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‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬



‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬

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‫رﻗﻢ إﻳﺪاع ‪١٩٢٣٥ / ٢٠١٢‬‬ ‫ﺗﺪﻣﻚ‪٩٧٨ ٩٧٧ ٧١٩ ٠٩٧ ٨ :‬‬ ‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ﻟﻠﻨﺎﴍ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬ ‫املﺸﻬﺮة ﺑﺮﻗﻢ ‪ ٨٨٦٢‬ﺑﺘﺎرﻳﺦ ‪٢٠١٢ / ٨ / ٢٦‬‬ ‫إن ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ ﻏري ﻣﺴﺌﻮﻟﺔ ﻋﻦ آراء املﺆﻟﻒ وأﻓﻜﺎره‬ ‫وإﻧﻤﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳﻌﱪ اﻟﻜﺘﺎب ﻋﻦ آراء ﻣﺆﻟﻔﻪ‬ ‫‪ ٥٤‬ﻋﻤﺎرات اﻟﻔﺘﺢ‪ ،‬ﺣﻲ اﻟﺴﻔﺎرات‪ ،‬ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ ﻧﴫ ‪ ،١١٤٧١‬اﻟﻘﺎﻫﺮة‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻬﻮرﻳﺔ ﻣﴫ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻛﺲ‪+ ٢٠٢ ٣٥٣٦٥٨٥٣ :‬‬ ‫ﺗﻠﻴﻔﻮن‪+ ٢٠٢ ٢٢٧٠٦٣٥٢ :‬‬ ‫اﻟﱪﻳﺪ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪hindawi@hindawi.org :‬‬ ‫املﻮﻗﻊ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪http://www.hindawi.org :‬‬ ‫رﺳﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ :‬ورود اﻟﺼﺎوي‪.‬‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻟﺨﺎﺻﺔ ﺑﺼﻮرة وﺗﺼﻤﻴﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ملﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي‬ ‫ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‪ .‬ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻷﺧﺮى ذات اﻟﺼﻠﺔ ﺑﻬﺬا اﻟﻌﻤﻞ ﺧﺎﺿﻌﺔ ﻟﻠﻤﻠﻜﻴﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫‪Cover Artwork and Design Copyright © 2011 Hindawi‬‬ ‫‪Foundation for Education and Culture.‬‬ ‫‪All other rights related to this work are in the public domain.‬‬


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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

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‫)‪ (1‬ﻣَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ا ْﻟﺠﻴﺎدِ‬ ‫واﺳﺘَ َﻔ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ ْﺖ ُﺷﻬْ َﺮﺗُ ُﻪ — ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺸﻬَ ْﺪ ِﺑﻼ ُد ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪ ﻣَ ِﻠ ًﻜﺎ ذا َع ِﺻﻴﺘُﻪُ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﴫ ِه — ِﰲ‬ ‫َني ُﻣﻠُﻮكِ ﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺔ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﺠﺎﻣﺤَ ِﺔ )ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺾ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴ ِْﻞ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﺻﻴَ ِﺔ(‪ ،‬ﻛﻬﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ ِﱢﺎر ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛ ُ َﻚ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻓﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺮ ِو ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ْاﻗ ِﺘﻨَﺎءِ َﻛﺮا ِﺋ ِﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻴﺎدِ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫أَﺣَ ﺐﱠ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴْ َﻞ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻧ َ ْﺸﺄﺗ ِ​ِﻪ — ﺣُ ﺒﱠﺎ ﺟَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪﱠﺧِ ْﺮ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻜريهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪِه وﻣﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻪ وﺗَ ْﻔ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﻬْ َﻮﺗَﻬﺎ ) َ‬ ‫)ﺧﺎﻓﺘْﻪُ(‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن ﻳُ ْﻠ ِﺠﻤُﻬﺎ ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪهِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَ ِﲇ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ َﺮﻫﺎ( ﰲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ ﻫﺎﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴْ ُﻞ‬ ‫َﴫ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َُﺴﺎ ِﺑ ُﻖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺢَ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻓﻼ ﻳَ ْﻠﺤَ ُﻖ ِﺑ ِﻪ َﻻﺣِ ٌﻖ‪َ .‬ﻓﻼ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ إِذَا أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس — ﰲ‬ ‫َﻟﻤْ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﺒ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺟﻤ ِﻴﻊ أ َ ْرﺟﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪ — َﻟ َﻘﺐَ ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﻠِﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻴﺎدِ «؛ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﺷ ِﻬ َﺪ َﻟ ُﻪ أَﻋْ ﺪَا ُؤ ُه — َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻗﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ — أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺳﺎن‪ ،‬وﻧﺎدِ ر ُة ﱡ‬ ‫ﻌﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠْ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﻴﱢ ُﺪ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ﺣُ ْﺰ ُن ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠﻚِ‬ ‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أَﺣْ ﻜﺎ ُم ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠﻚِ ﻧﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ًة َ‬ ‫ري‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ أَﻗﺎﻟﻴ ِﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﻨﻴﱢ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻮاﺳﻌَ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﺒﺎ ُه‬ ‫ﻋﲆ إ ِ ْﻗﻠِﻴ ٍﻢ َﻛﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﷲ ُّ )أَﻋْ ﻄﺎهُ( — إﱃ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َوﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ِﺔ — َزوْﺟَ ًﺔ ﺟَ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫ﻛﺮﻳﻤَ ًﺔ ﻋَ ﺎﻗِ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫﺬا ُﻛ ﱢﻠ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻴﻠﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻌْ ﻤً ﺎ ِﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم؛ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْﺮ َز ْق َو َﻟﺪًا ﻳ َِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴﻌﺎ َد ِة َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎل‪ ،‬وﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺬُ ْق ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ث ُﻣ ْﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ‬ ‫— ﻫﺎ ِﻧﺊَ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺪ ِه‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ِﺰ َن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ﺐُ ﻟِﺤُ ْﺰ ِن ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﻜِﻪ‪ ،‬وﺷﺎ َرﻛ ُﻪ ِﰲ دُﻋﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ و َ‬ ‫َﺻﻼﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻛﺎن ﻳُﻘِﻴﻤُﻬﺎ — ﻛ ﱠﻞ‬ ‫ﺿﺎرﻋً ﺎ إﱃ ﷲ ﱠ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮ ُز َﻗ ُﻪ َو َﻟﺪًا ﺻﺎﻟِﺤً ﺎ ﻳ َْﺨﻠُ ُﻔ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ْﺮ ِﺷ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم —‬ ‫ِ‬


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‫)‪ (3‬ﻧَﺼﻴﺤﺔ »ﻧﺎرادا«‬ ‫ﺻ ْﱪُ ُه َﻟﺠَ ﺄ َ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜِﻴ ِﻢ‪» :‬ﻧﺎرادا«‪ ،‬أ ْﻛ َ ِﱪ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻧَﻔِ َﺪ َ‬ ‫ﴫهِ؛ َﻓﺒَﺜ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﺷﻜﺎﻳﺘَ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻓﻼﺳ َﻔ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪ ِﰲ ﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ و َِز ِ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺰوﱠﺟْ ُﺖ — ﻛﻤﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َات َﺧﻤْ ٍﺲ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ ﺣُ ِﺮﻣْ ُﺖ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﺴ َﻞ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣﺎﺟَ ﺘِﻲ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْت ﷲ ﱠَ ِﻣﺮا ًرا وﺗَ ْﻜﺮا ًرا أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮ ُز َﻗﻨِﻲ َﺧﻠ َ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ دَﻋَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ًﺔ ِﱄ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻌْ ﺪِي‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﺠﺐْ ِﻟﺪُﻋﺎﺋِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ أَﺑْﻠُ ُﻎ ﻫﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻐﺎﻳ َ​َﺔ؟«‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎل ﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻴْ َﻠ ُﺴ ُ‬ ‫ﻮف ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜِﻴﻢُ‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻓﻊ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫»إن دُﻋﺎءَ َك ﻻ ﻳ ُْﺴﺘَﺠﺎبُ ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ إِذا َﺷ َﻔﻌْ ﺘَ ُﻪ ِﺑﺄَﺛ َ ٍﺮ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ﺛﺎر ا ْﻟﺒﺎﻗِ ﻴَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳَ ْﺬ ُﻛ ُﺮ َك ِﺑﻬﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ﺣَ ﻴﺎ ِﺗ َﻚ‪ ،‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ْﻮﺗِﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫ْاﻵ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ﷲِ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴ َْﺴﺘَ ِﺠﻴﺐَ دَﻋْ َﻮﺗَ َﻚ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ﱢ‬ ‫أن ﺗَﺒْﻨ َِﻲ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﺒَﺪًا َﻛ ِﺒريًا‪ ،‬ﺗَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮبُ ﺑ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫واﻟ ﱠﺮأْيُ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪِي ْ‬ ‫ُﺤﻘ َﻖ‬ ‫ِﻃ ْﻠﺒَﺘَ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ا َملﻌْ ﺒَ ُﺪ اﻟﻜﺒريُ‬ ‫ﴎ َع َ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺑﺘَﻬَ ﺞَ »ﻣَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻴﺎدِ « ﻟِﻬ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻔِ ْﻜ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﴩ ﻋَ ﺒْﺪًا‬ ‫إﱃ ﺗَ ْﻠ ِﺒ ِﻴﺘَ ِﻪ اﺛْﻨﺎ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫َﺻ ﱠﻔ َﻖ ِﺑﻴَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ِر ﱠﻗﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ ﱡﺮوا أﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ — َ‬ ‫إﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض — راﻛِﻌ َ‬ ‫ني‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴَﺘَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﻮْا ِ‬ ‫ﴬوا‬ ‫أواﻣ َﺮهُ‪َ .‬ﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬُ ﻢْ‪» :‬أَﺣْ ِ ُ‬ ‫أَﺑْ َﺮ ُع ا ْﻟﻤُﻬَ ﻨْﺪ ِ​ِﺳ َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَأَﻣْ ﻬَ َﺮ ا ْﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎع‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺼﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻼت َ‬ ‫ﻼث ﻧ َ َﺨ ٍ‬ ‫ﴬوا إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أَﻣَ َﺮ ُﻫ ْﻢ ِﺑﺘَ ْﺸ ِﻴﻴ ِﺪ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﺒَ ٍﺪ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ٍﻢ‪ ،‬ﻳ َِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ا ْرﺗِﻔﺎﻋُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺛ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ ٍت‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ َ ُ‬ ‫ﺨﺎر ِج — وَأ َ ْن ﻳَﺠْ ﻠُﺒُﻮا َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺧﺎ ِم اﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﻔﻨﱠﻨُﻮا ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻘ ِﺸ ِﻪ ﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ — ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ وا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻮﻓ ُﻪ وﺑُﺮوﺟَ ُﻪ و ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﻊ أ َ ْﻏ َﻼهُ‪ ،‬وﻳُ َﺰﻳﱢﻨُﻮا ُﺳ ُﻘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫واﺋﻊ‬ ‫َأﻗ ِﺒﻴَﺘَ ُﻪ — ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ َﻻ ﺗُﺤْ َﴡ — ِﺑﺄﻧ ْ َﻔﺲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻔﻨﱢﻴﱢ ِﺔ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺢَ أﺟْ ﻤَ َﻞ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﺒَ ٍﺪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ﻛ ﱢﻠ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻻ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪ وَﺣْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﴩ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻟﺴﻤْ ِﻊ‬ ‫ري؛ َﻓﺄﺟﺎﺑَ ُﻪ‬ ‫وَأَﻣَ َﺮ ﺣَ ﻜِﻴﻤَ ُﻪ »ﻧﺎرادا« أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺸ ِﻴﻴ ِﺪ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ﺒَ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫واﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫)‪ (5‬ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ﺒَ ُﺪ وﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺘُ ُﻪ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت أ َ ْﺷﻬُ ٌﺮ َﻗﻼ ِﺋ ُﻞ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﻌْ ﺪَﻫﺎ ِﺑﻨﺎءُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ﺒَﺪِ‪ ،‬وا ْرﺗَ َﻔﻌَ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻨﺎ َراﺗُ ُﻪ وﺑُ ُﺮوﺟُ ُﻪ ﻋﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬ذاﻫِ ﺒ ًَﺔ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺖ ﺑ ِﻪ( ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﻫﺎر‪ ،‬ﺣﺎﻓِ ٌﻠﺔ ِﺑﻤ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮﱢ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْﻛﺘَﻨ َ َﻔﺘْ ُﻪ )أﺣﺎ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﺠﺎر‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻒ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺪﻳﻘ ٌﺔ ﺣﺎ ِﻟﻴ ٌَﺔ ِﺑﺄَﺑْﺪ َِع ْاﻷ َ ْز ِ‬ ‫ﻤﺎر‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟُ ﻠِﺐَ إﱃ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺮو َ‬ ‫ﺸﺎب اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﻌَ ِﺔ؛ ﺗُ ْﺴﺘَ ْﺨ َﺮجُ‬ ‫ﻣُﺤَ ﻤﱠ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِﺑ َﻠﺬا ِﺋ ِﺬ اﻟﺜ ﱢ ِ‬ ‫ْﺿ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻐﻨﱠﺎءِ َﻛ ِﺜريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻋْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻘﺎﻗِ ريُ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻀﺎل‬ ‫ﻄﺒﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ‪ ،‬و َْاﻷَد ِْوﻳ َُﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﺒﺎﺗﻴ ُﱠﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ َر ُة‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﺗَ ْﺸﻔِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﴇ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪﱠاءِ اﻟﻌُ ِ‬ ‫)ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ ِض ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﻌْ ِﺠ ُﺰ ْاﻷ َ ِﻃﺒﱠﺎءُ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻣﺪَاواﺗ ِ​ِﻪ(‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋﺎﱄ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻴﻮ ُر ﻋِ َﺸ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﻨ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬و َرﺗﱠ َﻠ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻟﺤﺎﻧَﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺪِﻳﻌَ َﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ َ‬ ‫ﻏﺼﺎﻧِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ أ َ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻤَ ﻸ َ ْت ﻧ ُ ُﻔ َ‬ ‫ﻮس زاﺋ ِ​ِﺮﻳﻬﺎ ﺑَﻬْ ﺠَ ًﺔ وَﺣُ ﺒﻮ ًرا‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ﰲ ﻋﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ اﻷَﺣْ ﻼ ِم‬

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‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬

‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ ْ‬ ‫ﴩ ﻋﺎﻣً ﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ —‬ ‫وواﻇﺐَ »ﻣَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻴﺎدِ « ﻋَ َﲆ ِزﻳﺎ َر ِة ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ﺒَ ِﺪ ﺛَﻤﺎﻧﻴ َ​َﺔ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺪﱡﻋﺎءِ‪ :‬أ َ ْن ﻳَﻤْ ﻨَﺤَ ُﻪ ﷲ ﱠُ َو َﻟﺪًا ﻳ َِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ِﰲ أَﺛْﻨﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ — ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ واﺣِ ﺪًا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻜ ﱠ‬ ‫ث ُﻣ ْﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ ِﻣﻦ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺪهِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻓ َﻘ َﺪ ْاﻷَﻣَ َﻞ ِﰲ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘِﺠﺎﺑَ ِﺔ دُﻋﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬أ ْو َﻛﺎدَ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َذات َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ َرأَى — ﰲ ﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻨﺎﻣ ِﻪ — ﻧُﻮ ًرا ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻌِ ُﺚ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ﺒَ ِﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺷﻴﱠ َﺪهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ داﻧﺎ ُه َرأَى‬ ‫ﻧﺎ ًرا ﻣ ُْﺸﺘَﻌِ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫َني َﻟﻬﻴ ِﺒﻬﺎ ا ُملﻨ ْ َﺪﻟ ِ​ِﻊ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗًﺎ ﻋَ ﺬْﺑًﺎ ﻳُ َﻜ ﱢﻠ ُﻤﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺨﻴﱢ َﻞ إ َﻟﻴ ِﻪ‬ ‫وﺷﺒَﺤً ﺎ ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤﺎءِ َﻓﻤَ ﻸ َ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ﺒَ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَ َ‬ ‫أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ َﻠ ًﻜﺎ َﻛﺮﻳﻤً ﺎ َﻫﺒَ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿﻮءًا و ﱠَﻫﺎﺟً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣﻼ ِﺋ ِﻜﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫و َرأَى َﻓﺘﺎ ًة َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫واﻟﺼﻮ ِْت‪َ ،‬‬ ‫وﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ﻬﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ﻻ َﺷ ﱠﻚ ِﰲ أﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻨﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧﺎ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي«‪َ :‬زوْﺟَ ُﺔ »ﺑَ َﺮ ْﻫﻤﺎ«‪َ .‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﴩ َك ِﺑ ِﺒﻨ ْ ٍﺖ َﺳﺘَ ِﻠﺪُﻫﺎ َزوْﺟُ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻤْ ﻸ ُ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻜﻤﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴﺎ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ ِﺟﺌْ ُﺖ ِﻷُﺑ ﱢ َ‬ ‫وﴎو ًرا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑﻬْ ﺠَ ًﺔ ُ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻤﻲ‪ ،‬وﺗُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ َِﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ َﻟ َﻘﺐَ ِﺑﻨ ْ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫وﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ ﱢن ﺗُ َﺴﻤﱢ ﻴَﻬﺎ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤﺎءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔﻰ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَﺢُ ‪ ،‬وأ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻔِ ﺌَ ِﺖ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ُر‪ ،‬وﺗَﺠَ ﻤﱠ َﻊ َرﻣﺎدُﻫﺎ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ِة ِﻃ ْﻔ ٍﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱡﻢ ْ‬ ‫ري‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫)‪ِ (7‬ﺑﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤﺎءِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫ﻓﺎﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا‪ ،‬ودَﻋﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜِﻴ َﻢ »ﻧﺎرادا«‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َﴩ ُه ِﺑﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُر ْؤﻳﺎهُ؛ َﻓﺒ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ ِﺲ وا ْﻟ ِﺠ ﱢﻦ‪ ،‬وأﻧﱠﻬﺎ َﺳﺘَﺄْﺗﻲ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻋﺎﺟ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﻴُﻨ ْ ِﺠﺐُ َﻓﺘﺎ ًة‪ ،‬ﻻ ﻧ َ ِﻈريَ َﻟﻬﺎ ِﰲ ﻋﺎ َﻟﻤَ ِﻲ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻠﻜ ﱢِﻲ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﺎ َر َﻛﻬُ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ﺐُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ْ‬ ‫وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻮ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ُﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ِﰱ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫وﻛﺎن َﺷﻌْ ُﺮﻫﺎ ِﰲ ِﻣﺜْﻞ َﻟﻮ ِْن ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪ ،‬وﻋَ ﻴ َ‬ ‫ﴎو َرﻫِ ْﻢ ِﺑﺘِ ْﻠﻚِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﻟُﻮ َد ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ْﻨﺎﻫﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻌِ ُﺚ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ُ ُ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﻧُﻮ ٌر ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺐٌ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬أ َ ﱠن ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أَﻳ َْﻘ َﻦ أَﺑَﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ ِﺲ‪َ .‬ﻓﻼ‬ ‫ورﺟﺎ ُل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫َاﻫﺎ وَأ َ ْﻫﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ِ‬ ‫َﻨﺎت ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ إذا وَﺟَ ﺪُوا أ َ ﱠن َﻟ َﻘﺐَ » ِﺑﻨ ْ َﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ« ﻻﺋ ٌِﻖ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (8‬ﻣُﻌَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﱠات ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤﺎءِ — ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻔﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي« — ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﻨﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫إﱃ ﱢ‬ ‫َوﺗَﻮا َﻟ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﻋْ ﻮامُ‪ ،‬واﻧْﺘَ َﻘ َﻠ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒﺎ‪ ،‬وﺑَ َﺮﻋَ ْﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜِﻴ َﻢ »ﻧﺎرادا« ﰲ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن‪ ،‬وﻻ ِﺳﻴﱠﻤﺎ ُﻓﻨﻮ ُن ﱢ‬ ‫ف أ َ ْﴎ ِار‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻠُﻮ ِم وا ْﻟ ُﻔﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫َني ْاﻷُﻣَ َﺮاءِ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﻮس‪ .‬ﻟِﻬَ ﺬَا رأَى وَا ِﻟﺪُﻫﺎ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ﻬَ َﺪ إِﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ﺑﺄ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺨﺘﺎ َر َزوْﺟَ ﻬﺎ — َﻛﻤﺎ ﺗَﺸﺎءُ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫ﱠت ﻋُ ﱠﺪﺗَﻬﺎ — ﺗَ ْﻠ ِﺒﻴ ًَﺔ ِﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ ِه — ﻟ َِﺴ َﻔ ٍﺮ َ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟ ُﻮ َز َراءِ وَاﻟﻨﱡﺒَﻼءِ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻋَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫َاﺧﺘﺎ َر ْت أ َ ْرﺑَﻌً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮارﻳﻬﺎ( ا ﱠﻟﻼﺋِﻲ َوﺛ َِﻘ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻬ ﱠﻦ‪ ،‬وَأَﻣَ ﺮﺗْﻬُ ﱠﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻌْ ِﺪد َْن َﻟﻬﺎ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒ َ​َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﺸ ُﺪد َْن‬ ‫ُﺻﺎﺋِﻔِ ﻬﺎ )ﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺘﺎر ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮ ﱠَﺷﺤَ ِﺔ ِﺑﻨَﻔﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ِﲇﱢ‪.‬‬ ‫إِﻟﻴﻬﺎ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻮ َرﻳ ِْﻦ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َ​َﻀ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬وﻳُﺤَ ﱢﻠﻴﻨَﻬﺎ ﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻔ ُﺮ ِش و َْاﻷ َ ْﺳ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (9‬ﻏﺎﺑ َُﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ﱠﺴﺎكِ‬ ‫َﺬﻫﺒُﻮا ِﺑﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَﻤﱠ ْﺖ ﻣُﻌَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ َودﱠﻋَ ْﺖ أَﺑﺎﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﻣَ َﺮ ْت َﺳﺎﺋِﻘﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒَ ِﺔ أ َ ْن ﻳ َ‬ ‫ﱠات ﱠ‬ ‫إﱃ َﻏﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱡ ﱠﺴﺎك — وﻫِ َﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻤْ َﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ أﺑﻴﻬﺎ — ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﴤ َﻛﺜريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰاﻫِ ﺪﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻤﺎل‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫َاﻟﺼﻼ ِة و ﱠ‬ ‫أَوْﻗﺎﺗَﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﺒﺎ َد ِة و ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺪ‬ ‫َاﻟﺼ ْﻮ ِم‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إﱃ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺻﺎﻟ ِ​ِﺢ اﻷَﻋْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس‪.‬‬ ‫ُور اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ِة و َُﴍ ِ‬ ‫َني ﻫ ُﺆﻻءِ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ﱠﺴﺎكِ اﻟ ﱠﺰاﻫِ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ اﻋْ ﺘَ َﺰﻣَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺪﻳﻦ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ ﱠﻀ َﻠﺘْﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي« أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺨﺘﺎ َر َزوْﺟَ ﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻗﺎء أَﺑﻴﻬﺎ — اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎﻣﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ اﻷُﻣَ ﺮاء وَاﻟﻨﱡﺒَﻼءِ — ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ني ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ َﻟﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َو ٍة وَﺟﺎهٍ‪.‬‬

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‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬

‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﺳ َﻔ ٍﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ﻣَ ْﻮ ِﻛﺒُﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻏﺎﺑَ ِﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ﱠﺴﺎكِ ‪ .‬وﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ ﻧ َ َﺰ َﻟ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي« َوو َِﺻﻴﻔﺎﺗُﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْرﺑَ ُﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮﻛﺒَﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻠ ِﻜﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (10‬اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴬﻳ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ُﻚ ﱠ ِ‬

‫ْ‬ ‫ﻌﺎت ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣَ ٍﺪ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﺎ ِﺑﺪ َِﻫﺎ — َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﱠ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺟﺎﻧ ِﺒﻪ ُﻛ ٌ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ ﺑُﻨ َِﻲ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷ ٍ‬ ‫واﻗ َﱰَﺑ َْﻦ َﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻮخ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻏ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻮخ؛ َﻓﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ْ َﻦ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ً‬ ‫وَأَوْراﻗِ ﻬﺎ — َﻓ َﺮأَﻳ َْﻦ َﺷﻴ ًْﺨﺎ ﻃﺎﻋِ ﻨًﺎ ﰲ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﻨ َ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱢﻦ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺟﺎﻟﺴﺎ ﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫ري ِه َ‬ ‫ﻴﻮخ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَاﺣﺪًا ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ واﺣِ ٍﺪ —‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ﱠﺴﺎكِ واﻟ ﱠﺰاﻫِ ﺪِﻳﻦ‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ ِز ْﻟ َﻦ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ْ َﻦ إﱃ ُﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱡﻦ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐ َﻦ َ‬ ‫وﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﻣﻤﱠ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﻠ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻬ ُﻢ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﻳْﻨ َ ُﻪ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫ﺻﻮْﻣَ ﻌَ ًﺔ أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫َﴫ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ِﻬﻴﺐَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺷﻴﺨﺎ َﻛﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻌﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﻤﺎ إ ِ ْن َرأَﺗْ ُﻪ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة‬ ‫ﻮاخ‪َ ،‬و َرأَﻳ َْﻦ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ ا ْﻟﺒ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻮاﻣ َﻊ وَأ ْﻛ ٍ‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي«‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺮﻓ ْﺖ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺷﻴْﺦ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﻬﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ﱠﺴﺎ ُك ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻘﺼﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫‪12‬‬


‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫ﻛﺎن ﻣَ ِﻠ ًﻜﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ُﻛ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺒ ٌَﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻐﺎدِ ِر َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﴫ ُه وَاﺋْﺘَﻤَ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻋُ ْ‬ ‫ﴍ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮدُو ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣ ْﻠﻜ ِ​ِﻪ َ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒﺑ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺮ َدةٍ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫ ﱠﺪدُوه — إذا ﻋَ ﺎ َد َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻣَ ﻤْ َﻠ َﻜﺘِﻪ‪ُ ،‬ﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْو أَﺣَ ُﺪ أَﺗْﺒﺎﻋِ ﻪ — ﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻘﺘْﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (11‬اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺸﻴ ُﺪ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْﺪِيﱡ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ ﻫﺬا ﱠ‬ ‫َني ﺣﺎ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ — ِﰲ ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗِﻪ و َ‬ ‫ﻮف‪ ،‬ﺗُﻘﺎ ِﺑ ُﻞ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ِْﺦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻜ ُﻔ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َ​َﻗ َﻔ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢﻜﺮ ًة ِﰲ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺿﻌْ ﻔِ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫َﺻﻌْ َﻠ َﻜﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ ﻏِ ﻨَﺎ ُه و َ​َﻓ ْﻘ ِﺮ ِه — وﺗَ َﺮى ﺟَ ﻼ َل ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ و َ​َﻫﻴْﺒ َ​َﺔ ﱡ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ُﻣ ْﻠﻜ ِ​ِﻪ و َ‬ ‫ﻳﻔﺎرﻗﺎ ُه‬ ‫ﻄﺎن َﻟ ْﻢ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪ ،‬ﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ﻣﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ض َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫َاث وا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺴﺎ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ُ‬ ‫َت َﻓ ِﺎر ًﺳﺎ ﺗَﻨْﺒَﻌِ ُﺚ ﱠ‬ ‫وَﺑﻴْﻨﻤﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ َﻗ ٌﺔ ﰲ ﺗَﺄَﻣﱡ ﻼﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬أَﺑ َْﴫ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺠﺎﻋﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ َِﺮ ِ‬ ‫وﻫ َﻮ ﺳﺎ ِﺋ ٌﺮ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ﻳ َُﻐﻨﱢﻲ — ُ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ — أُﻧ ْ ُﺸﻮ َد ًة ﻫِ ﻨ ْ ِﺪﻳ ًﱠﺔ‪ ،‬راﺋِﻌَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ﻨَﻰ‪ ،‬ﺑﺪﻳﻌَ َﺔ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻠﺤِ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺘَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧ َ ِﺸﻴ ِﺪهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻮ ُل‪:‬‬ ‫»ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ َﻲ ﺗُﺒْﺪِي — ﻓﻲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺐ — ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗَﻬﺎ وﻟِ ﻠ ﱠﺮدَى ﺗُ ﻌْ ِﻠ ُﻦ اﺑْ ِﺘ َﺴ ﺎﻣَ ﺘَ ﻬ ﺎ‬ ‫واﻟ ﱠﺸ ﻤْ ُﺲ ﻻ أَﺗﱠ ﻘِ ﻲ أ َ ِﺷ ﻌﱠ ﺘَ ﻬ ﺎ وﻟ ﻴْ َﺲ ﻳَ ْﺨ َﺸ ﻰ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ﻲ ﺣَ ﺮا َرﺗَ ﻬ ﺎ‬ ‫وَﻻ أُﺑ ﺎ ِﻟ ﻲ — ﻓِ ﻲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﻴْ ِﻒ — َﻟﻔ ﺤَ ﺘَﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﺗَ ُﻘ ﻮ ُل ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ﻲ وَا ْﻟ ﺤَ ﱡﺮ ﻳَ ْﺴ ﺘَ ﻌِ ُﺮ‪» :‬ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻮ ُز ِﻟ ْﻠ ﻌ ِﺎﻣ ِﻠ ﻴ َﻦ ْ‬ ‫إن َ‬ ‫ﺻ ﺒَ ُﺮوا‬ ‫َوﺛ َ ﱠﻢ ﻳَ ْﺨ ﻠُ ﻮ — ﻓ ﻲ َ‬ ‫َوﺑَ ﻌْ َﺪ ﺣِ ﻴ ٍﻦ َﺳ ﻴَ ْ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻮﺋِ ِﻪ — اﻟ ﱠﺴ ﻤَ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﻄ ﻠُ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﻤَ ُﺮ‬ ‫واﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ﺒْ ُﺮ ﻳُ ْﺪ ِﻧ ﻲ ِﻟ ﻠ ﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ ﻏ ﺎﻳ ﺘَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬

‫ﺎﺳﻚِ‬ ‫)‪ (12‬اﺑْ ُﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫وﺻﻌْ ﻠﻮكٍ ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫زار ٍع ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ﺟَ ﻮادِ ِه‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ‪» :‬إﻧ ﱢ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗﺪِي ﺛَﻮْبَ ِ‬ ‫ِﺟ ْﻠ َﺴ َﺔ ْاﻷُﻣَ ﺮاءِ وا ْﻟﻤُﻠﻮكِ ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َُﻐﻨﱢﻲ ﻏِ ﻨﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻤ ِ‬ ‫ِﻲ ْاﻷ ْﻟﻤَ ﻌِ ﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﺒْ ِﺪ ُع — ِﰲ ﻧ َ ِﺸﻴﺪِه — إِﺑْﺪَا َع‬ ‫ُﻮﺳﻴﻘ ﱢ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﻋِ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺒ َْﻘ ِﺮيﱢ !«‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَﺒَﻴﱠﻨ َ ْﺖ وَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻪ ﺟَ ِﻠﻴٍّﺎ َ‬ ‫ﴪو َر ًة ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠَ ًﺔ؛ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ َﻓ ْﺖ — ِﺑﻤﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﻴﱠ َﺰ ْت ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻜ ْﺖ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫اﻫﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘِﻬﺎ — أَﻧﱢﻬﺎ َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت إﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻤُﻬَ ﺬﱠ ِب ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ِﺻﺪ ِْق ﻓِ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻜﺎﻣ ِﻞ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻓﻨُﻮ ُن ِﺳﺤْ ِﺮﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛُﻬﺎ ﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وﺗَﻤْ ﺘَﺪِﺣُ ُﻪ َﻟﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫‪13‬‬


‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬

‫ﺼﻮْﻣَ ﻌَ ِﺔ ﻧ َ َﺰ َل ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻓ َﺮ ِﺳ ِﻪ َوﺗَ َﺮﺟﱠ َﻞ )ﻣَ َﴙ ﻋَ َﲆ ِرﺟْ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ(‪َ ،‬و َرﺑَ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﻰ ﺑَﺎبَ ا ْﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻮا َدهُ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﻴﱠﺎ وَا ِﻟ َﺪ ُه ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻒ وأد ٍَب — ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ د َ‬ ‫اﻟﴬﻳ َﺮ — ِﰲ ﻟُ ْ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ﻛ ُ‬ ‫ِﻼﻫﻤﺎ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮْﻣَ ﻌَ َﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ َْﺦ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﺨﻔﻴَﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷَﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (13‬ﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻚِ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ ً‬ ‫ﻳﺰات‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻨَﺤُ ﱠﻞ ُ‬ ‫َﺻﺎﺋ َِﻔﻬﺎ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﺗَﻌﺎ َﻟ ْ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳﺎ و َِﺻﻴﻔﺎﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻨﺎد َِت ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة و َ‬ ‫ﻴﻮﻓﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‪ :‬ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻜ َ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻠﻮا َز«‪َ :‬ﺷﻴ ِْﺦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ِْﺦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻠ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َرﺣﱠ ﺐَ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ اﻟ َﻜﻔِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻤﺎل اﻟ ﱢﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻒ‪َ ،‬ووَداﻋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛُﻬُ ﱠﻦ ِﺑﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ ِﺑ ِﻬ ﱠﻦ أ َ ْﻛ َﺮ َم ﺗَ ْﺮﺣِ ٍ‬ ‫ْﻒ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﺟَ ﱠﺮﻫﺎ ﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﺳﻮءُ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﻬُ ﱠﻦ ِﺑﻤﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴَ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َد —‬ ‫ُﻫ َﻮ َو َزوْﺟَ ﺘُ ُﻪ و َِﻃ ْﻔﻠُ ُﻪ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻤْ َﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻋﺎﻣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﺠَ ﺌُﻮا إﱃ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻠﻮا َز«‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻋِ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻋَ ُ‬ ‫َني ﻫ ُﺆﻻءِ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ﱠﺴﺎكِ ‪ِ ،‬آﻣ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ني ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ني — وادِ ﻋِ َ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﻴْ ِﺪ ﻋَ ُﺪوﱢﻫِ ﻢ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻮا — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ذَﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤِ ِ‬ ‫ﻐﺎﺻ ِﺐ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺚ‪.‬‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻚِ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱰ َك اﺑْ ُﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ‪.‬‬ ‫واﺷ َ َ‬ ‫ﻮاب ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِت ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ُم ُﻣﺘَﻌﺎﻗِ ﺒ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬ﻓﺎ ْزدَاد َِت ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﻳَﻘِﻴﻨًﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱠﺘْ ُﻪ أ َ ﱠو َل و َْﻫ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ْاﻗﺘَﻨَﻊ اﺑْ ُﻦ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻚِ أ َ ﱠن ﻫﺬ ِه اﻷﻣري َة ﻫِ ﻲ أ َ ْﻛﻤَ ُﻞ َﻓﺘﺎ ٍة أَﻧْﺠَ ﺒَﺘْﻬﺎ ِﺑﻼ ُد ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْﺪِ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﲏ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ُة اﻷَﻣري ِة‬ ‫ﱪ أَﺑﺎﻫﺎ ِﺑﻤﺎ و ﱢُﻓ َﻘ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﰲ َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ف‬ ‫وَاﻋْ ﺘ َﺰﻣَ ِﺖ اﻷَﻣري ُة أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد إﱃ ﺑَ َﻠﺪِﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﻟﺘُ ْﺨ ِ َ‬ ‫ﴎ ِة ا ْﻟﻤُﻠﻮ ِﻛﻴﱢ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺘِﻠ َﻚ ْاﻷ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺘَﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﴎ ْت إﱃ َو َﻟ ِﺪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻚِ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﴪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﺄْذِ َن‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻜﺘُ َﻢ ﻫﺬا ﱢ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ َ ﱠ‬ ‫واج ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذا أ َ َﻗ ﱠﺮﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َرأ ْ ِﻳﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﺷ َ‬ ‫أَﺑ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ُه ِﺑ ِﻪ(‪.‬‬ ‫ﴪ ِه )أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻷﻣريُ أﺑﺎهُ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻓ َﴣ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺎﻫﺎ ﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺻ ُ‬ ‫ْﻓﻴﻖ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ ﻻ ﻳ َ‬ ‫ﻒ‪.‬‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ ِﺮحَ ْاﻷَﻣريُ ﺑﻬﺬا اﻟﺘﱠﻮ ِ‬ ‫َران‬ ‫وَملﺎ ﻋﺎد َِت ْاﻷَﻣري ُة إﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ أﺑﻴﻬﺎ َرأﺗْ ُﻪ ﺟﺎﻟ ًِﺴﺎ ﻣ َﻊ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜِﻴ ِﻢ »ﻧﺎرادا«‪ ،‬وﻛﺎﻧﺎ ﻳَﺘَ َﺸﺎو ِ‬ ‫— ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — ﰲ أَﻣْ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ﻮع — وَﻣﺜ َ َﻠ ْﺖ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َأﻗﺒَ َﻠ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫َني ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬راﻛِﻌَ ًﺔ أﻣﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي« ﻋَ َﲆ أﺑﻴﻬﺎ — ِﰲ اﺣْ ِﱰَا ٍم و َُﺧ ُﺸ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺼﺘِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫إِﺟْ ً‬ ‫وﺧﺘَﻤَ ﺘْﻬﺎ ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻠﺔ‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي ﺛَﻮْبَ ُ‬ ‫ﻼﻻ ﻟ ُﻪ وﺗﻌْ ِﻈﻴﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻌْ ﻠُﻮكٍ ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻧﺎﺳ ٌﻚ ﻓﻘري َ‬ ‫وﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻫِ ﻤﱠ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻠُﻮْكِ ‪ .‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﻮ ِﻟ ِﺪ ِه أ َ ِﻣريٌ‪ ،‬ﻣَ َﻊ أ َ ﱠن أَﺑﺎ ُه — ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم — ِ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﻠﺒُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﻼ ِح ُ‬ ‫ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺐ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﻬْ ًﺮا َوﻧ َ َﻘﺎءً‪ ،‬و َِﻃﻴﺒ ًَﺔ َووَﻓﺎءً‪ُ .‬‬ ‫وﻫ َﻮ ﺷﺎﻋِ ٌﺮ ﺣَ َﺴ ُﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌﺎﻧِﻲ واﻷداءِ‪َ ،‬وﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﻲ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ﱞ‬ ‫راﺋ ُﻊ ا ِﻹﻧﺸﺎدِ واﻟﻐِ ﻨﺎءِ‪.‬‬


‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬

‫)‪ (2‬اﺳ ُﻤ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫»ﺳﺘْﻴﺎڨﺎ ُن«‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎل ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪» :‬إِﻧﱢﻲ أ ُ َﻫﻨﱢﺌُﻚِ ِﺑﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻧﺴ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ‪ .‬وﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻚِ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺮي َﻟﻨﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﺳ َﻢ ﻫﺬا‬ ‫ﻴﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ ْﺮ ِت ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﻮﻓ ٍ‬ ‫ري!«‬ ‫ْاﻷ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪ْ :‬‬ ‫»اﺳ ُﻤ ُﻪ َﺳﺘْﻴﺎڨﺎ ُن!«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ َﻔ َﺰ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜﻴ ُﻢ »ﻧﺎرادا« ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ﻫﺬا ِاﻻﺳﻢَ‪ ،‬و َر َﻓﻊ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗﺎﻋً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َل ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻟﻤً ﺎ‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻤﻪُ‪ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠ ِﺖ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺘْ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰوﻧًﺎ‪» :‬أ َ ْرﺟُ ﻮ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺎڨﺎن؟«‬ ‫ﺑﺎﺳﻤَ ًﺔ‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﺘْﻴﺎڨﺎ ُن ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ ﺳﻴﱢﺪِي اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺄَﺟﺎﺑﺘْﻪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻﺢَ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜﻴﻢَ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻤ ِﻪ؟ أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻛﻤﺎ و َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪» :‬ﻣﺎذا َﻓ ﱠﺰﻋَ َﻚ ِﻣ ِﻦ ْ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻔﺘْ ُﻪ ِﺑﻨْﺘِﻲ‪َ :‬ﺷﺠﺎﻋَ َﺔ َﻗ ْﻠ ٍﺐ‬ ‫وﻧُﺒ ًْﻼ‪ ،‬و َرﺟﺎﺣَ َﺔ ﻋَ ْﻘ ٍﻞ و َ​َﻓ ْﻀ ًﻼ؟«‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻧﺎرادا«‪» :‬ﺑ َ​َﲆ‪ .‬و َُﻫ َﻮ أَﻋْ ﻈ ُﻢ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ري ُة‪ .‬وَﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻣَ َﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪» :‬ﻳﺎﻣﺎ«‪َ ،‬ﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫وﺻ َﻔﺘْ ُﻪ ْاﻷَﻣ َ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬وَﻛﺘَﺒَ ُﻪ ﰲ د َْﻓ َ ِﱰ ا ْﻟﻬﺎ ِﻟﻜِني‪ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﺢَ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ِة أَﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ َﺳﻨ َ ٍﺔ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ َﺷﺒَ َﻜﺘَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫﺬا اﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫واﺣِ َﺪةٍ!«‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬

‫ﺻﻮ ٌ‬ ‫)‪َ (3‬‬ ‫ْت َﻛ ِﺮﻳ ٌﻢ‬ ‫ري َﻟ ْﻮﻧ ُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ِن وَا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ِع(‪ ،‬وﻛﺎ َد ﻳ ُْﻐﻤَ ﻰ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺎ ْرﺗﺎ َع ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪ ،‬وَاﻣْ ﺘُﻘِ َﻊ وَﺟْ ُﻪ ْاﻷَﻣريَ ِة )ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻋﺎن ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫واﺳﺘَﻤْ َﺴ َﻜ ْﺖ‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ُ‬ ‫ﻮت ﻫﺎﺗ ٍ‬ ‫ني َﻫﻤَ َﺲ ِﰲ أُذُﻧﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫أﻓﺎﻗ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذُ ُﻫﻮ ِﻟﻬﺎ ْ‬ ‫ِﻒ َﻛ ِﺮﻳ ٍﻢ‪:‬‬ ‫وﻟﻜﻦ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﷲ ِ‬ ‫ﺮار‪ ،‬وا ْﻟ َﻐ ْﺪ ُر ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺧﻠُ ِﻖ اﻷ َ ْﴍ ِار‪ ،‬و َرﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺔ ِ‬ ‫واﺳﻌَ ٌﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ا ْﻟﻮَﻓﺎءُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷﻴﻤَ ِﺔ اﻷَﺣْ ِ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﺋﻠﺔ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ﱠت َﺷﺠﺎﻋَ ﺘَﻬﺎ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮﻟُ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﱞﻖ‪ .‬وﻟﻜﻨّﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أ ُ ْﺧﻠ َ‬ ‫ﱰد ْ‬ ‫وﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ِﻒ وَﻋْ ﺪِي‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َ​َﻗ َﻔ َﺖ‬ ‫اﺳ َ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ أ َ ْرﻣَ ًﻠﺔ ﺑﻼ َزو ٍْج( َﺧﻤْ ِﺴ َ‬ ‫وﺳﺄَﺑَ ﱡﺮ ِﺑﻌَ ﻬْ ﺪِي‪ ،‬وﻟ ْﻮ ﺗَﺮﻣﱠ ْﻠ ُﺖ )ﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ني ﻋﺎﻣً ﺎ!«‬ ‫)‪َ (4‬ﻗﺮا ُر »ﻧﺎرادا«‬ ‫ﺎﺻﺢُ ‪ ،‬وأ ْ‬ ‫وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﺌ ٍﺬ و َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َق َﻟﺤَ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗﻒ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜِﻴ ُﻢ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻨ َ َﺪ َرأ ْ ُﺳ ُﻪ إﱃ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎت‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِْر ِه ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻛﺎ َد‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺨﻔِ ﻲ ﻓﻴﻪ‪ ،‬واﻧ ْ َﺴ َﺪ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻋﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ ﻋَ ﺒﺎءَﺗُﻪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻠﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜﺘَ َﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠ ُﻚ واﻷ َ ِﻣري ُة أﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻔﺎﺳﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﻻ ﻳ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌﺎ ﺗَ ْﻔﻜريَهُ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫أﻓﺎق ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜﻴ ُﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣْ ِ‬ ‫ﻼﻣ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺪ َ​َﻓ َﻊ إﱃ ْاﻷﻣﺎ ِم ﻋَ ﺒﺎءﺗَﻪُ‪ ،‬و َرﻓ َﻊ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌْ ِﻄ ًﻔﺎ‪ ،‬ﻛﺄﻧﱠﻤﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَ ِﺬ ُر ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻓﺎ َه )ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴ َﻼ ُم َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َُﻐ ْﻔ َﻞ ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ ﻳﺎ ِﺑﻨ ْ َﺖ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻖ( ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎل‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠﻴﺎدِ !« ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﻬُ ﻤﺎ وَاﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬ ‫َف‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (5‬إﱃ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻐﺎﺑﺔ‬ ‫ﻟﺖ ْاﻷَﻣريَ ُة أﺑﺎﻫﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻴ ِﻪ »ﻧﺎرادا« َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻓﻬَ ْﻢ ﻣﺎ ﻋَ ﻨﺎهُ‪ .‬وﻟﻜﻦ ﺣَ ْﺴﺒُﻨَﺎ أَﻧ ُﻪ َﻛ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣُﻌَ ﺎ َر َ‬ ‫ﺿﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َاﺿ ِﻪ‪ .‬واﻟ ﱠﺮأْيُ ﻟﻚِ — ﻳﺎ ﺑُﻨَﻴﱠﺘﻲ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ِﺖ ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻷﴏ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻋْ ِﱰ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن‬ ‫وَﻟ ْﻮ َرأَى َﴍٍّا َ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺧﺎﻓِ ﻴًﺎ ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪ .‬ﻓ ِﺈ ْن ِﺷﺌْ َﺖ و َ​َﻓﻴ ِْﺖ ِﺑﻮَﻋْ ﺪِكِ ‪ ،‬وإ ِ ْن ِﺷﺌْ ِﺖ اﻋْ ﺘَﺬَ ْر ِت ﻟﻪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬ﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪ ِْر َوﻧ َ ْﻘ ِﺾ اﻟﻌﻬْ ﺪِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻳﺠﻬﺎ ْ‬ ‫»ﺳﺘْ َ‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫ﻴﺎڨﺎن«‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرآﻫﺎ ﻣ ُِﴫ ًة ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻮَﻓﺎءِ ِﺑﻮَﻋْ ﺪِﻫﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻋْ َﻠ َﻦ ﻋَ ْﺰﻣَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺰ ِو ِ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْﻴﻀﺎن‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺣﻤَ ﻼ‬ ‫ْران اﻷَﺑ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫واﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠ ُﻚ و ِﺑﻨْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒَﺘَﻬُ ﻤﺎ ا ْﻟﻤُﻠﻮ ِﻛﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﻳَﺠُ ﱡﺮﻫﺎ اﻟﺜﱠﻮ ِ‬ ‫»ﺳﺘْ َ‬ ‫َي ِ‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫ﻴﺎڨﺎن«‪.‬‬ ‫اﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ — ﻣَ ﻌﻬُ ﻤﺎ — َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﻔﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺲ‪َ ،‬ﻫ ِﺪﻳ ًﱠﺔ ﻟﻮا ِﻟﺪ ِ‬

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‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬

‫)‪ (6‬ﻋِ ﻨﺪ ﻣﻠﻚ َ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻠﻮَا َز«‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ ﻣَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻴﺎدِ « َو ِﺑﻨْﺘُ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي«‪ ،‬ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠﻜ ُﻪ اﻟﺪ َﱠﻫ ُﺶ‪،‬‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻠﻮَا َز« ِﺑﻤﺎ َﻗﺪِم ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ »ﻣَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِ‬ ‫أن ﺗَ َ‬ ‫َني َ‬ ‫وﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻌﻴﺶ — ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤﺎءِ« ْ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ْﺮ َﴇ » ِﺑﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ َﺮاﻧَﻴْﻨﺎ — ﰲ ﻫﺬ ِه‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺴ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣَ ﻨﺎ‪ ،‬وﺗَﺄ ْ َﻟ ُ‬ ‫ض‪ ،‬وﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋﺎداﺗِﻨﺎ‪ ،‬وﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َ ِﱰ ُش ْاﻷ َ ْر َ‬ ‫ﻴﻎ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﻮﺣِ َﺸ ِﺔ؟ َو َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ُﻢ‬ ‫ِﴩ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وﻻ ﻧَﺄ ْ َﻟ ُ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟﺤُ ِﲇ ﱢ وا ْﻟﻮ َ​َﺳﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ‬ ‫ﻮش‪َ ،‬وﻗ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺤْ ﻠُﺐَ وﺛِﻤﺎ َر ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وﻧ َ ْﻠﺒ َُﺲ ﺟُ ﻠُﻮ َد ا ْﻟﻮُﺣُ ِ‬ ‫ﻆ ﻟﻨﺎ إ ِ َﻻ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻘ ﱡﺸ ُ‬ ‫ري أَﻧ ْ ُﻔ ِﺴﻨﺎ‪ ،‬وﻻ ﺣَ ﱠ‬ ‫)ا ْﻟ ِﻤ َﺨﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ وا ْﻟﻌِ ﺒﺎ َد ُة‪ ،‬واﻟ ﱡﺰ ْﻫ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﱠات(‪ ،‬وﻻ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑﺨِ ﺪْﻣَ ﺘِﻨﺎ أﺣَ ٌﺪ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻟﺬا ِﺋﺬَ ﻓﺎﻧﻴَ ٍﺔ؟«‬ ‫ﴎ ْت إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﺎﻗﺘَﻨ َ َﻊ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﻗﺎ َﻟﺘْﻪُ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫َﻓﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ري ُة َﻗ ْﻮ َل َﺷﻴ ِْﺦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ﱠﺴﺎكِ أ َ َ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ وأوْراﻗِ ﻬﺎ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮْﻣَ ﻌَ ﺘَﻪُ‪ ،‬وﻫِ َﻲ — ﻛﻤﺎ ْ‬ ‫أَد َ‬ ‫ْﺧ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻴ َْﻔﻴْ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫وأﻓ َﴣ‬ ‫أﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ َﻚ — ﻣ َُﺸﻴﱠ َﺪ ٌة ِﺑﺄ ْﻏ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ُﻚ إﱃ َزوْﺟَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ )أ َ ْﺧ َﱪﻫﺎ( ِﺑﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺼ ِﺔ ﺿﻴ َْﻔﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني؛ َﻓ َﺮﺣﱠ ﺒ َْﺖ ِﺑﻬﻤﺎ أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ﺗَ ْﺮﺣِ ٍ‬ ‫ﺣﻔ ُ‬ ‫)‪ْ (7‬‬ ‫ﻠﺔ اﻟﻌُ ْﺮ ِس‬ ‫»ﺳﺘْﻴﺎڨﺎ ُن« — ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋﺎ َد ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫ري ِة ﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْ ِﺪ ِه — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ َﻗﻠِﻴﻞ‪ ،‬وﺗَ ﱠﻢ َزوَاﺟُ ُﻪ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَﻣ َ‬ ‫ﴬ ﺟريَاﻧُﻬُ ْﻢ — ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ﱠﺴﺎكِ — َﻓﻬﻨﱠﺌُﻮا ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬واﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺠُ ﻮا ِﺑﻤﺎ ﻣَ ﻴﱠ َﺰ ﷲ ُ ِﺑ ِﻪ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ .‬وﺣَ َ َ‬ ‫وﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻤﺎل ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻖ وا ْﻟ ُﺨﻠُ ِﻖ‪ ،‬وأﺛْﻨَﻮْا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻴَﺐَ اﻟﺜﱠﻨﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻷ َ ِﻣريَ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِ‬ ‫وزا َد إﻋْ ﺠﺎﺑُﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑﻬﺎ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني َﺧ َﻠﻌَ ْﺖ ﺟَ ﻮَاﻫِ َﺮﻫﺎ وﺣُ ِﻠﻴﱠﻬﺎ َوﺛِﻴﺎﺑَﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻔﺎﺧِ َﺮ َة‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫واﺳﺘَﺒْ َﺪ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬﺎ ﺛ َ ْﻮﺑًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﴩ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ اﻟﺒُﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮ ِْن‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِﻳ ِﻪ أ َ ْﻫ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻗِ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َت ﻫﺬَا اﻟﺜﱠﻮْبَ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ ريَ‪ ،‬وﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫وﻗ ِﺪ ا ْرﺗَﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﻵن أ َ ِﻣريَ ًة‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ َﻜ ٌﺔ َﻓﻘِ ريَ ٌة‪«.‬‬ ‫وﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎﱄ َودﱠﻋَ ﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪ ،‬واﺛ ًِﻘﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ْﻮ َدﺗِﻬﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻧْﻘِ َﻀﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻌﺎ ِم‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْت اﻟﻬﺎﺗ ِ‬ ‫)‪َ (1‬‬ ‫ِﻒ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﲆ ِ‬ ‫ﴎاﻋً ﺎ‪ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳُﻨ َ ﱢﻐ ُ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِت اﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ُم — ﻛﻤﺎ ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻷﻣريَ ِة َﺳﻌﺎ َدﺗَﻬﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌﺎ َد ُة — ِ َ‬ ‫ري ﻓﻜﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﱰُ ُﻛ ُﻪ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ واﺣﺪٌ‪ُ ،‬ﻫ َﻮ ُدﻧ ُ ﱡﻮ أﺟَ ِﻞ ِ‬ ‫ني وآﺧ َﺮ‪ ،‬وﺗَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ وَﺣْ ﺪَﻫﺎ — ﰲ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬ ‫َ ْ‬ ‫َني ﺣِ ٍ‬ ‫اﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫— ُﻣﺘَﺄَو َﱢﻫ ًﺔ ﺑﺎﻛ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﺔ ﺣَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻌﺎ ِﺛ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫َف ا ْﻟﻌﺎ ُم ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧِﻬﺎﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻬﺎﺗ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﴍ َ‬ ‫ﴤ‬ ‫ِﻒ ﻳَﻬْ ِﻤ ُﺲ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمُ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ ِﺔ أﻳﱠﺎم‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻋْ ﺘَ َﺰﻣَ ْﺖ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗَ ْﱰُ َك َزوْﺟَ ﻬﺎ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠﻬﺎ ﺗَ َﺮى ﻣَ َﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺴﻤﱠ ﻰ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ‬ ‫َوس‪» :‬ﻳﺎﻣﺎ«‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻬﻨْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺪ ِْري‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻌَ ّﲇ أ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ ْن أ ْﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ َﺷﺒَ َﻜ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت — ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰبُ‬ ‫ري — أ ْو أُﺛ ْ ِﻨﻴَ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋَ ْﺰﻣ ِ​ِﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤِ ﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻳﺎﻣﺎ« ِﻣ َﻦ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺈن َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ﻳُﺤَ ﺪﱢﺛﻨِﻲ أ َ ﱠن أﻣَ ِﲇ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﺨِ ﻴﺐَ ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻷﻣ ِ‬


‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬

‫ﴫ ُع ِ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ﻣَ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻷﻣ ِ‬

‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻊ َﻓﺠْ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ ِ​ِﺚ ذَ َﻫﺒ َِﺖ اﻷ َ ِﻣري ُة َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺳﺘَﺄْذَﻧَﺘْ ُﻪ ْ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺤَ ﺐَ‬ ‫أن ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﴬﻳﺮ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻚِ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َزوْﺟَ ﻬﺎ إِﱃ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ﰲ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺤَ ﺒَﻪُ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗُﻌَ ﻮ َﱢﻗ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻗ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَذِ َن َﻟﻬﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﺠﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻊ اﻷ َ ْﺷ ِ‬ ‫ري ﻣَ َﺮﺣً ﺎ وﺣُ ﺒُﻮ ًرا — ﰲ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم — ِﺑ َﻘﺪ ِْر ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ِﺰﻧ َ ِﺖ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺲ ِ‬ ‫ري ُة‬ ‫اﻷﻣ َ‬ ‫اﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻗﻠ َِﻘ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َزو ِْﺟﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺗُ ِﺠﻴ ُﻞ ﺑ َ​َﴫَﻫﺎ )ﺗُﺪِﻳ ُﺮ ﻟِﺤﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬﺎ( ﰲ ﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﺘَﻨ ُِﻔﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺒﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻌﺎﱄ‪ ،‬ﺑﺎﺣِ ﺜ َ ًﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ »ﻳﺎﻣﺎ«‪َ ،‬‬ ‫وﺷﺠَ ِﺮﻫﺎ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫وﻗ َ‬ ‫وﻗ ِﺪ ا ْرﺗَﺠَ َﻔ ْﺖ َﺷ َﻔﺘﺎﻫﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ِﺐ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺴ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺐ ﱠ‬ ‫)ﻓﺄ َ َﺳﻪُ( ِﻟﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫»ﺳﺘْﻴﺎڨﺎ ُن« أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻓ َﻊ ِﻣ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺑَ َﻠﻐﺎ ﻋِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﺨﻤَ َﺔ ﺣﺎ َو َل َ‬ ‫ﻴﺪان ا ْﻟ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ واﺣﺪًا‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳ ِﺪ ِه َ‬ ‫وﻫﻮَى ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺨﺬَ َﻟﺘْ ُﻪ ﻗ ﱠﻮﺗُﻪ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫إﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪َ ،‬ﻓﺼﺎحَ ﻣَ ﺬﻋُ ﻮ ًرا‪» :‬وَا ٍه وَاهٍ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ؛ ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي«‪ .‬أيﱡ أ َ َﻟ ٍﻢ ﻫﺬا ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳُﻤَ ﱢﺰ ُق َرأ ْ ِﳼ‪ ،‬وﻳُﺒَﺪ ُد ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗِﻲ! اﺟْ ﻠ ِ​ِﴘ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫َ‬ ‫إﱃ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم‪«.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫)‪َ (3‬ﺷﺒ ُ‬ ‫َﻜﺔ ا َملﻮ ِْت‬

‫ﻘﻀﺎءِ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‪ .‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي« أ َ ﱠن ﺳﺎﻋَ ﺔ ا ْﻟ َ‬ ‫وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﺌ ٍﺬ أ َ ْد َر َﻛ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ْﴫ َﺷﺒَﺤً ﺎ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﻓﺈذا ﺑﻬﺎ ﺗُﺒ ِ ُ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪ ِه ﺣَ ﺒْ ٌﻞ َ‬ ‫ﴬ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٌﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻘﺎﻣَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻧَﺤِ ﻴ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﺴ ِﻢ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَﻮ ﱢَﻫﺞَ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻴْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻞ ُﻫ َﻮ َﺷﺒ ُ‬ ‫وأن ذﻟِﻚ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺒْ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ ﻠِﻤَ ْﺖ أَﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﺗَ َﺮى أَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻬﺎ »ﻳﺎﻣﺎ«‪ ،‬ﱠ‬ ‫َﻜﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪.‬‬ ‫إﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪِبﱠ ا ْﻟﻴﺄ ْ ُس َ‬ ‫َﻗﻔ ْﺖ ُﻣﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﺎرﻋَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪:‬‬ ‫ﺒﺎﻃﺌَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬واﻧْﺤَ ﻨ َ ْﺖ أﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫»ﻣَ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ َْﱃ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴْ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻮيﱡ ؟«‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي«‪ .‬وَﺣَ ْﺴﺒُﻚِ ْ‬ ‫أن ﺗﻌْ َﻠ ِﻤﻲ أﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ِﺟﺌْ ُﺖ ِﻟ َﺰو ِْﺟﻚِ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻤﻲ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ‪» :‬ﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴ ِﺄﱄ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﺳﺘْﻴﺎڨﺎن« ا ﱠﻟﺬِي اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﻴﺎﺗُﻪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎل — ﻋَ َﲆ ِ‬ ‫ري اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﺋ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻣْ َﺴ َﻜ ْﺖ ِﺑ ُﺮوﺣِ ِﻪ ﻛﻤﺎ ﺗُﻤْ ِﺴ ُﻚ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻜ َﺮةِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺛ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ َﺷﺒَ َﻜﺘَ ُﻪ — ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻮب‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫وَﺟَ ﺬَﺑَﻬﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَدَا َر وَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِْق‪.‬‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳَﻌْ ﺪُو ﰲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮْبَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫‪21‬‬


‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬

‫)‪ (4‬ﰲ ﻋﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ا َمل ْﻮﺗَﻰ‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي« ﻣَ ْﻜﺘُ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻘِ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ َ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋَ ًﺔ ِﰲ أَﺛ َ ِﺮهِ‪ .‬وﻣﺎ َزا َﻟ ْﺖ ﺗَﺠْ ِﺮي ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﻮﻓ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻴَ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﺟَ َﺮ ْت ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫َات‪ .‬وَﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َريَاﻧَﻬﺎ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻋﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﺟْ ﺘﺎ َز ْت ﻋﺎ َﻟ َﻢ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻴﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ‬ ‫ﻒ »ﻳﺎﻣﺎ«‬ ‫وا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ا ْرﺟﻌِ ﻲ — ﻳﺎ ﺑُﻨَﻴﱠﺘِﻲ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺗَﻴ ِْﺖ‪ ،‬وَادْﻓِ ﻨِﻲ ﺟُ ﺜ ﱠ َﺔ َزو ِْﺟﻚِ ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫أَﺗْﻌَ ﺒ ِْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻚِ ِﺑﻼ ﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪةٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻘﺎﻟﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋﺎﻫﺪ ُ‬ ‫»ﻛﻼ أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ َْﱃ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻢُ‪ .‬ﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴﻞ إﱃ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ْت َزو ِْﺟﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن‬ ‫أَﺗْﺒَﻌَ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﻴْﺜُﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ أ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻨ ﱡ َﻚ — ﻳﺎ ﻣَ ﻮْﻻيَ — ﺗَ ْﺮ َﴇ ِﱄ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻬْ ﺪَ!«‬ ‫َﻓﺎﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺞَ »ﻳﺎﻣﺎ« ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني َرأَى ﺣِ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻬﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻮَﻓﺎء ِﺑﻌَ ﻬْ ﺪِﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وأُﻋْ ﺠَ ﺐ ِﺑﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ أ َ َد ِﺑﻬﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫»ﺻﺪ َْﻗ ِﺖ — ﻳﺎ ﺑُﻨَﻴﱠﺘِﻲ — و ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﱢﻖ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻘ ِﺖ‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻓﻘﺎل َﻟﻬﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫وﺳﺄﺟْ ِﺰﻳﻚِ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﻓﺎﺋِﻚ أَﺣْ َﺴﻦ‬ ‫ري ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ِة َزو ِْﺟﻚِ إﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰاءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻲ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫)‪ (5‬اﻟﺠﺎ ِﺋ َﺰ ُة اﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫وﱃ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴ َ ِﱰ ﱠد ﻣَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َرأ َ ْت أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗُﻀﻴﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫َﴫ ُه‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻠﻮا َز« ﺑ َ َ‬ ‫و َُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗَﻪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﱪ ﻫﺬَا‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ »ﻳﺎﻣﺎ«‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﺟَ ﺒْﺘُﻚِ إﱃ ِﻃ ْﻠﺒَﺘِﻚِ ‪َ .‬ﻓﻌُ ﻮدِي أَدْراﺟَ ﻚِ ﻳﺎ َﻓﺘﺎ ُة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ُ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن أَﺣَ ٌﺪ — ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ — و َُﻫ َﻮ ﺣَ ﱞﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَﻰ ﻳﻨْﻌَ ﻤ َ‬ ‫وﻗﺎﻟﺖ ُﻣﺘَ َﻮ ﱢد َد ًة‪» :‬إذا َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺑﺮﻋَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻠ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻴﻖ أَﻣَ ﻠِﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ُﻮن ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَﻴْﺄ ْس ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ﻋﺎ َﻟ َﻢ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮار َك ﺑَﻬْ ﺠَ ًﺔ‬ ‫ﻮات ُﻫ َﻮ — ﻋِ ﻨْﺪِي — َﺧ ْريٌ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻴﺎءِ؛ ِﻷ َ ﱠن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﻘﺎءِ إِﱃ ِﺟ ِ‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَﺠَ ﱢﺪ َد َة اﻟ ﱠﺮوْﻋَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺰة اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴ َُﺔ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ إِﻋْ ﺠﺎبُ »ﻳﺎﻣﺎ« ﺑ َﻠ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺒﺎﻗﺘِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وﺣُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺟَ ﻮا ِﺑﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻚِ ﺟﺎ ِﺋ َﺰ ٌة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬ﻓﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻠُ ِﺒﻴﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﺗُﺠﺎ ِﺑﻲ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﻘﺎﻟﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌﻴ َﺪ ِﻟﻮَا ِﻟ ِﺪ َزو ِْﺟﻲ ﻋَ ْﺮ َﺷ ُﻪ ْ‬ ‫املﺴﻠُﻮبَ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﺳﺘْ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻚِ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﻄﻠُﺒ َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﻓﺎ ْر ِﺟﻌِ ﻲ إﱃ ﺟُ ﺜ ﱠ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺑﻨﺎت آوَى‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻴﺎڨﺎن« َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻠﻬﺎ‬ ‫‪22‬‬


‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫ﺑﺎﱄ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﺴ َﻢ ﺑ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬ ‫َﻨﺎت آوَى؛ َﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ َﺴ ِﺪ — ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ ﻓﺎ َر َﻗﺘْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻘﺎﻟﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ ُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡﺮوحُ — َﻓ ِﻀﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ وﻻ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﺴ َﻢ ﻳُﻌَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﱠض‪ ،‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺮوحُ َﻓﻼ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺗَﻌْ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻀﻬﺎ!«‬ ‫)‪ (7‬اﻟﺠﺎ ِﺋ َﺰ ُة اﻟﺜ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺜﺔ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ​َق ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮﻟ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ﻟﻬﺎ‪» :‬ﻣﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﳼ أَﺑْﻨﺎءِ‬ ‫ﻮل اﻷ َ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ني! إ ِ ﱠن ﻋَ ْﻘ َﻠﻚِ — أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘﺎ ُة — أ َ ْﻛ َﱪُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫اﻷ َ ْر ِض‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ أَﻣَ ْﺮ ُت َﻟﻚِ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺰ ٍة ﺛﺎ ِﻟﺜ َ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﻜﺎﻓﺄ َ ًة َﻟﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻘﺎﻟﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﱄ ﻣﺎﺋَ ُﺔ َو َﻟ ٍﺪ ﻳﺎ ﻣَ ﻮْﻻيَ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻢ!«‬ ‫»ﺳﺄُﺣَ ﱢﻘ ُﻖ َﻟﻚِ ﻣﺎ ﺗ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻄﻠُ ِﺒني‪«.‬‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺠَ ِﺖ اﻷﻣريَ ُة‪َ ،‬‬ ‫وﻗﺎﻟﺖ‪» :‬ﻣﺎ دُﻣْ َﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ وَﻋَ ْﺪﺗَﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﴪو َر ًة(‪،‬‬ ‫وﺻ ﱠﻔ َﻘ ْﺖ ِﺑﻴَ َﺪﻳْﻬﺎ ﻣَ ﺤْ ﺒُﻮ َر ًة )ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺘﻴﺎڨﺎن«‪ .‬أَﻋِ ْﺪ ُروﺣَ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ ْر ِﺟ ْﻊ إﱄ ﱠ َزوْﺟﻲ َ‬ ‫ري ُه أَﺑَﺪًا!«‬ ‫»ﺳ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺟَ َﺴﺪِه‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ أَﺗَ َﺰوﱠجَ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫)‪ (8‬ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺰ ُة اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُ‬ ‫اﺑﻌﺔ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ أَراد ْ‬ ‫َت ذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْد َر َك »ﻳﺎﻣﺎ« أ َ ﱠن ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ًة أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ اﻟ ﱡﺮوحَ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﺑﻮَﻋْ ﺪِه‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻄﺎ َر ْت — ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮاء —‬ ‫و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑُ ﱞﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫»ﺳﺘْ َ‬ ‫وﻋﺎد ْ‬ ‫َت إِﱃ ﺟُ ﺜ ﱠ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺎڨﺎن« ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (9‬ﺗَﺤَ ﱡﻘ ُﻖ اﻟ ﱠﺮ َﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي« إﱃ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒَ َﻠ َﻐﺘْﻬﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﺳ َﻔ ٍﺮ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻏﺎر ًﻗﺎ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫وأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮﻳﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأ َ ْت َزوْﺟَ ﻬﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ً‬ ‫ﻈﺘْ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻳ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻔﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻤَ ﱠﺪ ﺟَ َﺴ َﺪ ُه َوﺗَﺜﺎءَبَ ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟ َ‬ ‫ﺘﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻃﺎ َل ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻲ ِﺑﻼ َﺷ ﱟﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤﺎ ﺑﺎﻟُ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺗُﻮﻗِﻈﻴﻨِﻲ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ َ‬ ‫اﻵن؟«‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْﱰي«‪َ ،‬و َرﺑﱠﺘَ ْﺖ َﻛﺘ َِﻔ ُﻪ ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻠﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫»ﻫﻠُﻢﱠ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﻠﻨُﴪ ْع ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫َﻏ َﺮﺑ َِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫وﺧﻴﱠ َﻢ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈﻼ ُم ﻋَ َﲆ اﻷ َ ْر ِض‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ — وﻫِ َﻲ ﻋﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ٌة ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ — ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َث‪.‬‬ ‫‪23‬‬


‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬

‫ني د َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ د َْﻫ َﺸﺘَ ُﻪ واﺑْﺘِﻬﺎﺟَ ُﻪ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫وﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫َﴫ ِه‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﺖ َﻓ َﺮأَى أَﺑﺎ ُه ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا ِﺑﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة ﺑ َ ِ‬ ‫وﺻﺤﱠ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪َ .‬‬ ‫»ﺳﺘْ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ ﺷﺎ َر َﻛﺘْ ُﻪ أ ُ ﱡم َ‬ ‫ﻴﺎڨﺎن« ﰲ َﻓ َﺮﺣِ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻧ ُ ﱠﺴﺎ ُك ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ﻳُﻬﻨﱢﺌُﻮﻧ َ ُﻪ ِﺑﻌَ ﻮ َد ِة‬ ‫َﴫ ِه إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺐَ ُﻣ ْﻠ َﻚ َ‬ ‫وﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ َﻗ ِﺪ َم َر ُﺳﻮ ٌل ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﱪ ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱠو ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ْ‬ ‫اﻏﺘَ َ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻠﻮا َز« َﻗ ْﺪ َﻟﻘِ َﻲ ﻣَ ْﴫَﻋَ ﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫وأ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫ﻠﻴﻜﻪ ا ْﻟﻌﺎدِ ِل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺣِ ﻴ ِﻢ ﺑَﺪ ً‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ﺐَ ﻻ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ِﺑﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻼ‪.‬‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻠﻮا َز«‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻋَ ُ‬ ‫ﴎ ُة ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬﺎ إﱃ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ور‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻮا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ ُ ُ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎﱄ ﻋﺎد َِت اﻷ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻬﺎج َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮا َل ﺣَ ﻴﺎﺗِﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫واﺑْﺘ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (10‬ﺧﺎﺗِﻤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ ُر ِز َﻗ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي« ِﻣﺎﺋَ َﺔ َو َﻟﺪٍ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ وَﻋَ ﺪَﻫﺎ »ﻳﺎﻣﺎ«‪.‬‬ ‫وﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﻔِ ُﻞ ﺑﺄَﻋْ ﻴﺎدِ ِﻣﻴﻼدِ ﻫِ ْﻢ — واﺣﺪًا ﺑﻌْ َﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﴍ‪ ،‬اﺣْ ﺘ ً‬ ‫ِﻔﺎﻻ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ — ﻣَ ﺘﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ا ْﻟﻌﺎ َم ا ْﻟ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﲆ ُ‬ ‫ور ً‬ ‫ﺟﺎﻻ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻓ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ َة — ﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤً ﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ُﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻔﺎﺻﻴ َﻞ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﺿﻴُﻮﻓِﻬﺎ‪ :‬ﻧ َِﺴﺎءً ِ‬ ‫ري ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ِﺠﺒَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻮزﻳ َْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ إ ِ ْﺧ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫ﻼﺻﻬﺎ َﺧ ْ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ُﻛﻮ ِﻓﺌَ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ و َ​َﻓﺎﺋِﻬﺎ َﺧ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﻜﺎﻓﺄَةٍ‪ .‬وﺟُ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ َﺰاءِ‪.‬‬

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