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‫ﺗﺮﺟﻤﺔ‬ ‫ﻧﺪى أﺣﻤﺪ ﻗﺎﺳﻢ‬ ‫ﻣﺮاﺟﻌﺔ‬ ‫ﻫﺒﺔ ﻋﺒﺪ اﻟﻌﺰﻳﺰ ﻏﺎﻧﻢ‬

‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬

‫‪Heidi‬‬

‫ﻳﻮﻫﺎﻧﺎ ﺷﺒريي‬

‫‪Johanna Spyri‬‬

‫اﻟﻄﺒﻌﺔ اﻷوﱃ ‪٢٠١٣‬م‬ ‫رﻗﻢ إﻳﺪاع ‪٢٠١٣/١٤٢٤٢‬‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ﻟﻠﻨﺎﴍ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬ ‫املﺸﻬﺮة ﺑﺮﻗﻢ ‪ ٨٨٦٢‬ﺑﺘﺎرﻳﺦ ‪٢٠١٢ / ٨ / ٢٦‬‬ ‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬ ‫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 :‬‬ ‫ﺷﺒريي‪ ،‬ﻳﻮﻫﺎﻧﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪/‬ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ ﻳﻮﻫﺎﻧﺎ ﺷﺒريي‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗﺪﻣﻚ‪٩٧٨ ٩٧٧ ٧١٩ ٣٤٠ ٥ :‬‬ ‫‪ -١‬اﻟﻘﺼﺺ اﻹﻧﺠﻠﻴﺰﻳﺔ‬ ‫أ‪ -‬اﻟﻌﻨﻮان‬ ‫‪٨٢٣‬‬ ‫رﺳﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ :‬إﻳﻤﺎن إﺑﺮاﻫﻴﻢ‪ ،‬ﺗﺼﻤﻴﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ :‬إﻳﻬﺎب ﺳﺎﻟﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻤﻨﻊ ﻧﺴﺦ أو اﺳﺘﻌﻤﺎل أي ﺟﺰء ﻣﻦ ﻫﺬا اﻟﻜﺘﺎب ﺑﺄﻳﺔ وﺳﻴﻠﺔ ﺗﺼﻮﻳﺮﻳﺔ أو إﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻴﺔ أو ﻣﻴﻜﺎﻧﻴﻜﻴﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫وﻳﺸﻤﻞ ذﻟﻚ اﻟﺘﺼﻮﻳﺮ اﻟﻔﻮﺗﻮﻏﺮاﰲ واﻟﺘﺴﺠﻴﻞ ﻋﲆ أﴍﻃﺔ أو أﻗﺮاص ﻣﻀﻐﻮﻃﺔ أو اﺳﺘﺨﺪام أﻳﺔ وﺳﻴﻠﺔ‬ ‫ﻧﴩ أﺧﺮى‪ ،‬ﺑﻤﺎ ﰲ ذﻟﻚ ﺣﻔﻆ املﻌﻠﻮﻣﺎت واﺳﱰﺟﺎﻋﻬﺎ‪ ،‬دون إذن ﺧﻄﻲ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻨﺎﴍ‪.‬‬ ‫‪Arabic Language Translation Copyright © 2013 Hindawi‬‬ ‫‪Foundation for Education and Culture.‬‬ ‫‪Heidi‬‬ ‫‪All rights reserved.‬‬

‫اﳌﺤﺘﻮﻳﺎت‬

‫‪ُ -١‬‬ ‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮ ُد ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‬ ‫‪ -٢‬ﻣ َُﻘﺎﺑَ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﺪ‬ ‫‪ِ -٣‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﺪ‬ ‫‪ِ -٤‬ﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‬ ‫‪ِ -٥‬زﻳَﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة‬ ‫ان‬ ‫‪َ -٦‬زا ِﺋ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫‪ -٧‬ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة‬ ‫‪ -٨‬ﺟَ ْﻮ َﻟ ٌﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻠ َﺪ ِة‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫‪ -٩‬ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ ُل وَا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫‪ -١٠‬ﺟَ ﱠﺪ ٌة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‬ ‫‪َ -١١‬ﺷﺒَﺢٌ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‬ ‫‪ -١٢‬ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‬ ‫‪ِ -١٣‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل أَﺧِ ريًا‬ ‫‪ -١٤‬أَﺟْ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫اس ﻳَ ْﻮ ِم ْاﻷَﺣَ ِﺪ‬ ‫‪ِ -١٥‬زﻳَﺎ َر ٌة أَﺧِ ريًا‬ ‫‪ -١٦‬ﺑَﻴ ٌْﺖ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ٌﺪ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪ َ‬ ‫‪ -١٧‬أ َ ْﺧﺒَﺎ ٌر ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ‬ ‫‪ -١٨‬ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﺪ‬ ‫‪ -١٩‬ا ْﻟ َﻮدَا َع ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧ َ ْﻠﺘَﻘِ َﻲ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫اﳉ َﺒ ِﻞ‬ ‫ُﺻ ُﻌ ُ‬ ‫ﻮد ْ َ‬ ‫»و ِ‬ ‫َاﺻ ِﲇ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي!«‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎت أُذُﻧ َ ِﻲ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻗ َﺮﻋَ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ُ‬ ‫ات ا ْﻟ َﺨﻤْ ِﺲ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ ذَ ِ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ِﺔ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﻠﺒ َِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻓﺄَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ِت‬ ‫ري َﻫﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﺛْﻮَابُ اﻟﺜ ﱠ َﻼﺛ َ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِﻳﻬَ ﺎ — أَﺣَ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ َﻓﻮ َْق ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ َﺧﺎ َﻟﺘِﻬَ ﺎ وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫—و ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮﰲ ﱡ اﻟﺜﱠﻘِ ﻴ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﺘَ ﱡ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﺎ ُل ﱡ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺴﺒﱠﺒ َْﺖ ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ِﺴريَ َﺳ ْريًا ﺑ َِﻄﻴﺌًﺎ ِﰲ ذَﻟِﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎ ﱢر ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﻬْ ِﺮ ﻳُﻮﻧْﻴُﻮ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ َﻟ ُﺔ دﻳﺘﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ُﻣﺘْﻌَ ﺒ ٌَﺔ؟«‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َرد ِﱠت اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﺷﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﱢﺮ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻳﺐ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٍْت ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬ ٍﺞ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َاﺻ ِﲇ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨ َ ِﺼ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫َاﺳﻌَ ًﺔ َﻗ ِﻮﻳ ًﱠﺔ‪َ .‬ﺳﻨ َ ِﺼ ُﻞ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﰲ ُﻏ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ وَأ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺨ ِﻄﻲ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻮ َل َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ري ﻟِﻤَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َات و ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻵ َن‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻣَ َﻀ ْﺖ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْن َﻏﺎ َد َرﺗَﺎ دورﻓﲇ َوﺑَﺪَأَﺗَﺎ ِﰲ ﱡ‬ ‫ﱪ ﻣَ ﻤَ ﱢﺮ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺸﺎةِ‪َ .‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌُ ﻮ ِد ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﴣ ِﺳﻮَى َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪةٍ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ َﻛﺎﻓِ ﻴًﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة ﻣ َُﺸﻴﱠ َﺪ ٍة ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺣَ ِﺪ ﺟَ ﻮَاﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ .‬ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺮﻳَ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺎس‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻻ ْﻟﺘِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻋَ ﺎ َد ًة ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ و َُﻫ ْﻢ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ و َِزﻳَﺎ َر ِة أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ِﻒ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﺑ ُﱠﺔ وَاﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ِﻻ ْﻟﺘِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ َﻫﻤﱢ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ ِﺑﻤَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑﺤَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻗ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ِﺰﻳَﺎ َر ٍ‬ ‫ات ُو ﱢدﻳﱠ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ِﺖ اﻣْ َﺮأ َ ٌة‪» :‬إ ِ َذا ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ َذاﻫِ ﺒ ًَﺔ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ِﺳريُ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻚِ ﻳَﺎ دﻳﺘﺎ!«‬

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‫ﻄﺄ َ ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﻘﺪ ِﱡﻣﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫َﻟﻮﱠﺣَ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ وَأَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ْت ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ْﺮأَةِ‪ ،‬وَأَﺑْ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‬ ‫ﺎق ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﻠﺤَ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َرأ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﺘْﻬَ ﺎ أ ُ ْﺧﺘُﻚِ ؟«‬ ‫ﻄﺤِ ﺒُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﺗَﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ؟ َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أَﻧﱠﻚِ ﺟُ ِﻨﻨ ْ ِﺖ! َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﺗَ ْﺮ َك َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫– »ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻮ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﻛﻬَ ﺬَا؟ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ﻓِ ﻌْ ُﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ ُد ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ْف ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ َﻫﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻚِ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪َ ،‬و َﻟ َﺴﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ِﺼ َﻼ ِن ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫أَﻳﱠ ِﺔ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ!«‬ ‫»ﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ َﻞ ذَﻟِﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ِﺢ؛ َﻓﻬُ َﻮ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ اﻋْ ﺘَﻨَﻴ ُْﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎدِ ُﻓﻨِﻲ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻣَ ﺎﺗَ ْﺖ أُﻣﱡ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ اﺑْﻨ َ َﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ ٍم وَاﺣِ ﺪٍ‪َ .‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ ْاﻵ َن ﺗُ َ‬ ‫ﺾ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻔ َﺮ ِص ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ِﺔ‪ .‬أَﺧِ ريًا َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻟﺪَيﱠ ﻣَ َﻜﺎ ٌن ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ٌﻞ أَﻋِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ وَأَﻋْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫َاﺟﺒَﻪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳُ َﺆدﱢيَ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ و ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ ِﺑﺒ َ​َﺴﺎ َ‬ ‫ني اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ني أَﻧﱠﻚِ َﺳﺘَ ْﱰُ ِﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ِﰲ ﺗَﻌَ ﺠﱡ ٍﺐ‪» :‬أَﺗَﻌْ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ٍﺔ ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‬ ‫َوﺗَ ْﺮﺣَ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫َﺼﻌُ ﺐُ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْن أ ُ َ‬ ‫ني؟ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ َﻛﻬَ ﺬَا‪«.‬‬ ‫ُوركِ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻴَﺎ َم ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َﱢق أ َ ﱠن ِﺑﻤَ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻬَ ﺎ دﻳﺘﺎ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ َذا ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺼﺪ َ‬ ‫َاﺟ ِﺒﻲ ﻣَ َﻊ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي! ﻣَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﻓِ ﻌْ ﻠُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ؟ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ﱠدﻳ ُْﺖ و ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ َرأ ْ ِﻳﻚِ ؟ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺒَﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ!«‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُﻌْ ِﻄﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز إِﺟَ ﺎﺑ ًَﺔ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُل ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻮي ِزﻳَﺎ َرﺗَ ُﻪ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬُ ﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮخ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺗَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ْت دﻳﺘﺎ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ اﻣْ َﺮأ َ ٌة َﺷﺎﺑ ٌﱠﺔ ﻣَ َﻊ وَا ِﻟ َﺪﺗِﻬَ ﺎ وَاﺑْﻨِﻬَ ﺎ ﺑﻴﱰ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﱠ‬ ‫ﴩ ﻋَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻋْ ﺘَﺎ َد أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫َﺎح إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻮَادِي ﻟِﺠَ ْﻠ ِﺐ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ ذَا ْاﻷَﺣَ َﺪ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْاﻗ ِﺘﻴَﺎدِ َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ و َِاﻻﻋْ ِﺘﻨَﺎءِ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺤِ َ‬ ‫ني و َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻟ َِﻘ َﻀﺎءِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ د ُ‬ ‫ُﺧﻮﻟِﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ِﻟﺘَ ُﺰو َر ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة‪» :‬ﺣَ ٍّ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒًﺎ َﻟﻚِ !«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻮخ ا ْﻟﺒُﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟﻮﱠﺣَ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ِﺑﻴَﺪ َِﻫﺎ َو َر َاﻗﺒ َِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ري‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻏﺐْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة أﺛْﻨَﺎءَ ﺗَ َﻘﺪ ِﱡﻣﻬَ ﺎ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺘَﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻣُﺤِ ﱠﻘ ًﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ َﻀ ْﺖ دَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ِاﻻﻋْ ِﱰ ِ‬ ‫َاف ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠن َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ًﺔ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻮﻳَ ِﺔ ُﻗﺒﱠﻌَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َﻟ ْﺖ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﺘﺌْﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﺤْ ِﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي؛ إ ِ ْذ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺑﺤَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ْ‬ ‫ﺎف ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬

‫اﳉ ﱢﺪ‬ ‫ُﻣ َﻘﺎ َﺑ َﻠ ُﺔ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻤْ ﺘِﻌَ ًﺔ ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺮ َاﻗﺒَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ وَا ْﻟ َﻮ َﻟ ِﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َُﻘﻮد َُﻫﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َﺎﻓﺤَ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗُﺠَ ِﺎرﻳَ ُﻪ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﺨ َﺮ ٍة إ ِ َﱃ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺒ َ​َﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ ُﻫ َﻮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫َاب‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِﻳﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﻤْ ﻨَﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِاﻻ ْﻗ ِﱰ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱠث إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴎ ِع ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ‬ ‫َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة ﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪َ .‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ِﰲ َﺧ ْﻠ ِﻊ ﺣِ ﺬَاﺋِﻬَ ﺎ وَﺟَ ﻮ َِار ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َك‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻓ َﺮ َﻏ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﺧ َﻠﻌَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎ َل ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻠ ُﻔ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎ ِﺑﻌِ ﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻷ َ َ‬ ‫ﻮف‬ ‫ﻒ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٌ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ِﻣﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘﺘْﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺧ َﻠﻌَ ْﺖ ِﻣﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺨ َﻠﻌَ ﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺧﺎ َﻟﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ْﺖ ِﻣﻌْ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻳَ ْﻮ ِم ْاﻷَﺣَ ِﺪ َﻓﻮ َْق ِﻣﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِْق‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ِﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗُﺠَ ﻨﱢﺒَﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﻤْ َﻠﻪُ‪ِ .‬ﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻔِ ﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮﻣ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ َﺧ َﻠﻌَ ْﺖ َﻫ َﺬا أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻵ َن ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي َﻗ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺼﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﺤْ ﺘ ﱠِﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ِﺑ ِﻪ َﻫ َﺬا‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ َوﺗَﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ُﻖ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة ُﻣ َﺮﺗﱠﺒَ ٍﺔ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحَ ‪ .‬ﺟَ ﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ َﻛﻮْﻣَ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻒ‬ ‫ﺑﻴﱰ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫آﻫﺎ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺑﻴﱰ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻻﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﻆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َر َ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ُﺮ أﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ ًة ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻠﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ا ْرﺗَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ٌﺔ ﻋَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ٌﺔ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺠْ َﻮﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﺑَ ْﺪءًا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜِﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَﺄ ْ ِوي إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺰ إ ِ َﱃ ُﺳ َﺆاﻟ ِ​ِﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﺪَدِ َﻫﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ دﻳﺘﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﺎكِ و ﱠ‬ ‫ني؟ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻫﺬَا ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻓﻌَ ْﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ ؟! وَأَﻳ َْﻦ ِﻣﻌْ َ‬ ‫– »ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﺎ ُل‬ ‫ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺮ؟ وَا ْﻟﺤِ ﺬَاءُ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ْ‬ ‫ﱰﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮ َِاربُ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ُة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ﻠِﻚِ ؟ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫اﺷ َ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ وَاﺣِ ﺪٌ! ﻓِ ﻴ َﻢ ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي؟ أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ُﺴﻚِ ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬَ ﺎ؟«‬ ‫ﺿﺎ َع ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ! َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ َ ْ‬

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‫أ َ َﺷﺎ َر ِت اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑ ُْﻘﻌَ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ِﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ وَأَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ‪ُ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت دﻳﺘﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳ ُِﺸريُ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻣ ْﻠ ًﻘﻰ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﺰ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ِﺳﻮَى ﺗَﻤْ ِﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻨْﺘَﺠَ ْﺖ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ أَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺮ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎ َل‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن َﻓﻮ َْق ا ْﻟ َﻜﻮْﻣَ ِﺔ َ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ِﺑ َﻐ َﻀ ٍﺐ‪» :‬أﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ َﻛﻬَ ﺬَا؟ ﻣَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫ﺎﺳ َﺪ ُة! ﻣَ ﺎذَا د َ​َﻓﻌَ ﻚِ ِﻟ ْﻠﻘِ ﻴَﺎ ِم ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫ني ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺴﻚِ ؟ ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗَﻌْ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠﻚِ ﺗَ ْﺨ َﻠﻌِ َ‬ ‫ني ِﺑﺬَﻟِﻚ؟«‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫»ﻻ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أَيﱠ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺲ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬ ‫– »أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق؟« َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺧﺎ َﻟﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒ ًَﺔ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ْاﻷَﻧَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ُﱠﺔ! أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻚِ أَيﱡ ﻋَ ْﻘ ٍﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪةٍ‪» .‬ﻣَ ِﻦ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺳﻴَﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُل ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ ِﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ ِ ِﻹﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر َﻫﺎ؟ َﺳﻴ َْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ُق ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْريُ ِﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ‬ ‫ﴎ ِع ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ‪ .‬اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ِ​ِﻖ ْاﻵ َن!«‬ ‫ﻒ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ! اذْ َﻫﺐْ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻳَﺎ ﺑﻴﱰ وَأَﺣْ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻫﺎ ِﱄ ِﺑﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱠﺘْ ُﻪ دﻳﺘﺎ ﻣُﻤْ ِﻜﻨًﺎ‪ .‬أﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َع ﺑﻴﱰ ْاﻷﻣْ َﺮ ُﻣ ْﻜ ِﻤ ًﻼ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ َﺔ ِﰲ أ َﻗ ﱠﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َ‬ ‫أ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺘْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﴍ َق وَﺟْ ُﻪ ﺑﻴﱰ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َ​َﻀﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺟَ ﻴْ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻋُ ﻤْ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻧ َ ِﻈريَ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮدِﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺣَ ﻮ َ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫ﺗَ ِﺒ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﱄ ْ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﺻﻠُﻮا‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ دﻳﺘﺎ وَﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠُ ْﺰءِ ْاﻷَﺧِ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻛ ُ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮخ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﺪ ﻳ َ​َﻘ ُﻊ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻣﻨْﺤَ ﺪ ٍَر َ‬ ‫ﺎع ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﺨ ِﺮيﱟ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ُﺷﻌَ ٍ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧًﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ُر ْؤﻳ ٌَﺔ َﻛ ِﺎﻣ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﻮَادِي أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻤﺴﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎص اﻟﺜ ﱠ َﻼﺛ َ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮخ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ ﻋَ ﺠُ ﻮ ٌز ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺐُ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ني ﻧَﺤْ َﻮهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ َﺧ ِﺎرجَ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ ٍﱪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛُﻮا أَو ًﱠﻻ‪.‬‬ ‫ري ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪َ «.‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة َﺧﺠُ ﻮ َﻟ ًﺔ ِﰲ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬ﻣَ َﺴﺎءُ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌَ ًﺔ َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺎﻓﺢَ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ ﻣ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ ِﺑ ُﺨ ُﺸﻮﻧ َ ٍﺔ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﻨَﻰ َﻫ َﺬا؟« َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﻓﺤَ ًﺔ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﺒَﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺜ َ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ِﺖ ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺪ َﱠﻗ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ َر ْﻓ َﻊ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ! َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ري ٌة َﻛﺜ َ‬ ‫َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ﻟِﺤْ ﻴ ٌَﺔ َ‬ ‫اق‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺼ َﻼ ِن َﻓﻮ َْق أَﻧْﻔِ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ُﺷﺠَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٌﺔ وَﺣَ ِ‬ ‫َﺎن َﻛﺜ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ُﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْو َر ِ‬ ‫ﻮز‪» :‬ﻋِ ﻤْ َﺖ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺎﺣً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻫِ َﻲ وَﺑﻴﱰ أَﺧِ ريًا إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ ُت َﻟ َﻚ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ ﺗﻮﺑﻴﺎس وَأدﻳﻠﻬﺎﻳﺪ‪َ .‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ْ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺖ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻫﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْن َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫أَﺣْ َ ْ‬ ‫َر ِﺿﻴﻌَ ًﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪» :‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻼ َﻗﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ؟ وَأَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫اﺧ ُﺮجْ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ وَﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺰ َك!‬ ‫و َُﺧﺬْ ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺰي ﻣَ ﻌَ َﻚ!«‬ ‫‪10‬‬

‫ﻣ َُﻘﺎﺑَ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﺪ‬

‫ﻧَ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻬْ ِﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻮز ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﺑﻴﱰ ﻳ ُِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ٌة وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٌة إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔﻬَ َﻢ أ ﱠن ﺟَ ﱠﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ُه أ ْن ﻳ َْﺨﺘَﻔِ َﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ أﻣَ ِﺎﻣ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ‪» :‬اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨَﻮ ِ‬ ‫َاﺟ ِﺒﻲ ِﺑ ِﺮﻋَ ﺎﻳَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ﺧِ َﻼ َل ﱠ‬ ‫َات‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻟﺘَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ﻣَ ﻌَ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻗﻤْ ُﺖ ِﺑﻮ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْرﺑ َِﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴَ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َْاﻵ َن ﺟَ ﺎءَ َد ْو ُر َك‪«.‬‬ ‫َاﻟﴩ ُر ﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ؟« ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻳَ ُﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ » :‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ و ﱠ َ‬ ‫»ﻫﺬَا ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﺒْﺪَأ ُ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻔﺘَﻘِ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َرﺣِ ﻴﻠ ِﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫ُون ﻣَ ﻨ َ ِﺎز َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒُ َﻜﺎءِ وَاﻟﻨﱠﺤِ ِ‬ ‫وَأُﻣﱠ ﻬَ ﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎذَا ﻳ ُْﻔ َﱰ َُض أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻓﻌَ َﻞ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ِﺋﺬٍ؟!«‬ ‫َزﻣْ ﺠَ َﺮ ْت دﻳﺘﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻣ ُْﺸ ِﻜ َﻠﺘُ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ْﻠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ وَﻫِ َﻲ َر ِﺿﻴﻌَ ٌﺔ ﺗَﺒْﻜِﻲ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎﺗَ ْﺖ وَا ِﻟ َﺪﺗُﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ ِﻷ َ ْن أ َ ْﺧ ُﺮجَ‬ ‫ﺻﻌْ ﺒًﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ أ َ ْن أَﻋْ ﺘَﻨ َِﻲ ِﺑﺄُﻣﱢ ﻲ َو ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ! ْاﻵ َن َﻟﺪَيﱠ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘ ِْﻘ َﻼ ِﻟﻴﱠﺘِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﺖ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﺷﻌُ َﺮ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺔ‪ .‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ أ َ ْﻗ َﺮبُ أ َ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺌُﻮ ُل‬ ‫َﺿ ْﻊ ِﰲ اﻋْ ِﺘﺒ َِﺎر َك أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﺳﺘَﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺌُﻮ ِﻟﻴ َﱠﺔ إِذَا ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻵ َن‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫َث ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة أَيﱡ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺤِ ﺐﱠ ﺟَ ﱡﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ َ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ دﻳﺘﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ﺗَ ْﺮ َك‬ ‫ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫اج و َُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫ﻮز َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة َﻛﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ﻣَ َﻊ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ي و ِْ‬ ‫َاﻹﺣْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ َﻓ ِﻈﻴﻊٌ‪ .‬و َ​َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ْت ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺨِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮد َُﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ٍﻊ‪َ » :‬ودَاﻋً ﺎ َﻟ َﻚ إِذَ ْن‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻚِ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ْ «.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ْت َ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ي ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﺪَأ ْت ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ْﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ ِﺠري َِان ا ْﻟﻮَاﻗِ ﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ ِ‬ ‫َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ َ‬ ‫َاب وَاﻟﻨﱠﻮَاﻓِ ِﺬ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻔﺘُﻮﺣَ ِﺔ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ‬ ‫ني أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ْاﻷَﺑْﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ؟ أَﻳ َْﻦ ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻣَ ِﺎﻣ ِﻬ ْﻢ و َُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺄَﻟُﻮﻧَﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬أَﻳ َْﻦ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ؟«‬ ‫ﻮز َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺤَ َﺖ َﻓﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ اﻟ ﱠﺮدﱠ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﺘْﻬَ ﺎ وَﺣْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ َرﺟُ ٍﻞ ﻋَ ﺠُ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻮن أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟ ِﻄ ً‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ‪َ .‬ﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﺘَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻳَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻒ َ‬ ‫اﻟﱰدﱡدِ ِﰲ أُذُﻧَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ أَﺑَﺪًا؟‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ ﺎﺗُﻬُ ْﻢ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ َ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺒ ْﻴ ِ‬ ‫اﳉ ﱢﺪ‬ ‫ﺖ َﻣ َﻊ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد أ َ ِن ْ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﺎ َد اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ْﻘﻌَ ِﺪهِ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺪ َﱠق ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺪ َر‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٍْت‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻤْ ِﺘ ُﻊ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﻟﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫أَيﱠ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻜ َﺸ َﻔ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜﺎ ُن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗُﺤْ َﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻮخ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ وَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻆ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺰ‪،‬‬ ‫َت ﺣَ ِﻈريَ ًة ﻣَ ﺒْﻨِﻴ ًﱠﺔ ِﰲ ﻣ َُﻘﺎ ِﺑ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨ َ ْﻮﺑ َِﺮ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ ﺑَﺤْ ﺜِﻬَ ﺎ َوو َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻓ ِﺎر ًﻏﺎ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﻮخ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﺎح ﺗُ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫وع ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﺗﱠﺠَ ﻬَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ًة إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي أَﻣَ ﺎ َم‬ ‫ﺼ ﱢﻔ ُﺮ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﻮز َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ْﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﺳﻮَى أ َ ْن أ َ َﺧﺬَ ْت ﺗُﺤَ ﺪ ُﱢق ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ر َﻓ َﻊ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬ ‫ﻂءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ َذا ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ؟«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ َرى ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻮخ‪.‬‬ ‫»ﻫﻠُﻤﱢ ﻲ إِذَ ْن!« َوﻧَﻬَ َﺾ وَﻣَ َﴙ ِﺑﺎﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﴏ َة ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺴﻚِ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﴬي ُ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬أَﺣْ ِ ِ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ أَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘْﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ أ ُ ِرﻳﺪ َُﻫﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْاﻵ َن‪«.‬‬ ‫َو ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ِﻟﻴَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ُر ْؤﻳ َُﺔ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺪﱠا ِﻛﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني و َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﱪ َُﻗ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﺛَﺎ َر ِة ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ْف ﺗَ َﺮاهُ؛ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ إِﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَأَﺧِ ريًا َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا َﻻ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪِﻳﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْاﻵ َن؟«‬ ‫»ﻷَﻧﱢﻲ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْر ُﻛ َﺾ ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ﺎءِ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ ِﺑﺄ َ ْرﺟُ ﻠِﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻓِﻴﻌَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫– ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴬﻳﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ أﻳﱠ ِﺔ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ﻓِ ﻌْ ُﻞ َذﻟِﻚ إ ِ َذا أﺣْ ﺒَﺒ ِْﺖ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أﺣْ ِ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ .‬ﺳﻨ َ َﻀﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺨِ َﺰاﻧ َ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ٍ‬

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‫ﻃ َﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺘَﺢَ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ َود َ‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َو َراءَهُ‪ .‬وَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ٍﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻫﻴْﻤَ ﻨ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮخ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛﻤَ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ات ﺣَ ﺠْ ٍﻢ ُﻣﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ٍﺔ ذَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ ْاﻷَو ِﱠل ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻓِ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫اش ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﺪ َﻗﺎ ِﺑﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ ُر ْﻛ ٍﻦ‪ .‬و َِﰲ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻛ ِﻦ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﻣﺪ َْﻓﺄ َ ٌة و َ​َﻏ ﱠﻼﻳ ٌَﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة ﻣُﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻘ ٌﺔ َﻓﻮ َْﻗﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴﺪِ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ﺑَﺎبٌ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻂ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﻫِ َﻲ ا ْﻟﺨِ َﺰاﻧ َ ُﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﺘَﺤَ ﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱡ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎق‪َ ،‬و َﻟﺤْ ٌﻢ ُﻣﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﺒ ٌ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻛﻮَابٌ ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ُ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺧ ٌﻦ وَﺟُ ﺒْ ٌﻦ‪َ .‬ر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ِﺑﺪَاﺧِ ﻠِﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ُﺴﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ِع ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬د َ​َﻓﻌَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻒ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ‬ ‫ف َود َ​َﻓﻌَ ْﺖ ُ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴏ َة ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻮر ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪ .‬أ َ َراد ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ِﺑﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ ِﰲ أ َ ْرﺟَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ‪:‬‬ ‫َت أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻀﻤَ َﻦ ﻋَ َﺪ َم ا ْﻟﻌُ ﺜ ُ ِ‬ ‫»أَﻳ َْﻦ َﺳﺄَﻧَﺎ ُم ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي؟«‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬أَﻳْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﺗُﺤِ ﺒﱢ َ‬ ‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠَ ًﺔ َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا ِﰲ ﺗَ َﻔ ﱡﻘ ِﺪ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ُر ْﻛ ٍﻦ َو َز ِاوﻳَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻂ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬رأ َ ْت ُﺳ ﱠﻠﻤً ﺎ َﻗ ِﺼريًا‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ َووَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﺨ َﺰ ِن ِﺗﺒ ٍْﻦ َ‬ ‫ري‪.‬‬ ‫َ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ري ٌة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱢﺒ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴ ِﱢﺐ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﺤَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ﻧَﺎﻓِ َﺬ ٌة ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺪِﻳ َﺮ ٌة‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻛﻮْﻣَ ٌﺔ َﻛ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻂ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﺳﺄﻧَﺎ ُم ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ْاﻷﻋْ َﲆ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪ .‬ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜﺎ ُن ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ٌﻞ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﺻﻌَ ْﺪ ﻟ َِﱰَى َﻛ ْﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ٌﻞ!«‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ ‪» :‬أُوه‪ ،‬أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ!«‬ ‫ف ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪َ :‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﳾ ْاﻵ َن‪َ .‬ﺳﺄَﺣْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣ َُﻼءَةٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﺳﺄ ُ َرﺗﱢﺐُ ﻓِ َﺮ ِ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪َ «.‬وذَ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺨِ َﺰاﻧ َ ِﺔ وَﻗ َﴣ ِﺑ ْﻀ َﻊ دَﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ ﻳَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺧ َﺮجَ‬ ‫ﺎش َ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﺧ ِﺸﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻠُﺢَ ﻣ َُﻼءَ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ِﺔ ُﻗﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫اش ﻟ ِ​ِﻄ ْﻔ ٍﻞ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻓ َﺮدَا ﻗِ ْ‬ ‫ﺎش َﻓﻮ َْق‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ اﻟﺘﱢﺒ ِْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ْﻜ ِﻞ ﻓِ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺸﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻤ َﻞ ِاﻻﺛْﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮَاﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱢﺒ ِْﻦ َود ﱠَﺳ َ‬ ‫َت ُﻣ َﺮﺗﱠﺒ ًَﺔ َوﻣ ُِﺮﻳﺤَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎءِ‪ «.‬وَاﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ِﺳﻮَى ا ْﻟﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺢ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮ َك ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨ َﺰ َن وَﻋَ ﺎ َد ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ دَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ وَﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ِﺟﻮَا ٌل َ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﺨ ٌﻢ و َ​َﺳ ِﻤﻴ ٌﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫﺬَا َﺳﻴَﻔِﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ ِض‪«.‬‬ ‫اش ِﺑﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَا دَاﻓِ ﺌًﺎ َوﻣ ُِﺮﻳﺤً ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ﱠن ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻓ َﺮ َﺷﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻮَا َل َﻓﻮ َْق ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫‪14‬‬

‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﺪ‬

‫– »ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫اش َراﺋِﻌً ﺎ! أَﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ َﻟ ْﻮ ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ َﻛ ْﻲ أَد ُ‬ ‫ْﺧ َﻞ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ‪» :‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ أَو ًﱠﻻ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺎ َرأْﻳُﻚِ ؟«‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِ​ِﻦ ْاﻵ َن َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ْت أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫اش‪ ،‬ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﺧِ َﻀ ﱢﻢ إِﺛَﺎ َر ِة إِﻋْ ﺪَادِ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎﺋِﻌَ ٌﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻴﺐ ﺣَ ِﻈريَ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‪َ .‬ر َاﻗﺒَﺘْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪَاءُ‪ ،‬ذَ َﻫﺐَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ﻟ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﱰﺗ ِ‬ ‫و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﻜﻨ ُ ُﺴﻬَ ﺎ َوﻳ َ​َﻀ ُﻊ َﻗ ٍّﺸﺎ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪًا ِﻟﺘَﻨَﺎ َم ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺰ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻟﻌِ ﺒ َْﺖ ِﰲ ﺣِ ْﻀ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ أَدﱠى‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز أَﻋْ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِﻣﻴ َﱠﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎءِ ِﺑ َﺴﻌَ ﺎ َدةٍ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ َوﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺺ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻔِ ريًا ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ‪َ .‬ر َاﻗﺒ َْﺖ ﻫِ َﻲ وَﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺰ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُل َوﺛْﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﻤَ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َﻓ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم ِﻟﺘَﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحَ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﺤِ ﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ :‬وَاﺣِ ٌﺪ أَﺑْﻴ َُﺾ َووَاﺣِ ٌﺪ ﺑُﻨ ﱢ ﱞﻲ‪ ،‬إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ِﻒ‬ ‫َو َر َﻛ َﺾ اﺛْﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱡ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻜ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي و َ​َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت ِﰲ ﻣَ َﺮ ٍح َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ ْﻠ ُﻜﻨَﺎ؟«‬ ‫ان َﻟﻨَﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ِاﻻﺛْﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﻫﺬَ ِ‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻤ ُﻪ اﻟﺪﱡبﱡ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﻤُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺠَ ﻌَ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة وَا ْﻟﺒُﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ْ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ‪» :‬ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺎءُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ‪ ،‬و َْاﻵ َن َﺳﺎﻋِ ﺪِﻳﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎ ِم َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﺋِﻌَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ِﺎﻣﻬَ ﺎ َوإِد َ‬ ‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫َﺳﺎﻋَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻣﺘَ َﺸﻮ َﱢﻗ ًﺔ‬ ‫ْﺧﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ﻟِﻠﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻧْﻬَ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﺸﺎء َ​َﻫﺎ َ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ِﻟﺘَﺠْ ِﺮﺑَ ِﺔ ﻓِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎدِئ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﺷﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ‪ْ ُ .‬‬ ‫ﻴﻖ َﻫ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ُق ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻮ ٍم ﻋَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻮخ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺒﻴ َﱠﺔ‬ ‫َﺎح ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻮﻳﱠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻬُ ﺐﱡ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج َﻓﺘَﺠْ ﻌَ ُﻞ أ ْﻟﻮَاحَ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫ف َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﻤُﺨِ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ ِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫ﴫ َﻏ َﻀﺒًﺎ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﻨَﻌَ ْﺖ أَﺣْ َﻼﻣُﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫َاب‬ ‫ﱧ َوﺗَ ِ ﱡ‬ ‫وع ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ِﻣ ْﻦ ِاﻻ ْﻗ ِﱰ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ َﺔ ِﻻﻧْﻜ َِﺴ ِﺎر ُﻓ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫»ﺳﺘَ َﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﺎف اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ‪ «.‬ا ْرﺗَ َﻘﻰ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻆ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز و َ​َﻫﻤَ َﺲ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻒ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ ْ‬ ‫ِﰲ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻢ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨ َﺰ ِن َوو َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫اش ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ﻓِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻮءِ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻤَ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﻓِ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺒ ﱢَﻘﻲ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َع أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى وَﺟْ َﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة اﻟﻨﱠﺎﺋِﻤَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻠﻘِ ﻲ ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ا ْﻟﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ َﲆ ذِ َراﻋِ ﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﻤﻴﻚِ ُﻣﺘَ َﻮ ﱢر َد َة ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬وﺗُ ْﺴ ِﻨ ُﺪ َرأ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ُﺳ ُﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻠﺌَ ِﺔ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﻮَاﻗِ ِﻊ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ٌﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺴ ُﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬

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‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬

‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻤَ ُﺮ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﻳَﺘَﺄَﻣﱠ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻒ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻒ ﺣُ ْﻠ ٍﻢ ﺟَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎب َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘَﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤَ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬

‫ِﰲ ْ‬ ‫اﳋَﺎ ِر ِج َﻣ َﻊ ا ْﳌ َ ْﻌ ِﺰ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ِﺑﺎﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ٍﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑ َﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ٍة ﺑَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ٍﺔ ِﰲ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ‪ .‬ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ْت ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َرأﺗْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ َﺴ ًﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ َو َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ِﺑ َﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ٍة ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪َ .‬ﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اش ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ْت ﺑﻴﱰ‪ .‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﻏﺘَ َﺴ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي و َ​َﻫﻨْﺪَﻣَ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﻬﱠ َﺰ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ وَﺟْ ﺒ ًَﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒ ًَﺔ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ﺧِ َﻼ ِل‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫دَﻗﺎﺋِﻖ َﻛﺎﻧ ْﺖ ِﰲ اﻟﺨ ِﺎر ِج ِﰲ ﺣِ ﻀ ِﻦ اﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻣَ َﻊ اﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﱄ ْ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪» :‬ﺗَﻌَ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻴﱰ ﻟِﻬﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻧِﻲ ﺟَ ﺪﱡكِ أَو َِاﻣ َﺮ ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺮ َاﻗﺒَﺘِﻚِ !«‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ َوﺗَ ِﺒﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺑْ َ‬ ‫أَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ َ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻋَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ِريﻳﺢَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺰ‪ .‬ﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﻘ َﺪ ﺑﻴﱰ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬ ‫ري ﻟ ُ ِ‬ ‫َﻗ ِﻄﻴﻌَ ُﻪ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧَﺎ َم ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض اﻟﺪﱠاﻓِ ﺌَ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﺠَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ َﴏ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ ًﺔ ُﻣ َﺪ ﱢوﻳ ًَﺔ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَيﱢ َ‬ ‫ﺎﱃ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﻮﻗِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ر َﻓﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َو َرأ َ ْت َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﺋ ٍِﺮ َرأَﺗْ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎت و ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﻔ ِﺮ ُد ﺟَ ﻨَﺎﺣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَﻳ ِْﻦ َوﻳَﺪُو ُر ِﰲ ﺣَ َﻠ َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫َاﺳﻌَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ! اﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ري! اﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻆ! اﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ!« َ‬ ‫»ﺑﻴﱰ‪ ،‬ﺑﻴﱰ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻆ ﺑﻴﱰ َو َراﻗﺒَﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﺧﺘَﻔﻰ َو َراءَ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﻤَ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬إ ِ َﱃ أَﻳ َْﻦ ذَ َﻫﺐَ ؟«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻴﱰ‪» :‬إ ِ َﱃ ﻋُ ﱢﺸ ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ َﻔ َﺮ ٍح‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫﻴﱠﺎ ﻧَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ!«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻴﱰ ِﺑﺤَ ْﺰ ٍم‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺎع‪ .‬اﺑ َْﻘ ْﻲ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫»ﻻ! ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺰ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺴ ﱡﻠ ُﻖ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا ِاﻻ ْرﺗ َِﻔ ِ‬ ‫أَذْ َﻫﺐُ أَﻧَﺎ ِ ِﻹﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪَاءِ‪«.‬‬

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‫َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺟَ ِﺒﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﻟﺜَﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ٍﺔ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺰ ﺗَ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ وَأ َ َراد ْ‬ ‫َت أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻀ ﱠﻢ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻟِﺒﻴﱰ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َ​َﻀ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒْ َﺰ وَا ْﻟﺠُ ﺒ َْﻦ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬أ َ ْﺧ ِ ْ‬ ‫ون ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَ ِة ُﻫ َﻮ ﺗﻮرك‪ .‬دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ري ِه ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‪ِ .‬ﻟﺬَﻟِﻚ ﺗَﺠْ ِﺮي‬ ‫ﻄﺢَ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫– »ذُو ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻤُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺮا ُه َﻗﺎدِ ﻣً ﺎ‪ .‬ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ُة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ﻫِ َﻲ ﺟﺮﻳﻨﻔﻴﻨﺶ‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة‬ ‫َﴎﻳﻌَ ٌﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ﱠن ﺗﻮرك َﻏﺎ ِﻟﺒًﺎ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻫﺎ وَﻫِ َﻲ َﻗﺎدِ ﻣَ ٌﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ُﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا و َ ِ‬ ‫َﻫﺐﱠ ﺑﻴﱰ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة وَاﻗِ ًﻔﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ َو َر َﻛ َﺾ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻒ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‪ .‬ﺗَ ِﺒﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫ﴎ ِع ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬اﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓﻌَ ﺎ و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ني ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ُﻣﺘَﻮَﺟﱢ ﻬَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي و َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﺑﻴﱰ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺟﺮﻳﻨﻔﻴﻨﺶ ﺗَ ْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ ِﰲ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺤَ ﺪ َِر ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮﺟﺌَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰ ُة‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﺨ ِﺮيﱢ ‪ .‬أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ﺑﻴﱰ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ وَأَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ أَﺣَ َﺪ ِرﺟْ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠﻔِ ﻴﱠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ُ .‬ﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﺺ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَ ِﺪ ِه ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﺗَﺜ ْ ُﻐﻮ ِﺑ َﻐ َﻀ ٍﺐ‪ .‬وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َر َوﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َ‬ ‫ات ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ﱠن ﺑﻴﱰ‬ ‫اﺿ ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ ِﻟ ُﻤﻨَﺎدَا ِة ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻟ ْﻠﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺠﻬَ ًﺔ ِﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪َ .‬رأ َ ِت ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ﺪ َِق ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱟﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑﻴﱰ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰةِ‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اق ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ ﺣُ ْﻠ ِﻮ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﺤَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وو َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ أَﻣَ ﺎ َم أَﻧ ْ ِﻒ ﺟﺮﻳﻨﻔﻴﻨﺶ‬ ‫َﻓﺠَ ﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌْ ًﻀﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ ْو َر ِ‬ ‫ﺎﱄ ْ ﻳَﺎ ﺟﺮﻳﻨﻔﻴﻨﺶ! ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮﻧِﻲ ﻣ َُﺸﺎﻏِ ﺒ ًَﺔ! اﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬ﺗَﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﴪ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮي ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴ ُﻘ ِﻄﻲ َﻓﺘُ ْﻜ َ َ‬ ‫َﺳ ُﺎﻗﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻛ ُﻞ ْاﻷ َ ْو َر َ‬ ‫اق ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَ ِﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ِ .‬ﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ِت ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻒ‬ ‫ﺑﻴﱰ وَأَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑﺠﺮﻳﻨﻔﻴﻨﺶ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ِْق ﺣَ ْﻮ َل َر َﻗﺒَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻜ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎ َة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗﺎدَا ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِﺎر َد َة ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛ ُﻞ ِﺑ َﺴ َﻼ ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑَ ِﻘﻴ ُﱠﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﺦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰةِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺮ َﻓ َﻊ ﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ُه‬ ‫ْاﻵ َن و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﺎدُوا إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻀﻴﱢ ْﻊ ﺑﻴﱰ أيﱠ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﻮ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﺎب َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﴫ َ‬ ‫و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َِﺼﻴﺢُ ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ِﺎزﻣً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ إِﻋْ َ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ َﻻ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ ﺑﻴﱰ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴐﺑ ًَﺔ َﻗ ِﻮﻳ ًﱠﺔ َﻛﻌِ َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ﴬﺑَﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬اﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ َﻛ ْﻢ ﻫِ َﻲ ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ ﻮ َر ٌة!«‬ ‫ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ُه ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫َزﻣْ ﺠَ َﺮ ﺑﻴﱰ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ ِﻟﺬَﻟِﻚ‪َ «.‬و َر َﻓ َﻊ ﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺑْ َ‬ ‫َني ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱢﻲ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰةِ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡﻖ ِﻟ َﻠﻤْ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﺳﺘُ ْﺆذِﻳﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬اﺗْ ُﺮ ْﻛﻬَ ﺎ و َ​َﺷﺄْﻧَﻬَ ﺎ!«‬

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‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‬

‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒ ٌَﺔ‪ .‬أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪َ .‬ﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ َﻛ ْﻢ ﻫِ َﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺘْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﺑﻴﱰ ِﺑﺪ َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻢ‬ ‫َﻏﺪَاﺋِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ اﻋْ ﺘَ َﻘﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ َﻟ ِﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ َﻛﻬَ ﺬَا‬ ‫َت أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ﺟَ ﺎﺋِﻌً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ْﻢ أَيﱡ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‪ .‬أَﻧ ْ َﺰ َل ﺑﻴﱰ ا ْﻟﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َان َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ‪ .‬و َْاﻵ َن ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ إِﻋْ َﻔﺎءَ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮ ِ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﻄ ِ‬ ‫»ﺳﺄَﺗْ ُﺮ ُﻛﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺬ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ ْن أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻴْ ِﺘﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ﺒْﻨِﻚِ َﻏﺪًا‪َ «.‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺎن َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺑ ًﺴﺎ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺴﺒ َِﺐ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ِع ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺳﺒﱠﺒَﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰ ُة َﻟﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫»ﺳﺘَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ ُه ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻏﺪًا َو ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪َ .‬ﻻ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪهُ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺄُﻋْ ِﻄﻴ َﻚ ُﺧﺒْ ًﺰا أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪ ،‬ﻗِ ْ‬ ‫َرد ْ‬ ‫ﱠت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ًﺔ‬ ‫ﴬبَ ﺟﺮﻳﻨﻔﻴﻨﺶ أ َ ْو أَﻳٍّﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة َﻛﺎ ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ َﺧﺬْﺗَﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌِ َﺪﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺄَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى أَﺑَﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻴﱰ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴ ٌﻦ‪ ،‬اﺗﱠ َﻔ ْﻘﻨَﺎ‪َ «.‬وﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﻰ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَ ِﺰ ُم ِﺑﺤَ ﱟﻖ ِاﻻ ْﻟ ِﺘ َﺰا َم ِﺑ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬

‫اﳉ ﱠﺪ ِة‬ ‫ِز َﻳ َﺎر ُة ْ َ‬ ‫وج َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮر‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ُﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﴤ و َْﻗﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ ﺑﻴﱰ‪ .‬ذَ َﻫﺒَﺎ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﻮ ﺑ َِﺎردًا ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫و َْاﻷ َ ْز َﻫ ِﺎر‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي أ َ ْن ﺗَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻔﺘَﻘِ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ْت ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﺑﻴﱰ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺎﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ َم ْ ِ‬ ‫أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪَاءِ َﻓﺤَ ْﺴﺐُ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻣ ُْﺸﻜ َِﻼ ٌت أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ُﺮ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﱠف ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧَﺤْ ٍﻮ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ِﰲ وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد ﻫﺎﻳﺪي اﻟ ﱠﻠ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫ﺎت ﺗَﺘَ َﴫ ُ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ِﺔ ِ ِﻹ ْر َﺷﺎدِ َﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﻮ ﺑ َِﺎردًا ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ ﺑﻴﱰ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺰ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻫ َﻮ و َْﻗ ُﺖ‬ ‫َذ َﻫﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ‪ .‬أَﺣَ ﺒ ْﱠﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ْﺳ ِﺌ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ دِ َر َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺑﻴﱰ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣُﻮ َﻟﻌً ﺎ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ﺒﱢ ِﻪ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ‪َ .‬وذَ َ‬ ‫ات ﻣَ َﺴﺎءٍ‪،‬‬ ‫اع ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﺈﺟَ ﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎةِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أﺣَ ﺐﱠ ﻋَ ﻤَ َﻠ ُﻪ َﻛ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫اﻹﺟَ ﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﺳ ِﺌ َﻠﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻰ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِر َﺳﺎ َﻟ ًﺔ ﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ‪» :‬أ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠ ْﺖ َﻟﻚِ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ ِر َﺳﺎ َﻟ ًﺔ و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﻮ ﱡد أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄْﺗِﻲ ﻟ ِ​ِﺰﻳَﺎ َرﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َار ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎب ﻟ ِ​ِﺰﻳَﺎ َر ِة أَﺣَ ٍﺪ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ُة اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬ ‫ﺎب ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺴ َﻠ َﻢ أَﺧِ ريًا ِﻟ َﺮ ْﻏﺒَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْزﻋَ ﺠَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﺣَ ْﻮ َل اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﻤﻴ َﻚ ِﻟﻴَﻠُ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َم ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺻﻌِ َﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ْﺨ َﺰ ِن اﻟﺘﱢﺒ ِْﻦ وَأَﻧ ْ َﺰ َل ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻮَا َل ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎو َﻟ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﻒ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َة ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ذَ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﻈريَ ِة و َ​َﺧ َﺮجَ ﻳ َْﺴﺤَ ﺐُ ِﻣ ْﺰ َﻟﺠَ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة‪ .‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﱡ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌُ ﻮ ِد إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺢ ِﰲ ﺣِ ﺠْ ِﺮهِ‪ .‬وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ري َة ِﰲ و ْ‬ ‫ﳼ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟﺠَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺋ ٍِﺮ ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﻠ ُﻖ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ َ‬ ‫ُﻛ ْﺮ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺿ ٍﻊ ﻣ ُِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺮ َﺷ َﺎﻗ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ُﻏ ُ‬ ‫ﻮخ ﺑﻴﱰ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻔﺎ أﻣَ ﺎ َم ُﻛ ِ‬

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‫َﺻ ْﻠ ِﺖ ْاﻵ َن‪ .‬اذْ َﻫ ِﺒﻲ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺒْﺪَأ ُ ﺣُ ﻠُﻮ ُل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ و َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌُ ﻮدِي‬ ‫ﺎل‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﻬَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫َﺻﻌِ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ َﻞ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺎﺣِ ﺒًﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟﺠَ َﺔ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﺪ َْﻓﺄ ٌةَ‬ ‫ﻮخ َود َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻠِﻤَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺤَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺑَﺎبَ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ َِﺦ‪ .‬و َِﰲ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻛ ِﻦ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ٌة ﻋَ ﺠُ ﻮ ٌز‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻨْﺤَ ِﻨﻴ َُﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َت َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻬْ ِﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﻘ ﱡﺪ ِم ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻐ ِﺰ ُل ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮف َﻓﺘُﺤَ ﱢﻮﻟُ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ َﺧﻴ ٍْﻂ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ري‪َ .‬ﺳﺎ َر ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻧَﺤْ ﻮ َ​َﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘ ِْﺨﺪَا ِم ِﻣ ْﻐ َﺰ ٍل َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬ﻳَ ْﻮ ٌم َﺳﻌِ ﻴ ٌﺪ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﺗَﻴ ُْﺖ أَﺧِ ريًا‪َ .‬ﻫ ْﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ ِﺖ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ِﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ أَﺑَﺪًا؟«‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻴَ ِﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻣَ ﱠﺪﺗْﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺴ َﺴ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ‪َ .‬‬ ‫َر َﻓﻌَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي؟«‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ ،‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧ َ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟﺠَ ِﺔ ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز اﺑْﻨَﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺨِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﰲ ُر ْﻛ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺟﺪٍّا! َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَﺒْﺪُو ﻳَﺎ ﺑﺮﻳﺠﻴﺘﺎ؟«‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﻘﻮ ٌل؟ ﻳَﺪَاكِ دَاﻓِ ﺌَﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻐ ُﺮ ِﺳﻨٍّﺎ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﺘَﺎ ٌة َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أُﻣﱡ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَأَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ﺎل َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒَ ٍﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا!«‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺪ َﱠﻫﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَﻨِﻲ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ! َﻓ ِﻬ َﻲ ﺗَﺒْﺪُو ِﺑﺤَ ٍ‬ ‫أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَاﻗِ َﻔ ًﺔ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺘَﺠَ ﱠﻮ ُل ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َوﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺘِﻤَ ﺎ ٍم إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َﻫﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ‪» :‬ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬وَاﺣِ ٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻊ اﻟﻨﱠﻮَاﻓِ ِﺬ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺎر ِ‬ ‫ُﺼﻠِﺤُ ُﻪ َﻟﻚِ ‪ .‬أَﺗَ َﺮﻳ َْﻦ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُك ذَ َﻫﺎﺑًﺎ َوإِﻳَﺎﺑًﺎ ﻣُﺤْ ِﺪﺛًﺎ َ‬ ‫ْﺿﺎءَ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴَﺄْﺗِﻲ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي َوﻳ ْ‬ ‫ْﻒ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ ﱞﺮ‬ ‫ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺠ ِﻪ؟«‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫»ﻃ ْﻔ َﻠﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة‪َ ،‬ﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أ َ َرى َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ ْنَ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪ِ :‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴏﻳ ٌﺮ و َ​َﺧ ْﺸ َﺨ َﺸ ٌﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﻊَ‪ .‬ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ﻋُ ﻴُﻮبٌ َﻛ ِﺜريَ ٌة ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜ ِﺜريًا ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ُﻊ َﻟ ُﻪ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َر‪َ .‬‬ ‫اﳾ َﻟﻴ ًْﻼ وَأَﻧَﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٌﺔ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْر ُﻗ ُﺪ ِﰲ ﻓِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫وﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ﻣَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ُﺼﻠِﺤُ ُﻪ َﻟﻨَﺎ‪ .‬ﺑﻴﱰ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ف َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َاع اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَةِ؟«‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ُر ْؤﻳ َُﺔ ِﻣ ْﴫ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫– »ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ُر ْؤﻳ َ​َﺔ أَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻮءٌ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ُﺮ‪ُ .‬ﻣ َﺆ ﱠﻛ ٌﺪ َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫– » َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ إِذَا أ َ َﺧﺬْﺗُﻚِ َﺧ ِﺎرﺟً ﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠ ِﺞ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َ‬ ‫ْف ﺗَ َﺮﻳْﻨ َ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ذَﻟِﻚ‪«.‬‬

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‫ِزﻳَﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة‬

‫ﻈ َﻼ َم ﻳ َُﻼ ِز ُﻣﻨِﻲ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ْاﻵ َن‪َ .‬ﺳﻮَاءٌ ِﰲ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠ ِﺞ أ َ ْو ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﺗِﻲ‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪َ ،‬ﻻ‬ ‫ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻠﻀ ْﻮءِ ﻣ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﺗِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻟﺘَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻠﻢَ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ » :‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴ ِْﻒ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺧِ ﻨ َ ُﺔ َﺳ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﴩ َﻗ ًﺔ وَﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻚِ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻌَ ًﺔ َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴَﺎ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫– »أُوه‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ أ َ َرى أ َ ِﺷﻌﱠ َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎل و َ​َﻻ اﻟ ﱡﺰ ُﻫﻮ َر ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮاءَ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ ﺗَ ْﻠﻤَ ُﻊ َﻓﻮ َْق ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺒ ِ‬ ‫أَﺑَﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎل‪ .‬و َِﰲ ﺣُ ْﺰﻧِﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﻗ ِﻊ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا‬ ‫ﺎت‪ ،‬اﻧ ْ َﻔﺠَ َﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ ﺑُ َﻜﺎءٍ ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُِﴤءَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ َم ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ﻠِﻚِ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا؟ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْؤﻳ َُﺔ؟«‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة أ َ ْن ﺗُﻬَ ﱢﺪئ َ ِﻣ ْﻦ َرو ِْع ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎةِ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻬْ ِﻞ إ ِ ْﺳ َﻜﺎﺗُﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻛ ِﺜريَ َة ا ْﻟﺒُ َﻜﺎءِ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺒْﻜِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ ْ‬ ‫َﺼﻌُ ﺐُ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮوجُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ِن‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ اﻧْﺘَﺎﺑَﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﻮ َْﻗ ٍﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﱄ ْ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺒﻴﺒ َُﺔ‪ .‬أ َ ْﺧ ِ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫وَأَﺧِ ريًا َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪» :‬ﺗَﻌَ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺣَ ﺎ ُل ﺟَ ﺪﱢكِ ‪.‬‬ ‫أ َ ْﺧ ِ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫ني ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﲆ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓﺘُ ُﻪ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ َِاﱄ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ْﻊ‬ ‫ري أَﺑَﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻷَﻋْ ﻮَا ٍم ْاﻵ َن‪ُ .‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﻌُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑﻴﱰ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻻ ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﱪُﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬اﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ِﺮي‬ ‫ﺟَ َﻠﺐَ َﻫ َﺬا ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ًة ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة و َ​َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة ﻟِﻬﺎﻳﺪي‪َ ،‬ﻓﺠَ ﱠﻔ َﻔ ْﺖ ُدﻣُﻮﻋَ ﻬَ ﺎ َ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴ ُِﴤءُ َﻟﻚِ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﺼﻠِﺢُ َﻟﻚِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ َم ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛ َﺪ ٌة‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﻴ ْ‬ ‫ﱪ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ ُ ْﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ َﻟﻚِ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﺼﻠِﺢُ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة َ‬ ‫ﴎدِ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺮﺣَ ِﺔ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﺪ و َْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺎﻣﺘَ ًﺔ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻗ َﻀﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َِت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻋَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ﺘَﺎ َز ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﺪﻣُﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺒﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ َﻐ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺘِﻤَ ﺎ ٍم‪ .‬ﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﻌَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫َت ﻫِ َﻲ وَاﺑْﻨَﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺪَﻫِ َﺸﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮز‪ .‬ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻧ ْ َﻔﺘَﺢَ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبُ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ُﻘﻮﻟُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫َﻫﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأ َ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ‪» :‬ﺑﻴﱰ!«‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎةِ‪َ .‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ُﺔ ﺑﻴﱰ ﻋَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻚ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﺘَ َﻘ َﺎﻓ ُﺰ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻣَ َﺮ ٍح‪.‬‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪» :‬ﺑﻴﱰ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺣَ ﺎ ُل ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ ِة ﻣَ ﻌَ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫‪23‬‬

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‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻬَ ﺎ ﺑﻴﱰ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫أ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َِت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ُ » :‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ آ ُﻣ ُﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻗﺎدِ ًرا ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ ِة ْاﻵ َن‪ .‬ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ِﻛﺘَﺎبُ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻴ ُﺪ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﻌْ ﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮاﻧِﻴ َﻢ َﻗﺪِﻳ ٌﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ﱢ‬ ‫ف‪َ ،‬وﻓِﻴ ِﻪ أَﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪َ .‬ﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺗَﺬَ ﱡﻛ َﺮ َﻫﺎ ِﻷُﻋِ ﻴﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ آ ُﻣ ُﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﺑﻴﱰ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِﻟﻴ َْﻘ َﺮأ َ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ ِﺎﻣﻌِ ﻲ‬ ‫وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫أ َ ْرد َ​َﻓ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪َ » :‬و َﻟﻜ ِ​ِﻦ اﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ِﺮي‪َ ،‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌُ ﻮدِي إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﱰ َة ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﴪﻋَ ِﺔ!«‬ ‫اﻟﴪﻋَ ِﺔ؟ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ﱠﻛ ِﺪ أ َ ﱠن َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻬْ ِﺮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ﱡ ْ‬ ‫ﱡ ْ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﺤُ ْﺰ ٍن‪َ » :‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ اﻧ ْ َﻘ َﻀ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ‪َ .‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ُم ﻳَﺤِ ﱡﻞ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ وَﻋَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‬ ‫ﴍ َع ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ أ ُ َ‬ ‫وﱃ ﻋَ َﻼﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن أَذْ َﻫﺐَ !«‬ ‫أ َ ْن أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺖ ِﻣﻌْ َ‬ ‫اﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻟِﺒﻴﱰ وَا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘ َ‬ ‫وج‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬أﺛَﺎ َر ِت ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﺟَ َﻠﺒ ًَﺔ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ُﺧ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ َﺷﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ ُﱪُو َدةِ‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا أ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠ ْﺖ ﺑﻴﱰ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ و ُ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ ِﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺒَﺎ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺎﺑَ َﻠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا ِﰲ إ ِ ْﺧﺒ َِﺎر ِه ﻋَ ْﻦ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ِة ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻈﻬْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪َ ،‬ﻏﺪًا ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ َﻗ َﺔ وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴ ِﺎﻣريَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ َﺔ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﻧُﺜَﺒ َﱢﺖ ِﻣ ْﴫَا َع ﻧَﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ِة ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ َوﻧ َ ُﻘﻮ َم ِﺑﺒَﻌْ ِﺾ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ .‬ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟُﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ِﲇءٌ ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺪ ُر أ َ ْ‬ ‫ُوع َوﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ‪«.‬‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻋْ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َات َ ِ‬ ‫ﴏ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ‪» :‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ؟! ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻚِ ذَﻟِﻚ؟«‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ َوﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺠ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ْﻞ ِﱄ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ ﺗَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ْف أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َر ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُل َﻓﻮ ُْق ُرء ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻠِﻤً ﺎ ْاﻵ َن ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻟِﺠَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ‬ ‫ُوﺳ ِﻬﻢْ‪ُ .‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫َوﺗَ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُِﻀﻴﺌَ ُﻪ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛ َﺪ ٌة أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﺳﺘَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ُﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ وَأ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪َ .‬ﻓ ﱢﻜ ْﺮ َﻛ ْﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ ُﻣ ْﺮﻋِﺐٌ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن َﺧﺎﺋ َِﻔ ًﺔ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ُث‪َ .‬ﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ ِﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻏﺪًا ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ َوﻧ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪َ .‬ﺳﻨ َ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺼﻠِﺢَ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي؟«‬ ‫ﻮز َوﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑﺜ َِﻘ ٍﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪةٍ‪ .‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﻟﻬﺎﻳﺪي ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ٍة‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ُﻣﺘَ َﺸﺒﱢﺜ َ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﱠث ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ْﻢ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ ،‬ﺳﻨ َ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِ ِﻹ َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ د َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎف ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﺸ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ ﻓِ ﻌْ ُﻞ ذَﻟِﻚ‪َ .‬ﺳﻨَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ َﻏﺪًا‪«.‬‬

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‫ِزﻳَﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة‬

‫و َ​َﰱ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ِﺑﻮَﻋْ ِﺪهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻔِ ﻲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ َوﻳ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼﻠِﺢُ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪًا‪ .‬و َ​َﻫ َﻜﺬَا ﻣَ َﴣ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءُ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َات ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻜﺌِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﻳَﺠْ ﻌَ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻀﺠَ ِﺮ وَاﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َدةِ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌُ ْﺪ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣُﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﺌَ ًﺔ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ِﺖ ْاﻵ َن ﺗَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠ ُﻊ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ِزﻳَﺎ َر ِ‬ ‫ات ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬

‫زَ ِاﺋ َﺮانِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﱢ‬ ‫ﴎ َع‪ .‬و َْاﻵ َن ِﺷﺘَﺎءٌ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫إِذَا َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫ْﻒ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءُ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻟ ِ​ِﻼﻧْﻘِ َﻀﺎءِ‪ .‬و َ​َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻳَ ْﻮ َم و ُ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﻫِ َﻲ ْاﻵ َن ِﰲ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﺎﻣﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻤُﻔِ ﻴ َﺪ ِة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَﻌْ ﺘَﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا‬ ‫ِﻣﺜْﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ أَيﱢ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻔﺎ َل ِﰲ ِﺳﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻔ َﱰ َِض أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜﻮﻧُﻮا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻧَ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬وَأ َ ْر َﺳ َﻞ‬ ‫ﺎﻇ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَ ْﻠ َﺪ ِة دورﻓﲇ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻛﺘَﺐَ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ ﻟِﺠَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ ﻣَ ﱠﺮﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز َردٍّا ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ﻳُﻔِﻴ ُﺪ ِﺑﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳُ ْﻠﺤِ َﻖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻌِ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱡﺲ‬ ‫ﱠث ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﺪ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ َﻞ ِﻟﻴَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اﺧ ِﺘﻴ َِﺎرهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱡﺲ‪َ » :‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻋَ ﺎ ٍم ﻣَ َﴣ‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ‬ ‫وﺳﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻔﻮ َر ًة‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﺗَﺒْﺪَأ َ ُد ُر َ‬ ‫َﺷﺎ ًة و َ​َﻻ ﻋُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءَ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ مَ‪«.‬‬ ‫َزﻣْ ﺠَ َﺮ ﺟَ ﱡﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ! َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ﻓِ ﻌْ ًﻼ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْر ِﺳ َﻞ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫َﺎل أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة َﻛﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ِﻷَﻣْ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ِﺔ؟‬ ‫ﻮج؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ أ ْن أﺗْ ُﺮ َﻛﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ ُد ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫َاﺻ ِﻒ وَاﻟﺜﱡﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌْ ِﺼ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ ﻟ َِﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻣُﻌَ ﱠﺮ ً‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﻧَﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﺑ َﻲ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺢُ وَأُد َْﻓ َﻦ ِﰲ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠ ِﺞ!«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱡﺲ ِﺑ َﻠﻬْ ﺠَ ٍﺔ ُو ﱢدﻳﱠ ٍﺔ‪» :‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻣُﺤِ ﱞﻖ ﻓِ ﻌْ ًﻼ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ِﺎري‪ .‬أَﺗﱠﻔِ ُﻖ ﻣَ ﻌَ َﻚ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺤِ ً‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‬ ‫إ ِ ْر َﺳﺎﻟُﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َوﺗَﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﺎس‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻴ َْﺶ ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َﺧ ِﻄريٌ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻦ‬ ‫ري َك ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ﻣَ َﻊ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر ﱢ‬ ‫ﺗَﻨْﺠُ َﻮ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إِذَا ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءِ!«‬ ‫َث َﻟ َﻚ أَيﱡ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﰲ ُﺷﻬُ ِ‬

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‫– »دَﻋْ ﻨِﻲ أ ُ َؤ ﱢﻛ ْﺪ َﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي أَﻧﱢﻲ أَﻋْ ﺘَﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺒ َْﻘﻰ دَاﻓِ ﺌَ ًﺔ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ِ .‬ﻣﺪ َْﻓﺄَﺗِﻲ‬ ‫َﻻ ﺗَﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻔِ ﺊ ُ أَﺑَﺪًا‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ذَ َﻫﺎ ِﺑﻲ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ﻴ ِْﺶ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻠ َﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﺗَ ْﻜ َﺮ ُﻫﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧَﺎ أ َ ْﻛ َﺮ ُﻫﻬُ ﻢْ‪ِ .‬ﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﺑَﻌْ ِﻀﻨَﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌْ ِﺾ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻋْ َﱰ َ​َض ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱡﺲ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﺨِ ﻴَﺎ ُر ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ َﻚ‪ .‬اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻻ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َﻟﺢَ ﻣَ َﻊ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻜ َﺮ ُﻫﻮﻧ َ َﻚ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ ﺪُ‪ .‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ِﺑﺤَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﷲ َوﺗَﻨْﺘَﻘِ َﻞ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ﻴ ِْﺶ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ ِﰲ َﺳ ْﻔ ِﺢ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ .‬ﺳ َﱰَى َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱡﺲ َو َر َﻓ َﻊ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬أﻧَﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄ ﱢﻛ ٌﺪ أﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﺳﺘَﺘﱠﺨِ ﺬُ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺮا َر ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻠِﻴﻢَ‪ .‬أﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ِم َﺳﻨ َ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﺟريَاﻧًﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ .‬أَﻋْ ِﻄﻨِﻲ ﻳَ َﺪ َك َو ِﻋ ْﺪﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻰ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻘ ﱢﺲ وَأَﺟَ ﺎبَ ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ‪» :‬أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻠﺤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﻨ ْ ِﺖ‪،‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ أ ُ ْﺧ ِﱪُ َك ْاﻵ َن أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أ ُ ْر ِﺳ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ َو َﻟ ْﻦ أَﻧْﺘَﻘِ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ َﺳ ْﻔ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ﻴ ِْﺶ و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﺎس‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ِﺑﺤُ ْﺰ ٍن َوﺗَ َﺮ َك ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱡﺲ‪» :‬إ ِ َذ ْن أَﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﺴﺎﻋِ َﺪ َك اﻟ ﱠﺮبﱡ !« و ْ‬ ‫ﻮخ َوﻧ َ َﺰ َل إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎب ﻟ ِ​ِﺰﻳَﺎ َر ِة‬ ‫اج ﻧ َ ِﻜﺪٍ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﺘْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ْﺖ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱢﺲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِﰲ ِﻣ َﺰ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﱠث ِﻟﺒَ ِﻘﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪ِ .‬ﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎح اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺒ َ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨ َ َﺮى‪َ «.‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُِﺰﻳﻠُﻮا أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪ ،‬أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺎق ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪَاءِ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ َزا ِﺋ ٌﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎو َﻟ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ‪َ .‬ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ َة َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ َﻟ َﺔ دﻳﺘﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﺧِ َﺮ ِة د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺒ َﺲ ِﺑ ِﺒﻨ ْ ِﺖ َﺷ َﻔ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔﻬَ َﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻮﺟﺌَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌْ ِﺒري ِ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ِﺮ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴﱢﺪِ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة َوﺗَﺘَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﻰ ِرﻋَ ﺎﻳ ًَﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ًة‬ ‫َات وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬَ ﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ُﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺗَ ْﺮ ُك اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ﱠن دﻳﺘﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜﺎدِ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َﻓ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻳ ُْﻘﻠ ُِﻖ دﻳﺘﺎ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻮز ِﺑﺄ َ ْﺧﺒ َِﺎر َﻫﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﻌَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﱟﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ؛ ِﻟﺬَا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺐٌ َﻏﻨ ﱞِﻲ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﻌْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠ ٌﺔ وَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ٌة‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ِﰲ‬ ‫ﳼ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢﺮكٍ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﴤ ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫ِﺳ ﱢﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ َوﻳَﺘَﻮَﺟﱠ ﺐُ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻢ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨﺪَا ُم ُﻛ ْﺮ ِ ﱟ‬ ‫و َْﻗﺘِﻬَ ﺎ وَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة َوﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐَ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ َ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻣ َﺪﺑﱢ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ ،‬وو َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪ .‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ِﻀ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻓ َﻘ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻫﺬَا َراﺋِﻌً ﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻟِﻬﺎﻳﺪي! َﻓ ِﻬ َﻲ َﺳﺘَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ٍل َﻓﺎﺧِ ٍﺮ و َ​َﺳﻴُﻜﻮُن َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫‪28‬‬

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‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ‪» :‬وَﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠﻢُ‪ ،‬إِذَا ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫َث أَيﱡ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ًﺔ و…«‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز اﻟ ﱠﺰا ِﺋ َﺮ َة‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫ ِﻞ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻴ ِْﺖ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ِﺟﺌْ ِﺖ ِﻟﺘَ ُﻘﻮﻟِﻴ ِﻪ؟«‬ ‫ف! أَيﱡ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ َ‬ ‫َﴏ َ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ َو َﻟﻮﱠﺣَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻴَ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ‪» :‬أ ُ ﱟ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ْﺧﺒ َِﺎر‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺟَ َﻠﺒْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ َﻚ!«‬ ‫– »إِذَ ْن ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ أ َ ْﺧﺬُ أ َ ْﺧﺒ َِﺎركِ ِﻷَيﱢ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ .‬ﻻ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ َﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت دﻳﺘﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْﻘﻌَ ﺪ َِﻫﺎ َﻛ ﱠ‬ ‫وخ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬إِذَا ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ ﺗَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ إِﺑ َْﻘﺎءُ اﺑْﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼﺎ ُر ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺴ ِﺔ أ َ ِو ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫أ ُ ْﺧﺘِﻲ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﲆ د َ‬ ‫ُون إ ِ ْر َﺳﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ َ‬ ‫ُﺨ ِﻄﺊٌ! أَﻧَﺎ ﻣَ ْﺴﺌُﻮ َﻟ ٌﺔ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ! َو َﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻠﻢَ!«‬ ‫ﴏ َخ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱡ‪» :‬ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻔِ ﻲ! ا ْرﺣَ ِﲇ َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا و َ​َﻻ ﺗَﺪَﻋِ ﻴﻨِﻲ أ َ َرى وَﺟْ ﻬَ ﻚِ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا أَﺑَﺪًا!« وَﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌِ ﺒَﺎ َر ِة ﺗَ َﺮ َك ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮخ‪.‬‬ ‫َﴏ َ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻏ َﻀﺒ ِْﺖ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي!« َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﻟِﺪﻳﺘﺎ ِﺑ َﻐ َﻀ ٍﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺎﱄ ْاﻵ َن‪ ،‬أ َ ِرﻳﻨِﻲ أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ُﺴﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﺑ َﺨ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ري‪ .‬ﺗَﻌَ َ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻦ أَذْ َﻫﺐَ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻫ َﺮاءٌ! أَﻧ ْ َﺖ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔﻬَ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ِﰲ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪ُ :‬‬ ‫ﻮز‪.‬‬ ‫ني أَيﱠ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﻣﺜْﻠُﻚِ ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺤْ ﻠُ ِﻤﻲ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻂ‪ «.‬ذَ َﻫﺒ َْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺨِ َﺰاﻧ َ ِﺔ وَأ َ ْﺧ َﺮﺟَ ْﺖ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺘَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة ُﻗﺒﱠﻌَ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﺗَﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻟ ﱠﻔﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺣُ ْﺰﻣَ ٍﺔ وَأَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﱄ ْ ﻣَ ﻌِ َﻲ ْاﻵ َن‪َ .‬ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒﱠﻌَ ُﺔ َرﺛ ﱠ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘُ َﺆدﱢي‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ض ْاﻵ َن‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﻠﻨَﺬْ َﻫﺐْ ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻛ ﱠﺮ َر ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻦ أَذْ َﻫﺐَ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮﻧِﻲ َﻏ ِﺒﻴ ًﱠﺔ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ َﻠ ِﺐ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤْ ِﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜﻮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ ﻨِﻴ َﺪ ًة ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠﻚ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ِﻤﻌِ ﻲ ِﱄ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَﻳ ِْﺖ َﻛ ْﻢ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺟَ ﺪﱡكِ َﻏ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒًﺎ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏﺐُ ِﰲ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘِﻨَﺎ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا أَﺑَﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻹ َ‬ ‫ﺿ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳﺪُكِ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮﺣَ ِﲇ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﻐ ِﻀ ِﺒﻴ ِﻪ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَﻟِﻚ‪ِ .‬ﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﺂﺧﺬُكِ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َرا ِﺋ ٌﻊ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ .‬وإِذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُﺤِ ﺒﱢﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄُﻋِ ﻴﺪُكِ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن‬ ‫اج ﺟَ ﻴﱢ ٍﺪ ِﰲ ذَﻟِﻚ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺪﱡكِ ِﰲ ِﻣ َﺰ ٍ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبُ وَا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ؟«‬

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‫ﱪﺗُﻚِ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﺳﺄُﻋِ ﻴﺪُكِ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ‪» :‬ﻋَ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪ ِﺛ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ‪َ .‬ﺳﻨ َ ِﺴريُ ِﺑ َﻘﺪ ِْر‬ ‫ني؟ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َر َﻏﺪًا‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﻴُﻌِ ﻴﺪُكِ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﱡﻞ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُر ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ‪،‬‬ ‫َﺎح‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﴏ َة ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ذِ َراﻋِ ﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗُﻤْ ِﺴ ُﻚ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَﺪ َِﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ْاﻵ َن ﺗَ َﻀ ُﻊ ُ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺎ َرﺗَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫ْت ﺑﻴﱰ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﺮى ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ‪َ .‬‬ ‫َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬إ ِ َﱃ أَﻳ َْﻦ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ذَاﻫِ ﺒ ٌَﺔ؟«‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ ﺗَﺘَ َﺸﺒ ُﱠﺚ ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأةِ‪َ.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳ َْﻘ َﻠ ُﻖ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻂ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺄَﻋُ ﻮدُ‪ «.‬أَﺑْ َ‬ ‫– »أَﻧَﺎ ذَاﻫِ ﺒ ٌَﺔ ِﰲ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ٍة إ ِ َﱃ ﻓﺮاﻧﻜﻔﻮرت َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ َ ِت ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫َرأ َ ْت ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮخ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﱪ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ ِﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬أُوه‪ ،‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن أ َ ْر ُﻛ َﺾ ِﻷ ُ ْﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة‪َ .‬ﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﰲ اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎري‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ اﻟﺘﱠﻮ ﱡَﻗ ُ‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ أَﺣَ ﺪٍ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌُ ﻮد َ‬ ‫ﴬي َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ أ َ ْن ﺗُﺤْ ِ ِ‬ ‫َﻫ ِﺪﻳ ًﱠﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ري ِﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣُﻤَ ﱠﺰ َﻗ ًﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮخ‪ .‬ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫َني اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻛ ِﺾ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ِﻧﺪَاءَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة و َ​َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ْت ِﰲ ِزﻳَﺎ َرﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﺪَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ دﻳﺘﺎ ﺟَ ﺬَﺑ َْﺖ ﻳَﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ٍة‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ﱠن ِاﻻ ْﺧ ِﺘﻴَﺎ َر َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ِﺪ اﺗﱡﺨِ ﺬَ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ‬

‫ﻳﺪ ٌة‬ ‫َﻋ ِﺎﺋ َﻠ ٌﺔ َﺟ ِﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻌِ َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻠﻘِ ﻴ ًَﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ِرﻳ َﻜ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺎﻧُﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ َوﻣ َِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌْ ِﺐ ِﺟﺪٍّا‬ ‫ري د َ‬ ‫ُون ﻣ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪةٍ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻵ َن ِﰲ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺐ‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺠْ ﺘَ ِﻤ ُﻊ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ِﺴ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻬْ ِﻞ ﻣ َُﻼﺣَ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ُﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎدِ ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺔ أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺘَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﻰ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ ﻛﻼرا‬ ‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ﻣَ ْﻜﺘَﺒ ٌَﺔ أَﻧ َ‬ ‫وﺳﻬَ ﺎ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘ ٌﺔ ذَ ُ‬ ‫ُد ُر َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﻴﱠ ٍﺔ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻮي ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫َاب ُزﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ات أَﺑْﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃ ٍﺔ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ َﻞ أيﱠَ‬ ‫ات‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ ِﺑﺒ َ​َﺴﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﺎﺟُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة‪ .‬وَﻣَ َﻊ ذَﻟِﻚ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪ ،‬وَﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻂ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺎب‪.‬‬ ‫َ ْ‬ ‫َات ُزو ٍﱠار ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ َرﻓِﻴﻌً ﺎ و َ​َﺷﺎﺣِ ﺒًﺎ‪ .‬ﺗَﻨ َ ﱠﻘ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن وَﺟْ ﻬُ ﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫َان ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎدِ ﺋَﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْر َﻗﺎو ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِ‬ ‫َات ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻐ ْﺖ ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ؟« أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎدِ َر ِة‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ ِﻞ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﺎﻣ ﱢﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠث إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ إ ِ َﱃ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻀ َﺪ ٍة َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَةٍ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻣ َﺪﺑﱢ َﺮ ُة‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻣَ ْﺴﺌُﻮ َﻟ ًﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِرﻋَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ُﻣﻨْﺬُ و َ​َﻓﺎ ِة أُﻣﱢ ﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َات ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪةٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫِ َﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ َ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮحَ ُﺳ َﺆا َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫َﺎب‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ وَﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ﺑ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻟ ِﺒ ْﻀ ِﻊ د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﻤُﻚِ ؟«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ‪» :‬ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪«.‬‬

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‫ﺗَﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﺳﻤُﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﻌْ ِﻤﻴﺪِيﱡ ُﻫ َﻮ أدﻳﻠﻬﺎﻳﺪ‪ِ ،‬ﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ ْ‬ ‫ري إِﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻢ أُﻣﱢ ﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ ِﻟﺘَ ْﻐ ِﻴ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻓﺎةِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ُﺧ ْ‬ ‫ﱰﺑ َِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱪكِ ﻳَﺎ دﻳﺘﺎ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫ْاﻗ َ َ‬ ‫ُﻣﻨْﺪَﻫِ َﺸ ٌﺔ ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ َﻓﺘَﺎ ٍة َ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُﻚِ أَﻧﱢﻲ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ َﻓﺘَﺎ ًة ِﰲ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮ ﻛﻼرا‪ .‬ﻛﻼرا ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة َﻛﻬَ ِﺬهِ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴩ َة‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜ ْﻢ ﻋُ ﻤْ ُﺮ أدﻳﻠﻬﺎﻳﺪ؟«‬ ‫اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴ َ​َﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﺨﻔِ َﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧ َ ِﺴ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺪدَ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻗﻮ َل‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻀﺒ ِْﻂ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﴍ ِة أ َ ْو ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻘ ُﺮبُ ذَﻟِﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ِﰲ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﺎﻣﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ «.‬ﻟ َﻜ َﺰﺗْﻬَ ﺎ دﻳﺘﺎ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﺎش‪» :‬أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ اﻟﻨ ﱢ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﺈ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﻌِ ﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﴏ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا؟! ِﰲ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﺎﻣﻨ َ ِﺔ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻐ ُﺮ ِﺑﺄ ْرﺑ َِﻊ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َﺧ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ؟ أ ْ‬ ‫َات! ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ُة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺳﺘَﺠْ ِﻠﺒُﻬَ ﺎ؟ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ َر ْدﻧَﺎ َﺷ ْﺨ ً‬ ‫وس وَا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَةِ! ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻗ َﺮأ ْ ِت‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ﻳ َُﺸ ِﺎر ُك ﻛﻼرا ِﰲ اﻟ ﱡﺪ ُر ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ُة؟«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﳾءَ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻻ َ ْ‬ ‫– »ﻣَ ﺎذَا؟«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ أَﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ‪«.‬‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة! دﻳﺘﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَﺠْ ِﻠ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ْاﻷ َ ْﻛ َﱪُ ِﺳﻨٍّﺎ‪» :‬اﻟ ﱠﺮﺣْ ﻤَ َﺔ! َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ِﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ني ِﱄ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠ ًﺔ‬ ‫ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ َﻫ ِﺬهِ؟ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ْﺨ ِ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻫِ َﻲ!«‬ ‫»ﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﻀﻠِﻚِ ‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﺘَﺎ ٌة َﻟ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ‪ِ :‬‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗُﻤَ ﺜ ﱢ ُﻞ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ﻧ َ ْﻮ َع ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺮاﻓِ ِﻖ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪةٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻮن ﻣَ َﻊ ﻛﻼرا‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن أَذْ َﻫﺐَ ْاﻵ َن‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻚِ َﺳ َ َ‬ ‫ﱰﻳ َْﻦ َﻛ ْﻢ َﺳﺘَﻨ ْ َﺴ ِﺠﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َﺧ َﺮﺟَ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﻨْﺤَ ﻨِﻲ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ َﻔ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﻢ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ِﻟ َﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأَةِ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ و َ​َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﱰُ َﻛﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺮﺣَ ُﻞ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ ِﺌ َﻠ ِﺔ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎب‪َ .‬ﻓﺄ َ َﺷﺎ َر ْت َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻛﻼرا ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﺗَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ َوﺑَﺪَأَﺗَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑَ ِﻘﻴ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻚِ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﻛﻼرا ُﻣﺘَ َﺴﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺼريُ ا ْﻟﻤُﺠَ ﻌﱠ ﺪُ؟«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ ،‬أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ َذﻟِﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻛﻼرا‪َ :‬‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٌة ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘﺪُو ِم إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ؟«‬ ‫‪32‬‬

‫ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة‬

‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﺳﺄَذْ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل َﻏﺪًا‪َ .‬ﺳ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺂﺧﺬُ َﻫ ِﺪﻳ ًﱠﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪ .‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧﱢﻲ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ‪ .‬ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل دﻳﺘﺎ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻣ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ًة َﻟ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫ﺂﺧﺬُ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َرﻏ ً‬ ‫َﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻜ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا‪» :‬أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫رﺳ ْﻠ ِﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻟﺘَﻌِ ِ‬ ‫ُﻀﺤِ َﻜ ٌﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﴚ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ َوﺗُ َﺸ ِﺎرﻛِﻴﻨِﻲ‬ ‫وﳼ‪ ،‬و َْاﻵ َن أ َ ْﻛﺘَ ِﺸ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ أَﻧﱠﻚِ َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ِﻓ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ُد ُر ِ‬ ‫ني ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة‪َ .‬ﺳﻨ َ ْﺴﺘَﻤْ ِﺘ ُﻊ ِﺑﺬَﻟِﻚ! ﻣُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ِﻤﻲ َﺷ ْﺨ ٌ‬ ‫ﺺ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻟ ِﻄ ٌ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴُﺤِ ﺐﱡ ﺗَﻌْ ﻠِﻴﻤَ ﻚِ أﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ﻋَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻣَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َت إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َﻫ ﱠﺰ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ِﰲ َﻗﻮ ِْل َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎق ِﺑﺪﻳﺘﺎ‪ ،‬وَاﻟﻨ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ُة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﻛﻼرا أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﻠﺤَ ِ‬ ‫َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل َﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒ ًَﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ني إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺎن و َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺸﺎءِ‪ «.‬أ َ َﺧﺬَ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن — َﻛ ِﺒريُ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم — ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎمَ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﻬﱠ َﺰ ْت ﺗﻴﻨﻴﺖ — ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎدِ ﻣَ ُﺔ — ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ َﺔ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎو َﻟ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَأَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ ﺗَﻨَﺎ ُوﻟِ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻴ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮف ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺐ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺴﻤَ َﻊ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ َدﺛ ٍﺔَ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎو َﻟ ِﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ َِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﺻﻠ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﺑ َِﺴﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ ﻣَ َﻊ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫– »أدﻳﻠﻬﺎﻳﺪ‪ ،‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻔﻬَ ِﻤﻲ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛِﻲ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم إ ِ ﱠﻻ إِذَا َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻚِ‬ ‫أَﻣْ ٌﺮ َﻟﻬُ ﻢْ‪ «.‬ﺛﻢ أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻜ ْﺖ ِﺑﺬَ ْﻗ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة وَأَدَا َرﺗْﻬَ ﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ﻮ َ​َﻫﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ْﺴ َﻮ ٍة ﻣ ُِﻀ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗَﺠْ ﻌَ ﻠِﻴﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﻌُ ﻚِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ني إ ِ َﱃ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪ ِﺛ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا أَﺑَﺪًا!«‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ِﰲ إ ِ ْﻟ َﻘﺎءِ َﻗﺎﺋِﻤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻮَاﻋِ ِﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘﱠ ِﺒﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫ﻂءٍ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻐﻠ ُِﻖ ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺴ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺎﺣً ﺎ و َ​َﻗﺎﻣَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﺮﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪ .‬ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﻘﻌَ ﺪ َِﻫﺎ و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻮ ٍم ﻋَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪ْ :‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ أَﺧِ ريًا إ ِ َﱃ ﻧِﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﺧِ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫»اﻵ َن ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ ِﺮي ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ؟«‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠﺘُ ُﻪ ﻳَﺎ أدﻳﻠﻬﺎﻳﺪ! َﻫ ْﻞ َﻓ ِﻬﻤْ ِﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﻌَ ٍﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻧَﺎﺋِﻤَ ٌﺔ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ِﺑﺎﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ٍﺔ و ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪َ «.‬ﻓ َﻼ ﺗَﺬْ ُﻛ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤْ ﺘَﻌَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻮ َْﻗ ٍﺖ َ‬ ‫أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻴ ٍﱢﺐ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺸﺎءِ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪ ِْر ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬

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‫َﺟ ْﻮ َﻟ ٌﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺒ ْﻠ َﺪ ِة‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﺘَﺤَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻫِ َﻲ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ْت ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اش‪ ،‬وَا ْرﺗَﺪ ْ‬ ‫َث ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َت‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ َﻔ َﺰ ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ َو َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَةِ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻣﺘَ َﺸﻮ َﱢﻗ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ وَا ْﻟﺒَ َﻠ ِﺪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺘَﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺛَﻘِ ﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﺗَﻨْﺤِ ﻴَﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧﺒًﺎ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻮ ً‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺿﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ذَﻟِﻚ‪َ ،‬زﺣَ َﻔ ْﺖ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﻟﺘَ ِﺼ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَةِ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﺎل ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪ ،‬ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َﻔ ْﺖ أ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱡﺰﺟَ ﺎجَ ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺳﻮَى أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻓ َﻊ َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﻮ َْق ﺣَ ﱠﺎﻓ ِﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ِة ِﻟﺘُ ْﻠﻘِ َﻲ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫َت‪َ .‬ر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ٍة إ ِ َﱃ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬ووَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َراد ْ‬ ‫َت ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺲ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺸ ِﻜ َﻠ ِﺔ ﻣَ َﻊ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸﻌَ َﺮ ْت َﻛﻌُ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮس ِﰲ َﻗ َﻔ ٍﺺ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮر ﻣَ ﺤْ ﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻔ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ﻳُﻨَﺎدِي‪» :‬ا ْﻟ َﻔ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪َ ،‬ﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﺷ ْﺨ ً‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ُر ﺟَ ﺎﻫِ ٌﺰ!« ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺖ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَ َة وَاﻧ ْ َﻀﻤﱠ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﻛﻼرا ِﰲ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪ .‬ﺗَﻨَﺎ َو َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ٍﺔ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَﺎ َزةٍ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ِﺖ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ‪ ،‬د ﱠَﺳ ْﺖ ﻟُ َﻔ َﺎﻓ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ ِﰲ ﺟَ ﻴ ِْﺐ ِﻣﺌْ َﺰ ِر َﻫﺎ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ﺒ َُﺔ‪َ ،‬ر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ﻟ ُِﻐ ْﺮ َﻓﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َوو َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺨِ َﺰاﻧ َ ِﺔ ِﻟﺘَﺄ ُﺧﺬَ َﻫﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ .‬ﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺳﺘَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ُﻦ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ إِﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءِ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺮﻏ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬِﻳ ِﺬ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻫِ ِﻦ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺘُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ َﴗ ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻜﺎ َر ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪ِ ،‬ﻷَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ إِذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ْﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺘَﺠْ ﻌَ ﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨ َ ًﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ إ ِ ْﻟ َﻘﺎءِ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ٍة أَﺧِ ريَ ٍة ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻏ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ‪ ،‬أ َ ْﻏ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ﺑَﺎبَ ا ْﻟﺨِ َﺰاﻧ َ ِﺔ وَاﻧ ْ َﻀﻤﱠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻛﻼرا ِﰲ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺸ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﻤ ُْﻔ َﺮدِﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻛﻼرا ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﻮَاﻓِ ﺬِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠﺘَ ِ‬

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‫– »أُوه‪ ،‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻔﺘَﺤِ ﻲ اﻟﻨﱠﻮَاﻓِ ﺬَ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫َﺼﻌُ ﺐُ َﻓﺘْﺤُ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ا ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮي ِﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻠُ ِﺒﻲ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔﺘَﺤَ ﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻚِ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ُد ُر ِ‬ ‫وﺳﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﱰ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬريَةِ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫وﺳﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ ُد ُر ُ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ﻛﻼرا أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺢَ ِﰲ َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ؛ ِﻟﺬَا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺣُ ﱠﺮ ًة ِﻟﺘَ ْﻔﻌَ َﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺸﺎءُ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫و َْﻗ َﺖ َراﺣَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ﱠو ُل ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن وَﺟَ ﻌْ ﻠُ ُﻪ ﻳ َْﻔﺘَﺢُ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻧَﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫ني‪ .‬أَﺧِ ريًا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺳ َﱰَى ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺘُ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻌِ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻮق إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻓﻮ َْق ِﻣ ْﺴﻨ َ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪَﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺮا ﻣ َ‬ ‫َت ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺨﻴﱢﺒًﺎ ﻟ ِْﻶﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ِﺳﻮَى ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﺮ ٍق ﺣَ ﺠَ ِﺮﻳﱠ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﺳﺄ َ َرى‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﰲ ﺣُ ْﺰ ٍن‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا؟! َﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ َ ْ‬ ‫إِذَا ذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻳَﺎ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن؟«‬ ‫اﻟﴚءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ‪» :‬ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺲ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبُ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ أ َ َرى ا ْﻟﻮَادِيَ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻪُ؟«‬ ‫– »ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ِ ،‬ﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ ذَﻟِﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﱪ ِْج ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ذِي ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َﺮ ِة اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺒﻴﱠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺼﻌَ ﺪِي إ ِ َﱃ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ﺑُ ْﺮ ٍج ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َْﻗﻪُ‪ِ .‬ﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ُر ْؤﻳ َُﺔ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ني َو َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎ ِع ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِﺎر ِع ِﺑﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻧ َ َﺰ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻣ ْﺴﻨ َ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪَﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷُﻣُﻮ َر َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ اﻋْ ﺘَ َﻘ َﺪﺗْﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا ا ْﻟ ُﱪْجُ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﺟﺪٍّا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَةِ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِ​ِﻦ ْاﻵ َن‬ ‫ﱪ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ .‬ﺳﺎ َر ْت ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْن ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪ َد ِﰲ أَيﱢ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ٍه َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت‪ ،‬ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ‬ ‫ﻂءٍ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﻴٍّﺎ ﻳَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﺎص ﻳَﺒْﺪ َ‬ ‫ُون ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ ﻋَ ﺠَ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َرأ َ ْت َ‬ ‫ِﻒ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب‬ ‫أ َ ْﺷ َﺨ ٍ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ أ ُ ْر ُﻏﻨًﺎ ﻳَﺪ َِوﻳٍّﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ِه َوﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ُﺳ َﻠﺤْ َﻔﺎ ًة َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة ِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪهِ‪ .‬ﺟَ َﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ُه و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬أَﻳ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﱪْجُ ذُو ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َﺮ ِة اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺒﻴﱠ ِﺔ؟«‬ ‫»ﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﺂﺧﺬُكِ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎكِ ﻧ َ ِﻈريَ أ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ ِﺔ ِﺑﻨ ْ َﺴ ٍ‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫ﺎت‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ ﻳَﺜ ُِﻖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ وَأ َر َ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﴬ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ َل ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻛﻼرا َﻻﺣِ ًﻘﺎ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا أ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻫﺎ‬ ‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي أﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘُﺤْ ِ ُ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻼ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﱪ ِْج‪َ .‬ﻗ َﺮﻋَ ﺎ ﺟَ َﺮ َس ِاﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘﺪْﻋَ ﺎءِ َو َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ أَﻧْﺤَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻠ َﺪةِ‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا و َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ ﻋَ ﺠُ ﻮ ٌز‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة ِﺟﺪٍّا ﻟ ِ​ِﻼ ْﻫﺘِﻤَ ﺎ ِم ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ِﻲ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ْﺧ ِﻞ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ أ َ ﱠن ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻮز‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻮ ﱢَﺳ َﻠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني أ َ ْﻗﻨَﻌَ ﺘَﺎ ُه ِﺑﺄ َ ْن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﱪ ِْج‪ .‬ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﺴ َﻜ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫‪36‬‬

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‫َﺻﻌِ ﺪ َِت ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ِﻟ َﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ َة‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻼ ِﻟ ْﻠﻘِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ر َﻓﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﱪ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻔﺘُﻮﺣَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اج وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪَاﺧِ ِﻦ‪َ .‬ﺳﺤَ ﺒ َْﺖ َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ‬ ‫َرأ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺪدًا َﻫﺎﺋ ًِﻼ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ ُﻘ ِﻒ و َْاﻷَﺑْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٍْت َﺧﺎﻓِ ٍﺖ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻫﺬَا ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ُ‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱪ اﻟ ﱠﺪ َر ِج ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫أَﻧ ْ َﺰ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ْر ِض و َ​َﻗﺎد َ​َﻫﺎ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻴ ِﱢﻖ إ ِ َﱃ أ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ﻳَﺘﱠ ِﺠﻬَ ِ‬ ‫ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺎر ِس‪َ ،‬ﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻣﻮَاءً ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ِﻤ َﺴﺎﺣَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻔ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣُﻬْ ﺘَﻤﱠ ًﺔ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﻞ‪ ،‬أ َ َﺷﺎ َر َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ َﺳ ﱠﻠ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬أُوه‪َ ،‬ﻛ ْﻢ ﻫِ َﻲ َﻟ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻂ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ!«‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ َﻮد َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ َل ﻋَ َﲆ وَاﺣِ َﺪةٍ؟«‬ ‫– »أَﺣْ ﺘَﻔِ ُ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ؟«‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ‪ .‬أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة إِذَا أَﺣْ ﺒَﺒ ِْﺖ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫– »ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ِ ،‬ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ أ َ ْﺧﺬُ َﻫﺎ ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻬَ ﺎ إِذَا‬ ‫أ َ َرد ِْت‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺳﺘَﺠْ ِﻠﺒُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻟِﻜﻼرا‪َ :‬‬ ‫اﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم وَا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻗِ ﻲ َﻻﺣِ ًﻘﺎ؟«‬ ‫أ َ ْﺧﺬُ اﺛْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﺎﺣِ ًﻜﺎ‪ِ » :‬ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َر ﱠد اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ َ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻫﺎ َﻟﻚِ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ!«‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ إِﻧﱢﻲ َﺳﺄُﺣْ ِ ُ‬ ‫أ َ َﺷﺎ َر ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺗَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة دَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ًﺔ أ َ ْو أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﰲ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ َﻀ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫اﺧ ِﺘﻴ َِﺎر‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎن ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ﺘْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺟُ ﻴُﻮ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ِﺎز َﻟ ًﺔ َد َرﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﻢ‬ ‫ني اﻟ ﱠﻠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني َﺳﺘَﺬْ َﻫﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱢﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ِﺮ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺒ ﱢَﻘﻴ َ​َﺔ ِﻟﺘَ ِﺼ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِﺎر ِع‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ‪» :‬أ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ َﺔ ِﺑﻨ ْ َﺴ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت ِﻷُﻋِ ﻴﺪَكِ ؟«‬ ‫أَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗَ ِﺒﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ﻟِﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺎب‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ َﻟﺪَى ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻐري َة! اذْ َﻫ ِﺒﻲ َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا إ ِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪ .‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎﻋِ ﻲ ﻳَﺎ آﻧ َِﺴﺘ َِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋِ ﻲ! أ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫– »أ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ِﰲ اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎركِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺎب وَأ َ ْﻏ َﻠ َﻘ ُﻪ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ِﺎر ًﻛﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ وَاﻗِ ًﻔﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺪ َر ِج‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﻌْ ﻨ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫َد َﻟ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ و ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻴﻔِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﺘُﺪَاﻓِ َﻊ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫‪37‬‬

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‫ِ‬ ‫اﻹﺟَ ﺎﺑ َُﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫»ﻣﻴَﺎوْ‪َ «.‬ﻫ َﻜﺬَا ﺟَ ﺎء َِت ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز وَاﻗِ َﻔ ًﺔ ِﰲ َﻏ َﻀ ٍﺐ‪» .‬أدﻳﻠﻬﺎﻳﺪ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ُﻗ ْﻠ ِﺖ؟«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻗ ْﻞ …« َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻗﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮَاءِ‪ِ ،‬‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﻣﻴَﺎوْ! ِﻣﻴَﺎوْ!«‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺤِ ﻚِ َو َﻛﺎ َد ﻳ ُْﺴﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮﺑ ًَﺔ ِﰲ َﻛﺘْ ِﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﺒ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺎق‪َ .‬ﺳﺎ َر ِت ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ﻳ َِﺠ ُﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺪ َر َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻟ َِﱰَى ﻣَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أ َ ْ‬ ‫ْت‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ٌ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ ذُﻋْ ًﺮا‪» :‬ﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة! ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن! ﺗﻴﻨﻴﺖ! أ َ ْﺧ ِﺮﺟَ ﺎ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َة‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ْت َوذَ َﻫﺒ َْﺖ ﻟ ُِﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌِ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻀ َﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ! ُﺧﺬَ َ‬ ‫اﻫﺎ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا!« َو ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻤْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻴﺸ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَاﻗِ َﻔ ًﺔ َو َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا‪ .‬أ َ َﺧﺬَ ِت ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ﻴُﻮ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َوو َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ﺘْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣِ ﺠْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﴏ َ‬ ‫ﻀ ﱡﻢ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ﻣَ َﺮﺣً ﺎ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُ‬ ‫ني ﱠ‬ ‫ني إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِْر َﻫﺎ‪» :‬ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬أَﻳ َْﻦ وَﺟَ ﺪ ِْت‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني اﻟ ﱠﻠ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫ني ﱠ‬ ‫ني؟«‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗُ ِﺠﺐْ ‪َ .‬ﻏ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َر َد ِة ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻐﻮ َﻟ ًﺔ ِﰲ ُﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺖ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺪَﻓِ ﻌَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻜﺎﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أَو َِاﻣ ِﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﺠَ ِﺎو َرةِ‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ﱠن ﻛﻼرا َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ِﺖ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﴫ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ْﺧ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَﺎءَ َة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﺠَ ِﺎو َر ِة وَﻋَ ﻠِﻤَ ْﺖ أ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة َﺳﺘَ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺺ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻗ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﻮ ُْﺳﻌِ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﺘُ َﺨ ﱢﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﺳ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا‪ِ :‬‬ ‫»ﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﻀ ِﻠ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ِﺟ ْﺪ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧًﺎ ِﻟﺘُ َﺨﺒﱢﺌَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻠﻨَﺎ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ات ذَﻳ ٍْﻞ أ َ ْﺳ َﻮ ِد اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ!« َوﺗَﻤَ ﱠﺴ َﻜ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧَﺤْ ﺘَﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ذَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺎءَ َ‬ ‫ف‪.‬‬ ‫»ﺳﺄَﻋْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَﻟِﻚ‪َ .‬ﺳﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ِﺑﺎﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ٍﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺎن َﻻ ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺿﻌُ ﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ِﺢ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑﺄﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫و َ​َﻫ َﻜ َﺬا َذ َﻫﺒ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﻛﻼرا إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ و َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َود ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺢ‪.‬‬ ‫ِفءٍ ِﰲ ﻓِ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫اش ﻣ ُِﺮ ٍ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺘﺎﺳﻊ‬

‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﳌ َ ُﺎل َوا ْﻟ ِﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ﻋَ ﺎ َد ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎب ِﻣ َﺮا ًرا َوﺗَ ْﻜ َﺮا ًرا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ‪َ .‬ﻗ َﺮ َع ﺟَ َﺮ َس ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َْﻔﺘَﺢُ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ ِﺑﻌُ ﻨ ْ ٍﻒ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﻨَﻰ َﻫﺬَا؟«‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ‪» :‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ َرى ﻛﻼرا‪«.‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ِﺑ ُﺨ ُﺸﻮﻧ َ ٍﺔ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ؟«‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ ُﻣﻮ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺿﺤً ﺎ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ٌﺔ ِﱄ ِﺑﺜَﻤَ ﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ِﺔ ِﺑﻨ ْ َﺴ ٍ‬ ‫َر ﱠد ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻚ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن‪» :‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻨُﻮ ٌن!«‬ ‫ﺎت ِﻟ َﺪ ﱢﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﱪ ِْج وَأ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ ِﺔ ِﺑﻨ ْ َﺴ ٍ‬ ‫– »إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ٌﺔ ِﱄ ِﺑﺄ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ ِﺔ ِﺑﻨ ْ َﺴ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت ِﻟ َﺪ ﱢﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َدةِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺨ ُﺮجُ أَﺑَﺪًا‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫– »أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﺗُ َﺮ ﱢد ُد ْاﻷ َ َﻛﺎذِ ﻳﺐَ ! ْاﻵﻧ َِﺴ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْريَ!‬ ‫َﺎب‪.‬‬ ‫دَﻋْ ﻨَﺎ و َ​َﺷﺄْﻧَﻨَﺎ!« وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َل ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن إ ِ ْﻏ َﻼ َق ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻬْ ِﻞ إ ِ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻓ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ و َ​َﻗﺎ َل ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﺣَ ِﺎز ٍم‪َ » :‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒَﻘ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َرأَﻳْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫َان َوﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي ِردَاءً ﺑُﻨﱢﻴٍّﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن َﺳ ْﻮدَاو ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِﺎر ِع‪َ .‬ﻟ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ َﺷﻌْ ٌﺮ أ ْﺳ َﻮ ُد َﻗ ِﺼريٌ َوﻣُﺠَ ﻌﱠ ﺪٌ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻻ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﱠث ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺘﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫– »أ َ َﻫﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ و َ​َﻗﻌَ ِﺖ ْاﻵﻧ َِﺴ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‪ «.‬ﻫﻜﺬا َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎﺣِ ًﻜﺎ ﺑَﻴْﻨ َ ُﻪ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻠﺼ ِﺒ ﱢﻲ‪» :‬ﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َل إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ‪«.‬‬

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‫َﺻ َﻼ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌِ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْر َﺷ َﺪ ُه ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺸ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ‬ ‫ِﺼ َ‬ ‫ني وَا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ِﻢ‪ .‬أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ ُﺳ َﻠﺤْ َﻔﺎ ًة َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣُﻤْ ِﺴ ًﻜﺎ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪ .‬أَﺛَﺎ َر ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َق ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ﺛَﻮَاﻧ َِﻲ َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َﺎب‪» .‬ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻔﺎ!«‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ ﻣُﺤَ ِﺎو َﻟ ًﺔ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﺴﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺿﺤِ َﻜﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻛﻼرا ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗﺘﻤَ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﺘ ِﻢ َﴏَﺧ ِ‬ ‫ِﻲ‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺑَﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺧﻔﻀ ِﺖ اﻟﻔﺘﺎﺗ ِ‬ ‫ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪ ،‬ﻳ َْﻀﺤَ ُﻚ ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ٍة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻛﺎ َد َﻻ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﺪ ُر ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻮ ُ​ُﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻮف‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﺳ َﻠﺤْ َﻔﺎ ُة‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱢﻲ ْاﻷَﻟ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ ،‬ﺗَ ْﺰﺣَ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ َﻔ َﺰ ِت‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺑَﺪَا أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ِﰲ أيﱢ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ ُخ‪.‬‬ ‫ﳼ َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﺗَ ْ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ َﻓﻮ َْق ُﻛ ْﺮ ِ ﱟ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ وَا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮ َ‬ ‫َان! ﺧﺬ ُ‬ ‫أﻣَ َﺮ ْت‪» :‬ﺧﺬ ُ‬ ‫وﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﺧ ِﺎرﺟً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﱠ‬ ‫وﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻓ ْﻮ ًرا!«‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪ ،‬ﻣُﻤْ ِﺴ ًﻜﺎ ِﺑ ُﺴ َﻠﺤْ َﻔﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺬَبَ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎب‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫َاق‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱢﻲ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ ُْﻐﻠ ُِﻖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﺎﻣ ﱠﻲ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫»ﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻼ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱡﺮو ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ ُل ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻵﻧ َِﺴ ِﺔ ﻛﻼرا‪ .‬أﻧْﻔِ ْﻘ ُﻪ ِﺑﺤِ ْﻜﻤَ ٍﺔ!«‬ ‫ﻃ َﻊ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﺎن اﻟ ﱠﺪ ْر َس ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪َ .‬ود َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ َﻗﺎ َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ و َ​َﻗﺎ َل إ ِ ﱠن َﺷ ْﺨ ً‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﴬ َﺳ ﱠﻠ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻢ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻵﻧ َِﺴ ُﺔ ﻛﻼرا َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا‪.‬‬ ‫أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻫﺎ ِﱄ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﻀ ِﻠ َﻚ!«‬ ‫»ﱄ أَﻧَﺎ؟ أَﺣْ ِ ْ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ِﺑﺪ َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪ِ :‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ِﺑﺤَ ْﺰ ٍم‪» :‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َد ْر ِﺳﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﱰﻛِﻴ َﺰ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺪ ْر ِس‪َ .‬ﺳﺄ َ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻞ أُﺣْ ﺪ ُِق ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻓﻌَ ُﻞ ْاﻵ َن‪«.‬‬ ‫– »أُوه‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ ُة ﻗِ َ‬ ‫ري ﻣُﺤْ َﻜ ٍﻢ‪ .‬و َِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻏِ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﺧ َﺮﺟَ ْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءُ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻂ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﺜ ﱠ ُﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض َوﺗَﺘَ َﺴﺎﺑ َُﻖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ِاﻻﺗﱢﺠَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة َﻟ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮوا َﻛ ْﻢ ﻫِ َﻲ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ! اﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ٍﺔ! اﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫َﻫﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا‪» :‬أُوه‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﺎ ِﺋﻨ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮي‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ .‬وَاﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮي إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬهِ!«‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْﻛ ٍﻦ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ‪َ .‬وو َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻓ ْﺮﺣَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َرد ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ُﻢ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎو َﻟ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺎءَ ًة ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ٍة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ْﻖ ِﺑ ِﺒﻨ ْ ِﺖ َﺷ َﻔ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ر َاﻗﺒ َْﺖ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﺾ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ َوﺗَﺠْ ﻌَ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑ َﻼ ﺗَﻮ ﱡَﻗ ِﻒ‪ .‬أَﺧِ ريًا وَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت َ‬ ‫ﴫ ُخ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺪْﻋِ ﻴ ًَﺔ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن وَﺗﻴﻨﻴﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗَﻬَ ﺎ َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﺗَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻀﺤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫‪40‬‬

‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ ُل وَا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻂ‬

‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ُﻏ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ َوو َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻮن د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻜﺎ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺣَ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ ِاﻻﺛْﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻂ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌِ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ .‬وَﺣَ ﻤَ َﻼ َﻫﺎ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ِﻟﻮ ْ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ وَﺣْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ‬ ‫َاخ‪ ،‬أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ني ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة ذَ َ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬وﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ات ﻣَ ﻌْ ﻨًﻰ َوذَ َﻫﺒ َْﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴫ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻧِﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ َﻓ ْﱰَ ِة اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﻠِﻤَ ْﺖ أ َ ﱠن أَﺣْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬريَ ِة َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َاث ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‬ ‫ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺎﻣﺤَ َﺔ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺑ َﺴﺒ َِﺐ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﺛَﺎ َر ْت َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ﺐَ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫وﱃ ِﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ إِذَا ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮب ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﺴﺘَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﺳ ُﻞ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻌْ ﻠِﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻏ ْريُ ﻣَ ْﺮ ُﻏ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﺗَ ْﺮﺣَ َﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫– »أدﻳﻠﻬﺎﻳﺪ‪ ،‬أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف ﻋِ َﻘﺎﺑًﺎ وَاﺣِ ﺪًا ﻳُﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺐُ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ! أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ َﻓﺘَﺎ ٌة َﺳﻴﱢﺌَ ٌﺔ وَأ ُ ِرﻳﺪُكِ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ِﻤﻲ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ اﻟﺘﱠ َﴫ ُ‬ ‫ني َد ْر َﺳﻚِ إِذَا و َ‬ ‫ﺎت ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻨَﺎ‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﱡف َﻛﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫َﺿﻌْ ﺘُﻚِ ِﰲ‬ ‫َﻗﺒ ٍْﻮ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫َان وَا ْﻟ َﺨﻨَﺎﻓِ ِﺲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻮدَاءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻠ ٍﻢ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻔِ ْﱤ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻤْ َﻠ ُﺔ ْاﻷَﺧِ ريَ ُة ﻛﻼرا ﺗَ ْﺸﻬَ ُﻖ‪» :‬أُوه‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ِﺮي‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َوﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﺮ َر ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُث‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴ َِﺼ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‪َ .‬ﺳﺄ ُ ْﺧ ِﱪُ ُه ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪«.‬‬ ‫ض َر ْﻏﺒ َ​َﺔ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌَ ِﺎر َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ‪» .‬إِذَ ْن َﺳﻨَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ وَا ِﻟﺪَكِ ﻳَﺎ آﻧ َِﺴ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﻛﻼرا‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﺳﺄَﺗَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﱠث ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ أَﻧَﺎ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِت ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ُم ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴ َُﺔ د َ‬ ‫َاث ﻣ ُِﻬﻤﱠ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﻏﺪ ْ‬ ‫ُون أَيﱢ أَﺣْ ﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫َت ﻛﻼرا أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ﻣَ َﺮﺣً ﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ اﻧْﺘ َِﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ﻴ ِْﺶ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ َ‬ ‫ﺿ َﺎﻓ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺰا ِﺋ َﺮ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ُروﺣً ﺎ ﻣَ ِﺮﺣَ ًﺔ ﻟِﻠ ﱡﺪ ُر ِ‬ ‫ِني ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮﻣ ﱢ‬ ‫وس َوﻟِﻠ ﱡﺮوﺗ ِ‬ ‫ﺺ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻤَ ﻠِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺨ ِﻠ ُ‬ ‫ﻂﺑْ َ‬ ‫وف َوﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫َني ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﺗُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل اﻟﺘﱠﻤَ ﱡﻠ َ‬ ‫ري َﻗﺎدِ َر ٍة‬ ‫َت َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺷ َﻜﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﻠ ِﻤﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ُﻢ َﻟ ْﻔ َﺖ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ َِﻔ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َل ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺠْ ﻌَ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ري أ َ ْو ذَا َك ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ْﻜ ِﻞ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺎر َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮى َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ُﻮق َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﺋ ٍِﺮ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ْﻜ ِﻞ ﺑ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ َﺔ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻓﺘَ ُﻘﻮ َل َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﺳﺎذَﺟً ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ‪َ :‬‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﻟﻴ َِﺰﻳ َﺪ ﺣَ ﻤَ َ‬ ‫»ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﺣَ ﻤَ ﺎﻣَ ٌﺔ! و َ​َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻣَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰ ٌة!«‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ُﻢ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫وف َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺑَﺪَا أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ ِق أ َ ْن ﻳَﺠْ ﻌَ َﻞ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَﺘَﺬَ ﱠﻛ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ري َﻗﺎدِ َر ٍة ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﻠ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫وف ْاﻷَﺑْﺠَ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَﻨْﺠَ ﺢُ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ْﺰدَا ُد َﻗ َﻠ ًﻘﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻗ َﻀ ْﺖ أ ُ ْﺳﺒُﻮﻋً ﺎ ِﰲ ﻓﺮاﻧﻜﻔﻮرت و َْاﻵ َن‬ ‫اق ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻢ و َْﻗﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺗَ َﺨﻴ ِﱡﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ َﺳﺘَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﻮ ُل أ َ ْو َر ُ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﴤ ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﴬ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮ ِْن ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ ِ‬ ‫‪41‬‬

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‫ﺿ ْﻮءِ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮاءُ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ْاﻷَو َْﻗ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺘَ ْﻠﻤَ ُﻊ اﻟ ﱡﺰ ُﻫﻮ ُر ﱠ‬ ‫ِني‬ ‫ﺎت َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑﺤَ ﻨ ٍ‬ ‫َﺷﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻻ ﺗَ َﻜﺎ ُد ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻮ ْ‬ ‫َﺿﻊَ‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا ِﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر ْت أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱠ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳﺪَ‪َ .‬ر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓﺘِﻬَ ﺎ وَﺟَ ﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ْاﻷ َ ْرﻏ َِﻔ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﻔِ ُ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫أَﺟْ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪ .‬وَأَﻣْ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻗﺒﱠﻌَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل أَﺧِ ريًا إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َﺎب ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﺎﻣ ﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎﺑَ َﻠ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ري َﻫﺎ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ٌة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ ُ ْﺰ َﻫ ٍﺔ‬ ‫َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْﻗﺪَا ِم‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﺒ َ​َﺴ ْﺖ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫– »إ ِ َﱃ أَﻳ َْﻦ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ذَاﻫِ ﺒ ٌَﺔ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ؟« َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ِﺮ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ﱢ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ َﻔ ْﺖ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ِﻓ َ‬ ‫ُﻮح َﻟﻚِ‬ ‫ث ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴ َْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮ ِﻣﻴَﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ني أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻏ ْريُ ﻣَ ْﺴﻤ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤ َُﻐﺎ َد َر ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل!«‬ ‫ﺼ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻮت َﺧﺎﻓِ ٍﺖ‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ ذَاﻫِ ﺒ ٌَﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪«.‬‬ ‫– »ذَاﻫِ ﺒ ٌَﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل! أَﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبَ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل؟ َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻚِ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ إِذَ ِن اﻟ ﱠﺮﺣِ ﻴ َﻞ؟ أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ! ﻣَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﺪْﻋُ ﻮكِ ﻟِﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ َﻫﺬَا؟«‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﻛ َﺮ ُة ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪةِ‪» :‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد َة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ِﻷ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة ِﺑﺎﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َ​َﺴ ْﻊ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﺮ ﱠد ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎري‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺘَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ُ‬ ‫ِﻠﴬ ِب ِﻷَﻧﱢﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أَﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ إِﻋْ َ‬ ‫َوإِذَا ﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءِ ﺑﻴﱰ أَيﱠ ﺟُ ﺒ ٍْﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫ض ﺟﺮﻳﻨﻔﻴﻨﺶ ﻟ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻦ أَﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜ َﻦ أَﺑَﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺋ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮر ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﲆ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ُﺨ ِ‬ ‫و…«‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َﺻﻌِ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ‪» :‬ﺗَﻮَﻗﻔِ ﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ْت و َ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ!« ﺛ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َت ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺪ َر ِج‪ .‬و َِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎد َ​َﻓ ْﺖ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﻠُ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ ﻟِﻠﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا! إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﻮ ُه ِﺑﺤَ ﻤَ َﺎﻗ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮﻗ َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت!‬ ‫أﻣَ َﺮﺗْﻪُ‪» :‬أَﺣْ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺺ ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫َوﺗَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ِﺮ!«‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺪ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ و َ​َﻗﻌْ ِﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا؟«‬ ‫ري ُة َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت اﻟ ﱡﺪﻣُﻮ ُع ﺗَ َﱰ َْﻗ َﺮ ُق ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻃﺄ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃﺄ َ ِت ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻻ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ َ‬ ‫َﻻ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﺤِ ﻲ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄ َ ْن ﺗَﺠْ ﻌَ َﻠﻚِ ﺗَﻌِ َ َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُﻮع ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻗ َﻀﻴْﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ًﺔ‪ .‬أﻧ ْ ِﺖ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺒْﻜِﻲ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ِﰲ ْاﻷ ْﺳﺒ ِ‬ ‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ .‬ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫َﺎت ِﰲ ِﺳﻨﱢﻚِ ُﻛ ﱠﻦ َﺳﻴَﺒْ ِﻜ َ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ ْﴩ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﻴ ِ‬ ‫ات‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﻠﻨُﻌِ ْﺪ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَكِ َوﻧَﺬْ َﻫﺐْ ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻂ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪«.‬‬

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‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ ُل وَا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻂ‬

‫أَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﰲ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺐ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻜ ِ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎ ٍم و َِﰲ ﺣُ ْﺰﻧِﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﺿﺤً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺸﺎءِ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻛ ْﻞ أَيﱠ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ و ِ‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻫِ ِﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ُد ُر َ‬ ‫وﺳﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اج ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎةِ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻗﻠ َِﻘ ًﺔ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻬْ ﺘَ ﱠﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻫﺎ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ِﺑﺘَ َﻐ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ َﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ و َِﻇ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺛ ﱠ ِﺔ أ َ ْو أ َ ْن ﺗَﺒْﺪَأ َ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ َﴫ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺘُﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻬْ ﺘَ ﱠﻢ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱡف ِﺑﺠُ ﻨ ُ ٍ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َاع ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻘ َﻠ ِﻖ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ِﻢ ِﺑ َﺸﺄ ِن ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬وَأ ﱠﻛ َﺪ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ د ٍ‬ ‫ري‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑﺤَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ ﻟ َِﻘ َﻀﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ِﺪ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ ًَﺔ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﴚءِ َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﺑ َﺨ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ اﻵﻧ َِﺴ ِﺔ ﻛﻼرا َوﻟِ ْﻠﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﻌْ ﻠِﻴ ٍﻢ َﻻﺋ ٍِﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َ‬ ‫َاﺟ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻨ َ ﱢ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻟِﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ِﻣ ْﻦ و ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﻮل ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪ .‬ﻣَ َﻊ و ُ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﺳﻴَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُﻊ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ِﰲ ﺧِ َﻼ ِل ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم أ َ ِو اﺛْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَ َﺮى اﻟ ﱠﺰا ِﺋ َﺮ َة ﺗَﺘَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﻰ ِرﻋَ ﺎﻳ ًَﺔ ﺣَ َﺴﻨ َ ًﺔ‪ .‬وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﻼ ِﺑ ُﺲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﻟﻴ َُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِﻳﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺒ َ​َﺴﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ٍﺔ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻔﻊَ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ني َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻠِﺢُ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺘُ ْ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي أ َ ْ‬ ‫َاب‬ ‫ﺻ َﻐ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻛﻼرا ِﺑﻤَ َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎس أ َ ِو اﺛْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ْاﻷَﺛْﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ْاﻷ َ ْﻛ َ ِﱪ ِﺳﻨٍّﺎ ِﻟﺘُﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﺧِ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫ِني اﻟﺜ ﱠ َﻼﺛ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺐَ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ِﺋ ٍﺬ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ إ ِ ْﻟ َﻘﺎءُ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺴﺎﺗ ِ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺟَ ﺎء َْت ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ﻳَﺘَ َﻼ َﳽ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻂ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْاﻷَﻣَ ُﻞ ِﰲ َرﺣِ ﻴﻠ ِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ِرﻳ َﻜ ِﺔ ﻛﻼرا وَاﻧ ْ َﺨ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒُ َﻜﺎءِ‪ .‬ﺑَ َﻜ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ﱠﻔ ْﺖ ُدﻣُﻮﻋُ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺴ ُﻦ‬ ‫ْاﻷَو َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﺿﺎ ُع ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َِﺼ ُﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎح‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﺳﻴَﺘَ َﻔﻬﱠ ُﻢ َﺳﺒَﺐَ َر ْﻏﺒَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﻌﺎﴍ‬

‫َﺟ ﱠﺪ ٌة ُأ ْﺧ َﺮى‬ ‫اﺿ ِﻄ َﺮاﺑًﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِة ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺒﱠﺐَ َﺧ َﱪُ ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَيﱢ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن ُﻣ ﱠﺪ َة ﺑ َ​َﻘﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ َﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن وَا ِﻟﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ َﺳﻴ َْﻘ ِﴤ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ دَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ إ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎﻓِ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻣﺘَ َﺸﻮ َﱢﻗ ًﺔ ِﻷ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴ َْﺴﺘَﻤْ ِﺘ ُﻊ ِﺑ َﺸ ْﺨ ِﺼﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ و ُ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﻓﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮﻟِ ِﻪ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺚ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ﻛﻼرا‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ﱠو ُل َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن وَا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒ َُﻼ ِت‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﺎن ِاﻻﺛْﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫِ َﻲ وَﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺐ‪َ .‬ﺳ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ْاﻷَبُ ﻋَ َﲆ اﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَﺣْ َﻀ ِ‬ ‫َي ِاﻻ ْرﺗِﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎط ﺑَﻌْ ِﻀ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ِﺑﺒَﻌْ ِﺾ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻣَ ﱠﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ﻳَ َﺪ ُه إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬وَﻫِ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ‬ ‫َﺷﺪِﻳﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة‪ .‬ﺗَﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﻳﴪﻳ ُﱠﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺎﺗُﻨَﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎﱄ ْ و َ‬ ‫َﺻﺎﻓِ ﺤِ ﻴﻨِﻲ!«‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﻮ ْ ِ‬ ‫أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺘْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻳَﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ وَاﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫– »و َْاﻵ َن أ َ ْﺧ ِ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ وَﻛﻼرا َ‬ ‫َﺎن ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫َﺎن َوﺗَﺒْ ِﻜﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن؟ أ ْم ﺗَ ْﻐ َﻀﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺣَ ِﻤﻴﻤَ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ان ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ؟«‬ ‫ﺎن َوﺗَﺘَ َﺸﺎﺟَ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬أُوه‪َ ،‬ﻻ‪ .‬ﻛﻼرا َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒ ٌَﺔ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪» :‬وَﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻻ ﺗُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل ا ْﻟﻤُﺠَ ﺎ َد َﻟ َﺔ أَﺑَﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻨْﻬَ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎع ذَﻟِﻚ‪ .‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ َﻏﺪَاﺋ َِﻲ‬ ‫ﺾ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ْﺮ ِﺳﻴﱢ ِﻪ‪» :‬أﻧَﺎ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ ٌﺪ ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻵ َن‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ آ ُﻛ ْﻞ َ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة! و ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ أَﻣْ ﻨَﺤُ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﺳﺄ َ َرا ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ُه ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺪَاﻳَﺎ!«‬

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‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ِﺑﻬﺎﻳﺪي ِﺟﺪٍّا‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻔ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫أُﻋْ ِﺠﺐَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة‬ ‫ﱪ ﱠ‬ ‫روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ َم ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ َة ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻲ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ َﺔ‪ .‬ﺑَ ْﻞ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﻮي أ َ ْن ﻳُﺒْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ٌﺔ َراﺋِﻌَ ٌﺔ ِﻻﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ﻛﻼرا‪َ .‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻮ َِار‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ َﺷ ْﺨ ِﺼﻴ ٌﱠﺔ ُﻣﺒ ِْﻬﺠَ ٌﺔ وَﻫِ َﻲ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺨِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ ِﺑﻠُ ْ‬ ‫روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌَ ِﺎﻣ َﻞ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻒ وَأ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗُﻌَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒَﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ﱠ‬ ‫ُث وَﻫِ َﻲ‬ ‫ﻇ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮﺑ ًَﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺎﻣ ُِﻞ ﻣَ َﻊ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻴُ َﻮ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ُ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻮ َِار‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا وَﺟَ ﺪ َِت ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن َﺷ ْﺨ ً‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ ِﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﻮَاﻗِ ِﻊ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠن ﺟَ ﱠﺪ َة ﻛﻼرا َﺳﺘَ ِﺼ ُﻞ ِﰲ ﺧِ َﻼ ِل أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻟ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻟ َِﻘ َﻀﺎءِ إِﺟَ ﺎ َز ٍة َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ذَ َ‬ ‫ات ﻧ َ ْﻔ ٍﻊ َﻫﺎﺋ ٍِﻞ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻖ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺎﻣ ُِﻞ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ٍة َﻗ ِﺼريَ ٍة َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﻮَﺟﱠ ﺐَ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبُ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑﺎرﻳﺲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﻘ َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨ َ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ َﺴ ًﺔ ِﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ .‬وﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻬَ ﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧَﺎ َدﺗْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ ِﺑﺠَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َر َﺳ َﻢ َﻫﺬَا ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة َﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒ ًَﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َ ِ‬ ‫– »ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗُﻨَﺎدِ ﻳﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺠَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﻌِ ﻴﻨَﻨِﻲ؟ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻨَﺎدِ ﻳﻬَ ﺎ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ِﺑ َﺴﻴﱢ َﺪﺗِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻀ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ أَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ْت ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﺒَﻐِ َ‬ ‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻮد ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ات ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ وَﻣَ َﺸ ْﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ ﺗَ ْﻮ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ﻳُ ْﺰﻋِﺠُ ﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ َﺴ ًﺔ ِﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫َﺎح ﻳَ ْﻮ ِم و ُ‬ ‫ﻮل َ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﺜْﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ ﻛﻼرا‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﴏ َ‬ ‫ﺎن و َ‬ ‫َﺿﺤِ َﻜﺘَﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑ َُﺔ‪ .‬د َ​َﻓ َﻊ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ﻣَ ْﻘﻌَ َﺪ ﻛﻼرا ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺤَ ﱢﺮ َك‬ ‫َﺧ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ِﻟﺘُ َﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة‪ .‬و َِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ‪ ،‬اﻧْﺘَ َ‬ ‫ول ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗُ ْﺴﺘَﺪْﻋَ ﻰ ﻟِﻠﻨ ﱡ ُﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎر َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ ﻟ ِ​ِﻼﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ْﻀ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﱪﺗْﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل‬ ‫ﻃ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗﻴﻨﻴﺖ ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳﻬَ ﺎ وَأ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ إ ِ ْذ ُ ْ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ د ُ‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﺎء َِت اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗًﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒًﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ :‬‬ ‫ُﺧﻮ ِﻟﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ!‬ ‫ﺎﱄ ْ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َودَﻋِ ﻴﻨِﻲ أَﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ َﻟﻚِ !«‬ ‫َﺳﺎ َر ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﺗِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٍْت ﻋَ ْﺬ ٍب‪» :‬ﻣَ َﺴﺎءُ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ْﻀﺤَ ُﻚ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ! َﻫ ْﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ُﺔ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ؟«‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻋْ ﺘَ َﻘﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﻤُﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَﺗِﻲ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ َﺔ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ُﻛﻮ ُن ﻣَ َﻊ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺑَﺄ ْ َس ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ »ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ«‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﴘ َﻫﺬَا ِاﻻ ْﺳﻢَ‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﺬَﻟِﻚ؟«‬ ‫ﺗَﻨ ْ َ ْ‬ ‫‪46‬‬

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‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬أُوه‪ ،‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ َﺴﺎهُ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪» :‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﻤُﻚِ ؟«‬ ‫– »أَﻧَﺎ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ أُدْﻋَ ﻰ ِﺑﻬﺎﻳﺪي‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن أُدْﻋَ ﻰ أدﻳﻠﻬﺎﻳﺪ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﺳﻤُﻚِ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ «.‬أ َ ْزﻋَ ﺞَ ذَﻟِﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪» :‬إِذَا ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬إِذَ ْن َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة‬ ‫روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ د َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ َﺔ ِﻟﺘَﻮ َﱢﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ني ْ‬ ‫ِﻟﺒَ ِﻘﻴﱠ ِﺔ ْاﻷُﻣْ ِﺴﻴَ ِﺔ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫اﻫﺘَﻤﱠ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻫﺘِﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪ .‬و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻈﻬْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬أَﻣْ َﻀ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﱰَاﺣَ َﺔ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ ْ‬ ‫ﱠث إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ أ َ ﱠن ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﱡﻠ ُﻢ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌِ ﻴﱢ َ‬ ‫ﱪﺗْﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ َﻢ َﻓ ِﺸ َﻞ ِﰲ ﺗَﻌْ ﻠِﻴﻤِ ﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫وف ْاﻷَﺑْﺠَ ِﺪﻳ َﱠﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻟِﻬﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬اﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮي إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻜﺘُ ِﺐ‪ «.‬وَأَﻋْ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة َﻛﻮْﻣَ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻜﺘُ ِﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻠ ﱠﻮﻧ َ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬اﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ َﻔ َﺮ ٍح‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَﻟِﻚ َﻓﺘَﺤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻜﺘَﺎبَ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ‬ ‫َﴏ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ ًﺔ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺪ َﱠﻗ ْﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻟ َﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت اﻟ ﱡﺪﻣُﻮ ُع ﺗَﻨْﻬَ ِﻤ ُﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و َِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ أ َ ِو اﺛْﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻧ ْ َﻔﺠَ َﺮ ْت ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒُ َﻜﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﴬ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءٍ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة إ ِ َﱃ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎت‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َر ِة ِﺑﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋِ ﺒَﺎ َر ًة ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْﺮﻋً ﻰ أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺾ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﻀ ُﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻀﻬَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﺮﻋَ ﻰ وَا ْﻟﺒَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻒ َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫َات‪ .‬و َِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫اع‬ ‫ﺎن َر ٍ‬ ‫ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ِﻄﻴﻌِ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴﺪِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺼ َﺔ َﻻﺣِ ًﻘﺎ‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة‪َ .‬ﺳﺄ َ ْﻗ َﺮأ ُ َﻟﻚِ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗَﺒْﻜِﻲ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ٌﺔ ُﻣﺒ ِْﻬﺠَ ٌﺔ‬ ‫ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺣُ ْﺰ ٌن إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ًﻗﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫ﺾ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﱡﻜ ِﻢ ِﰲ ﺑُ َﻜﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر ِت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﻐ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ري ُ‬ ‫ﺎب‪.‬‬ ‫ْﺿﻮ َع ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َ ْ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ِة ا ْﻟ ِﻜﺘَ ِ‬ ‫– » َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺣَ ﺎ ُل ُد ُر ِ‬ ‫وﺳﻚِ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤْ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ؟«‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ِ :‬‬ ‫ﻴﻞ أ َ ْن أَﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَﺤِ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة‪» :‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا؟«‬ ‫»ﻷ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة َ‬ ‫ﺻﻌْ ﺒ ٌَﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا ﻋَ َﲇﱠ‪«.‬‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ِ :‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ِﰲ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻚِ ذَﻟِﻚ؟«‬ ‫‪47‬‬

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‫– »ﺑﻴﱰ َﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ ذَﻟِﻚ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴﺪِ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َل َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﱡﻠ ِﻢ‪«.‬‬ ‫– »أُوه ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗُ َﺴ ﱢﻠ ِﻤﻲ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮﻟُ ُﻪ ﺑﻴﱰ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﻘ ﱢﺮ ِري ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛ َﺪ ٌة أَﻧﱠﻚِ َﺳﺘَﻨْﺠَ ﺤِ َ‬ ‫ني إِذَا ﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ِﺖ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻫ ﱠﺰ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫وف ْاﻷَﺑْﺠَ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻚِ‬ ‫»اﺳﺘَ ِﻤﻌِ ﻲ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ُﻗﻮﻟُﻪُ‪ .‬أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﻠ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻛﻤَ َﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪ْ :‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ْﱠﻗ ِﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑﻴﱰ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِ​ِﻦ ْاﻵ َن ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺼﺪﱢﻗِ ﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ُﻗﻮﻟُﻪُ‪ .‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﻠ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ ِة ِﰲ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر َة اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻋِ ﻲ وَا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت؟ َﺳﺘَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ِﻤﻌِ ﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا‪َ ،‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ َﺮﻳ َْﻦ ُ‬ ‫ري ِﺟﺪٍّا‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫َﻗ ِﺼ ٍ‬ ‫ني ﻗِ َﺮاءَﺗَﻪُ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ِﺋ ٍﺬ َﺳﺘَﻌْ ِﺮ ِﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺎب ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻌِ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺔ و َ​َﺳ َﱰَﻳ َْﻦ َﻛ ْﻢ ﻫِ َﻲ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ ِﻜﺘَ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٌة‪ .‬ﻳُﻌْ ِﺠﺒُﻚِ َﻫﺬَا‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﺬَﻟِﻚ؟«‬ ‫ﺎس إ ِ َﱃ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪» .‬أُوه‪َ ،‬ﻟﻴْﺘَﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة ْاﻵ َن!«‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﺤَ ﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ َق اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﱡﻠ ُﻢ و َْﻗﺘًﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻨَﻌْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻳﺮ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪٍ‪َ .‬ﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣُﻌْ ِﺠ َﺰ ٌة ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ! َﻫ َﺬا‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ ِﺔ أ َ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﻴ َﻊ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ُﻢ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة ِﺑﺘَ ْﻘ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ُﺮ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴ ُْﺖ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤَ ِﺖ ْاﻵﻧ َِﺴ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة!«‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣ َُﻐﺎ َد َر ِة ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ِﻢ‪ ،‬ذَ َﻫﺒ َِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ِﻟﺘَﺒْﺤَ َﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ .‬و ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة‬ ‫ﺗَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ﻛﻼرا َوﺗَ ْﻘ َﺮأ ُ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ري َذا ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َِر‬ ‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ا ْﻟ ِﻜﺘَﺎبَ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺒَﻘِﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪَاءِ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ ،‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫َﻟﻚِ ْاﻵ َن‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﱄ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ أَﺣْ ﺘَﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أَذْ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َووَﺟْ ﻬُ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﻤَ ﱡﺮ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ‪ِ :‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل؟«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ِ ،‬ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻠ ُﻜﻚِ ﻟ ِْﻸَﺑَﺪِ‪َ .‬ﻏﺪًا َﺳﻨَﺒْﺪَأ ُ ِﰲ ﻗِ َﺮاءَﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫وس ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺴ ُﻦ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ذَﻟِﻚ ُﻫ َﻮ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻐ ِﻴريُ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴﱢ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ ُﺪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ُد ُر ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻀ ٌﺔ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺣِ ﻴ َﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺪ ْ‬ ‫ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْن َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫ﻳﺐ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴ َِﻮﻳﱠﺘَﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﻬﻤَ ْﺖ أَﺧِ ريًا أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪ .‬و َ​َﻫ َﻜﺬَا َزا َد ُﺷﻌُ ﻮ ُر َﻫﺎ‬ ‫أَﺑَﺪًا‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻣ َُﺸﺎ َر َﻛ َﺔ ﺣُ ْﺰﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ ﻛﻼرا وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة َﺳﻴَﺒْﺪُو ﻧ ُ ْﻜ َﺮاﻧًﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ْاﻷ َ ْﻛ َﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻠﻘِ ﻲ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ِن ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺛ ْ َﻘ َﻞ َﻗ ْﻠﺒَﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ ِﰲ‬ ‫‪48‬‬

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‫اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺒﺢَ وَﺣْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ .‬و ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْ‬ ‫ُﴩ َﻗ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻮر ِه و َ​َﺷﻤْ ِﺴ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ُة ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ِﺑ ُﺰ ُﻫ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﱰَاءَى أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ُ‬ ‫َﺎح‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫َت إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻮءِ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪ .‬أ َ ْﻗ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ َوﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﱠﺪ ٌة ِﻟﺘَﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮاﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺰﻳﻨ َ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪» :‬أ َ ْﺧ ِ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺎ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ وَاﻗِ ﻌَ ٌﺔ ِﰲ ﻣ ُْﺸ ِﻜ َﻠ ٍﺔ؟«‬ ‫ﱪﺗْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ْﺨ َﴙ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ِﴘءَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ِﺮ ْد أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻦ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ إِذَا أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ٍﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة؛ ِﻟ َﺬا َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﺑﺒ َ​َﺴﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻜ َﺮ َﻫﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱪكِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫– »إِذَ ْن َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪،‬‬ ‫ﷲ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‪ .‬إِذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻌِ ﻲ إ ِ ْﺧﺒَﺎ َر أيﱢ إِﻧ ْ َﺴ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ ِ ِﱪي ﷲ َ ِﺑﻤَ َﺸﺎ ِﻛﻠِﻚِ ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫َﺻ ﱢﲇ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﻳ َُﺴﺎﻋِ ﺪَكِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ أَﻋُ ْﺪ أ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ﱢﲇ‪«.‬‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫ﻮﱄ ِﱄ َﻫﺬَا ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي! ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ْﻔ ِﺖ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ َﻼةِ؟«‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗَ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫»ﻻ َﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَﻟِﻚ! ﷲ ُ َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﻊُ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﴚءِ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﻷ َ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﻴ َﻊ َو َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺻ ﱠﻠﻴ ُْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ِﻞ ﷲ ُ ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒْﺘُﻪُ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ ﱠﻜ َﺴ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫– »أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ُﺨ ِﻄﺌَ ٌﺔ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ِﺮي ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﷲ ُ َﻛ ِﺮﻳ ٌﻢ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ﺘَﺎﺟُ ُﻪ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ‪َ .‬وﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ُد أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَ َﺮى أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳُﻌْ ِﻄﻴَﻚِ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠُ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪِﻳﻨ َ ُﻪ ْاﻵ َن َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﺠﻴﺐُ َﻟﻚِ ‪َ .‬ﺳﺘَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ني َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻳَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺐُ ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﺳﺄَذْ َﻫﺐُ ْاﻵ َن وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻠُﺐُ ِﻣ َﻦ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﷲ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﺴ ِﺎﻣﺤَ ﻨِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫– »اذْ َﻫ ِﺒﻲ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ُة‪َ .‬ﺳﻴ َُﺴﺎﻋِ ﺪُكِ َوﻳُﻌْ ِﻄﻴﻚِ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﻴَﺠْ ﻌَ ﻠُﻚِ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪«.‬‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة إ ِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻘﻌَ ٍﺪ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻤﱠ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳَ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َِت ﷲ َ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺠْ ﻠِﺐُ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ َن‪ .‬ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﺳ َﻠ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﺴﺎﻋِ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ َوﻳُ ْﺮ ِﺟﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﻤﱡ ُﻞ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻔﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪةٍ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺤﺎدي ﻋﴩ‬

‫َﺷ َﺒ ٌﺢ ِﰲ ا ْﳌ َ ْﻨ ِﺰ ِل‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻫﺬا و َْﻗﺘًﺎ ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻟِﻜﻼرا وَﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ .‬ﻣَ َﻀ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫أَﺧِ ريًا ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﻳَ ْﻮ ُم َرﺣِ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ُة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻬَ ﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻫِ َﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﻜﺘَﺎبُ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻘ َﺮأ ُ ُه ِﰲ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ‬ ‫َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن آﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ َوﺑَ ِﻘﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﺗَﺘَﺒَ ﱠﺪ ُد َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫ﺾ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن َﳾءٌ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺐٌ و َ​َﻏ ِﺎﻣ ٌ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫آل ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪ُ .‬ﻛ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫َﺎح‬ ‫ُث ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُل ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ُم َﻛﺎﻧَﻮا ﻳ َِﺠﺪ َ‬ ‫ُون ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﺎﻣ ﱠﻲ ﻣَ ْﻔﺘُﻮﺣً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻣ ْﴫَاﻋَ ﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ أَيﱡ أَﺣَ ٍﺪ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺒَﺐَ ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ اﻋْ ﺘَ َﻘﺪُوا أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻟ ﱞ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺺ ﻳَﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ُم ﻳَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛﺪ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ﱠن‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُْﻔ َﻘ ْﺪ أَيﱡ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺎب ﻣَ ﱠﺮﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُون ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ ْﻏ َﻼ ِق ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن َﻛ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُْﻔﻠِﺢْ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َ​َﻀ ُﻊ َﻗ ِﻀﻴﺒًﺎ َﺧ َﺸ ِﺒﻴٍّﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻟِﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ٍﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﺄ ْ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎح اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبُ ﻣَ ْﻔﺘُﻮﺣً ﺎ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َدةِ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺒَﺎ َد َل ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ُم ْاﻷ َ ْدوَا َر ﻟِﺤَ ﱢﻞ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﻐ ِﺰ‪َ .‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ا ْﻟ ِﻜﺒَﺎ ُر — وَاﺣِ ﺪًا ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻮ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ — ﻳ َْﻔﻘِ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ُون‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻣَ َﻞ و ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟﺘﱠ َﺴ ﱡﻠ َﻞ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ُﻏ َﺮﺑَﺎءُ ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎوﻟُ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﺠَ ﺎﻋَ َﺔ‪َ .‬ﻫ ْﻞ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ أ َ ْﺷﺒَﺎحٌ أ َ ْو‬ ‫أ َ ْروَاحٌ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﺗَﺠُ ﻮبُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل؟ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌُ ِﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ُﻞ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ و َ​َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر ْت‬ ‫ﻄﺎبُ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﱠث ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺨِ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻜﺘُﺐَ ﺧِ َ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺑًﺎ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ُث‬ ‫َﴩحُ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ َﺧﺎﺋ ُِﻔ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ و َْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ .‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠن ﻛﻼرا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺰﻋِﺠَ ًﺔ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل َوﻳ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺟﺪٍّا ِﺑ َﺴﺒ َِﺐ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒ َِﺢ َﺳﺨِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒ َِﺢ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫َان ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا وَﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ِﺠﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﺟﺪٍّا‪.‬‬

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‫ني‪َ .‬وﺗَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻧَﺠَ ﺢَ ا ْﻟﺨِ َ‬ ‫ﴬ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠث إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻣﻬﻤﱠ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎبُ ِﰲ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺪِﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻞ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ني َوإ ِ َﱃ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪ .‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬اﺗﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ﻣَ ِﺮ ٌ‬ ‫ﴬ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻳﺾ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪ُ ،‬ﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْﺳﻮَأ ُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ َ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﺪﻳْﻨَﺎ َﺷﺒَﺢٌ !«‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪» :‬أ َ َرى أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻛﻤَ َﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻮءِ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻠﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫– »ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪َ ،‬ﺷﺒَﺢٌ ؟«‬ ‫ﱪ ُه ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﺎﻣ ﱠﻲ‬ ‫– »أَﻋْ َﻠﻢُ‪ ،‬أَﻋْ َﻠﻢُ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ أ َ ُﺷ ﱡﻚ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا‪ «.‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ ُْﻔﺘَﺢُ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈﻣﱠ ﺎ أ َ ﱠن أَﺣَ ﺪًا ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑﺪُﻋَ ﺎﺑَ ٍﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم أ َ ْو أ َ ﱠن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻟ ٍّ‬ ‫ِﺼﺎ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫وَأَﺧِ ريًا و َ‬ ‫َاﻓ َﻖ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪةِ‪َ .‬و ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻒ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻼ ِن ِﰲ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻘﻌَ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ َوﺛِريَﻳ ِْﻦ َوﺑَﺪَآ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﺪ ِﱡث ﻋَ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ َﻛ ِﺜريَةٍ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫َﺿﺤِ َﻜﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒ َِﺢ َوﺛ َ ْﺮﺛ َ َﺮا‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ٍة ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ َِاﱄ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َر َﻓ َﻊ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﻌَ ﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫»ﺻ ٍﻪ! ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ُﻊ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ؟«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄ ﱢﻛ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ أﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ﺎ َﺷ ْﺨ ً‬ ‫أَﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻀﻴﺐَ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺖ ِاﻻﺛْﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬ ‫َﺎب َوﻳ َ​َﻀ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَﺎحَ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﻔ ِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻗﺎ َم ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻨْﻬَ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺸﻌَ َﻞ‬ ‫ﺾ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك؟« َوﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻼ ِن إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم ُﻣﻮَﺟﱢ ﻬَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺑَﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ً‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ اﻟﺬِي َرأﻳَﺎ ُه وَأ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺴ ُﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ َﴏْﺧﺔ ُﻣﻨْﺨﻔِ َﻀﺔ‪ُ .‬ﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺠ ُ‬ ‫ني وَﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﰲ ﺛَﻮ ِْب ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷﺑْﻴ َِﺾ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻗﺪَﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﺗَﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﺣَ ﺎﻓِ ﻴَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺢ‪ .‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻼ ِن إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻌْ ِﻀ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َرأ ِﺳﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ ْﺧﻤَ ِﺺ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َﻛ َﻮ َر َﻗ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻬَ ﺐﱢ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪» :‬ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ني؟ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا ﻧ َ َﺰ ْﻟ ِﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ؟«‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ُة‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن وَﺟْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﺷﺎﺣِ ﺒًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫ْف َو ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜﺎدِ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻄ َﻖ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ُﻮع‪:‬‬ ‫ﻮت ﻣَ ْﺴﻤ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﻻ أَﻋْ َﻠﻢُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘِﻲ‪ .‬دَﻋْ ﻨِﻲ ُ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ﻣَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫»ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ٌﺔ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫آﺧﺬْ َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫‪52‬‬

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‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ و َ​َﻗﺎد َ​َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ‪َ .‬‬ ‫َو ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا أَﻧ ْ َﺰ َل ِﻣ ْﺸﻌَ َﻠﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻳَ َﺪ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗَ َﺨ ِﺎﰲ‪ُ .‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻳُ َﺮامُ‪ِ .‬ﻟﻨَﺬْ َﻫﺐْ ِﰲ ُﻫﺪُوءٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َني ذِ َراﻋَ ﻴْ ِﻪ َوو َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬أ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫اش‪.‬‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻏ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ِﺑ ِﺮ ْﻓ ٍﻖ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ َﺮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِاﻻ ْرﺗِﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎف‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻳَﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‬ ‫ﺎدِئ ُﻣ َ‬ ‫اﻫ َﺪﺋِﻲ‪ْ ،‬اﻵ َن ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫»اﻫ َﺪﺋِﻲ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻄﻤْ ِ ٍﱧ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﺑﺘَﺤَ ﱡﺴ ٍﻦ‪ .‬أ َ ْﺧ ِ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻳ َْﻦ ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٍْت َﻫ ٍ‬ ‫ﺗُﺤَ ِﺎوﻟِ َ‬ ‫ني اﻟ ﱠﺬ َﻫﺎبَ ‪«.‬‬ ‫َ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧﱢﻲ ذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ ُﻛ ْﻦ أ ِرﻳ ُﺪ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبَ إ ِ َﱃ أيﱢ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪«.‬‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫»ﻓ ِﻬﻤْ ُﺖ‪ .‬و َ​َﻫ ْﻞ ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ ﺗَﺤْ ﻠُ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ني؟«‬ ‫– »ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ .‬أَﺣْ ﻠُ ُﻢ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ودَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ‪ .‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧﱢﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮب ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج وَأ َ َرى اﻟﻨﱡﺠُ ﻮ َم ﺗَ ْﱪ ُ​ُق ﺑ َِﺮ ً‬ ‫ﻳﻘﺎ َﻻ ِﻣﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﻓﺘَﺢُ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﺳﻤَ ُﻊ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحَ ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر اﻟﺘﱠﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ٌﻞ ِﺟﺪٍّا! َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻆ‪ ،‬أ َ ِﺟ ُﺪﻧِﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ وَأَﺟْ ِﺮي َﺧ ِﺎرﺟَ ًﺔ‪ُ .‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﺗَﻤْ ﻨ َ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺪ ْ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻓﺮاﻧﻜﻔﻮرت‪ «.‬ﺟَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻬَ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫َت َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺨﻨ ُ ُﻘﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻚِ أ َ َﻟ ٌﻢ ِﰲ َرأ ْ ِﺳﻚِ أ َ ْو َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮكِ ؟«‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ِﻂ أﺷﻌﺮ َو َﻛﺄ َ ﱠن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﺨ َﺮ ًة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ﺗَﺠْ ِﺜ ُﻢ َﻓ ْﻮﻗِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺒ َ​َﺲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ‪َ » :‬ﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻚِ أ َ َﻛ ْﻠ ِﺖ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺰ ْل إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻌِ َﺪﺗِﻚِ ؟«‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬ ‫ِﻲ ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪةٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن أَﺑْﻜ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ‪» :‬أ َ ْﻓﻬَ ُﻢ ذَﻟِﻚ‪َ .‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَﺒْ ِﻜ َ‬ ‫ني َﻛ ِﺜريًا؟«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬أُوه‪َ ،‬ﻻ‪َ .‬ﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮح ِﱄ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒُ َﻜﺎءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻏ ْريُ ﻣَ ْﺴﻤ ٍ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ‪» :‬إِذَ ْن أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﺗَ ْﻜﺘُ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺲ ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ؟«‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒُ َﻜﺎءَ ﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻨْﻔِ ِ‬ ‫– »أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻴﺸ َ‬ ‫– »وَأَﻳ َْﻦ ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ ﺗَﻌِ ِ‬ ‫ني ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ﺪﱢكِ ؟«‬ ‫– »أَﻋْ َﲆ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ‪» :‬أﻛﺎن َﻫﺬَا ﻣ ُِﻤ ٍّﻼ َوﻣ ْ‬ ‫ُﻀ ِﺠ ًﺮا؟«‬ ‫ﺎن ﺟَ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫– »أُوه‪َ ،‬ﻻ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‪َ «.‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت اﻟ ﱡﺪﻣُﻮ ُع‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺖ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻮﺑَ ِﺔ ﺑُ َﻜﺎءٍ ﻋَ ﻨ َ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ وَاﻧ ْ َﺨ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَﻨْﻬَ ِﻤ ُﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫‪53‬‬

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‫ﻒ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ وَأ َ َراحَ َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﻮ َﺳﺎ َدةِ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ِﻤ ﱢﺮي ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒُ َﻜﺎءِ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴُﻔِﻴﺪُكِ ‪،‬‬ ‫ﳾءٍ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ َﻏﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَﻟِﻚ ﻧ َ ِﺎﻣﻲ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮ َك ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ َﺔ َوﻧ َ َﺰ َل ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫»ﺻﻐِ ريَﺗُ َﻚ ﺗَﻤْ ِﴚ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻧَﺎﺋِﻤَ ٌﺔ‪ .‬ﻫِ َﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَﺢُ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻓﺘَﺢَ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﺎﻣ ﱠﻲ وَأ َ ْرﻋَ ﺐَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ .‬اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ُ .‬ﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻋِ َﻼجٌ وَاﺣِ ٌﺪ ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ﺗَﺤِ ﱡﻦ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ ْن ﻧ َ ْﻔﻌَ َﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮﺣَ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َﻏﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ذَ َﻫﺎﺑًﺎ َوإِﻳَﺎﺑًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن وَﻣَ َﴙ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ٌﺔ؟ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َﻫﺬَا ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ﺗَﻤْ ِﴚ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻧَﺎﺋِﻤَ ٌﺔ وَﻣَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻒ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا! اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺛﻢ َﻫﺘَ َ‬ ‫َث ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﱄ َو َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻳَ َﺮ ُه أَﺣَ ﺪٌ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ ﻳَﺎ دﻛﺘﻮر أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة ﺟَ ﺎء َْت إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة َو ِﺑ ِﺼﺤﱠ ٍﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ٍة و َ​َﺳﺄُﻋِ ﻴﺪ َُﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة ﺑَﺎﺋ َِﺴ ًﺔ وَﻣَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ َﻓﺘَﺎ ًة َ‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ًﺔ؟ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻓﻌَ َﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ! اﺟْ ﻌَ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺴ ُﻦ‬ ‫َو ِﻋﻨ ْ َﺪ ِﺋ ٍﺬ ﻧُﻌِ ﻴﺪ َُﻫﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َر ﱠد اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ‪» :‬ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻓ ﱢﻜ ْﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮﻟُﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ ﻣُﻌَ ﺎ َﻟﺠَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺪوَاءِ‪َ .‬ﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ َﻗ ِﻮﻳ ٌﱠﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﻠﻮ أَﻋَ ْﺪﺗَﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺴ َﻦ ِﰲ َﻫﻮَاءِ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﻌِ ِﺶ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ إ ِ ِن‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ َت‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺴ َﻦ أَﺑَﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ِﺑ َﻼ ﺣِ َﺮاكٍ ‪َ .‬ﻛﻠِﻤَ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎدِ ﻣَ ًﺔ ﺑَﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ َﻟﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫– »إِذَا َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ دﻛﺘﻮر‪ ،‬إِذَ ْن َﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ِﺳﻮَى ﺧِ ﻴ ٍَﺎر وَاﺣِ ﺪٍ‪َ .‬ﺳ َﱰْﺣَ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة‬ ‫ْف ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ َﻼ ِن ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬و َرﺣَ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن وَاﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱰ ٍة ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ‬ ‫َﻏﺪًا‪َ «.‬ﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ﻟ َِﻔ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫َﺎح ﻳَﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ دَاﺧِ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻧُﻮ ُر ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ ِرﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ِة ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﻃﻨِﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ و ُِﺿﻌَ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ ﻋﴩ‬

‫ا ْﻟ َﻌ ْﻮ َد ُة إِ َﱃ ا ْﳌ َ ْﻨ ِﺰ ِل‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ٍﺔ؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎبَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ َق ْاﻷَﺑْﻮَابَ و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺪْﻋَ ﻰ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪمَ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن أ َ ْرﺟَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ِﰲ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺎﺣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ ْﻮﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋَ َﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑﻌَ َﺔ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻬْ ِﻞ َﻓﻬْ ُﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻈﻮا‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﴫ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ﻳُﻨَﺎدِ ﻳﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ ِﺔ َﺧﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ْف‪َ .‬ﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﻟﺒًﺎ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َت أ ﱠن ْاﻷﻣْ َﺮ ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻖ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠﺎﻫﺎ ِﺑﺄ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِيَ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗُ َﻼﻗِ ﻴَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪ .‬اﻋْ ﺘَ َﻘﺪ ْ‬ ‫إِﻳ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺸﺒ َِﺢ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ َﻗﻠِﻘِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ني ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺸ ِﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎع إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ ِة‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺒَﺐَ َو َراءَ َﻫﺬَا ِاﻻﺟْ ﺘِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫اج َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﱠ‬ ‫ﴬ ﻟ ِ​ِﺮﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﺟﻮن‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﻬﱢ ِﺰ ْاﻷَﺣْ ِﺼﻨ َ َﺔ‬ ‫ﻃﻴ ٍﱢﺐ‪» :‬ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ﻧُﺤَ ﱢ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ِﰲ ِﻣ َﺰ ٍ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑ َ​َﺔ‪ .‬ﺗﻴﻨﻴﺖ‪ ،‬اذْ َﻫ ِﺒﻲ وَأَﻳْﻘ ِ​ِﻈﻲ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَأ َ ْﻟ ِﺒ ِﺴﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن‪،‬‬ ‫ﴬي‬ ‫ﴎ ْع إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَﻌْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ دﻳﺘﺎ وَأَﺣْ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ‪ ،‬أَﺣْ ِ ِ‬ ‫أَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪ ً‬ ‫ﺺ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ُوﻗﺎ َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا‪ ،‬وَاﺣْ ِﺰﻣِﻲ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﺨ ﱡ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ ﱢ‬ ‫اض‬ ‫ﻳﴪﻳ َﱠﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ِﺿﻴﻔِﻲ ﺑَﻌْ ًﻀﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻏ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﻮ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻛﻼرا أﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ِﺑﻤَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺲ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِ​ِﻦ ْاﻓﻌَ ِﲇ ذَﻟِﻚ ْاﻵ َن!«‬ ‫ﺼ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َﻔ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ِﺑ َﻼ ﺣِ َﺮاكٍ ﻣُﺤَ ﺪ َﱢﻗ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻌَ ْﺖ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحُ ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻮ ً‬ ‫َﺷﺒ ٍَﺢ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ َﺳﺘَ ْﺴﺘَﻤْ ِﺘ ُﻊ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻵ َن و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺿﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻘ ْﺖ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠﻌْ ﻠِﻴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮﻳﺒ َ​َﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل َﺷ ِﺎر َد ًة ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرﺣَ َﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ﻟ َِريَى ﻛﻼرا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ‬ ‫َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻊَ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺎءَ ًة ِﺟﺪٍّا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ِة َرﺣِ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت وَا ِﻟﺪ َِﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﻬﻤَ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ ُﻊ إ ِ َﱃ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻟ ِ​ِﺢ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬

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‫– ِ‬ ‫»ﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﻀ ِﻠ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﺗَ ْﱰُ ْﻛﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺮﺣَ ُﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺣْ ِﺰ َم َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﺔ ِﰲ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪُوﻗِﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ وَا ِﻟ ُﺪ ﻛﻼرا و َ​َﻏﻤَ َﺰ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴُﻌْ ﻠِﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﺑَﺄ َس ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَﻟِﻚ‪ِ .‬ﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺎء َْت‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ .‬‬ ‫دﻳﺘﺎ وَأ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َ​َﻫﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ ِﻣ ْﻦ دﻳﺘﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﺑ َﱠﺔ ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ْت َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ أ َ ْﻟ َﻘ َ‬ ‫َاﺟﻬَ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز َﺧ ِﺎرجَ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﻟ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻐﻮ َﻟ ٌﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا ِﰲ و َِﻇ َ‬ ‫أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى! َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َِت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺘِﻬَ ﺎ و َ​َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻐﺎ َد َر َة ِﰲ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺎﱄ ﱢ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺘَ َﻔﻬﱠ ﻢُ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْر َﺳ َﻞ دﻳﺘﺎ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺪْﻋَ ﻰ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن‪ُ .‬ﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫َﺻ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة‪ .‬أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُه ﱠ‬ ‫َﺳﻴُﻮ ﱢ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫َﴩحُ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ِر َﺳﺎ َﻟ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﱢﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻳ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﺔ ِﺑﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ْاﻷَﺣَ ِﺪ َوﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ﻟ َِﱰَى ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُث‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗﻴﻨﻴﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ أَﻳ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈﺘْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻘ ْﻞ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر‪ ،‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻗﺎﺑَ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎس‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺎو َﻟ ِﺔ ْ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ َرأْﻳُﻚِ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻫﺬَا ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَﺗِﻲ؟«‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﻨ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ٍة ﺣَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺮةٍ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا! أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ني َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ أ َ َرى‪ .‬أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ذَاﻫِ ﺒ ٌَﺔ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِﻚِ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪َ .‬ﺳﺘَﺬْ َﻫ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ني َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا!«‬ ‫َﻫﻤَ َﺴ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت َﺧﺎﻓِ ٍﺖ‪» :‬إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل؟«‬ ‫– »أ َ َﻻ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ِﺪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ذَﻟِﻚ؟«‬ ‫َﻫﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬أُوه‪ ،‬ﺑ َ​َﲆ‪ ،‬ﺑ َ​َﲆ‪ِ «.‬ﰲ اﻟﺪ َﱠﻗﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻖ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ري ُة ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َذا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ أ َ ْم أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ﻠُﻢُ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ َﻊ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريَ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة وَﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ وَﺑﻴﱰ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺰ وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ ُﻞ و…‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻓ َﺴﺎ ِﺗ ُ‬ ‫ُوﻗﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ َﻛ ِﺜريَةٍ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ُر ْؤﻳ َ​َﺔ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﻣَ َﻸ َ ْت ُ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ِﺂز ُر‪،‬‬ ‫ري ٌة‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﻨَﺎدِ ﻳ ُﻞ وَأ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءُ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻛ ِﺜ َ‬ ‫ﺿ َﺎﻓ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗُﻤْ ِﺴ ُﻚ ِﺑ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ٍﺔ‪» :‬وَاﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮي ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ «.‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ دَاﺧِ ِﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﴩ َرﻏ ً‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮﺣَ ِﺔ‪ِ .‬ﰲ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪ .‬و َِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ اﺛْﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫َﻏﻤْ َﺮ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن و َْﻗ ُﺖ ﻓِ َﺮاﻗِ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑ َ​َﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴ َِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎﻫِ َﺰ ٌة‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أَيﱡ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤُ ْﺰ ِن‪.‬‬ ‫‪56‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ َِﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‬

‫ﴬ ِﻛﺘَﺎﺑَﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻔ ﱠﻀ ِﻞ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺘْﻬَ ﺎ إِﻳﱠﺎ ُه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻟﺘُﺤْ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ِو َﺳﺎ َدﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫اﺿﻬَ ﺎ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫أَﺣَ ﺪًا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺤْ ِﺰﻣْ ُﻪ ِﺿﻤْ َﻦ أ َ ْﻏ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻜﺘَﺎبَ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ ﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﰲ ﺣَ ْﺰﻣ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻓﺘَﺤَ ْﺖ ﺧِ َﺰاﻧَﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﺘَﺒْﺤَ َﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻛﻨ ْ ٍﺰ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎ ُل‬ ‫ﴬﺗْ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ﱠﻔﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ ﻟُﻌْ ﺒَ ٍﺔ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺸ ﱠﻮ ٍة َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ُﻢ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ﻛﻼرا َوو َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْرﺗَﺪ ْ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ َﻓﻮ َْق ﱠ‬ ‫َت ُﻗﺒﱠﻌَ ﺘَﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ َﺔ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑ َ​َﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄﻔِ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ﻟُ ْ‬ ‫َﻗﺪﱠﻣَ ْﺖ ﻟِﻜﻼرا أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻴَﺐَ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ و َ​َﺷ َﻜ َﺮ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ أ َ ْن‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ ُﺷ ْﻜ َﺮ َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳُﻮ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺬ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل َﻟﻮ َْﻻ ُه َو َﻟﻮ َْﻻ وَﻋْ ُﺪ ُه‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮا ُم َﻏﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑ َُﺔ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُك وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﺴ َﻜ ِﺖ ِﺑ َﺴ ﱠﻠﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا ﻋَ َﲆ ِرﺟْ ﻠِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ُون ﺣَ َﺮ َﻛ ٍﺔ َﻛﺎ ْﻟ َﻔﺄ ْ ِر‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺨ َﴙ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َك َﻛﻴ َْﻼ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٍة د َ‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﻠ ِﻢ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻖ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ أَﺧِ ريًا ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺠﻬَ ٌﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻮْا ِﻣ ْﻦ ِرﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄْﺟَ َﺮ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻧًﺎ وَﻋَ َﺮﺑ ًَﺔ ِﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ أَﺑْﻌَ ِﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ‪ ،‬ﺛﻢ َﺳﺘُ ْﻜ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﻫِ َﻲ ﺑَﺎﻗِ َﻲ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ َﺳ ْريًا ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْﻗﺪَا ِم‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﻃﻤْ ﺄَﻧَﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪ َ‬ ‫أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ُﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ إِﻳﺠَ ﺎدِ َ‬ ‫ﴬ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ ُ‬ ‫ُوﻗﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮدًا إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ِﺑ ُﺴﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﻴُﺤْ ِ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﺎبَ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮَﺟﱠ َﻪ ﻟِﺠَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﺨِ َ‬ ‫َﻻﺣِ ًﻘﺎ‪ .‬أ َ َﺧﺬَ َﻫﺎ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ اﻧْﻔِ َﺮادٍ وَأَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ْﺖ ﻛ َِﻼ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻫ ِﺪﻳ ٌﱠﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻟ َِﻔ َﺎﻓ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْﺌَ ْ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْرﻏ َِﻔ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔﻘِ ﺪ َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻮﱠحَ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ َﺮى ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤَ َﺔ‬ ‫ﺗَﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻖ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫َﺻﻠُﻮا إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺮﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻖ إ ِ ﱠن ﺟَ ﺪ َﱠﻫﺎ َﺳ ُري ِْﺳ ُﻞ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ُوق َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻬَ ﺎ ُ‬ ‫ِ ِﻹﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر ﱡ‬ ‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮدًا إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت َﻗ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أَﺧِ ريًا َﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ .‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ َﻗ ْﻠﺒُﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺨﻔِ ُﻖ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫َﺎب‪.‬‬ ‫ﴎ َع َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت أَﻋْ َﲆ وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ ْت ﺗَﺠْ ِﺮي أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع‪ .‬ا ْرﺗَﺠَ َﻔ ْﺖ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺪ ﻳَﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ‪» :‬أُوه! ﻳَﺎ إ ِ َﻟ ِﻬﻲ! إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ اﻋْ ﺘَﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٌ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل َ‬ ‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻛ َﺾ‬ ‫ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛ ْﻢ أَﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أَﻧَﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ!« َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﺬ َراﻋَ ﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪةِ‪َ .‬ﺳﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُدﻣُﻮ ُع ا ْﻟﻔ ْﺮﺣَ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ﻨَﺘَ ِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮز‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫‪57‬‬

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‫َﺻ ْﻮﺗُﻬَ ﺎ‪ُ .‬ﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا َﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ َربﱢ ! َﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫– »ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ ،‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ َﺷﻌْ ُﺮ َﻫﺎ و َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺠَ ﺒ َْﺖ ِﻟﺪَﻋَ ﻮَاﺗِﻲ!«‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻋَ َﲆ ﻳَ ِﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬ ‫ُﻮن ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤْ ﻴَﺎءِ و ْ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﻳَﺎ‬ ‫اﻧْﻬَ ﻤَ َﺮ ْت ُدﻣُﻮ ُع ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ﻋُ ﺪ ِْت ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ؟«‬ ‫ﺿ َﻐ َ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ْﻢ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﺗَﺒْﻜِﻲ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺖ‬ ‫ﻮز ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ﻨَﺘَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫َار‬ ‫ﺎن ُﺷﻌُ ﻮ ًرا ْاﻓﺘَ َﻘ َﺪﺗْ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﺮا ًرا َوﺗَ ْﻜ َﺮا ًرا ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮر ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻬُ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ ﻋﴩ‬

‫ﲑا‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﳌ َ ْﻨ ِﺰ ِل َأ ِﺧ ً‬ ‫ري َو ِﻟﺘُﻌْ ِﻄﻴَﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ ًﻀﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫أَﻣْ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة ِﻟﺘَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﺨ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُ ُﻪ ِﺑﺤِ ْﺮ ٍص َﺷﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﻀ ُﻢ َرﻏ ً‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ أَذُ ْق أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَﻟِﻚ أَﺑَﺪًا‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘْﻌَ َﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﺣِ ْﻀﻨًﺎ أَﺧِ ريًا َووَﻋَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘِﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗُﻚِ ‪ .‬اﺣْ ﺘَ َﻀﻨ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ ﻴ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ ﻫِ َﻲ ْ‬ ‫َت أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ‬ ‫ﻟ ِ​ِﺰﻳَﺎ َرﺗِﻬَ ﺎ َﻏﺪًا‪ْ .‬اﻵ َن َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻟِﺠَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة َﻗﺎدِ َر ًة‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ د َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱡ ِﻞ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ِة أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﺮاهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮخ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ ِﰲ ُﻏ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻌِ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٍة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ َﻞ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻧَﺤْ َﻮهُ‪،‬‬ ‫د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘﱠ ِﺴ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ﻟ َِريَى اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﻣَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ مُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺖ ِﺑ َﺴ ﱠﻠﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ﱠﻔ ْﺖ ذِ َراﻋَ ﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﻋُ ﻨُﻘِ ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗُ َﺮ ﱢددُ‪» :‬ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺪﱢي!«‬ ‫ني َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ِ .‬ﻷَو ِﱠل ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أَﻋْ ﻮَا ٍم َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه د َِاﻣﻌَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟ َﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ ﱠﻚ ذِ َراﻋَ ْﻲ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻮ ِْل ﻋُ ﻨُﻘِ ِﻪ وَأَﺟْ َﻠ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ُر ْﻛﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬إِذَ ْن َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋُ ﺪ ِْت إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ .‬ﻫ ْﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮدُوكِ ؟«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬أُوه‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺨِ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫َﻗ َﻀ ِﺖ اﻟﺪ َﱠﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴ َ​َﺔ ﺗُ ْﺨ ِﱪُ ُه ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻛﻼرا و ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎبَ َو َر َاﻗﺒَﺘْ ُﻪ‬ ‫و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َْﻘ َﺮ ُؤهُ‪.‬‬ ‫– » َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫اش وَﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺲ ﺗَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻴﻚِ ﻟِﻌِ ﱠﺪ ِة أَﻋْ ﻮَا ٍم‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎكِ ﻣَ ًﺎﻻ َﻛﺎﻓِ ﻴًﺎ ﻟ ِ​ِﴩَاءِ ﻓِ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫»ﻻ أَﺣْ ﺘَﺎﺟُ ُﻪ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪َ .‬ﻟﺪَيﱠ ﻓِ َﺮ ٌ‬ ‫اش ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ‪َ .‬وو َ‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ ِﰲ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪُوﻗِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻦ أَﺣْ ﺘَﺎجَ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ِﺪ أَﺑَﺪًا‪«.‬‬

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‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﺿﻌِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺨِ َﺰاﻧ َ ِﺔ إِذَ ْن‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛ ٌﺪ أَﻧﱠﻚِ َﺳ ُ ِﱰﻳﺪِﻳﻨ َ ُﻪ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫ْت َ‬ ‫َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪َ ،‬ﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِْق‪:‬‬ ‫ري ﺣَ ﺎ ﱟد ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻮﺛَﺒ َْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻔِ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة! اﻟﺪﱡبﱡ ﱠ‬ ‫»ا ْﻟﺒَﺠَ ﻌَ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ! َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَﺘَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮا ِﻧﻨِﻲ؟ ﻣَ ْﺮﺣَ ﺒًﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﺑﻴﱰ!«‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺪَاﻣَ ﻰ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻮﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َني أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ ِﺑ َﻘ ْﻠ ٍﺐ َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪٍ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣُﻬَ ﺎ َﻫﺎدِ ﺋًﺎ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﴩ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ات ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ ﺧِ َﻼ َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ َوﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻖ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ْ .‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﻟ َِريَى إِذَا‬ ‫ﻆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ُﺷﻬُ ٍ‬ ‫ري‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ْك‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻠ ُﻖ ﺣِ ﻴَﺎ َل ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ ِﰲ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ َﺨ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮب‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحَ ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱪ أ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر اﻟﺘﱠﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫َﺎح اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ﻧ َ َﺰ َل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ِ ِﻹﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر ُ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ُوق ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺎ َر ِت ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻮخ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻟﻮﱠﺣَ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎب‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُﻛ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤْ ﺘَﻌَ ْﺖ ِﺑ َﺮﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﱪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻛ ِﻢ ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ َر ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗُ ْﺨ ِ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ َو َﻛ ْﻢ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ْت ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ِة ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْﻛﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َْت وَا ِﻟ َﺪ ُة ﺑﻴﱰ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي أ َ ﱠن أُﻣﱠ ﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَ ْﺴ َﱰ ِْﺟ ُﻊ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ُﻮع‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ أ َ َراد ْ‬ ‫َت أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ًﻀﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺻﺤﱠ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄﻛِﻴ ِﺪ إِذَا ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ َ ْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻛ ِﻞ َﻫ َﻜﺬَا ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ِة أ ْﺳﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ؛ ِﻟﺬَا أ َ َﻛ َﻠ ْﺖ وَاﺣِ ﺪًا َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺗُﺒْﻘ َِﻲ ْاﻷ َ ْرﻏ َِﻔ َﺔ ِﻟﻮ َْﻗ ٍﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْاﻵ َن‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ‪ .‬أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﺳﺄ َ ْﻓﻌَ ُﻞ‬ ‫َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة اﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي و َ​َﻫﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ‪َ » :‬ﻟﺪَيﱠ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ! ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﻨَﺎو َِﱄ َرﻏ ً‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َزﺟً ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪َ ،‬و َرﻏ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔﺎ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳَ ْﻮ َم ْاﻷَﺣَ ﺪِ‪ .‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻫﺎ َﻟﻚِ ﺑﻴﱰ!«‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤْ ِ َ‬ ‫ني ذَﻟِﻚ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ إِﻋْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻛﻚِ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻟِﺠَ ﺪﱢكِ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎءُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫و َُﻫ َﻮ َﺳﻴ ُْﺨ ِﱪُكِ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗُﻨْﻔِ ﻘِ ﻴﻨَﻪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻟﻚِ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْرﻏ َِﻔ َﺔ! ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ إِذَا أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ِﺖ َﻗ ِﻮﻳ ًﱠﺔ‬ ‫»ﻻ‪ ،‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺠْ ﻌَ َﻠﻚِ َﻗ ِﻮﻳ ًﱠﺔ‪َ .‬ﺳﻨُﺤْ ِ ُ‬ ‫ﺿﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ َﻟﻚِ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ُم ِﻷَﻧﱠﻚِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ٌﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﺳﻴ ُِﴤءُ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻻﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺖ ِﻛﺘَﺎبَ ﺗَ َﺮاﻧِﻴ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪» :‬أُوه‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة ْاﻵ َن! دَﻋِ ﻴﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﻗ َﺮأ ْ َﻟﻚِ ﺗَ ْﺮﻧِﻴﻤَ ًﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻮز ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﴍ َق وَﺟْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ٌة َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻫﺎ‬ ‫أَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ْت ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬

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‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل أَﺧِ ريًا‬

‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أَﻧْﻬَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿﺄ ْ ِت َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ﻳَﺎ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة‪ْ .‬اﻗ َﺮﺋِﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪ .‬ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ﺑَﻌْ ﺪُ‪«.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ ﻋﴩ‬

‫اس َﻳ ْﻮ ِم ْ َ‬ ‫اﻷ َﺣ ِﺪ‬ ‫َأ ْﺟ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻌَ ُﺪ ﻫِ َﻲ وَاﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ َﻞ‪» :‬أُوه ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪ .‬ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗُﻨَﺎ ْاﻵ َن‬ ‫ﻮز‪.‬‬ ‫ري ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪َ «.‬ﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗُ َﺆ ْر ِﺟﺢُ ﻳَ َﺪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳﻌَ ُﺪ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َﻫﺪَأ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﻓﺮاﻧﻜﻔﻮرت ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَدْﻋُ ﻮ ﷲ َ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ أَﻋُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺢُ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻮ أ َ ﱠن ﷲ َ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﻨِﻲ أَﻋُ ﻮ ُد ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﺳﻴ ْ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ ًِﻔﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﺳﺄَﺣْ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة وَﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَةِ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻞ ﷲ ُ‬ ‫ري ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﺳﺄَﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠ ُﻞ أَﺑَﺪًا‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َث ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ ْﻢ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫أَﻧَﺎ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٌة أ َ ﱠن ﷲ َ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺠْ ﻌَ ِﻞ ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُث ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻋِ ﺪًا‪َ ،‬ﺳﺄ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﺘِﻲ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ‪ِ .‬ﻣ َﻦ ْاﻵ َن َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ﱢﲇ‬ ‫ِﻷ َ ْﺷ ُﻜ َﺮ ﷲ َ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﲇ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻠُﺒُﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺄ َ ُﻗﻮ ُل ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ إ ِ ﱠن ﷲ َ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ‬ ‫ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ٌﺔ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ ِﱄ‪َ .‬ﺳﻨ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ﱢﲇ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي؟ َﻻ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﻧَﻨ ْ َﴗ ﷲ َ أَﺑَﺪًا ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‬ ‫َوإ ِ ﱠﻻ َﺳﻴَﻨ ْ َﺴﺎﻧَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪» :‬وَﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻟ ْﻮ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴﻨَﺎ ُه ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ؟«‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﺣَ ِﺰ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺒﺢُ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮأِ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﻴ َْﱰُ ُﻛﻨَﺎ ﷲ ُ ﻧَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻧ َ َﺸﺎءُ و َ​َﺳﻨ ُ ْ‬ ‫– »إِذَ ْن َﺳﻴَﺌُﻮ ُل ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻮءِ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻠﻨَﺎ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﻫ َﺮﺑْﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ِ‬ ‫ُﻓ َﻘ َﺮاءَ َوﺗُﻌَ َﺴﺎءَ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ َﺮ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫ﷲ و َُﻫ َﻮ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ ُْﻔ َﱰ َُض‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﺴﺎﻋِ َﺪﻧَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ٌﺔ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ .‬أَﻳ َْﻦ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤْ ِﺖ ذَﻟِﻚ؟«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫– ِ‬ ‫»ﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﴍَﺣَ ِﺖ ْاﻷﻣْ َﺮ ُﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ ِﱄ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﱰ ٍة َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱠث ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪» :‬أ َ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي؟‬ ‫َﺳﺎ ُروا ﻟ َِﻔ ْ َ‬ ‫إِذَا َﻫ َﺮﺑْﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ﷲِ‪َ ،‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﺴﺎﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﺑَﺪِ؟«‬

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‫ﱪﺗْﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻗ َﺮأ ْ ُت ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ًﺔ ِﰲ ِﻛﺘَﺎ ِﺑ َﻲ‬ ‫– »أُوه‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة‪ .‬أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪َ .‬ﺳﺄ َ ْﻗ َﺮ ُؤ َﻫﺎ َﻟ َﻚ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻧ َ ِﺼ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪ «.‬ﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗُ َﻐﻨﱢﻲ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَ ْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ ِﰲ ﺑَﺎﻗِ ﻲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻗ َﺮأ َ ِت ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﺪﱢ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪ .‬و َ​َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ﻣَ ْﻮ ِﻋ ِﺪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َر ِة َو َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱪﺗْ ُﻪ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ِﰲ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮل‬ ‫أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل َوﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجُ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي ﻋَ ﺒَﺎءَ ًة ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ًة َوﻳَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ وَا ِﻟ ِﺪهِ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻋْ ِﻲ ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺐُ ُﻏ ُﺮوبَ‬ ‫ِﻒ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ِﻨﺪًا إ ِ َﱃ ﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ َﻗ ِﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ُﺔ‪َ .‬وﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪ .‬و َ​َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة أ َ َرا َد أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺘَﺎﻋُ ُﻪ وَأَﻣْ ﻮَاﻟُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ؛‬ ‫َو ِﻟ َﺬا َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪ .‬و َِﰲ‬ ‫ﴪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ .‬وﺗَ َﺮ َك ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ َﻟ ُﻪ و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ ِﻣ ْﻦ وَا ِﻟ ِﺪ ِه أ َ ْن ﻳُﻌْ ِﻄﻴَ ُﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﱪ وَا ِﻟ َﺪهُ‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ َﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻘ َﻚ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْاﻵ َن‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﻟ ِﻪ وَأ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﴬوا َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ِردَاءٍ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧﺎﺗَﻤً ﺎ‬ ‫ﱪ َﺧﺪَﻣَ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤْ ِ ُ‬ ‫َرآ ُه وَا ِﻟ ُﺪ ُه َﻓﺠَ َﺮى ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ُه و َ​َﻗﺒﱠ َﻠﻪُ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﻌِ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﺣِ ﺬَاءً ﻟ َِﻘﺪَﻣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ وَا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪ .‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل إ ِ ﱠن اﺑْﻨ َ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِ ِﻹ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻴﱢﺘًﺎ و َْاﻵ َن ﻋَ ﺎ َد ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة‬ ‫أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ًﺔ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي؟«‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ‪» :‬أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﱟﻖ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ٌﺔ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪َ «.‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ َز ﺑَﺪَا ﺟَ ﺎدٍّا‬ ‫ِﺟﺪٍّا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ﱠن ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ َﺳ َﻜﺘَ ْﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ُﻛﻮﺧِ ِﻪ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫َﺎح اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﱄ ْ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﴍ َ​َﻗ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫– »ﺗَﻌَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ! ا ْرﺗَﺪِي أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ َﻓ َﺴﺎﺗِﻴﻨِﻚِ ‪َ .‬ﺳﻨ َ ْﺬ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﺴ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ!«‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﻰ‪ .‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﺴ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻼ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت ا ْﻟﻤ ِ‬ ‫ني َﻻﻓِ ﺘًﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ ِاﻻﺛْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱠاس َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻧِﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ني َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ ْن ﻳُﺪ ِْر ُﻛﻮا ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻣَ ﱠﺮﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ َﺷ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﺟَ ﺪ َﱠﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱠاس أ َ َﺧﺬَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَﺪ َِﻫﺎ وَاﺗﱠﺠَ َﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱢﺲ‪َ .‬وو َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺑَﺎﻗِ ﻲ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻧْﺘِﻬَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ َﺷﺄ ْ ِن اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ َو َﻛ ْﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ َﻟ ِﻄ ٌ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَةٍ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻬَ ﺎﻣَ ُﺴ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ ﱢﻠ َ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ‬ ‫ﱪ َﺳﺎﺋ ُِﻖ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﻟﺘَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ون‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻮز‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻮ ﱢد ﺗِﺠَ ﺎ َه اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫‪64‬‬

‫أَﺟْ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫اس ﻳَ ْﻮ ِم ْاﻷَﺣَ ِﺪ‬

‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ َﻗ ْﺪ د َ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ﺑَﻴ َْﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱢﺲ‪ .‬ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺎﻓﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻤَ َﻮ ﱠدةٍ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱢﺲ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻴﱢﺒَﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱡ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ِﺟﺌْ ُﺖ ِﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎحَ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻠُﺐَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ُﻗ ْﻠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ ﻣُﺤِ ٍّﻘﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻘ ِﻞ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱡﺲ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﺳﻨ ُ َﺮﺣﱢ ﺐُ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﺑ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ ِﺠري ٍَان‪َ «.‬و ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا َﺧ َﺮجَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻣَ َﻊ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪ِ .‬ﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜﺎدِ اﻧ ْ َﻐ َﻠ َﻖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبُ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ َﻘﺪﱠﻣَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﺴ ِﺔ ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮُﺟُ ﻮ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ُه ِﻟﺘُ َﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻠﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ف ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻳَﺒْﺪَأُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻒ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َوذَ َﻫﺐَ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﻟ ُ‬ ‫ﻀﻬُ ْﻢ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻮز‪َ .‬وﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛُﻮا‬ ‫ِﺼﻌُ ﻮ ِد ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻣَ َﻊ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻦ دَﻋْ َﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪَاءِ و َِزﻳَﺎ َرﺗ ِ​ِﻪ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﻖ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻮف ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪» :‬ﺗَﺒْﺪُو‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر َك َﻫ َﻜﺬَا ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم أ َ ْﺳﻌَ ُﺪ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻖ‪ .‬أ َ ْﺳﻌَ ُﺪ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠﻠُ ُﻪ ﻣُﻤْ ِﻜﻨًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءِ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴﱢ ِﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ َﺳ َﻼ ٍم ﻣَ َﻊ ِ‬ ‫ﷲ وَﻣَ َﻊ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﷲ ُ َﻛ ِﺮﻳﻤً ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠﻚِ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ُﻛﻮﺧِ ﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻮخ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺢَ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ َود َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ﻣَ َﻊ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻼ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ِﻟ ْﻠﻘِ ﻴَﺎ ِم ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄﺗ َِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻠِﻴﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﺪﻳْﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻒ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﺎب و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜَﻬُ ﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓﻊ ﺑﻴﱰ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫»ﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﺧِ َ‬ ‫َﻫﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻒ‪ُ :‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎبٌ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻟﻬﺎﻳﺪي!«‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺨِ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎبُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻛﻼرا‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫َان ِزﻳَﺎ َر َة ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ري ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ْاﻵ َن‪ :‬اﻟ ﱡﺰوﱠا ُر و َِاﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ُل إ ِ َﱃ دورﻓﲇ وَاﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤَ ﻴﱠ َﺰ ُة‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ﻟِﻠﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﺴ ِﺠ ُﻢ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠري َِت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‬ ‫َﺳﺘَﺘَ َﻐ ﱠريُ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ ﻋﴩ‬

‫ﲑا‬ ‫ِز َﻳ َﺎر ٌة َأ ِﺧ ً‬ ‫ﺿﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﻟ ِْﻸ َ َﺳ ِﻒ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﻨ َ َﻊ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺤﱠ ِﺔ ﻛﻼرا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻴﱠﺎ ِم ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ إِﺣْ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺎﻃﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎﺗﱠ َﻔ َﻘ ْﺖ ﻫِ َﻲ َووَا ِﻟﺪ َُﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ﱠن إ ِ ْر َﺳﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ ِﰲ إِﺟَ ﺎ َز ٍة‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ َم ِﺑﺜَﺎﻧِﻲ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳُﻔِﻴ َﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻓﺤَ ْﺴﺐُ َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﺳﻴُﻔِﻴ ُﺪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐَ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َزوْﺟَ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ‬ ‫ﻃ ٍﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱰةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗُﻮ ﱢُﻓﻴ َِﺖ اﺑْﻨَﺘُ ُﻪ ُﻣ َﺆ ﱠﺧ ًﺮا أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪َ .‬و ِﺑﺒ َ​َﺴﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ‬ ‫ِني َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗُﻮ ﱢُﻓﻴ َْﺖ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜ ِ‬ ‫ُﻫ َﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﺨ ُ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﺺ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ذَﻟِﻚ ا ْﻟﺤِ ِ‬ ‫َﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐَ إِذَا َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﺄ َ َل ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبُ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺒ ِ‬ ‫إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﴍ ًَﻓﺎ َﻟﻪُ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﻌَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺣَ َﺰﻣَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ﻛﻼرا إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ َﺳﺎﻟِﻤَ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﻴَﺤْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَﺎ َر ْت َﻫﺪَاﻳَﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة َو ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱢﺪ‬ ‫ص ﻋَ َﲆ أ ْن ﺗَ ِﺼ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫وَﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻟِﺒﻴﱰ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ُ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻆ ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ًة ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫َﺎح‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﴪ ُع إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ِﻟﺘَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ َﺮ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ أَﺑْﻌَ ِﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫َوﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎ ِع ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗُ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ُروﺗِﻴﻨُﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫ُﻮع ْاﻵ َن‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ‬ ‫َﺎح ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ِة أ ْﺳﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ َل ﻛﻼرا وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة ِﰲ أَيﱢ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫و ُ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﱠﺪ ًة ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ِﺼ َﻼ ِن‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋِ ﻮ ً‬ ‫ﺻﻔِ ريَ ﺑﻴﱰ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺿﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻛﻼرا َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺠﻲءُ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ؟«‬ ‫ﺿﻴ ً‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﻬَ ﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻊَ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮﻓﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄ َ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎبَ ﺑﻴﱰ‬ ‫اﻹﺣْ ﺒَﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحَ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ط‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ ُر ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ِْ‬

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‫ُﻮن وَاﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮن! إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻗﺎدِ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬ﺟَ ﺪﱢي! ﺟَ ﺪﱢي! ﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َل‪ ،‬ﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َل! إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻗﺎدِ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬُ ﻢْ!«‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ‪ .‬ﻣَ ﱠﺪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم ِﻟﺘَﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ِﻟﺘَﺤِ ﻴﱠﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫»ﺻﺒَﺎحُ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮﺣَ ُﺔ ﺗَﻤْ َﻸ ُ َﻗ ْﻠﺒَﻬَ ﺎ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ :‬‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﺬ َراﻋَ ﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻤْ ﺪُو َدﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ري ﻳَﺎ دﻛﺘﻮر‪ ،‬و َُﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا ﺟَ ِﺰ ً‬ ‫ﻳﻼ َﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻓ ْﻠﻴُﺒ َِﺎر ْﻛﻚِ ﷲ ُ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ُة! ﻋَ َﻼ َم ﺗَ ْﺸ ُﻜ ِﺮﻳﻨَﻨِﻲ؟«‬ ‫و ﱠ‬ ‫َﺿﺤَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫»ﻹ ْر َﺳ ِﺎﱄ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻟِﺠَ ﺪﱢي‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ‪ِ ِ :‬‬ ‫ﻴﺐ َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ َﻠ ُﻪ ُﺷﻌَ ﺎ ٌع ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴍ َق وَﺟْ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ أ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ري َة‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ َ‬ ‫أَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ور َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋِ ﻮ ً‬ ‫َﺿﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴَﺘْ ُﻪ ِﺑ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اع َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮﺣَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَﻨ ﱠ ًﺔ أﻳﱠﻤَ ﺎ اﻣْ ِﺘﻨ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن َو ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﱢﻠ َﻘ ًﺔ ِﺑ ِﺬ َر ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريُ‪ُ :‬‬ ‫»ﺧﺬِﻳﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺪﱢكِ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ُة‪«.‬‬ ‫– » َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻛﻼرا وَﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ؟«‬ ‫ﻒ ِﺟﺪٍّا ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ أَﺗَﻴ ُْﺖ وَﺣْ ﺪِي‪ .‬ﻛﻼرا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫آﺳ ٌ‬ ‫– »أَﻧَﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ًﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا َو َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ ِﻘﻴ َِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻟ َِﱰْﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ِم ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَﺄ ِﺗﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﺎن ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ ُر دَاﻓِ ﺌًﺎ َو َ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪«.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨ َ ًﺔ ِﻟﺜَﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ٍﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘَ ْﺴﻤَ ﺢَ ﻟِﻌَ ْﻘﻠِﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺎب ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ْاﻷَﻧْﺒَﺎءِ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺰﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪:‬‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘِﻴﻌَ ِ‬ ‫»ﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َل ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ﻳَﺎ دﻛﺘﻮر‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻨ َ ِﺠ َﺪ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ ،‬ﻳ َُﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻼ ِن أ َ ْ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ﻳَﺘَ َﺸﺎ َر َﻛ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻟِﻌُ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺪَاءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻜﻮ ِﱠن ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ﻣَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ﻳَﺠْ ﻠ َِﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ ِﰲ ْاﻷ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺐ وَا ْﻟﺠُ ﺒ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِﺺ‪َ ،‬رأَﻳَﺎ َرﺟُ ًﻼ آ ِﺗﻴًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ًة ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﺣَ ِﺎﻣ ًﻼ َﻟ ﱠﻔ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺒْﺘَ ِﺴ ُﻢ ﻟِﻬﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬آه‪َ ،‬ﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﺎءَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ ُد ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ﻛﻼرا‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ‪ْ :‬‬ ‫»اﻓﺘَﺤِ ﻲ ُﻛﻨُﻮ َزكِ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ «.‬ود َ​َﻓ َﻊ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ َد ﻧَﺤْ ﻮ َ​َﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻮ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى أ َ ْﺧ َﺮﺟَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺣَ َﺰﻣَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ﻛﻼرا ِﺑﺤِ ْﺮ ٍص‪َ .‬ﻛﻌْ ٌﻚ و َ​َﺷﺎ ٌل‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺾ ْاﻷ َ َدو ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴚءُ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ ُﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِة ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﺪﱢ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َﻘﺎﻧ ُِﻖ ﻟِﺒﻴﱰ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ُﺲ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﱠ ْ‬

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‫ِزﻳَﺎ َر ٌة أَﺧِ ريًا‬

‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺪَاﻳَﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُر ْؤﻳ َُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻤْ ﺘِﻌً ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ ِﺼﺤﱠ ٍﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ٍة و َ​َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس ﻋﴩ‬

‫ﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺪ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ َﺟ ِﺪ ٌ‬ ‫َﺑ ْﻴ ٌ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻗﺎﻣَ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ري ﻳَﺘَ َﺸﺎ َر ُك‬ ‫ﺼﺤْ ﺒَ ِﺔ َرﺟُ ٍﻞ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘِﻌَ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺺ َوﻳ َْﻘ ِﴤ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ َﺖ‪ .‬و َ​َﻓ ِﺮﺣَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﻌَ ْﺮ ِض ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ُر ْﻛ ٍﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺔ ِ ِﻹﺛْﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻠ ْﺖ أَﺧِ ريًا ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﰲ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ٍﻖ َﻻ‬ ‫َﺎت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﱡث ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ‪ .‬وَاﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ إ ِ ﱠﻻ اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻊ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ … ْ‬ ‫ني َو ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ اﻟﻨﱠﻘِ ﱢﻲ‬ ‫وَﺣُ ﱢﺮﻳﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ﱠن ِاﻻﺑْﺘِﻌَ ﺎ َد ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُه ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎع‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ ِﻟﻨ ِْﺴﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﺎن ﻣَ َﺸﺎ ِﻛﻠ ِ​ِﻪ و َِاﻻ ْﺳﺘِﻤْ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْﻮ ُم َرﺣِ ﻴﻠ ِ​ِﻪ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ‪ .‬ﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻟ َﻢ َﻗ ْﻠﺐُ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻜ ْﺖ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﺮاﻓِ َﻘﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻒ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ِﺑﻠُ ْ‬ ‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَﺎ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ ْن ﺗَﺒ َْﻘ ْﻲ َوإ ِ ﱠﻻ َﺳﺘَﻤْ َﺮ ِﺿ َ‬ ‫ني ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ إِذَا اﺣْ ﺘَﺠْ ُﺖ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ ﻳَ ْﺮﻋَ ﺎﻧِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺘَ ُﻜﻮﻧِ َ‬ ‫ني أ َ ﱠو َل َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ أَﺗﱠ ِﺼ ُﻞ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ﻓِ ﻌْ ُﻞ‬ ‫ذَﻟِﻚ؟«‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺂﺗِﻲ ِﰲ أَو ِﱠل ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ﺗُ ْﺮ ِﺳ ُﻞ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ِﺒﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ أُﺣِ ﺒﱡ َﻚ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ أُﺣِ ﺐﱡ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺪﱢي ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻫ َﻜﺬَا َﻟﻮﱠحَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﻧ ُ ْﻘ َ‬ ‫َﴍ َع ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ُﻣ َﻮدﱢﻋً ﺎ إِﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬ر َاﻗﺒَﺘْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺔ‬ ‫ﱠﺎﻫ ْﻢ و َ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ًة ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةٍ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ﻟ َِريَى ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺸ ِﻤ َﺲ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ َ‬ ‫أَﺧِ ريَ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪ِ :‬‬ ‫وح‪ .‬ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫»ﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴﱢ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻮُﺟُ ﻮ ُد ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك … ﺟَ ﻴﱢ ٌﺪ ِﻟ ْﻠ ِﺠ ْﺴ ِﻢ َوﻟِﻠ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮءُ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺢُ َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬

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‫ﻳﻒ ﻳَﻤْ ِﴤ ﺑ َِﻄﻴﺌًﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻟِﻬﺎﻳﺪي‪ِ ،‬ﻷَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻓﺘَ َﻘﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن ﺑَﺎﻗِ َﻲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َت ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺤْ ﺒ َ​َﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أَﺧِ ريًا ﺟَ ﺎءَ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠﺞُ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ .‬ﺣَ َﺎﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َوﻧ َ َﻘ َﻞ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺰ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ِﻴﺴ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ِﻤ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ َ‬ ‫دورﻓﲇ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ِﺑﻨَﺎءٌ َﻗﺪِﻳ ٌﻢ ﻣَ ﻬْ ﺠُ ﻮ ٌر ِﻷَﻋْ ﻮَا ٍم ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل ُﺷﻬُ ﻮ َر‬ ‫ﻳﻒ ﻟِﺠَ ﻌْ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ َﺳﻠِﻴﻤً ﺎ َو ُﻣﺘَﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ًﻜﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠَ ًﺔ ِﺑﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻴ ُْﺶ ِﰲ دورﻓﲇ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ُﻦ‬ ‫َﺎح َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎب إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻬْ ِﺮ‪ .‬وَﻋَ ِﻤ َﻠ ْﺖ ﺟَ ﺎﻫِ َﺪ ًة ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ َوﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤَ ْﺖ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺸ َﻐ ٍﻒ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ُد ﱢر َس َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜﺎدِ ﺗَ َﺮى ﺑﻴﱰ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪َ .‬ﻗﺎ َل إ ِ ﱠن اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠﺞَ َﻛﺜ ٌ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ ِﺟﺪٍّا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ًﺔ ِﻟﻴَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻳ َِﺠ ُﺪ َ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ َل إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َوﻣ ِْﻦ ﺛ َ ﱠﻢ َﻓﻬُ َﻮ َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻰ‬ ‫اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠﺞَ ِﻟﻴَ ُﺰو َر ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻧْﺘِﻬَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗُﺤِ ﺐﱡ ُر ْؤﻳ َ​َﺔ ﺑﻴﱰ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺸﺘَ ُ‬ ‫ﺎق أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ وَأ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻠُﺐُ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبَ ﻟِﻠ ﱢﺰﻳَﺎ َرةِ‪ ،‬ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﱪ َُﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ أ َ ﱠن اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠﺞَ َﻛﺜ ٌ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫ﻮر ﱠ‬ ‫ور أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻛ ِﺜريَ ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءِ َو ُ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ِة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪.‬‬ ‫ﻇﻬُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮز إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ُﻣ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫اش َو َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ُر ْﻛﻨِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎدِ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَ َﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﻣَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ٌﺔ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ؟«‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﱪ َد ﻳُ َﺆﺛ ﱢ ُﺮ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪َ :‬‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻂ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ُة‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َ ْ‬ ‫– »إِذَ ْن َﺳﺘَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺴ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ني ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺢُ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﻮ دَاﻓِ ﺌًﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى؟«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪» :‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪ .‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن أَﻋُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ْﺰ ِل‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﻮط اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮز ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُﻫﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﻗ َﺮأ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ َﺮى ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻬُ ﺪُوءَ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮز ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ ُﻊ إ ِ َﱃ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫و ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎن وَﺟْ َﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت ﺗَ َﺮاﻧِﻴﻤِ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ ْﻢ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ َﺔ ﺗَﻌْ َ ِﱰﻳ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻄﻤْ ِﺌﻨُﻬَ ﺎ! وَﻣَ َﻊ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَا أ ﱠن و َْﻗﺘًﺎ َ‬ ‫َﺎت ﺗُ َ‬ ‫ْاﻵﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻤْ ِﺾ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻮَﺟﱠ ﺐَ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑﻴﱰ أ ْن ﻳ َ​َﻀ َﻊ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َﻛﻌُ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻔﻮ َرﻳ ِْﻦ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ِﻣ ْﺰ َﻟﺠَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻟﺘَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬اﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓ َﻊ ِاﻻﺛْﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫اش ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ْت َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ٌة َﻛﺎد ْ‬ ‫َت َﻻ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻠﻘِ ﻴ ًَﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ َر ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ُﻞ ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ أﺣَ ﺪًا إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﺑﻴﱰ‬ ‫ﱠث ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ أَﺣَ ﺪٍ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ْﺨ ِ ْ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻟ َ‬ ‫ِﺼﺪِﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة ﻳَﺎ ﺑﻴﱰ‪«.‬‬ ‫‪72‬‬

‫ﺑَﻴ ٌْﺖ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ٌﺪ‬

‫َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة‪«.‬‬ ‫– »أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ أَﻋْ ﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ ﻴ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻘ َﺮأ َ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻘ َﺮأ َ‬ ‫َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﱰَاﻧِﻴﻢَ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺪ َﱠﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱢﻲ و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﺳﺄُﻋَ ﱢﻠ ُﻤ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺘَ َﺴﺎءَ َل‪َ » :‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا؟ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ﻗِ َﺮاءَﺗُﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ِزﻳَﺎ َراﺗِﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ري‪َ .‬ﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫– »إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ﻳَﺎ ﺑﻴﱰ‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺠْ ﻌَ ﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑﺘَﺤَ ﱡﺴ ٍﻦ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫َﻫ ِﺪﻳ ٌﱠﺔ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌْ ِﻄﻴَﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻣَ ﻮْﺟُ ﻮ َد ًة ِﺑﺠَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻧ َ ﱠﻜ َﺲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ إِﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫»ﺳﺄَﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻢ إِذَا ْ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻴﱰ أَﺧِ ريًا‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ِﺖ ﺗَﻌْ ﻠِﻴﻤِ ﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْرﺗَ َﺴﻤَ ِﺖ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ٌﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ِﰲ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴُﺒ ِْﲇ ﺑ َ​َﻼءً ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ ﻋﴩ‬

‫َأ ْﺧ َﺒ ٌﺎر ِﻣ ْﻦ َأ ْﺻ ِﺪ َﻗﺎءَ َﺑ ِﻌ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻴﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺷﺘَﺎءً َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أَﺧِ ريًا ﺟَ ﺎءَ َﺷﻬْ ُﺮ ﻣَ ﺎﻳُﻮ‪ .‬ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﺑﻴﱰ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا ِﺑﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪ ِة ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎع ﺗَ ْﺮﻧِﻴﻤَ ٍﺔ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪َ .‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﺑﻴﱰ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺮ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﻠ ِﻤ ِﻪ و َ​َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر‬ ‫َﺻﺎ َر ِت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻤْ ِﺘ ُﻊ ِﺑ َﺴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺬ َﻫﺎبَ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ ِﺑﺎﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ ٍم أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪ .‬أَﺣْ َﺪﺛ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻓ ْﺮ ًﻗﺎ ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱟﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة وَﺑﻴﱰ‪.‬‬ ‫َث ﻧُﻮ ُر ﱠ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ْت أ ُ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ َﻓ ْﺮ ًﻗﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريًا أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫أَﺣْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫وﱃ ﻋَ َﻼﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‪ ،‬اﻧْﺘَ َﻘ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫وَﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة وَﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘِﻌْ ﺪَا َد ِﻟ ُﺰو ِﱠار اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٌﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﺧِ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ ِْرﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻤْ ِﺾ و َْﻗ ٌﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎبُ ﻛﻼرا‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺰﻳَﺎ َر ُة ﺗَﺒْﻌُ ُﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ ِﺳﺘﱠ َﺔ أ َ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﻴﻊَ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺰوﱠا َر َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﻗﺎدِ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ني! َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ِﻄ ِﻖ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة وَﻛﻼرا ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ َر‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻣَ ْﻮ ِﻋ ِﺪ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ِة ﻛﻼرا ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬ ‫ﻂءٍ َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ أَﺧِ ريًا‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ُﺷﻮﻫِ َﺪ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻮﻛِﺐٌ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺐُ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﻞ ﻳ َُﺸ ﱡﻖ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮدًا ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ُﻪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن َرﺟُ َﻼ ِن ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻼ ِن ُﻛ ْﺮ ِﺳﻴٍّﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮﻓ ٌﺔ ِﺑ ﱢ‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ َﻓﺘَﺎ ٌة ﻣَ ْﻠ ُﻔ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺸ َ‬ ‫ﳼ‪ .‬و َ​َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻣْ َﺮأ َ ٌة ﺗَﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻄﻲ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ِن ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻧًﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ َدﻟ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ﻣَ ْﻘﻌَ ٌﺪ ﻳَﺪ َْﻓﻌُ ُﻪ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﻤْ ِﴚ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َرﺟُ ٌﻞ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ‬ ‫َﻟ ﱠﻔ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ِن وَا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮ ِو ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌْ ﻠُﻮ َرأ ْ َﺳﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َﴏ َ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﺎءُوا! َﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﺎءُوا!« َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮﺣَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧَﻮا‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻴ َ‬ ‫ُﻮف ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓﺮاﻧﻜﻔﻮرت‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ري ﺗَ َﴫ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﱠف‬ ‫ﻮخ َوﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َﻓﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱢ‪ .‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ َﻗ ِﺼ ٍ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة أﺧِ ريًا إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ان ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻠِﻴﺐَ وَا ْﻟﺠُ ﺒ َْﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﻤﱠ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ ُﺔ َﻛﺄ ْ‬ ‫ﺺ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَ ُﻗﺪَاﻣَ ﻰ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻳُﺠَ ﻬﱢ َﺰ ِ‬

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‫ﳼ ﻛﻼرا إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﺑ ُْﻘﻌَ ٍﺔ و َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻔﺘْﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا‬ ‫ِﻟﻮَﺟْ ﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَﺪ َْﻓ ُﻊ ُﻛ ْﺮ ِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ُﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺪَاءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻗِ ْ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ أ َ َراكِ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ِﰲ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ًﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺒ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِﺺ‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ ﻛﻼرا؟«‬ ‫– »أُوه‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻣَ ﺬَ َاﻗ َﻪ َرا ِﺋ ٌﻊ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺎق ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻧَﺘَﻨَﺎ َوﻟُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻃﺒ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪«.‬‬ ‫ﳾءٍ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱡ‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻫﻮَاءُ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ! ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮخ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ‪ .‬وَاد َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ﺒَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ َرﺗْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﱠﺧ َﺮ ْت ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ﻟ ِْﻶﺧِ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﺒ ِْﻬﺞٌ ِﺟﺪٍّا ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي! َﻓﻴُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ني َراﺋِﺤَ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫ني ﺣَ ﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻮب ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ُﺸﻤﱢ َ‬ ‫اﺷﻚِ ‪َ .‬وﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﻌِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒ ًَﺔ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ أ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر اﻟﺘﱠﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ِﺟﺪٍّا ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻚِ ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر أَﺑَﺪًا ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ َﺔ ﻧ َ ْﻮ ٍم ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ َو ُﻣﺒ ِْﻬﺠَ ًﺔ َﻛﻬَ ِﺬهِ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱡ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ‪ ،‬إ ِ َذا ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ َراﻏِ ﺒ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ﻟِﻜﻼرا أ َ ْن ﺗَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛ ٌﺪ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘُ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺒﺢُ أ َ ْﻗﻮَى و َ​َﺳﻨَﻌْ ﺘَﻨِﻲ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫– »أَﻧ ْ َﺖ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﺎﻓﺤَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺐٌ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪ .‬أ َ ْﺷ ُﻜ ُﺮ َك ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ‪ «.‬أ َ َﺧ َﺬ ِت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﻳَ َﺪ ُه و َ‬ ‫ُﺼ َﺎﻓﺤَ ًﺔ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَﻨ ﱠ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻹﺛَﺎ َر ُة ﺗَﻌُ ﱡﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ِﺼ ِﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺰ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ .‬ﻋَ ِﻤ َﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﺠْ ِﻬ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋَ ِﺔ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌَ ِﺖ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ُن وَا ْﻟﺒَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ َ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻫﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺰوﱠا ُر ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ْﻢ ﻏِ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪َ .‬‬ ‫اش‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ني ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءً ِﻣﺜَﺎ ِﻟﻴٍّﺎ ﻟِﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﻼرا ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ني ِﺟﺪٍّا ِﻟ َﺪ َرﺟَ ِﺔ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻌَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻮع ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱢﺒ ِْﻦ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا وَﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ َﺴﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ‪َ .‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧَﺤْ ٍﻮ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻜﺘَﺎ َو َر َاﻗﺒَﺘَﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪﻳ ِْﻦ و َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ﻤَ َﻼ ِن ِﺑﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٍة ِﻟﺘَﻬْ ِﻴﺌَ ِﺔ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ني َووَﻋَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ري ٍة َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫َت‬ ‫ﱰ ٍة َﻗ ِﺼ َ‬ ‫ُﻣ ْﺮ ٍض‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟﻮﱠﺣَ ْﺖ ُﻣ َﻮدﱢﻋَ ًﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻠﻘِ ﻴ ًَﺔ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﺨ َﺰ ِن اﻟﺘﱢﺒ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﱪ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ِة ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَﺪِﻳ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱡﺠُ ﻮ ِم ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻼ ِﻣﻌَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫– »ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻀﺒ ِْﻂ َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ﻋَ َﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ َوﻧ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﺷ ُﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‬ ‫ري ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ‪«.‬‬

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‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺧﺒَﺎ ٌر ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ‬

‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬اﻟﻨﱡﺠُ ﻮ ُم ﺗَ ْﻠﻤَ ُﻊ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ َﻓﻮ ًْﻗﺎ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ و َ​َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٌة‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗُﻮ ِﻣﺊ ُ َﻟﻨَﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد َة أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪ .‬أَﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ني؟ إ ِ ﱠن ﷲ َ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫َاع‬ ‫ُﺼﻠِﺢُ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﺑﺤَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻻ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ د ٍ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮا ُم ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻘ َﻠ ِﻖ‪َ .‬ﻓ ُﻜ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫اش َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻠﻮَاﺗ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻠﺘَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒًﺎ ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ﺘَﺎ َرأ ْ َﺳﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ٍة َ‬ ‫َت ﻛﻼرا ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ َ‬ ‫َر َﻗﺪ ْ‬ ‫ري ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﺪ َﱢﻗ ٍﺔ َروْﻋَ َﺔ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪ .‬و َ​َﺷ َﻜ َﺮ ِت ﷲ َ ِﻣ َﺮا ًرا‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻟِﺠَ ﻌْ ِﻞ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻤَ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻣﻦ ﻋﴩ‬

‫اﳉ ﱢﺪ‬ ‫اﳊ َﻴﺎ ُة ِﰲ َﻣ ْﻨ ِﺰ ِل ْ َ‬ ‫َْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎس‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺸﺎ َر َﻛ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫ﻴﻊ اﻟﺜ ﱠ َﻼﺛ َ ِﺔ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة َﻓﻮ َْق ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻣ ُْﻔﻌَ ﻤَ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ْاﻷ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ ﻛﻼرا ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ َ‬ ‫َﺎن و َُﺷﻌَ ﺎ ُع ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ اﻟﺪﱠاﻓِ ﺊ ُ ﻳَ ْﻠ ِﻤ ُﺲ‬ ‫َﺎح أﺣَ ِﺪ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم و َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻠﻘِ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ َ ِ‬ ‫»اﻵ َن ﺗَ َﺮﻳ َْﻦ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ َة ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫أَﻳْ َﺪﻳَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ وَأ َ ْرﺟُ َﻠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪ْ :‬‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻀﺒ ِْﻂ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﰲ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻔﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻜﻢْ‪ .‬أَﺟَ ﻤْ ُﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻫﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ِﺑ َﺴﻌَ ﺎ َدةٍ‪» :‬أُوه ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻮ أَﻧﱢﻲ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءَ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻚِ‬ ‫ﻟ ِْﻸَﺑَﺪِ!«‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َم ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ِﺑ َﺪو ِْر ِه ﻟِﻠﺘﱠﺄ َ ﱡﻛ ِﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠﺰا ِﺋ َﺮ َة ﺗَﺘَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﻰ ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳ ًَﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ًة‪ِ .‬ﺑﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ َﺪﻳ ِْﻬﻢْ‪ ،‬أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻂ َﻟﺒ َ​َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺠَ ﻌَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴩﺑَﻪُ‪ .‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﺣَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ص ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة ِﻟﺘَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺨ ُ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم وَا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ اﻟﻨﱠﻘِ ﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻤ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ َﺎﻗﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة أ ْن ﺗَﻘِ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱡ‪» :‬أ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗُﺤَ ِﺎو َل ِاﻻﺑْﻨَﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ني؟« ﻗﺎﻣَ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻟﺪَﻗِ ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ أ ِو اﺛْﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺔ ِ ِﻹ ْر َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ْاﻷ َ ْر َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﺴ َﻜ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺎ َﻟﻤَ ﺎ َﻟﻤَ َﺴ ْﺖ َﻗﺪَﻣَ َ‬ ‫ض‪َ .‬ﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ إ ِ ﱠن ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ‬ ‫ﻳُ ْﺆﻟِﻤُﻬَ ﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريًا‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎح‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱠﺮ و َْﻗ ٌﺖ َ‬ ‫ني ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٌﻞ‬ ‫ان ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ُﺔ َو ُروحُ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮ ِة ﺗَ ْﻐ ُﻤ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﺳ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱢﺪ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا و َ‬ ‫َاﻓ َﻖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱡ‪ .‬و َِﰲ‬ ‫ﻮخ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ د َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ني َوﻳ ُْﺨ ِﱪ َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ د َ​َﻓ َﻊ ُﻛ ْﺮ ِ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﴩ ٍق ﺟَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ِﻟﻴُﻨَﺎدِيَ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺎح ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﳼ ﻛﻼرا َﺧ ِﺎرجَ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ ْﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ ُﴍ ٌ‬ ‫ُوق ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ٌﻞ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻮﺗَﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬

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‫َﺻ َﻞ ﺑﻴﱰ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﺠَ ﻤﱠ ِﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺰ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻛﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ َﻻ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒًﺎ وَأَﻧَﺎ ِﻧﻴٍّﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺗُﺤِ ﺒﱡ ُﻪ ِﰲ ْاﻵ ِوﻧ َ ِﺔ ْاﻷَﺧِ ريَةِ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َار ْاﻷ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ف ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺰ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺒَﺐَ َو َراءَ َﻏ َﻀ ِﺐ ﺑﻴﱰ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ُﺔ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﴪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺘَﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫وج ﻣَ َﻊ ﺑﻴﱰ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺒ َﺴﺒ َِﺐ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﻠُﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ‪ ،‬اﻣْ ﺘَﻨَﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ َووَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫أَﻳﱠﺎ ُﻣ ُﻪ ْاﻵ َن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ َ ﻛﻼرا‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑ ُﺴ ْﺨ ٍﻂ َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪوﱡ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى ﺑﻴﱰ ُﻛ ْﺮ ِﺳﻴﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻘﺒَ ُﻊ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪ ،‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٌ َ‬ ‫ﺎن و َ​َﻻ أَﺣَ َﺪ ﻳَ َﺮاهُ‪َ .‬ﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َ‬ ‫َان ُﻣﺘَﻮَﺣﱢ ٍﺶ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ ﻟ ِْﻸَﻣَ ﺎ ِم َﻛﺤَ ﻴَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ْت ِﰲ أيﱢ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ ﻟ ِْﻸَﻣَ ﺎ ِم و ْ‬ ‫َاﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ‬ ‫ﳼ َود َ​َﻓﻌَ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﻐ َﻀ ٍﺐ ِﰲ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺤَ ﺪ َِر‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓ َﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﳼ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷَﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫ﳼ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎهٍ‪ .‬و َ​َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﺑﻴﱰ ِﺑ َﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ٍة و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ َﺮا ُه ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ْت ﻗِ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻢ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﻄ ٌﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺻ ﱠﻔ َﻖ ِﺑﻴَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ و َ​َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ َﻓﻮ َْق ﱡ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻜ َ ِﱰ ْ‬ ‫َات ِﰲ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ث أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َ​َﻘ ُﻊ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ ِﺑ َﺴﺒ َِﺐ أ َ ْﻓﻌَ ﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻪ‪ُ .‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ أ َ ﱠن َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ َﺔ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ﻛﻼرا‪َ ،‬ﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﱡﺮكِ ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻵ َن ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨ ْ َﺪ َرﺣِ ِ‬ ‫َو ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ َﺳﺘَ ْﺨ ُﺮجُ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ د َ‬ ‫ﳼ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ؛ إ ِ ْذ ﺣَ ﻤَ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻛﻼرا‬ ‫ُون ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺻﻌِ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ وَا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﺠَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑ َﻔ َﺮ ٍح‪.‬‬ ‫وَﺟَ ﺪ َِت ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ُﺔ ﺑﻴﱰ ِﰲ أَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻣَ َﻊ ﺑَ ِﻘﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱡ‪» :‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ َذا َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻟﺘَﺄ ْ ُﺧ َﺬ ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺰي؟«‬ ‫ﳼ‪،‬‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ﺑﻴﱰ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ «.‬ﻏ ِﻀﺐَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺑﻴﱰ َﻗﺎ َل إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫ص ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺠْ ﻠ َِﺲ ﻛﻼرا ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﺎﺣَ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎل ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻏﺎ َد َر ِﻟﻴ َُﻘﻮ َم ِﺑﺒَﻌْ ِﺾ ْاﻷَﻋْ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪ .‬ﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﻛﻼرا و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ْﻟﻤُﺤِ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻂ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻘ ِﺲ وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟ ِﱪ ِْﺳﻴ ِﻢ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻤْ ﺘِﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءُ َﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨ َ ًﺔ ِﻟ َﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ِﺑ ْﻀ ُﻊ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻴ ٌَﺔ ﻳَﺎ ﻛﻼرا إِذَا ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘُﻚِ ِﻟ ِﺒ ْﻀ ِﻊ د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ؟ أ َ َو ﱡد أ َ ْن أ َ َرى َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﺘَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ ﺪ َ‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ أَﻧﱢﻲ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ْﻒ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ …«‬ ‫ﺗَﺒْﺪُو ْاﻷ َ ْز َﻫﺎ ُر‪ .‬أ َ َو ﱡد أ َ ْن أ َ ْر ُﻛ َﺾ ﻟِﻬُ ﻨَﺎ َك وَأَﻋُ ﻮ َد ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫‪80‬‬

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‫اﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻛﻼرا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻤﻮ َ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋَ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺣَ ْﻘ ُﻞ ْاﻷ َ ْز َﻫ ِﺎر أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ﺟَ ﻤَ ًﺎﻻ‬ ‫َاﻓ َﻘ ِﺔ َو َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة‪ .‬اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﻮ ُن ْاﻷ َ ْز َر ُق ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺎﻣ ُﻖ‪َ ،‬و َراﺋِﺤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨ ﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَﺘَﺬَ ﱠﻛ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َراﺋِﻌً ﺎ ِﺟﺪٍّا‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗُ َﺸ ِﺎر َﻛﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻟ َﺪ َرﺟَ ٍﺔ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ْت ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَﺤِ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻟِﻜﻼرا‪» :‬أُوه‪ ،‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄْﺗِﻲ! َﺳﺄَﺣْ ِﻤﻠُﻚِ !«‬ ‫ﺻ َﻐ ُﺮ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ! َﻟ ْﻮ أَﻧﱢﻲ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﻨَﻬﱠ ﺪ َِت ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪» :‬ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬ﻓِ ﻴ َﻢ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ؟ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْريَ!«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َو َﻛﺄﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮةٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧَﺎد ْ‬ ‫َت‪» :‬ﺑﻴﱰ! ﺑﻴﱰ!«‬ ‫ﳼ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ َﺧ ً‬ ‫ﺎﺋﻔﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺘُ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن َ‬ ‫َاﻓ َﻖ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َﻔ ْﺖ أَﻣْ َﺮ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﺴﺎﻋِ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ِﰲ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬ﺑﻴﱰ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻊ ﻳَ َﺪ َك ِﰲ َﺷ ْﻜ ِﻞ ﺣَ ْﻠ َﻘ ٍﺔ‪ْ .‬اﻵ َن‪ ،‬ﻛﻼرا أَدْﺧِ ِﲇ ذِ َراﻋَ ﻚِ ِﰲ ذِ َراﻋِ ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ إِﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﻮ ِْﺟﻴﻬَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﺎ َد ًة‬ ‫ﳼ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢﺮكٍ ﺗَﻤْ ِﴚ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ْﺮ ِ ﱟ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْريُ ْاﻵ َن ﻳَﺎ ﻛﻼرا‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ﱠ‬ ‫– »ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْريُ!«‬ ‫ني ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ٍة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ اﺗﱠ َﻔ َﻘﺘَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺪ ﱡر ِب ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ َﺴﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َﻛ َ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ﴚ ﻟِﻤَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻮ َل‪ .‬ﻣَ ﱠﺮ أ ُ ْﺳﺒُﻮ ٌع‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻷﻣْ ُﺮ ﻳَ ْﺰدَا ُد ُﺳﻬُ ﻮ َﻟﺔ َوﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ُﻦ ﻛﻼرا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ وَأَﺧِ ريًا ﺟَ ﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺳﺘَﺄْﺗِﻲ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ِﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ٍة ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ِﰲ اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎر ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮز ﻣ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ٌة ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪ِ .‬ﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ﱠﻛ ِﺪ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة ِﺟﺪٍّا ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫وﱃ‪َ .‬ﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮى ﻛﻼرا ﺗَﻤْ ِﴚ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِة ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻮخ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻷ َ ْن ﺗَﺠْ ﻠ َِﺴﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻘﻌَ ِﺪ َﺧ ِﺎرجَ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫ان ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة ِﻟﺘَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒ ًَﺔ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻌَ ﺎ ُر ْؤﻳ َ​َﺔ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬَ ﺎ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳَﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﻣ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄَﺗَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳﺘَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ َﺮ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺘﺎﺳﻊ ﻋﴩ‬

‫ﳎ ﱠﺪ ًدا‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻮ َد َ‬ ‫اع َﺣ ﱠﺘﻰ َﻧ ْﻠ َﺘ ِﻘ َﻲ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻮخ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﻳَﺎ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة؟ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ْﻘ َ ِﱰبُ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫ني! َﻫ ْﻞ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﻛﻼرا؟«‬ ‫ني َو َو ْر ِدﻳﱠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَﺟْ ﻨَﺘَﺎكِ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻠﺌَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻘﻌَ ﺪِ‪.‬‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻟ َِﺴﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َر َﻛ َﻀ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫– »ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا َﻟ ْﺴ ِﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ْﺮ ِﺳﻴﱢﻚِ ﻳَﺎ ﻛﻼرا؟ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﻘﻌِ ﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَﻟِﻚ …«‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﻛﻼرا إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻌْ ِﻀ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌْ ِﺾ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ​َﻗ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻘﻌَ ﺪِ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ري ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺪَﻫِ َﺸ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫»ﻛﻼرا! ﺣَ ِﺒﻴﺒَﺘِﻲ ﻛﻼرا! أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﺗَﻤْ ِﺸ َ‬ ‫ني وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ْﻀﺤَ ُﻚ‬ ‫ني!« ﺟَ َﺮ ِت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ِﰲ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَﺒْﻜِﻲ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﺎﻧ َ َﻘ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا أَو ًﱠﻻ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ .‬و َ​َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ﻳَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﳼ‪َ .‬ر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ‬ ‫ِﻒ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ُه وَﻋَ ﺎﻧ َ َﻘ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ َز ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ‪.‬‬ ‫»ﻫﻨَﺎ َك ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ِﻷ َ ْﺷ ُﻜ َﺮ َك ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ! ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َﻫﺬَا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓِ ﻌْ ِﻠ َﻚ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫– ُ‬ ‫َث ِﺑ َﺴﺒ َِﺐ ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳَﺘِ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺿ َ‬ ‫أَ َ‬ ‫ﺎف ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪» :‬و َ​َﺷﻤْ ِﺲ ِ‬ ‫ُﴩ َﻗ ِﺔ و َ​َﻫﻮَاءِ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﷲ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﴍَﺣَ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻔ ْﺖ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ْﻒ َﻗ َﻀ ْﺖ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻋَ ِﻤ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ْاﻷ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻛ ﱠﻞ دَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ َﻼﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﴤ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪ أَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮن ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ُ َ‬ ‫َات ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺣَ َﺪﺛ َ ْﺖ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰاﻟُ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ِﱢق ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة اﻟﺘﱠ َﻐ ﱡري ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَوْا‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫َﺷ ْﺨ ً‬ ‫َﺼﻌَ ُﺪ اﻟﺘﱠ ﱠﻠ َﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُﻤَ ﻴﱢ ْﺰ ﻛﻼرا ﻣَ ْﻦ ُﻫ َﻮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ وَﻫِ َﻲ ُﻣﻨْﺪَﻫِ َﺸ ٌﺔ ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪» :‬أ َ ِﺑﻲ!«‬

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‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُﱢق إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ني أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َت ِﰲ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺎت ﺗَﺠَ ﱠﺪد ْ‬ ‫ُﻮع‪َ .‬ﻛ ْﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱢ ْﻛ َﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ َﺮى ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ﻛﻼرا وَﺟْ َﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺪﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َﻟﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ﻧَﺤِ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺰوﱠﺟَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻵ َن ِﺑ ِﺼﺤﱠ ٍﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ٍة َوﺗَﺒْﺪُو ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ أُﻣﱢ ﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن َﻫ ْﻞ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ٌ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ف ﱠ‬ ‫ﻆ أ َ ْم أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺤْ ﻠُﻢُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧَﺎ َدﺗْ ُﻪ ﻛﻼرا‪» :‬أ َ َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻨِﻲ ﻳَﺎ أ َ ِﺑﻲ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠري ُْت َﻛ ِﺜريًا ُﻣﻨْﺬُ آﺧِ ِﺮ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة َرأَﻳْﺘَﻨِﻲ؟« َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑ َﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ٍة ﺑَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ و َ‬ ‫َﺿﻤﱠ ﻬَ ﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َر َﻛ َﺾ ﱠ‬ ‫َني ذِ َراﻋَ ﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻲ؟« َﺧ َ‬ ‫– »ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠري ِْت ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ! َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ْاﻷَبُ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ذَﻟِﻚ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َرا ُه ﺣَ ﻘِ ﻴﻘ ﱞ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ ًة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َراءِ ِﻟﻴَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪ .‬ﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳ َْﺨﺘَﻔِ َﻲ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ ُﺪ ُﺧ ْ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ َﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻣَ ﺎ ِم ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ اﺑْﻨَﺘِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ُة ﻛﻼرا؟ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ َ‬ ‫ريﺗِﻲ ﻛﻼرا؟« ﺟَ ﺎء َِت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ َ‬ ‫ْاﻵ َن‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَ َﺸﻮ َﱢﻗ ًﺔ ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ اﺑْﻨِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓﺎﺟَ ﺄْﺗَﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ِﺠﻴﺌِ َﻚ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻴْﻨَﺎ َك ﻣ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ًة‬ ‫أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫أ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َُﻫ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ ذَ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِ ِﻪ ِﻟﻴ َِﺠ َﺪ أ َ ﱠن وَا ِﻟ َﺪﺗَ ُﻪ وَﻛﻼرا َﻗ ْﺪ َرﺣَ َﻠﺘَﺎ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻦ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ًة َراﺋِﻌَ ًﺔ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻀ ﱠﻢ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻗﺎﺑَ َﻞ ﺑﻴﱰ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻟ ِ​ِﺰﻳَﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ِﻟﻮُﺟُ ﻮ ِد ِه ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛ ْﻢ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴬ ُه ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا وَاﺣِ ﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ‬ ‫أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫أَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻓﺘَﺎﺗُ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ﺗَﻤْ ِﴚ!‬ ‫ﱰ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‪ .‬أ َ َراد ْ‬ ‫َت ﻛﻼرا وَﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺟَ َﻠﺐَ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺒ ﱠَﻘﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻬْ ِﺮ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َد ًة َﻏ ِﺎﻣ َﺮ ًة ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠﻌْ ِﺒريَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﺷ ْﻜ ِﺮﻫِ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﻮ َْﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱰ ٍة َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ «.‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑﻴﱰ َﻗ ْﺪ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪» :‬ﺑﻴﱰ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺷﺎ َر ْﻛﻨَﺎ َك ِﰲ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻟ َِﻔ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴍحَ َﻛ ْﻢ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨﺠَ ِﻞ ِﰲ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ٍﻖ وَأ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﳼ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة ِﺑﺄَﻣْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ُث إ ِ َذا َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪َ ،‬ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ِﺠ َﺰ ُة َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻟﺘَﺤْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻮَﺣْ َﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺎﻣَ ﺤَ ﺎ ُه ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺮ ْﻏ َﻢ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳼ َﻟﺪَى ﻛﻼرا‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ ِﻟﺘَﺘَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮﻧَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ .‬وَأَﻧَﺎ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ِﴚءٍ َﻟ ِﻄ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﴚءَ‪.‬‬ ‫ف َﻫﺬَا ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ِﻠﺼ ِﺒ ﱢﻲ‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ِﺑﺤَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ ﻟ َ ْ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﺼ ُ‬ ‫َﺳﻨ ُ َﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫ُﻮع‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺺ َﻟ َﻚ ﻣَ ﺒْ َﻠ ًﻐﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ َل ِﻟﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ َﻓ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ أ ْﺳﺒ ٍ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل ﱠ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪ِ » :‬ﻟﺒَ ِﻘﻴﱠ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ؟«‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬

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‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺒريًا ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮ َ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪» :‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺒَ ِﻘﻴﱠ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِﺗ َﻚ‪ «.‬أَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻓ َﻘ ِﺔ‬ ‫َﺻ َﺎﻓﺢَ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﴫ ًﻓﺎ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ‪َ .‬ر َﻛ َﺾ ﺑﻴﱰ ُﻣﻨ ْ َ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أﻋْ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﺪﱢ‪» :‬و َْاﻵ َن ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫ﻄﻴْﺘَﻨَﺎ َﻫ ِﺪﻳ ًﱠﺔ أ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ ﻓِ ﻌْ ﻠُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻠ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ َر ﱡدهُ‪ِ .‬ﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ﱠﻛ ِﺪ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ أَﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ ُم ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤ ُِﺮ‪ .‬و َ​َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﺳﺄ َ ْرﺣَ ُﻞ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪ .‬أَﺣْ ﺘَﺎجُ ﻟ ِ​ِﻼ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﺮﻋَ ﻰ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َرﺣِ ِﻴﲇ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻤﺌْﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪َ :‬‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗَﺠْ ﻌَ ْﻞ َﻫﺬَا ﻳ َْﺸ َﻐ ُﻞ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜريَ َك ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘِﻲ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ أَﻋْ ﺘَ ِﱪُ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ِرﻋَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ أَيﱢ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ َﻛ ِﻄ ْﻔ َﻠﺘِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﺴﻤَ ﺢَ ِﺑﺄ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪ «.‬اﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ َﺔ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻋِ ْﺮ َﻓ ٍ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪» :‬وَﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴْﻨَﻪُ؟«‬ ‫ﱰ ٍة َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ِﺠﻴﺐَ ِﺑﺤَ ْﺰ ٍم‪» :‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪ ،‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘِ ﱠﻢ إ ِ ْر َﺳﺎ ُل ﻓِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﳾ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻟ َِﻔ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓﺮاﻧﻜﻔﻮرت ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪ِ .‬ﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ ْ ِﻃﺊَ َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ و َ​َﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗُ ْﻀ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻞ دَاﻓِ ﺌَ ًﺔ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ِﰲ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ِﺮ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ َِﺎﱄ ﺑُ ُﺮو َد ًة‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻦ! ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﰲ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗُﻌَ ﺎﻧ ُِﻘﻬَ ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛ ْﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ٌﻞ أَﻧﱠﻚِ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻌْ ُﻞ َذﻟِﻚ‪ .‬وَأ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ أ َ ْن أ ُ َﻗﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﻌَ َﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻮز أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺘَ َﺨﻴﱠ ُﻞ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬ ‫ﺟَ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َد ًة ﺑَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ًﺔ ﻟِﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ُﺔ أ َ ﱠن ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﱰُ َﻛﻬَ ﺎ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا وَﺣْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ أَﻣْ ًﺮا َراﺋِﻌً ﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءُ ﻳَ ْﻜ َ ِﱰﺛ ُ َ‬ ‫أ َ ﱠن ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ﱟﻖ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺟَ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ دِ ْﻓﺌًﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬﻲ ﻟ َِﻘ ْﻠ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴ َ‬ ‫َﺎح اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ﻛﻼرا أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﻮ ﱢد َع ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻞ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﻒ َﺳﻴَﺄْﺗِﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل ذَﻟِﻚ َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻛﻼرا ﺗَ ِﺴريُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧَﺤْ ٍﻮ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَيﱢ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ ﻣَ َﴣ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن‬ ‫ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا َو ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ري‪.‬‬ ‫ِزﻳَﺎ َرﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ﻣَ ُﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ف ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺤَ ﺪ َِر َو َﻟﻮﱠﺣَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻴَﺪ َِﻫﺎ ﻟِﻜﻼرا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ آﺧِ ُﺮ َﻟﻤْ ﺤَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫اش ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓﺮاﻧﻜﻔﻮرت ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ ِة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪ .‬و َِﻷَو ِﱠل ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َات ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪةٍ‪ ،‬ﻧَﺎﻣَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‬ ‫اش و َ​َﻏﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻧَﻮْﻣً ﺎ َﻫﻨِﻴﺌًﺎ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫َت أ َ ْﻗﻮَى ﻣَ َﻊ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ‪ .‬ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﺑﻴﱰ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ْت ِﰲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫‪85‬‬

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‫ﺼ ِﺺ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴ ِْﻒ‪َ .‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ً‬ ‫وَﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة وَأ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َ​َاﻫﺎ َﻗ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻔﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎ َل ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ﻣَ َﻜﺎ ٌن أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻠﺢَ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ًﻻ َﻗﺪِﻳﻤً ﺎ ِﰲ دورﻓﲇ وَﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺎ َد اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻠ َﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ َة ِﻟ ْﻠﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءِ‪ .‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎش ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱢ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﺣَ ِﻈريَ ٌة دَاﻓِ ﺌَ ٌﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰﻳ ِْﻦ ِﻟﻴ َْﻘ ِﻀﻴَﺎ ُﺷﻬُ ﻮ َر‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءِ ِﰲ َراﺣَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺟَ ﺎء َْت إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ ِة أَﻋْ ﻮَا ٍم‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻗ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗَ ْﱰُ َك ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺋ َﻊ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﺎﺟُ ﻬَ ﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫أَﺑَﺪًا‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟﺪَى ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ًة ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﺌَ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤُ ﺐﱢ وَاﻟﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻀ َﺎﻓﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ٍل ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﱢفءِ وَاﻟ ﱢﺮﻋَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻵ َن َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﻣ َُﺸﺎ َر َﻛ ِﺔ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ﻣَ َﻊ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎق َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﻬ َﻲ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ْاﻵ َن ِﰲ أﻋْ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮا ُم ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫أ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬

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