡﻋﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺿﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﻮز‪ ،‬وَزا َد ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ُﻢ — ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ‬ ‫واﺷﺘَﺪ ِﱠت ا ْﻟﻌِ ﱠﻠ ُﺔ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ْرﻣَ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ض‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ ِﻬ َﻚ ِﺟ ْﺴﻤَ ﻬﺎ اﻟﺪﱠاءُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ﺠَ َﺰ ْت ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ َﻜﻼ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﻋَ ﺠَ َﺰ ْت ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺗَﻨﺎو ُِل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻗﻮاﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻌﺎ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻌْ ُ‬ ‫َوﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ِﺑﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ْب ا ْﻟﻤﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﻴﺎ ُن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌُ ْﺪ ﺗَﺬْ ُﻛ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﻒ أ َ ْن ﻋَ ﺠَ َﺰ ْت ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﴍ ِ‬ ‫َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻚ ﺗَﺪ َْﻫ ُﺶ إِذا ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟ َﻚ إ ِ ﱠن اﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ِﺑﻬﺎ ﺣَ ﺪٍّا ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠﻬﺎ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﴗ َو َﻟﺪَﻫﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ«‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ري ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺒﻴﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ؛ َﻓﻼ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ إِذا َرأَﺗْﻪُ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔﻬَ ُﻢ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ إِذا ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﻌُ ُﻪ‬ ‫إِذَا ﻧَﺎد َ‬ ‫َاﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫»ودادُ«‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﴎﻳ َﺮﻫﺎ ﺑﺎ ِﻛﻴًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ اﻷ َ َﻟ ُﻢ ِﺑ َﻮ َﻟﺪِﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وﻻ َز َم َ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ُة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠ ْﺪ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣَ ْﺨ َﺮﺟً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺿﻴﻘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫»ودادَ«‬ ‫َوﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻔ ِﺔ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺎر ًﺧﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻨ ْ ِﺠﺪًا ِﺑﻬﺎ — ِﻟﺘَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ ِﻹﻧْﻘﺎذِ‬ ‫َﴪ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫زق ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺮ ِج‪َ ،‬وﺗُﻴ ﱢ َ‬ ‫— ِ‬ ‫ﻜﻮن َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻮﻧًﺎ ِﰲ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺄ ِ‬ ‫أﻣﱢ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺼﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ وا ْﻟ ِﻤﺤَ ِﻦ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ َﻟﻤﱠ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗًﺎ َﻟ ِﻄ ً‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜﺪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻢ ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ُﻖ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮل َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘ َِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧﺎ َدﻳْﺘَﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬وَﻫﺄَﻧَﺬي َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَ َﻮ ﱢددًا ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْ َﻚ ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺖ إِﱃ ﻧِﺪا ِﺋ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ‪ :‬ﻣﺎذا ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪُ؟«‬ ‫واﺳﺘَﺠَ ﺒ ُْﺖ َﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺨ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺼﺎحَ ِﺑﻬﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌْ ِﻄ ًﻔﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻮ ﱢَﺳ ًﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻃﺎ َﻟﻤﺎ أَوْﺻﺎكِ ِﺑﻲ وا ِﻟﺪِي َﺧ ْريًا‪،‬‬ ‫َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻤ َ‬ ‫»ودادَ« ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻃﺎ َﻟﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬﺎ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪ ،‬وَأَوْﺻﺎﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ُﻮت‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذا ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ َﱠﺔ ِ‬ ‫‪9‬‬

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‫ْ‬ ‫زق ﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋِ ﻲ — ُﻣﺘَ َﻔ ﱢﻀ َﻠ ًﺔ —‬ ‫ﻼص ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﺎﻻ ْﻟﺘِﺠﺎءِ إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ؛ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤﺎ و َ​َﻗﻌْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺄ ِ‬ ‫ُﴩ َﻓ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻠ ِﻒ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺈﻧﱠﻬﺎ — إذا ﺗَ َﺨ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﺖ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬﺎ — َﺳﺘَ ْﱰُ ُﻛﻨِﻲ وَﺣِ ﻴﺪًا ِﰲ ﻫﺬا‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﺈﻧْﻘﺎذِ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ َة ْ‬ ‫ﻔﺎق وَﻋَ ْ‬ ‫ري — ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻓﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِت ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ — إ ِ َﱃ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻒ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َدﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻷ َ ْرﻣَ َﻠ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫إﺷ ٍ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻣَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ُون ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ — د َ‬ ‫ﻮز ﺗَ ْﻔﺤَ ُ‬ ‫ﺿﻬﺎ َﻓﺤْ ً‬ ‫ﺼﺎ‬ ‫أن ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻄ َﻖ ِﺑ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ٍﺔ واﺣ َﺪ ٍة — واﻧْﺤَ ﻨ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫دَﻗِ ً‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (7‬ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ِﱠﺔ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ َﻓ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ُوري — ﻳﺎ ﺑُﻨ َ ﱠﻲ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻋْ َﻠﻨ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﺠْ َﺰﻫﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِﺷﻔﺎﺋِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫— ْ‬ ‫أن أ َ ْﺷﻔِ َﻲ أُﻣﱠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ َﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﰲ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴَﺎ ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻬﺎ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ َﻏ ْريُ َك ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ إِﻧْﻘﺎذَﻫﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺖ —‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬إِذا ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ ﻻ ﺗَﺰا ُل — َﻛﻤﺎ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ‬ ‫وَﺣْ َﺪ َك — ا ْﻟﻘﺎدِ ُر ﻋَ َﲆ ﺷﻔﺎﺋِﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ ِض ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت‪َ ،‬وﺑ ُ‬ ‫َﻨﺎت ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎﺗِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌِ ْﻔ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺘﺎت — ُﺷﺠﺎﻋً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻘﺪاﻣً ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﺘْﻨِﻲ أ َ َﺧﻮاﺗِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ َﻚ َﺳ ِﺒ ً‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ َﺮ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ ْﺨ َﴙ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻻ ﺗَﻬﺎبُ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‬ ‫»ﺳ َ َ‬ ‫ﱰﻳ َْﻦ — أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ِﺴﻨ َ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ُﺔ — أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أَدﱠﺧِ َﺮ و ُْﺳﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫إِﻧْﻘﺎذِ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪﱠاءِ‪ ،‬و َِﺷﻔﺎﺋِﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا َمل َﺮ ِض‪«.‬‬ ‫ﴬ َت َﻟﻬﺎ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‬ ‫»ودادُ«‪» :‬ﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺷﻔﺎءِ أُﻣﱢ َﻚ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ إِذا أَﺣْ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪» :‬وَأﻳ َْﻦ ﻫﺬا اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َﻟﻬﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﺗِﻲ؟«‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﻨْﺒ ُ​ُﺖ ِﰲ أَﻋْ َﲆ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗُ ِﻄ ﱡﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ — ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ِة ﺑَﻴْﺘِ َﻚ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺘَﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ ْﺮ َت ِﺑﻬﺬا اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﴫهُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴ ُﻜﺐَ ﻋَ ِﺼريَ ُه ِﰲ َﻓ ِﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِﺎﰲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌْ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻋﺎﺟ ًﻼ إ ِ ْن ﺷﺎءَ ﷲُ‪«.‬‬ ‫أُﻣﱢ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ُة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ ْﺸ َﻔﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﺮ ِﺿﻬﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪ُ :‬‬ ‫ﻫﺎب إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا َﻟﻚِ ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ُﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أَﺗَﻮاﻧَﻰ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ« ﻷَﺣْ ُ‬ ‫»ودادُ«‪ :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ ذا ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳُﻌْ ﻨَﻰ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧَﺒﺎﺗِﻬﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل‪ .‬وَﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﺧ ﱢ ِﱪﻳﻨﻲ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﺗِﻲ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺄُﻣﱢ ﻲ أَﺛْﻨﺎءِ َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮي؟«‬

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‫ﺒﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﰲ‬

‫)‪َ (8‬‬ ‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ«‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻤْ َﻠ َﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ دَﻣَ ﻌَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨﺎ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ِن‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻌَ ﻞ ﻳَﺒْﻜِﻲ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﺧ َﴙ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺗَﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻔﺎر َق ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ َة ﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن أَﻋُ ﻮ َد إِﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺪﱠواءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﻮت أُﻣﱢ ﻲ َوﺗُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻔِ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ‪ُ » :‬ﻛ ْﻦ ﻣُﻄﻤَ ِﺌﻨٍّﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪ .‬واﻋْ َﻠ ْﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ َذ َﻫﺒ َْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ«؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﺗُﺼﺎبَ أُﻣﱡ َﻚ ِﺑ ُﺴﻮءٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد‬ ‫ﻮن ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ ﰲ ﺣﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ َ ْ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺪﱠواءِ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِﺎﰲ‪ .‬ﻓﺎذْ َﻫﺐْ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ِﺌﻨٍّﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻏﺎﻳَﺘِ َﻚ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺘَﺒ َْﻘﻰ أُﻣﱡ َﻚ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳ ُِﺼﻴﺒَﻬﺎ‬ ‫أ َ ًذى ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ِﻣﻦ ِرﺣْ َﻠ ِﺘ َﻚ ﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ‪َ :‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﺳﺘَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ أ َ ْﺧﻄﺎ ًرا ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ُ‬ ‫ض‬ ‫ﻟِﻤَ ﺘﺎﻋِ ﺐَ ﺟَ ﻤﱠ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ِﺼ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ«‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺒﺎﺗِﻬﺎ اﻟﻌَ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ — أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ وا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺰ ِم واﻟﺜ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ — أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌْ ﺘَ ِﺼ َﻢ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ َﺮ ِﺑﻬﺬا‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪«.‬‬ ‫س اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺣﺎر ُ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‬ ‫)‪ِ (9‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﺄ ُﻛﻮ ُن ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ﺣُ ْﺴ ِﻦ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺨﺎﰲ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ ُﺷﺠﺎ ٌع‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻦ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱢﻚِ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻼ ﺗَ ِ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻗﺪامُ‪ ،‬إ ِ ْن ﺷﺎءَ ﷲُ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻳَﻨ ْ ُﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻠُﺐُ ِﻣﻨْﻚِ ﱠإﻻ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ واﺣِ ﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺼﻨ َِﻲ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْ َﻚ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻚ ﻣﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ َة؟ َو َﻛﻴ َ َ‬ ‫ف ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل‪َ :‬‬ ‫ْﻒ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫»ﺧ ﱢ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ‪َ :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ْﻒ أﻣْ ِﴤ ﻧَﺤْ ﻮَﻫﺎ؟ و َِﰲ أيﱢ ﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ أ َ ْﻫﺘَﺪِي إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ؟«‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠ َﺖ َ‬ ‫َﺼﻌُ ﺐَ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ْ‬ ‫إﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َوﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐ َﺖ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻤﱠ َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ و َ‬ ‫اﻻﻫﺘِﺪاءُ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ ﻧﺎ َدﻳْﺘَ ُﻪ ﺛ َ َ‬ ‫ﻼث ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺣﺎر َس اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ات‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ — ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — إِﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻨﺎدِيَ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل‪ .‬ﻓﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت«! َﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﺗُ ِﺘ ﱠﻢ اﻟﻨﱢﺪاءَ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗِ َﻚ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺣﺎر َس اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻠُﺐْ‬ ‫ِﺑﺄَﻋْ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ َﺮ َﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫»ﻫﻠُ ﱠﻢ ﻳﺎ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ — ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪«.‬‬

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‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫)‪ (10‬وَدا ُع ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ِﱠﺔ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ َﺮ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫»ودادَ« ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ﺘَﻬﺎ َوإ ِ ْرﺷﺎدَﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﻟ ْﻠ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻗﺒﱠ َﻞ ﻳَ َﺪ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ ا َمل ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻮار‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺒﱠ َﻞ ﻳَﺪَﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺄْذِ ﻧًﺎ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺣِ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ِﺟ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ ِﰲ ﺟَ ﻴْ ِﺒ ِﻪ َرﻏ ً‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ ًﻼ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ‪ ،‬ﻟﺘ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن زا َد ُه ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺳﺎ َر ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َداع‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أَن ﺣَ ﻴﱠﺎ ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒَﺘَ ُﻪ ِ‬ ‫»ودادَ« — ِﰲ اﺣْ ِﱰا ٍم وَأد ٍَب — ﺗَﺤِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺠﺎب‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻼﻣ ِﺢ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬﺎ ﻣﺎ ﺗُ ْﻀ ِﻤ ُﺮ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺤَ ﺒﱠ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸﻴﱠﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ﺑﺎﺑْﺘِﺴﺎﻣَ ِﺔ إِﻋْ ٍ‬ ‫ري ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻒ ﻟِﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳﺮﻫﺎ ﻣﺎ ﺗُ ْﺨﻔِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ وَﻓﺎءٍ وَﻋَ ْ‬ ‫ﺠﺎع‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻬ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ِﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ﺳﺎر ِ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪا ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﺎﺿﻴًﺎ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ُﺒﺎﱄ ﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﻠﻘﺎ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺼﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‪ِ ،‬‬ ‫ﺮﻳﻖ ﻃﺎ َﻟﻤﺎ أ َ ْﻫ َﻠ َﻜ ْﺖ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﴙ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﺘﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ٍ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ ْﺮ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﺠﺎ ِة أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﺳﺎﻟِﻜﻴﻬﺎ!‬ ‫ﻃﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ إِﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫وﻗﻠﺒُ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءٌ ﺛ َِﻘ ًﺔ — ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﱠ‬ ‫وَﺳﺎ َر »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﺠﺎح‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻔﻮ ِْز واﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫— َوإِﻳﻤﺎﻧًﺎ وَﺛﺒﺎﺗًﺎ وا ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻤﺌْﻨﺎﻧٍّﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫وﻛﺎن ﻳَﺤْ َﺴﺐُ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ َﻞ — و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺮا ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ِة ﺑَﻴْﺘ ِ​ِﻪ — َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ دَﻫِ َﺶ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ني َرآ ُه‬ ‫أَﺑْﻌَ َﺪ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻳَﺤْ َﺴﺐُ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴ َِﺼ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ِﺼ ِﻒ ﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﺳﻬْ ًﻼ َﻛﻤﺎ ﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠ َﻞ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻣَ َﴙ — ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم — د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳ َِﺼ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َﺳ ْﻔ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬

‫ﻮر‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﻨ ْﻬ ُﺮ ا ْﳌ َ ْﺴ ُﺤ ُ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ا ْﻟ ُﻐﺮابُ‬ ‫واﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ ُﺔ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ﺛُﻠُ َﺚ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪َ ،‬رأَى ُﻏﺮاﺑًﺎ و َ​َﻗ َﻊ ِﰲ ﺣِ ﺒﺎ َﻟ ٍﺔ؛ ‪ 1‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﴍ ٌس‬ ‫ﺼﺐَ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤِ ﺒﺎ َﻟ َﺔ ُﻏﻼ ٌم َ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻷ َ ْﴍ ِار‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َِﺚ ا ْﻟ ُﻐﺮابُ أ َ ْن و َ​َﻗ َﻊ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ أ َ ِﺳريًا‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﴩكِ ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﺪ ْر ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ُﺤﺎو ُل اﻟﺘﱠ َﺨ ﱡﻠ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﻜﺎكِ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺺ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻐﺮابُ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ْ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴْ َ‬ ‫ِني‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَﺒَ َﻜ ْﺖ ِرﺟْ ﻠُ ُﻪ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ؛‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺮاب ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺨ ﱠﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺳﺎرهِ‪َ ،‬و َر ﱠد إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺣُ ﱢﺮﻳﱠﺘَﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪» :‬أ َ ْﺷ ُﻜ ُﺮ َﻟ َﻚ ﱡ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ؛ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻗﺎ َل ﻟِـ»ﻳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﻞ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي‬ ‫َﻓﻄﺎ َر ا ْﻟ ُﻐﺮابُ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺄَﺟْ ِﺰﻳ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮو ِﻓ َﻚ َﺧ ْريًا‪ ،‬إ ِ ْن ﺷﺎءَ ﷲُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﺣِ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺪَﻫِ َﺶ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ني َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ُﻏﺮاﺑًﺎ ﻳَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﻠﻢُ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (2‬اﻟﺪﱢﻳ ُﻚ واﻟﺜﱠﻌْ َﻠﺐُ‬ ‫وَﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْري َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ُﻮاﺻ َﻠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ﻦ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻮغ ﻣَ ْﻘ ِﺼ ِﺪهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮان ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺑُﻠُ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻮ ُع َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‪ ،‬ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻳ َْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺢُ ِﰲ ِﻇ ﱢﻞ َﺷﺠَ َﺮةٍ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑ ِﻪ؛ َﻓﺮاحَ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛ ُﻞ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ِﴪ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ ُ‬ ‫ﴬ ُه ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ﻛْ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮأَى دِ ﻳ ًﻜﺎ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي َوﺛَﻌْ َﻠﺒًﺎ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَﺘَﺒﱠﻌُ ﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫‪ 1‬اﻟﺤﺒﺎﻟﺔ‪ :‬املﺼﻴﺪة‪.‬‬

‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫ﺮار‪ ،‬وَﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ اﻟﺜﱠﻌْ َﻠﺐَ أَو َْﺷ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺪ ِْر َك اﻟﺪﱢﻳ َﻚ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع اﻟﺪﱢﻳ ُﻚ — ﺟُ ﻬْ َﺪ ُه — ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻔِ ِ‬ ‫َوﻳ َْﻔ َ ِﱰ َﺳﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒُﻨﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﻪ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠ ﱢ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ اﻟﺪﱢﻳ ُﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻔﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﻔﺎ ُه‬ ‫ﻒ« أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ﺛ َ ْﻮ ِﺑ ِﻪ د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﺮا ُه اﻟﺜﱠﻌْ َﻠﺐُ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻞ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫َث؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﺒ ِﻪ اﻟﺜﱠﻌْ َﻠﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أ َ ﱠن اﻟﺪﱢﻳ َﻚ ﻻ ﻳَﺰا ُل ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي‬ ‫أَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ« ﱡ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳ ُﻢ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫أﻣﱠ ﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَﺒْ ُﺪ َر ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﺣَ َﺮ َﻛ ٌﺔ؛‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻻ ﻳ َْﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻦ اﻟﺜﱠﻌْ َﻠﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴎﻋﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻏﺎبَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻇ ِﺮهِ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ زا َل اﻟﺜﱠﻌْ َﻠﺐُ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي ﺑﺄ َ ْﻗ َﴡ ُ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« إ ِ َﱃ ﻧَﺠﺎ ِة اﻟﺪﱢﻳﻚِ ‪ ،‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ا ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄ َ ﱠن »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ َﴎاﺣَ ُﻪ َوﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ُﻪ ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳَﺸﺎءُ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ُﺮ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺨﻔِ ٍﺾ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻚ ﱡ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟﺪﱢﻳ ُﻚ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺄَﺟْ ِﺰﻳ َﻚ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨِﻴﻌِ َﻚ أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺰاءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (3‬ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻔ ِﺪ ُع واﻟﺜﱡﻌْ ﺒﺎ ُن‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫واﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ري ُه ِ‬ ‫واﺳ َﱰاحَ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻫﺐﱠ واﻗِ ًﻔﺎ ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﺻﺪًا إﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ َﺳ ْ َ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﺴﺎﻓ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ َرأَى ِﺿ ْﻔﺪِﻋً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬﺎ ﺛُﻌْ ﺒﺎ ٌن‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻳَﺒْﺘَﻠِﻌَ ﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔ َﺰ ُع وا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫ُﻀ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔ ِﺪ َع ﺧﺎﺋ َِﻔ ًﺔ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫َو َرأى ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮﺑ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ْف‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ﺠَ َﺰ ْت ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺤَ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُﴪ َع إ ِ َﱃ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأى اﻟﺜﱡﻌْ َ‬ ‫أﴎ َع إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﺠَ ٍﺮ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔﺪ ِ​ِع — وَﻗ ْﺪ َﻓﺘَﺢَ َﻓﻤَ ُﻪ ﻻﺑْﺘِﻼﻋِ ﻬﺎ — ْ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎن ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮﻣﺎ ُه ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ْن َﺳ ﱠﺪ َد ُه ﺗَ ْﺴﺪِﻳﺪًا ﻣُﺤْ َﻜﻤً ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﻓ ِﻢ اﻟﺜﱡﻌْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل‪ِ ،‬ﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻛﺎ َد ﻳَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻬ ُﻢ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﺒﺎن و َ​َﺧﻨ َ َﻘ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺠَ ُﺮ ﺣَ ْﻠ َﻖ اﻟﺜﱡﻌْ ِ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔ ِﺪ َع‪.‬‬ ‫واﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺠَ ِﺖ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔ ِﺪ ُع ِﺑﻨﺠﺎﺗِﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻼكِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺮاﺣَ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ َﻓ ْﺮﺣﺎﻧ َ ٌﺔ ِﺑ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﻼﺻﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﻬَ ﻼكِ ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ ُر‬

‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬أ َ ْﺷ ُﻜ َﺮ َﻟ َﻚ ﱡ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﻞ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺄَﺟْ ِﺰﻳ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨِﻴﻌِ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﺟ ِﻞ‪ ،‬إ ِ ْن ﺷﺎءَ ﷲُ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔﺪ ِ​ِع‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أﻟ َ‬ ‫ني َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َﻛﻼ َم ﱢ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﺣِ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪ َْﻫ ْﺶ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ِﻒ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ َوﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻮ َد ُه ِﰲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺮاب واﻟﺪﱢﻳﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻐ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺷﺎﻃ ِﺊ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْريَ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﱠ‬ ‫واﺻ َﻞ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ و َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻃﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻏﺎﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ِﺔ … َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫َﺳ ْﻔ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺷﺎﻃﺌ ِ​ِﻪ َ‬ ‫واﺳﻌً ﺎ ﻻ ﻳَﻜﺎ ُد اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮأَى ﻧَﻬْ ًﺮا ِ‬ ‫اﻵﺧ ِﺮ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َِﺴﻴ ُﻞ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ َﺳ ْﻔ ِﺢ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ ﻳ َِﺼ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَﻞ‪2 .‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ًة أ ْوَ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻒ« أﻣﺎ َم اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ﺣﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺒ ًﻜﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َل ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻌَ ﱢﲇ أﺻﺎدِ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ف َﻗﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻒ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﴪا أ َ ْو َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﺟ ْ ً‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﻊ‪ ،‬أ ِوَ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﻳُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﺷﺎﻃ ِﺊ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮآ ُه ﻳُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻣَ ﴙ ﻋَ َﲆ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺨﺎﺗَ ُﻢ ِﺑﺎ ِﻹ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻢ‪ ،‬أ َ ِو ا ْﻟﻌِ ْﻘ ُﺪ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮ َﻗﺒَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ِو ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠﺨﺎ ُل ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻮا ُر ِﺑﺎملِ ﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎق‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺴﺎع؛ وَﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫وَأﻃﺎل ﺗَﺄﻣﱡ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮآ ُه — ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن — َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤْ ِﻖ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ َﻢ اﻻﺗﱢ ِ‬ ‫ﴪا وَﻻ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ ِﰲ أَيﱢ ﻧﺎﺣِ ﻴَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﻮاﺣِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﺟ ْ ً‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪» :‬ﺗَﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴ ِﻜ ُ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﺒْﻜِﻲ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺠَ َﻠ َﺲ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﺷﺎﻃ ِﺊ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَﺻﺎحَ ِﺑﺄَﻋْ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺎﱄ ْ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ‪،‬‬ ‫»ودادُ«‪َ .‬ﻫﻠُﻤﱢ ﻲ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ُﺔ‪ .‬أ َ ْﻗ ِﺒ ِﲇ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ ا ُملﺤْ ِﺴﻨ َ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َﻔ ﱢﻀ َﻠ ُﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻳﺎ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﺗِﻲ ِ‬ ‫وَﻻ ﺗَ َﻀﻨﱢﻲ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﻌُ ﻮﻧ َ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻔﻌُ ﻨِﻲ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﺨ ِ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ أ َ ﱠن ِﰲ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ دَواءً ﺷﺎﻓِ ﻴًﺎ ﻳُﻨْﻘِ ﺬُ‬ ‫أُﻣﱢ َﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ َﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣﺎ دُﻣْ ُﺖ ﻻ أﺟ ُﺪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َﺳ ِﺒ ً‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‪«.‬‬

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‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫)‪ (5‬ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ دِ ﻳﻚٍ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ — ﰲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ إ ِ ْن أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﻧِﺪاءَهُ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ ِ‬ ‫ﺷﺎﻃ ِﺊ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ — اﻟﺪﱢﻳ ُﻚ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﻧ ْ َﻘﺬَ ُه »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫»ودادُ« أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺜﱠﻌْ َﻠ ِﺐ‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒَﺘُ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﺧﺎرجٌ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﺳ ْﻠﻄﺎﻧِﻬﺎ و َُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ ٌﺪ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن؛ ِﻷ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ َﻞ ﻣَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ ٌر ِ‬ ‫ﺼﻨ َ َﻊ َﻟ َﻚ ﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﰲ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻧ ُ ُﻔﻮذِﻫﺎ و َُﻗ ْﺪ َرﺗِﻬﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ ْ‬ ‫ﴎﻋْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧَﺠْ َﺪ ِﺗ َﻚ؛ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ أَﻧ ْ َﻘﺬْ َت ﺣَ ﻴﺎﺗِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫اﺳﺘِﻐﺎﺛَﺘَ َﻚ َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺻﻌَ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠ َﻠ ِﻒ؛ و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ِﺟﺌْ ُﺖ ﻷُﺛ ْ ِﺒ َﺖ َﻟ َﻚ اﻋْ ِﱰ ِاﰲ ِﺑﺠَ ِﻤﻴﻠ ِ َﻚ‪ ،‬و َُﺷ ْﻜ ِﺮي ﻟِﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺮو ِﻓ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ﻠُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮي‪.‬‬ ‫َوإِﻧﱢﻲ أ ُ ْﻗ ِﺴ ُﻢ َﻟ َﻚ ِﺑﺤَ ﱢﻖ وا ِﻟ َﺪﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰةِ‪ ،‬ﻷَﺑْﻠُ َﻐ ﱠﻦ ِﺑ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊَ اﻵَ َﺧ َﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ‪«.‬‬

‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴ َْﺴ ُﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ اﻟﺪﱢﻳﻚِ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌُ ﻮ ِد ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫َﱰ ﱠد ْد ِﰲ ﱡ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ َﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤﺎءِ؛ وَﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ وَﺟَ َﺪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِآﻣﻨًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ ِق‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ اﻟﺪﱢﻳﻚِ ‪.‬‬ ‫‪16‬‬

‫اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ ُر‬

‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻘِ ٍّﺮا ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ف أ َ ﱠن اﻟﺪﱢﻳ َﻚ َﻗ ْﺪ أَﺣْ َﻜ َﻢ و ْ‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ﻬﺎ َرةٍ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻔﺎر ُس ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎن؛ ﺑَ ْﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن أﺛْﺒ َ​َﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘ ِْﻘﺮا ًرا‪ ،‬وَأ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺪﱢﻳﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﱡﺮ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﺤِ ِ‬ ‫ا ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻤﺌْﻨﺎﻧًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﺑﻌُ ْﺮ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ف اﻟﺪﱢﻳﻚِ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻌْ ُﱪُ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻄريُ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻋﺎﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﻤﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﻋِ ْﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ اﻟﺪﱢﻳ ُﻚ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﺒْﺘَ ﱠﻞ ﺛ َ ْﻮﺑُ ُﻪ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم ا ْﻟﺤﺎدِي وا ْﻟﻌِ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ٍة واﺣِ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻮع وَﻻ َ‬ ‫ﻼل ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ْﺮ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻤَ ٍﺈ وَﻻ ﺣﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ ﻟِﻠ ﱡﺮﻗﺎدِ ‪.‬‬ ‫و َِﰲ ﺧِ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﺑﺠُ ٍ‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ﺟَ ُ‬ ‫ﻔﺎف اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‬ ‫ني ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊَ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« اﻟﺪﱢﻳ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﺷ َﻜ َﺮ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫اﻵﺧ َﺮ ﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﺛْﻨَﻰ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ اﻟﺜﱠﻨﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ْﻞ َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟﺪﱢﻳ ُﻚ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َﻔ َﺶ ِر َ‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠً ﺎ ِﺑﻤﺎ أَدﱠا ُه ﻟِﻬﺬا ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ِﺴ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫ﻳﺸ ُﻪ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺰاءً َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮوﻓ ِ​ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺣَ ﻴﱠﺎ ُه ُﻣ َﻮدﱢﻋً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ زا َل اﻟﺪﱢﻳ ُﻚ ﻳَﻤْ ِﴚ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻏﺎبَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻇ ِﺮ ِه …‬ ‫ﻒ ﻣﺎؤهُ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻒ« ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠ ْﺪ أَﺛ َ ًﺮا ﻟِﻠﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َوﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻔ َﺖ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫واﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ أَﺛ َ ُﺮ ُه ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَى ذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻻ َرﻳْﺐَ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪِي ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن ِﺟﻨ ﱢ ﱠﻲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﺟْ َﺮى ﻫﺬا اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ َﺮ‬ ‫ِﻴﺎزهِ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﱠﻔ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻢَ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴَﺤُ ﻮ َل ﺑَﻴْﻨِﻲ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻣﺎءَ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ وَأَﻋﺎ َد‬ ‫َني ﻏﺎﻳَﺘِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَى ﻧَﺠﺎﺣِ ﻲ ِﰲ اﺟْ ﺘ ِ‬ ‫اﻷ َ ْر َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ‪«.‬‬ ‫ض َﻛﻤﺎ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‪ .‬ﻓﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻤْ ُﺪ هلل ِ ﻋَ ﲆ ﻣﺎ َﻫﻴﱠﺄ َ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻌُ ﻮﻧ َ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ﱠ َ‬ ‫َﴪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﻮﻓ ٍ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫اﳉ َﺒﻞ‬ ‫َﺷ ْﻴ ُﺦ ْ َ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎدِ َﻗ ُﺔ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﺴﺎﻓﺎت َ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻒ« َزﻣَ ﻨًﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫وَﺳﺎ َر »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ري ِه ﻣَ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻌَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ ِﰲ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻮغ ﻣَ ﺄ ْ َر ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﺴﺎﻓ ُﺔ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ وَﺟَ َﺪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أﻳﱠﺎ ٍم — ﻻ ﻳَﺰا ُل ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺑُﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﱪ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ َﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺺ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻴْﻨ َ ُﻪ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ِﺰ ْد َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ َﻛﻤﺎ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ُ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺪﱢﻳﻚِ !‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎ ِﺑ ِﺮ ﱡ‬ ‫ري ﻫﺬا اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ِﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺠﺎع‪ ،‬ﻻ ْرﺗَﺒَ َﻚ ا ْرﺗِﺒﺎ ًﻛﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪،‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻮ ﺣَ َﺪﺛ َ ْﺖ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ُملﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ُة ﻟ َِﻐ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫وَدبﱠ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌﺎ َد ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺗَﻰ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ِﻣ ً‬ ‫ﻒ« — ﺑ َ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ — َ‬ ‫ﺜﺎﻻ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤُﺜﺎﺑَ َﺮ ِة وا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻞ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫وَﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎدِ َﻗ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ َﱰَ ﱠد ُد وَﻻ ﺗَ ْﻀﻌُ ُ‬ ‫ﻻ ﺗَﻨْﺜَﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ أَﻣﺎم ﻋَ َﻘﺒَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ ْﺮ ِﺟ ُﻊ ﺧﺎ ِﺋﺒ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤﺎ ﺗَ ْﻠ َﻖ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ِﺒﻬﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻮال‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺘﺎﻋِ ﺐَ وَأ َ ْﻫ ٍ‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم ا ْﻟﺤﺎدِي وا ْﻟﻌِ ْﴩ َ‬ ‫ُون‬ ‫ِﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ِ‬ ‫ري ِه …‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﴙ واﺣﺪًا َوﻋ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺟﺎدٍّا ﰲ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َرأَى أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ ْم إ ِ َﱃ اﻷَﻣﺎ ِم َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰبْ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻏﺎﻳ َِﺘﻪ ُﺧ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ ًة واﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻬَ ْﻞ وَﺟَ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ َﺳ ِﺒ ً‬ ‫ﻴﻼ؟‬ ‫َﻛ ﱠﻼ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ َﻛﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﺛﺎ ِﺑﺘًﺎ ﻻ ﻳَﺘَ َﺰﻋْ َﺰ ُع‪.‬‬

‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ​َق َرﺟﺎءً ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ — أَﺛْﺒ َ​َﺖ ﻋَ ْﺰﻣً ﺎ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن‬ ‫ﻒ« — ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎدِي وا ْﻟﻌِ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ِم َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮ ِه اﻷَو ِﱠل‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﻮَى ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣُﻮاﺟﻬَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪا ِﺋ ِﺪ َوﻣُﻐﺎ َﻟﺒَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻮادِ ِث‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪» :‬و ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ُت ِﻣﺎﺋَ َﺔ َﺳﻨ َ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬دُون أ َ ْن أَﺑْﻠُ َﻎ ﻣﺎ أ ُ ِرﻳﺪُ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻦ ﻳَﻤْ ﻨَﻌَ ﻨِﻲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ﷲ َﻟ ْﻮ ِ ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻘِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺨﺬُ َل ﷲ ُ — ُﺳﺒْﺤﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ — ﻣَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻮغ ﻣَ ْﻘ ِﺼ ٍﺪ ﻧ َ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻤﱠ َﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﻠُ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (3‬ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺰ ُم‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻤْ َﻠ َﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ إ ِ ْن أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ ﺮ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ أَﺣَ ُﺪ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ذ ِﻟ َﻚ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱢﻦ‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ َرآ ُه ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ َﺰ ُم َﺷﻴ ًْﺨﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريًا ﻃﺎﻋِ ﻨًﺎ ِﰲ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﰲ ُﺧﺒ ٍْﺚ وَﻣَ ْﻜ ٍﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬أَرا َك ﻻ ﺗَﺰا ُل ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ُﻊ ِﰲ اﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ري ﻳﺎﺋ ٍِﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪َ ،‬ﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل إ ِ َﱃ ﻏﺎﻳَﺘِ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ِة اﻟﺘﱠﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ ِﺮ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ﱠﻻ َﻓﻤﺎ ﺑﺎﻟُ َﻚ ﺗَ ْﺮﻧُﻮ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒﻴﻠﻬﺎ أ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫َﴫ َك إ ِ َﱃ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ؟«‬ ‫ِﺑﺒ َ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»اﻵن ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ َﺖ — ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ َْﺦ — ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ ﻣﺎ أ ْﺳﻌَ ﻰ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻒ«‪:‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ﱠ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ َل إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ«‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺰمُ‪» :‬ﻻ َﺷ ﱠﻚ ِﰲ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ‪«.‬‬ ‫َ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺒﺎﺗِﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ وَﺣْ َﺪ ُه ِﺷﻔﺎءَ وا ِﻟ َﺪﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ِﺔ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﴍ َ​َﻓ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻷ َ ْﻗﺰام‪1 .‬‬

‫)‪ (4‬ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠﺐٌ ﻋَ ِﺴريٌ‬ ‫َﻓﻬَ ﱠﺰ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺰ ُم َرأ ْ َﺳﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ ﻟِﺤْ ﻴَﺘَ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َة ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺒ َْﻀ ِﺔ ﻋَ ﺼﺎ ُه اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺒﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﻃﺎ َل ﺗَﺄَﻣﱡ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ري »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ِﻃﻔﻠِﻨﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎ َل‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣﺎ ﺗُﻌْ ِﺠﺒُﻨِﻲ — ﻳﺎ َو َﻟﺪِي — وَداﻋَ ﺘُ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻫِ َﺮ ُة ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬ َﻚ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ﺘُ َﻚ‬ ‫َﺣﺎر ُﺳ ُﻪ اﻷ َ ِﻣ ُ‬ ‫ﴎﻧِﻲ َﻛﻤﺎ ُل أ َ َد ِﺑ َﻚ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ُمل ْﺮﺗَ ِﺴﻤَ ُﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣُﺤَ ﻴﱠﺎ َك‪ .‬ﻓﺎﻋْ َﻠ ْﻢ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ِﺟﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ و ِ‬

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‫َﺷﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَﻞ‬

‫ﴍ ُ‬ ‫ﻫﺎب إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫و َِﺻﺪ ُْق ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ِﺘ َﻚ َﻛﻤﺎ أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺒَﻨِﻲ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻒ ﻣَ ْﻘ ِﺼ ِﺪ َك‪َ ،‬وﻧُﺒْ ُﻞ ﻏﺎﻳَﺘِ َﻚ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أَذِ ﻧ ْ ُﺖ َﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ اﻟﺬﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ض َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻠ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َو َﻟ ْﻦ أَﻋْ َ ِﱰ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘ َﻚ ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ ﺣَ ﱠﻘ ْﻘ َﺖ ِﱄ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ واﺣِ ﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻒ«‪َ » :‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْ َﻚ — ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ َْﺦ — ﻓﺎ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻠُﺐْ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺸﺎءُ‪َ ،‬و ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪُ‪«.‬‬

‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﺷﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺪ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ﺣَ ْﻘ ِﲇ ﻫﺬا ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻗﻤْ ٍﺢ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗُ َﻐ ْﺮ ِﺑ َﻠ ُﻪ َوﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺢ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺘَﻰ أَﺗْﻤَ ﻤْ َﺖ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻄﺤَ ﻨَﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ْن ﺗَﺬْ ُر َوهُ‪ ،‬أﻋْ ﻨِﻲ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ْن ﺗُﻨ َ ﱢﻘﻴَ ُﻪ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ِ‬ ‫‪21‬‬

‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺨ ِﺒ َﺰهُ‪ .‬ﻫﺬا ُﻫ َﻮ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣﺎ أ ُ ِرﻳﺪُ‪ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذا ﺣَ ﱠﻘ ْﻘﺘَ ُﻪ ِﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨﺎدِ ﻧِﻲ ْ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﺳ ِﻤﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺤﺎل‪ .‬و َ​َﺳ َﱰَى ْاﻵ ِﻧﻴ َ​َﺔ وا ْﻟﻤُﻌِ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱠات ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻳَﻤِ ﻴﻨِ َﻚ ِﰲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﻔ َﺮ ِة اﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَةِ‪«.‬‬ ‫أَﺣْ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﴬ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳُﺘِ ﱡﻢ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ َ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻏﺎبَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻇ َﺮﻳْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﺗَﻬْ ِﻴﺌَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل ا ْﻟ َﻘﻤْ ِﺢ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺴﻴﺤَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮآﻫﺎ ﺗُ َﻐ ﱢ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻲ َﺳ ْﻔﺢَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ« إ ِ َﱃ ﺣُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ِﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ﻫﺬا ﻣﺎ ﻳُﺪْﺧِ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ َس إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺐ أ َ َﺷ ﱢﺪ ا ُمل ْﺆ ِﻣ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ني ﺛَﺒﺎﺗًﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻮاﻫ ْﻢ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ« ﱡ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ِس؛ َﻓ َﺨ ﱠﻔ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َ‬ ‫ﻋﺎن ﻣﺎ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠﻠﺐَ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛِﻴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﺧ َﺮجَ‬ ‫وَﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ُ ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺤُ ْﻔ َﺮ ِة ِﻣﻨْﺠَ ًﻼ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮاﺻ ُﻞ ﻋَ ﻤَ َﻠ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻊ َﺳﻨﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻤْ ِﺢ ِﺑﻌَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ٍﺔ ﺛﺎﺑﺘَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﻬﺎر —‬ ‫ُﻀﻨ َِﻲ — َﻟﻴْ َﻞ ﻧ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﻣﺎﺋَ ًﺔ و َ​َﺧﻤْ َﺴ ًﺔ َوﺗ ِْﺴﻌِ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ َﺳﻨﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻤْ ِﺢ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺬَ َل ﺟُ ﻬْ َﺪ ُه ِﰲ َد ْر ِﺳﻬﺎ َوﺗَﺬْ ِرﻳَﺘِﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َق ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﺳﺘﱢ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪ ،‬راحَ ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺤَ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻤْ ﺢَ ِﰲ ﻃﺎﺣُ ﻮﻧ َ ِﺔ َﺷﻴ ِْﺦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ؛ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻣُﻘﺎﻣَ ٌﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻘ َﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﻮل َ‬ ‫اﻟﻘﻤْ ِﺢ‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳَﻄﺤَ ُﻦ ﺗ ِْﺴﻌِ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ!‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬ ‫ِﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻖ و َ​َﺧﺒ ِْﺰهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ َﴣ ِﰲ ﻫﺬا اﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ﻣﺎﺋَ ًﺔ َوﻋ ْ ِ‬ ‫َف إ ِ َﱃ ﻋَ ﺠْ ِﻦ اﻟﺪﱠﻗِ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻧ َ ِﻀﺞَ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺨﺒْ ُﺰ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻮف أ َ ْﺷﺒَ َﻪ ِﺑ ُﺮ ُﻓ ِ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻨِﻈﺎ ٍم ﻋَ َﲆ ُر ُﻓ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮف اﻟ ُﻜﺘُ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫واﺟ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑ ُ ُ‬ ‫ور ﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻧَﺠَ ﺢَ ِﰲ أَداءِ ِ‬ ‫ﴪ ٍ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧﺎدَى ِﺟﻨ ﱢ ﱠﻲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﻧِﺪاءَهُ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺰ ُم أَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ َﺷﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ﻳَﻌُ ﱡﺪهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذا ُﻫ َﻮ ﺗ ِْﺴﻌَ ٌﺔ َوﻋ ِْﴩ َ‬ ‫ُون َوﺛَﻼﺛُﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ َرﻏ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ‪،‬‬ ‫َوﺛَﻤﺎ ِﻧﻴ ٌَﺔ و َِﺳﺘﱡ َ‬ ‫ﻮن أ َ ْﻟ ًﻔﺎ وَأ َ ْرﺑَﻌُ ﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ أ َ ْﻟ ِﻒ َرﻏ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ‪.‬‬

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‫َﺷﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَﻞ‬

‫)‪ (6‬ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﻠﺒ َُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة‬ ‫وَأَرا َد ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ ﻋَ ِﻬ َﺪ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِﻪ؛ ﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَﻬَ َﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻏ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﺬَو َﱠق ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒْ َﺰ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴَﺘَﺒ ﱠ َ‬ ‫َني ﻧَﺠﺎحَ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ ْاﻷَﺧِ ريَ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮَﺟَ ﺪ َُﻫﻤﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ ﻳ َْﺸﺘَ ِﻬﻲ َوﻳ ُِﺮﻳﺪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻷ َ ﱠو َل واﻟ ﱠﺮﻏ َ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه ﻋَ َﲆ َﺧ ﱢﺪ ِه ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ري ﻋَ ِﻤﻴﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ذَ ْﻗﻨ ِ​ِﻪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى؛ َو َﻟ ِﺒ َﺚ و َْﻗﺘًﺎ َﻗ ِﺼريًا ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ِﻞ‪ ،‬ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ﻻ َﺷ ﱠﻚ ِﰲ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َو َﻟ ٌﺪ َﻛ ِﺮﻳ ُﻢ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻤﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛﺎ ِﺑ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َوإِﻧﱢﻲ ﻣُﻜﺎﻓِ ﺌُ َﻚ — ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺟ ﱢﺪ َك — ِﺑﻬ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻌُ ْﻠﺒَ ِﺔ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺼﻨُﻮﻋَ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﺧ َﺮجَ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ِﻣﻦ ﺟَ ﻴْ ِﺒ ِﻪ ﻋُ ْﻠﺒ ًَﺔ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﺑﻌُ ْﻠﺒَ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ‪ ،‬ﻫِ َﻲ أ َ ْﺷﺒَ ُﻪ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌُ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮط ‪َ 2‬ﺷ ْﻜ ًﻼ وَﺣَ ﺠْ ﻤً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺛ ﱠﻢ أﻋْ ﻄﺎ ُه ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﻠﺒَﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪» :‬اِﻓﺘَﺢْ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻌُ ْﻠﺒَﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَة‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ‬ ‫واﺟ ٌﺪ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ ﻣﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ ُه ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴﺎ ِﺗ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫َرﺟَ ﻌْ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻴْﺘِ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (7‬وَدا ُع ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ِْﺦ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« أ َ ْن ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬ َﺮ — ﻟ َِﺸﻴ ِْﺦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ — اﺣْ ﺘِﻘﺎ َر ُه ﻟِﻬَ ِﺪﻳﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ اﻟﺘﱠﻔِ ﻬَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َ​َﺸﺄ ْ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ُﻣ َﺆ ﱠدﺑًﺎ َﻟ ِﻄ ً‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻓﺄ َ ُه ِﺑﻬﺎ؛ ِﻷ َ ﱠن »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ ُﻪ وَأ َ ْﺧ َﻔﻰ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ أ َ َﻟﻤَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻢ َﻏﻴْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻼ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ إِذَا َﻛﺘَ َﻢ ُﺳ ْﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ا ْرﺗِﻴﺎﺣَ ُﻪ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺪﻳﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وأَﻋْ َﻠ َﻦ َﻟ ُﻪ ُﺷ ْﻜ َﺮ ُه ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ف اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺤَ ﻴﱠﺎ ُه َﺷﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ُﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻗﻬْ َﻘ َﻪ ﺿﺎﺣِ ًﻜﺎ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ُﻞ َﺳﺒَﺒًﺎ‬ ‫ﻟِﻬ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺤْ َﻜ ِﺔ اﻟﻌﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٌﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ٌة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻏﺎبَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻇ َﺮﻳْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬

‫َﺣ ِ‬ ‫ﺪاﺋ ُﻖ ِْ‬ ‫اﳉ ﱢﻨ ﱢﻲ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﱄ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺪا ُر ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ريهُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َرأَى ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫واﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫واﻟﺴﻌﺎ َد َة ﺗَ ْﻘ َ ِﱰبُ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻆ ﻳ ُْﻘ ِﺒ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َوﻳُﻮاﺗِﻴ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻒ« َﺳ ْ َ‬ ‫َوﺗُﻮاﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ .‬وَﻻ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ ِﰲ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ُﺧ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ ٍة ﻳَﻤْ ِﺸﻴﻬﺎ َﺳﺘُ َﻘ ﱢﺮﺑُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َوﺗُ ْﺪﻧِﻴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻛﺎن َﻗ ِﺪ اﺟْ ﺘﺎ َز ﺛُﻠُﺜ َ ِﻲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺳﺎﻋﺎت َ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ﻣَ ﺪَى ﺛ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ؛ وَﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻪ وَﺟَ َﺪ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ِﺟﺪا ًرا ﻋﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ‬ ‫ﻼث‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ْﻒ َ‬ ‫ِﻔﺎع‪ .‬وَﻋَ ِﺠﺐَ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺪا ُر َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻗ ْﺪ َرآ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ َﻢ اﻻ ْرﺗ ِ‬ ‫ﺪار ِﻟﻴَﺒْﻠُ َﻎ ﻧِﻬﺎﻳَﺘَﻪ؛ وَﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻓ ِﺰ َع ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني َرأَى أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺳﺎ َر ﺛَﻼﺛ َ َﺔ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﴙ ِﰲ اﻣْ ﺘِﺪادِ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫ﺟﺎت ُﺳ ﱠﻠ ٍﻢ ﺗُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﱄ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم — اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ إ ِ َﱃ َد َر ِ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﻬْ ﺘَﺪِيَ‬ ‫ﺪار ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﺎب ﻳَﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْﺧ ُﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻪ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﺛ ُ ْﻐ َﺮ ٍة ﻳَﻨ ْ ُﻔﺬُ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻋَ َﲆ اﻷ َ ْر ِض‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﻓﺠَ َﻠ َﺲ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ري‪.‬‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳُﺴﺎ ِﺋ ُﻞ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢريًا‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ٌق ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫»ﺗُ َﺮى ﻣﺎذا أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻊُ؟«‬ ‫اﻟﺤﺎل — َﺧﻤْ َﺴ ًﺔ وَأ َ ْرﺑَﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻈﺎر‪َ .‬ﻓﻤَ َﻜ َﺚ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ َرأْﻳُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻻﻧْﺘ ِ‬ ‫ﺣﺎر ُ‬ ‫ﺪار‬ ‫س ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫)‪ِ (2‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ﻫﺬا اﻻﻧْﺘِﻈﺎ ُر َﻛﻔِ ً‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﺎس ﺛَﺒﺎﺗًﺎ وَأ َ ْﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻮاﻫ ْﻢ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ِﺑﺄ َ ْن ﻳُﺪْﺧِ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ َس إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺐ أ َ َﺷ ﱢﺪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« َ‬ ‫ُﺒﺎﱄ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫وَﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ري ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َﻔﺬًا‪.‬‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻻ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت وَﻻ ﻳ َِﺠ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ اﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت َو ْ‬ ‫ﱢث ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺛ َ ٍ‬ ‫إﴏ ٍار‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ْر َﴇ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻬَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أَﻋُ ﻮ َد ﺧﺎ ِﺋﺒًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أَﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َك ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أَﺗْ ُﺮ َك ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻮ ﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣﺎﺋَ َﺔ ﻋﺎ ٍم‪«.‬‬

‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫ﺪار‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ِﻤﺎت ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻖ ِﺑﻬ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ َﻜﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ْت ﺛ ُ ْﻐ َﺮ ٌة ُﻣ َﺮﺑﱠﻌَ ٌﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻂ ﺟﺎﻧِﺐٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺠ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﺪَﻫِ َﺶ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ُملﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄَةِ‪.‬‬

‫َت د َْﻫ َﺸﺘُ ُﻪ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ زاد ْ‬ ‫ﺧﺎرﺟً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟﺜ ﱡ ْﻐ َﺮةِ؛ و َِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪ ِه ﻋَ ً‬ ‫ﺼﺎ‬ ‫ني َرأَى ِﺟﻨﱢﻴٍّﺎ ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰب ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل َﻟﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َﻏﻠِﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ِﺟﺌْ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﻨﺎ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َو َﻟﺪِي! َوﻟِﻤﺎذَا َﻗﺪِﻣْ َﺖ؟ وَﻣﺎ ﺑﺎﻟُ َﻚ ﻻ ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ ُد ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺗَﻴ َْﺖ؟ أ َ ِﺟﺒْﻨِﻲ أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺋ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺮيءُ‪َ .‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺟَ ُﺮ ْؤ َت ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧ ُ ﱢﻮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻄﻲ؟ وَﻋَ ْﻦ أَيﱢ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﺗَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ؟«‬ ‫َ ْ‬ ‫‪26‬‬

‫ﺣَ ﺪاﺋ ُِﻖ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ‬

‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ِة — أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ — أَﺑْﺤَ ُﺚ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ْﻞ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪» :‬ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ُﻊ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻌُ ﻮﻧ َ ِﺘ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻢُ؟«‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠﺐٌ ﻋَ ِﺴريٌ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﻴ ٌﻞ؛ ﻓﻤﺎذا دَﻋﺎ َك إ ِ َﱃ ا ُملﺨﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪» :‬ﻫﺬا ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ ِة ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ َﻚ ِﰲ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ِ‬ ‫ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ُملﻬْ ﻠ ِ‬ ‫ِﻜﺎت؟«‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن أُﻣﱢ ﻲ ﻣَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﺷﺎﰲ َ َﻟﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﴍ َ​َﻓ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪ ،‬وَﻻ ِ‬ ‫ﱠإﻻ ﻧ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ اﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ُﴩ َﻓ ٌﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ا َملﻮ ِْت‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أَدﱠﺧِ َﺮ و ُْﺳﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪ ،‬وَﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘُﻬﺎ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺪار‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ َر ْﻫ ُﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫﺬا اﻟﺪﱠواءِ‪َ ،‬ﻛ ﱠﻠ َﻔﻨِﻲ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣﺎ َﻛ ﱠﻠ َﻔﻨِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذا ﻳ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫َﴪ َت ِﱄ أ َ ْن أَﻧ ْ ُﻔﺬَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫إﺷﺎ َرﺗِ َﻚ َو َ‬ ‫ﺠﺎز ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﻌْ ﻬَ ُﺪ ِﺑ ِﻪ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻤَ ٍﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ْﻮ ُع أَﻣْ ِﺮ َك‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أَﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﺧ َﺮ ِﰲ إﻧ ْ ِ‬ ‫)‪َ (3‬ﴍابُ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨ َ ِﺐ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪» :‬أَﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل؟! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺒَﻨِﻲ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ِﺮ َك ِﻣ ْﻦ وَداﻋَ ٍﺔ وَﻋَ ْﺰ ٍم َوﺛ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣﺎر ُس ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ِ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻚ ﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ف ﻣَ ْﻦ أَﻧﺎ؟ ﻓﺎﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ — إ ِ ْن َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ — أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ِ‬ ‫ﺪار‪ ،‬وَأ ِﻣريُ ُﺳ ﱠﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻫ ِﺬ ِه املِ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺪار‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﻘ ِﺔ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺳﺎدات ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ﱢﻦ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أ ُ َﺳﻬﱢ َﻞ َﻟ َﻚ اﺟْ ﺘِﻴﺎ َز ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻦ أُﻣَ ﱢﻜﻨ َ َﻚ ِﻣﻦ ﺗَ َﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫اب ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨ َ ِﺐ‪ .‬وَﻫﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ ذِي‬ ‫ﻄﻲ ا ْﻟﺤﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻂ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ إِذا ﻣَ ﻸ ْ َت ُﻛﻬُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﰲ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬﺎ ِﺑ َﴩ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻛ ُﺮوﻣِﻲ أَﻣﺎﻣَ َﻚ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻗ ِﻄ ْ‬ ‫واﺻﻨ َ ْﻊ ِﱄ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﴍَاﺑًﺎ َﻟﺬِﻳﺬًا‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ِﻣﻦ ﻋِ ﻨ َ ٍﺐ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫اﻟﴩابَ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺘَﻰ أَﻧْﺠَ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‬ ‫ﺰت ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﻬﻢﱠ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻼ أ َ ِﺟ ْﺪ َك ﻣ َُﻘ ﱢﴫًا أ َ ْو ُﻣﺘَﻮا ِﻧﻴًﺎ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻘ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِاﻣ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِاﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِﺿﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﺑ ْﺮﻣ ً‬ ‫ﺻ ُﻔ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﻮازﻳَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺘَ ِﺠ ُﺪ‬ ‫— ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ — إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛﻬُ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ِﺑ ْﺮﻣ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮف ُﻣﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﺴﺎﻓ ِﺔ ِﻣﺎﺋَ ِﺔ ُﺧ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺎﱄ — ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ُملﻌِ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱠات‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذا‬ ‫ﺪار‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ ٍة — ِﻣﻦ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﱠﻘ ْﻘ َﺖ ِﱄ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠﺐَ ﻧﺎ َدﻳْﺘَﻨِﻲ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺐٌ ‪َ ،‬وﻟِ َﺮﺟﺎ ِﺋ َﻚ ﻣ ُِﺠﻴﺐٌ ‪«.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺘِ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟﺘَ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل‪ ،‬و َُﺳﺪ ِﱠت اﻟﺜ ﱡ ْﻐ َﺮ ُة َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻪُ‪ ،‬وَﻋﺎ َد ا ْﻟﺠﺪا ُر‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔﻰ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﻤﺎ ﻛﺎن!‬ ‫)‪َ (4‬ﻛ ْﺮﻣَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَى َﻛ ْﺮﻣَ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺴﻴﺤَ َﺔ؛ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺣَ ﺪاﺋ ُِﻖ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﴫ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫واﺳﻌَ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳ َْﻘ ُ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ؛ َﻓﻘﺎ َل ﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُﻠﻮغ ﻧِﻬﺎﻳَﺘِﻬﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ِْﺦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺰ ِم‪،‬‬ ‫ﱢث ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻤْ ﺢَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺑ ِ‬ ‫‪27‬‬

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‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮﺑَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳُﻌْ ِﺠ َﺰﻧِﻲ — إ ِ ْن ﺷﺎءَ ﷲ ُ — أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻗ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫َﴪ ﷲ ُ ِﱄ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ُﻛ ُﺮو َم ﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫َوﻳ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱢﻲ أ َ ﱠن ﻫﺬا ا ُمل ِﻬ ﱠﻢ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ َق َزﻣَ ﻨًﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْﻏ َﻠﺐُ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪَاﺋ ِ​ِﻖ‪ ،‬وَأُﻧ ْ ِﺠ َﺰ ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨ َ ِﺐ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻳُﺤْ ِﻮﺟَ ﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﺬْ ِل ﺟُ ﻬْ ٍﺪ أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَﺬَ َﻟ ُﺖ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ِﺐ ِﰲ ﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ِﰲ ﺟَ ﻤْ ِﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻤْ ِﺢ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺬْ ِرﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َو َ‬ ‫َﻟﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﺤْ ﻨ ِ​ِﻪ و َ​َﺧﺒ ِْﺰهِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ْﻄﺎل‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ُﺔ اﻷَﺑ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺧ ﱠﻔ َ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ﻤَ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﻒ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛِﻴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑﻤِ ﻨْﺠَ ٍﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺸﺎط واﺟْ ﺘِﻬﺎدٍ ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛ ُﺮو ِم ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨ َ ِﺐ‪ ،‬ﻳ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫د َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻊ اﻟﻌَ ﻨﺎﻗِ ﻴ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻏ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳ ُِﻀﻴ َﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ و َْﻗﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َ​َﻀﻌُ ﻬﺎ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﺸ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮت َﻛ ِﺒريَةٍ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ دا ِﺋﺒًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ِﻬﻴﻨًﺎ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﻠﻘﺎ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻨﺎءٍ وَﺟَ ﻬْ ﺪٍ‪ ،‬ﺛ َ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻼﺛني ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺢَ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬راحَ ﻳَﻌْ ِ ُ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨَﺐَ ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳ ُْﻐ ِﲇ ﻋَ ِﺼريَهُ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َ​َﻀﻌُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِاﻣ ِ‬ ‫َﴍاﺑًﺎ ﺳﺎﺋ ًِﻐﺎ َﻟﺬﱠ ًة ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻠﺸ ِﺎر ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُﻘ ُﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻮف ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﱪ ِاﻣﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛﻬُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮاﺳﻌَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َق ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺗ ِْﺴﻌِ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ِ‬ ‫وَﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪َ (6‬ز ْﻫ َﺮ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻮْكِ‬ ‫واﺟﺒَ ُﻪ ﻧﺎدَى ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱠﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺤﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ َﺮ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ِ‬ ‫اب ا ْﻟﻌﻨ َ ِﺐ — ِﺑ ْﺮﻣ ً‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ راحَ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ﻳَﺘَ َﻔﺤﱠ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫ﺺ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِاﻣﻴ َﻞ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَﺬَو ُﱠق ﻣﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﴍ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ﺠﺎح »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑ ْﺮﻣ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄ ﱠن إ ِ َﱃ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺠﺎح ﻧﺎدِ ٍر‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪ ،‬ﻣُﻬَ ﻨﱢﺌًﺎ إِﻳﱠﺎ ُه ِﺑﻤﺎ و ﱢُﻓ َﻖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻮ ٍْز ﺑﺎﻫِ ٍﺮ َوﻧ َ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻬْ ﻢُ‪ .‬أ َ َﻻ ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻳﺎ َﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣُﺜﺎ ِﺑ ٍﺮ ﺻﺎ ِﺑ ٍﺮ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻜﺎﻓﺄ ِﺗ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ ﺑَﺬَ ْﻟ َﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻬْ ﺪٍ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘُ ْﺆﻣ َِﻦ أ َ ﱠن ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣُﺠْ ﺘَ ِﻬ ٍﺪ ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺒًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﻤﺎ أ َ ْر َﴇ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻘﺎ َل ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ‪:‬‬ ‫ﻛﺎن — ﺑَﺬَ َل ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒﻴﲇ ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪًا — َﻗ ﱠﻞ أ َ ْو ﻋَ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻢ — د َ‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠن أَﺣَ ﺪًا — ﻛﺎ ِﺋﻨًﺎ ﻣَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن أَﺟْ ِﺰﻳَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫أَﺟْ ًﺮا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﺧ َﺮجَ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻴْ ِﺒ ِﻪ » َز ْﻫ َﺮ َة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻮكِ «‪ ،‬وَأَﻋْ ﻄﺎ ُه إِﻳﱠﺎﻫﺎ؛ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﻜﺎﻓﺄ َ ًة َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ ﺑَﺬَ َل ِﰲ‬ ‫َﺳ ِﺒﻴﻠ ِ​ِﻪ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪٍ‪.‬‬ ‫‪28‬‬

‫ﺣَ ﺪاﺋ ُِﻖ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ‬

‫ﳾءٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨ َ ﱠﻢ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْﻫ َﺮ َة‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻦ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ َرﺟَ ﻌْ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻴْﺘِ َﻚ واﺣْ ﺘَﺠْ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ َ ْ‬ ‫واﺟ ٌﺪ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﻀﺎءَ ﺣﺎﺟَ ِﺘ َﻚ‪ ،‬وَﺑﺎﻟ ٌِﻎ ِﺑﻬﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠ ِﺘ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻣﺎ ِﺷﺌْ َﺖ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﺣِ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺪَﻫِ َﺶ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ني َرأَى ﺣَ ﻘﺎ َر َة ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ!‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ أ َ َدﺑَ ُﻪ وَﺣَ ﻴﺎءَ ُه أَﺑَﻴﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ َ ِﱰ َ‬ ‫ض‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﻨَﻌﺎ ُه أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﻘ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﺄ ْ ِن ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻳ َ​َﺴﻌْ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺸ ُﻜ َﺮ ِﻟ ْﻠ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ َﻫ ِﺪﻳﱠﺘَﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا َﻟ ُﻪ ﺗَﺤِ ﻴﱠﺘَ ُﻪ وَﻣَ َﻮ ﱠدﺗَﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻤْ ِﺾ ﻋَ َﲆ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ﱠﻔ َﺮ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ؛ ﻓﺎ ْرﺗَﺞﱠ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٌﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ٌة‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ري ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ وَﺣﺎ ِﺋ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻇ ِﺮ ِه ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫واﻧ ْ َﻔ َﺴﺤَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ريهُ؛ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪َ ،‬ﻓﺮاحَ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ أَﻣﺎ َم »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﺻﺪًا ﻏﺎﻳَﺘَﻪُ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ِﻤﺪٍّا ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ُﻮاﺻ ُﻞ َﺳ ْ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﷲ ﻋَ ْﻮﻧ َ ُﻪ وَرﻋﺎﻳَﺘَﻪُ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬

‫ﻮر ْاﳍﺎ ِو َﻳ ِﺔ‬ ‫ُﻋ ُﺒ ُ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻬﺎوﻳ َِﺔ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ُﻠﻮغ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ — إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﺴﺎﻓ ٌﺔ َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬ﻻ ﺗَ ِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻒ« َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ — ِﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ ِﺮحَ واﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺞَ ﺣِ َ َ‬ ‫ِﺼ ِﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﺠﺎح‪.‬‬ ‫ني َرأى َﺳﻌْ ﻴَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ أ ْن ﻳُ َﻜ ﱠﻠ َﻞ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻫﺎوﻳ ٌَﺔ ﻋَ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﴎو َر ُه َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻋْ َﱰ َ​َﺿﺘْ ُﻪ — ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ٌﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ُ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻏﺎﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ — ِ‬ ‫واﺳﻌَ ًﺔ َﻓ ِﺴﻴﺤَ ًﺔ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﻴ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻛﺎﺋ ٍِﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻬﺎوﻳ َُﺔ — إ ِ َﱃ ﻋُ ﻤْ ﻘِ ﻬﺎ — ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ُﱪَﻫﺎ‬ ‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﻔ ًﺰا أ َ ْو ﻳَﺠْ ﺘﺎ َزﻫﺎ َوﺛْﺒًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻒ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ْﴫ ا ْﻟﻘﺎ َع ﻟِﻌُ ﻤْ ﻘِ ﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ﱠﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺒ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟﺎﻧ ٍِﺐ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ٍﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟﺪَبﱠ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس َﻓﻌﺎ َد ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺗَﻰ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻛﺎن — َﻛﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛْﺘُ َﻚ — أ َ ْﻗﻮَى ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﺛْﺒ َ​َﺖ َﻗ ْﻠﺒًﺎ؛ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« َ‬ ‫وَﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ َق‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس ﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ًة!!‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ري ُة »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ«‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻌَ َﻘﺒَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ َﴙ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ ﻳَﻬْ ﺘَﺪِي إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أَﻋﻤَ َﻞ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ُه ِﻟﺘَﺬْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﴪ ﻳَﻌْ ُﱪُ ُه إ ِ َﱃ ﻏﺎﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺟ ْ ٍ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ري ُه أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ!‬ ‫ُﻮاﺻ ُﻞ َﺳ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْريُ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬

‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫ﻼص‪ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪» :‬ﺗُ َﺮى ﻣﺎذا أَﻧﺎ ﺻﺎ ِﻧﻊٌ! إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻻ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَﺠَ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ َﺧﻴْﺒ َُﺔ أَﻣَ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫أَﻛﺎ ُد أَﺟْ ﺘﺎ ُز ﻋَ َﻘﺒ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ َم ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻲ ﻋَ َﻘﺒ ٌَﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﻟﺘَﻌُ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻗﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ أ ُ ِرﻳﺪُ‪َ .‬و َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻓ َﻠﺤْ ُﺖ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﺒﻴ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَ َﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ﺳﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺻﺎد َ​َﻓﻨِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻌَ َﻘﺒَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪةِ؟‬ ‫ﺗَﺬْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ؟« ‪1‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮر ﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ْﻦ ِﱄ ِﺑﻌُ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫و َ​َﺷﻌَ َﺮ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ُﻮع‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ُﻞ — ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — أ ﱠن ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ َﻗ ِﺪ اﻣْ ﺘَﻸَﺗَﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺪﻣ ِ‬ ‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه أ َ ﱠو َل ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ﻳَﺒْﻜِﻲ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريُﻧﺎ ا ْﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎمُ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ َﻊ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻠ ْﻢ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤُ ْﺰ ِن‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﻤﺎ َد ِﰲ اﻟﺒُﻜﺎءِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜ ْﻔ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ دَﻣْ ﻌِ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ راحَ‬ ‫ﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻬْ ِﺪ ِه ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜريُ ُه إ ِ َﱃ ﻧَﺘِﻴﺠَ ٍﺔ ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﱧ‬ ‫ﻳَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ ﺟﺎﻫِ ﺪًا ﻋَ ْﻦ و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﺗُﻬَ ﻴﱢﺊ ُ َﻟ ُﻪ اﺟْ ﺘِﻴﺎ َز ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (3‬ﻋُ ﻮاءُ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْ ِﺐ‬ ‫َﻓﺠَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ ُﻣ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺌﺒًﺎ ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺪْﻋُ ﻮ ﷲ َ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻬْ ِﺪﻳَ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﺳ ُﻞ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺣﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺎز ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘﺒَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫أَو ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﺗُﺴﺎﻋِ ُﺪ ُه ﻋَ َﲆ اﺟْ ﺘ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َق َﺳﻤْ ﻌَ ُﻪ — َﻓﺠْ ﺄ ًة — ﻋُ ﻮاءٌ ﻫﺎ ِﺋ ٌﻞ ﻣُﺨِ ٌ‬ ‫ريهِ؛ إِذْ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ‪.‬‬ ‫َوإِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ٌق ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻮات ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ — ذِ ﺋْﺒًﺎ ﻫﺎﺋ ًِﻼ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﴩ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ؛ َﻓ ِﺈذا ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻳَ َﺮى — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻴ ِﺪ ﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻣ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻬﺒَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻫﺎﺋ ٍِﻞ ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢﺰ ٍع‪» :‬ﻣﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺟﺎءَ ِﺑ َﻚ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨﺎ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ ُﻏﻼمُ؟ وَﻋَ ْﻦ أَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻤْ َﻠ َﻜﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺋ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺮيءُ؟«‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ِﺟﺌْ ُﺖ — ﻳﺎ أ ُ َوﻳ ُْﺲ — ﺑﺎﺣِ ﺜًﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺄﺟﺎﺑَ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ؛ ﻷُﻧْﻘِ َﺬ ِﺑ ِﻪ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وا ِﻟ َﺪﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﴪ َت ِﱄ‬ ‫ﻮغ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻀ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ ْﴍ َ​َﻓ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻠ ِﻒ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذا أﻋَ ﻨْﺘَﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ﻴﻘِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ َﻟ َﻚ ﺗﺎ ِﺑﻌً ﺎ أ َ ِﻣﻴﻨًﺎ‪ :‬أَﺋْﺘَ ِﻤ ُﺮ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﺮﻧِﻲ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وإِﻧﱢﻲ ﻷ َ ْرﺟُ ﻮ أ َ ْن‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﻴﺎز اﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻟ َﻚ اﻟﻔﻀ ُﻞ ِﰲ ﻣُﻌﺎ َوﻧﺘِﻲ ﻋَ ﲆ اﺟْ ﺘ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْﺐُ ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻚ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ ﺣَ ﱠﻘ ْﻘ َﺖ ِﱄ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠﺒًﺎ واﺣِ ﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫‪ 1‬اﻟﺴﺤﻴﻘﺔ‪ :‬اﻟﻌﻤﻴﻘﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫‪32‬‬

‫ﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻋُ ﺒُﻮ ُر ا ْﻟ ِ‬

‫)‪ (4‬أ َ ُ‬ ‫دوات ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْ ِﺪ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪َ » :‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْ َﻚ — ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي — َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ َر ْﻫ ُﻦ إﺷﺎ َرﺗِ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﻮ ُع أَﻣْ ِﺮ َك‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺼﻄﺎ َد ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ﻏﺎﺑَﺘِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ َﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْﺐُ ‪» :‬إِذا ْ‬ ‫َﻮان؛‬ ‫ﻃْ ٍ‬ ‫ري وَﺣَ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ﻒ َ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫َﴪ َﻟ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺼ َﻔﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﻘ ِﲇ َ اﻟﻨ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَ ْﺸ ِﻮيَ ِﱄ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﺎز اﻟﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻵﺧ َﺮ؛ َﻓ َﻠ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﻋَ ﻬْ ٌﺪ أ َ ْن أُﻳ ﱢ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ ﻻﺟْ ﺘ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤِ َ‬ ‫ﺾ ﻋَ ﻬْ َﺪهُ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺘَ ِﺠ ُﺪ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳ َﱰَى أ َ ﱠن ذِ ﺋْﺐَ اﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻻ ﻳَ ْﻜﺬِبُ وَﻋْ َﺪ ُه وَﻻ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺴﺎﻓ ِﺔ‬

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‫ﻄﺒ ِْﺦ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْ ِﺪ واﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻮات َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ — ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَد ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫َوات ﱠ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻓﻌَ ْﻞ ﻣﺎ أَﻣَ ْﺮﺗُ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺤﺎل‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺠﺎزهِ‪ ،‬ﻧﺎ َدﻳْﺘَﻨِﻲ َﻓﻮَﺟَ ْﺪﺗَﻨِﻲ أَﻣﺎﻣَ َﻚ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺘَﻰ و ﱢُﻓ ْﻘ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ إِﻧ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔﻰ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺘِ ﱠﻢ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْﺐُ َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟﺘَﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻇ ِﺮ ِه ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻢ ِﺑﺎﻟﺜ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺬَ ﱠر َع »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫واﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬واﻋْ ﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت وا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺰ ِم‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﻨﺎ َو َل ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ ﺰاﻧ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫ري وا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻂ وا ْﻟ َﻮ ﱢز واﻟ ﱢﺪﻳَ َﻜ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺬﱢﺋْ ِﺐ َﻗﻮ ًْﺳﺎ و َِﺳﻬﺎﻣً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَراحَ ﻳَ ْﺮﻣِﻲ ِﺑﻨﺒﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻪ ﻣﺎ ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺼﺎﻓِ ِ‬ ‫ﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬ ‫اﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﺘﻼف أَﻧْﻮاﻋِ ﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺼ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻬﺎ ِم إ ِ َﱃ واﺣِ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫وَﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳُﺤْ ِﺴ ُﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻣﺎﻳ َ​َﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺴﺪِﻳﺪ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ﻣﺎ ﺑَﺬَ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ﻬْ ٍﺪ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ٍﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪» (5‬أَﺑُﻮ ﺣﺎ ِﺗ ٍﻢ«‬ ‫ﺤﺎل ا ُمل ْﺆ ِﻳ َﺴ ِﺔ ﺛَﻤﺎ ِﻧﻴ َ​َﺔ أﻳﱠﺎ ٍم؛ َﻓﺪَبﱠ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺠَ ُﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫واﻟﺴﺄَمُ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫واﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أَﻣْ َﴣ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن واﻷ َ َﻟﻢُ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﺿﺎق َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﺪ ُر ُه ِﺑﻤﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ ﱟﻢ و َ​َﻫﻢﱟ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻔﺎر ْﻗ ُﻪ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ﺛ َِﻘ ٍﺔ ﺗﺎﻣﱠ ٍﺔ أ َ ﱠن ﷲ َ —‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ أَﻣَ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْز َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﻣ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُﺳﺒْﺤﺎﻧَﻪُ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ أَﻋْ َﺪ ُل ا ْﻟﻌﺎدِ ِﻟ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺑﺮﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ ُِﻀﻴ َﻊ ﺟُ ﻬُ ﻮ َد ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ني — َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺨﺬُ َل ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪ ،‬إِذْ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮجَ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺮابُ ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﻴﱠﺎ ُه ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْريُ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺋ ُﺪ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع! أَﻧﺎ »أَﺑُﻮ ﺣﺎ ِﺗ ٍﻢ«‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ أَﻧ ْ َﺲ ﻻ أَﻧ ْ َﺲ — ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ِﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ — أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ أَﻧ ْ َﻘ ْﺬﺗَﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻼكِ ‪،‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ وَﻋَ ْﺪﺗُ َﻚ — ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — ِﺑﺄ َ ْن أُﻛﺎﻓِ ﺌَ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮو ِﻓ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻵن أَﺑَ ﱡﺮ َﻟ َﻚ ِﺑﻮَﻋْ ﺪِي‪ ،‬وَأ ُ َﺧ ﱢﻠ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ري‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ َﻟﻌَ َﲆ ﺛ َِﻘ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن اﻟﺬﱢﺋْﺐَ آ ِﻛﻠُ ُﻚ — ﻻ ﻣَ ﺤﺎ َﻟ َﺔ — إِذا ﻋَ ﺠَ ْﺰ َت ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺄز ِق ا ْﻟ َﺨﻄ ِ‬ ‫إﻧﺠﺎز ﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻠُﺒُ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ﻮع‪ ،‬وَﻟﻦ ﻳ َِﺠ َﺪ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﺪِ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﺗَﻬَ ﺎ َوﻧ ْ َﺖ ِﰲ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﱪًا ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠُ ِ‬ ‫أَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ — ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛﻠُ ُﻪ ِﺳﻮا َك‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ﻠُ ﱠﻢ ﻓﺎﺗْﺒَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻔِ ﻴ ُﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺑﺼﻴْ ِﺪ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ﻮﻳ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑ َُﺔ‬ ‫َﻮان‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أ ُ َﻛ ﱢﻠ َﻔ َﻚ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ أَﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺠْ ﻤَ َﻊ ﻣﺎ أ ُ ْﺳﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻪ َﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﺪِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗُﻌِ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫ﻃْ ٍ‬ ‫ري وَﺣَ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﻟِﻠﺬﱢﺋْ ِﺐ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ا َملﻨ ْ ُﺸﻮدَ‪«.‬‬

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‫)‪ (6‬ﻧَﺠﺎحُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﻌَ ﻰ‬ ‫ﺠﺎر‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﴬبُ —‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ »أُﺑﻮ ﺣﺎ ِﺗ ٍﻢ« َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟﺘَﻪُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻀﺎءِ ﻣُﺤَ ﱢﻠ ًﻘﺎ َﻓﻮ َْق اﻷ َ ْﺷ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺤﺎل‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﺴ ُﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻘﺎر ِه وَﻣَ ﺨﺎﻟ ِﺒ ِﻪ — ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﻠﻘﺎ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻴﻮان؛ َﻓﻴ َْﴫَﻋُ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻃْ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤِ ﻨ ْ ِ‬ ‫ري وَﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫اﻷ َ ْر ِض‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ ِﻣﺎﺋَ ٌﺔ و َ​َﺧﻤْ ُﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧَﺠَ ﺢَ ا ْﻟ ُﻐﺮابُ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ري؛ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫ﺻﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪَدِ اﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑ َُﺔ ِﻣﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻮان‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃْ ٍ‬ ‫ري وَﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ و َْﻗﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﺑﻼ ﻋَ ﻤَ ٍﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﻀ ْﻊ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ُﴪ ُع إ ِ َﱃ ﻣﺎ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫َﺼﻄﺎ ُد ُه َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺮابُ ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴَﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُع ِر َ‬ ‫ﻳﺶ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻮان‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄْ ِ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﺴ َﻠ ُﺦ ِﺟ ْﻠ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫ِﺼ َﻔ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ِﺼ َ‬ ‫اﻵﺧ َﺮ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذا ﻧ َ ِﻀﺞَ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﺪِ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﻘ ِﲇ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَو َْﻗ َﺪ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻌَ َﻞ ﻳ َْﺸ ِﻮي ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻ ٍّﻔﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْ ُﺪ ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﻤَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َرﺗﱠﺒَ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ٍّﻔﺎ …‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺣَ ﻴﱠﺎهُ‪َ ،‬ودَﻋﺎ ﻟ ُﻪَ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺠﺎح ﻣَ ْﺴﻌﺎهُ‪ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل ﻟِﺼﺎﺣِ ِﺒ ِﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َوﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻃﻤَ ﺄ ﱠن اﻟﻐﺮابُ إِﱃ ﻧ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﺎهُ‪» :‬وَداﻋً ﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺋ ُﺪ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻘﺪامُ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ اﺟْ ﺘَ ْﺰ َت ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﻌْ َ ِﱰ ُ‬ ‫ﺿ َﻚ ِﻣﻦ ﻋَ َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‬ ‫ِﺑﺘَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻋَ َﻘﺒ ٌَﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ٌة‪َ .‬و َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻳ ُْﺴﻌِ ُﺪﻧِﻲ — َﻟ ِﻮ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ُﺖ — أ َ ْن أُذَ ﱢﻟ َﻞ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻚ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﻌْ َ ِﱰ ُ‬ ‫ْﻬﺎت َﻫﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪ .‬وَﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻫﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺿ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺼﺎﻋِ ﺐَ وَﻋَ َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ْﻬﺎت!! َﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ ﺣُ ﺪُو ِد‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫واﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﺪ َرﺗِﻲ وإِﻣْ ﻜﺎﻧِﻲ‪ .‬ﻓﺎذْ َﻫﺐْ ِﰲ ِرﻋﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﷲِ‪ ،‬واﻋْ ﺘَ ِﺼ ْﻢ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﻴﱠ ْﺰ َت ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ُملﺜﺎﺑَ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ﻳ َِﻀﻴ َﻊ ﺟُ ﻬْ ٌﺪ ﻳَﺒْﺬُﻟُ ُﻪ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ُﺨﻠ ٌ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ﻏﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ ﻧ َ ِﺒﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ؛ َو َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﺨﺬُ َل‬ ‫راﺟﺢُ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘ ِﻞ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻤﺎن‪ِ ،‬‬ ‫ِﺺ ﺛﺎ ِﺑ ُﺖ ا ِﻹ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت را ِﺋﺪًا‪ ،‬ﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ِﺘ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ﱠﻼﺑَ ِﺔ ِﰲ ﻣُﻮاﺟَ ﻬَ ِﺔ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﺎر‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻃﺎﻋَ َﺔ اﻷَﺑْﻨﺎءِ‬ ‫ﻌﺎب واﻷ َ ْﺧ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﺠﺎح واﻟﺘﱠ َﻐ ﱡﻠ ِﺐ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪا ِﺋﺪِ‪َ .‬وإِﻧﱠﻨﺎ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺤَ ﺒﱠﺘَﻬُ ْﻢ ﻵﺑﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ وَأﻣﱠ ﻬﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ َﻛﻔِ ﻴ َﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﺘﺎن َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْز واﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ني؛ وَﻣَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن َﻛﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻨﺎ ﻧَﺒْﺬُ ُل‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌْ َ َ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴩ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ﱢﻦ َﻟﻨَﻌْ ﺠَ ﺐُ ِﺑﺄَﻣْ ﺜﺎﻟ َﻚ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﻦ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﲆ ِﺑﻬﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫﺗ ِ​ِﻪ وَﻣَ ﻌُ ﻮﻧَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﺟُ ﻬُ ﻮ ِدﻧَﺎ ِﰲ ﻧ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫)‪َ (7‬و ِﻟﻴﻤَ ُﺔ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْ ِﺐ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﴎ َ‬ ‫ﻋﺎن ﻣﺎ ﻏﺎبَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫وَأَرا َد »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺸ ُﻜ َﺮ ﻟِـ»أ َ ِﺑﻲ ﺣﺎ ِﺗ ٍﻢ« َ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻇﺮهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻨِﻴﻌَ ﻪُ‪ ،‬وَﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ُ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻓﻨﺎدَى »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﴬ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ! َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫»ﻫﻠُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﻒ« اﻟﺬﱢﺋْﺐَ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺣَ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻟﺤْ ﻢ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي »أ ُ َوﻳ ًْﺴﺎ«‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻧْﺠَ ْﺰ ُت ﻟ َﻚ ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻮان؛ ﻣَ ْﺸ ِﻮﻳٍّﺎ وَﻣَ ْﻘ ِﻠﻴٍّﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄْ ِ‬ ‫ري وا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫‪35‬‬

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‫ﻓﺎﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺞَ »أ ُ َوﻳ ٌْﺲ« ِﺑﻤﺎ َرأَى‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻷ َ َراﻧ ِ​ِﺐ وَاﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻻن ﻳَﺘَﺬَو ُﱠﻗﻬﺎ َﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣﺎن ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻄْ ِ‬ ‫ري وا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ِﻞ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺠﺎع‪ ،‬ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ﻣﺎ أ َ ْﻛ َﺮ َم ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ َﻚ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع‪ .‬ﻓﻼ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﻜﺎﻓﺄ َ ِﺗ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ ﺑَ َﺬ ْﻟﺘَ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒﻴﲇ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌَ ٍﺐ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻻ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ َل أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪ :‬إِﻧ ﱠ َﻚ أ َ ﱠدﻳ َْﺖ ِﻟ ِﺬﺋْ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻤَ ًﻼ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَ ِﺼﻴﺐَ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ُه أَﺟْ ًﺮا‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (8‬ﻋَ ﺼﺎ »أ ُ َوﻳ ٍْﺲ«‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻋْ ﻄﺎ ُه »أ ُ َوﻳ ٌْﺲ« ﻋَ ﺼﺎهُ‪ ،‬ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺼ َﻞ‬ ‫»ﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻟ َﻚ ﻫﺬِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺼﺎ َﺧ ْ َ‬ ‫ري ﻣُﻌِ ٍ‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد َة إ ِ َﱃ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ إِذا أ َ َرد َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن —‬ ‫دار َك‪ ،‬أ ْو ﻋَ ﱠﻦ َﻟ َﻚ اﻟﺬﱠﻫﺎبُ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا َ‬ ‫ﻮغ َﻏ َﺮ ِﺿ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن أ َ ْو َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ — إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐَ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺼﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﻬ َﻲ َﺧ ْريٌ َﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎ ُع ِﻟﺒُﻠُ ِ‬ ‫أَ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎن‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻟﻒ ﺣِ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ُﺼﺪ ْﱢق »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« أ َ ﱠن ﻟِﻬ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺼﺎ ﻗِ ﻴﻤَ ًﺔ أ َ ْو َﺧﻄ ًﺮا‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ِﺴﺐَ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْﺐَ ﻳ َْﺴ َﺨ ُﺮ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻘﺎر اﻟﻬَ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤﺎ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ‬ ‫َﻓﻬَ ﱠﻢ ِﺑﺈ ْﻟﻘﺎﺋِﻬﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض؛ وَﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺣَ ﻴﺎءَ ُه وَأ َ َدﺑَ ُﻪ ﻧَﻬَ ﻴﺎ ُه ﻋَ ِﻦ اﺣْ ﺘ ِ‬ ‫ﻗِ ﻴﻤَ ﺘُﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (9‬ﻧَﺠْ َﺪ ُة »أ ُ َوﻳْﺲ«‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺻﻌَ ْﺪ َﻓﻮ َْق َ‬ ‫ﺋﺐ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ :‬‬ ‫واﻧْﺘَﺒَ َﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﺑ َﻚ‬ ‫»ﻫﻠُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮي ﻷَﻋْ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِْت اﻟﺬﱢ ِ‬ ‫ﻬﺎوﻳ َ​َﺔ أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺋ ُﺪ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻌِ َﺪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ »أ ُ َوﻳ ٍْﺲ«‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﱠﺮ ِﰲ ِﺟ ْﻠ َﺴﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ِﺑ ِﻪ »أ ُ َوﻳ ٌْﺲ« َﻗ ْﻔ َﺰ ًة ِ‬ ‫واﺳﻌَ ًﺔ ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ًة ﻋﺎ ِﺗﻴ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ِﺑﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱠﺎﺣِ ﻴ َ​َﺔ اﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا ﻟِﻠﺬﱢﺋْ ِﺐ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َﺰ َل »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫وﻓﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ري ُه إ ِ َﱃ ﻏﺎﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺪْﻋُ ﻮ ﷲ َ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﻜﻸ َ ُه َوﻳَ ْﺮﻋﺎهُ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﺒَ ﱢﻠ َﻐ ُﻪ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﺎهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ َﺳ ْ َ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬

‫ﲑ ُة‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻘ َﺒ ُﺔ ا َﻷ ِﺧ َ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ﱡ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﱄ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻮ ُر ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﺳﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻻﺣَ ْﺖ ﻟِﻌَ ﻴْﻨ ِ​ِﻪ اﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ و َ‬ ‫»وداد«‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻔﺘْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﻨْﺒ ُ​ُﺖ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ«‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ َرأَى ُﺳﻮ َر ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﴎو ًرا َوﺑَﻬْ ﺠَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﺣَ ﱠﺲ أ َ ﱠن َﻗ ْﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ﻳ َْﺨ ُﻔ ُﻖ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻣْ ﺘَﻸ َ َﻗﻠﺒُ ُﻪ ُ ُ‬ ‫ﻮغ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ اﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺳﻌَ ﻰ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح ِﺑﺒُﻠُ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﱄ — ُ‬ ‫ري ِه — إِذا ﺑﺮﺟْ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ ﺗَ ُﻐ ُ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ﺷﺎﺧِ ٌ‬ ‫ﻮص‬ ‫ﻮرﻫﺎ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺺ ِﺑﺒ َ ِ‬ ‫وﻫ َﻮ ﺟﺎ ﱞد ِﰲ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﴫ ِه إ ِ َﱃ ُﺳ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ أ َ ْر ٍض َﻟﻴﱢﻨ َ ٍﺔ!‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻓﻼ ﻳَﻜﺎ ُد ﻳَﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺴﺎع‪،‬‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إِﱃ ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﻃ ِﺊ َﻗﺪ َِﻣ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَ َﺮى أﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ِﺑ ْﺮ َﻛ ًﺔ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ َﺔ اﻻﺗﱢ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴ ُﻘ َ‬ ‫َﴫ ﻏﺎﻳَﺘَﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﻳَﺒْﻠُ ُﻎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ ﻧِﻬﺎﻳَﺘَﻬﺎ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ َة اﻟﻌُ ﻤْ ِﻖ ﻻ ﻳُﺪ ِْر ُك ا ْﻟﺒ َ ُ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ ﻓﺎﺋ َِﻘ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬ ‫راﺟﻌً ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻮَراءِ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ؛ َﻟﻮْﻻ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َوو َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َل ِﻟﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻔﺴ ِﻪ‪» :‬ﻫ ِﺬ ِه — ِﺑﻼ َﺷ ﱟﻚ — ﻫِ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘﺒ َُﺔ اﻷَﺧِ ريَ ُة؛ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ِﻴﺎز ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺻﺎد َ​َﻓﻨِﻲ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻐﺮابُ ‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ دُﻣْ ُﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧَﺠَ ﺤْ ُﺖ ِﰲ اﺟْ ﺘ ِ‬ ‫»ودادُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻌُ ﻮﻧ َ ٍﺔ ﺻﺎدِ َﻗ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﻤﺎ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫»ودادَ«‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪ِ ،‬ﺑ َﻔ ْﻀ ِﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺑَﺬَ َﻟﺘْ ُﻪ ِﱄ َ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ُﺔ‪ِ :‬‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠﲆ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ ِﰲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮﺣَ َﻠ ِﺔ ْاﻷَﺧِ ريَةِ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ اﻟﺪﱢﻳ َﻚ وا ْﻟ ُﻐﺮابَ وا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺰ َم وا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱠﻲ‬ ‫ِﻴﺎز آﺧِ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪«.‬‬ ‫واﻟﺬﱢﺋْﺐَ ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﻸَﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ْﺮ ﻣُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﺗَﻬﺎ إِﻳﱠﺎيَ ﻻﺟْ ﺘ ِ‬

‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫ﻒ« ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ ﻳ َِﺼ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧِﻬﺎﻳَﺘِﻬﺎ‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﴙ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذا ِﺑ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﺳﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ري ُه ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳ َِﺠ ُﺪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ آﺧِ َﺮ اﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ — و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﻌَ ﻰ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻜﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ اﻷَو ِﱠل‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺑَﺪَأ َ َﺳ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻴْﺌَ ْﺲ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﱰ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ﺘُﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ«‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔ ُ ْ‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﱢث ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺛ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت َوإ ِ ْﴏ ٍار‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻠ َﻢ ِﻟ ْﻠﻴَﺄ ْ ِس‬ ‫ﺣﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ ِﰲ ﻣُﻮاﺟَ ﻬَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ‪ ،‬ﻓﻠﻴ َْﺲ أَﻧ ْ َﻔ َﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫أَﺑَﺪًا‪ .‬ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮب واملِ ﺤَ ِﻦ‪َ .‬و َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻃﺎ َﻟﻤﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻔﺘﺎحُ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِج‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أَﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َك ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻜﺎﻧِﻲ ﻫﺬا؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳُﻬَ ﻴﱢﺊَ ﷲ ُ ِﱄ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳُﻌِ ﻴﻨَﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫اﻟﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻐﻮ ِْر‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﻴﺎز ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ِ ْ‬ ‫اﺟْ ﺘ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (3‬ﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫ِﻤﺎت‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻟﻘِ َﻲ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ﻗِ ٍّ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ﻫﺎ ِﺋ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻣُﺨِ ٍ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﺰ َع »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ني َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ﻪ ﻳَﻤُﻮءُ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻮب … َوﺗَﺤَ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ ﻣَ ْﺮ ُﻫ ٍ‬ ‫أَﻣْ ِﺮهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪ ِْر ﻣﺎذا ﻳ ْ‬ ‫َﺼﻨَﻊُ‪.‬‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺟَ ُﺮ ْؤ َت ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﻠﻮغ ﻫﺬا ا َملﻜﺎن! أ َ َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟﻘِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‬ ‫ف أﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻗﺎدِ ٌر ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﻤْ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﴬﺑَ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﺨ َﻠ ٍﺐ واﺣِ َﺪةٍ؟«‬ ‫ِﺟ ْﺴ ِﻤﻚ إ ِ ْرﺑًﺎ إ ِ ْرﺑًﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ .‬وإ ِ ْن ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻻ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪» :‬ﻣﺎ ِﰲ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺷ ﱞﻚ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أ َ ﱠن َﻛ ِﺮﻳﻤً ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ أَﺑَﺪًا‪ ،‬وَﻻ ِﺳﻴﱠﻤﺎ إِذا ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ َﺖ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ ِﺪ‬ ‫ﻮغ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺧﺎﻃ ْﺮ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ — ِﻟﺒُﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﻏﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧْﺒ َِﻞ ا ْﻟ‬ ‫ﻐﺎﻳﺎت‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن أُﻣﱢ ﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﴍ َ​َﻓ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮْت‪َ ،‬ودَوا َؤﻫﺎ‬ ‫— إ ِ ﱠﻻ َر ْﻏﺒ ًَﺔ ِﰲ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ »ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺷﻔﺎﺋِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬إِذا ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ«‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﻠﺘَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻋَ ْﻮﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﻏﺎﻳَﺘِﻲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺒﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وإِﻧﱢﻲ ﻣُﺤَ ﱢﻘ ٌﻖ ﻟ َﻚ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﺮﻧِﻲ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ وَﻋَ ْﺪﺗَﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬أ َ ُ‬ ‫دوات ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْ ِﺪ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ‪» :‬أَﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل؟ إِذَ ْن َﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﻎ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻣُﻌْ ﺠَ ﺐٌ ِﺑﻤﺎ أَرا ُه ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣُﺤَ ﻴﱠﺎ َك ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮَداﻋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫واﻟ ﱡﻠ ْ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻒ‪ ،‬و َِﺻﺪ ِْق ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذا ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﻚِ ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ َﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ِﺼﻴ َﺪ ِﱄ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ِﰲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ َ‬ ‫اﻵﺧ َﺮ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ َ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﻤ ٌ‬ ‫ِﺼ َﻔﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ َﻘ ﱢﺪ َد اﻟﻨ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ْﺸ ِﻮيَ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ني َﻟ َﻚ أ َ ْن أُﺑَ ﱢﻠ َﻐ َﻚ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﺣِ ﻴ َ​َﺔ اﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻟِﻬ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﱠات ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫َوات َوﻣُﻌِ ﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮاﺳﻌَ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳ َﱰَى ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘﺎجُ إِﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَد ٍ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺴﺎﻓ ِﺔ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬ ‫‪38‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘﺒ َُﺔ اﻷَﺧِ ريَ ُة‬

‫َﺧﻤْ ِﺴﻤَ ﺎﺋَ ِﺔ ُﺧ ْ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚ — إذا أَﻧْﺠَ ْﺰ َت ﻫﺬا ا ُمل ِﻬ ﱠﻢ — إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗﻨﺎدِ ﻳَﻨِﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ ٍة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫﺬا ا َمل ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺘَﺠ ْﺪﻧِﻲ أَﻣﺎﻣَ َﻚ ﰲ ا ْﻟﺤﺎل‪«.‬‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻤْ ُﻊ واﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ﻟ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ُﺔ َﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ ﻣَ ﻮْﻻيَ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺣَ ﻴﱠﺎ ُه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ‪ ،‬وَﻏﺎبَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺤﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻇ ِﺮ ِه ِﰲ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﴙ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ؛ َﻓ َﺮأَى ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨ َﺰ َن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛ َ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِ‬ ‫ُﺷ ُ‬ ‫ﻮص و َِﺷﺒﺎكٍ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ٍ‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫واﻟﺸ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺺ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ ُﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْ َﺪ َﺳﻬْ ًﻼ‪ ،‬ﻻ ﻳُ َﻜ ﱢﻠ ُﻔ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻋَ ﻨﺎءً َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ﻳَﺤْ َﺴﺐُ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻌَ ﺒًﺎ ﻳ َِﺴريًا‪َ ،‬وو َْﻗﺘًﺎ َﻗ ِﺼريًا‪.‬‬ ‫َو َرأَى ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧﺠﺎز ﻋَ ﻤَ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬وَﺣَ ِﺴﺐَ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ أ َ ْﻟﻘﺎﻫﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ َﺔ أَﻳ َ َ‬ ‫ْﴪ ِﻟﺘَﺤْ ﻘِ ﻴﻖ أَﻣَ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأَو َْﰱ ﺑ ِﺈ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻮغ ﻣَ ﺄ ْ َر ِﺑ ِﻪ وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ‪ ،‬اﻣْ ﺘَﻸ َ ْت َﺳﻤَ ًﻜﺎ؛ َﻓ ِﻬ َﻲ — ِﺑﻼ َﺷ ﱟﻚ — أﻧ ْ َﻔ ُﻊ ِﻟﺒُﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َرﻣَ ﻰ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﱪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﻳ َْﻘ َﻦ أَﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﺻﺎد ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ َﺔ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َت ِﻣ ْﻘﺪا ًرا َﻛ ِﺒريًا ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫َﺻ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﻚِ ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ ﺬَﺑَﻬﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄَﻧﱢﻴًﺎ؛ َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣﺎ أَد َْﻫ َﺸ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ َﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺪ َﺳﻤَ َﻜ ًﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ًة!‬ ‫ﺷﺎﻗﺔ وَﺧِ ﱠﻔ ٍﺔ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗُ ْﺨ ِﺮ ِج ﱠ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋﺎ َد َﻓ َﺮﻣﺎﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺬَﺑَﻬﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة ﺛﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ ِﰲ َر ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ ُﺔ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ .‬وَﻫ َﻜﺬا‬ ‫ﴩ َة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم؛ ﻳَ ْﺮﻣِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ َﺔ — ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى — دُون أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ َﺮ ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺑَﻘ َِﻲ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ﱰ َك ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ َﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﺠَ ﺄ َ إ ِ َﱃ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺼﻄﺎ ُد ِﺑ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺺﻳ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ﱢ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫َﻓ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ َﻚ … َو َﻟ ِﺒ َﺚ ﺳﺎﻋَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺳﺎﻋَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻘ ُﺮبْ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺳﻤَ َﻜ ٌﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ٌة‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻬﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻘ ْﻊ‬ ‫ﺛﺎن وَﺛﺎﻟ ٍِﺚ َو َرا ِﺑ ٍﻊ وَﻫﻜﺬَا‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ دا َر ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن ٍ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻧْﺘَ َﻘ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫َﺳﻤَ َﻜ ٌﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ٌة ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ ِﺔ وَﻻ ِﰲ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺺ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻜﺎن َ‬ ‫ﴩ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﱡ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫َودَأَبَ ﻋَ َﲆ ذﻟِﻚ َﺧﻤْ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن‪َ ،‬ﺧ ْريًا ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻣَ ٍ‬

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‫ﻀ ُﻞ ﱢ‬ ‫)‪َ (6‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔﺪ ِ​ِع‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪ ِْر‪َ :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ري »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫َﺼﻨَﻊُ؟!‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺤَ ﱠ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وج ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫﺬا ﱢ‬ ‫ﻌﺎوﻧ ْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪ ،‬ﻣﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﺎﻗ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺤِ ﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠ ْﺪ و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﺨ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫»ودادُ«‪.‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫»ودادَ« َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠﻞ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﱠت د َْﻫ َﺸﺘُﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫اﺷﺘﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ؛ َﻓﻤﺎ ﺑﺎﻟُﻬﺎ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴَﺘْ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ني ذَ َﻛ َﺮ أ ﱠن ِ‬ ‫ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺎﺋ َِﻘ ِﺔ؟!‬ ‫َو َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺠﺎح؟!‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ؛ َوﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﺘْ ُﻪ وَﺣِ ﻴﺪًا ِﰲ آﺧِ ِﺮ ﻣَ ْﺮﺣَ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺮاﺣِ ِﻞ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫وَﻃﺎ َل ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻠُ ُ‬ ‫ري … َوإِذا ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻳَ َﺮى ﻣﺎءَ ا ْﻟ ِﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻮس و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻧﺎﻇ ٌﺮ إِﱃ ِ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ٌق ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬أَﻧ ْ َﻘﺬْ َت ﺣَ ﻴﺎﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻐ ِﲇ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ْﺨ ُﺮجُ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِﺿ ْﻔ ِﺪ ٌع‪َ ،‬وﺗُﻨﺎدِ ﻳ ِﻪ ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬أَﻧﺎ ُﻗ ﱠﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫»ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﺴﺎن إ ِ ﱠﻻ ا ِﻹﺣْ ﺴﺎ ُن!‬ ‫ﻒ«‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺄﺑْﺬُ ُل َﻟ َﻚ إِﻣْ ﻜﺎﻧِﻲ‪ِ ،‬ﻷُﻧْﻘِ ﺬَ ﺣَ ﻴﺎﺗَ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻠ ِﻒ؛ َﻓﻤﺎ ﺟَ ﺰاءُ ا ِﻹﺣْ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ آ ِﻛﻠُ َﻚ ِﰲ َﻓ ُ‬ ‫واﻋْ َﻠ ْﻢ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻣﺪ ِْر َﻛ ٌﺔ ﻣﺎ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺮ ِج‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ َ َﺷ ﱡﻚ ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن ﻗِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮر ِه‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﺠﺎز ﻣﺎ َﻛ ﱠﻠ َﻔ َﻚ إِﻳﱠﺎهُ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ أَن ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻄﺎ َد‬ ‫— ﻻ ﻣَ ﺤﺎ َﻟ َﺔ — إِذا أ َ ْﺧ َﻔ ْﻘ َﺖ ِﰲ إِﻧ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ َﺳﻤَ َﻜ ًﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ًة؛ َﻓ ِﻬ َﻲ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤْ ِﻖ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻐﻮ ِْر‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺘَﻰ َﻫ َﺮبَ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ُﻚ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒﺎ ُك‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ِﺼ ْﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُﺪ ِْر ْﻛ ُﻪ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺼ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ُ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﻋِ ﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮص‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﻠ ُ ِﱰحْ ﺑﺎ َﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫﺬا اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ِﺐ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤِ ِ‬ ‫َو ْﻟﺘُﻮ ِﻗ ِﺪ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر َرﻳْﺜَﻤﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻛ ُﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﻤَ ﻚٍ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻄﺎ ُد ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻜ ِﺪ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔ ِﺪ ُع ﺗُ ِﺘ ﱡﻢ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻏﺎﺻ ْﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤﺎءِ َﻏﻮ َ‬ ‫ِﻤﺎت‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ْﺻ ًﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ًة؛ َﻓ ِﺈذا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤﺎءِ ﺛﺎ ِﺋ ٌﺮ‬ ‫ُﻀ َ‬ ‫ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮبٌ ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤﺎ ﻧ َ ِﺸﺒ َْﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ٌﺔ ﻫﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ ﻳ َِﺴريَةٍ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪َ ،‬وو َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔ ِﺪ ُع ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ِت ﱢ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ْﺖ َﺳﻤَ َﻜ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة‬ ‫ﺻﺎ َدﺗْﻬﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻤﺨﺎ ِﻟ ِﺒﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ِت ﱢ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻳُﻤْ ِﺴ ُﻚ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫اﺻﻄﺎد ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔ ِﺪ ُع و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت ﺣُ ﻮﺗًﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريًا‪.‬‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ُﴪ ُع ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒُﻨﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻄﺎ ُد ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺼﻄﺎ ُد ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﻚِ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻐﺎر ﱠ‬ ‫ري َﻓﻴ َْﺸ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳُ ْﻠﻘِ ﻲ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ا ُملﻌَ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻟِﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫اﻟﱪ ِاﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﻄﺎ ُد ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺻ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﻤَ ﻚٍ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫َوﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﺪ ُدهُ‪.‬‬ ‫‪40‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘﺒ َُﺔ اﻷَﺧِ ريَ ُة‬

‫ﻃ َﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺮان ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﻧْﺠَ ﺰا ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻂ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ َﺷﻬْ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (7‬وَدا ُع ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔﺪِع‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ﻗِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻧْﺠَ ْﺰ ُت َﻟ َﻚ ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨﺎ َك َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ِت ﱢ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔ ِﺪ ُع ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺷﺎﻃ ِﺊ ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ‪ .‬و َِﰲ و ُْﺳﻌِ َﻚ َ‬ ‫اﻵن أ َ ْن ﺗُﻨﺎدِ ﻳَﻪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﻠﻀ ْﻔﺪ ِ​ِع أَﺟْ َﺰ َل ﱡ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ َﺮ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺤَ ﻴﱠﺘْ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَ َﻮ ﱢد َد ًة‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﱠت إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﻳَﺪَﻫﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒَ ﱠﻠ َﻠ َﺔ ﺗُ َﻮدﱢﻋُ ﻪُ‪ ،‬ﻣ َُﺴ ﱢﻠﻤَ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَﺤَ ﺒﱢﺒ ًَﺔ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﺼﺎﻓﺤَ ﻬﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ُﻣ َﻜ ﱢﺮ ًرا َﻟﻬﺎ ﺛَﻨﺎءَهُ‪ ،‬و َُﺷ ْﻜ َﺮ ُه وَدﻋﺎءَهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﻔِ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﺗَ ْﺮﺗِﻴﺐ ﻣﺎ َﺷﻮا ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴩ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﻚِ َوﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ َﺧﻤْ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫َﻛﻤﺎ ﻣَ ﻸ َ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِاﻣﻴﻞ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤ َُﻘﺪﱠدِ ﻣَ ﻨْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ِ (8‬ﻣ ْﺨ َﻠﺐُ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧﺎدَى اﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻂ … ﻓﺠﺎءَ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﱪْ َﻛ ُﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﻚِ ﻣَ ْﺸ ِﻮﻳٍّﺎ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪» :‬ﻫﺎ َك — ﻳﺎ ﻣَ ﻮْﻻيَ — ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺪِﻳﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَى ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻟﺤَ َﺲ َﺷ َﻔﺘَﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎ َل‪ ،‬وا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮحُ ﺑﺎدٍ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ‪» :‬ﻳﺎ َﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺑﺎر ٍع ُﻫﻤﺎ ٍم! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻧْﺠَ ْﺰ َت ِﱄ ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻘ َِﻲ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْن أُﻛﺎﻓِ ﺌَ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ْﻠ َﺖ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِﻴﲇ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌَ ٍﺐ وَﺟَ ﻬْ ﺪٍ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻻ ﻳُﻘﺎ َل‪ :‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻ ْ ٍﱪ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ َﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺰ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ِﺴ َﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻤَ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ إ ِ ْن أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠ ِ‬ ‫ِﻤﺎت‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻧْﺘَ َﺰ َع ِﻣ ْﺨ َﻠﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺨﺎ ِﻟ ِﺒ ِﻪ؛ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻋْ ﻄﺎ ُه »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« َﻫ ِﺪﻳ ًﱠﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ني ﺗَ ْﻜ َﱪُ َوﺗَﺒْﻠُ ُﻎ ِﺳ ﱠﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ض‪ ،‬أ َ ِو اﻧْﺘﺎﺑَ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬إِذا ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ َﻚ ا َمل َﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﻮﺧ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫واﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬ ‫ُﺲ ﺟَ ِﺒﻴﻨَﻚ ِﺑﻬﺬا ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺨ َﻠ ِﺐ؛ َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن اﻷَﻣْ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺎ ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺤﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮﺧ َﺔ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬﺎ ﺗَ ُﺰو ُل ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺮاض واﻵﻻ َم‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫وَﻛﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن أَﺛ َ ُﺮ املِ ْﺨ َﻠ ِﺐ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﻦ ﺗُﺤِ ﺐﱡ ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳُﺤِ ﺒﱡﻮﻧ َ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫‪41‬‬

‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫ﻂ أَﺟْ َﺰ َل ﱡ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻌْ ُ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﻟ ْﻠﻘِ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ َﺧﺬَ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺨ َﻠﺐَ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ني — و َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ َﺮ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺒْ َﻠ ٍﻎ — وَأرا َد أ َ ْن ﻳُﺠَ ﱢﺮﺑَ ُﻪ ِﻟﻴَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ف أَﺛ َ َﺮ ُه ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻜ ِﺪ املِ ْﺨ َﻠﺐُ ﻳَﻤَ ﱡﺲ ﺟَ ِﺒﻴﻨ َ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُﺷﻔِ َﻲ أ َ َﻟ ُﻤﻪُ‪ ،‬واﻧ ْ َﻘ َﻠﺐَ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻌْ ُﻔ ُﻪ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ًة‪ ،‬وَأَﺣَ ﱠﺲ راﺣَ ًﺔ‬ ‫ﻴﺎﱄ َ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﻮا َل‪.‬‬ ‫َﺧﻴﱠ َﻠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠ َﻖ أَيﱠ ﻋَ ﻨﺎءٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒْﺬُ ْل أَيﱠ ﺗَﻌَ ٍﺐ؟ َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﻬَ ْﺮ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﴎو ًرا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺤﺎل وَﻗ ِﺪ اﻣْ ﺘَﻸ َ ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ ُ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﻨَﻬَ َﺾ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬

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‫ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘﺒ َُﺔ اﻷَﺧِ ريَ ُة‬

‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرآ ُه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺤﺎل‪ ،‬اﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ َﻟﻪُ‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َل‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫﻠُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺻﻌَ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَﻳ ِْﲇ‪ ،‬ﻷُﺑَ ﱢﻠ َﻐ َﻚ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﺎهُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺨ َﻀ َﻊ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻟ ِْﻸَﻣْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَﻳ ِْﻞ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱢ‬ ‫ف ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻣْ ﺘَ ﱠﺪ اﻟﺬﱠﻳْ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْن و َ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﱪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒَ َﻠ َﻎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊَ ﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ ِآﻣﻨًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴪا ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ِﺟ ْ ً‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ‬

‫اﳊﻴﺎة«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﺷ َﺠ َﺮ ُة ْ َ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ﺑﺎبُ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻒ« إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ إ ِ ْن ﻏﺎبَ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ َع »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻧَﺒَﺘَ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻇ ِﺮهِ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ«‪ ،‬وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺴﺎﻓ ِﺔ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ﺒﺎب‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮات َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ُﻔﺎﺟﺌﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ وا ْﻟﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎرئ ٌ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﻟ َِﻔ ُﻪ ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ا َملﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ِة ِﺑﺎﻷ َ ِ‬ ‫ﴚ أ َ ْن ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ُﻔﺎﺟﺌَ ُﻪ ِ‬ ‫ﻋﺎﺟ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺪَﻋﺎ ﷲ َ — ُﺳﺒْﺤﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ — أ َ ْن ﻳُﺒَ ﱢﻠ َﻐ ُﻪ ﻣُﺮا َدهَ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﺠَ ﻨﱢﺒَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮا ِﻧ َﻊ وا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻗﺎت؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ َِﺼ َﻞ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﻏﺎﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َُﻔﻮ َز ِﺑﺄُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺠﺎبَ ﷲ ُ دُﻋﺎءَهُ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﱠﻘ َﻖ َﻟ ُﻪ َر ْﻏﺒَﺘَ ُﻪ َو َرﺟﺎءَهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗُﺼﺎدِ ُﻓ ُﻪ — ِﰲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِة —‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻘﺒ ٌَﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ٌة‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ُﺳﻮ َر ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ﺒﺎب‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫اﻫﺘَﺪَى إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻞ ﺑَﺤْ ﺜ ُ ُﻪ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫س اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺣﺎر ُ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‬ ‫)‪ِ (2‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ُﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ﻟِﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮاع‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْن ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺻ َﻐ ِﺮﻫﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻮي َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ ْﻦ أﻧ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪ِ ،‬ﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻻ ﻋَ ﻬْ َﺪ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ْ‬ ‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ« ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ِ‬ ‫ﺠﺎر ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى؛ ْ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺳﺘَﺤﺎ َل ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻬْ ﺘَﺪِيَ‬ ‫آﻻف ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ريﺗَ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﺪ ْم َ‬ ‫»ودادَ«‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺤَ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ﱠن ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ أ َ ْن ذ َﻛ َﺮ و َِﺻﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ِ :‬‬ ‫ﺣﺎر ِس اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺘﺪْﻋﺎءِ ِ‬

‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫َﻓﻨﺎدا ُه ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳُﺘِ ﱡﻢ ﻧِﺪاءَ ُه ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ و َْﻗ َﻊ أ َ ْﻗﺪا ٍم ﺗَ ْﻘ َ ِﱰبُ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا — ِﰲ ِزيﱢ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َرأَى َﻓﺘًﻰ َ‬ ‫ﺠﺎر‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰبُ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫اﻷﻃﺒﱠﺎء — ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫َني اﻷ َ ْﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻔﺎ أَﺑْﻴ َ​َﺾ َﻓ ْﻀ َﻔ ً‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻛﺘِﻔِ ِﻪ ِﻣﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻤَ َﻞ ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ إِﺑ ِْﻄ ِﻪ ﻛِﺘﺎﺑًﺎ‪َ ،‬وو َ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺎ‪ 2 ،‬ﻃﺎ َﻟﻤﺎ َرأَى اﻷ َ ِﻃﺒﱠﺎءَ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َُﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻪُ؛ َو َرأَى ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧْﻔِ ِﻪ ا ُمل َﻘﻮ ِﱠس ِﻣﻨْﻈﺎ ًرا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻬْ ﻮَريﱟ ‪1 .‬‬

‫ه‪3‬‬ ‫ﺣﺎرس اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ﻋَ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﺗَ ْﻠﺘَﻘِ ﻲ أَﻋْ ﻴُﻨُﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﺑْﺘَ َﺪ َر ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ؟‬ ‫َو َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ و َ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن؟«‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪» :‬إِﻧﱢﻲ َر ُﺳﻮ ُل ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪» :‬ودادَ« إ ِ َﻟﻴ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﺟﺌﺖ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐَ ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻠُﺐُ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﴩ َﻓ َﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪ِ ،‬ﻷ ْﺷﻔِ َﻲ ِﺑ ِﻪ أُﻣﱢ َﻲ ا ُمل ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺣﺎر ُس اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫»ودادُ«‪َ .‬ﻫﻠُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪» :‬أ َ ْﻫ ًﻼ ِﺑ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗُ ْﺮ ِﺳﻠُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ‪ ،‬ﻷُﺣَ ﱢﻘ َﻖ َﻟ َﻚ َ‬ ‫أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒَ َﻚ وَأُﺑْﻠ َِﻐ َﻚ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠﺘَ َﻚ‪«.‬‬

‫ﻼن ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﰲ أَﺛ َ ِﺮهِ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺣﺎر ُس اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﴙ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻫﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ اﻷ َ ْز ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺳﺎ َر ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻼ ﻳَﺘَﻨ َ ﱠﻘ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﺤﺎر َس ِﰲ ﻣَ َﺸ ﱠﻘ ٍﺔ وَﻋَ ﻨﺎءٍ‪ ،‬ﻷ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ُ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن ا ُمل ْﺸﺘَ ِﺒ َﻜ َﺔ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﻣﺎ أ َ ْﺧ َﻔﺘْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻳَﺘْﺒَ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻴَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎة«‪.‬‬ ‫)‪» (3‬ﻧ َ ُ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ«‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ً‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻴْ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪ ،‬واﻗﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺳﺎﻗﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺤﺎر ُس ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺰ ُم ِﻣﻨْﺠَ ًﻼ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َﺮجَ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ﻫﺬا ُﻫ َﻮ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫أَﻋْ ﻄﺎﻫﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫»ودادُ«‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ و َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻔ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﺘْ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺮار ﻣﺎ ﻗﺎ َﻟﺘْ ُﻪ َﻟ َﻚ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﺨ ِﺪ ُﻣ ُﻪ ﻟ ِ​ِﺸﻔﺎءِ أُﻣﱢ َﻚ؛ َﻓﻼ ﺣﺎﺟَ َﺔ ِﺑﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَ ْﻜ ِ‬

‫‪ 1‬اﻟﺠﻬﻮري‪ :‬املﺮﺗﻔﻊ‪.‬‬ ‫‪2‬‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ﻓﻀﻔﺎﺿﺎ‪ :‬واﺳﻌً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫‪ 3‬اﺑﺘﺪره‪ :‬ﺑﺪأه‪.‬‬ ‫‪46‬‬

‫َ‬ ‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎة«‬

‫ﺬار ‪ 4‬أ َ ْن ﻳ ُْﻔﻠ َِﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َ‬ ‫ص ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫﺬا اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫أُ ِ‬ ‫وﺻﻴ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺤْ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ ْﺮ َت‬ ‫ﺒﺎت اﻟﻨﱠﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺲ اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ ِر‪ .‬وَﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ْﴪ ﻣﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺨﻔِ ﻲ ﻫﺬا اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪ ،‬إِذا ﺗَﻬﺎو َ​َن ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒُ ُﻪ ِﰲ اﻻﺣْ ﺘ ِ‬ ‫ِﻔﺎظ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ .‬ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﺨ َﻔﻰ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤﺎ أَﻳ َ َ‬ ‫ْﻬﺎت أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌْ ﺜ ُ َﺮ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﻴ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻬَ ﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻬﺎت أ َ ْن ﺗَﺮاهُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻋﺎن ﻣﺎ ﻏﺎبَ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َ‬ ‫ِﺤﺎر ِس اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫وَأَرا َد »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﺠﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ُ ْ‬ ‫َني اﻷ َ ْﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« أَن ﻳ َْﺸ ُﻜ َﺮ ﻟ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َو َرأَى »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮدًا‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْد َر َك ﻏﺎﻳَﺘَﻪُ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫دارهِ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴ َُﻘ ﱢﺪ َم ﻷُﻣﱢ ِﻪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِﺎﰲ َ‪.‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨﺎ و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻳُﺴﺎ ِﺋ ُﻞ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َْﺨ َﴙ أ ْن ﻳَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ ِﰲ ﻋَ ْﻮ َدﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ﻣﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴَ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻮاﺋ ِ​ِﻖ وا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻼ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ اﻻﺣْ ﺘِﻔﺎ َ‬ ‫ظ ِﺑﻬﺬا اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ني ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَ ُﺮ ﱡد ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ َة‬ ‫ﺒﺎت اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰةِ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﺸﻔِ ﻴﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ْاﻵﻻ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﻋَ ﺼﺎ »أ ُ َوﻳ ٍْﺲ«‬ ‫ريهِ‪ ،‬إِذْ و َ​َﻗﻌَ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَ ِﺪ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺼﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْﻫﺪاﻫﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْﺐُ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻐﺎر ٌق ِﰲ ﺗَﺄَﻣﱡ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻠ ٌﻢ ِﻟﺘَ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫َوإِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛ َ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﻪ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْﺐُ »أ ُ َوﻳ ٌْﺲ«‪ ،‬وَﻻﺣَ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ َ َ‬ ‫ﺠﺎح‪َ ،‬ﻓﻘﺎ َل‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﺎرﻗ ُﺔ أﻣَ ٍﻞ ِﰲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ — إِذا‬ ‫ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪» :‬ﻣﺎذا ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ إِذا ﺟَ ﱠﺮﺑ ُْﺖ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺼﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻠﻌَ ﱠﻠﻬﺎ ﺗُﺒَ ﱢﻠ ُﻐﻨِﻲ ﺑَﻴْﺘ َِﻲ — ِﰲ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ‪«.‬‬ ‫َر ِﻛﺒْﺘُﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﻘ َﻖ ِﱄ ِﺑﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﻨِﻲ ﺑ ِﻪ »أ ُ َوﻳ ٌْﺲ« ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻔﺎر ُس ﻋَ َﲆ َﻓ َﺮ ِﺳ ِﻪ!‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ إ ِ ْن َرﻛِﺐَ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺼﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأَى ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻘِ ٍّﺮا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﱡﺮ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠﺐَ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد ِﺑ ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻴْﺘ ِ​ِﻪ … وَﻣﺎ أَﺗ ﱠﻢ َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟﺘَﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ا ْرﺗَ َﻔ َﻊ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮاءِ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ِ (5‬ﺷﻔﺎءُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺨﺎﻃ ِﻒ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ َﻟﺤَ َ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِْق ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ٌﺔ َﻗ ِﺼريَ ٌة‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ وَﺟَ َﺪ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ َِﻄريُ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻀﺎءِ ِﺑﻤِ ﺜ ْ ِﻞ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْﴍ َ​َﻓ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا َملﻮ ِْت‪.‬‬ ‫دارهِ؛ ﺟﺎﻟ ًِﺴﺎ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ َ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﰲ ِ‬ ‫ﻨﺎن و َ​َﺷﻮ ٍْق‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺒﱠ َﻠﻬﺎ ِﰲ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫‪ 4‬ﺣﺬار‪ :‬اﺣﺬر‪.‬‬ ‫‪47‬‬

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‫وَﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ْﺮ ِﺑﻘﺪُوﻣ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻦ إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﺤِ ﻴﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﴫ »ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﻀ ْﻊ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ« ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ َﻔﺘَ ْﻲ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ« و َْﻗﺘَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻼ ﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪةٍ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻓﺘَﺤَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ْ‬ ‫ﱠﻗﺖ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﺑﺬِراﻋَ ﻴْﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬وا‬ ‫َﻓ ْﺮﺣَ ﺘﺎ ُه ِﺑ َﻚ! أَﻳ َْﻦ أَﻧﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﻳ َْﻦ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ؟ أَﻳ َْﻦ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻧﺎ — ﻳﺎ َو َﻟﺪِي — وَأَﻳ َْﻦ ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ؟ َﻟﻘ ْﺪ ﻓﺎ َر َﻗﻨ َِﻲ‬ ‫اﻵن َد ِﺑﻴﺐَ ﱢ‬ ‫ا َمل َﺮ ُ‬ ‫ض‪ ،‬وَزاﻳَ َﻠﻨ َِﻲ اﻟﻮَﺟَ ُﻊ واﻷَﻟﻢُ‪ .‬وَﻫﺄَﻧَﺬِي أُﺣِ ﱡﺲ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻔﺎءِ ِﰲ ِﺟ ْﺴ ِﻤﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ ُﺸ ْﻜ ًﺮا هلل ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧَﻌْ ﻤﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ َ‬ ‫ﻮﺷ ًﺔ وَﻫِ ﻲ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬ﻣﺎذا ﺟَ َﺮى؟ َو َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت إ ِ َﱃ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ْﻒ َﻛ ِﱪ َْت ﻫ َﻜﺬا — ﻳﺎ َو َﻟﺪِيﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ — ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َو َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ؟«‬ ‫ﻒ« — ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ني و َ​َﺳﺒْﻌَ ِﺔ أ َ ْﺷﻬُ ٍﺮ و َِﺳﺘﱠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ — َﻗ ْﺪ َﻛ ِﱪَ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺮ َك أُﻣﱠ ُﻪ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﺳﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ﻋُ ﻤْ ُﺮ ُه — َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺒْﺪَأ َ ﻫﺬه اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ َﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﴩ َﺳﻨ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮات‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ﱠﺎﻗ َﺔ — ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫»ودادَ«‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ُة ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﺑﻜﻠِﻤَ ٍﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ٍة ُﻓﺘِﺤَ ِﺖ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ُة‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﻄ َﻖ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫»ودادُ«‪.‬‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ِت ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﻨﱠﺄَﺗْ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﻴﱠ َﺰ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﺠﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﲆ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛَﺒﺎت‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺒﱠ َﻠ ْﺖ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ َﺮ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺠﺎح َوﺗَ ْﻮﻓ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛُﻬﺎ ﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱠ َﻠ ُﻪ َو َﻟﺪُﻫﺎ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْاﻗ َ َ‬ ‫»ودادُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ِ‬ ‫ﱰﺑ َْﺖ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ِﺷﻔﺎﺋِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وﺗَ ِﺼ ُ‬ ‫َف ِﻣ ْﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫واﺳﺘَﻬْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻟﻬﺎ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎر‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ض َﻟ ُﻪ ْ‬ ‫ْﻒ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫واﻷ َ ْﺧ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺧﺎض اﻷ َ ْﻫﻮا َل ِﺑﻤﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْﻫ ٌﻞ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ْﺮأ َ ٍة َ‬ ‫وﺻ ْ ٍﱪ َو َﻛ َﺮ ِم ﻧ َ ْﻔ ٍﺲ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺣْ ﻤَ ﱠﺮ وَﺟْ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« َﺧﺠَ ًﻼ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛﻨﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬واﻣْ ﺘِﺪاﺣِ ﻬﺎ إِﻳﱠﺎهُ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺮى ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫ري ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ َ َﻊ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪْحَ ‪ِ ،‬ﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ — ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ — َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﺆ ﱢد َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺴﺎن أ َ ْن ﻳُ َﺆ ﱢدﻳَ ُﻪ ﻷُﻣﱢ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ إِﻧ ْ ٍ‬ ‫‪48‬‬

‫َ‬ ‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎة«‬

‫ﺻﺪْرﻫﺎ ﺣﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ إِﻧﻘﺎذِ ﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻀﻤﱠ ﺘْ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗُ َﻘﺒﱢﻠُ ُﻪ ﺷﺎ ِﻛ َﺮ ًة‬ ‫وَأ َ ْد َر َﻛ ْﺖ أُﻣﱡ ُﻪ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱠ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫راﺿﻴ ًَﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌُ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (7‬ﻋُ ْﻠﺒ َ​َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮط‬ ‫ﻒ« — ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺰي »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫»ودادُ« إ ِ َﱃ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﻻ ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ ْﺮ َت‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِ‬ ‫وا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔﺘَ ِﺖ ِ‬ ‫ﻨﺲ — ﻳﺎ ﻋَ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﻔﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺲ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْﻫﺪاﻫﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﻣﺎ ﺗُﺮﻳﺪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻘ َﺰمُ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻬﺎ َﻛﻔِ ﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِﺑﺘَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌُ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻋُ ْﻠﺒ َ​َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺄﺧ َﺮجَ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻮط‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓﺘَﺤَ ﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻐﺎر‪ ،‬ﻻ ﻳ َِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎل ﱢ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُل ا ْﻟﻮاﺣِ ِﺪ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل — ﻃﺎﺋ َِﻔ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤﱠ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺨ َﺮجَ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ — ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫و ﺣَ ﺠْ ﻢ اﻷُﻧ ْ ُﻤ َﻠ ِﺔ‪5 .‬‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﺠْ ِﻢ اﻟﻨﱠﻤْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻣْ ﺘَﻸ َ ْت ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ ﺣُ ﺠُ ُ‬ ‫ﺮات ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ َوﻓِﻨﺎؤهُ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ُﻮاﺻﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻠﻮا ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﻘﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ ﻤَ َﻠﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ٍﺔ وَﻣَ ﻬﺎ َر ٍة َوإِﺗْ ٍ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻢ ﺗَﻤْ ِﺾ ُرﺑْ ُﻊ ﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷﻴﱠﺪُوا َﻟ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﴫًا ﻋﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ ﺑَﺪﻳﻌً ﺎ؛ ﺗُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ٌﺔ َﻏﻨﱠﺎءُ‪،‬‬ ‫وأَﺛﱠﺜُﻮ ُه ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻓ َﺨ ِﺮ اﻷ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺛﺎث‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻏ َﺮ ُﺳﻮا إ ِ َﱃ ﺟﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ ﻏﺎﺑ ًَﺔ َﻛﺒريَ ًة‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ْﺮﻋً ﻰ َﻓ ِﺴﻴﺤً ﺎ؛ را ِﺋ َﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴬ ِة ﺑَﺪِﻳ َﻊ اﻟﺘﱠﻨ ْ ِﺴ ِ‬ ‫)‪َ (8‬ز ْﻫ َﺮ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻮْكِ‬ ‫ﺾ ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻖ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱡ‬ ‫»ودادُ«‪» :‬ﻫﺬا ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع املِ ﻘﺪامُ‪ .‬وَﻻ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﺲ » َز ْﻫ َﺮ َة‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮز اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ َرة ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﺗُ ْﺴﻌِ ُﺪ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳُﻮﻗِﻌُ ﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻆ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻮْكِ « ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْﻫﺪاﻫﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻜﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ ُﺪ ِﰲ ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﺣَ ْﺴﺒُ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ ُﻛ َﺮ — ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﺎهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﻻ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒ َُﺚ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺮاهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ني ﺗَ ُﺸﻤﱡ ﻬﺎ — أَيﱠ َ ْ‬

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‫)‪ (9‬ﻋَ ﺼﺎ »أ ُ َوﻳْﺲ«‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻟ َﻚ ﻋَ ﺼﺎ »أ ُ َوﻳ ٍْﺲ« — َﻛﻤﺎ َرأَﻳ َْﺖ — ﺣِ ﺼﺎﻧًﺎ ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒُﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ ِﺑ َﻚ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺗَﺸﺎءُ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِْق ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺨﺎﻃ ِﻒ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ ُ ْ‬ ‫)‪ِ (10‬ﻣ ْﺨ َﻠﺐُ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﻴَ ْﻜ ُﻔ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﺨ َﻠﺐُ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻂ َﻟ َﻚ َوﻟِﻮا ِﻟ َﺪ ِﺗ َﻚ ِﺻﺤﱠ ًﺔ ﻣَ ﻮ ُْﻓﻮ َر ًة‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﺒﺎﺑًﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺠَ ﱢﺪدًا‪.‬‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻵ َن أ ُ َودﱢﻋُ َﻚ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﷲ ُ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ﻧِﻌْ ﻤَ ﺘَ ُﻪ وَأ َ ْﺳﺒ َ​َﻎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ َﻓ ْﻀ َﻠ ُﻪ وَرﻋﺎﻳَﺘُﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ َﺳﻌﺎ َدةٍ‪َ ،‬و َرﻏﺎ َد ِة ﻋَ ﻴ ٍْﺶ‪ ،‬وَراﺣَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ ِآﻣﻨ َ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﻠﻴُﻤَ ﺘﱢﻌْ َﻚ ﷲ ُ ِﺑﺄﻣﱢ ﻚِ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌْ َﺪ َم اﻟﻔ ِﻀﻴ َﻠﺔ ﻧ َ ِﺼريًا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ ُِﻀﻴ َﻊ ﷲ ُ أﺟْ ُﺮ ﻣَ ْﻦ أﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ﻋَ ﻤَ ًﻼ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﺰا َك ﷲ ُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣُ ﺒﱢ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَﻨَﻮيﱢ — ﻛﻤﺎ َرأَﻳ َْﺖ — أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺰاءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا‪ ،‬واﻧْﻬﺎ َل ﻋَ َﲆ ﻳَﺪِﻫﺎ َﻟﺜﻤً ﺎ َوﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺒ ً‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‪،‬‬ ‫»ودادَ« ﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ ِ‬ ‫راﺿﻴَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻔﻮﻋَ ٍﺔ ِﺑﺘَﺤِ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸﻴﱠﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ﺑﺎﺑْﺘِﺴﺎﻣَ ٍﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒَ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ِﻄ َﺮةٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻇ ِﺮهِ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻐِ ﺐْ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﻮا َر ْت ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫ﺧﺎﻃ ِﺮهِ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (11‬ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ْاﻷَﻣﺎﻧ ﱢِﻲ‬ ‫ﴫﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ِﻟﺘَﺘَﻤَ ﺘﱠ َﻊ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻨْﻌَ َﻢ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫وَأَراد ْ‬ ‫َت أ ُ ﱡم »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﻒ« أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَﻏﺎﺑَ ٍﺔ وَﻣَ ْﺮﻋً ﻰ؛ وَﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ِﺠ ْﺪ ﺛ َ ْﻮﺑًﺎ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒ َُﺴﻪُ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺑﺎﻋَ ْﺖ — ِﰲ أَﺛْﻨﺎءِ ﻣَ َﺮ ِﺿﻬﺎ — ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻜ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ‪ :‬ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ — وَﺣْ َﺪ ُه — ِﺑﻼ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ٍ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ اﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻌﺎ ٍم‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛْﺘُ َﻚ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺎب‪ِ ،‬ﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫أﺛﺎث َوﺛ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﰲ أَو ِﱠل ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﺋ َِﻘ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ريﺗَﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْد َر َك ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺪُو ُر ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﺨﺎﻃ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪:‬‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻳَ َﺮى ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫»ﻟﺒﱠﻴْﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْﻚِ ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ أُﻣﱠ ﺎهُ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ ﺟﺎﻟِﺐٌ َﻟﻚِ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ْﺸﺘَ ِﻬ َ‬ ‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﺧ َﺮجَ ِﻣﻦ ﺟَ ﻴْ ِﺒ ِﻪ َز ْﻫ َﺮ َة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻮْكِ ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ﱠﺮﺑَﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧْﻔِ ِﻪ‪.‬‬

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‫ِﻴﺎب ﻏﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﺣْ ِﺬﻳَ ٍﺔ ﻓﺎﺧِ َﺮ ٍة —‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳ َُﺸﻤﱡ ﻬﺎ — و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ ﺗَ ْﺸﺘَ ِﻬﻴ ِﻪ أُﻣﱡ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ ٍ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﴐا‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ وَﺟَ َﺪ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﺎ ُه َوﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠ َﻠﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ وَﺟَ َﺪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ دا َر‬ ‫ﻣﺎﻧﻲ ِ ً‬ ‫ﺑﺨﺎﻃ ِﺮ ِه ِﻣ َﻦ اﻷ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮاب‪َ ،‬و َرأَى — إ ِ َﱃ ﺟﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ — ِﺻﻮاﻧًﺎ ﺣﺎﻓِ ًﻼ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻏ َﲆ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮأَى أَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻪ ِﺻﻮاﻧًﺎ ﺣﺎﻓِ ًﻼ ِﺑﺄَﻧ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻔﺲ ْاﻷَﺛ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﺣْ ِﺬﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺛﺎ ِﻟﺜًﺎ‪ ،‬وَرا ِﺑﻌً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻫﻜﺬا‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﻮ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﻮﻧ َ ُﺔ أَﺟْ ﻤَ َﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﺜﱠﻠُ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َت ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻊ‬ ‫ﻒ« وَأُﻣﱡ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺲ اﻟﺜ ﱢ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺎب‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻷ َ ْﻛ ِﺴﻴَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻮﺷ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« وَأُﻣﱡ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺼﺎحَ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺲ‪ ،‬وَﺣِ ﺬاءً ِ‬ ‫ﺨري »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻻﻣﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺨ ﱠري َْت أُﻣﱡ ُﻪ ﺛ َ ْﻮﺑًﺎ‬ ‫َوﺗَ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻮخ ْاﻷ َ ْز َر ِق اﻟﻨﱠﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﺛ َ ْﻮﺑًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ُﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ ًزا ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ‪ُ ،‬ﻣ َﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻌً ﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻫﺎب — ﻣَ َﻊ اﺑْﻨِﻬﺎ — إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ﴫ اﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ‪ .‬وَﻃﺎﻓﺎ ِﺑﺤُ ﺠُ ﺮاﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺴﻴﺤَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺴ َﺔ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ِﻣﺜْﻠُﻬﺎ ِﰲ ُﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺠﺎﺟﻴ َﺪ ُه ا ْﻟﻨﱠﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻮر ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻠُﻮكِ ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﺷ ِﻬﺪا أَﺛﺎﺛ َ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻔﺎﺧِ ﺮ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َ‬ ‫واﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬و َرأَﻳﺎ ْاﻷَواﻧ َِﻲ ْ‬ ‫وَﻃﺎﻓﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ﱠات ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ َِﺦ‪ .‬وَﺣُ ﺠْ ﺮ ِة اﻟﻄﻌﺎ ِم‪ ،‬ﻓﻮﺟﺪا ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎق‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺜريَ ًة ﻣَ ﻮ ُْﻓﻮ َر ًة‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮع‪ ،‬وَﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ﻤﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠﺪا ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﴫ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫وَأَﺣَ ﱠﺲ ﻛ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻌﺎ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻼﻫﻤﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﺑ َﺰ ْﻫ َﺮ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻮْكِ و َ​َﻗ ﱠﺮﺑَﻬﺎ ِﻣﻦ أَﻧْﻔِ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ إ ِ ْن َﺷﻤﱠ ﻬﺎ — و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌﺎﻣً ﺎ ﻓﺎﺧِ ًﺮا — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ وَﺟَ َﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ املﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ِة ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ْﺸﺘَ ِﻬﻴ ِﻪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴﻪُ‪:‬‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﺴﺎءٍ ﺳﺎﺧِ ٍﻦ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓﺨِ ِﺬ َﺧ ُﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻮا ِﺑ ِﻞ؛ َﻓﺠَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫َﺟﺎج ﻣَ ْﺸ ِﻮيﱟ ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫وف ﻣَ ْﻘ ِﻠﻴﱠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ود ٍ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻼن َﻫﻨِﻴﺌًﺎ ﻣَ ِﺮﻳﺌًﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷ ِﺒﻌﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫أﻣﱢ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ املﺎ ِﺋ َﺪةِ؛ وَراﺣﺎ ﻳَﺄ ُﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎق و َ​َﻏ َﺴﻼﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬و َرﺗﱠﺒﺎﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن و َ‬ ‫ﺤﺎف وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َر َﻓﻌﺎ ﻣﺎ َﻓﻮ َْق املﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ِة ِﻣ َﻦ ِﺻ ٍ‬ ‫َﺿﻌﺎﻫﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻃ ٍ‬ ‫أَﻣﺎ ِﻛﻨِﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ َِﺦ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ِﻮﻧ َ ِﺔ أ َ ْﻓ َﺨ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻔ ُﺮ ِش‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫ي اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﺮﺟﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﴪﻳ َﺮﻳ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻋَ ﺪﱠا َ ِ‬ ‫َﺿﻌﺎﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻳ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫»ودادَ«‪ ،‬ﻣﺎ َﻫﻴﱠﺄَﺗْ ُﻪ َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻣﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ ﻧَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﻫﺎدِ ﺋًﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺣَ ِﻤﺪا ﷲ َ و َ​َﺷ َﻜﺮا ِﻟ ْﻠ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ِ :‬‬ ‫‪51‬‬

‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫ﱠ‬ ‫واﻟﺴﻌﺎ َدةِ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ َﺷ َﻜ َﺮ ِت اﻷ ُ ﱡم‬ ‫َﴪﺗْ ُﻪ َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ وَﺳﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻞ اﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺒﺎب ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻨﺎءِ واﻟ ﱠﺮﺧﺎءِ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ ﻳ ﱠ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳ ِ‬ ‫ِﻟ َﻮ َﻟﺪِﻫﺎ ﻣﺎ ﻗﺎ َم ِﺑ ِﻪ — ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒﻴﻠ ِﻬﺎ — ْ‬ ‫ﻤﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﺟَ ﻼﺋ ِ​ِﻞ ْاﻷَﻋْ ِ‬

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‫ﺧﺎﲤ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ ﱠﺼ ِﺔ‬ ‫َِ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َﻋﺎش »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ؛‬ ‫ور‪ ،‬ﻻ ﻳُﻌﻮ ُز ُﻫﻤﺎ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ« وَأُﻣﱡ ُﻪ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم — ِﰲ َﻫﻨﺎءٍ و ُ ُ‬ ‫َﴎ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﻔ ْﻀ ِﻞ ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ ﺮا ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺰاﻳﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﻠُﻘِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ وا ْﻟﻬَ ﺪاﻳﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ﺮﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﻮﺧ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌْ ﺘَ ﱠﻞ َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﺻﺤﱠ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺪ ِْر ْﻛﻬُ ﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ ﺮا ِﺑﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ؛‬ ‫َوﻣ ْ‬ ‫ِﺨ َﻠ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻂ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘﺎﺟﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺼﺎ ِﻟﺘَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻠﻬُ ﻤﺎ؛ ﻷَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮا ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ إ ِ َﱃ أيﱢ ﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﱪَﺣﺎ َﻗ ْﴫ َُﻫﻤﺎ‪ .‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎب ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌﺎ َد ِة واﻟ ﱠﺮﺧﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮاﻓ َﺮ ْت َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ أ َ ْﺳ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﺑ َﺰ ْﻫ َﺮ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫وَأَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻮْكِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَدْﻧﺎﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧْﻔِ ِﻪ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ ﺣﺎﺟَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑ َ​َﻘ َﺮﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ورﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺷﻴﺎء أ ُ َﺧﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ُ‬ ‫َﺳ ِﻤﻴﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَﺣِ ﺼﺎﻧ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني أ َ ِﺻﻴ َﻠ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴐ ِ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ ﻛﺎ َد ﻳ َ​َﺸ ﱡﻢ َز ْﻫ َﺮ َة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻮْكِ ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ وَﺟَ َﺪ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﺎهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃﻤﱠ ﺎﻋً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﴍ ًﻫﺎ وَﻻ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻠُﺐْ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ِ ،‬ﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻻ ﺗَ ِﻄﻴﺐُ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ُة ﱠإﻻ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ اﺣْ ﺘَ َﻔ َ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻬَ ﺪاﻳﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮﻳّ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﺮط ِﰲ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ َﺮا ِﺑﺤَ ﻴﺎ ٍة َ‬ ‫ﻆ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻪ وَﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﻌني ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛﻤَ ِﻞ ِﺻﺤﱠ ٍﺔ وَأَﺗَ ﱢﻢ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌﺎﺷﺎ ﻣُﻤَ ﺘﱠ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻋﺎﻓِ ﻴَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َﻋﺎﺷﺖ ﻗِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﱪ وا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮوءَ ِة وا ْﻟﻮَﻓﺎءِ‪ ،‬و َُﻗ ْﺪ َو ًة ﺣَ َﺴﻨ َ ًﺔ ﻟ ِْﻸَﺑْﻨﺎء‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺘُﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﻣَ ﺜ َ ًﻼ ﺻﺎﻟِﺤً ﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ ِ ﱢ‬