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‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬

‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬

‫ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‬ ‫داﻧﻴﺎل دﻳﻔﻮ‬

‫ﺗﺮﺟﻤﺔ‬ ‫ﻣﺮوة ﻣﺎﻫﺮ اﻟﺤﻖ‬ ‫ﻣﺮاﺟﻌﺔ‬ ‫إﻳﻤﺎن ﻋﺒﺪ اﻟﻐﻨﻲ ﻧﺠﻢ‬

‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬

‫‪Robinson Crusoe‬‬

‫داﻧﻴﺎل دﻳﻔﻮ‬

‫‪Daniel Defoe‬‬

‫اﻟﻄﺒﻌﺔ اﻷوﱃ ‪٢٠١٣‬م‬ ‫رﻗﻢ إﻳﺪاع ‪٢٠١٣/١٤٢٣٩‬‬ ‫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 :‬‬ ‫دﻳﻔﻮ‪ ،‬داﻧﻴﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‪/‬ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‪ :‬داﻧﻴﺎل دﻳﻔﻮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗﺪﻣﻚ‪٩٧٨ ٩٧٧ ٧١٩ ٣٣٧ ٥ :‬‬ ‫‪ -١‬اﻟﻘﺼﺺ اﻹﻧﺠﻠﻴﺰﻳﺔ‬ ‫أ‪ -‬اﻟﻌﻨﻮان‬

‫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.‬‬ ‫‪Robinson Crusoe‬‬ ‫‪All rights reserved.‬‬

‫اﳌﺤﺘﻮﻳﺎت‬

‫‪ -١‬ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ُة ﺑَﺤﱠ ٍﺎر‬ ‫‪ -٢‬أ ُ َ‬ ‫وﱃ ِرﺣْ َﻼﺗِﻲ‬ ‫‪ -٣‬ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٌﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺗﻴ ٌَﺔ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ٌ‬ ‫‪ِ -٤‬رﺣْ َﻠﺔ إ ِ َﱃ أﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘﻴَﺎ‬ ‫‪َ -٥‬ﻗ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺻﻨ َ ٌﺔ!‬ ‫‪ُ -٦‬ﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِب‬ ‫‪ْ -٧‬اﻷَﺣْ َﺮا ُر‬ ‫‪ -٨‬ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﺰﻳ ُﱠﺔ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ ِﺠﻠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ْ ِ‬ ‫‪ -٩‬ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ُة اﻟ ﱢﺰ َراﻋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫‪ -١٠‬أ َ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻴَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ‬ ‫‪ -١١‬ﺗَﺤَ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ!‬ ‫‪ -١٢‬ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ِس‬ ‫‪ -١٣‬ﻣَ َﻼذٌ ُﻣ َﺆ ﱠﻗ ٌﺖ‬ ‫‪ -١٤‬ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻬْ ُﺮ ْاﻷ َ ﱠو ُل‬ ‫‪ -١٥‬ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة ﻣَ ﻬْ ﺠُ ﻮ َر ٍة‬ ‫‪ -١٦‬ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة ِاﻻ ْﻛﺘ َِﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎف‬ ‫‪ -١٧‬روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ُع‬ ‫‪َ -١٨‬وﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ ﱡﺮ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة‬ ‫‪َ -١٩‬ﻗ ِﺎربٌ‬

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‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬

‫‪ -٢٠‬ﺣَ ﺎدِ ﺛ َ ٌﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‬ ‫‪ -٢١‬اﻟﻌَ ْﻘ ُﺪ ْاﻷ َ ﱠو ُل‬ ‫‪ -٢٢‬أَﺛ َ ُﺮ َﻗ َﺪ ٍم‬ ‫‪َ -٢٣‬ﻻ د َُﺧﺎ ٌن و َ​َﻻ ﻧَﺎ ٌر‬ ‫‪ -٢٤‬ﺗَﺤَ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻢ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‬ ‫‪ -٢٥‬روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻳ َُﻘﺎ ِﺑ ُﻞ »ﺟﻤﻌﺔ«‬ ‫‪ -٢٦‬ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة ﻣَ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻖ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ٍ‬ ‫‪َ -٢٧‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨﺎ ﻣ َُﻐﺎ َد َر ُة ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ؟‬ ‫‪ -٢٨‬اﻟﺘﱠﻤَ ﱡﺮ ُد وَا ْﻟﺤُ ﱢﺮﻳ ُﱠﺔ‬ ‫‪ْ -٢٩‬اﻷ َ ْﺧﺬُ ِﺑﺎﻟﺪ ﱠﱠﻓ ِﺔ‬ ‫‪ -٣٠‬ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻦ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫َﺣ َﻴﺎ ُة َﺑ ﱠﺤﺎ ٍر‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻤﻲ ُرو ِﺑﻨ ْ ُﺴ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻛ ُﺮو ُزو‪ُ .‬وﻟِﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت ﻋَ ﺎ َم ‪ِ ١٦٣٢‬ﺑﺒَ ْﻠ َﺪ ِة ﻳُﻮ ْر َك‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِاﻻﺑ َْﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َني أَﺑْﻨَﺎءٍ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻐ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن أَﺧِ ﻲ ْاﻷ َ ْﻛ َﱪُ ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺪﻳٍّﺎ َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟﻘِ َﻲ ﺣَ ﺘْ َﻔ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻌَ َﺮ َﻛ ٍﺔ ِﺿ ﱠﺪ إ ِ ْﺳﺒَﺎﻧْﻴَﺎ‪ ،‬ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ أَﺧِ ﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِﺗﻨَﺎ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َرﺣَ َﻞ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺑْﻨَﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ .‬و ِﺑﺬَﻟِﻚ َﻓ َﻘ َﺪ أَﺑَﻮَايَ اﺛْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ِﺚ؛ ِﻟ َﺬا أ َ َرا َد أ َ ِﺑﻲ أ َ ْن أ َ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏﺒَﺎ ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔﻘِ ﺪَا اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻦ وَأ َ ْن أ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﺢَ ﻣُﺤَ ِﺎﻣﻴًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ْت أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ات اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﻌَ َﺔ وَا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻼ َد ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ َة؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ َرد ُ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻋْ َﺸ ُﻖ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ ًرا!‬ ‫َﺎح أَﺣَ ِﺪ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‪ ،‬دَﻋَ ﺎﻧِﻲ أ َ ِﺑﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ﻣَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﺎن َرﺟُ ًﻼ و َُﻗﻮ ًرا ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﺲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻴْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﱠث إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ٍة َ‬ ‫وَﺣَ ﺎ ﱠد اﻟﺬﱠ َﻛﺎءِ‪ .‬ﺗَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ أَﺣْ َﻼ ِﻣﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ِﺑﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ِﻤ َﻞ ِﺑ ِﺠ ﱟﺪ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﻳُﻮ ﱢَﻓ َﺮ ِﻷ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮي ِﻷَﻋِ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ًة ِآﻣﻨ َ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َو َراءَ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ًة ِﰲ أَﻋَ ِﺎﱄ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺤَ ِﺎر؟‬ ‫ْﻒ ِﱄ أ َ ْن أَﺗْ ُﺮ َك ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻹﺑْﺤَ ﺎ ُر ﻋَ ﻤَ ًﻼ َﺷ ٍّﺎﻗﺎ َوﻣُﺨِ ً‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ أَﻧ ْ ِﺒ ْﺲ ِﺑ ِﺒﻨ ْ ِﺖ َﺷ َﻔ ٍﺔ دِ َﻓﺎﻋً ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺣُ ْﻠ ِﻤﻲ؛ إِذْ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ َﻘ َﺪ‬ ‫ﺎن ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ َﻗﻮ َِاربُ ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗَﻬُ ْﻢ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻓِﻴ ِﻪ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺮ َك ﻋَ ﺪِﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫ُون‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻨَﻬُ ْﻢ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮدُوا َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺗَﺎ َر ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءُ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ِﺜريَ ُة ﺗَ ْﺸﺤَ ﺬُ َﺧﻴ َِﺎﱄ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻷ َ ِﺑﻲ‪» :‬أَﻋْ ِﺮف أ َ ﱠن ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﻔ ٌ‬ ‫ﻮف ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮ ﻳَﺎ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﺷﻌُ ُﺮ أ َ ﱠن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫آﺳ ٌ‬ ‫َﻗﺪ َِري‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ أ َ ِﺑﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒُ َﻜﺎءِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﺄ َ ًﳻ ﺑَﺎﻟ ٍِﻎ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أَﺣْ َﺰﻧْﺘُﻪُ؛ ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت أ َ ْن أ َ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ِﰲ دِ ﻳ َِﺎري‪،‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺎﱄ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َرى ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪِي َﻛ ْﻲ أَﺗَﺠَ ﻨﱠﺐَ ذِ ْﻛ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺤِ َﻜﺎﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﺬَ ْﻟ ُﺖ ُﻗ َ‬ ‫َﺎت ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْﻗ َﺮأ ُ َﻫﺎ أ َ ِو اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻼ ِت اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﻌَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺻﻤْ ٍﺖ وَﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ُﻊ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ َل ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ .‬ﻓﻌَ ﺎﻧَﻴ ُْﺖ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻮن اﺑْﻨًﺎ‬

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‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ﻳَﺘُ ُ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻔ َﺨ ُﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﺳﻬْ ًﻼ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺟﻌً ﺎ ِﻟ َﺮاﺋِﺤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﻮق ﺗَﻮ ًْﻗﺎ ﻣ ِ‬ ‫ري ﻋَ َﲆ ُﺷ ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَةٍ‪َ .‬وﺗَ َﺎﻗ ْﺖ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﺎيَ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺂن ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻼدِ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةِ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْر َﻏﺐْ ِﰲ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﻏ ْري َُﻫﺎ ِﻟﻴ ُْﺸﻌِ َﺮﻧِﻲ‬ ‫َار َﺷﺒَﺎ ِﺑﻲ ُﺳﺪًى؛ َﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻋْ َﺸ ُﻖ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮ َة‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ أَيﱡ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠ َﻘﺎﻋُ ِﺲ َوإ ِ ْﻫﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َدةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﺢَ ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ ًرا‪ ،‬وَأ َ َرد ُ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ ُﺔ أ َ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﻴ َﻊ َﻗ ِﺼريَةٍ‪ِ ،‬ﴏ ُ‬ ‫ْت ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ إ ِ ْﴏَا ًرا ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن أ ْ‬ ‫ْت‬ ‫أ َ ْن أ َ ْرﺣَ َﻞ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ْﻠﻤَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ وَأ َ ْر َﻛﺐَ أ َ ﱠو َل َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﺗُﺒْﺤِ ُﺮ َﻓﻮ َْق َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔﺤَ ِﺔ ِﻣﻴَﺎ ِه ْاﻷَﺑْﺤُ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮةِ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻗﺪَا ِم ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ْ‬ ‫ﱡث ﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺳﻴُ ْﺰﻋِﺞُ وَا ِﻟﺪَيﱠ ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ ْ ِ‬ ‫أُﻣﱢ ﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﺢَ‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ َﺴﻤْ ُﺖ أَﻣْ ِﺮي ﻳَﺎ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴ ُْﺖ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ ِﺳﻮَى أ َ ْن أ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻹﺑْﺤَ ِﺎر‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ ًرا‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْرﺟُ ﻮ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﺤَ ﺎ ِﱄ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ وَأ َ ِﺑﻲ ِﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮد ُ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُﻤَ ﺎﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ﴩ َة ْاﻵ َن ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮي‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا أَﺟْ َ ْ‬ ‫ْت ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜِﻲ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬إِﻧﱢﻲ ِﰲ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﺎﻣﻨ َ َﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُﻤَ ﺎﻧِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﻠ ِﻢ ِﻣﻬْ ﻨ َ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄَﻟُﻮذُ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار‪َ .‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ إِذَا‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﺢَ ﻣُﺤَ ِﺎﻣﻴًﺎ أ َ ْو أَﺟْ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘُﻤَ ﺎﻧِﻲ أَذْ َﻫﺐُ ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄَﻋُ ﻮ ُد وَأ َ ْﻓﻌَ ُﻞ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠُﺒُ ِﻪ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺖ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ َﻏ َﻀﺒًﺎ َو َر َﻓ َﻀ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﺸﺎ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ؛ َو َر َﻓ َﺾ ﻛ َِﻼ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ‬ ‫ﻄﻠُﺐَ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ِﺑﻲ أَيﱠ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎش‪.‬‬ ‫َر ْﻓ ًﻀﺎ ﺑَﺎﺗٍّﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﻧِﻬَ ﺎﻳ َ​َﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱢ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل أَﺑَﻮَايَ ِﺑ َﺸﺘﱠﻰ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ؛ َﻓﻮَﻋَ ﺪَاﻧِﻲ أ َ ﱠن ِﺑ ِﺈﻣْ َﻜﺎﻧِﻲ ِاﻻ ْﻟﺘِﺤَ َ‬ ‫ﺎق‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ ِق إِﺛْﻨَﺎﺋِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻗ َﺮ ِار اﻟ ﱠﺮﺣِ ِ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ أَيﱢ ِﻣﻬْ ﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﺗَﺤْ ﻠُﻮ ِﱄ‪َ .‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َر َﻓ ْﻀ ُﺖ‬ ‫ُوريَ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺄَيﱢ ﺟَ ِﺎﻣﻌَ ٍﺔ أ ُ ِرﻳﺪ َُﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﱪَاﻧِﻲ أ َ ﱠن ِﺑﻤَ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﺑْﺤَ ﺎ ُر ُﻫ َﻮ ﺣُ ْﻠ ِﻤ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴﺪَ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ ﻣﺴﺘﻌﺪٍّا ﻟ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻞ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌُ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫وض ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬَ ﺎ؛ إِذْ َﻛ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮل ﺑﺄَيﱢ ﺑَﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻠﻘﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ْ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬

‫ُأ َ‬ ‫وﱃ ِر ْﺣ َﻼ ِﰐ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻋَ ﺎ ٍم ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‪ ،‬أ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠﻨِﻲ وَا ِﻟﺪِي إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَ ْﻠ َﺪ ِة َﻫﺎ ْل ِﻷَدَاءِ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﱢم َﻟﻪُ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن و َ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن وَا ِﻟ ُﺪ ُه ُﻗﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫اﺳ ٍﺔ َﻗﺪِﻳ ٌﻢ — َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َْﻓ ًﺔ ِﺑﺠُ ْ‬ ‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘﻴ ُْﺖ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﻖ دِ َر َ‬ ‫ﻮن — و َُﻫ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ ُﻣﺒْﺤِ َﺮ ٍة إ ِ َﱃ َﻟﻨْﺪ َ​َن‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻟﻤَ ﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈﻮ ٌ‬ ‫ظ! َﻓ ُﻜ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َر ْدﺗُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﺢَ ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ ًرا‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ وَا ِﻟﺪَيﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻹﺑْﺤَ ِﺎر‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﺤَ ﺎ ِﱄ ِﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨ ﱡ َﻚ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ َﻛ ْﻲ ﺗَﺘﱠﺨِ ﺬَ َﻗ َﺮا َرا ِﺗ َﻚ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ُرو ِﺑﻨ ْ ُﺴ ْ‬ ‫– ِ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﻠ َﻢ ﺗَﻬْ ﺘَ ﱡﻢ ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﻳ ِﻬﻢْ؟‬ ‫ﺎل ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ وَا ِﻟﺪِي‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﻠ َﻢ َﻻ ﺗَﺄْﺗِﻲ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ وَﺣَ ْﺴﺐُ ؟«‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ ْﻗ َ ِﱰحُ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎ َل ِﰲ َﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮي ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ! َﻫﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺘِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫– »ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ ُﻣﻮَاﻓِ ٌﻖ ﻳَﺎ ﺟُ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن! ُﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا َﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻴ ُْﺴﻌِ ُﺪﻧِﻲ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبُ ﻣَ ﻌَ َﻚ!«‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﺢُ‬ ‫ﴤ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ ﻣُﺤَ ِﺎو ًﻻ إ ِ ْﺳﻌَ ﺎد َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪ .‬أَﺧِ ريًا َﺳﺄ ُ ْ‬ ‫َﺳﻴَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻟ ُﻢ وَا ِﻟﺪَيﱠ ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻗ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ ًرا!‬ ‫َﺎح‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻜ ِﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻏﺎ َد ْرﻧَﺎ ِﰲ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴩ ُق ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَﺪَأْﻧَﺎ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘَﻨَﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ﺗُ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَﺄ َ ْرﺟَ ﺤَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َاج إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋَ َﲆ َوإ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ ُ ِﺻﺒ ُْﺖ ِﺑ ُﺪو َِار ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ .‬وإ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ َﻓﻮ َْق ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﻨ َِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫ُﻀ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌِ َﺪﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﴪ َﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧﺒ َِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻀﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َاج َوﺗَ َﻜ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ْف ﻟِﻌُ ﻠُ ﱢﻮ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ‬ ‫أَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ‪.‬‬

‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬

‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻠ َﻘﻴ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ ُ ْرﺟُ ﻮﺣَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ ِﻜﻴﱠ ِﺔ ِﰲ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮﺗِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة و َ​َﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﻌَ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒَ َﻜﻴ ُْﺖ‬ ‫َوﺑَ َﻜﻴ ُْﺖ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠﻧ ْ ِﺐ ِﻟ َﺮﺣِ ِﻴﲇ ﻋَ ْﻦ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ وَأ َ ِﺑﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﻨﱠﺤْ ِﻮ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ أَﺑَ َﻮﻳ ِْﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ني وَﻋَ ُ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﺧﻴﱠﺒ ُْﺖ آﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ﻋِ َﻘﺎ ِﺑﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮﻓ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻟِﺤَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني وَأ َ َرادَا ِﱄ َ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْريَ‪ُ ،‬ﻛ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ا ْزدَاد َِت ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ ُﺳﻮءًا‪ ،‬وَا ْزدَاد َِت ْاﻷﻣْ ﻮَاجُ ا ْرﺗ َِﻔﺎﻋً ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻌْ ُﺖ أ ْن ﺗَﺒْﺘَﻠِﻌَ ﻨَﺎ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة‬ ‫ﻮص ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫َاج ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺎﻣ ِﻞ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ﺗَ ُﻐ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ ﻣَ ﻮْﺟَ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻫﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ َﻊ أَﺑَﺪًا ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ .‬و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪» :‬إ ِ َذا ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْت ِﺑﺄَيﱢ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻟِﺤً ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬أ ُ ْﻗ ِﺴ ُﻢ أَﻧﱢﻲ َﺳﺄَذْ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَ ْﻠ َﺪﺗِﻲ ِﻷُﻣﱢ ﻲ وَأ َ ِﺑﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْن أ َ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن إِﻧ ْ َﺴﺎﻧًﺎ َ‬ ‫ْف أ َ ُﻛﻮ ُن‬ ‫ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫اﺑْﻨًﺎ ﺑَﺎ ٍّرا ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ!«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮل َ‬ ‫ﺎج‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ ﺟَ َﺴﺪِي‬ ‫ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺮ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻫﺪَأ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَا أﻣْ َﻠ َﺲ َﻛﺎﻟ ﱡﺰﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﻘﺒَ َﻠﺘْﻨِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﴩ ٍق َوﻣُﻤْ ﺘ ٍِﻊ‪َ .‬ﻛ ْﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ ٌ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑ ُﺪو َِار ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ِﻒ!‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ِﺑﻴَ ْﻮ ٍم ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻷَو ِﱠل ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻣ َُﻐﺎ َد َرﺗِﻨَﺎ َﻫﺎ ْل‪َ ،‬و َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﺟُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻌِ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻳَﺘَﺄَﻣﱠ ُﻞ ْاﻷ ُ ُﻓ َﻖ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪:‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﺎح ﺑ َِﺴﻴ َ‬ ‫»ﺗَﺒْﺪُو أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ﺣَ ًﺎﻻ! َﻻ أ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ!«‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ُﱢق أﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ ﻮ ًرا ﻟِﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺒﱠ ِﺔ ِرﻳ ٍ‬ ‫َﺎح ﺑ َِﺴﻴ َ‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻨ ْ ِﻜ ًﺮا‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻄ ٌﺔ! ﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٍﺔ ﻣ ُِﺮﻳﻌَ ٍﺔ!«‬ ‫»ﻫﺒ ُﱠﺔ ِرﻳ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮن و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﺑَﻌْ ﺪُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ اﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ْﺮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻀﺤِ َﻚ ﺟُ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ ﻋُ ْﺮ ِض ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ َﺳ َﱰَى َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ!«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬ﺧ ِﻄريَ ًة َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أ َ ْم َﻏ ْريَ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ ْﻜ ُﺖ أَﻧَﺎ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ﺎﻣَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄَيﱢ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ريةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ِﺬ ِه أ َ ﱠو ُل ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٍﺔ ِﱄ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﺧ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ ِﺑﻤَ َﺮ ٍح‪» :‬ﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َل ﻳَﺎ ُرو ِﺑﻨ ْ ُﺴ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ ،‬ﻫﻴﱠﺎ ِﺑﻨَﺎ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﴩَبَ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ اﻟﺒﻨﺶ!«‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ َﻟ ْﻠ ُﻤﺘْﻌَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺣَ ِﻈ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ! َذ َﻫﺒ َْﺖ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ﻣَ َﺨ ِﺎو ِﰲ ِﰲ َﻛﺄ ْ ٍس ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺒﻨﺶ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة ِﻟﺒَ ْﻠ َﺪﺗِﻲ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َراحَ وَﻋْ ُﺪ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َوو َْﻗ ٍﺖ َراﺋ ٍِﻊ َ‬ ‫َﺎن‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺧِ ٍﺐ‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ﱠﻲ اﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻤَ ﺎ ﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺒْﺘَﻠِﻌَ ﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺮ ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻴ ًﱠﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْر َﻏﺐْ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة ِﻟ ِﺪﻳ َِﺎري؛ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﺧﻠ ِْﻘ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﻟِﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺤَ ِﺎر‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫َﻋ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٌﺔ َﻋﺎﺗِ َﻴ ٌﺔ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﺎح ﱠ‬ ‫اﺿ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎدِ ِس ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ِﻣﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ْرﻧَﺎ أ ْن ﻧ َ ْﺮ ُﺳ َﻮ ِﰲ ﻳﺎرﻣﺎوث ِﺑ َﺴ ِﺒ ِﺐ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﻬُ ﺐﱡ ِﰲ ِاﻻﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا َﻟﻤُﻌَ ﺎﻛ ِ​ِﺲ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ُﺳ ُﻔ ٌﻦ ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة ُﻣﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ َﺮ ٌة ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤﺜ ْ ِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُﻮع‪َ ،‬ﻫﺒ ِﱠﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحُ أَﺧِ ريًا ِﰲ ِاﻻﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮَاﺗِﻲ ﺳ َﻠﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ُﻗ َﺮاﺑَ ِﺔ أ ْﺳﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَاﻋْ ﺘَ َﻘ َﺪ وَا ِﻟ ُﺪ ﺟﻮن — ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن — أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﺑَﺄ ْ َس ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﻧُﺒْﺤِ َﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ َل َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻘﺘَﻨِﻌُ ﻮا‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﻳ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴍﻋَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َِاري ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﻠﻴَﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺬَل أ َ ْﻓ َﺮا ُد‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫ﴍ َع ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌُ ﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ إِﻧ ْ َﺰ ِ‬ ‫ال ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤُﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱠات َو َر ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺎﻗ ِﻢ ُﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َرى ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪِﻫِ ْﻢ ِﻟﻴَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛﺪُوا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺄ ْ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫َﺎح‪َ .‬وﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ أ َ ْﻓ َﺮا ُد اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺎﻗ ِﻢ أ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ َﺳﺘَ ِﺴريُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧ ُ ِﺮ ْد أ َ ْن ﻳ َِﻄريَ أَيﱡ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﺑﻔﻌﻞ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺴ َﻼ َﺳ ٍﺔ َﻗ ْﺪ َر ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَ َ‬ ‫َاج‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﺎع َﻓﻮ َْق ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬريَ ِة اﻧ ْ َﻘ َﻠﺐَ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺮ ِﺿ ﱠﺪﻧَﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأْﻧَﺎ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘَﻨَﺎ ﺑَﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٌﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحَ ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ٌﺔ َوﻣُﺨِ َ‬ ‫ني أ َ ْﻓ َﺮادِ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺎﻗ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ وَا ِﻟ ُﺪ ﺟﻮن ﻳَ ُﺮوحُ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ٌﺔ‪َ .‬رأَﻳ ُْﺖ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ﺐَ وَاﻟﺬﱡ ُﻫﻮ َل ِﰲ أَﻋْ ُ ِ‬ ‫َوﻳ َِﺠﻲءُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َوإ ِ َﱃ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ﺘُ ُﻪ ﻳ َُﻐﻤْ ﻐِ ُﻢ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﺳﻨ َ ِﻀﻴ ُﻊ ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أ َ ِﺻ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻣَ ﺪَى َﻓ َﺰﻋِﻲ؛ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻳَ َﻠ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻳ ًُﻼ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﺠْ ِﺮي ِﺑﻨَﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجُ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻨ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ َ‬ ‫َﺎل‪َ .‬و ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ ْﻀ ِﻊ د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﻄ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﻮْﺟَ ٌﺔ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻮ ٍْج َﻛﺎ ْﻟ ِﺠﺒ ِ‬ ‫ُﺳ ُﻔﻨًﺎ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ْﻮﻟِﻨَﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻦ و َُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ﻤَ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْر ُﻗﺐُ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر َة ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ال َ‬ ‫ﻳﻬ ْﻢ َﻛ ْﻲ َﻻ ﺗَﺠْ ِﺮ َﻓﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑ ِﺠ ﱟﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ إِﻧ ْ َﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َِار ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحُ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ َذا أُﻧ ْ ِﺰ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َاج ِﻣ ْﻦ د َْﻓ ِﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﺤْ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َِاري َﺳﺎﻋَ َﺪ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﻊ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬

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‫و َِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﺮ ﱠد َد ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ِﰲ ﻓِ ﻌْ ِﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻷ َ ﱠن ﺣَ ﻤُﻮ َﻟﺘَﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻀﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻊ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺛَﻘِ ﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﺮ ْد‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨْﻌَ ِﺪ َم ﺗَﻮَا ُزﻧُﻨَﺎ‪ .‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ا ْزدَا َد ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺮ ْ‬ ‫اﺿ ِﻄ َﺮاﺑًﺎ وَا ْزدَاد َِت ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ ﻋُ ﺘُﻮٍّا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ْاﻗﺘَﻨ َ َﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﴍﻋَ َﺔ! أَﻧ ْ ِﺰﻟُ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻫﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َِاري! ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫وُ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺎحَ ‪» :‬ﻧ َ ﱢﻜ ُﺴﻮا ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ َﺷﺒَﺎبُ ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ﱠﻻ َﺳﻨ َ ِﻀﻴ ُﻊ ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻨَﺎ!« َودَﻋَ ْﻮﻧَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ُه ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ًﺮا ِﺑ ِﺈﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذِ أ َ ْروَاﺣِ ﻨَﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌَ ﺎبَ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫َاﺟ ُﻪ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻏ ِﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﺳ ُﻔ ٌﻦ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة َﻻ َزا َﻟ ْﺖ ﺗُﻮ ِ‬ ‫إِﺣْ ﺪَى ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ُﻔ ِﻦ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ ُﻣﻨَﺎ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻷ َ ْﺳﻮَأ ُ ِﰲ اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎرﻧَﺎ‪ .‬ﺗَﺠَ ﻤﱠ َﻊ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ني إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮوْا‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ًﺔ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ .‬ﻓﺪَﻋَ ﻮُا ﷲ َ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻨَﺠﱢ ﻴَﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬و َرﺟَ ْﻮ ُه أ َ ْن ﻳُﻨْﻘِ َﺬ ُﻫﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ َﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻓ ْﻖ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن َ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻬﻢْ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ أ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧ َ ْﺮ ُﺳﻮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ َﻗﺎ ُع ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫و َِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ اﻋْ ﺘَ َﻘ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ﱠن ْاﻷُﻣُﻮ َر و َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ ِﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮأِ ﺣَ ﺪﱟ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺎءَ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ ﻣُﻬَ ْﺮ ِو ًﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑَﻬَ ﺎ َﺧ ْﺮ ٌق‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ا ْرﺗ َِﻔﺎ َع املِ ﻴَﺎ ِه ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﺨ َﺰ ِن ﱠ‬ ‫َﺻﺎحَ أ َ ﱠن َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘَﻨَﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ أ َ ْرﺑَ َﻊ‬ ‫اﺳﺘُﺪْﻋِ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌُ ﻬُ ْﻢ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ﱠ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻗﺪَا ٍم! ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨ َ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻟﺘَ ْﻔ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َوﺑَ َﺬ ْﻟ ُﺖ ُﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َرى ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪِي‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪ َِت ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ ُه َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ َﺔ َﻫﺪَأ َ ْت َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ف ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎ ِﺋ ُﺰ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ َﻊ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻠﺌًﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎهِ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْد َر َك ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨ َﺰ َن َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻧَﺒْﻠُ َﻎ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴﻨَﺎءَ اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ َ أَﺑَﺪًا‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻣَ َﺮ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻓ َﺮا َد اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق ﻣَ ﺪَاﻓِ ﻌِ ﻨَﺎ ِﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺎﻗ ِﻢ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَ ْﺪءِ ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ِﺐ اﻟﻨﱠﺠْ َﺪةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ أَﺣَ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر ِة ﻳ َِﺼﻴﺢُ ‪» :‬اﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮوا! َﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ أَﺗَﻰ َﻗ ِﺎربُ إِﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذٍ !« َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجَ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺻ ٌﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٌة‪ :‬أ َ ْن ﻧ َ ْﻘﺬ َ‬ ‫و ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻨَﺎ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ِف إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑﺤَ ﺒ ٍْﻞ‪،‬‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﺷﺒْ َﻪ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺤِ ٍ‬ ‫َﺎت ﻳُﺘِﻴﺢُ ِاﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ َل إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺮ َاﻗﺒْﻨَﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ﻧَﺎﺋِﺐَ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺪ ٍْر ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺜﱠﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن و َُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﻘ ْﺪ أَﻣْ َﺴ ُﻜﻮا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﺒ ِْﻞ! َوﺗَﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻆ! َ‬ ‫ﻳُ ْﻠﻘِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺒْ َﻞ ِﺑﺤِ ْﺮ ٍص ِﺑﺎﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ﺘَﺪﱢ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﱟ‬ ‫َاﻓﻌْ ﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﻧَﺘَ َﺰاﺣَ ُﻢ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﻨَﺎﻛ ِ​ِﺐ ِﻟﻨَﻌْ ﻠُ َﻮ إ ِ َﱃ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب‪.‬‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذِ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ إ ِ َﱃ ذِ ْر َو ِة ﻣَ ﻮْﺟَ ٍﺔ‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﺧ َﴙ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ؛‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ﻳ َِﺼ ُﻞ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ِﺎربُ ْ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ﱡ‬ ‫إ ِ ْذ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجُ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا! َو ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ِﺻ َﻐﺎ َر ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺠْ ِﻢ ِﺟﺪٍّا! و ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠْ ﻌَ ﺎ ُن ِﰲ‬ ‫ِﻳﻒ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﻤَ ﻠُﻮا أ َ ْروَاﺣَ ﻬُ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ُﻛ ﱢﻔ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪ ِﺗﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻋَ ِﺎز ِﻣ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠﺠْ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ َﲆ إِﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذِ ﻧَﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴩ َة دَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ًﺔ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﻣ ْﻦ إِﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذِ ﻧَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺷ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﺪﻧَﺎ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘَﻨَﺎ — وَاﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ﺐُ ِﻣ ْﻞءُ ُﻗﻠُﻮ ِﺑﻨَﺎ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﺧﻤْ َﺲ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻮص ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤْ ِﻖ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ ﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫— وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘﻠِﺐُ َوﺗَ ُﻐ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻧﱢﻲ َﺳﺄَﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ د َْﻫ ًﺮا َﻛ ِﺎﻣ ًﻼ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ َرى‬ ‫‪12‬‬

‫ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٌﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺗﻴ ٌَﺔ‬

‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊَ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺧِ ريًا ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳَﻌْ ﺪُو ِرﺟَ ﺎ ٌل ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ٍه ُﻣﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ و ُ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ َﻟﻨَﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫َوﻣُﺤَ ِﺎوﻟِ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪ َة إ ِ ْن أَﻣَ َﻜﻨَﻬُ ْﻢ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﺻ ِﻄﺪَا ِم ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن! وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺔ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ ِح وَاﻟﺘﱠﻬْ ﻠ ِ‬ ‫َر َﺳ ْﻮﻧَﺎ ِﺑﺄﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎت ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻬَ ِ‬ ‫ﱪدِ ‪.‬‬ ‫ني ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ َﻛ ْﻲ َﻻ ﻧ َ ْﺸﻌُ َﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮﻣْ ِﲇﱢ‪ .‬وَأ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ِرﺟَ ﺎ ٌل ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻧُﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ َل ﱡ‬ ‫و َ​َﺷ َﻜ َﺮ ُﻗﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠْ ﻌَ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ أَﻧ ْ َﻘﺬُوﻧَﺎ ُﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا ﺣَ ﺎ ٍّرا‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﺎﻗ ُﻤﻨَﺎ ُﻛ ﱡﻠ ُﻪ ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬ ‫َﺳﺎ َر َ‬ ‫ﻴﺾ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﻂءٍ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا إ ِ َﱃ ﻳﺎرﻣﺎوث‪َ ،‬و ُروﺣُ ﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ﻨ َ ِﻮﻳ ُﱠﺔ ِﰲ اﻟﺤَ ِﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس ِﰲ ﻳﺎرﻣﺎوث َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َد ْو ٌر َﻛ ِﺒريٌ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﺨﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ ﻋَ ﻨﱠﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪﻧَﺎ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘَﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ِﻃﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻳ ًﺮا دَاﻓِ ﺌًﺎ ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َﻓ ْﺮ ٍد ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ﻟ َِﻘ َﻀﺎءِ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫َدﺑﱠ َﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎب‬ ‫ﺎﴈ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ﱢﲇ ﱡ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﺎﻋَ ﺪُوﻧَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إ ِ َﱃ َﻟﻨْﺪ َ​َن أ َ ْو َﻫﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ِني ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﺎل‪َ ،‬وﻣ ِْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﻳﻮرك‬ ‫َراو َ​َﻏﻨِﻲ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻨ ِ‬ ‫ِﻷ َ َرى وَا ِﻟﺪَيﱠ ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ َﻔﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﱪَى َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ُﻣﻨْﺠَ ِﺮ َﻓ ًﺔ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ َﺧﻮ ِْض ﻣ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮةٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن أَﺣْ ِﺴ َﻢ أَﻣْ ِﺮي‪َ :‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ ِﱄ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءُ ِﰲ ﻳﺎرﻣﺎوث وَا ْﻟﻌُ ﺜُﻮ ُر ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪةٍ؟ أ َ ْم‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻦ؟‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘِﻲ ﺟﻮن ُ‬ ‫ِﻲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ ِ​ِﺚ ِﰲ ﻳﺎرﻣﺎوث‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘﻴ ُْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َْﻓ ًﺔ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َِﺴريُ ﻣَ َﻊ وَا ِﻟ ِﺪهِ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮﻣ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ُ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪَا ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻛ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ و َِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﺰﻋَ ﺎجُ ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ﺒَﻨَﺎ ِﻟﻴَﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ َﻚ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َة‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺟﻮن‪» :‬أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ روﺑﻨﺴﻮن‪ .‬أﺗَﺬْ ُﻛ ُﺮ أﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴤ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ِﺎر‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏﺐُ ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻤْ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه إ ِ َﺷﺎ َر ًة‪ ،‬وَﻋُ ْﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَ َﻠ ِﺪ َك‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ِﺑﺘَﺄَﻣﱡ ٍﻞ و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬روﺑﻨﺴﻮن‪ ،‬اﻋْ ﺘَ ِ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ َﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤﺜ ْ ِﻞ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﺘَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي‪َ ،‬ﻫ ْﻞ َﻏ ﱠري َْت ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ َك َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫اﻹﺑْﺤَ ِﺎر ِﺑ َﺴﺒَ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ؟«‬ ‫ِْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫َاﺟ ِﺒﻲ أ َ ْن أَﻋْ ﻤَ َﻞ ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ ًرا‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ َِﻔ ٌﺔ؛ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ ِﻣﻬْ ﻨَﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬وﻣ ِْﻦ و ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺗَﺠْ ِﺮﺑ ًَﺔ أ َ ِو ْ‬ ‫ني َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺤَ ﺎﻟ ِْﻔ َﻚ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﻓ ُ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َث َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴏ ْر َت‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻮ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫اﺧ ِﺘﺒَﺎ ًرا‪ ،‬و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎ َﻟﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ أ َ ْﺧ َﴙ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُث َﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬

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‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬

‫ﻆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ِﺑ ِﺠ ﱢﺪﻳﱠ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﱠث ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أُدَاﻋِ ﺐُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ َ‬ ‫ْت ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘِﻤْ َﺮ ِاري‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِﱢﺐ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ري َو َراءَ أَﺣْ َﻼ ِﻣﻲ‪ .‬وَاﻧْﺠَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ف ِﺑ َﻜ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺎ َل إ ِ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟﻨﱠﺤْ ِﺲ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓِ ﻌْ ِﲇ!‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ آﺧِ ُﺮ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ وَاﺣِ ﺪٍ؛ إِذَا‬ ‫ﺎت َﻗﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﱄ‪» :‬روﺑﻨﺴﻮن‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺎت وَا ِﻟ ِﺪ َك‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺠَ َ‬ ‫ْف ﺗَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ َﺧﻴْﺒ َ​َﺔ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﻞ وَاﻟﻨ ﱠ َﻜﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﻠ َﺖ َر َﻏﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎت‪«.‬‬ ‫َﴎ ُت ُﻣﺒْﺘَﻌِ ﺪًا‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر ﺟﻮن أ َ ْو وَا ِﻟ َﺪ ُه َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪َ .‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ‬ ‫أَوْﻣَ ﺄ ْ ُت ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﳼ و ِ ْ‬ ‫أ َ ِﺳريُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ﱠﻜ ْﺮ ُت ﻣَ ِﻠﻴٍّﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻟﻪُ‪َ :‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎذَا إ ِ ْن َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ إ ِ َﺷﺎ َر ًة؟ ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫َﻻ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ ِﱄ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ًﻘﺎ أ َ ْن أ َ ِﺻريَ ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ ًرا؟‬ ‫و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪ُ » :‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ ِﱄ ِاﻻ ْﻛﺘ َِﻔﺎءُ ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎءِ اﻟﻨﱢﻌَ ِﻢ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أَﻣْ ِﻠ ُﻜﻬَ ﺎ وَا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة ِﻟﺒَ َﻠﺪِي‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻤَ ﺎذَا َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫َاب َوﺗُ َﻼﺣِ ُﻘﻨِﻲ َﻟﻌْ ﻨ َ ٌﺔ؟« َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد َة ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ﻣُﺠَ ْﺮ ِﺟ ًﺮا‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٍ‬ ‫أَذْﻳَﺎ َل ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺸ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﻔ َﺨ َﺮ ِﺑﻲ أ َ ِﺑﻲ أَﺑَﺪًا‪ِ .‬ﻟﺬَا اﺑْﺘَ َﻠﻌْ ُﺖ ُﺷ ُﻜﻮﻛِﻲ و َ​َﺳ َﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت إ ِ َﱃ َﻟﻨْﺪ َ​َن‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬

‫ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ٌﺔ إِ َﱃ َأ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْﻳﻘ َﻴﺎ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺤْ ﺒَ ٍﺔ ﺣَ َﺴﻨ َ ٍﺔ و َ​َﻗﺎﺑَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﰱ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻛﻮﻟﺒﱪ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﺛ ُﺮ ِﰲ َﻟﻨْﺪ َ​َن‪ .‬ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘﻴ ُْﺖ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻴَﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮﻳ ُﱠﺔ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﺎ َد ِﻟﺘَ ﱢﻮ ِه ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫ري ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻴَﺎ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﺤَ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﱟﺪ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫وج ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ .‬ﺗَ َﻘﺎ ْ َﺳﻤْ ﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮَﺟَ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎت َودَا َر ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﺪ ٌد ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺚ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﻌَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﺣَ ﺎدِ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ﻛﻮﻟﺒﱪ ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏﺒَﺘِﻲ ِﰲ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻗ ﱠﺮ َر أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ‬ ‫َﺼﺤَ ﺒَﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ﻛﻮﻟﺒﱪ َرﺟُ ًﻼ ﻧ َ ِﺰﻳﻬً ﺎ وَﻋَ ﺎدِ ًﻻ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﻒ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺘﺌْﺠَ ِﺎري ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺑَ ْﻞ َﺷ ِﻤ َﻠﻨِﻲ ِﺑ ِﺮﻋَ ﺎﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ؛ َﻓ َﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﻧِﻲ ِﰲ ِﴍَاءِ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺎﺟَ َﺮ ُة ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻷَﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ري‪َ .‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ُﻣﺒْﺤِ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻨ ْ ِﻲ ِرﺑ ٍْﺢ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﻨِﻲ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ا ْﻟﺤِ َﺴﺎبَ وَا ْﻟ ِﻤ َﻼﺣَ َﺔ وَا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَﺎجُ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر ُة إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﻠ ِﻤﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺳﺪَى ِﱄ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋِﺢَ َراﺋِﻌَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﴈ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺴﺒﱠﺒ َِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺮا َر ُة ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ﻌَ ُﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َر ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ِاﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘﻮَاءِ ِﰲ إ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑَﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﻮب‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ِﺮ ً‬ ‫ِﺑﺤُ ﻤﱠ ﻰ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪةٍ‪َ .‬ﻓﻔِ ﻲ ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻀﺎ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘ ِﺎربُ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻗ َﻀﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴚءَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻴﱢﺐَ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺧ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َم ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﻋُ ْﺪﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﻟﻨْﺪ َ​َن‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة َﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ٌﺮ ﻣَ ﺎﻫِ ٌﺮ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻨَﻴ ُْﺖ ِرﺑْﺤً ﺎ َو ِﻓريًا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ َ​َﻀﺎﺋِﻌِ ﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﺗَ ِ‬ ‫َو ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤَ ﱡﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﺎ َﻟﺘِﻲ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺤﱢ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ َﻟﺪَى ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ِﺗﻨَﺎ ﻟ ِْﻸَﺟْ ﻮَاءِ ْاﻷ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ِﺮ ﺑُ ُﺮو َد ًة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أ ُ ِﺻﻴﺐَ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑَﺘْﻨِﻲ َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈﻮ ً‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ﻛﻮﻟﺒﱪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤُ ﻤﱠ ﻰ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ َ‬ ‫ﻇﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ؛ إِذْ ﺗُﻮ ﱢُﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺎ َو ِﻓﻴٍّﺎ َوﻣُﻌَ ﱢﻠﻤً ﺎ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫َاﻓﺘَ َﻘ ْﺪﺗُ ُﻪ أَﻳﱠﻤَ ﺎ ْاﻓﺘ َِﻘﺎدٍ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻠ ً‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫ِﺼﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ِﺗﻨَﺎ ِﺑ َﻘﻠ ٍ‬

‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬

‫ﺻﺒ ُْﺖ ِاﻻ ْﺧ ِﺘﻴَﺎ َر‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺠَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ٍﺮ ِﺑﺄَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ َﺔ وَا ِﻟ ِﺪ ﺟﻮن‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻗﻨَﻌَ ﻨِﻲ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎﺣِ ﻲ َﻛﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ض ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﻧَﺎﺋِﺐُ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻛﻮﻟﺒﱪ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﴫﻧ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﺑْﺤَ ِﺎر إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﺎب ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒْﺤِ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﺗُ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻴَﺎ‪ ،‬اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺰ ُت ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ ﻟِﻠﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﺷ ُﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻢ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َوﺗِﻲ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ َ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻬْ ِﺪ ﻣَ َﻊ أ َ ْرﻣَ َﻠ ِﺔ ﻛﻮﻟﺒﱪ ﻟِﺤِ ْﻔ ِﻈﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﻣ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮ ٍة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬

‫َﻗ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺻ َﻨ ٌﺔ!‬ ‫ري ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ َﻟﻨْﺪ َ​َن‪ ،‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻲ ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻜ ُﺲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻜ ِﺲ َﻻﺣِ ًﻘﺎ؛‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ َر ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮﻳ ُﱠﺔ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴ َُﺔ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻴَﺎ أ َ ْﺳﻮَأ َ ِرﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﱄ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺣِ ﻴﻨ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ ُ ْ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫َاﻹﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذِ ﰲ اﻟﻠﺤﻈﺔ اﻷﺧرية!‬ ‫وُ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْﺳﻮَأ ُ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳﺢ و ْ ِ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺒﱠ ِﺔ ِر ٍ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟُ ُﺰ ِر ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ َ ِﺎري‪ ،‬ﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺒَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﺷ ﱠﻘ ْﺖ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘُﻨَﺎ َ‬ ‫َﺎﻏﺘَﺘْﻨَﺎ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ َﻗ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺻﻨ َ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎت ُﻣﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄﻠِﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َردُوﻧَﺎ ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﺤِ ُﻘﻮا ِﺑﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺘُﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ُة‬ ‫ني ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻗ َﴡ ُ ْ‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءِ ﻫِ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَﺎ َل‪َ ،‬ﻓﺠَ ﻬﱠ ْﺰﻧَﺎ ﺑَﻨَﺎدِ َﻗﻨَﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪ .‬واﻗﱰﺑﺖ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺻﻨ َ ِﺔ ﻣﻦ ُﻣ َﺆ ﱠﺧ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺘﻨَﺎ‪ .‬اﺗﱠ َﺨﺬْﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َة وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ُﺨﺎ َ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ﺘَﺎ ِﻟ َ‬ ‫ني‪،‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ْﻘﻨَﺎ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻨَﺎدِ ﻗِ ﻨَﺎ ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫َو َردﱡوا ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻧريَا ِﻧﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺪَاﻓِ ﻌِ ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَةِ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺻﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻨَﺎدِ ﻗِ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑ َﺪو ِْرﻫِ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ِﺼﺐْ أَﺣَ ﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِرﺟَ ﺎ ِﻟﻨَﺎ أَيﱞ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻘﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ!‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻧًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺘﱢ َ‬ ‫ﴫ َﻛ ِﺜريًا‪ ،‬وَﺧِ َﻼ َل د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ني ُﻗ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻘ ُﺮبُ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﺪ ْم َﻫﺬَا اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْ ُ‬ ‫َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺘﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬ﻗ َ‬ ‫ﱪﻧ َ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻘﻬْ ُﻘ ِﺮ َﻗ ْﺪ َر‬ ‫ﴍﻋَ ﺘَﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨَﺎ أَﺟْ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻌُ ﻮا ﺣِ ﺒَﺎ َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ُﺴﻴُﻮﻓ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻣَ ﱠﺰ ُﻗﻮا أ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني ﺑَﻨَﺎدِ َﻗﻨَﺎ و َُﺳﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﻢ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺘﻨَﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﺨﺪ ِ​ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﻓﻨَﺎ )وَأَﺑْﻌَ ْﺪﻧ َ ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ني!( َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺘﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴫ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪ ﺣَ ﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻔﺎ َﻟﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﺴ َﻠﻤْ ﻨَﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ ْن ﺗُ ْﺰ َﻫ َﻖ أيﱡ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ٍﺲ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫أ َ َﺧﺬَﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﴎى‪ ،‬وَأَﺑْﺤَ ْﺮﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ِﻣﻴﻨَﺎءِ ﺳﻼ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤَ ِﺎﱄ‬ ‫اﺻﻨ َ ُﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﻷ َ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻼدِ ﻋَ ِﺒﻴﺪًا‪ .‬وَأُﻋْ ِﺠﺐَ ِﺑﻲ ُﻗﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻴَﺎ‪َ .‬و ِﺑﻴ َﻊ ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل ﱠ‬ ‫اﺻﻨ َ ِﺔ ﻟ َِﺸﺒَﺎ ِﺑﻲ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﻢ ِرﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻨَﺘِﻲ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ﱠﺮ َر ِاﻻﺣْ ﺘ َِﻔﺎ َ‬ ‫َو ِﻓ ْ‬ ‫ظ ِﺑﻲ‪.‬‬

‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬

‫ﺎﺳ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺮ ﱠدد ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ٍﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﻋَ ﺒْﺪٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ُﻣﻨْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ َ‬ ‫َت‬ ‫َو ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴐﺑَ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪةٍ‪ ،‬ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ ْﻟ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻞ أَﺑَﺪًا ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎت وَا ِﻟﺪِي ِﰲ ذِ ْﻫﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْد َر ْﻛ ُﺖ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﺳﺄ َ َ‬ ‫َﻛﻠِﻤَ ُ‬ ‫ﻆ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎﺛ ِ​ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮ ْﻏﺒَﺘِﻲ ْاﻷَﻧَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ُﱠﺔ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﺳﻮَى اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻟﻤ َُﻐﺎ َد َر ِة دِ ﻳ َِﺎري َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻟﻴ َُﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ أَﻋْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ ُﻗﻮ ُم ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﱢم ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ وَﺟَ َﺴﺪِي ﺗَ َﺎﻗﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺗَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻓ ُﺮ ِﱄ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ٌﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﻬَ َﺮ ِب‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬْﻧِﻲ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ِﻠﺼﻴْﺪِ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻂ إ ِ َﱃ ِرﺣْ َﻼﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﱰُ ُﻛﻨِﻲ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬ ‫َﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت أ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻂءٍ‪َ .‬ﻟﻴْ َﻞ ﻧَﻬَ ﺎ َر َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻮ ُل ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﻘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت َﺳﻨَﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءٍ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﺒ ﱠَﻖ ِﱄ ِﺳﻮَى أ َ ْﻓ َﻜ ِﺎري ِﻟﺘُ ْﺆﻧ َِﺲ وَﺣْ َﺪﺗِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ ِﺳﻮَى ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِب‪َ .‬ود َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫أَﺣْ ﻠُ ْﻢ ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ُﻞ َﺷ ٍّﺎﻗﺎ و ﱠ‬ ‫َال؛ ﻋَ ﺎﻟ ًِﻘﺎ ِﰲ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ﻣُﺤْ ِﺮ َﻗ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ْﻞ َﺳﺄ َ ْﻗ ِﴤ ﺑَ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨْﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺾ؟‬ ‫ﻳﺐ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﺒْﺪًا ﻟ َِﺴﻴﱢ ٍﺪ ﺑَﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫َﻏ ِﺮ ٍ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬

‫اﳍ َﺮ ِب‬ ‫ُﻓ ْﺮ َﺻ ُﺔ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ﺒَﻨِﻲ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي أَﻧَﺎ وَﻋَ ﺒْﺪًا َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﻚِ‬ ‫ِﺼﻴْ ِﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪ ،‬ﻳُﺪْﻋَ ﻰ إ ِ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻴ َﻞ‪ ،‬ﻟ َ‬ ‫أَﺧِ ريًا‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻟِﺤِ ﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ﻠ ِْﻘﻨَﺎ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َﺎب َﻛﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨﱠﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﻮ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ري َ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﺒ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ِﺑﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻮح‪ ،‬أَﺑْﺤَ ْﺮ ُت أَﻧَﺎ َوإ ِ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻴ ُﻞ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ ﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻻ َﻗﻴْﻨَﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ‬ ‫ُﺿ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﺊ‪ِ.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎ َ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺸ ﱠﻘ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺪ ْﱠﻓﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺄﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺪ َ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻌَ َ‬ ‫وب؛ ْاﻷ َ ﱠو ُل‪َ :‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ان ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻼﻧِﻲ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ َﻛﻴْ ِﻔﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻬُ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫َث أﻣْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻼ ِح َﻗ ِﺎر ِب ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﺪِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﺑﻨَﺠﱠ ٍﺎر ِ ِﻹ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘِﻌْ ﺪَادًا ﻟ َِﺨﻮ ِْض ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺤَ ِﺎر ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻼ ٍت‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻮ َل‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮي ا ْﻟﻔِ ْﻜ َﺮ ُة‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎربَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ﻣَ ِﺘ ٌ‬ ‫وَﺟَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﺑ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ِاﻻﺑْﺘِﻌَ ﺎ ُد ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺘْﻨ ِ​ِﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻆ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺴ ِﻦ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻞ ﺣَ ﺎدِ ﺛَﺘَﻨَﺎ ﺗُﺨِ ُ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ!« ﻳَﺎ َﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﻣﻴﻨَﺎءِ ﺳﻼ إِذَا أُﺗِﻴﺤَ ْﺖ ِﱄ َ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي!‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُﻮع ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻂ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي ِ ِﻹ َﻗﺎﻣَ ِﺔ أُﻣْ ِﺴﻴﱠ ٍﺔ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘِﻌَ ٍﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب ِﻟﺒَﻌْ ِﺾ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ ْاﻷ ْﺳﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎد َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءِ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧ َِﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ َ‬ ‫َف و ُ​ُﻗﻮﻋُ ُﻪ ِﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﺗِﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِب‪ .‬وَأَﻣَ َﺮﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ِن‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ َﻛﻤﱢ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﺗَ ْﻠ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﻛﻤَ ِﻞ وَﺟْ ٍﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺰ ِﻳﻴﻨ ُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِﺑﺘَ ْﺨ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫أَﺟْ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻔ ِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﱠ‬ ‫ﴩ د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮ ِﻋ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﺪﱠدِ ِﻟﻤ َُﻐﺎ َد َرﺗِﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ‬ ‫اﻟﻼﺣِ ِﻖ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺻﻌِ َﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ ِﺑ ُﺨ ُ‬ ‫َات ﺛَﻘِ ﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒًﺎ! َوﺑَﺪَا ِﱄ أ َ ﱠن أ َ ْ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَ ُه ﻋَ َﺰ ُﻓﻮا ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻗ َﻀﺎءِ‬ ‫ﺎب إ ِ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻴ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻋَ ﺒْ ٌﺪ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ‪ ،‬ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫وﻗ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻣَ َﺮﻧِﻲ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ِﻠﺼﻴْﺪِ‪َ .‬ﻓﺤَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﻄﺤَ ِ‬

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‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَ ُه َﺳﻤَ ًﻜﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺒُﻮا ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌِ َﻢ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َزﺟً ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺸﺎءِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎص‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺘِﻲ! ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮبُ !« َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺎس‪ِ » :‬ﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﻫِ َﻲ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ؟ أ َ ْﻗﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ إ ِ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻴ َﻞ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﺤَ ﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢﺪِ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺬَا ْ‬ ‫أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻧَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎ َم ﱠ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﺰ َن ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب ُﻣ َﺆﻧًﺎ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫ َﻮ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻳُﻌِ ﱡﺪ َﻟﻨَﺎ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ َﺮ َ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋْ ُﺖ ِﰲ إِﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‬ ‫اض‪ ،‬أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﻮط ُ‬ ‫ُﻮع َو ِﻣﻨ ْ َﺸ ٍﺎر َو ِﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ َﻗ ٍﺔ َوﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ُﺧﻴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻘﻨ ﱠ ِﺐ و َ​َﻓﺄ ْ ٍس‪.‬‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧَﺤْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ُ :‬ﺷﻤ ٍ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﺗَﺤَ ﺎﻳَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ ُﻪ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري ِﻟﻴ َِﺠ َﺪ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ُرودِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ ِﻟﻨَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﴙ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ٍة َراﺋِﻌَ ٍﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ!«‬ ‫ُﻮر ا ْﻟ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ِﺑ ْﻀ ِﻊ د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ‪ ،‬وَأَﺑْﺤَ َﺮ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛَﺘُﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺎﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴﻨَﺎءِ‪َ .‬وﺗَ َﻐ ﱠﻠﺒْﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎب‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﱰ ٍة َ‬ ‫ﴍﻋَ ﺘَﻨَﺎ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻠﺼﻴْﺪِ‪ِ .‬ﰲ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪ُ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحُ ﺗَﻬُ ﺐﱡ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺟﻬَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻟ َِﻔ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻌْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ﻧ َ ﱠﻜ ْﺴﻨَﺎ أ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل و ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹﺑْﺤَ ﺎ ُر‬ ‫ﺎل ﱠ ْ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴩﻗِ ﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْرﺟُ ﻮ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحُ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮب؛ َﻓ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ْ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ إ ِ ْﺳﺒَﺎﻧْﻴَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻗﻨ َ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺎح َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺳﺘَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُﻨِﻲ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ْﻦ ِﺳﺠْ ﻨ َِﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أ َ ْﻗﺒَ ُﻊ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻂ؛ َﻓﺄيﱡ ِرﻳ ٍ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ َر ِ‬ ‫وب إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﱢﺮﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﴈ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻓ ِﺮﺣً ﺎ ِﻟﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬُ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ُث ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْو َﻻ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻬُ ُﺮوبُ إِﻣﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ُث أَﺑَﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ ﺑ َِﺎر َد ًة ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ َﻻ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪» :‬إ ِ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻴ ُﻞ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ َه أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪ ،‬دَﻋْ ﻨَﺎ ﻧُﺒْﺤِ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُد أَيﱠ َ ْ‬ ‫أَﺑْﻌَ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﴎﻧَﺎ َﻓ ْﺮ َﺳ ًﺨﺎ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ ِﰲ دَاﺧِ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﴍﻋَ َﺔ‪ ،‬و ِ ْ‬ ‫أَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ ُﻣﻮَاﻓِ ًﻘﺎ َو َر َﻓ َﻊ ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱰﺑ ُْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ و َ​َﻗﺬَ ْﻓ ُﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻮ ِْق َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻳ ُْﺴﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪ْ ،‬اﻗ َ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮ َﺳﺎ َة ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ! ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ﻳَﺎ روﺑﻨﺴﻮن؟ َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫َﺻﺎحَ ‪» :‬دَﻋْ ﻨِﻲ أَﻋُ ﻮ ُد إ ِ َﱃ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﴫ َخ إ ِ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻴ ُﻞ و َ‬ ‫ْف‬ ‫َﻓ َ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَ َﺴﺒﱠﺐُ ِﺑﻤَ ْﻘﺘَ ِﻠ َﻚ!«‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺋِﺤً ﺎ‪» :‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ َﺳﺒﱠﺎحٌ ﻣَ ﺎﻫِ ٌﺮ‪ .‬ﻋُ ْﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺒْﺘُ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ﻳَﺎ إ ِ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻴ ُﻞ‪ ،‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ْﻫ ُﺮبُ ‪،‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ َﻚ ِ ِﻹ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺎﰲ!« َﻓﺄَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺒ َﻞ ﻣَ ِﺼريَهُ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳ َْﺴﺒَﺢُ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻗﺬ َِﻓ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻌِ ًﺸﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ ُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻵ َﺧ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫»ﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﻘ ِﺴ َﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ﱠﻻ َﺳﺘَ ْﻠﺤَ ُﻖ ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻴ َﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ!« َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺒَﺢَ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ َرةِ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺬَا َﻗ ِﺒ َﻞ ِﺑ ُﴩ ِ‬ ‫ُور َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ُوﻃﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﺑﻤَ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫‪20‬‬

‫ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِب‬

‫َ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﺟَ ﺒ َِﻞ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪَى ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺎر ٍق‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ ﺘْﻤً ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﻼﺣِ َﻘ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أﺑْﺤَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﺎﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ﻣَ ِﻀ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﻴ ُْﺨ ِﱪُ إ ِ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻴ ُﻞ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﻧَﺎ أَيﱠ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ٍه َﺳ َﻠ ْﻜﻨَﺎ؛ ِﻟﺬَا أ َ َر ْدﺗُ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ َﺪ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ذَاﻫِ ﺐٌ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﻞ‬ ‫ُﻮط ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺴ ِﻖ‪َ ،‬رﺟَ ﻌْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن اﺗﱢﺠَ ُ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﺳﺒَﺎﻧ ﱢِﻲ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد ُﻫﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻮب‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮْبَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ِْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻘ ًﺔ ﻣُﺨِ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ وَﻣَ ﺠْ ﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺪ ِْر َﻛﻨَﺎ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ ِر ْد أَﺑَﺪًا أ َ ْن أَﻋُ ﻮ َد‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠﻌُ ﺒُﻮ ِدﻳﱠ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ‬

‫َْ‬ ‫اﻷ ْﺣ َﺮ ُار‬ ‫أَﺑْﺤَ ْﺮﻧَﺎ ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ِة َﺧﻤْ َﺴ ِﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻒ‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِﻣﻴﻨَﺎءِ ﺳﻼ ﺛﻢ‬ ‫أَﺑْﺤَ ْﺮﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋَ ِﺎﱄ ﻧَﻬْ ٍﺮ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ٍﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫ف ﺗَﺤْ ﺪِﻳﺪًا أَﻳ َْﻦ ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻫ َﺬا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﻬﻤﱠ ﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻴﻨِﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢﺪِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ ًﺴﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﲇ ﻟ ِ​ِﻼﺑْﺘِﻌَ ﺎدِ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺣُ ﱢﺮﻳﱠﺘِﻲ‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ﱠن َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ْﺬﻋُ ﻮ ًرا؛ َو ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫أَﺑْﺤَ ْﺮﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋَ ِﺎﱄ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ا ْزدَا َد َرﺟَ ﺎءً أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻧَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ًﺔ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻨَﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮَاﺗًﺎ‬ ‫ﺎت َﻻ ﻧَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻔﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ ﻟِﺤَ ﻴَﻮاﻧ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري َو َﻟﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ول ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮ َﻗ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮﻧَﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﻧ َ َﱰ ﱠَﻗﺐُ ‪.‬‬ ‫أ ُ َﻏ ِﺎﻣ ْﺮ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﺨﻤَ ٌﺔ ﺟَ ﺎء َْت إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ و َ​َﻗ َﻊ أَﻣْ ٌﺮ ﻣَ ﺎ! وُﺣُ ٌ‬ ‫ﻮش َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺪ َر ًة أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ ،‬ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮَاﺗًﺎ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ِﺑ َﻘﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻮَاﺗًﺎ ﻣُﺨِ َ‬ ‫َو ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﻋﺒ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﻌْ ﻬَ ﺎ أُذُﻧَﺎيَ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮش ﺗِﺠَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﻨَﺎ َﻓ ِﺰﻋْ ﻨَﺎ! ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻟ ْﻮ و َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫اﻧ ْ َﺨ َﻠ َﻊ َﻗ ْﻠﺒَﺎﻧَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﺒَﺢَ أَﺣَ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻮُﺣُ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻌِ َﺪ إ ِ َﱃ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ؟ ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻟ ْﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ؟ ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻟ ْﻮ أ َ ْﻏ َﺮ َق ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐَ ؟ ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﺳﻨ َ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ؟‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ ِﻷُﺧِ َ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ وَأَﻣْ َﺴ ْﻜ ُﺖ ِﺑﺄَﺣَ ِﺪ ﺑَﻨَﺎدِ ﻗِ ﻨَﺎ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﻪُ‪َ ،‬وو َ​َﻗ َﻊ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َر ْدﺗُﻪُ!‬ ‫َﻫ ْﺮ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ َع ا ْﻟﻮَﺣْ ُﺶ و َ​َﺳﺒَﺢَ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺴﺎءَل َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﺳﻨ َ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ؟«‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺒْﺘُﻪُ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠﻨَﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﱃ ِﻣﻴَﺎ ٍه ﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ْب‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﺒ ﱠَﻖ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ أَيﱞ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِﻠﴩ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺰ ِﻋﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبُ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻠﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ َﻏﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْرﺗَ َﻔﻌَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺎح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺪ ْﱠﻓﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ﺑَﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻂءٍ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟﻴَﺎ ِﺑ َﺴ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻴْﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺘﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮ َﺳﺎةِ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻗ َﻔ ْﺰ ُت أَﻧَﺎ و َ​َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ َر ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﻮري و َ​َﺳﺒَﺤْ ﻨَﺎ َ ِ‬

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‫َﴪ َق ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒَﻨَﺎ أ َ ْﻫ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَ َﻠﺪِ؛ ِﻟﺬَا َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ ِر ِد اﻟ ﱠﺬ َﻫﺎبَ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺗِﺠَ ﺎ َه ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﺧ َﴙ أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ً‬ ‫ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ ﻗِ َ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ﻣَ َﻊ أ َ ْﺷ َﺨ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎص َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ﻣ ُِﺮﻳﻌَ ًﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر ٍة ﻋَ ﻠ ُِﻘﻮا ِﰲ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ َﻏ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻗﻮ َِارﺑَﻬُ ْﻢ وَﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ أَﻣْ ﺘِﻌَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُْﺴﻤَ ْﻊ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر ِة ﺛَﺎﻧ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﺔ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫َﴪ ُﻗ َ‬ ‫َودُود َ‬ ‫ﻂ! و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺸﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ِﺔ و َ​َﺳﻴَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ ِ ِﻹﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر ﻣَ ﺎءِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﲆ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ْب‪َ .‬ﻓﺠَ َﻠ ْﺴ ُﺖ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ِ‬ ‫أ ُ َراﻗِ ﺐُ ِﺑﻤِ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎري‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﻋَ ْﺪوًا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻨَﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻼﺣِ ُﻘﻪُ؛ ِﻟﺬَا ﺟَ َﺮﻳ ُْﺖ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ُه ِﻷ َ َرى إ ِ ْن‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫اﺻ َ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪ َة‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ وﺻﻠﺖ إﻟﻴﻪ‪ ،‬أ َ َراﻧِﻲ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري ِﺑ َﻔ ْﺨ ٍﺮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َد ﺣَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧًﺎ‬ ‫ﺑَ ﱢﺮﻳٍّﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَا َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أ َ ْرﻧَﺐٌ ﺑَ ﱢﺮيﱞ ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ أ َ ْﻟﻮَاﻧَﻪ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻮ ُل‪ِ ،‬ﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ﱠﻛ ِﺪ أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْر َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ َِﻔ ٌﺔ وَأ َ ْرﺟُ َﻠﻪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ض‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﺌَ ٌﺔ ﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ!‬ ‫ِﺻﺤْ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄَةِ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ َﺖ ﻳَﺎ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري!«‬ ‫ﻮرﻧَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ وَا ْﻟﻐِ ﺬَاءِ د َ‬ ‫أ َ َﻛ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷ ِﺒﻌْ ﻨَﺎ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ِﰲ َﻏﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ُون‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ﻟِﻌُ ﺜ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮش ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْرﻋَ ﺒَﺘْﻨَﺎ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺲ‪.‬‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ َﻼﻗِ َﻲ أَﻳٍّﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻫ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَ َﻠ ِﺪ أ َ ْو ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻮُﺣُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل أ َ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫ري ِﺑﺄَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ‬ ‫د َ​َﻓﻌَ ﺘْﻨِﻲ ِرﺣْ َﻼﺗِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ُﺔ ﻟ َِﺴﺎﺣِ ِﻞ َﺷﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻴَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﱠات‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ْﺰ ُم ِﺑﻤَ َﻜﺎ ِﻧﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ُون ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻀﺒ ِْﻂ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل إ ِ َﱃ ﺟُ ُﺰ ِر ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ َ ِﺎري‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﺑﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎﻫِ ﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬واﺻﻠﻨﺎ اﻹﺑﺤﺎر ِﺑﻤُﺤَ ﺎذَا ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن أَﻣَ ِﲇ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﺎد َ​َﻓ َﺔ‬ ‫ُون ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ﻣَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺒﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺰﻳﱠ ٍﺔ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌِ ﻴ َﺪﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َو َ‬ ‫ﻃﻨِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ﺗِﺠَ ﺎ َر ٍة إِﻧ ْ ِﺠﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ِﺜريَةِ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻇ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺒﻴﻌِ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ ُﻣ ْﺰدَﻫِ َﺮ ٍة ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﺌَ ٍﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫أَﺑْﺤَ ْﺮﻧَﺎ ِﺑﻤُﺤَ ﺎذَا َة ﻣَ ﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺠَ ﱠﻮ َﻟ ْﺖ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨَﺎ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ْﻓﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ْاﻷ ُ ُﺳﻮ ِد‬ ‫ني ِﻟﻨَﺒْﺤَ َﺚ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻣﻴَﺎ ِه ﱡ‬ ‫ُﻮر وَا ْﻟ ُﻔﻬُ ﻮدِ‪َ .‬و ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﻧَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُ‬ ‫ْب‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻤْ َﺮ ْرﻧَﺎ‬ ‫ﻒ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَاﻟﻨﱡﻤ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْاﻗﺘَﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺄ َ ْن َﻻ أَﺣَ َﺪ ﻳَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﺬَا اﻟﻨﱠﺤْ ِﻮ َﻛ ِﺜريًا د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻧ َ َﺮى أ َ ْﺷ َﺨ ً‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ﺎءِ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻣﻦ‬

‫اﻟﺴ ِﻔﻴ َﻨ ُﺔ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ِْﺠﻠِﻴ ِﺰ ﱠﻳ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺎدِ َ‬ ‫ﴩ ُة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺎس ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ِﺋﺬٍ‪،‬‬ ‫ف إِﻧ ْ َﺴﺎﻧًﺎ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ريﻧَﺎ‪ .‬أﻣﺎ ﻋﻤﻦ َﻗﺎﺑَ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ُون ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ و َ​َﻻ ﻳَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ َو ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ِﺎوﻧِ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻜﺎﻧُﻮا َودُود َ‬ ‫ُﻮن ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ﻟُ َﻐ ِﺘﻨَﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ِﰲ َﻏﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﺮ ِم؛ َﻓﺄَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻮﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟﻐِ ﺬَاءَ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءَ ﻣَ َﻊ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧَﻤْ ِﻠ ْﻚ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻟﻨُﻌْ ِﻄﻴَﻬُ ْﻢ إِﻳﱠﺎ ُه‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻘﺎ ِﺑ ِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﻊ أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻐ َﺮﺑَﺎءَ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ِﰲ َﻏﺎﻳَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻒ‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨَﺎ َﻻ ﻧ َ َﺰا ُل ِﺑﺤَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ إِﻳﺠَ ﺎدِ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ِﻴﺰﻳﱠ ٍﺔ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ِﺎرﺑُﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹﺑْﺤَ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺘُﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ُة‬ ‫إِﻧ ْ ِﺠﻠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣُﻌَ ﺪٍّا ِﻟﻴَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻤ َﻞ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻫﺬَا ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري ِﺑ َﻘ َﻠﻘِ ﻲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﺑ َﺸﺄ ْ ِن اﺟْ ِﺘﻴ َِﺎز َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ِﻤﺤْ ﻨ َ ِﺔ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻟِﻠﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة ﻫِ َﻲ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻨْﻘِ ﺬَﻧَﺎ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ ْﺧ ِ ْ‬ ‫أ ُ ِر ْد َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻹﺣْ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎط‪.‬‬ ‫ْف أ َ ِو ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻠ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ﻧُﺒْﺤِ ُﺮ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ أ ُ ْﺳﺒُﻮ ٌع َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ‪ ،‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا ﻣَ َﺮ ْرﻧَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻼﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻓ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻘ ُﺮبُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ ِﺔ َﻓ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺳ َﺦ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﻞ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﺟُ ُﺰ ِر اﻟ ﱠﺮأ ْ ِس‬ ‫ﴬ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ َﺔ َﻓ َﺮ ٍح!‬ ‫اﻷ َ ْﺧ َ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻨِﻲ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ روﺑﻨﺴﻮن؟«‬ ‫ﺎﻇ ِﺮ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫أ َ َﴍ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗﺮى َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠُ ُﺰ َر؟ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َﺳﻨ َ ِﺼ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ْت ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧَﺠَ ْﻮﻧَﺎ ﻳَﺎ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫إِﻧ ْ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِﱰَا! أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري! ﻧَﺠَ ْﻮﻧَﺎ!«‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ﻨَﺎ ِﰲ أﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َﻟ ِﺖ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ﺘِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﻋُ ﺒُﻮ ٍُس ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أَﻣْ ﻌَ ﻨ ْ ُﺖ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريَ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﻮﻗِﻔِ ﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ْﻘﻨَﺎ‬ ‫َ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﺎح ﻣُﻌَ ﺎﻛ َِﺴ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻨَﻨْﺠَ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف َو َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﺒ َْﻘﻰ َﻟﻨَﺎ أيﱡ أﺛ َ ٍﺮ‪َ .‬ﻓﺬَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ﺘَ ﱢﺪ وَﻋَ ﻠ ِْﻘﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ِرﻳ ٍ‬

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‫ري ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴَﺎ َر ِ‬ ‫ريﺗِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ات ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺎﺣَ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة — ﺣُ ﺠَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻮس ِﰲ ﺣُ ﺠَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻟِﻠﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن — ﻟِﻠﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻨَﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري ﻳُﻨَﺎدِ ﻳﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪» :‬ﻳَﺎ روﺑﻨﺴﻮن! أ َ َرى َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ! أ َ َرى َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ!«‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ َر َوﺑَﺪَأ ْ ُت أَﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫َت ﺑُ ْﺮﺗُ َﻐﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًﱠﺔ‪ .‬أ َ َﺧ ْﺬ ُت ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ًﺔ‪ُ ،‬ﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٌﺔ! َوﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ ِﺑﺘَﻤَ ﻌﱡ ٍﻦ‬ ‫ِﻷ َ َرى إِذَا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺠﻬَ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ .‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ َﺴﺎ َرةِ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﻇْ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗُﺒْﺤِ ُﺮ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ﻨﱠﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮن د َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮي‪» :‬أَوﱠاهُ‪َ ،‬ﻻ! َﻟ ْﻦ أَدَﻋَ ﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺒ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺠَ ﺎ َل ِﰲ َﺧ ِ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن أُﺣَ ِﺎو َل ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ أ َ ْن أَﺟْ ﺬِبَ‬ ‫اﻧ ْ ِﺘﺒ َ‬ ‫َﺎﻫﻬُ ﻢْ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺋِﺤً ﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫﻴﱠﺎ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻗﺪ ٍْر ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري! دَﻋْ ﻨَﺎ ﻧُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل َوﻧ َ ْﻠﺤَ ُﻖ ِﺑ ِﻬﻢْ‪َ «.‬و َر َﻓﻌْ ﻨَﺎ أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫ري أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱠ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻﺣَ ْﻘﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴍﻋَ ِﺔ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ﻟِﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺒﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ٍﺔ ﻣُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ َ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛ َ ِﱪ ُ ْ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ اﺗﱠ َﻀﺢَ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻠﺤَ َﻖ ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ أَﺑَﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫َ ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَ َﺴﺎءَ َل َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻧ َ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ْاﻵ َن‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ روﺑﻨﺴﻮن؟«‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪» :‬ا ْﻟﺒَﻨَﺎدِ ُق! ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ َِﻖ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﻨَﺎدِ ِق َوﻧَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﻌُ ﻮﻧَﺎ!«‬ ‫ُﻫ ِﺮ َع ُﻛ ﱞﻞ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻨَﺎدِ ﻗِ ﻨَﺎ َوﺑَﺪَأْﻧَﺎ ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴ ُْﺖ َودَﻋَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْت أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ‬ ‫ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى إ ِ َﺷﺎ َر َة ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘ َِﻐﺎﺛ َ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْريَ! َﻓﺎﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤْ ُﺖ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ًﺔ ﻋَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﴍﻋَ ﺘَﻬَ ﺎ وَأَﺑْ َ‬ ‫َﻟﻤْ َﻠﻤَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ َ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ًﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى أ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻘﺎ ِﺗﻨَﺎ! َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤﻌُ ﻮا َ‬ ‫ﻟ َِﻘ ُ‬ ‫ْف ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮوﻧَﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬ﻫﻴﱠﺎ ِﺑﻨَﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻨَﺬْ َﻫﺐْ !«‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ ْﻗﻨَﺎ ﺛ َ َﻼ َ‬ ‫ث َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻤُﺤَ ﺎذَاﺗ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺎت ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻠﺤَ َﻖ ِﺑ ِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٍة ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﻜ ﱢﻠﻤُﻮﻧَﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻠُ َﻐ ٍ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ َﻐﺎ ِﻟﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺑﻌْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ َِﻔ ٍﺔ؛ أو ًﱠﻻ ﺣَ ﺎ َو َﻟﻮا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُ ْ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﺳﺒَﺎ ِﻧﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮﻧ ْ ِﺴﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ َﻓﻬْ َﻢ أَيﱟ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا ﺗَ َﻜ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ ٌر ْ‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻜﺘْ َﻠﻨْﺪِيﱞ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِْ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺋِﺤً ﺎ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ أَﻧْﺘُﻢْ؟ وَﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ َ‬ ‫َث؟«‬ ‫ﴎﻧ َِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺻﻨ َ ُﺔ‪ ،‬و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ‬ ‫ِﻴﺰﻳٍّﺎ وَأ َ َ َ‬ ‫َﴍَﺣْ ُﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ ًرا إِﻧ ْ ِﺠﻠ ِ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨَﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎ َﻛﻌَ ﺒْﺪٍ‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺒَﻬَ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر ُة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﻤَ ﱡﻜ ِﻨﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِب‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬُوﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴ َ​َﺔ ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫أَﻧَﺎ و َ​َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪ ،‬وَأﺧِ ريًا ﻧَﺠَ ْﻮﻧَﺎ!‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒًﺎ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻗﺒْ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻣْ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ ﻣ َُﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ‬ ‫»ﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪ ،‬اﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ دَاﻋِ َﻲ ِﻟﺪ َْﻓ ِﻊ ﻣ َُﻘﺎ ِﺑ ٍﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺂﺧﺬُ ُﻛ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﱪ َِاز ِ‬ ‫ِرﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِآﻣﻨ َ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﱪ َِاز ِ‬ ‫‪26‬‬

‫ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﺰﻳ ُﱠﺔ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ ِﺠﻠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ْ ِ‬

‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري وَأَﻋْ َ‬ ‫َﺷ َﻜ ْﺮﺗُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻃﻴﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َرﺣِ ﻴﻤً ﺎ ِﺟﺪٍّا ﻣَ َﻊ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُه ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫و َِﻇ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري أَﻳﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َدةٍ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ َﺔ ﺑَﺤﱠ ٍﺎر ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن َرﺣْ ﻤَ ﺘَ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ‬ ‫ري! َﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘﱠ ِﺴ َﻊ ِﻷ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ض ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﴍَاءَ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺒﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎل‪،‬‬ ‫َاﻓ ْﻘ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ْﺮ ِﺿ ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ َﺎﻓ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫َوإ ِ َ‬ ‫اﺷ َﱰَى ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ﻋَ ﺘَﺎدِ ﻧَﺎ ْاﻵ َﺧ َﺮ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎل ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِﱢﺐ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺼ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ِﻈﻴﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ِﺮﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِآﻣﻨ َ ٍﺔ و َ​َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٍة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﱪ َِاز ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻛ ُﻦ ﻣ ُْﻔﻠ ًِﺴﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْر ٍض َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ ْ َﻫﺎ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﺎيَ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪ .‬وَأ َ َﻗﻤْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻤْ ِﺘ ْﻠ ُﻚ َوﻳُﺪِﻳ ُﺮ ﻣَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ أَﺣَ ِﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴ ﱠﻜ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَا ﻋَ ﻤَ ُﻞ ِز َراﻋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻜ ِﺮ َﺷﺎﺋ ًِﻘﺎ ِﰲ َرأ ْ ِﻳﻲ؛ ِﻟﺬَا ﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﱡﻠ َﻢ َﻗ ْﺪ َر ﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ُﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺔَ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱰﻳ ُْﺖ ﻗِ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أ َﺧﺬْﺗُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِﱢﺐ‪ ،‬اﺷ َ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻬْ َﻮﺗْﻨِﻲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ُة اﻟ ﱢﺰ َراﻋَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْر ٍض َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة وَﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ًة‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺖ ِ ِﻹ َﻗﺎﻣَ ِﺔ ﻣَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ِﺔ ُﺳ ﱠﻜ ٍﺮ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أُﻗِ ﻴﻢُ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ أَﺑ َْﻘﻰ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺣْ ﺘَﺎجُ ﻟ َِﺨ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﺲ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺎب ﺗَﺠْ ﻨ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻓ َﺮ ِﴆ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ًﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﱪ َِاز ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ُل ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻋَ ِﺴريًا‪.‬‬

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‫اﻋ ِﺔ‬ ‫َﺣ َﻴﺎ ُة ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺰ َر َ‬ ‫ني ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﻲ َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﴈ َو َزاد ْ‬ ‫َت ﻣَ ﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪَى ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﺳﻌَ ْﺖ ُر ْﻗﻌَ ُﺔ أ َ َر ِ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻼﺣِ َﻘﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﻴﲇ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ إِﻧَﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺎﻗ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻐِ ﺬَاءِ َوﻳُﺤَ ﺎﻓِ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻳ َُﺴ ﱡﺪ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ﺘِﻲ وَﺣَ ﺎﺟَ َﺔ َ‬ ‫َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻆ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺻﺤﱠ ِﺘﻨَﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﺎﻷ َ َﺳ ِ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﻊ َﻫﺬَا‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎح ُﻣﺒ ِْﻬ َﺮ ًة‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ِﺑﺘَ َﻘﺪ ِﱡﻣﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤِ ِ‬ ‫َت ﺑ َ​َﺸﺎ ِﺋ ُﺮ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑُ ْﺮﺗَ َﻐﺎ ِﻟﻴٍّﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريٌ ﻳَﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﺠَ ِﺎو َر َة ﻟِﻤَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﺷﺎبﱞ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼدِ ‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱠني‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ﻨَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﺪْﻋَ ﻰ وﻳﻠﺰ‪ .‬أ ْ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﻳ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ وَﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺰﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ أَﺑَ َﻮﻳْ ِﻪ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ إِﻧ ْ ِﺠﻠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴪﻋَ ِﺔ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎ َرﻳ ِْﻦ َﻓ ِ‬ ‫ني ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﻧَﻤَ ْﺖ ﻣَ َﺰ ِارﻋُ ﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ﱡ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪَى َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ َﻠ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﱡﻛ ﱞﻞ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ﻳ ُِﺠﻴ ُﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﺘَ ُﻪ ِﰲ اﻣْ ﺘ َِﻼكِ ﻣَ َﺰ ِار ِع َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﺤَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺐ ُﺳ ﱠﻜ ٍﺮ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻧَﺎ وَوﻳﻠﺰ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ﻧ َ ِﺴريُ ِﰲ ﺟَ ﻮ َْﻻ ٍت َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪ :‬ﻣَ َﺰ ِار ِﻋﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ‪ .‬ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛْﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫و َُﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻄﻨَﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻘﺒ َِﻞ وَﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَذْ ُﻛ ُﺮ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﺧ َﱪْﺗُ ُﻪ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﺷﻌُ ُﺮ َﻛﺄَﻧﱢﻲ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ ﻋَ ﻠ َِﻖ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ وَا ِﻟﺪِي‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺪَى ْ‬ ‫اﺷ ِﺘﻴَﺎﻗِ ﻲ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة ﻣَ ﻬْ ﺠُ ﻮ َر ٍة ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﱪ َِاز ِ‬ ‫َووَا ِﻟ َﺪﺗِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ِﺑﻲ ِﻟﻴ َْﺴﻌَ َﺪ ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘِﻲ؛ إِذْ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣُﺤِ ٍّﻘﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌِ ﱢﻲ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻓﺘَﻘِ َﺪ وَا ِﻟﺪَيﱠ ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻨَﻴ ُْﺖ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ًة َﻛ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ و َِآﻣﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻲ ِﻷ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﺢَ ﺛ َ ِﺮﻳٍّﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ً‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ َ ِﺔ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻻ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻨَﻴْﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ َﺴﺎ ُن؛‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟﺪَيﱠ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﺎ ُه ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ٌﺔ ُﻣﺜ ْ ِﻤ َﺮ ٌة‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ٌل‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ‪ ،‬أ َ ْد َر ْﻛ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن ا َمل َﺸﺎﻋِ َﺮ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءٌ‪َ .‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُﻛ ْﻦ َﻫﺎ ِﻧﺌًﺎ؛ َﻓﻔِ ﻲ ﻋَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ﻋَ َﲆ ا َملﻨ ْ ِﻄ ِﻖ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨ َ ْﺰﻋَ ﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤْ َﻘﺎءُ ﻟ ْ ِ​ِﻺﺛَﺎ َر ِة َﻏﺎ ِﻟﺒًﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐ َﻠﺒ َُﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳﺘَﻨْﺘَ ِ ُ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‪ ،‬ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ْ ُﺖ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮاﺗِﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ِﻷَيﱢ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻤﻊَ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺤْ َﻮذَ ِاﻻ ْﻫﺘِﻤَ ﺎ ُم ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة أ َ ْر ِوي ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺤِ َﻜﺎﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ُ‬ ‫ﺺ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫َﺎت‪ ،‬ﺗَ ْﻜ ُﱪُ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ِﺑ ِﺮﺣْ َﻼﺗِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ‬

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‫ﺎب ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺰ ِار ِع ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ ﻤﱠ َﺴﺘْﻬُ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺤُ ﻮا أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ﺛ َ َﺮاءً‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺰ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﻟ ِ​ِﺮﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﺑَﺤْ ِﺮﻳﱠ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ًﻼ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻴَﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﻟﺘَﺠْ ِﻬ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ ِﺑ َﻘ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ أ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺮا َر أﺣْ ﻤَ ُﻖ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن د َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ﺣَ ﻴﱢ َﺰ اﻟﺘﱠﻨْﻔِ ﻴ ِﺬ َﻛﺤَ ﺠَ ٍﺮ ﺑَﺪَأ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠﺪَﺣْ ُﺮ ِج ِﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ ﺗَ ﱟﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﺑﻴَﺪِي ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِ ِﻹ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﺎﻓِ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ ِﻷ َ ْن أ َ ِزﻳ َﺪ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َوﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ري ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ أَيﱢ ﻣ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮةٍ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻧَﺎ ﻣَ ْﻦ دَﻣﱠ َﺮ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪.‬‬ ‫أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ ِﻷ ُ َﻏ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻐﺎءَ ِﻟﻮَا ِﻟﺪِي ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ ِة َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬ ‫َات‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﻣ َُﻘﺎوَﻣَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺮ ِض‪ِ ،‬ﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ َر َﻓ ْﻀ ُﺖ ْ ِ‬ ‫َت ﺗَﻮ َِار ُ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪد ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺰ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ﺟَ ﺎﻫِ َﺰ ًة‬ ‫ﻳﺦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻌْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ِﺑﻮ َْﻗ ٍﺖ و َِﺟ ٍ‬ ‫ﻂ اﻟﺘﱢﺠَ ﺎ َر ِة اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﺳ ِﻤﻴ َﱠﺔ َو َﻛﺘَﺒ ُْﺖ و َِﺻﻴ ًﱠﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛ ُﺖ وﻳﻠﺰ ﻣَ ْﺴﺌُ ً‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ُﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻟ ِ​ِﻼﻧ ْ ِﻄ َﻼ ِق‪َ .‬وو َ‬ ‫ﻮﻻ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪ ،‬وَاﺛ ًِﻘﺎ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَﻌْ ﺘَﻨِﻲ ِﺑﻤَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ﺘِﻲ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ ﻏِ ﻴَﺎ ِﺑﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬

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‫َأ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْﻳﻘ َﻴﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺟ ِﺪ ٍﻳﺪ‬ ‫َات ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻌِ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﰲ اﻷَو ِﱠل ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺳﺒْﺘَﻤْ ِﱪَ ‪ ،١٦٥٩‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺛَﻤَ ﺎﻧِﻲ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻀﺒ ِْﻂ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ُﻗﻤْ ُﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﺑ ِﺮﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻲ اﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫وﱃ ا َمل ْﺸﺌُﻮﻣَ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺎ ْل‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ ﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠﻻ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫أ ُ ِر ْد أ َ ْن أُﻧْﺤِ َﺲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ‪ُ ١٢٠‬‬ ‫ﺿ َﺎﻓ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َرﺟُ ًﻼ‪ ،‬إ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻤَ َﻠ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن‪،‬‬ ‫ﻃﻨٍّﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ِن‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ َﺔ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫و َ​َﺧﺎدِ ِﻣ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧَﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻤُﻮ َﻟﺘُﻨَﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َر ْدﻧَﺎ ﻣ َُﻘﺎﻳ َ​َﻀﺘَ ُﻪ ﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ َﻓ ِﺎر َﻗ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻘ ُﺲ َراﺋِﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﴍ َ​َﻗ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ِﺑ ُﺴ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَأْﻧَﺎ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ َﺔ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮع‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻫﺒ ِﱠﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحُ ِﰲ ِاﻻﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮَاﺗِﻲ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻀﺒ ِْﻂ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳ َﻠ ْﻜﻨَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻨَﺎ َﺷﻤَ ًﺎﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻗ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﺑْﺤَ ﺎ َر إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ْ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻴَﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ و َ‬ ‫ﴩ َة َد َرﺟَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴩ أ َ ْو اﺛْﻨَﺘَ ْﻲ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ دَا ِﺋ َﺮ ِة ﻋَ ْﺮ ِض ﻋَ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ﴩ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﴐﺑَﺘْﻨَﺎ ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺘَﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ َﻚ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٌﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺗﻴ ٌَﺔ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ إِﺑْﺤَ ِﺎرﻧَﺎ ِﺑﺎﺛْﻨ َ ْﻲ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَ َﻘﺎذَ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺎر؛ َﻓﻤَ َ‬ ‫ف ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﺎت أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ ُﻫﻨَﺎ و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ َﺔ ِرﺟَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎل أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ َﻫﺬَا ْ ِ‬ ‫ني ْاﻵ َﺧ َﺮﻳ ِْﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِت‬ ‫ﺎب اﻟ ﱢﺮﺋَ ِﻮيﱢ ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ َﺮ َﻓ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ ُه ِاﻻﺛْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ِاﻻ ْﻟﺘِﻬَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺼ ُ‬ ‫ني ُﻣﺘَﻮ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﻸ َ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ﺐُ ُﻗﻠُﻮﺑَﻨَﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻠ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﺑﻨَﺎ ِﻷ ُ ْﺳﺒُﻮﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ور ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَا َﻟﻨَﺎ د َْﻫ ًﺮا‪َ ،‬ﻫﺪَأ َ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻘ ُﺲ أَﺧِ ريًا‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨَﺎ ُﻗﺬ ِْﻓﻨَﺎ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﺴ ِﺎرﻧَﺎ وَأ َ َرا َد‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ُﻣ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﺎت ِﰲ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ َﺔ ﻣَ َﻜﺎ ِﻧﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺎﱄ ﱢ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ ،‬أﺣَ ِﺎو ُل ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳ َﺮ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻧ َ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ؛ َراﺟَ ﻌْ ﻨَﺎ َﺧ َﺮا ِﺋ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬و ُر ُﺳﻮﻣَ ﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮﻳ َﱠﺔ‪َ ،‬و ُر ُﺳﻮﻣَ ﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴَﺎ ِﻧﻴ َﱠﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ري ُﻣﺘَﻤَ ﻌﱢ ٍﻦ‪ُ » :‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﺘﱠ ُﻢ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺗَﻴْﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜ ٍ‬

‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬

‫أَﺟَ ﺒْﺘُﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨَﺎ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪ َ‬ ‫ُون ِﺟﺪٍّا ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻠ ِﻢ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺘﱠ ِﺠ َﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟُ ُﺰ ِر ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺎرﻳ ِﺒﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك إِﻋَ ﺎ َد ُة ﺗَﻬْ ِﻴﺌَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎن ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧ َ ِﺠ ُﺪ اﺛْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر ِة ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﻀﻤَ ﺎ ِم ِﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺎﻗ ِﻤﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِﺑﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َر ِق ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻀ َﺪﺗ ِ​ِﻪ و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫﺬَا َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ﻴﺢٌ ‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧ َ ِﺼ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﻣُﺤِ ﱞﻖ‪َ ،‬ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ﻣَ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَأ َ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻂ‪«.‬‬ ‫ْاﻷ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن َ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺠﻬُ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺎﻗ َﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ريﻧَﺎ ﻣَ َﺴﺎ َرﻧَﺎ ِﰲ ﺣِ ﻴﻨ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮن إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺎرﻳ ِﺒﻲ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴪبُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﻜﺜ ْ َﺮةٍ‪َ .‬و ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺸﻜ َِﻼ ِت‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ُﻣﺘَ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴬ َر ًة ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪةٍ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَ َ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻜﻨﱠﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺛ َِﻘ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ إِﻣْ َﻜﺎ ِﻧﻴﱠ ِﺔ ﺑُﻠُﻮ ِﻏﻨَﺎ ﺑﺎرﺑﺎدوس ِﰲ ُﻏ ُ‬ ‫ني ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮن أ ُ ْﺳﺒُﻮﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺤﺎدي ﻋﴩ‬

‫ﲢ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﻔﻴ َﻨ ِﺔ!‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ريﻧَﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ َﺴ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬ﻫﺒ ْﱠﺖ ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٌﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺬَ َﻓﺘْﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحُ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا — ﺗِﺠَ ﺎ َه‬ ‫ﺧِ َﻼ َل ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﻐ ِﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺿ َﻠ ْﻠﻨَﺎ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻗ َﴡ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ْﺮ ِب — َوﻣ ِْﻦ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻨَﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِت اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحُ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺼ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ٍة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ِﻟ ْﻠﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﻠ ِﻴ ِﻪ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َﺎح‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻳ َِﺼﻴﺢُ ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﺮﺣَ ﻰ‪ ،‬أ َ ْر ٌ‬ ‫ض!«‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻛ ِ​ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ أَﺣَ َﺪ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻈﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ا ْرﺗَ َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻤْ ﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ُﻤ ْﺮﺗَ َﻔ ٍﻊ َرﻣْ ِﲇﱟ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺄ َ ْرﺟَ ﺤَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ِﺑﻌُ ﻨ ْ ٍﻒ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﻣﻴَﺎ ُه ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫و َْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﻫﺎ ِﻟ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻻ ﻣَ ﺤَ ﺎ َﻟ َﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﺠَ َﺮﻳْﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ات ِﻟﻨَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻤ َﻲ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﻮﻗ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠُ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻧَﺪ ِْري أَﻳ َْﻦ ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﻧَﺪ ِْري ﻣَ ﺎ إِذَا‬ ‫ِﻒ ﻋَ ِﺼ ٍ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬ ‫ض ﻣَ ﺄ ْ ُﻫﻮ َﻟ ًﺔ أ َ ْم َﻻ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﻧَﺪ ِْري َﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﻨَﻨْﺠُ ﻮ أ َ ْم َﻻ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎت ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ﱠﻛ ِﺪ ﺗَﺤَ ﱡ‬ ‫ري اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحُ اﺗﱢﺠَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻠ َِﻘ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻄﻤُﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أَﺟْ َﺰاءٍ‪ ،‬إ ِ ْن َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ َﻐ ﱢ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ َوﻧ َ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺠ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ .‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻀﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻌْ ٍﺾ و َ​َﻫﻴﱠﺄْﻧَﺎ أَﻧ ْ ُﻔ َﺴﻨَﺎ ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ْﺳ َﻮأِ‪َ .‬و ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ُﻣﺒَ ﱠﻠ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻒ‪،‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺎبَ ا ْﻟ ُﻔﺘُﻮ ُر أ َ ْروَاﺣَ ﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﱠﺮاءِ أَﺣْ ﺪ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴَ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺛُﻢﱠ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫وَأ َ َ‬ ‫َث اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻐ ِﻴريُ ِﰲ‬ ‫َاث ْاﻷ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫َﺎح‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ٌﺔ ْاﻵ َن‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ َﺷﺒَﺎبُ ! دَﻋُ ﻮﻧَﺎ ﻧُﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎربَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﺪﻳْﻨَﺎ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﱢف إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫َوﻧُﺠَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ أَﻣَ ﻠُﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴﺪُ!«‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﺒ ﱠَﻖ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ وَاﺣِ ٌﺪ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ري َِان ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ ﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎن َ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻨَﺎ َﻗ ِﺎرﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺎر ْاﻷَو ِﱠل‪َ .‬وﺗَ َ‬ ‫َات َﺷ ﱠﺎﻗ ٍﺔ َﻛ ْﻲ ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠﺐَ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ﺑَﺬْ َل ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻬُ ﻮد ٍ‬ ‫اﻹﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻂ إِﻧ ْ َﺰا َل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب‬ ‫ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ْ ِ‬

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‫ﻃﻤَ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجُ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﻧُﺠَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﺤِ ِﻪ‪َ .‬وﺗَ َﻼ َ‬ ‫ﺎل إ ِ َﱃ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﱢف‬ ‫ﻴﻊ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺴ َﻼﻣَ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ وَﺟَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘِﻤَ ﺎﺗَ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧَﻨْﺠُ ﻮَ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪َ .‬و ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ َرﺣْ ﻤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪ َِر‪َ ،‬ﻓﺪَﻋَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ ُل إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻐ ُﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻮَاءٌ أ َ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﻏِ ُﻞ ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َﻓ ْﺮ ٍد ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﺨ ِﺮﻳٍّﺎ أ َ ْم‬ ‫َﺎل‪َ .‬ﻓﺠَ ﺪ ْﱠﻓﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺠُ ﻬْ ٍﺪ َﺷﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ ِﻷ َ ﱠن ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗَﻨَﺎ ﺗَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ري ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ِ ،‬آﻣﻨًﺎ أ َ ْم َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ري ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧُﺒ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُون َﻫﺬَا ﺳﻨَﻨْﺠَ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺻﺘُﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ُة ﻫِ َﻲ أ ْن ﻧ َ ِﺠ َﺪ َﺧﻠِﻴﺠً ﺎ أ ْو َﻓ َﻢ ﻧَﻬْ ٍﺮ؛ َﻓ ِﺒﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻟ َِﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎدِئ ِﻟﻨَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼﻣَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ ِﻀﻴ ُﻊ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﻧ ُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﺜُﻮ َر ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎءٍ َﻫ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺼ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺪ ْﱠﻓﻨَﺎ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘ ِﺎربُ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮ َﺳ َﺦ َوﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮ َﺳ ِﺦ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ ﻣَ ﻮْﺟَ ٌﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ ٌَﺔ ﻋُ ﻠُ ﱠﻮ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﻘﺬ ِْﻓﻨَﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب‪ ،‬وَاﺑْﺘَ َﻠﻌَ ﺘْﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ ُه ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺎﻣ ِﻞ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎﻫِ ﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬و َ َ‬ ‫َﴐﺑ َِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎربَ َ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﻋﺒًﺎ؛ إِذْ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجُ َﻗ ِﻮﻳ ًﱠﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﻊ أَﻧﱢﻲ َﺳﺒﱠﺎحٌ ﻣَ ﺎﻫِ ٌﺮ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ذِ َراﻋَ ﱠﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ ِﻷ َ ْﻟﺘَﻘِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌُ ﻮ َد ﻟ َِﺴ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَ ُﻜﻮﻧَﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗُ َﻀﺎﻫِ ﻲ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ َة ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎهِ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﺎﳼ‪ .‬وَﺣَ ﻤَ َﻠﺘْﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ ُه ﻟ ِْﻸَﻣَ ﺎ ِم ِﺑﺎﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫أَﻧ ْ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ ،‬وَاﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت ِرﺋَﺘَﺎيَ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒَﺪَأ ْ ُت أ َ ْﺳﻌُ ُﻞ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ إ ِ ْن َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْزﺣَ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻟ ِْﻸَﻣَ ﺎ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻟﺪَيﱠ أَﻣَ ٌﻞ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮف‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺬَﺑَﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮْجُ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن أَﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ ُ​ُﻗ ِ‬ ‫َني ﺑَ َﺮا ِﺛﻨ ِ​ِﻪ وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ِﺑﻲ ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺎر ُع َﻛ ْﻲ َﻻ أ َ ْﻏ ِﺮ َق‪ .‬و َِﰲ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ ُه ﺗَﺪُو ُر ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻮ ِْﱄ ِﰲ َدوﱠاﻣَ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻗﺪ ٍْر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑ َﻘﺪ َِﻣﻲ ﺗَ ْﻠﻤَ ُﺲ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ َع‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ​َﻗ ْﻔ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻮ ِْري‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت أُدْﺧِ ُﻞ أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ِرﺋَﺘَ ﱠﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ َر ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ﺘِﻲ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺪْﺧِ َﻠﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺮ َوﻳَﺠُ ﱠﺮﻧِﻲ ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ْﺨ َﺮ ٍة َوﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬ ‫اﺻ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِْري ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺪ َم َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ﺛَﺎﻟ ِ​ِﺚ أ َ ْو َرا ِﺑ ِﻊ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ﻳَﺠُ ﱡﺮﻧِﻲ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺮ ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻒ‬ ‫ﺗَﻨ َ ﱡﻔ ِﴘ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺎﻣ ِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮت ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺄَﻣ ُ‬ ‫»ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳ َُﺔ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺄَﻣ ُ‬ ‫و َ​َﻓ ﱠﻜ ْﺮ ُت‪َ :‬‬ ‫ُﻮت ْاﻵ َن‪«.‬‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﻊ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎﺛ ِ​ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺒْﺪُو أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟﺪَيﱠ ﻣَ ﻮْﻫِ ﺒ ٌَﺔ ﺣَ ﻘِ ﻴ ِﻘﻴ ٌﱠﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ؛ ﻣَ ﻮْﻫِ ﺒ َُﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻔِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِة اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ د َ​َﻓﻌَ ﻨﻲ اﻟﺘﱠﻴﱠﺎ ُر ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻟ ِْﻸَﻣَ ﺎ ِم ِﺑﺎﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺠْ ﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ُﻗﻮَايَ ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻮض َﺧ ِﺎر ِج ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ ِه وَﺟَ َﺮﻳ ُْﺖ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤَ َﺴ ْﺖ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﺎيَ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ َع‪َ ،‬ود َ​َﻓﻌْ ُﺖ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﻟِﻠﻨﱡﻬُ ِ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ َر ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ﺘِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓﺠَ َﺮﻳ ُْﺖ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﻘ َِﻲ ِﰲ ﱠ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻗ ﱠﻮةٍ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ُر ْﻛﺒَﺘَ ﱠﻲ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠﺘْﻨِﻲ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ‬

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‫ﺗَﺤَ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺔِ !‬

‫َﺎن ِﻟﺪَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻟِﺤَ ِﺔ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻌِ َﺪﺗِﻲ أ ُ َ‬ ‫ْت‪َ .‬و َﻛ َﻔﺎﻧِﻲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ َﻓﻤَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﺻﺎبُ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻐﺜَﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴٍّﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ ﻋﴩ‬

‫ﻳﺮ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻴﺄْ ِس‬ ‫َﺟ ِﺰ َ‬ ‫ﻮف‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ َﻗﺎدِ ًرا ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻮ ُ​ُﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت ﺣَ ﻮ ِْﱄ‪ .‬أَﻳ َْﻦ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ﻲ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ُﻓﻘِ ﺪُوا‬ ‫َﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﻜ ﱠﺸ ْﻔ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ ﻣَ ْﻮﻗِﻔِ ﻲ؛ َﻓ ُﻜ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴﺪَ؟ و َ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻧَﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ َﻗ َﻠﻨ ْ ُﺴ َﻮ ٌة وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٌة‪َ ،‬وﺛ َ َﻼ ُ‬ ‫ث ُﻗﺒﱠﻌَ ٍ‬ ‫َان‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎت‪ ،‬وَﺣِ ﺬَاء ِ‬ ‫َﴏ ْ‬ ‫»ﻻ! ُﻗ ْﻞ إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻮ ْ‬ ‫َﺧ ُﺖ ُﻣ ْﻠﺘَﺎﻋً ﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ أ َ َرى! َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ َﻲ‬ ‫ﻮن أَﻧَﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴﺪَ!«‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﻞ و َْﻗﺘَ ِﺌﺬٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ أَد ِْري َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْﻮﻗِﻌِ ﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟﺪَيﱠ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ُﺲ‬ ‫ِﻲ ِﱄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺑَﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْ ِﺪ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﻷ َ ْﺳﺘَ ْﺨﺪِﻣَ ُﻪ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ِﺎﻣﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓﻤَ َﻊ أَﻧﱢﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻏ َﺮ ْق ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ﺑَﺎﻗِ ﻲ‬ ‫ْب و َ​َﻻ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻓ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ِﻣﻴَﺎ ُه ُﴍ ٍ‬ ‫ِني‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ﱠن أَﻣَ ِﲇ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﴚءُ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮْﺟُ ﻮ ُد‬ ‫ﺎن وَاﻫِ ﻴًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎﻛ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺠَ ﻴْ ِﺒﻲ ُﻫ َﻮ ِﺳ ﱢﻜ ٌ‬ ‫ني َ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ِﺑ َﻼ ﻣَ ﺄْوًى‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَيﱡ َﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ٍة ﺗُ ْﺮﺟَ ﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺳ ﱢﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻏ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ني وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫و َ​َﻻ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎ ٍم؟‬ ‫َﴏ ْ‬ ‫ﻮﺳﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ؛ َﻓﺎﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ ﻳَﻬْ ِﺒ ُ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗِﻲ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺣَ ِﺎﱄ ﻣَ ﻴْﺌُ ً‬ ‫َﺧ ُﺖ ِﺑﺄَﻋْ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺣْ ﺘَﺎجُ أ َ ْن أ َ ِﺟ َﺪ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻘ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ﻋَ َﺪ ٌد ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ِﻣﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺄْوًى‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ْق و َْﻗﺘًﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺟَ ﻴﱢ ٍﺪ ﻟ ِ​ِﻼ ْﺧ ِﺘﺒَﺎءِ ﺧِ َﻼ َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ْﻘﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َووَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت ُﻏ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻨًﺎ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ َﻛ ْﻲ أ ِﺟ َﺪ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ًة ﺗَﺒْﺪُو َﻛﻤَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻣ ُِﺮﻳﺤً ﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﻗ َ‬ ‫ِﻒ ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﺮﻳ َﻊ أ َ ْر َﻫ َﻘﻨِﻲ ِﺑ َﻼ َﺷ ﱟﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ْﺴ ٍﻂ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫ﺿﺌ ٍ‬

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‫أ َ ْﴍ َ​َﻗ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ِﺑ ُﺴ ُ‬ ‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ْ ِﱄ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺮ َﻫﺎدِ ﺋًﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻔ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮع ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﻊ أ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ري وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﻣَ ﺎﺗِﻌً ﺎ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ﻌْ ﻨ َ ِﻮﻳﱠﺎﺗِﻲ وَﺣَ ِﺎﱄ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺴﻨَﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريًا‪ .‬ﻧ َ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻘ َﺲ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺎﱄ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬وَﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﺎﻟ َِﻘ ًﺔ ِﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ﱡ‬ ‫و َِﺻﺤْ ُﺖ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪» :‬آ ٍه ﻳَﺎ إ ِ َﻟ ِﻬﻲ!« َﻓ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮر ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﻌْ ِﺪ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ُﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺟَ َﺮ َﻓﺘْﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎهُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣُﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ًﺔ! َﻓ َﻠ ْﻮ ﺑَﻘِﻴﻨَﺎ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫َﻓ ْﺮ َﺳ ٍﺦ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺤِ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻨَﺠَ ْﻮﻧَﺎ ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريَ ِﰲ َﻫ َﺬا ْاﻵ َن‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮي‪ْ :‬‬ ‫ﺑَ ْﻞ ﺟَ ﺎ َل ِﰲ َﺧ ِ‬ ‫»اﻵ َن‪َ ،‬ﻫﺬَا ﻳَﺒْﻌَ ُﺚ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﻜ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﻓِ ﻌْ ﻠُ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريُ ِﰲ‬ ‫َﻛﻴْ ِﻔﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻤ َﺆ ِن‪َ .‬وﻳَﺒْﺪُو أ َ ﱠن ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺘِﻲ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ِﻀ ْﻊ ﺑَﻌْ ﺪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت ﺗَ َﺮاﺟُ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪﱢ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ ُه ِﺷﺒْ َﻪ َ‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَ َ‬ ‫ري إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿﺤْ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳُﺘِﻴﺢُ ِﱄ َ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻧ َ َﺰﻋْ ُﺖ ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻢ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﴘ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ أُﺑْ ِﻘﻴَﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﺎﻓ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎهِ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ ُه ﻋَ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎﺑْﺘَ َﻠﻌْ ُﺖ ﻣَ َﺨ ِﺎو ِﰲ َوﺑَﺪَأ ْ ُت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْريَ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ًﺔ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﴚ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ ﺑَﺎﻗِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﺣَ ﺒْ ٌﻞ ﻳَﺘَﺪ ﱠَﱃ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َﺻﻌُ ﺐَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ‬ ‫ِﻠﺼﻌُ ﻮ ِد إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘَ ْﺨﺪَﻣْ ﺘُ ُﻪ ﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ‪.‬‬ ‫أ َ َﺧ ْﺬ ُت و َْﻗﺘِﻲ َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت ِﰲ أ َ ْرﺟَ ﺎءِ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َر َﺳ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺎﻣﻠِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ٍِﺐ وَاﺣِ ﺪٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻲ اﻟﻨ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨ َﺰ ُن ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻠﺌًﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎهِ‪ ،‬ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ ﺟَ ٍّﺎﻓﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺼ ُﻔ ُﻪ ُﻣﺒَ ﱠﻠ ٌﻞ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺎﻣ ِﻞ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺼ ُ‬ ‫َو ِﻟﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎف ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ِن‪َ .‬ﻓﻨ َ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻘِ ْﺴ ِﻢ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻆ‪ ،‬اﺣْ ﺘَﻮَى اﻟﻨ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﺒ َْﺴ َﻜ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺖ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻌِ َﺪﺗِﻲ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺮ َﻗ َﺮةِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒْ ُﺰ وَأ َ َﻛ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ ْ ُت ِﰲ ﺟَ ﻤْ ِﻊ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ أ َ ْد َر ْﻛ ُﺖ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﺳﺄَﺣْ ﺘَﺎﺟُ ﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮر ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻟ ِﺒﻨَﺎءِ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْف‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨﺪَﻣْ ُﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ وَا ْﻟﺤِ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎل اﻟ ﱠﺰا ِﺋ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ‪ِ ،‬ﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﺜ ُ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ات‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺗَﺠْ ِﺮﺑَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ري َﻛ ْﻲ أﻧ ْ ُﻘ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ َن ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻣ َُﻼﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻟِﺤَ ﻤْ ِﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أﺛ ْ َﻘ ِﻞ ْاﻷ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ‪َ .‬و ِﺑﺪَاﻳ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬أﻧ ْ َﻘ ْﺬ ُت ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠﺐَ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣُﻌْ ِﺠ َﺰ ًة أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل!‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ِﺔ ِﺑﺄَيﱢ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر ِة ﱠ‬ ‫أَﺗْ َﻠ َﻔ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ ُه ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘ ِْﺨﺪَا َم َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﺨ ِﺼﻴﱠ ِﺔ؛ ِﻟﺬَا َﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﺎدِ ﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ‬ ‫َﻛ ْﻲ أ َ ْﺧ ِﺰ َن َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ِﺎﻣﻲ وَأَﺟْ ﻤَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟﺪَيﱠ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒْ ُﺰ و َْاﻷ ُ ْر ُز وَا ْﻟﺠُ ﺒْ ُﻦ َو َﻟﺤْ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ِﺰ وَا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ ُﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ‬

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‫ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ِس‬

‫ُﻮب ْاﻷُو ُروﺑﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْﻓ َﺴﺪ َِت ا ْﻟﻔِ ْﱤَا ُن ا ْﻟ َﻘﻤْ ﺢَ ‪ِ ،‬ﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﺣْ ﺒَ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‬ ‫ﻄﻨِﻲ َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻻ ﻳ َ​َﺴﻌُ ﻨِﻲ ﻓِ ﻌْ ُﻞ أَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺣِ ﻴَﺎ َل ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ْاﻵ َن‪.‬‬ ‫َوﺗَﺒَﺎ َد َر إ ِ َﱃ ذِ ْﻫﻨِﻲ‪» :‬أَﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ أ َ ْن ﻳَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺮ َﻫﺎدِ ﺋًﺎ ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ٍة ﺗُﺘِﻴﺢُ ِﱄ َ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮدَة‪َ «.‬وﻟِﺬَا‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻣَ ِﺰﻳ َﺪ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﺒَﺎ ُ‬ ‫َﺻﻨْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺆ‪ .‬وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺲ‪ ،‬و ُ‬ ‫ُوق ﻧَﺠﱠ ٍﺎر َوﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳﻠِﺤَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺔ ِﻣﺠْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َاﺳ َ‬ ‫»ﻫﺬَا ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِﻟ ْﻠﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪ ،‬وَﺣَ َ‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﻘﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺰمَ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺎب‪َ «.‬و ِﺑﻮ ِ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫َاﻓ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن و َْﻗ ُﺖ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺪ ْﱠﻓ ُﺖ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢﺮ ًﻛﺎ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻜ ُﺴﻮ َرﻳ ِْﻦ وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ُﺨﻮ َر أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ﱠ‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟﺒ َِﺎرﺣَ َﺔ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺧ ِﻄ َﺮ ًة ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﻠ َﻜ ْﻲ أ َ ْر ُﺳ َﻮ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َر َﺳﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫ْف ِﰲ‬ ‫َﺳ َﻼ ٍم‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْن أ َ ِﺟ َﺪ ﺟَ ْﺪو ًَﻻ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا أ َ ْو ﻧَﻬْ ًﺮا‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﺘَﻌَ ﱡﻘ ٍﻞ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ﱠن أَﻳٍّﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﺠﻮ َِار‪ِ «.‬ﻟﺬَا ﺟَ ﺪ ْﱠﻓ ُﺖ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺌِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺮ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل َﻫﺎدِ ﺋًﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪًا ِهلل ِ‪ .‬و َ​َﻫﺒ ِﱠﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحُ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻟِﺤِ ﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬وﺗَ َﻼﻋَ ﺐَ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ِ‬ ‫ْف ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ و َْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻌَ ﻨ ْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَ َﻐ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ؛‬ ‫ِﺑ َﻘﺪَﻣَ ﱠﻲ ِﻷَﺗَ َﺸﺒ َﱠﺚ ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ٍة ِﺑﺤَ ﻤُﻮ َﻟﺘِﻲ‪ .‬ﻧَﺒَﺢَ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠﺐُ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﺑﻮ ُْﺳﻌِ ﻲ ﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱡ ُﻞ َﺧ َﺴ ِﺎر ِة أَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﻟ َﺬا ﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﺮ ِص‪.‬‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺪ ْﱠﻓ ُﺖ ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ﺎءِ ﺣﺘﱠﻰ وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ني ِﻷ َ ِﺟ َﺪ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧًﺎ ُﻣﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ْت ﻧَﻬْ ًﺮا‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺒًﺎ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ ْﻗ ُﺖ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ َﺳﺎﻋَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْف‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن َﺳﺤَ ﺒ ُْﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎﺋِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ ،‬أَﻣﱠ ﻨ ْ ُﺖ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِ ِﻹ ْر َﺳﺎءِ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ِ‬ ‫ْف َﻛ ْﻲ أ َ ْﺳﺘَﻌْ ِﻤ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪِ‪ .‬وَأَﻣﱠ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ِآﻣ ٍﻦ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺨ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ ُة ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎﻣﱠ ُﺔ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴ َُﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ إِﻳﺠَ ﺎ َد ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺸ ُ‬ ‫َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠﺐُ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻳَ َﺮاهُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ ﱠﻠﺤْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﻒ َوﻳ َْﺸﺘَ ﱡﻢ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ْف ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺪ َِﰲ إِﻳﺠَ ﺎ َد ﻣَ ﺄْوًى أَﻳٍّﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﺑﻤ َُﺴﺪ ٍﱠس َوﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ُرودِ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺄْوًى أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ َراﺣَ ًﺔ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮةِ!‬ ‫َﻻﺣَ ْ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﻌْ ﺪٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺖ وُﺟُ ﻮ َد ﺗَ ﱟﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪ُ » :‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺒْﻌُ ُﺪ ُﻗ َﺮاﺑ َ​َﺔ ِﻣ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْؤﻳ َُﺔ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ َر ٍة أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪ «.‬وَﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ ِﺐ ِﰲ ِر ْﻓ َﻘﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَأ ْ ُت ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻲ ِﰲ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ِاﻻﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺒﻤَ ﺎذَا أَدْﻋُ ﻮ َك؟« ﻧَﺒَﺢَ‬ ‫اﺳ ٍﻢ إِذَا ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ َﺳﻨ َ ْﻐﺪُو َ‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺘَﺤْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﱃ ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻹﺟَ ﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ني‪» :‬ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺴﺄَدْﻋُ ﻮ َك ﺷﻴﺒﻲ؛ ِﻷَﻧﱢﻲ أَﻧ ْ َﻘﺬْﺗُ َﻚ‬ ‫َﺿﺤِ ْﻜ ُﺖ ِﻷَو ِﱠل ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠﺐُ ِﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬

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‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬

‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱰةٍ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻘ ُﺲ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺮا َرةِ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐ ُﺖ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ َﺔ اﻟﺘﱠ ﱢﻞ‪َ ،‬رأَﻳ ُْﺖ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﴎﻧَﺎ ﻟ َِﻔ ْ َ‬ ‫ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫َﴩ ِﺳﻮَايَ ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ اﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر أﻳٍّﺎ ﻣﻨﻬﻢ ِﺑﺄَيﱢ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةٍ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ أَيﱡ ﺑ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ُﻮر ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﲆ أَيﱢ ﻧَﻮ ٍْع ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺖ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻫﺒَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﺘ ْﻜ َﺸ ِ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْ‬ ‫ْف‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ َﻜ ْﻜ ُﺖ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻘﺎﺗِﻲ‬ ‫ﺎف ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻐ َﺮ َق ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ﺑَﺎﻗِ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪ .‬أ َﻛ ْﻠ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ َْﺴ َﻜ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫َو َرﺗﱠﺒْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أﺛﺎ َر د َْﻫﺸﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬أ ﱠن َﻫﺬا ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺖ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ُْﺸ ِﺒ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﺎدِ َ‬ ‫ﻮخ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﺨﺪِﻣً ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ﺎ َرةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ ُ ِر ْد أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻬﻤَ ﻨِﻲ أَيﱞ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎءِ!‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ ﻋﴩ‬

‫ﺖ‬ ‫َﻣ َﻼ ٌذ ُﻣﺆَ ﱠﻗ ٌ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻷ َ َرى ﻣَ ﺎذَا أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ِاﻻﺣْ ﺘ َِﻔﺎ ُ‬ ‫ظ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫َرﺟَ ﻌْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ري ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ﺟَ ﻤْ ﻌُ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﺮﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺼ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٌﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﰲ أَيﱢ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﻬ ﱢﻢ ﺗَﺠْ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫دَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ َوﺗَﺠْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ إ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺘِﻲ ِﰲ ِاﻻﺣْ ﺘ َِﻔ ِ‬ ‫ف ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿﺎﻋَ َﺔ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺎظ ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﴏًا ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ .‬وذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺠْ ﻌَ َﻞ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ِز ْﻟ ُﺖ ﻣُﺤَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠﻴﱠﺎ ُر ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺨﻔِ ًﻀﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺤَ ﺒ ُْﺖ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َرﺑَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ َ‬ ‫ْف َﺧ ْﻠﻔِ ﻲ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﺳﺒَﺢُ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺘُ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨﺪَﻣْ ﺘُ ُﻪ ﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺒ ِْﻞ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ْ‬ ‫ِﻠﺼﻌُ ﻮدِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ًْﻓﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮةِ‪َ ،‬ﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘِﻌَ ﺎﻧ َ َﺔ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن؛ ِﻟﺬَا َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﻴﻨًﺎ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَو ِﱠل‬ ‫ْف ﺛ َ ٍ‬ ‫َﻛﻨَﻤُﻮ َذ ٍج‪ .‬وَﺟَ ﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ َﺬﻳ ِْﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ري وَا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ني! َﻓﺄ َ َﺧ ْﺬ ُت ﻣَ َﺴ ِﺎﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ َْﻓ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﻨَﺎدِ ِق َوﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم وَﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻠ َﺰﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ ِﺒﻨَﺎءِ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أَﻣْ َﻜﻨَﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌُ ﺜُﻮ ُر ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ أ َ َﺧ ْﺬ ُت أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺎﻃ ﱠﻲ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﴩَا َع ِاﻻﺣْ ِﺘﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺟَ ﺪ ْﱠﻓ ُﺖ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا‬ ‫ﻄﻮ َْﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ْ‬ ‫ُﺻ ً‬ ‫ﺗِﺠَ ﺎ َه اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ و ُ‬ ‫اﺧ ِﺘﺒَﺎﺋِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮﻻ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ْت ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ْت‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫َو ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺔ ﺑَ ﱢﺮﻳ ًﱠﺔ ﺟَ ﺎﻟ َِﺴ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺣَ ِﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﺎدِ ﻳﻘِﻲ!‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪُوﻗِﻲ و َ​َﺷﺄْﻧَﻪُ!« َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَ َﺰﺣْ َﺰحْ ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺼﺤْ ُﺖ‪» :‬اﺑْﺘَﻌِ ﺪِي! ا ْذ َﻫ ِﺒﻲ! اﺗْ ُﺮﻛِﻲ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻮ ِ‬ ‫ني َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗُﺤَ ِﺎو َل ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﻌَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪُ!«‬

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‫َﺎت‪َ ،‬وﻧَﺠَ ﺤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤِ ﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ! َﻓ َﺮ َﻛ َﻀ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗﺬَ ْﻓ ُﺖ ِﺑ ِﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺖ ِﺑﺎﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ِﺔ ﺑ َْﺴ َﻜ ِﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺔ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ِﺮ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ‪ ،‬أ َ ْد َر ْﻛ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُﺘْﻠ ْ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬وﻣ ِْﻦ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ِﻒ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫وَأ َ َﻛ َﻠﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﻗ ْﻀﻤَ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة َ ِ‬ ‫ْ َ‬ ‫ﺑَ ْﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫َان َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ُﻣ َﺆ ﱢﴍًا َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺄ ِت أيﱡ ﺣَ ﻴَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺒَ ٍﺔ؛ ِﻟ َﺬا َﻗ َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﺧ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮﺗِﻲ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴ َُﺔ ﻫِ َﻲ ِﺑﻨَﺎءَ َﺧﻴْﻤَ ٍﺔ ُﻣﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ُﺖ أَو ًﱠﻻ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨﺪَﻣْ ُﺖ ﱢ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻂ ِﺑﻤ َ‬ ‫اﻟﴩَا َع ِاﻻﺣْ ِﺘﻴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤِ ِ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴ ِﱠﻤﻲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫َﺎل‬ ‫َﺎﻃ ﱠﻲ ﻣَ َﻊ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ا ْﻟﺤِ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ‬ ‫ﴬ ُت ﻟِﻠﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد ِاﻻﻧْﺘِﻬَ ﺎءِ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴْﻤَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أَﺣْ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ أ َ ْو َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺮا َر ِة ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜﺎ ُن َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮﺑَ ِﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔ ُﺴ َﺪ إِذَا أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪.‬‬ ‫وَأَﺧِ ريًا‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ني ﺗَ َﺴﻨﱠﻰ ِﱄ أ َ ْﺧﺬُ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ني َﺷﺒَ ِﻜﻴﱠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ْﻀﺠَ ﻌً ﺎ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ َراﺣَ ًﺔ ِﺑ ِﺎﻻ ْﺳﺘِﻌَ ﺎﻧ َ ِﺔ ِﺑﺄ ُ ْرﺟُ ﻮﺣَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْﺳ َﻠﻤَ ﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻀﻨِﻲ وَا َمل َﻜﺎ ُن ا ُمل ِﺮﻳﺢُ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻓﻔِ ﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫َني‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫َﺎح‪،‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤْ َﺮ ْر ُت ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ِﻣﻨْﻮ ِ‬ ‫َال أَو ِﱠل ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪَى ْاﻷ ُ ْﺳﺒُﻮﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ َﺳﺎﺣِ ﺒًﺎ َﺧ ْﻠﻔِ ﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َْﰲ ﱠ‪ ،‬وَأَﺑْﺤَ ُﺚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣ َُﻘﺪﱢﻣَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ ﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻬْ ﺪَأ ُ اﻟﺘﱠﻴﱠﺎ ُر‪ ،‬أ َ ْﺳﺒَﺢُ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻣُﻔِ ﻴﺪًا‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗ َﻀﺎءِ ﻧَﺤْ ِﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُﻣ َﺆ ﱠﺧ َﺮﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ أَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ ﺗَﺠْ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ني ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢف ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ِن‪ ،‬أُﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ِﻠﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ﱠ‬ ‫ْت ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ْاﻷ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ َْﻓ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ َﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ِة ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﺺ ) َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫إِﺛَﺎ َر ًة‪َ ،‬و ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻘ ﱞ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ!( و َ​َﺷ ْﻔ َﺮ ُة ﺣِ َﻼ َﻗ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨَﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪ ً‬ ‫ُوﻗﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ﻗِ ﻴﻤَ ﺘُ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺛ َ َﻼ ِﺛ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤِ َﻼ َﻗ ُﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت ُ‬ ‫ني ﺟُ ﻨَﻴْﻬً ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎن أُﻧْﻔِ ُﻘ ُﻪ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ!‬ ‫أَيﱠ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ٍﻊ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ َﺧﺬْﺗُ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ أَيﱢ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ِ ،‬ﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﺪ ِم وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ني اﻧ ْ َﻘ َﻠﺐَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻘ ُﺲ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ آﺧِ َﺮ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺳﺒُﻮﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني ْاﻷ َ ﱠو َﻟ ْ ِ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ْاﻷَﺧِ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘ ِْﺨﺪَا ُﻣﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ وَأ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ُﺮ‪َ .‬ﻫﺒ ِﱠﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحُ‬ ‫ِرﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﱄ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻳَﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﺪَيﱠ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﱢف ﺟَ ﺎﻫِ ﺪًا ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻀﺎ ِﺋ ُﻊ ﺛَﻘِ ﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أُﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ‬ ‫َ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ًﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ﱠن َﻟﺪَيﱠ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ِﺔ؛ ِﻟﺬَا َوﻟِ ْﻠﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِة اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪَى‬ ‫ﻋِ ﱠﺪ ِة أ َ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﻴﻊَ‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أُﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫َاج ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َﻼ ِﻃﻤَ ِﺔ َﻓﻮ َْق اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢف ﻟِﻠﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة ِﺑﺤَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ني‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄﻮ َْﻓ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ ْﺖ ِﻣﻴَﺎ ُه ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ُث؛ َﻓﺠَ ﺪ ْﱠﻓ ُﺖ وَﺟَ ﺪ ْﱠﻓ ُﺖ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟﺪَيﱠ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻟِﻠﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﺎﺣً ﺎ ِﰲ َﺧﻴْﻤَ ﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬أ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻤ ُﻊ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ أ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِْت‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐْ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻬُ ﻮدَاﺗِﻲ ُﺳﺪًى‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﴐﺑ َِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحُ ِﴍَا َع َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺨﻴْﻤَ ِﺔ ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮةٍ‪ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑ ِﺈﻣْ َﻜﺎﻧِﻲ َﺳﻤَ ﺎ ُع ﺗَﺄ َ ْرﺟُ ِﺢ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ﻳَﻬْ ِﻄ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻮ ِْﱄ‪َ َ .‬‬ ‫‪42‬‬

‫ﻣَ َﻼذٌ ُﻣ َﺆ ﱠﻗ ٌﺖ‬

‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ْت َ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ أ َ ْو َراﻗِ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ َﺔ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﻌْ ﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ ْ‬ ‫اﺻ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺖ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻨَﻌْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻴَﺪَيﱠ ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ َﺧﻴْﻤَ ﺘِﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ْ‬ ‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧِﻤْ ُﺖ َﻗ ِﺮﻳ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﺮﻳ ُْﺖ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ِﻷ َ ِﺟ َﺪ أ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ!‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺒَﺎ َد َر إ ِ َﱃ ذِ ْﻫﻨِﻲ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ﱠﻛ ِﺪ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳُ َﺮاﻓِ ُﻘﻨِﻲ ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ٍة َ‬ ‫ﻆ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﻔ ُﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﻟﺪَﻗِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ وَاﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ أَﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺎﻗ ِﻢ و َُﻗﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎوي وَأ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﻧﻨَﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻓ ﱠﻜ ْﺮ ُت‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻛ ْﻢ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ني َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ َِﻔ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ ُ ْﺳﺒُﻮﻋَ ْ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ ﻋﴩ‬

‫اﻟﺸ ْﻬ ُﺮ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻷ ﱠو ُل‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ْاﻵ َن‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻴ ُْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِرﺣْ َﻼﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِﻣﻴﱠ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َوإ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْن أَﺑْﻨ َِﻲ ﻣَ ﺄْوًى أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺿﻤَ َ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ و َْﻗﺘَ ِﺌ ٍﺬ ُﻫ َﻮ َ‬ ‫َدوَاﻣً ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫َان ﺑَ ﱢﺮيﱟ أ َ ْو‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ َﻫ ﱡﻢ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن أﻣْ ﻨِﻲ و َ​َﺳ َﻼﻣَ ﺘِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ أيﱢ ﺣَ ﻴَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻫ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻘ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺘَ َﺴﺎءَ ْﻟ ُﺖ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ ِﺑﻨَﺎءُ َﺧﻴْﻤَ ٍﺔ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ َدوَاﻣً ﺎ؟ أ َ ْم أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَذْ َﻛﻰ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﺜُﻮ ُر‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ؟« ﺟَ َﻠ ْﺴ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ َﻛﻬْ ٍﻒ أَﻋِ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ و َ​َﻓ ﱠﻜ ْﺮ ُت ﻣَ ِﻠﻴٍّﺎ ِﰲ ﻛ َِﻼ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴَﺎ َرﻳ ِْﻦ و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪:‬‬ ‫»أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ و َ​َﺧﻴْﻤَ ًﺔ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أَﺣْ ﺘَﺎجُ ِﻛ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ :‬ﻛﻬْ ًﻔﺎ ﻟِﻠﺘﱠ ْﺨ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِة وَﻋَ َﺪ ِم ُﻗ ْﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻣﻴَﺎ ِه ﱡ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴﱠ َﻢ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ َﺮا َر ِة ﱠ‬ ‫اﺗﱠ َﺴ َﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ُ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أ َ َﻗﻤْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ْب‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠﻻ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﻬ ﱢﻢ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ أ َ ْن أَﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻛ ْﻲ أَﺗَ َﺮ ﱠﻗﺐَ ُﻣ ُﺮو َر ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ُﻔ ِﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﴎ ُت أَﻧَﺎ وَﺷﻴﺒﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ُﻗ َﺮاﺑَ ِﺔ ﺛ َ َﻼ ِث َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ْﺪﻧَﺎ َﺳﻬْ ًﻼ‬ ‫ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻋِ ﺪٍ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَا ِﱄ ِﻣﺜَﺎ ِﻟﻴٍّﺎ! و ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‪ ،‬أ َ ْر ِﺿﻴﱠﺘُ ُﻪ ﻋُ ْﺸ ِﺒﻴ ٌﱠﺔ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ﺗَ ﱟﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ُﻣ َﺆﻧِﻲ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َق ﻧ َ ْﻘ ُﻞ ﺟَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ِﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪،‬‬ ‫ُﺨﻴ ِﱠﻤﻲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءَ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﻧْﺘَ ِﻬ َﻲ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻘ ِﻞ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﱰ ْﻛ ُﺖ ﺷﻴﺒﻲ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﰲ ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻢ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ َِﺎﱄ ِﻟﻴَﺤْ ُﺮ َس أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎﺋِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ِن اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻴ ُْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻘ ِﻞ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ ْاﻷَو ِﱠل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﻘ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻨًﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫أَو ًﱠﻻ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻨَﻴ ُْﺖ ﺣِ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺖ ِ ِﻹ َﻗﺎﻣَ ِﺔ َﺧﻴْﻤَ ﺘِﻲ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﺧ ْﺬ ُت أ َ ْﺷﺠَ ﺎ ًرا‬ ‫ري وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﻨَﻴ ُْﺖ ﺟُ ْﺪ َراﻧًﺎ دَاﺧِ َﻞ َﺧ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ َو َز َرﻋْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل َﻛﻬْ ٍﻒ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫َاري‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ ُﺳ ﱠﻠﻤً ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻼ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ‬ ‫ور ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﺟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﺎب ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪َ .‬وﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺑﻨَﺎءِ ﺑ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ ﻟِﻠﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠ َﺨ ﱢﲇ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺬ ِر‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ َﻫ َﻜ َﺬا َﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺷﻴﺒﻲ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮل‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬

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‫وج ُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ؛ ِﻟﺬَا َ‬ ‫َار ِﻟﻴَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ َوﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ َﻛﻴ َْﻔﻤَ ﺎ ﻳُﺤِ ﺐﱡ ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﻔﻴْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻓﺠْ َﻮ ًة ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺪ ِ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ َﻛ ْﻲ َﻻ ﻳ َُﻼﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ﺎ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻴ ُْﺖ وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت ِﰲ ﺣِ ْ‬ ‫ري ًة‬ ‫ﺼﻨِﻲ ﺣِ ﻤَ ﺎﻳ ًَﺔ َﻛ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺴﻌَ ِﻒ اﻟﻨﱠﺨِ ِ‬ ‫َﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫َو َراﺣَ َﺔ ﺑ ٍ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ َﻫﻴْ َﻜ ًﻼ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ﻣَ ﺘَﺎﻧ َ ًﺔ ِﻟ َﺮ ْﻓ ِﻊ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴْﻤَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻨَﻴ ُْﺖ ﺑَﻴْﺘ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ﻗﺮب‬ ‫ﻳﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮﻻ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم؛ َو ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻐ ً‬ ‫ور‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‪َ .‬و ِﺑ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ْﺨ ِﺪ ُﻣ ُﻪ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺨ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ُﻣ َﺆﻧِﻲ ُﻣ َﺮﺗﱠﺒ ًَﺔ َو ُﻣﻨ َ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪ ،‬ا ْز َدد ُ‬ ‫ْت أَﻣَ ًﻼ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎةِ‪ .‬و َِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻤَ ًﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا؛‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٍة ﻣ ْ‬ ‫)ﻷَﺣْ َﻔ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﻠ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ُرو َد ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻔ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِْق!( َو َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺧ ﱠﺰﻧ ْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ َِﻔ ٍﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﻪ ِﰲ أﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ِﺎﻣﻲ ِﺑﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ َﻛ ْﻲ َﻻ ﻳ َْﻔ ُﺴﺪَ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﺼﻴْ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺤِ ﺒًﺎ َﻛ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ َوﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘِﻲ ﻟ َ‬ ‫وﱃ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَذْ َﻫﺐُ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫َﺎح‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ِﺰ ا ْﻟ َﱪﱢيﱢ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ َﻟﺤْ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ِﺰ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻴٍّﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻏِ ﺬَاﺋِﻲ ا ُملﻌْ ﺘَﺎدِ ‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤُﻮ ِم‪ ،‬أَﺑْ َﻠﻴ ُْﺖ ﺑ َ​َﻼءً ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ؛ َﻓﻤَ ْﻦ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺟُ ْﺰءًا أ َ َﺳ ِ‬ ‫ف‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫اﺻ ِﻄﻴَﺎ َد َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎ ٍم؟ وَﻣَ ْﻦ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ٍﻦ أ َ ِو ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ﺘِﻲ ِﺑﻨَﺎءَ ﺣِ ْ‬ ‫أ َ ﱠن ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫َاﻹ َرا َد َة‬ ‫ف أ َ ﱠن َﻟﺪَيﱠ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ َة و ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻟِﻠﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎةِ؟ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈﻮ ً‬ ‫ﺎت ْاﻷ َ َﺳ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﺎ‪ ،‬إِذْ َﻟﺪَيﱠ ا ْﻟﻐِ ﺬَاءُ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءُ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﺄْوَى؛ أَيْ إ ِ ﱠن ِاﻻﺣْ ِﺘﻴَﺎﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻴ َﱠﺔ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻣﺘَﺎﺣَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻲ َﻟﺪَيﱠ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ِﻷ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ َﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ورﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‬ ‫ني َ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ْﻗ َﴗ َ ْ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻘ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﻊ ﺗَﺄ ْ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﴐ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﰲ وُﺟُ ﻮدِي ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ُﻫ َﻮ َﻗ َﻀﺎءُ ْاﻷَو َْﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮْبَ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ِﺔ وَﺣْ ﺪِي‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻲ أ َ ْﻓ َﻜ ِﺎري َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ِﺒ ِﻂ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريُ ِﰲ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻻ أ َ َر ُ‬ ‫اﻫ ْﻢ ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ أَﺑَﺪًا‪َ .‬وﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ ْﺮ ُت ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر َة‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻲ َﻓ َﻐ ِﺮ ُﻗﻮا‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ َﺖ ﺟَ ﺎﻟ ًِﺴﺎ َوﺑَﺎ ِﻛﻴًﺎ َﻓﺤَ ْﺴﺐُ ‪َ .‬و ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘ ِْﺨﺪَا ِم‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ َل ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َر ِق ﱠ‬ ‫ري وَا ْﻟﺤِ ْ ِﱪ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَأ ْ ُت ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﺴ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻧ َ ِﺰ ُ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻮ ِﻣﻴﱠﺎﺗِﻲ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ْ‬ ‫ﴪﺗُ ُﻪ أ َ ْو ﺗَ َﺨ ﱠﻠﻴ ُْﺖ ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻳﻒ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﺧ ِ ْ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻜﺘَﺎﺑ َُﺔ ﺗُ َﻘ ﱢﺪ ُم ِﱄ ﻳَ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻮ ِْن‪.‬‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أ ُ ْﻛﺘُﻮﺑَ ُﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ ِاﻻﻧْﺘِﻬَ ﺎءِ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻗ ِﺪ اﺑْﺘَﻌَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‬ ‫ْت ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﱪ َِاز ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤِ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﻃﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﺷﻬْ َﺮﻳ ِْﻦ‪َ .‬ﻓﺒَﻌْ َﺪ ُﻫﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ُْﺸ ِﺒ ُﻪ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻘ ِﻮﻳ َﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ري ٍة ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِار ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﻴ ٍﻢ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺷ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ َﻔ ْﺮ ُت ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َﻛ َﺨ ﱟ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُﻮع‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻏﺎ َد ْرﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟ َﱪ َِازﻳ َﻞ ِﰲ اﻷول ﻣﻦ ِﺳﺒْﺘَﻤْ ِﱪَ‪ ،‬وَأَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ِﻠ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻧْﺘِﻬَ ﺎءِ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ أ ْﺳﺒ ٍ‬ ‫‪46‬‬

‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻬْ ُﺮ ْاﻷ َ ﱠو ُل‬

‫ﻄ ِﺎﻣﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺮﺗَ َﻔ ِﻊ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻣْ ِﲇﱢ‪َ ،‬و َد ﱠﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ا ْرﺗِ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ِة ﺛ َ َﻼ ِﺛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ُة ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻇﻠﻠﺖ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ﻟ َِﺸﻬْ ٍﺮ وَاﺣِ ﺪٍ؛ ِﻟﺬَا ُﻗﻤْ ُﺖ ِﺑﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﻮﻳ ٍﻢ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ ِﺑﺪ ً‬ ‫َاﻳﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ‪ِ ٣٠‬ﺳﺒْﺘَﻤْ ِﱪَ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﻮ ُم‬ ‫ﻮﱄ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﻴُﻌْ ﺘَ َﱪُ ﻳَ ْﻮ َم ذِ ْﻛ َﺮى و ُ‬ ‫و ُ‬ ‫ﻮﱄ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ أَﻋِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪِ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻤُﻌَ َﺔ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِﺑﻌَ ﺎءِ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا أﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َدوَاﻋِ ﻲ َراﺣَ ِﺔ ﺑ َِﺎﱄ‪.‬‬ ‫َاﻹﺛْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﺣَ ﺪِ‪ ،‬و ْ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ ﻋﴩ‬

‫ﻮر ٍة‬ ‫َْ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ ٍة َﻣ ْﻬ ُﺠ َ‬ ‫اﳊ َﻴﺎ ُة َﻋ َﲆ َﺟ ِﺰ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ني ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴ ِﱠﻤﻲ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٌﺔ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ِﻤ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﺟَ ﺎﻫِ ﺪًا ِﻟﺘَﺤْ ِﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪَى ْاﻷ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ُﻣ َﺆﻧِﻲ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣُﺤَ ﺎو َ​َﻻ ٍت َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻀ َﺪ ًة َو ُﻛ ْﺮ ِﺳﻴٍّﺎ؛ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﻮ ِْﺳﻌَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺨ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﺟَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫أَذْ َﻫ َﻠﻨِﻲ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ و َْﻗﺘَﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ أ ُ ِﺟﻴ ُﺪ أَﻋْ ﻤَ ﺎ َل اﻟﻨﱢﺠَ ﺎ َرةِ‪ .‬وَﻋَ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻬُ ﻮ ُد أَﻧﱢﻲ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َﻟﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ﻤَ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬و ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎدِ ٌر ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﻨَﺎءِ‪ ،‬أ َ ِو اﻟﻨﱠﺤْ ِﺖ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﻋَ ﻤَ ِﻞ أَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻟِﺤَ ًﺔ ﻟ ِ​ِﻼ ْﺳﺘ ِْﺨﺪَا ِم‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻘﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ري ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺒْﺪُو َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫أ َ َﻫ ﱠﻢ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﰲ َرأ ْ ِﻳﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ِني و ِ‬ ‫َﺎح‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُز َﻫﺎءِ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﺿ ٍﺢ؛ َﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ أ َ ْﺧ ُﺮجُ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎدِ ﻳ َ​َﺔ‬ ‫اﺗﱠ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ أَﻳ ِﱠﺎﻣﻲ ْاﻵ َن ِﺑ ُﺮوﺗ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِﻠﺼﻴْﺪِ‪ .‬و َ​َﻻﺣَ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺖ وُﺟُ ﻮ َد ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َة‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮ َْﻻ ُت ﻟِﻠﺘﱠﻤْ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎﻹ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻓ ِﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ِﺰ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﻬ ﱢﻢ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ ِﱄ ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘ َِﻔﺎ َد ُة‬ ‫ُﻮر ا ْﻟ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﻛﻠُﻬَ ﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﺟُ ْﺰءٍ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎد َُﻫﺎ؛ َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘَ ْﺨﺪَﻣْ ُﺖ ﺟُ ﻠُﻮد َ​َﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﻛ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻟُﺤُ ﻮﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ ًﺰا ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ﱠن َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ َ‬ ‫َﺎﺿ ِﺔ‪َ :‬ﻓﺎ ْﻟﺒَﺎ ُرو ُد َﻛ َ‬ ‫ريي َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻟ َِري َْﴇ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻗﺘُ ْﻞ أَﺑَﺪًا ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ﻋَ َﲆ أَيﱢ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻘ ُﺲ ﺣَ ﺎ ٍّرا‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒَﻌْ َﺪ ﺟَ ْﻮ َﻟﺘ َِﻲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ِﺔ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎح‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﺎ َد ًة ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﻏ ُﻔﻮ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺒْﺪَأ ُ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮط‪ ،‬أ َ ُﻗﻮ ُم ِﺑ ِﺈﻋْ ﺪَادِ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺸﺎءِ وَا ْﻟﺒَ ْﺪءِ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺸ ِﺎرﻳﻌِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬُ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ َِﻔ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺼﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ ُﺷﻤُﻮﻋً ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺘَﺒ ُْﺖ ُﻣﺬَ ﱢﻛ َﺮاﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬وﻧَﺤَ ﱡﺖ أَوَاﻧ َِﻲ ﻟِﻠ ﱠ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻨَﻮﱢﻋَ ِﺔ؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ أَيﱠ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴤ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻟﻴَﻤْ ِ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ﺟَ ﻮ َْﻻﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻌِ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت ِﺑﺎ ْﻛﺘِﺸ ِﺎﰲ ﻟِﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﺨﺸ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪِﻳﺪِيﱢ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬

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‫اﺳﺘ ِْﺨﺪَا ُﻣ ُﻪ ﻟِﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ِﻣﺠْ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪ِ :‬‬ ‫»ﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻮيﱢ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ْ‬ ‫اف‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﻟِﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ِﻣ َﺴ ﱟﻦ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪ ِة ِﰲ َﺷﺤْ ِﺬ أ َ َدوَاﺗِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎت َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﻄﻴﻌِ ِﻪ ِﺑ َﻔﺄ ْ ِﳼ‪َ ،‬ﻛ ْﻲ أ َ ْﻗ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ ْﻗ ُﺖ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺧ َﺸﺒًﺎ َﻗ ِﻮﻳٍّﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ﱟﻖ! ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ َﺸ ِﺐ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮةِ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ْاﻷ َ َدو ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َات ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻮ ﺟُ ْﺰءًا َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻬْ ِﻞ‬ ‫ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘ ِْﻐﻨَﺎءُ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َرأ ْ ِﻳﻲ‪ ،‬وَأَﺛْﻤَ َﺮ ْت ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﺟُ ﻬُ ﻮدِي ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ُﻀ ِﻨﻴَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮر وَأَﻧَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫اﻧ ْ َﻘ َﴣ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ؛ َﻓﻔِ ﻲ َﻏﻤْ َﻀ ِﺔ ﻋَ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ني ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ ِﺔ ُﺷﻬُ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْﺳ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ِﻄ ُﺮ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻘ ُﺲ ﻳُﻌْ ِﻄﻴﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﺷﺎ َر ٍ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﺳ ٍﻢ ﻣُﻤْ ِﻄ ٍﺮ؛ ِﻟﺬَا‬ ‫ات ِﺑﺎﺣْ ﺘِﻤَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴﱠ ِﺔ ﺣُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ ِﰲ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءٍ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ ﺗُ َﺴﻤﱠ ﻰ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣُﺤَ ِﺎو ًﻻ ِﺑﻨَﺎءَ ﻏِ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫َﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ و َْﻗﺘًﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻮر ﱠ‬ ‫»ﺧﻴْﻤَ ﺘِﻲ«‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻬُ ِ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ِني‪.‬‬ ‫وُ ْ‬ ‫َﺎب‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ ْﻘ ٍﻒ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ ٍﺪ ﻣَ ﺘ ٍ‬ ‫ان‪َ ،‬وﺑ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َل ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻴْ َﻜ ُﻞ ُﻛ ﱡﻠ ُﻪ ِﻟﻴ َْﻐ ُﺪ َو ِﺑﻨَﺎءً ﻣ َُﻼﺋِﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬ذَا ﺟُ ْﺪ َر ٍ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َد ٍة ﻋَ ِﺎز َﻟ ٍﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨﺪَﻣْ ُﺖ َﺳﻌَ َ‬ ‫َوﻧَﺤَ ﱡﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْﻟﻮَاحَ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺒﻴ َﱠﺔ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴ ْﻘ ِﻒ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ‪ .‬وَﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟﻨﱠﺨِ ِ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﴪبُ ِﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ َِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أُوﺛِ ُﺮ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ َم ِﰲ َﻛﻬْ ِﻒ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءُ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺰ ْل ﻳَﺘَ َ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ!‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠ ْﺨ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫َﺎﺟﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﻜ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ أ َ ْﻗﻮَى ا ْزدَا َد‬ ‫ِوﻣْ َﻦ ﻳَﻨَﺎ ِﻳ َﺮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺑ ِْﺮﻳ َﻞ ﻋَ ِﻤ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﺤْ ِﺼ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﺳﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ .‬وَأ َ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻔ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﺪدًا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﺤْ ِﺴﻴﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ‬ ‫ُﺷﻌُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻟِﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﱄ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْﺳﻢَ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮري ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﱄ ﺟَ ٍّ‬ ‫ﺿﺎء َْت َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ ﱠ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎﻓﺎ ِ)ﰲ ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫ﺿﺤَ ﻴ ُْﺖ ﻣ ُْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺤً ﺎ أَﻳﱠﻤَ ﺎ َراﺣَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤُﻮ ُع‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻤ ِﻪ(‪،‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﺪَيﱠ ﺷﻴﺒﻲ ِﻟﻴَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ِﺑ ِﺮ ْﻓ َﻘﺘِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ ْ‬ ‫ْت أ َ ﱠن ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ُوﻫﺎ؛ إِذْ وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ات َﺷﻬْ ِﺮ أَﺑ ِْﺮﻳ َﻞ ﻣَ ْﺸﺪ ً‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺖ ذَ َ‬ ‫َﺎح ِﰲ ذَ ِ‬ ‫ات َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻌِ ﻤَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠﺎﻟ َِﻔ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻴ ُْﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا أَﻧْﺒَﺘَ ْﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﺳ َ‬ ‫ﴬاءُ َراﺋِﻌَ ٌﺔ ِﰲ َﺳﻬْ ِﲇ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺎ ٌن َﺧ ْ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻓ ِﺮﺣْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻛﺘ َِﺸ ِﺎﰲ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺷﻌِ ريٌ وَأ ُ ْر ٌز‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻﻴ ُﻞ ِﺻﺤﱢ ﻴ ًﱠﺔ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ! َوﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ ْﺮ ُت‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ أ ُ ْﻓ ِﺮ َغ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ ﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ اﺣْ ﺘَﺠْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﻷ ُ َﺧ ﱢﺰ َن ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫إ ِ ْﻟ َﻘﺎﺋِﻲ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤُ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮب ِﰲ َﻛ ﱠﺎﻓ ِﺔ أ ْرﺟَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﺎ ُرودِي‪َ .‬و ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌَ ُﺔ ُﻣﺬْﻫِ َﻠ ٌﺔ! َﻓﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﻷَﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻊ أَﺑَﺪًا أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ ُﻤ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺎج ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﺮ ِﺟﻲ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎ ُم اﻟﺪﱠﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﺎﻣ ﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ ِﰲ َﻏﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ْاﻵ َن ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ وُﺟُ ﻮ ِدهِ‪.‬‬ ‫َو ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴﺪِ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺂت‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺎ ﱠر ًة‪َ .‬ﻓﺬَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺷﻬْ ُﺮ أَﺑ ِْﺮﻳ َﻞ ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﺌًﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ات‬ ‫ﺻﻨ ﱢ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ُﻣ َﺆﻧِﻲ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت ْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬ ‫ض ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﱠﻲ ِﰲ ِاﻻ ْﻫ ِﺘ َﺰ ِاز‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ َﻛﻬْ ﻔِ ﻲ أ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْت ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت ْاﻷَﺣْ ﺠَ ﺎ ُر ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺴ ُﺎﻗ ِﻂ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻮ ِْﱄ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ْﺮﻋُ ﻮﺑًﺎ وَﺟَ َﺮﻳ ُْﺖ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ٍﱡع ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫‪50‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة ﻣَ ﻬْ ﺠُ ﻮ َر ٍة‬

‫َاﻫﺘَ ﱠﺰ ِت ْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‪ ،‬اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ َ ِ‬ ‫ض ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺛَﺎ ِﻟﺜ َ ًﺔ‪َ .‬و ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَأ َ َ ِ‬ ‫ال ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ‪.‬‬ ‫ِز ْﻟ َﺰا ٌل! َﻗ َﺮأ ْ ُت ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِﰲ ِﺻﺒَﺎيَ ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺷﻬَ ْﺪ أَيﱠ ِز ْﻟ َﺰ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ ْﺮ ُت‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬أَﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ُث ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ َﻫﺬَا ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ أَﺑَﺪًا‪ «.‬وَﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﱄ وَأ َ َزﺣْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ُﺨﻮ َر ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﻬْ ِﻒ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﺨ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫َو ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺮاﺟُ ِﻊ ْاﻷَﻣْ َ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻣَ ﺎﻳُﻮ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ِﺒﻌَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺰ ْﻟ َﺰا َل ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٌﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺗﻴ ٌَﺔ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎح‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎ ُت ِﰲ ﺟَ ْﻮ َﻟﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎ َد ِة َﻫﺎ ِﺑ ً‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ِﻻﻧْﺘِﻬَ ﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‪ْ ِ ،‬‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎب َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻓِ ﻴَ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻋْ ﺘَﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ْت ُر ْؤﻳَﺘَ ُﻪ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎب ﺑَﺤْ ِﺮﻳﱠ ٍﺔ أ َ ْو أ َ ْﺧ َﺸ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪ َﻛﺄَﻋْ َﺸ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫اﻟﴚءِ َﻛ ْﻲ أ َ َرا ُه ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻗ ْﺮ ٍب‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ َﻫﺬَا؟ ﻋﺠﺒًﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﴎ ُت ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ َﻫﺬَا ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ!«‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ أَﺟْ َﺰاﺋِﻬَ ﺎ وَﺣَ ﻤْ ﻠِﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا أَﻋْ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ .‬وَاﻧْﺠَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ف ِﺑ ْﺮﻣِﻴ ٌﻞ‬ ‫َﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َر ِﰲ ﺗَﺠْ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ُرو ِد إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ َه َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻓ َﺴ َﺪﺗْﻪُ‪َ .‬وﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة‬ ‫ﻟِﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﱄ ِﻷَﻧْﻌَ َﻢ ِﺑ َﻐ ْﻔ َﻮﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎ َدةِ‪َ ،‬ﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ ﺑَﺎﻗِ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ِﰲ ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺔ إِﻋَ ﺎ َد ِة ِﺑﻨَﺎءِ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أَﻣَ ٌﻞ‪ .‬وَﻣَ َﻊ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت ِاﻻﺣْ ﺘ َِﻔﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ أَﺟْ َﺰاﺋِﻬَ ﺎ وَﺣَ ْﺴﺐُ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﺮﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ‬ ‫ظ ِﺑﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺎﻣ ِﻞ ُﻗ َﺮاﺑ َ​َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َق ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ﺗَ ْﻔﻜِﻴ ُﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮل ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘ َِﻔﺎ َد ُة ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻒ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻬْ ِﺮ‪َ .‬و ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ؛ َﻓ َﻼ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺨ ﱢﲇ‬ ‫ﻳُﻮﻧْﻴُﻮ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣ َُﻔ ﱠﻜ َﻜ ًﺔ ِﻷَﺟْ َﺰاءَ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﻔﻴ ُْﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺬَ ِر‪.‬‬ ‫وس‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠوﻟُﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َث ِﰲ ذَ ِ‬ ‫ات َﺷﻬْ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺘْﻨ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة ُد ُر ٍ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺮا ِﻷَﻧﱢﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﻗ ِﴤ و َْﻗﺘًﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻳُﻮﻧْﻴُﻮ‪َ .‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِار ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ َﻛ ْﻲ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﻮر ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻛ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤَ ﺎ ِم وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ِﺰ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن‬ ‫ني َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ُﺳ َﻠﺤْ َﻔﺎ ًة‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ْﺴ ُﺖ‪َ .‬ﻓﺒَﻌْ َﺪ ُﺷﻬُ ٍ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻠﺤْ َﻔﺎ ُة ﺗَ ْﻐ ِﻴريًا ﻣُﺤَ ﺒﱠﺒًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ‪َ .‬وﺗَﻨَﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﺸﺎءً َﺷ ِﻬﻴٍّﺎ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ور أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم وَأَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪ ،‬ﻣَ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ٌ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑَﺘْﻨِﻲ ﺗَ َﻘ ﱡﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ُﺖ ِﻟ َﺪ َرﺟَ ٍﺔ ﻣ ُِﻤﻴﺘَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﺤْ ﻤُﻮﻣً ﺎ وَأ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎت‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ُﻣ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﳾ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َرد ْ‬ ‫َرﻫِ ﻴﺒ ٌَﺔ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻌِ َﺪﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺎ َه ﻋَ ْﻘ ِﲇ وَأ َ َﺧ ْﺬ ُت أَﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﻠﺐُ ِﰲ ﻓِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫َت َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ ﱠ ْاﻷَﺣْ َﻼ ُم ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﺮﻳﻌَ ُﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎب ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻌَ ﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻫﺠْ ِﺮي ﻟِﻤَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ﺘِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺒَ َﻜﻴ ُْﺖ َوﺑَ َﻜﻴ ُْﺖ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺸﺘَ ًﺎﻗﺎ ِﻷُﻣﱢ ﻲ وَأ َ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻌَ ﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻗ َﺮ ِاري ﻟِﻠﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ْاﻷ َ َﻫ ﱠﻢ أَﻧﱢﻲ َﻟﻌَ ﻨ ْ ُﺖ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫وف ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺖ ِﺑﻲ ِﰲ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ِس ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ‪.‬‬

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‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﻨ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪ِ .‬ﻟ َﻢ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اب و ﱢ‬ ‫ض َﺷﺎﻋِ ًﺮا ِﺑ ِﺎﻻ ْ‬ ‫َث ِﱄ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﻄ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫َاﻟﻀ ِ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا؟ َو َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ َﺳﺄَﻧْﺠُ ﻮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه املِ ﺤْ ﻨ َ ِﺔ؟ َوﻟِ َﻜ ْﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ َﺳﺄَﺑ َْﻘﻰ ُﻫﻨَﺎ؟ و َ​َﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﻴَﺄْﺗِﻲ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ‬ ‫ِ ِﻹﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذِي؟ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺟ ْﺴ ِﻤﻲ ِﰲ َﻏﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻮ َ​َﻫ ِﻦ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَﻌِ ْﺪ ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪَى ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ وَا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‪.‬‬ ‫ْاﻷ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس ﻋﴩ‬

‫ﻳﺮ ُة ِاﻻﻛْ ِﺘ َﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎف‬ ‫َﺟ ِﺰ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَأ ْ ُت ِﰲ ﱡ‬ ‫ْت اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﱡﺮ َ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﺘ ْﻜ َﺸ َ‬ ‫ﺎف ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َرد ُ‬ ‫ﻮر ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﱡﺴ ِﻦ َﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت ْ‬ ‫ف‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌُ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﺮﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﺴﺎﻋِ ُﺪﻧِﻲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريُ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻲ َو َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧًﺎ ﻋَ ﻠ ِْﻘ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ .‬وَﺣَ ﱠﻞ ْاﻵ َن ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﺳ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﺎب ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ْﺪو َِل ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺑْﺤَ ْﺮ ُت ِﻷَو ِﱠل ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎف‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ُت ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد و ُ‬ ‫ْف وَﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ُﻣ َﺆﻧِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮل ا ْﻟﺠَ ْﺪو َِل ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﻮﱄ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪ْ ِ ،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫اﺟﻲ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﻨ َِﻲ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺐُ وَﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻫﻨﺎك ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ْﻓﻬَ ﺎ؛ ِﻟﺬَا أ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت‬ ‫ْت أ َ ْد َر ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ِﻷَﻋُ ﻮ َد ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ووَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ﻧَﺒَﺎﺗَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ﻋَ ﻴﱢﻨ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻬَ ﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ اﻷ َ َﻟ َﻮةِ‪َ .‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻓ ُﺨﻮ ًرا‬ ‫ِﺟﺪٍّا ِﺑﺎ ْﻛﺘ َِﺸ َﺎﻓﺎﺗِﻲ!‬ ‫ﴎ ُت ﻟِﻤَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ أَﺑْﻌَ ﺪَ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َﻟ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬ ‫ﴬاءُ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺰدَﻫِ َﺮ ُة إ ِ َﱃ َﻏﺎﺑَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ض ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪ْ ِ ،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤﱠ ﺎ ُم وَا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺠَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣﻨﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺧ َﺸ ِﺒﻴﱠ ٍﺔ َﻛﺜ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ أ َ ْﺷﺠَ ﺎ ٌر َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة ُﻣﺜ ْ َﻘ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﺔ!‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ أ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻟ َِﻘ َﻀﺎءِ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ؛‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ُﱢق ﻣَ ﺪَى و َْﻓ َﺮ ِة ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر وَا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﺮﻣَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت اﻟﺘﱠ ْﺨ ِﻴﻴ َﻢ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒ ُْﺴﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻌِ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ِﻟﺬَا َ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ٍة وَﻣَ ﺘِﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ و َ​َﻏ ِﺮ ْﻗ ُﺖ ِﰲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫َﺻﺎﻓِ ﻴًﺎ‪ .‬اﺗﱠﺒَﻌْ ُﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺲ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴ ِﺎر وَأ َ ْﻛﻤَ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﺳ ْريًا ِﺟﻬَ َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫ُﴩ ًﻗﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحُ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﴬاءَ‪َ ،‬و ُﻣ ْﺰدَﻫِ َﺮ ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َراﺋِﻌَ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﴬةٍ‪ ،‬و َْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ْت َﻓﺘْﺤَ ًﺔ ﻟِﻤَ َﺴﺎﺣَ ٍﺔ ﻧ َ ِ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُﻮن ُﻣ ْﺰدَﻫِ َﺮ ًة‪ِ ،‬ﻣﺜْﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ َﺷﺠَ ِﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤﱠ ﺎ ِم وَا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨ َ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ٌﺔ ﻣَ ْﺰ ُروﻋَ ٌﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أ ْﺷﺠَ ﺎ ُر اﻟ ﱢﻠﻴ ِﻢ وَاﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻣﺜ ْ ِﻤ َﺮ ًة‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ أ َ ْﺷﺠَ ﺎ ُر ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎ َﻛ ِﺎو وَا ْﻟ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َزﺟَ ِﺔ َﻗ ْﺪ َر ﻣَ ﺎ أﻣْ َﻜﻨَﻨِﻲ ﺣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻪُ‪.‬‬

‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬

‫َ‬ ‫ﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت أ َ ْﺧﺬَ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨ َ ِﺐ ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪ .‬وَأ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت‬ ‫ْت ِﺑﺎﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه أو ِﱠل ﺑ ُْﺴﺘَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ ِﺟﺪٍّا َﻛ ْﻲ أ َ ْر ِﺟ َﻊ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫و َْﻗﺘًﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻮﱄ‪ ،‬أ َ َﺧﺬَ ﺷﻴﺒﻲ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﺢُ ؛ َﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨ ْ َﺪ و ُ‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا ِﺟﺪٍّا‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈﺟْ ﻤَ ًﺎﻻ‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻏﺎ ِﺋﺒًﺎ ِﻟﺜ َ َﻼﺛ َ ِﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم!‬ ‫ني ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ ْﻔ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨَﺐَ اﻧ ْ َﺴﺤَ َﻖ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑ َﺨﻴْﺒَ ِﺔ أَﻣَ ٍﻞ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺒ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ﺎءً ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ َوﺑ َِﺎردًا ِﰲ إِﻧَﺎءٍ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻔ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢﻠﻴ َﻢ وَاﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻟِﺤَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َراﺋِﻌً ﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ﱟﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫َو ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ني َﻛ ْﻲ أَﺗْﻤَ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻤْ ِﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ِﺪ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻤَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ﺣَ ﻘِ ﻴﺒَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬وﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺧ ِﺬ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨ َ ِﺐ ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨَﺐَ وَﻋَ ﱠﻠ ْﻘﺘُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ َِﺠ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻟﻴ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺢَ َز ِﺑﻴﺒًﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻣَ َﻸ ْ ُت ﺣَ ﻘِ ﻴﺒَﺘِﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ وَاﺗﱠﺠَ ﻬْ ُﺖ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴ ِﱠﻤﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫اق‪ .‬وَأ َ َﻗﻤْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﺄْوًى َ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ ِﻀﺞَ َز ِﺑﻴ ِﺒﻲ َﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻮَادِي‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ َراﺋِﻌً ﺎ َو َﻟﺬِﻳﺬَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺬَ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﱄ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﻔ ﱠِﻲ!‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﴣ ْاﻵ َن ﻋَ َﲆ وُﺟُ ﻮدِي ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﺳﻨ َ ٌﺔ َﻛ ِﺎﻣ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْﻮ ُم اﻟﺬﱢ ْﻛ َﺮى ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ َ ِﻮﻳﱠ ِﺔ ﺗَﻌِ ً‬ ‫ﻴﺴﺎ‬ ‫ﻈﻤَ ُﻪ ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ َرأ ْ ِﻳﻲ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫َث‪ .‬وَآﺧِ ُﺮ ﺟُ ﻤْ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻛﺘﺒْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ِﻣﻴﱠﺎﺗِﻲ ﻟِﻬَ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ َ ِﺔ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‪ِ » :‬ﻟ َﻜ ْﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ َﺳﺄ َ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻞ ﺑَﺎﻗِ ﻴًﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ؟«‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ ﻋﴩ‬

‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ا ْﳌ ُ َﺰا ِر ُع‬ ‫ﴩ َﺷﻬْ ًﺮا ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴَ ِﺔ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت َﺳﻨَﺘِﻲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴ َُﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪَى ِاﻻﺛْﻨ َ ْﻲ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫َاﺳ ِﻢ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﱠﺪ َد ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺑَ َﻠﺪِي ِﰲ إِﻧ ْ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِﱰَا‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺒَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻘ ِﺲ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َد ْو َر ٌة ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ‪ :‬أَﺣَ ﺪ َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﻣُﻤْ ِﻄ ٌﺮ و َْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ ﺟَ ﱞ‬ ‫ﻟِﻠ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺎف‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ َِﻔ ٌﺔ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ؛ َﻓﻬُ ﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﺳﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ِﺠ ﱡ‬ ‫ﱰ ِة اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻨﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و ِﻋ ْﻠ ِﻤﻲ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻴُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻤْ ِﻄ َﺮ ِﻟﺜ َ َﻼﺛ َ ِﺔ ُﺷﻬُ ٍ‬ ‫ري ﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺿ َ‬ ‫ﻮر ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ِﻄ َﺮ ِة َﻛ ْﻲ َﻻ أ ُ ْ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫ِﺑﻮ ُْﺳﻌِ َﻲ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﺪءَ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤِ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ ﻟ َِﻘ َﻀﺎءِ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫ِﻠﺸﻬُ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﺤْ ِﻀ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ ُﻗ َﺮاﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ إِﻧْﺒ َ‬ ‫َﺎت ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺰ َرﻋْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ َ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴَ ِﺔ َﻛ ْﻲ أَﺣْ ُ‬ ‫ري و َْاﻷ ُ ْر ِز ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻧَﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﺳﺎﺣَ ﺘِﻲ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﺎﻣﻴﱠ ِﺔ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ًﻘﺎ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻞ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌِ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻣُﻔِ ﻴ ٍﺪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔ َﺸ ِﻞ اﻟﺘﱠﺎمﱢ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أَد ِْر َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ور َﻫﺎ‪َ .‬وﺑَﺎء َْت ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟﺘِﻲ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ‬ ‫وﱃ ِ ِﻹﻧْﻤَ ﺎءِ أَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﺬُ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﻴُ َﺆﺛ ﱢ ُﺮ ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﺳﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ِﻄ ُﺮ وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡ‬ ‫وري ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺎف‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ِ‬ ‫وﱃ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ؛ َو ِﻟ َﺬا َز َرﻋْ ُﺖ ﺑُﺬُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫ َﺬا َﺧ َ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪ .‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺄً! َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ْﺮ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺪَى ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪ ِْب ا ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﲇ ﱢ ِﰲ َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻞ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْﺳ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ِﻄ ِﺮ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎف! َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ور ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻟﺪَيﱠ ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﺑ َْﻘﻴ ُْﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋ ِ​ِﻊ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ْﺨ ِﺪ ْم ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟﺒُﺬُ ِ‬ ‫َﺎﺟﻲ ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ َﺔ اﻟ ﱢﺰ َراﻋَ ِﺔ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَﺤَ ﱡﺴﺒًﺎ ِﻻﺣْ ِﺘﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺒًﺎ‪ ،‬اﻧْﺘَ َ‬ ‫وري ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﺎجُ ﺟَ ﻮٍّا َر ْ‬ ‫ﻮل ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْﺳ ِﻢ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت َﻛ ْﻲ أ َ ْز َرﻋَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫و َْاﻵ َن‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ ﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن ﺑُﺬُ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ِﻄ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ِم‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ ﱠﻜ ْﺮ ُت َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَﺤْ َﺴ ِﻦ أ َ ْن أ َ ْز َرﻋَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﺳﺎﺣَ ﺘِﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﱰﺑ َُﺔ ﻫِ َﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺒ َُﺔ‬ ‫َﻓﺎ ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ُﺔ ﺗَﻨْﻤُﻮ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧَﺤْ ٍﻮ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ ٍﺪ ِﺟﺪٍّا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻮَادِي؛ ِﻟﺬَا َﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱡ ْ‬ ‫ﻟِﻤَ ﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﻴﲇ‪.‬‬

‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬

‫َوﻧَﺠَ ﺤْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟﺘِﻲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ِﺔ! ﻧَﻤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻﻴ ُﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ﻴﺤَ ًﺔ و َ​َﻗ ِﻮﻳ ًﱠﺔ‪ ،‬و َِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ِﻄري َِان ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ِاﻻﻋْ ﺘِﻤَ ﺎ َد ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﺳﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ َِﻔ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أﺑﻘﻰ ِﰲ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻞ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺸﻐِ ًﻼ ِﺑﻤُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺔ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ ْ ِﻊ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ ﻣُﻔِ ﻴ َﺪةٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﻴٍّﺎ‪ ،‬ذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ ﻣَ َﻊ وَا ِﻟﺪِي ِﻟﻤ َُﺸ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻊ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺪ ِة َ‬ ‫أَو ًﱠﻻ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ ﻋَ ﻤَ َﻞ َﺳ ﱠﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ِل ِﰲ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧَﺤْ ٍﻮ ﻳ َُﺸﻮﺑُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻐﻤ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ؛ ِﻟ َﺬا ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮض َﻛﻴْ ِﻔﻴ َﱠﺔ ﻋَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ َﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﺼ ًﺔ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻜ ِﺎر إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ِﱢﺰ اﻟﺘﱠﻨْﻔِ ﻴ ِﺬ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ َِﻔ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺎﻣ ِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ﺑَ ْﺪءِ ْاﻷَﻣْ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻠ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫وع ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِار‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﺠَ ِﺮ اﻟﻨﱠﺨِ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺰ ُر ِ‬

‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﺼﻮ َﻟ ْ ِ‬

‫اﻟﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﱄ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﻔ ﱢِﻲ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺎ ُن ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺒﻴ ُﱠﺔ ﻣَ ﻮْﺟُ ﻮ َد ًة ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِار اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬ﻓﺠَ ﱠﻔ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪَى‬ ‫أ َ ْﺷﻬُ ٍﺮ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ ﱠد َة ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ َم ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ َرد ُ‬ ‫اﺳﺘ ِْﺨﺪَاﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻟِﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ﱢ‬ ‫ْت ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ِل‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﺪ َِت ْاﻷَﻋْ ﺪَا ُد ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫وﱃ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ِل ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻧ َ َﺴﺠْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﻏﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﺸﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ َﻘ ٍﺔ َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ري ُﻣﺘَﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ري ُﻣﺘَﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘَ ْﺨﺪَﻣْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ وَﺣَ ْﺴﺐُ‬ ‫َﺎل ِﺑ َﺸ ْﻜﻠِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻧ َ ْﺴﺠُ ﻬَ ﺎ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ٍﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أُﺑ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ َﻔﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ .‬وَأَﺣْ َﺮ ْز ُت ﺗَ َﻘﺪﱡﻣً ﺎ َﻓ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َﺳ ﱠﻠ ٍﺔ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٍة أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ َﻘﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ أَيﱢ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴﺪِ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘَ ْﺨﺪَﻣْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﻟِﺤَ ﻤْ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺒُﺬُ ِ‬ ‫ور‪َ ،‬وﻟِﺘَ ْﺨ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﺑ َﻀﺎﻋَ ﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬وﻟِﻨ َ ْﻘ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ِن ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْﺳ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ِﻄ ُﺮ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺎد َِت ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ُم ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺸ ِﻤ َﺴ ُﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫َاﻃ ُﺮ ﺗَﺠُ ﻮ ُل ِﰲ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُﻮع ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﺘ ْﻜ َﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻘ ِﲇ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ ْ ُت أَﻧَﺎ ِﰲ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻘ ِﺲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴﱢﺪِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎف ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ِﺪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ﺧِ َﻼ ِل أ ْﺳﺒ ٍ‬ ‫اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ أَﻧَﺎ وﺷﻴﺒﻲ ِﻟﺒَﻴْﺘِﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﻔ ﱢِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِوﺟْ ﻬَ ﺘِﻲ ﻫِ َﻲ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊَ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻮَاﻗِ َﻊ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ​َﻗ ْﻔ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻒ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫أَﻋْ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠ ﱢﻞ َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت ُﻣﺘَﻤَ ﻌﱢ ﻨًﺎ ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ﺎءِ ِﻷَﻛﺘَ ِﺸ َ‬ ‫ﺎب ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أ ُ ِرﻳﺪُ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ َﺬا اﻟﺘﱠ ﱡﻞ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ ِق ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺬ َﻫ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ َﻞ أَﻋْ َﲆ ﻧ ِْﺴ ِﺒﻴٍّﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَيﱢ أ َ ْر ٍض َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَيﱟ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ َﱄ ﱠ‪ ،‬و َِﻷَو ِﱠل ﻣَ ﱠﺮةٍ‪َ ،‬رأَﻳ ُْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‬ ‫أ َ ْر ً‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ َﻓ ْﺮ َﺳ ًﺨﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺿﺎ ﺗَﻤْ ﺘَ ﱡﺪ ِﻟﻨَﺤْ ِﻮ ﻋِ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮا َو َدﻧ َِﻲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريُ‪» :‬أَﻳ َْﻦ أَﻧَﺎ؟ وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ض؟« ﺑَﺤَ ﺜ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﻋَ ْﻘ ِﲇ ﻋَ ْﻦ أَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫أَﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ُ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﺑ َﻼ ﺟَ ْﺪوَى‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟﺪَيﱠ أَيﱡ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ٍة ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْﻗ َﺮبُ ﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ُﺖ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ﻴﺤً ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻹ ْﺳﺒَﺎﻧ ﱢِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮﻳ َﻜﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ وُﺟُ ﻮدِي ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠُ ْﺰءِ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻳَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫اﴈ َﻏ ْريُ َودُود َ‬ ‫ﻴﺸ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ْﺎﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ َﺧ ِﻄريٌ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ َر ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ‬ ‫‪56‬‬

‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ُع‬

‫ﻋَ ﻨْﻬُ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮ ِﻋﺒَ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر ٍة َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻼﺗِﻲ؛ َﻓﻬُ ْﻢ َﻻ ﻳُﺤِ ﺒ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﱡﻮن ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮﺑَﺎءَ‬ ‫ﺑَﺘَﺎﺗًﺎ َوﻳُﺤَ ِﺎوﻟُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن إِﺑْﻌَ ﺎ َد أَيﱢ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺟُ ُﺰ ِرﻫِ ﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َد ْع َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻜﺎ َر ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻘ ِﺒ َﻀ َﺔ ﺗُﺨِ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ إِﻧ ْ َﺴﺎﻧًﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﻨِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮﺗِﻲ؛ ِﻟﺬَا ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِآﻣﻨًﺎ ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌﺬٍ‪ .‬وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪َ ،‬و ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ أَﻧَﺎ وﺷﻴﺒﻲ ِﰲ ﻣ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮﺗِﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫اﺻ ِﻄﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘِﻤَ ﺎ َع وَﺣَ ْﺴﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ و َْﻗ ِﻊ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺒَﺐُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ْ ُﺖ َوﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ ِﺐ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻄﻲ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧِﻲ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻫ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ْﻦ ُﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺨِ ﺐﱡ ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِاري‪َ ،‬ﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا أَﻳﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َدةٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧِﺐُ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ﺟَ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬُ ﻨَﺎ َك ﺑَﺒ َﱠﻐﺎو ٌ‬ ‫َات ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر وَا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ِﺜريَةِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت أ ْﺧﺬَ ﺑَﺒ َﱠﻐﺎءٍ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل َﻛ َ‬ ‫ري أﻟ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ‪ ،‬وَأ ْﺳﻤَ ﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ ﺑُﻮ ْل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄْ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ َِﺎﱄ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن و َْﻗﺘًﺎ ﺑ َِﻬﻴﺠً ﺎ َوﻣُﻤْ ﺘِﻌً ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ني ِﰲ وَادٍ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ٍﻊ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ُْﺖ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺘﺜْﻨَﺎءِ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻗ َﻀﻴْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ وَﺷﻴﺒﻲ ﺗَﺎﺋِﻬَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ! وَﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ِﺳ َﻼ ِﱄ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ َُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َراﺋِﻌً ﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا! ﻣَ ﺘﱠﻌْ ُﺖ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﻞ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮي ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﺳ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﺒ َْﺴﻤَ َﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻂ َﻻ ِﺟﺌًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َراﺣَ ِﺔ أ ُ ْرﺟُ ﻮﺣَ ﺘِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ وَأَﻧﺎ أ َ ْﺳ ُﻘ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ ِﻜﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪» :‬آ ٍه ﻳَﺎ ﺷﻴﺒﻲ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﱄ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ َﻫﺎﻣﱠ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َراﻗِ ﺪًا‪ ،‬أ َ ْرﺗَ ِﺸ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ َه ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﺗَﺄ َ ْرﺟَ ﺢُ ِﺟﻴﺌَ ًﺔ‬ ‫َوذَ َﻫﺎﺑًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أ ُ ْرﺟُ ﻮﺣَ ﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ْﻔ ُﺖ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮر ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ َﳻ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪ .‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻋَ ﺎﻟ ًِﻘﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌُ ِ‬ ‫ِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ٍة َﺷ ﱠﺎﻗ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ .‬وَأَﺟَ ْﻞ‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ وَﺣِ ﻴﺪًا ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻫﺬَا ﺣَ ﻘِ ﻴﻘ ﱞ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣﻦ ﺗَﺤَ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ٌة َﺷﺎﺋ َِﻘ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَﻨٍّﺎ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻴ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة وَأَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻣﻦ ﻋﴩ‬

‫اﳊ َﻴﺎ ُة‬ ‫َوﺗ َْﺴ َﺘ ِﻤ ﱡﺮ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﺳﻨَﺘِﻲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻟﺜ َ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِﻣﻴ ُﱠﺔ ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ َﺷ ْﻜ ًﻼ ﻣُﺤَ ﱠﺪدًا؛ َﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺸﻐِ ًﻼ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼﻴْ ِﺪ وَاﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎح َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎح ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪ ،‬ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﻓﻌَ ُﻞ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻬْ ِﻲ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫َات ﺑَﻌْ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﻗ ِﴤ َﻓ َﱰ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﻳﻊ‪ ،‬ﻛ ِﺒﻨَﺎءِ ْاﻷ َ ْر ُﻓ ِﻒ َوﺗَﺤْ ِﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬريَ ِة ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺸ ِﺎر ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ َﱄ ﱠ ِﻛ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺗﱠ ِﺠ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم إ ِ َﱃ وَادِيﱠ وَأَﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﻘ ُﺪ ﻣَ ﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ِ ،‬ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ِﻦ‬ ‫ري ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﻴﲇ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺑ َﺨ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ْﻮﻟِﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ! َوﻟِ َﻜ ْﻲ أَﺣُ ﱠﻞ ﻣ ُْﺸ ِﻜ َﻠ َﺔ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺘ َِﻔ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ‬ ‫ُﻮر و َْاﻷ َ َراﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ا ْﻟ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮر ُﻗﻤْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺘَﻌْ ﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺶ ِﰲ َﻛ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻓ ِﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ﺎءِ ِ ِﻹ َﺧ َﺎﻓﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻟِﺤَ ﱢﻞ ﻣ ُْﺸ ِﻜ َﻠ ِﺔ ْاﻷ َ َراﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ﺑَﻨَﻴ ُْﺖ ِﺳﻴَﺎﺟً ﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﻣَ ﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﻴﲇ َﻛ ْﻲ‬ ‫ِر ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱪﻳ ُﱠﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ِ‬ ‫َﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ أ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺻﻴ ُﻞ ِﰲ‬ ‫َﻻ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ْاﻷ َراﻧِﺐُ ا ْﻟ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬و َ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل‪َ .‬وﻧَﺠَ ﺢَ ﻛ َِﻼ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱠﻠ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻘ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺄْﻣَ ٍﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ا ْﻟ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻫﺰﻳﻼ؛ ِﻟﺬَا َﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت إِﻋَ ﺎ َد َة إِﻧْﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺤَ َ‬ ‫ُﻮب ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َز َرﻋْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ُد َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َم‬ ‫َﺎت ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫ور ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳﻤَ ِﺔ وَا ﱠﻟﺬِي ْ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَﻬَ ﻴ ُْﺖ ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ٍة ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ َل‬ ‫ﻮري ِﺑ ﱡ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﴪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ َدوَاﻋِ ﻲ ُﺷﻌُ ِ‬ ‫َاﻓ ِﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ اﻟﺘﱠﺄ َ ﱡﻛ ُﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒْ ُﺰ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ري و َْاﻷ ُ ْر ِز ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِﻟﺘَﺤْ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌِ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﻠ ِﻢ ﻟِﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُر ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬُ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎ ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎدِ ‪ ،‬ﻣَ َﻜﺜ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ َﻗ ْﺪ َر ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَ َ‬ ‫َو ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت ْاﻷَﻣْ َ‬ ‫ﺎع‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ َﺔ أ َ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﻴ َﻊ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﰲ ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺔ ﺗَﻌْ ﻠِﻴ ِﻢ ﺑﻮل ا ْﻟﺒَﺒ َﱠﻐﺎءِ اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱡث‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﻮ َل َﻛﻠِﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت وَﺟُ ﻤَ ٍﻞ َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬

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‫َو َﻛ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﻌِ ﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ﱠﺨﺎ َر‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬُ ﻨَﺎ َك َﻛﻤﱢ ﻴ ٌﱠﺔ وَاﻓِ َﺮ ٌة ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْﺳ ُﻢ ِﺑﺪَاﻳ َ​َﺔ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌِ ﱢﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ .‬ﻋَ ِﻤ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة ﻣُﺤَ ﺎو َ​َﻻ ٍت ِ ِﻹﺣْ ﻤَ ﺎءِ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺷ ﱠﻜ ْﻠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺨ ُﺮجُ ﻣَ ْﻜ ُﺴﻮ َر ًة‪.‬‬ ‫َوﺗَ َﺴﺎءَ ْﻟ ُﺖ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ ُ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أ َ ْﻓﻌَ ﻠُﻪُ؟«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َاع ﺣَ َﺮا َر ٍة ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﴪ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ و ْ‬ ‫َﺿﻌِ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫َﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻻ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻜ ِ ْ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ َِﻔ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و َ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﱠﺮﺑْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أﻧْﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ و ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﻧﻴ ُ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر‪َ .‬و ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ِﺳ َﻼ ِﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﱡ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‬ ‫َﺿﻌِ ﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ُور ﻟِﻠ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﺦ َوﺑَﺪَأ ْ ُت أ َ ْﺳﺘَﻤْ ِﺘ ُﻊ ِﺑﺘَﻨَﻮ ِﱡع وَﺟَ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ .‬‬ ‫َﺎت ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺸﺎءِ‪ِ ،‬ﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻦ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﺗْ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ وَﺟَ ﺒَﺎﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎ َد ِة ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْ‬ ‫أن ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺗَﻨَﺎ َو ُل اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸ ِﻮيﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻴ َْﺨﻨ َ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ ِق! َوﻳَﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﻐ ِﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺎدِي اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎحَ ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﱠﻘ َﻖ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ َﻟﺪَيﱠ و َْﻗﺘَ ِﺌ ٍﺬ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ‬ ‫ور ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨ َﺰ ِن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺸﻌَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑ ِﺎﻻ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ ْ ِﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒ َْﺴ َﻜ ِﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻟﻤُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺔ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﺖ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒُﺬُ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻤﺌْﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧَﻔِ َﺪ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَﻬَ ﻴ ُْﺖ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَو ًﱠﻻ‪ ،‬ﻧَﺤَ ﱡﺖ ُﺳ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﴬﺗُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًﱠﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة‬ ‫أَﺣْ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪِﻳﺪِيﱢ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ﻗِ ْ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬وﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴًﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ني َﻛ ِﺎﻣ َﻠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻘ ُﺮبُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺒﺢَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﻧﻴﱠ ِﺔ وَﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌْ ُﺖ ﺑَﻌْ ًﻀﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣِ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﻄﺘِﻲ ِﰲ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻃﺤْ ﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﺘُ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﺤِ ﻴﻨًﺎ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻫﺬَا‪،‬‬ ‫َﻏ ْﺮﺑَ ْﻠ ُﺖ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺤِ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘ ِْﺨﺪَا ِم ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺲ َﻗﺪِﻳﻤَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻣَ ِﻞ َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ني ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﴩ ِة ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻘِ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺤَ ﻰ َﻟﺪَيﱠ اﻟﺪﱠﻗِ ُ‬ ‫وَﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ني وَاﻧْﺘ َِﻔﺎﺧِ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ َﺧ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ري ٌة ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺶ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺖ اﻟﺪﱠﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ٍﺔ َﺧ َﻠ ْ‬ ‫ﺿ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ ﻧ َ ْﻜﻬَ ٍﺔ أ َ ْو َﺷﺤْ ٍﻢ ِﻷ َ ْﺧ ِﺒ َﺰ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ِ .‬ﻟﺬَا‪ِ ،‬ﺑﺒ َ​َﺴﺎ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟﺪَيﱠ أَيﱡ ُزﺑْ ٍﺪ ِ ِﻹ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ َوﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴ ُْﺖ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ َل ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ ﻧَﺘِﻴﺠَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْرﻏ َِﻔ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ املﺴﻄﺢ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟﺬِﻳﺬًا‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ ِر ْد إِﺗْ َﻼ َ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎحُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ِ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ور؛ ِﻟ َﺬا ﺑَﺪَأ ْ ُت ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺰ َراﻋَ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِ‬ ‫ف أَيﱟ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒُﺬُ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪َ .‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ف َﻛ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟﺒُﺬُ ِ‬ ‫ور ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أﺣْ ﺘَﺎﺟُ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ ﱠﻢ اﻟﺪﱠﻗِ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻤَ ﻠُ ُﻪ و ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫َار أَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘ ِْﺨﺪَا ُﻣ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ْر َﻏﺐْ ِﰲ إ ِ ْﻫﺪ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺘﺎﺳﻊ ﻋﴩ‬

‫َﻗﺎ ِر ٌب‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫ِﰲ َﺷﻬْ ِﺮ ِﺳﺒْﺘَﻤْ ِ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ِﺑ ِﻪ َﺳﻨَﺘِﻲ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑﻌَ َﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ﱠﻜ ْﺮ ُت ﻣَ ِﻠﻴٍّﺎ و َِﺟ ﱢﺪﻳًﺎ ِﰲ ِاﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ُﺷ ﱠﻚ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﰲ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫ﺎن أَﺟْ ﻤَ َﻞ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘ ِْﻘ َﺮا َر ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ود َ​َﻓﻌَ ﺘْﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ اﺣْ ﺘِﻤَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ ُﱠﺔ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘِﻲ ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ْر ِض ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪ .‬وَﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠﻨِﻲ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري ا ْﻟﻴَﺎﻓِ َﻊ وَﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒَﻨَﺎ َوﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴ ُْﺖ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﺤَ ْﻮ َزﺗِﻲ ذَ ُ‬ ‫أ َ َو ﱡد ا ْﻟﻬُ ُﺮوبَ ‪َ .‬وﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ ْﺮ ُت َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ات ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜ ْﻢ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﺳﺄ َ ْﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ!‬ ‫ِني ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﻀﺎ َرةِ‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣ َُﻐﺎ َد َر ِة ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َو ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻨ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﻤَ ﺎذَا َﻟ ِﻮ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﺑﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﱰ ٌة‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ْﺳﻮَأَ؟ َو َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻣَ َﴣ ﻋَ َﲆ وُﺟُ ﻮدِي ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎف ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق إِﻧ ْ َﺴﺎﻧًﺎ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ .‬و ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤﺜ ْ ِﻞ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر أَيﱠ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٌﺔ َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر ﺧِ َﻼ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪» :‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺠْ ِﺮﺑَ ِﺔ ﻳَﺎ روﺑﻨﺴﻮن أ َ ﱠن ْاﻷ َ ْﺳﻮَأ َ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُث ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗُ َﻐ ِﺎﻣ ُﺮ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﻃ ِﻨ َﻚ‪َ «.‬ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ ُﻘ َﻞ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴ ِﱠﻤﻲ؛ َﻓﻬُ َﻮ ِآﻣ ٌﻦ َوﻣ ُِﺮﻳﺢٌ ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َِﺠﺐُ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءُ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧِﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺎﱄ‪.‬‬ ‫ري ِﰲ ﻣ َُﻐﺎ َد َر ِة ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َرد ُ‬ ‫ْت ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ٍة‬ ‫و َ​َﻫﺬَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ْﻔ ُﺖ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ُﺨﺒﱠﺄ َ ًة ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِار ﱠ‬ ‫ني َﻻ َزا َﻟ ْﺖ أَﺟْ َﺰاءُ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺘﻨَﺎ ﻣ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺼﻮ َل ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗ ِﺎر ٍب‪ .‬و َِﰲ ﺣِ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ُﺮﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﺳ ِﺒﻴ ٌﻞ ِ ِﻹ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻼﺣِ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻔِ ْﻜ َﺮ ُة ﺣَ ﻤْ َﻘﺎءَ‪َ .‬ﻓﺒَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﻴ َﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎق‪ ،‬أُﺟْ ِﱪ ُْت ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻮل ِﻟﺬَ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ات اﻟﻨﱠﺘِﻴﺠَ ِﺔ؛ َﻓ َﻼ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻼحُ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب!‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠﻻ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻠ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﺑﺤَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ ِﻷ َ ْن أﻣْ ﺘَ ِﻠ َﻚ َﻗ ِﺎرﺑًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺤَ َﺴﻤْ ُﺖ أَﻣْ ِﺮي‪ ،‬و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪» :‬ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ َ َﻊ َﻗ ِﺎرﺑًﺎ!«‬

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‫وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ ﺣَ ﻤْ َﻘﺎءَ! َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ْﺮ ِﺑﺘَﻤَ ﻌﱡ ٍﻦ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن أَﺑْﺪَأَ‪َ .‬ﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫أ َ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﻴ َﻊ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ِﻷ َ ْﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺒ َ​َﺔ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد ُﺳ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ َة ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﻃﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻘ ُﺮبُ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎع وَا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻔ ِﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻴ ُْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ُﻛ ﱢﻠ ِﻪ‪ ،‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺿﺤَ ﻰ َﻟﺪَيﱠ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺷﻬُ ٍﺮ ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﺸﻜ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫َز ْو َر ٌق ُﻣﺘَﻮ ﱢَﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ؛ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺠْ ِﻢ‪َ .‬وﺑَ ِﻘﻴ َْﺖ ﻣ ُْﺸ ِﻜ َﻠ ٌﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٌة َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ إِﻧ ْ َﺰا ُل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ؟‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َْﻗﺘَ ِﺌ ٍﺬ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْو َر ُق ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻘِ ٍّﺮا ِﰲ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ!‬ ‫د َ​َﻓﻌْ ﺘُﻪُ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺬَﺑْﺘُﻪُ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ َﺮ ْرﺗُﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َر َﻛ ْﻠﺘُﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﴏ ْ‬ ‫َﺧ ُﺖ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﺒ َ​َﺴﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ٍﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﺰﺣْ َﺰ ِح ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎربُ ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﻮَادِي‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﺳ ِﺒﻴ ٌﻞ ِﻷَﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﺤْ ِﺒ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺒﻤَ ﺎذَا ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﺑﺤَ ﱢﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ؟‬ ‫اﻹﺣْ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎط‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎربُ ﻋَ ﺎﻟ ٌِﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻴَﺎ ِﺑ َﺴ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﴏاﻋِ ﻲ ﻣَ َﻊ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْو َر ِق ِﺑ َﻼ َ ْ‬ ‫وَاﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﺳﻮَى ْ ِ‬ ‫ُﻀﺤِ ٌﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﺑَﺪِ‪ .‬و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻟﺸﻴﺒﻲ‪َ » :‬ﻛ ْﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ أَﻣْ ٌﺮ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪َ ،‬ﻟﺪَيﱠ أَﺟْ َﺰاءٌ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ َﻻ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔﺤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟﺪَيﱠ َز ْو َر ٌق ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻔ َﻮ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻔﻮَ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َﻻ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ إِﻧ ْ َﺰا َﻟ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ!«‬ ‫و َ​َﻫ َﻜ َﺬا‪ ،‬اﺣْ ﺘَ َﻔ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺬ ْﻛ َﺮى ﱠ‬ ‫َني‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ أَﻳٍّﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ َ ِﻮﻳﱠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑﻌَ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺎرﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫وب ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮﺗِﻲ!‬ ‫ﻳ َُﺴﺎﻋِ ْﺪﻧِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻬُ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َو ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫َني‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻴﻨِﻲ َوﻣ َِﻦ‬ ‫ﻆ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎﺛ ِ​ِﺮ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎرﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﱄ ِآﻣﻨًﺎ وَﺟَ ٍّﺎﻓﺎ )ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻢ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ!( َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﺮ ِوﻳﻨِﻲ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ْاﻓﺘَ َﻘ ْﺪﺗُﻪُ‪ِ ،‬ﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰ ِر وَا ْﻟﺒ َِﺎز ﱠﻻءِ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﺑ ِﺼﺤﱠ ٍﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ٍة و َ​َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻬُ ﱡﻢ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ َ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑﻌَ ُﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻹﺟْ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺒ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْﺳ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ِﻄ ُﺮ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ َﻛ ْﻲ أَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺲ وَأُﻋَ ﱢﺪ َل ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﴘ‪َ .‬ﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ اﻧْﺘَ َﺸ ْﻠ ُﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر ِة َﻗ ْﺪ َر ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻣْ َﻜﻨَﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َات ﻣَ َﻀ ْﺖ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أ َ َﻫ ﱡﻢ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈﺟْ ﻤَ ًﺎﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ َﺧﺬْﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻤْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ َﻗ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫ﻴﺼﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ُﻗ َﺮاﺑ َُﺔ ﻋِ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺧﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ َوﻣ ُِﺮﻳﺤَ ًﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ُن ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻤْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺼﻨُﻮﻋَ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘﱠ ِ‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠ ِﺒ َﲆ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ و َْﻗﺘَ ِﺌ ٍﺬ ﻟِﺨِ َﺮ ٍق ﺑَﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﺤَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ أ َ ْن أ َ ْرﺗَ ِﺪﻳَﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ٍّﻼ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣِ َﺪةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻛ ْﻲ ﺗَﺪُو َم‬ ‫ِﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﱰ ٍة ﻣُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ َ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َِل َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َو ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻗ ِﺪ اﻧْﺘَ َﺸ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﻒ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َات ﻣَ َﻀ ْﺖ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻘ َﺲ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺣَ ﺎ ٍّرا ِﻟ َﺪ َرﺟَ ٍﺔ ﺗَﻤْ ﻨَﻌُ ﻨِﻲ ِﻣ ِﻦ ا ْرﺗِﺪَاﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺒَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ ِﻦ ا ْرﺗِﺪَاﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﱠﻮ ْﻟﺘُﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫‪62‬‬

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‫ري ﺑ َِﺎرﻋَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ﺧِ ﻴَﺎ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ري!‬ ‫َﴎ ِاوﻳ َﻞ َﻗ ِﺼريَةٍ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺳ َﻼ ِﱄ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻴ َﻞ و َ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أ َ ْﺳﻮَأ َ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ ْ ِﻊ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﴘ‪ ،‬ﺑَ َﺪو ُ‬ ‫ْت ُﻣ ِﺜريًا ﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮل ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻴ ُْﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴ ْﺨ ِﺮﻳَ ِﺔ! َﻓ ُﻘﻤْ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻧِﻲ‬ ‫َو ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ َ‬ ‫َﴎ ِاو ِﻳﲇ أ َ ْرﺗَﺪِﻳﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﺳﺒ َ​َﻖ ﻣَ ﻌَ ِ‬ ‫َﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ َﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ ْ َﻊ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﴘ‬ ‫ﺑَﺎ ِﻟﻴ ٌَﺔ‪ ،‬و َ َ‬ ‫ﻒ! و َ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺿ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﺑَﺤْ ﺜًﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬وإ ِ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺟ ْﻠ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ِﺰ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺗَﺒَﻌً ﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻓ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﴘ‬ ‫َﴩﺗِﻲ َﻓﺎﺗِﺢٌ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ُ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺟ ْﻠ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ِﺰ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ض ِﺑ ُﺴﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ُﻗﺒﱠﻌَ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻮ ُن ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱰ ٍة أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻼ ِز ِم‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒﱠﻌَ ُﺔ َﻓﻌﱠ ﺎ َﻟ ًﺔ ِﰲ ِو َﻗﺎﻳَﺘِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫َاق إِذَا ﻣَ َﻜﺜ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ﻟ َِﻔ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻟ ِ​ِﻼﺣْ ِﱰ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أُﻋَ ﱢﺪ ُل ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﴘ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻏ َﲆ ﻣ ُْﻘﺘَﻨَﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﴫ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﺠْ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻠﺸﻤْ ِﺲ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ وَﺣَ ْﺴﺐُ ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ أَﺑ َْﻘﺘْﻨِﻲ ﺟَ ٍّﺎﻓﺎ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْﺳ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ِﻄ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻘﺘَ ِ ْ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫َﺣ ِﺎد َﺛ ٌﺔ ُأ ْﺧ َﺮى‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ؛ َﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫َات اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﱠﻘ ْﻘ ُﺖ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪَى ا ْﻟ َﺨﻤْ ِﺲ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮﺗِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎدِي‬ ‫ﺎن ﺷﻴﺒﻲ وَﺑﻮل أَﻟ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﻜ َﺸ ْﻔ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ َة َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻓ َﺸﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﺤً ﺎ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟﺪَيﱠ‬ ‫ني َراﺋِﻌَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻧَ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْ ُﺪ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ َﻗ ِﺎرﺑًﺎ َ‬ ‫َوو َْﻗﺘَ ِﺌﺬٍ‪ ،‬ا ْرﺗَ َﻜﺒ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ﻋَ ﱡﺪ ُه ﺣَ ﻤَ َﺎﻗ ًﺔ؛ َ‬ ‫ﱰةِ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤْ ُﺖ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺋِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓﺒَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ ِﻦ ْ‬ ‫أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫اﺧ ِﺘﻴ َِﺎر َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﺜ َ ْﺮ ُت ﻋَ َﲆ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ أ َ ْﻗ َﺮبَ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َق ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ُﺷﻬُ ﻮ ًرا ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة ِﻷَﻧْﺤِ َﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْو َر َق َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫َو ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻴ ُْﺖ‪ ،‬أَﻧ ْ َﺰ ْﻟﺘُ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ ِﺑﻮ ْ‬ ‫َﺿ ِﻊ أ َ ْزﻧَﺎدِ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَ ُﻪ َودَﺣْ َﺮﺟْ ﺘُ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ِني أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺎرﻳًﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻔﻮ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﴚ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻴَﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا و َِﴍَاﻋً ﺎ‪ .‬و َْاﻵ َن‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َﺎل ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب!‬ ‫َﺎل وَأَﻣْ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻷَﻣْ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳَﺘُ ُ‬ ‫و َِﻷ َ ﱠن َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻮق ِﻟ ْﻠﻤ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَأ ْ ُت ِرﺣْ َﻠ ًﺔ َو ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ني؛‬ ‫ﺼﺤْ ﺒَﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ُن ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎﻓِ ﻴ َُﺔ ِﻟﻴَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ َﺧ ْﺬ ُت ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪ ،‬وَا ْرﺗَ َﺪﻳ ُْﺖ ُﻗﺒﱠﻌَ ﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﻤَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻠﺘِﻲ‪ .‬وَأَﺑْﺤَ َﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎربُ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ِﺑ َﺴ َﻼ َﺳ ٍﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي اﺣْ ﺘَ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﺨﺪَﻣْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﳻ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَ ِة َوذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ﻟ ِ​ِﻼ ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﻜ َﺸ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎف‪ .‬و َ​َﺧﻴﱠﻤْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ِﻟﻴَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني َﻛ ِﺎﻣ َﻠ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ ،‬أ َﺧ ْﺬ ُت َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻜ َﺸ ْﻔ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ِن ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬و َذ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺒﻴﻌَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ِﻷُﺑْﺤِ َﺮ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪.‬‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ْﻮ َدﺗِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ُﻗﺪُوﻣِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻬَ ِﺔ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﱰ ٍة َﻗ ِﺼريَ ٍة ِﻣ ِﻦ اﻧ ْ ِﻄ َﻼﻗِ ﻲ‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﻼ َﻗ ِﺖ اﻟﺘﱠﻴﱠﺎ َر ُ‬ ‫ات ِﻣ ِﻦ اﺗﱢﺠَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻋِ ﱠﺪةٍ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ ُه ﺗَﺠْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َﻓ ْ َ‬

‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬

‫َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أَﺑْﻌَ ﺪَ‪،‬‬ ‫دَاﺧِ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪ ِﻟﺘَﺠْ ﺪِﻳﻔِﻲ أيﱡ أﺛ َ ٍﺮ‪َ .‬ﻫﺒ ِﱠﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحُ ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪةٍ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ وَﺟَ َﺮ َﻓﺘْﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫َاﺧﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮﺗِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﻌْ ﺪٍ‪.‬‬ ‫َﴏ ْ‬ ‫َﺧ ُﺖ‪» :‬أَوﱠاهُ! ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا أَﻧَﺎ؟ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ! ﻣَ ﺎذَا أ َ ْﻓﻌَ ُﻞ؟ أَﻳ َْﻦ َﺳﺄَذْ َﻫﺐُ ؟« َﻻﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﻆ ﺷﻴﺒﻲ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺰﻋِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨَﺒَﺢَ َوﻧَﺒَﺢَ ‪َ .‬و ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َر ْدﺗُ ُﻪ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴ ِﱠﻤﻲ ﺟَ ﻨ ﱠ ًﺔ ﻣ َُﻘﺎ َرﻧ َ ًﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺎريَ و ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮري ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺑﺘَﺤَ ﱡ‬ ‫َاﻟﴩَا َع ِﻷ َ َرى إ ِ ْن َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺎع ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻢ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑﻲ أ َ ْو ُﺷﻌُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻀﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﻴُ َﺆﺛ ﱢ ُﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎربَ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﻠ َِﻖ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﻴ ِﱠﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﴚءُ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ ُﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َ​َﺴﻌُ ﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ﻤَ ﻠُ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ َر‪َ .‬ﻓﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ْﻔ ُﺖ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺔ َوﺗَ َﺮ ﱠﻗﺒ ُْﺖ‬ ‫ﺎن ﱠ ْ‬ ‫و ﱠ‬ ‫ﱪ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮﺗِﻲ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬريَةِ‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠري َِت اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحُ ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﺗَﻬُ ﺐﱡ َﺷﻤَ ًﺎﻻ‪،‬‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ﺗُ ْﻠﻘِ ﻲ ِﺑﺄ َ ِﺷﻌﱠ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺎريَ و ﱢ‬ ‫ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَﻌَ َﺚ ِﰲ ﱠ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻋَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت ﱠ‬ ‫ﳾءَ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ِﻷَﻋْ َﲆ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ َ ْ‬ ‫َاﻟﴩَا َع ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ُﻀﻨِﻲ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎربَ ﻳَﺠْ ﺘَﺎ ُز اﻟﺘﱠﻴﱠﺎ َر‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أُﺑْﺤِ ْﺮ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ِﺳﻮَى ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌُ ﻮﺑَ ِﺔ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَﺄ َ ْرﺟَ ﺢَ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎربُ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪ِ ،‬ﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ َوﻟِ ْﻸَﻣَ ﺎ ِم‪َ ،‬وﻟِ ْﻸَﻣَ ﺎ ِم َوﻟِ ْﻠ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﺪءَ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﺠْ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻒ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻘ ُﺮبُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﺎ َد ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎربُ أَﺧِ ريًا إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﺴ ِﺎر ِه َوﺗَﻮَﺟﱠ ﻬْ ُﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا ِﺑﺎﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ﻋَ ْﻮ َدﺗِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺬِي اﻋْ ﺘَ ْﺪﺗُﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫وب‪ .‬وَأ َ َرد ُ‬ ‫ْت‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ﺗَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻞ ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻐ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد َة إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺎﻣ ِﻞ‪َ .‬وﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد َة إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ﺣُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨﺪَﻣْ ُﺖ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ(‪َ ،‬ﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت اﻟﺘﱠﻮ ﱡَﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ َ‬ ‫ْف ِﻷَو ِﱠل ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة وَﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻣ َﺆﻧِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫)ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﺞ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ َﺧﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪ .‬وﻟﺤﺴﻦ اﻟﺤﻆ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ َه َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫﺎدِ ﺋَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺪ ْﱠﻓ ُﺖ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺎر ِﺑﻲ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ري َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ﺣُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ُم د َِاﻣ ًﺴﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮﺑَ ْ‬ ‫وَﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌﺬٍ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺻﻌِ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎربَ و َ​َﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ﻟ َِﻘ َﻀﺎءِ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ْت‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة وَﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮمَ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ َل إ ِ َﱃ و ْ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أُﺣَ ِﺎو ُل ا ْﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫َﺿﻌِ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ ﻣ ُِﺮﻳﺤَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻏﻤْ َﻐﻤْ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ُﻣﺘَﺬَﻣﱢ ًﺮا‪» :‬أ َ ْﻓﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ‬ ‫أ ُ ْرﺟُ ﻮﺣَ ﺘِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ ِﻜﻴ َﱠﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺪ ْﱠﻓ ُﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب ِﺑﺤَ ﺬَ ٍر َﺷﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻣَ ﻤَ ﱟﺮ ﻣَ ﺎﺋ ﱟِﻲ َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫ري َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣ َ‬ ‫اﻹﺟْ ﻬَ ﺎدِ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني و َ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ‪ .‬آ ٍه ﻳَﺎ ﺟُ ْﺪ َراﻧ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة! آ ٍه ﻳَﺎ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴ ِﱠﻤﻲ‪َ .‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺎﺟ َﻲ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺋﻊَ! َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻗ ْﻢ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﺰ ِع ُﻗﺒﱠﻌَ ﺘِﻲ ﺑَﻌْ ﺪَﻣَ ﺎ د َ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﻠ ُﺖ؛ َﻗ َﻔ ْﺰ ُت وَﺣَ ْﺴﺐُ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ِﺳﻴ ِ‬

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‫ﺣَ ﺎدِ ﺛ َ ٌﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‬

‫أ ُ ْرﺟُ ﻮﺣَ ﺘِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ ِﻜﻴﱠ ِﺔ و َ​َﻏ ِﺮ ْﻗ ُﺖ ِﰲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ذِ َراﻋَ ﺎيَ و َ​َﺳ َﺎﻗﺎيَ ﺗﱧ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ‪ ،‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻘ ِﲇ َﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﺎق‪.‬‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻏﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹ ْر َﻫ ِ‬ ‫َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗًﺎ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ﻳُﻨَﺎدِ ﻳﻨِﻲ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻨ َ ِﺎﻣﻲ‪» :‬روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو! روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو! أَﻳ َْﻦ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ؟ َو َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ؟« َﻓﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱠ ﺒ ُْﺖ‪َ :‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْﻒ و َ‬ ‫ْت؟ َﻫ ْﻞ أَﺧِ ريًا أَﺗَﻰ أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ ِﻷ َ ْﺧﺬِي؟‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِْري‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺤْ ُﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨًﺎ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة َو َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﺑﻮل ﺟَ ﺎﺛِﻤً ﺎ َﻓﻮ َْق َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﺒ َﱠﻐﺎءَ!‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ وَأَﻧَﺎ أَﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﻠﺐُ وَأَﻋُ ﻮ ُد ﻟِﻠﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم‪» :‬آ ٍه ﻳَﺎ ﺑﻮل‪ِ ،‬ﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋ ِ​ِﻊ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎس ﱠ‬ ‫َﻻ َزﻣَ ﻨِﻲ إِﺣْ َﺴ ُ‬ ‫َﺎع ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪَى ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ َﻏﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪َ .‬ﻓﺪَا َر ِﰲ ذِ ْﻫﻨِﻲ‪َ :‬‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ أُﺑْﺤِ َﺮ ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﺎﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ َﻻ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻓﻘِ َﺪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻖ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َة‪«.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺤﺎدي واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫اﻟﻌ ْﻘ ُﺪ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻷ ﱠو ُل‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ُرو ُد ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ني ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴩ ِﺳ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ﻮر ﻋَ َﲆ و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ ﻟِﻠﻨ ﱠ َﻔﺎدِ ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﺜ ُ ِ‬ ‫ري اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺸﻤَ ُﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﺪَ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ِﻮ ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺻ َﻐ ِﺎر ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ِﺰ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ َﺴﺎ َك ِﺑﻌَ ﺪَدٍ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻟﺘَ ْﻮ ِﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ُﺖ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻴُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ﺗَ ْﺮ ِو ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻀﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻟﺪَيﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ُﺖ ﺗَ ْﺮ ِو َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎ ٌم َدوْﻣً ﺎ؛ إِذْ َﺳﻴَ ْﻜ ُﱪ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻀﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻮ ْ‬ ‫ُون‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺤُ ﻮا َﻗ ِﻄﻴﻌً ﺎ َﻛ ِﺎﻣ ًﻼ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ِﺰ‪.‬‬ ‫َ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ َﺴﺎكِ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ِﺰ؛ َﻓ ِﺈذَا أ َﻛ َﻞ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َق ْاﻷﻣْ ُﺮ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﺎو َ​َﻻ ِت َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ ْن أﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ُﺰ اﻟﺬﱡ َر َة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺑَﺪَأ ْ ُت ِﺑ َﺰ ْرﻋِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻻ ﺗَ َﻘ ْﻊ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ﱢﺦ! َو ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ﱡﺦ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ُﺰ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﺠﻮ َِار!‬ ‫َﺎح ِﻷ َ ِﺟ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰ ﻳَﻤْ ُ‬ ‫ﻀ ُﻐ َ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ ِﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﻔ َﺮ ِة ذَ َ‬ ‫ات َ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻲ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ٍة ْاﻷ َ ْﻛ َﻞ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘُﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﺎﻗﺘَﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﻔ ﱢ‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ ِج ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ َﻞ ِﺳﻴَﺎجٌ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ٌﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫َات ﻳُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ َﻗﻤْ ﺘُ ُﻪ َﻛ ْﻲ َﻻ ﺗَﻬْ ُﺮبَ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ُﺰ ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد إِد َ‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق‪،‬‬ ‫ْﺧﺎﻟِﻬﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻜ َ ِﻸ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺤِ ﺐﱠ ِﺻ َﻐﺎ ُر ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ِﺰ اﻟﺜ ﱠ َﻼﺛ َ ُﺔ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻘ ِﻴﻴ َﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ َ​َﻘﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻌِ ﻤُﻬُ ُﻢ اﻟ ﱡﺬ َر َة و َْاﻷ ُ ْر َز‪،‬‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أَﺣَ ﺒﱠﺘْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻏﺎ ِﻟﺒًﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻛﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَﺪِي ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ني َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻠﻮا ﻣ َُﻘﻴﱠﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱰةٍ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛﻠُ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻟ َِﻔ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻘِﻴﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻣَ ﺎ أ ُ َﻗ ﱢﺪ ُﻣ ُﻪ َﻟﻬُ ﻢْ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ﺣِ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﻴ ﱠَﻘﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﺪ ِم ﺗَﺤَ ﱡﻮﻟِ ِﻬ ْﻢ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﺎﻋِ ٍﺰ ﺑَ ﱢﺮيﱟ ‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘُﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑﺤُ ﱢﺮﻳﱠ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ ِج‪َ .‬و َﻛ ِ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ َﻟﺪَيﱠ ْاﻵ َن ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮادٍ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪَى ﱢ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ٌد وَأ َ ْﺷﺠَ ﺎ ُر َﻓﺎﻛِﻬَ ٍﺔ وَﻣَ ﺎﻋِ ٌﺰ‪.‬‬

‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬

‫َو ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻓ ُﺨﻮ ًرا ِﺟﺪٍّا ِﺑﻤَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻨ َ ِﺎﻣﻴَ ِﺔ؛ َﻓ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟﺬﱡ َر ُة ﺗَﻨْﻤُﻮ ﻧ ُ ُﻤﻮٍّا ِﺻﺤﱢ ﻴٍّﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ْاﻷ ُ ْر ُز‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻮ َر ِت ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءُ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺎﻹﺟْ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﻤَ ﺎ و ﱠَﻓ َﺮ ِﱄ َ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ُﻛ ٍّﻼ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ ِﻢ وَاﻟ ﱠﻠﺒ َِﻦ‪َ .‬و ِﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﺻﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺟ ْﻠ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ِﺰ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑﻮل ﻳُ َﺮاﻓِ ُﻘﻨِﻲ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻮ َر‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤْ ﺒَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱢﻦ وَﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﰲ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ .‬و ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ ُرﺟُ ﻮﻋِﻲ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب‬ ‫ﺣَ َﺴﻨ َ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ﱠن ﺷﻴﺒﻲ َﻛ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻓﻌَ ْﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻂ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت َﺳﻨَﻮ ٌ‬ ‫َات ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻗ َ ِﱰبَ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺎن َرﺑ ِْﻄ ِﻪ!‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﻮ ُْﺳﻌِ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَ َﺨﻴﱠ َﻞ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َات َﻛ ِﺎﻣ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻛ َﺸ ْﺨ ٍﺺ‬ ‫ْﻒ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺑْﺪُو ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗ َﻀﺎءِ ﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻨْﻔِ ﱟﻲ! ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْرﺗَﺪِي ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺟ ْﻠ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ِﺰ و َُﻗﺒﱠﻌَ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ُﻣﺘَﻬَ ﱢﺪ َﻟ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ِﺮ‬ ‫وَاﻟ ﱢﻠﺤْ ﻴَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ِﺟ ْﻠﺪِي َﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺎت‬ ‫ﺎن َﻏﺎ ِﻟﺒًﺎ أَﺣْ ﻤَ َﺮ َوﻣُﺤْ َ ِﱰ ًﻗﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ أَد ِْري أَيﱠ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮﺿ ِﺔ ِﰲ َو َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﺸ ﱢﻜ ْﻞ َﻓ ِﺎر ًﻗﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ ِﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺎل!‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ﻟ َِريَاﻧِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ أَيﱢ ﺣَ ٍ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫َأ َﺛ ُﺮ َﻗ َﺪ ٍم‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎﺣِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎ َدةِ‪َ ،‬ﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت َﻗ ْ‬ ‫َذ َ‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪ ،‬ﺧِ َﻼ َل ﺟَ ْﻮ َﻟﺘِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨ َ ِﺐ ﻟِﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﺎﺑَﺘْﻨِﻲ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺔ َﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺰ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻓ ﱠﻜ ْﺮ ُت‪َ » :‬ﻟﻌَ ﱢﲇ أَذْ َﻫﺐُ ِﻷَﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑﻲ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ أ َ ْﺷﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺸﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪«.‬‬ ‫ريي ِﺑﺎﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ُر ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ِﻲ اﻧْﻌَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ِﻟﺬَا ﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ِة ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﻔ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﻣَ ِﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠ ُﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎربُ ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ْت أﺛ َ َﺮ َﻗ َﺪ ِم إِﻧ ْ َﺴ ٍ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌَ ﺠﱠ ﺒ ُْﺖ و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪» :‬آهٍ! َﻻ! ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻫ َﺬا؟ َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻫ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ! َﻻ أ ُ ِرﻳﺪ ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮ ْوﻧِﻲ!‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﻋَ ْﻮ َدﺗِﻲ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ‪َ .‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت‬ ‫و َ​َﻻ أ ُ ِرﻳﺪ ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻮا ِﺑﺄَﻣْ ِﺮي! ﺟَ َﺮﻳ ُْﺖ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻗ َﴡ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﻠﻔِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﺮا ًرا َوﺗَ ْﻜ َﺮا ًرا‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ أَﺟْ ِﺮي‪ .‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻟ ْﻮ وَﺟَ ﺪُوﻧِﻲ؟ ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﺳﻴ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫ي‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑﻲ؟ َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ْﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘ ِﺎربُ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋَ َﺔ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﺎﺟﻲ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ َﻔ ْﺰ ُت ﻋَ َﲆ ُﺳ ﱠﻠ ِﻤﻲ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺤَ ﺒْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻟِﻠﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا إ ِ َﱃ ِﺳﻴ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮدِي‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﳾ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﻠﺒ ُْﺖ ِﰲ ﻓِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ؛ َﻓﻬُ ﻨَﺎ َك ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻻ أﻋْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻪُ؛ َﻓﻬَ ْﻞ ُﻫ َﻮ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ وَاﺣِ ٌﺪ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﱄ؟ َوإِذَا َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﻗ ْﺪ وَﺟَ ﺪُوا ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺒﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻴَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺤَ ْﺴﺐُ ‪ ،‬أ َ ْم أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ُﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ وَاﺣِ ﺪٍ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﻴَﺄْﺗُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻫﻨَﺎ! َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ ِﺸ ُ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﺑَﻨَﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ﺗَﺘَ َﺴﺎ َر ُع د ﱠَﻗﺎﺗُﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺪَايَ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﻌِ َﺸ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ري‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ اﻟﺘﱠﺪ ِْﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ ُﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻛ ِﺎﻣ َﻠ ٌﺔ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْن أ ُ َﻏﺎدِ َر ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴ ِﱠﻤﻲ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺣِ ﻴﻨِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ ِر ِد اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبَ ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ اﺣْ ﺘَﺠْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءَ َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﺣَ ْﻠﺐُ ﻣَ ﺎﻋِ ِﺰي‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﺗﱠ َﺨ ْﺬ ُت ﻣَ َﺴﺎ ًرا ﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﱰ ُْت ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ‬

‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬

‫ﻃﻮَا َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐ ُﺖ ﺑَﻴْﺘ َِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ﻋَ ﺎدِيﱟ ؛ ِﻟﺬَا َﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﻔ ﱠِﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر أَيﱠ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ َﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ِﰲ ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ٍﺔ َﻛ ْﻲ أ َ ْﻫﺪَأَ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪» :‬روﺑﻨﺴﻮن! ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َر ﱡد ﻓِ ﻌْ ِﻠ َﻚ ُﻣﺒَﺎ َﻟ ًﻐﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻫﺬَا ْاﻷَﺛ َ ُﺮ ُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫أَﺛ َ َﺮ َﻗﺪ َِﻣﻲ أَﻧَﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻟﺤَ ْ‬ ‫ﻆ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘُﻪُ‪َ «.‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫َﴎ ُت ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘَﺠْ ﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺖ َﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ﺘِﻲ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬَ ﺎ و ِ ْ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ِﻷ ُ ْﻟﻘِ َﻲ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻷَﺛ َ ُﺮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺰ ْل ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك!‬ ‫ْت أ َ ﱠن أَﺛ َ َﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺪ ِم ِﺿﻌْ ُ‬ ‫َو ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌْ ُﺖ َﻗﺪ َِﻣﻲ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ أَﺛ َ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺪ ِم وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺣَ ﺠْ ِﻢ َﻗﺪ َِﻣﻲ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ! َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺼﺒﱠﺐُ ﻋَ َﺮ ًﻗﺎ ِﰲ ذَ ِ‬ ‫ات ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫ﻮل!« َوﺑَﺪَأ ْ ُت أ َ ْرﺗَﻌِ ُﺶ وَأَﺗَ َ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ ْﻗ ُﺖ‬ ‫»ﻫﺬَا َﻏ ْريُ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ﺘِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑ ْﻀ َﻊ د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ أ َ ْﺳﺘَﺠْ ِﻤ َﻊ أ َ ْﻓ َﻜ ِﺎري‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ َﺮﻳ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻗ َﴡ ُ ْ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت ْاﻗﺘ َِﻼ َع ُﻛ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫َﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ًﺔ أ ْﺧ َﺮى ُﻣ َﺆ ﱠر ًﻗﺎ‪ ،‬أ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ أﺛ َ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺪ ِم ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻮﺑَ ِﺔ ﺟُ ﻨ ُ ٍ‬ ‫ف أَﺣَ ٌﺪ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫اح ﻣَ ﺎﻋِ ِﺰي؛ َو ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﻴﲇ َوإ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻊ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒْﺢُ ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ َق َ َ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ُﴩ ًﻗﺎ‪َ ،‬ووَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم َ‬ ‫ْت ﻣَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ﺘِﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ َزا َﻟ ْﺖ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛﻤَ ﻠِﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻓِ ﻴًﺎ َوﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﺑَﻨَﻴْﺘُﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ ِﻷ َ ْن أ َ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺣَ ِﺮ ً‬ ‫ﻳﺼﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ري ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ دَاﻋِ َﻲ ِﻟﺘَﺪ ِْﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر ﻓِ ِﻴﻬﻤَ ﺎ أَﺣَ ﺪًا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ْﺮ ﻣَ ِﺰﻳ ٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ آﺛ َ ِﺎر ْاﻷ َ ْﻗﺪَا ِم ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻣْ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺄ ْ ِت‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت َﺳﻨَﺘَ ِ‬ ‫أَﺣَ ٌﺪ َوﻳُﺒَﺎﻏِ ﺘْﻨِﻲ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎدِ ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫َﺎر‬ ‫َﻻ ُد َﺧ ٌ‬ ‫ﺎن َو َﻻ ﻧ ٌ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُر ﺗَﺤِ ﱡﻞ َوﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ ‪ ،‬و ﱠ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮﺗِﻲ؛ َﻓ ْﺎﻷَﻣْ َ‬ ‫ﻮن و َِﺳﻨ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ِﺳﻨ ُ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻐ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴩ ُق‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﺗُ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻬُ ِ‬ ‫ري وَا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ْت أَﻳ ِﱠﺎﻣﻲ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ اﻧ ْ َﻘ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪَى ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ُﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ َﻫﺎ ِﺑﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﱄ ﱠ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻫﻮَى ﺟَ ﻮ َْﻻﺗِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎﺣِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﻛ َﺮ َة‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﻳ ُْﺴﻌِ ُﺪﻧِﻲ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﻔ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﻷ َ َرى ﻣَ ﺎﻋِ ِﺰي‪ ،‬وَأ ُ ْﻟﻘِ َﻲ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﻴﲇ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ِﺔ ُﻫ ُ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﰲ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻮل ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ؛ َﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ِﺳريُ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َل ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫َو ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫َﺎح ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَﻳْﺘُﻬُ ﻢْ؛ أ َ ْﻫ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ! َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ذَ َ‬ ‫ات َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أَﻋْ ﺪَا ٌد َﻫﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫َزو َِارﻗ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻧ َ ٍﺎر ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ٍﺔ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺸﻐِ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَﺒَﺄ ْ ُت َوﺗَﺎﺑَﻌْ ﺘُﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺴﺎءَ ْﻟ ُﺖ‬ ‫ني ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﺷﻌَ ِ‬ ‫وب ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ‪ ،‬ﺟَ َﻠ ْﺴ ُﺖ و َ​َﻓ ﱠﻜ ْﺮ ُت ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ ِﺑﻌَ ْﻘ َﻼ ِﻧﻴﱠ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎذَا أ َ ْﻓﻌَ ُﻞ‪َ .‬وﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬُ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻋَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ﺜ ُ ُﺮوا ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫» َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻂ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ ْوﻧِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻇ َﻠ ْﻠ ُﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘ ِﺎربُ ا ْﻟﻌِ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺈذَا ﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺌًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﺮﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َِﺠﺪُوﻧِﻲ أَﺑَﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻧ ْ َﴫ َْﻓ ُﺖ ﺧِ ْﻠ َﺴ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ َوذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ‪ .‬وَأ َ َرد ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ْت أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﻛ ِﻤ َﻞ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ‬ ‫أ َ ﱠن ْاﻷُﻣُﻮ َر َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻞ أَﺑَﺪًا ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَﻤَ َﻠ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻋِ ﺪًا ﻋَ َﲆ اﺗﱢ َﺨﺎذِ إِﺟْ َﺮاء ٍ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﳼ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎﺣِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِﺑﺪَاﻳ ًَﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم َﻓ َ‬ ‫َات أَﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎري ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ُﻢ ِﻷَﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻌَ ُﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ اﻟﺘﱠ ﱢﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺎﱄ وَﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ِﻣﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ﺎءِ‪َ .‬وﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺮ ﱡﻗ ِﺐ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ُﻔ ِﻦ‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺑْﺤَ ُﺚ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰو َِار ِق‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت أ َ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﻴ ُﻊ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ُﺷﻬُ ﻮ ٌر‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ﱠن ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮﺗِﻲ‬ ‫ﻫِ َﻲ ﺣَ ﺘْﻤً ﺎ ﺑ ُْﻘﻌَ ٌﺔ َﻻ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﺼﺪُوﻧَﻬَ ﺎ َﻏﺎ ِﻟﺒًﺎ‪َ ،‬و ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٌ‬ ‫َات أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮ ِﺟﻌُ ﻮا‪َ ،‬و ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﺮ ِﺟﻌُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن أَﺑَﺪًا‪.‬‬

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‫ﻮن ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ُﻣﺘَﻮ َِارﻳ ًَﺔ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷَﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ َﻫ ﱡﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺷ َﻐ َﻞ ﺑ َِﺎﱄ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎر َﻗ ْﺪ َر‬ ‫ﺎن‪ .‬وَأ َ ْﻛ َﱪُ ﻣ ُْﺸ ِﻜ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﺣَ ﱡﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ َﻛﻴْ ِﻔﻴ ُﱠﺔ إ ِ ْﺷﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ِْ‬ ‫ُون د َُﺧ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻧ َ ٍﺎر ِﺑﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬ َﺮ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ َِﺎردِ؛ َﻓﻬَ ﺬَا َﻛﻔِ ﻴ ٌﻞ ِﺑﺄ َ ْن ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫َﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫إ ِ ْﺷﻌَ ﺎ َل اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر ِﰲ َﻛﻬْ ِﻒ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﺨ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴ ِﱠﻤﻲ ِﺑﺄ ْﻛﻤَ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌِ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﱡﺧﺎ ُن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴ ِﱠﻤﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻻ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْن أ َ ِﺟ َﺪ َﻛﻬْ ًﻔﺎ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ ُﻫ َﻮ اﻟ ﱠﺪﻟِﻴ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ ُﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ ﻳَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ُون اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺸ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ أ َ ْﻫ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة أَﺑَﺪًا‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﺪ ِ‬ ‫وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد إِﻧ ْ َﺴ ٍ‬ ‫ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴ ِﱠﻤﻲ أ َ ْو ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﱄ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﻔ ﱠِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎل اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ ْﻗ ُﺖ ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ َﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ِﻷ َ ِﺟ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻛ ِﺒريًا‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺐَ ِ ِﻹ ْﺷﻌَ ِ‬ ‫َني ِﱄ أَﻧﱢﻲ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻮ ُ​ُﻗ َ‬ ‫ﴎ ُت أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﺑﺪَاﺧِ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺗَﺒ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ‪ ،‬وَﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﻮف ِﰲ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫ُﴪ‪.‬‬ ‫ني ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻔِ ِﻪ ِﺑﻴ ْ ٍ‬ ‫َث ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻓﻨِﻲ وَأ َ ْرﻋَ َﺪ َﻓ َﺮاﺋ ِ​ِﴢ! َﻓﺒَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ْﻜ ِﺸ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ‪ ،‬اﻧْﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ ﱠ‪ .‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪْﻣَ ٍﺔ!‬ ‫ني ﺑَ ﱠﺮ َاﻗﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ْﻮ َل َز ِاوﻳَ ٍﺔ َوإِذْ ِﺑﻲ وَﺟْ ﻬً ﺎ ِﻟﻮَﺟْ ٍﻪ أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني ﺗُﺤْ ﺪ َﱢﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ِﻷ َ ِﺟ َﺪ ﺗَﻴ ًْﺴﺎ ﻋَ ﺠُ ﻮ ًزا وَﻣَ ِﺮ ً‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺖ ﻧ َ َﻔ ِﴘ‪ ،‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ ﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻀﺎ َراﻗِ ﺪًا َﻓﺤَ ْﺴﺐُ ‪َ ،‬ﻻ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻂ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﱡﺮ َك َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ ْرﻏِﻤْ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﴍﺑ ًَﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ َوﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘُ ُﻪ ﻟِﺤَ ﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ َ ْ‬ ‫ْت ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ وَﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺾ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱠات‪ُ :‬ﺷﻤُﻮ ٌع و َ​َﻏ ْري َُﻫﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٌﻞ و َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ دِ ْﻫﻠِﻴ ٌﺰ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﴤ‬ ‫َﺿﻴ ٌﱢﻖ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُد إ ِ َﱃ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ٍة ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ْﻠﻤَ ُﻊ ِﰲ ﱠ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﺑﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺿﻮَاءٍ ﺑ َِﻬﻴﱠ ٍﺔ ُﻣﺘَ َﻸ ْ ِﻟﺌَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻓ ﱠﻜ ْﺮ ُت‪ُ » :‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻣَ ً‬ ‫ﻴﺐ!‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺎ!« َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ و َْﻗ َﺖ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﻨْﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِآﻣﻨًﺎ وَﺟَ ٍّ‬ ‫و َِﻷ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻓﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت ﺗَ ْﺨ ِﺰ َ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺒ ﱠَﻘﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﺎ ُرودِي ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪ ،‬ﻣَ َﻊ ﺑَﻨَﺎدِ ﻗِ ﻲ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ِﺎﻣﻲ ِﺑﺎﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻢ َ‬ ‫ْت ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺰا ِﺋ َﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻬَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻋِ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫ﲢ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻢ َﺳ ِﻔﻴ َﻨ ٍﺔ ُأ ْﺧ َﺮى‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻬْ ُ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫ري ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮامُ‪َ ،‬و ُﻣ َﺮ َاﻗﺒَﺎﺗِﻲ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ْاﻵ َن ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ َﻻيَ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ُﻣ َﺆﻣﱠ ﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻬْ ِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺧ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َ‬ ‫ريي ﻋَ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻫ ِﻞ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻠ ْﻠ ُﺖ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺸﻐِ ًﻼ َﻛ ْﻲ أُﺑْﻌِ َﺪ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِﻣﻴ ُﱠﺔ ُروﺗِﻴﻨًﺎ ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺸﻌَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق ِﻣﺪ َْﻓ ٍﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﻌْ ﺪٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﻋﺒَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ اﻟﺘﱠ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫ﻮن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ َم َﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺎﱄ وَﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ أ َ ْن أ َ َرى ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن د َِاﻣ ًﺴﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٌﺔ ِﰲ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺮ! ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬُ ْﻢ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻨْﻘِ ﺬُوﻧِﻲ!«‬ ‫أَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎ ْر ُت ِﻟ ﱠﻠ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺷﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻧَﺎ ًرا ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓﺘِﻲ أ َ ﱠن ﻓِ ﻌْ َﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أَﻣْ ٌﺮ َﺧ ِﻄريٌ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻲ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌِ َﺮ ًة‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮو َْﻫﺎ! َﻻ‬ ‫َوﺗَﻤْ ﺘَﻤْ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ُﻖ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ ِﻷُﺑْﻘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴْ َ‬ ‫ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮو َْﻫﺎ!« َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحُ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ َة ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر أَﻣْ ًﺮا َ‬ ‫ﺻﻌْ ﺒًﺎ‪َ .‬وﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ ،‬ﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻟﺤَ َ‬ ‫َني ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﺪ َْﻓ ِﻊ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ِﺑ ْﻀ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﻨَﺎدِ ِق‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﻠ َﻘﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َرأَوْا إ ِ َﺷﺎ َرﺗِﻲ!‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺒَﺎبُ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺸ ُﻊ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ أَد َْﻓﺄ َ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ َة‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺠْ ُﺮ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﻌُ ﻮﺑَ ٍﺔ ﺗَﻤْ ِﻴﻴ َﺰ وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﻌْ ﺪٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮ َﻛ ْﻀ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ِﺑﺎﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه اﻟﻨﱠﺎﺣِ ﻴَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﱄ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ .‬ﺣُ َ‬ ‫ِﻠﺸ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨُﻮ ِﺑﻴﱠ ِﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ُر ْﻛﺒَﺘَ ﱠﻲ ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد و ُ‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ! أَوﱠاهُ! َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫َت ﺗُﻨ ْ ِﻬﻲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ‬ ‫ني؛ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎ ِﻛ ُ‬ ‫ﻮر ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ْﺖ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘُﻬُ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ُﺨ ِ‬ ‫َﺿ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِْري ﺣِ َ‬ ‫َات َﻛ ِﺜريَ ٍة ﻣَ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ ْ‬ ‫ﺎق َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘِﺤَ ﺎ َﻟ َﺔ وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد أَﺣْ ﻴَﺎءٍ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬُ ْﻢ أ َ ْر َﺳﻠُﻮا‬ ‫اﻹ َﺷﺎ َر َة َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُﻨْﻘِ ﺬْ ُﻫ ْﻢ أَيﱡ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و َِﰲ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم‪ِ ،‬ﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮوْا ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮﺗِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ِْ‬

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‫ﻂ!« َﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻮﺣْ َﺪ ِة ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻂ‪ ،‬وَاﺣِ ٌﺪ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫وَاﻧْﺘَﺤَ ﺒ ُْﺖ‪» :‬آ ٍه َﻟ ْﻮ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎ وَاﺣِ ٌﺪ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ‬ ‫ات أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻋَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻗ َﻀﻴْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻤ ُْﻔ َﺮدِي‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻌِ ْ ِ‬ ‫و َِاﻻ ْﺧ ِﺘﻴَﺎ ُر ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ ُﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ اﺗﱢ َﺨﺎذُ ُه و َْﻗﺘَ ِﺌ ٍﺬ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ﺎ إِذَا ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﺳﺄ َ ْﺳﺘَ ْﺨ ِﺪ ُم َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت أ َ ﱠن ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻖ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺎ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ُﺔ إِﻣْ َﻜﺎ ِﻧﻴﱠ ِﺔ ﺟَ ﻤْ ِﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ِن ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َة‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ اﻧْﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﺎح اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱡﺪ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺨﻔِ ًﻀﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮ َﻓﻨِﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠﻴَﺎ ُر ِﻟﺪَاﺧِ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة ِﰲ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫ﱰﺑ ُْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب‪َ ،‬ﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ َﻛ ْﻠﺒًﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﺢُ ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨَﺎ َ َدﻳ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ و َ​َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ِن ْاﻗ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑ َﻼ َﺷ ﱟﻚ َرﻓ ً‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا ﻣ َُﺸﺎﻛ ًِﺴﺎ‪َ .‬ووَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ َه أَﺗْ َﻠ َﻔ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻤُﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ُور اﻟﻨﱡﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻴﱠ ِﺔ َوﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر ِة َوﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ﺑَ َﺮ ِاﻣ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺧ ِﺬ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﺎدِ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬ ‫َاب َوﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ُرودِ‪ .‬وَﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ إ ِ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق‪ ،‬ﻋَ ِﻤ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ِ‬ ‫ري ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﱠﺮ ٍة ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ري‪.‬‬ ‫وَﺣَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻘ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤُﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣ َ‬ ‫َوﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠﺐَ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻴَﺎ َم ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻼ ِت إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴ ِﱠﻤﻲ‪ .‬ﻳَﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨَﺎدِ َ‬ ‫َﻟﻠﺜ ﱠ َﺮو ِ‬ ‫َات ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﺘَﺤْ ُﺖ أَﺧِ ريًا ﱠ‬ ‫ري ﻋَ ﺎدِ ﻳﱠ ٍﺔ!‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ًة ِﺑ ُﻜﻨ ُ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮز َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ات ﻧ َ ْﻜﻬَ ٍ‬ ‫ﴍﺑَ ٍﺔ ذَ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺎﺣْ ﺘَﻮَى أَﺣَ ﺪ َُﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋُ ْﻠﺒَ ٍﺔ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺰﺟَ ﺎﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ِة ِﺑﺄ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُوق َ‬ ‫ُوق َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪ ٌ‬ ‫َﻟﺬِﻳ َﺬ ًة ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءٌ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ْﻠﻮَى‪ ،‬وَأَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ُ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻧًﺎ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة‪ ،‬وَاﺣْ ﺘَﻮَى آﺧِ ُﺮ ُ‬ ‫ُﻗﻤْ َ‬ ‫َﺎس َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺬ َﻫ ِﺐ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ُوق َﻓﺘَﺤْ ﺘُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺛ َ َﻼ ِث أ َ ْﻛﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪ ٍ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِة ِﰲ َﻛﻬْ ﻔِ ﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻛ ْﻲ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ِ ﱠ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﺣْ ِﺬﻳَ ِﺔ! َﺧ َﺰﻧ ْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﺮو ِ‬ ‫ﱧ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِار َزوْﺟَ ْ ِ‬ ‫أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺄْﻣَ ٍﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ ﱠﺮ إِﺛَﺎ َرﺗِﻲ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ِاﻻ ْﻛﺘ َِﺸ َﺎﻓ ِ‬ ‫ني أ َ ْو ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬إِذْ أ َ َﻛ ْﻠ ُﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻠﻮَى‬ ‫ﺎت ِﻷ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْت ِﻷَﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﻘ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫َت ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‪ ،‬وَﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫َﺎت ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴ ِﻜ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫َﴍﺑ ُْﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﴩُوﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫وَ ِ‬ ‫َﺎح‪َ .‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻠ َ‬ ‫أَﻋْ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫ِرياﻓِ َﻘﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ ﺳﻜﺮاﰲ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻒ ْاﻵ َن‪ ،‬إِذْ َﻟﺪَيﱠ َﻛ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ﻟ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن َرﻓ ً‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا َوﺑ َِﺎرﻋً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺗَﺤَ ﱡ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫وﱄ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ْ ُ ،‬‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﻟﻨ ُ ُﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ اﺣْ ﺘَ َﻔ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑ ِﻊ وَا ْﻟﻌِ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم وَأَﻧَﺎ ﺟَ ﺎﻟ ٌِﺲ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋَ ُ‬ ‫َث‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٌ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﱠ‬ ‫َات‬ ‫َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٌة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎق وَاﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَةِ‪َ .‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ ْاﻵ َن أ َ ْﻗ ِﴤ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ َﻗﻠ ًِﻘﺎ‬ ‫‪76‬‬

‫ﺗَﺤَ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻢ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺔٍ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‬

‫ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺸ َ‬ ‫ﻒ أ َ ْﻫ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة وُﺟُ ﻮدِي‪ِ ،‬ﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻌﱠ ﺐَ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘِﻤْ ﺘَﺎ َع ِﺑﺤَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ‪ .‬ﻣَ ﱠﺮ اﺣْ ﺘ َِﻔ ِﺎﱄ‬ ‫آن و َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار‪َ .‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ َ ِﻮيﱡ وَأ َ ْﻗﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ْﻒ ِﱄ أ َ ْن أَﺗْ ُﺮ َك ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ َة؟‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫َﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْﺳ َﻢ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ِﻄ َﺮ ِﺑﺄ ْﻛﻤَ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َم وَأﻧَﺎ أ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ وَأ َﺧ ﱢ‬ ‫وب‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أ ْﻫ ُﻞ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﻟ ْﻠﻬُ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﻗﺎﻣَ َﺔ َﺳ َﻼ ٍم ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻴُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬُ ْﻢ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻣَ ْﻦ َﺳ ُري ِْﺷﺪُوﻧَﻨِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ِﻮ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼﻋِ ﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫وج ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫َاﻗ ٍ‬ ‫َﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﻴَﻨْﺠَ ﺢُ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ أ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ إ ِ َﻗﺎﻣَ َﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ﻢْ؟‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ُﻳ َﻘﺎﺑ ُِﻞ »ﲨﻌﺔ«‬ ‫َﺎح‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ري ٌة َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُِﺠﻴﺐَ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺪ ُر ﻋَ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺳ ِﺌ َﻠﺘِﻲ؛ َﻓ َﺬ َ‬ ‫ات َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻞ ُﻣ ْﻜﺜِﻲ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ُﺷﻬُ ﻮ ٌر َﻛ ِﺜ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻛﺘَ ِﺸ َ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟ ﱠﺰو َِار َق‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﺎ َد أ َ ْﻫ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ! َو َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳ َُﺨﻴﱢﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن ِﰲ ذَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ات ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ْ .‬‬ ‫َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ ﻠُﻮا ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ِﺑ ْﻀ ِﻊ ِﺳ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَﺒَﺄ ْ ُت ﺗَﺎ َر ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ و َ​َﺷ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﺪﺗُﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﻌْ ﺪٍ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻨُﻮﻋَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎل ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫َﺎت ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﺮﻣَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَا‬ ‫َان ِﺑﺤِ ﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣ َُﻘﻴﱠﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳ ِﺠﻴﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ﺐُ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻗ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪِﻳﺪُ‪ .‬أ َ ْد َر ْﻛ ُﺖ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ أَﻣَ َﻞ ِﰲ إ ِ َﻗﺎﻣَ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫ﺎت ﻣَ َﻊ َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺪ ُر َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ ُ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤُﺨِ ﻴ ِﻔ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن َرﺟُ ًﻼ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻢْ! َو َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳ ْ‬ ‫َات‬ ‫ون ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ ِﺑﻴَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ ﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرآ ُه َرﻓ ُ‬ ‫ني أ َ ْر ً‬ ‫ﺿ ْﺨ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺜ ﱠ ِﺔ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َم َرﺟُ ٌﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ ِح أَﺣَ ِﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﺠﻴﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُ‬ ‫ﴎ َع ُﻣﺒْﺘَﻌِ ﺪًا‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﴬبَ ‪ ،‬اﻧْﺘَﻬَ َﺰ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع ِﻣ ْﻦ أَيﱢ َرﺟُ ٍﻞ‬ ‫و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺘَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﻰ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﺾ أَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮ ِه وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺾ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ! و َ​َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن أُد ِْر َك ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ُﻪ َراﻛ ً‬ ‫ُث‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﱠﻮ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ اﺗﱢﺠَ َ‬ ‫ِﻀﺎ‬ ‫ﻧَﺤْ ِﻮي‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎ َد َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُ‬ ‫»ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳ َُﺔ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻒ‪َ ،‬ودَا َر ِﰲ ﻋَ ْﻘ ِﲇ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ْف ﻳ َِﺠﺪُوﻧَﻨِﻲ ْاﻵ َن‪،‬‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﻴُ ْﺆذُوﻧَﻨِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر َد َرﺟُ َﻼ ِن َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﺠ َ‬ ‫ان ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪،‬‬ ‫َاﻗ َ َ‬ ‫ﱰﺑُﻮا ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ وَأ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪ .‬و َِﰲ َﻏﻤْ َﻀ ِﺔ ﻋَ ْ ٍ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺼ ُﺖ ِﰲ ْاﻷَﺟَ ﻤَ ِﺔ وَاﻧْﺘَ َ‬ ‫ِني‪َ .‬وﺗَ َﺮﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْن ﺟَ ﺎء َِت‬ ‫ﺣَ َﺴﻤْ ُﺖ أَﻣْ ِﺮي ِﺑﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪ ِة اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﺠ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺒ َُﺔ‪ .‬ﺟَ َﺮى ﱠ‬ ‫ني اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬَﻳ ِْﻦ‬ ‫ني ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِاري‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﻘﺪﱠﻣْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺨِ ﱠﻔ ٍﺔ وَأَو َْﻗﻌْ ُﺖ أَﺣَ َﺪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻠ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳُ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ َﺴﺎ َك ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ُﺖ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﻓﻘِ َﺪ ُه ا ْﻟﻮَﻋْ َﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎردَاﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﺠ ُ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ﱠ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ني َو َرآﻧِﻲ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪.‬‬

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‫»ﻻ ﺗَ ْﻘ َﻠ ْﻖ! َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪ ،‬ﻣَ َﻊ ﻋِ ْﻠ ِﻤﻲ ِﺑﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳ َْﻔﻬَ ُﻤﻨِﻲ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ْف أ ُ َﺳﺎﻋِ ُﺪ َك!«‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮ ﱠد َد اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ِﻟﺪَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ُﻫ ِﺮ َع ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ‪َ .‬ﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﺳﺎﻋِ ْﺪﻧِﻲ َﻛ ْﻲ أ ُ َﻗﻴﱢﺪ َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛ ْﻲ َﻻ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻘ ِﺪ َرا ﻋَ َﲆ إِﻳﺬَا ِﺋ َﻚ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْاﻵ َن‪ِ «.‬ﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻔﻬَ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺑَﻌْ ﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻜ ْﻜ ُﺖ ُﻗﻴُﻮ َد ِﻣﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻤَ ﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻗﻴﱠ ْﺪﻧ َ ُ‬ ‫َﺎل وَأ َ َﴍ ُ‬ ‫َﺎل‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ني ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺲ ﻧَﻮ ِْع ا ْﻟﺤِ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤِ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﺨﺪِﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻠ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ٍة َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا!‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫﻴﱠﺎ! ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺮوجَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ﻨَﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧ َ ْﺮﺗَﺎحَ أَﺧِ ريًا‪ ،‬أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﴬ ُت اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ َﻛﻬْ ﻔِ ﻲ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ ﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم‬ ‫أَﺣْ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ َﻏﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ َ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ؛ َﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮع‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺶ وَا ْﻟﺠُ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻪُ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻤ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻨِﻲ ِﺑﻠُ َﻐﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫»ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ْف أَدْﻋُ ﻮ َك »ﺟﻤﻌﺔ«‪ِ ،‬ﻷَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أَﻧ ْ َﻘﺬْﺗُ َﻚ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪ ،‬ﻳَ ْﻮ ِم ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻤُﻌَ ِﺔ!«‬ ‫اﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ِﱄ وَأَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ‪ .‬وَأ َ َﴍ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِْري َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪ْ :‬‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫»اﺳ ِﻤﻲ روﺑﻨﺴﻮن‪ ،‬روﺑﻨﺴﻮن‬ ‫ﻛﺮوزو‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ ْن ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﻊ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬أ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ ﺗَﺜَﺎ ُؤﺑًﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريًا و َ​َﻫﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻀﺤِ ْﻜ ُﺖ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ‬ ‫و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ُﻣﺘْﻌَ ﺐٌ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪ «.‬وَأ َ َرﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ﺣَ ِﺼريَ َة ﻧ َ ْﻮ ٍم ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱢﺶ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺗْ ُﺮ ُﻛﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ‬ ‫و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬و َْاﻵ َن‪ِ ،‬ﻟ َﻢ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﻐ ُﻔﻮ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ؟«‬ ‫اﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ ِﱄ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺪ ِْر ًﻛﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗ َ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ْﺪﺗُﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺎ َر إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺼريَ ِة و َ​َﻏ ِﺮ َق ِﰲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﻠ ْﺴ ُﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أ ُ َﺷﺎﻫِ ُﺪ ُه وَﺣَ ْﺴﺐُ ِﻟﺒَﻌْ ِﺾ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺒﺎﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓﺘِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﺪ ِم َﻓﻬْ ِﻤ ِﻪ ِﱄ‬ ‫ﺺ ِﻟﺘَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱠث إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﺪ ِم َﻓﻬْ ِﻤﻲ َﻟﻪُ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋ ِ​ِﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻣَ ﻌَ َﻚ َﺷ ْﺨ ٌ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺟﻤﻌﺔ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٌﻞ َودَا ِﻛ ٌﻦ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﺴﺎبُ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟ ُﻪ َﺷﻌْ ٌﺮ َ‬ ‫َرﺟُ ًﻼ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮهِ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﻣَ ِﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي‬ ‫ري ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﲇ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِﺪ ُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜ َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪َ ،‬رﺟَ ﻌْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺺ ﻟِﻠ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻬْ ِﻲ َﻓﻮَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫ْت ﺟﻤﻌﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪.‬‬ ‫و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻮﺟﺌْ ُﺖ ﻟِﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏﺐُ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﱢﺮ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪ُ ،‬ﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق‪ .‬ﻋَ ِﻤ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ِﺠ ﱟﺪ ِﻷ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﻬْ َﺮﻳ ِْﻦ ﺟَ ﻨْﺒًﺎ ﻟِﺠَ ﻨ ْ ٍﺐ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮ َ‬ ‫ِﻟ َﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬ ‫َاﻓ ْﻘﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧَﺤْ ٍﻮ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪٍ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻃﻨ ِ​ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َو َﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻧَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﱠث ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺲ اﻟ ﱡﻠ َﻐ ِﺔ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫ﻳﻖ‬ ‫اﳊ َﻴﺎ ُة َﻣ َﻊ َﺻ ِﺪ ٍ‬ ‫َْ‬ ‫َﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ أَﻧَﺎ وﺟﻤﻌﺔ اﻟﺜ ﱠ َﻼ َ‬ ‫ث َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َات اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴ َ​َﺔ ﻧَﺤْ ﻴَﺎ َوﻧَﻌْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَاﺗﱠﺒَﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ُروﺗِﻴﻨًﺎ ﻣ ُِﺮﻳﺤً ﺎ ِﺟﺪٍّا؛‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎح ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻠ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ َة ﻟِﻠﺘﱠﺄ َ ﱡﻛ ِﺪ أ َ ﱠن أ َ ْﻫ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮدُوا‪ ،‬و َِﰲ أَو َْﻗ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻔِ ﻲ أَو َْﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫ريةِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ أ َ ْو ﻧَﺤْ ﻠِﺐُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰ أَو ﻧ َ ْﻘ ِﻄ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ َﺔ‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ِﰲ أَو َْﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻧَﻌْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ِﺔ أ َ ْو ﻧَﻌْ ﺘَﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨُﻌِ ﱡﺪ ﻋَ َﺸﺎءَﻧَﺎ وَأُﻋَ ﱢﻠ ُﻢ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ اﻟ ﱡﻠ َﻐ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أَﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛُﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َوﺛ ِْﻘ ُﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﺛ َِﻘ ًﺔ ﻋَ ﻤْ ﻴَﺎءَ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺠَ ﺎبَ ِﻻﺑْﺘِﻬَ َﺎﻻﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أَﻋُ ْﺪ وَﺣِ ﻴﺪًا‪َ .‬ﻓﻮُﺟُ ﻮ ُد ﺟﻤﻌﺔ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ َﻓﺤَ ْﺴﺐُ‬ ‫َﻓﻬَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺪ ُر َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻛﻔِ ً‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠ ْﺨﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ني ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧﻮ ِْﰲ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳ َِﺠ َﺪﻧِﻲ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ .‬و ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ وُﺟُ ﻮ ُدﻧَﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ِاﻻﺛْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻌَ ﱢﺰ ُز ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺘﻨَﺎ ﻟِﺤِ ﻤَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ أَﻧ ْ ُﻔ ِﺴﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻫ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ِ ،‬ﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠﻨِﻲ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‬ ‫وب‪َ .‬ﺳﺄ َ ْﻟ ُﺖ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ أ َ ْﺳ ِﺌ َﻠ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺜريَ ًة ﺧِ َﻼ َل َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪ :‬أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ؟ وَﻣَ ْﻦ ُﻫ ْﻢ َﻗ ْﻮ ُﻣﻪُ؟‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬُ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠُ ُﺰ ُر ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒ َُﺔ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ؟ و َ​َﻫ ْﻞ ﻳ َْﺸﺘَ ُ‬ ‫ﺎق إ ِ َﱃ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ؟ و َ​َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠﺘُ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ؟‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ َﻠ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ إِﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِﰲ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ٍﺔ َوإِﻳﻤَ ﺎءَةٍ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﻟُ َﻐﺘِﻲ و ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َع‬ ‫إِﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ْﻒ َﻻ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبَ ِﻟ َﻮ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻨ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻟِﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮﺗِ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫– » ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪٍ‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮ ِﻏﺒ ُْﺖ أ َ ْن أ َ َرى ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟﻢَ‪َ .‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ أ َ ِﺑﻲ َﻏ ِﻀﺐَ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪةٍ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻲ ِﻷَﺣْ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﺮ ِد ِﱄ َ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبَ ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻰ ِﺑ ِﺮﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﺑَﺤْ ِﺮﻳﱠ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ٍﺔ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑﻲ أ َ ْﻫ ُﻞ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻧ ْ َﻘﺬْ َت أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ ْﻔﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ وَا ِﻟ َﺪ َك؟«‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ ِﻟﺪَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ ،‬أ ْﻓﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ ُه ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ‪ ،‬وَأ ْﻓﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮﺗِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ أﺣِ ﺐﱡ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ َﻫﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬وَأُﺣِ ﺐﱡ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻴ َْﺶ َﻫﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬وَأُﺣِ ﺐﱡ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ َﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﺎﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮ ْ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ ٌ‬ ‫ِﻒ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪«.‬‬

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‫اﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤْ ُﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬إِذَ ْن َﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءَ؟«‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ٍﺔ و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪ِ » :‬ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫وَاﻧ ْ َﻔ َﻐ َﺮ َﻓ ُﻤ ُﻪ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ أ َ َو ﱡد ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ! َﻓﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬أ َ ْن‬ ‫أَﺣْ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻰ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮةِ!«‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬اﻟﺘﱠ َﺸﺎﺑُ ُﻪ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻨَﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ َﻜﺬَا اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﺑ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﺎف ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة أَﻧَﺎ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻃﻨِﻲ ِﻷَﺣْ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛ ُﺖ َو َ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻰ ِﺑﻤ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮ ٍة ُﻛ ْﱪَى؛ و ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻋَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﻘ َﺮ ْر ُت ُﻫﻨَﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت أَﺣْ ﻜِﻲ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻟﺠﻤﻌﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﺸﺄَﺗِﻲ ِﰲ إِﻧ ْ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِﱰَا‪،‬‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ْﻦ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ﺘِﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﱪ َِاز ِ‬ ‫ﱰ َﻛ ٌﺔ َﻛ ِﺜريَ ٌة‪ِ ،‬ﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ْﺴ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻗ ِﺪ َم ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ْت ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻨَﺎ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءُ ﻣ ُْﺸ َ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫َرأ ْ َﺳﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﰲ أَﻣَ ﺎﻛ َِﻦ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِة ِاﻻ ْﺧﺘ َِﻼ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ﻨَﺎ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ف‪ .‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫– » َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣ َُﻘ ﱠﺪ ًرا َﻟﻨَﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧ َ ْﻐ ُﺪ َو َ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﺎ روﺑﻨﺴﻮن! وَأَﻧَﺎ َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ َﻗﻠ ًِﻘﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ‬ ‫ني ﺣَ ِﻤﻴﻤَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﺳﻴَﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻠِﺢُ ‪«.‬‬ ‫وَاﺛ ٌِﻖ أ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫ْﻒ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﱰةٍ‪ُ ،‬ﻛ ﱞﻞ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ َﻠ ْﺴﻨَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺎف‬ ‫ني ِﰲ َﺧﻴْﻤَ ِﺘﻨَﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻟ َِﻔ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺎﻣﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏ ِﺮ َق ُﻛ ﱞﻞ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ِﰲ أ َ ْﻓ َﻜ ِﺎر ِه ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻐ ِﺎﻣ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫َث أ َ ِن اﻧْﺠَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺄ َ ْﻟ ُﺖ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ف أَيﱞ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ ْﻮ ِﻣ َﻚ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ِﺑ َﻘﻮ َِار ِﺑ ِﻬﻢْ؟«‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓﻨَﺤْ ُﻦ ﻧُﺠَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻻ أ َ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎبَ ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮامُ‪ ،‬وَاﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﱢف ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪﱢ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫َال‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻓﻬَ ْﻢ ﻣَ ْﻘ ِﺼ َﺪهُ‪ .‬أَيﱡ ﻧَﻬْ ٍﺮ؟ ﻧَﻌَ ْﻢ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ! أ َ ْد َر ْﻛ ُﺖ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﺼ ُﺪ ﻧَﻬْ َﺮ‬ ‫أورﻳﻨﻮﻛﻮ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻢَ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ﱠن ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮﺗِﻲ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒ ٌَﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗﺮﻳﻨﻴﺪاد‪.‬‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫أ َ َﴍ ُ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ ﻟِﺤْ ﻴَﺘِﻲ و َ​َﺳﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﲇ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ؟«‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َرأَﻳ َْﺖ ِرﺟَ ًﺎﻻ َﻛ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ ِﻟﺪَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ ٍﺪ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ا ْﻟﺒُﻌْ ﺪِ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺒْﻌُ ُﺪ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أﺟَ ﺎبَ ‪»ِ :‬ﰲ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﻮﻣِﻲ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺒْﻌُ ُﺪ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ِرﺟَ ﺎ ٌل ِﺑﻠ ِﺤً ﻰ؛ ِرﺟَ ﺎ ٌل ِﺑﻠ ِﺤً ﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ َووُﺟُ ﻮ ٍه َﺷﺎﺣِ ﺒَ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻣﺜْﻠُ َﻚ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻀﺒ ِْﻂ‪ ،‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ ُ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺷﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘِﻲ و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺎت ﺟﻤﻌﺔ ﺣَ ﻤَ َ‬ ‫ُورﻧَﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﻧُﺒْﺤِ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أ َ ﱠن ِﺑﻤَ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺎر ِﺑﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ري؟«‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫َﻫ ﱠﺰ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ ﻧﻔﻴًﺎ‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َﺨ َﻔ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﻨ َ ِﻮﻳﱠﺎﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب ﱠ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫ري‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ﺣَ ﺠْ ِﻢ َز ْو َر َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﺑْﺤَ ﺎ ُر ِﰲ َﻗ ِﺎر ٍب أ َ ْﻛ َﱪَ؛ َﻗ ِﺎر ٍب َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ ْ ِ‬ ‫‪82‬‬

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‫ﻳﻀ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧﺒَ ْ‬ ‫اﻧ ْ َﻔ َﻐ َﺮ َﻓ ِﻤﻲ ﻋﻦ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺖ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ِه ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗِﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻋَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻨُﻮﻧًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أُﺑ ِ‬ ‫َﺎل‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﻸَو ِﱠل ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮﺗِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺎن إ ِ َﻗﺎﻣَ ﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﺪَيﱠ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ٌة ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﺎﺗَ ْﺖ َﻟﺪَيﱠ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ٌة ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟﺪَيﱠ أَﻣَ ٌﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة ِﻟ َﻮ َ‬ ‫وَﺣِ ﻴﺪًا‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻨِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ َﻫﺎدِ ﺋَ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬريَةِ‪ ،‬ﺧِ َﻼ َل ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﺳ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ُت أﻧَﺎ وﺟﻤﻌﺔ ﻟِﻤَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﺎف‪ْ ِ ،‬‬ ‫وﻻ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﻧ ُ ُﺰ ً‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ات ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة أَﺛ َ َﺮ َﻗ َﺪ ٍم‪ .‬أ َ َرد ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ذَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ْت أ َ ْن أ ُ ِرﻳَ ُﻪ أَﺟْ َﺰاءَ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳﻤَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻓ َﻜ ْﻜﺘُﻬَ ﺎ و َ​َﺧﺒﱠﺄْﺗُﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨَﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱰ ٍة َ‬ ‫ﺺ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ ﺣُ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َم ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﻔﺤﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﻠﺐُ ِﰲ ْاﻷَﺟْ َﺰاءِ ﻟ َِريَى أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ﻟ َِﻔ ْ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻷ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﱠﺮةٍ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ْﻗﻨ ِ​ِﻪ و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ ﻳَﺎ روﺑﻨﺴﻮن‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎع َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﻼ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻪُ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ؟«‬ ‫اﻧْﺪ َ​َﻫ ْﺸ ُﺖ ِﺟﺪٍّا ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َات‪َ ،‬ﻫﺒَ َ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫َات‪ .‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْرﺑ َِﻊ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ ﻣ ُِﺠﻴﺒًﺎ‪ُ » :‬ﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْرﺑ َِﻊ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﴩ َرﺟُ ًﻼ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮﺗِﻲ‪ «.‬و ْ‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ َل َﻻ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻟﻴ ُْﺨ ِ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺒْﻌَ َﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪ ،‬ﻳَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺸ َ‬ ‫ﻳَ َﺰاﻟُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪ِ ،‬ﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ ْﻮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ُﻢ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺘْ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺷ ِﻬ ْﺪﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤَ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ ِﻤﺪ َْﻓ ِﻊ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻲ ِﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻤﻬَ ﺎ!« ﺛﻢ أ َ ْﺧ َﱪْﺗﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫وﱄ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎع ﱠ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮد ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ُ ،‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٌﺔ‬ ‫َﺎب َوﻧ ُ ُﺰ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺒ ِ‬ ‫ْت‪َ » :‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ اﻧْﻘِ َﺸ ِ‬ ‫أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻣُﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎل َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻤُﻮﺗُﻮا ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ ُﺖ!«‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ٌﺔ! َﻛ ْﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋ ِ​ِﻊ أ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ري ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪَأْﻧَﺎ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ‪ ،‬ﻛ َِﻼﻧَﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ٌق ِﰲ أ َ ْﻓ َﻜ ِﺎرهِ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﺸﻴ ًَﺔ َﻫﺎدِ ﺋَ ًﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻟ َ‬ ‫ِﺼﺪِﻳﻘِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺸﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻗ ْﻞ أَيﱠ َ ْ‬ ‫و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻟﺠﻤﻌﺔ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻌً ﺎ أَﻣْ ِﺮي‪» :‬ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮﺗِ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ!«‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫ﻳﺮ ِة؟‬ ‫َﻫ ْﻞ ُﻳ ْﻤ ِﻜ ُﻨﻨﺎ ُﻣﻐَ َﺎد َر ُة ْ َ‬ ‫اﳉ ِﺰ َ‬ ‫ان َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ﺘُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮﻧَﺎ ذَوَيْ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ٍﻊ‬ ‫َﺎن اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬَ ِ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ِﺎر ٍب ِﻟﻨ ُ َﻐﺎدِ َر ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ َة؛ َﻓﺎ ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎرﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻟ ِ​ِﻤﺜ ْ ِﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ِﺔ ) َو ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻟ َِﻘ ِﺎر ِﺑﻲ ْاﻷَو ِﱠل َﻓ َﻼ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ﻣَ ْﱰُو ًﻛﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻴَﺎ ِﺑ َﺴ ِﺔ ِﰲ‬ ‫ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ(‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ ُ‬ ‫َﺎح ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﻧَﺘَﻨَﺎ َو ُل إ ِ ْﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َرﻧَﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ ْﻟ ُﺖ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ ذَ َ‬ ‫ات َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أ ﱠن ِﺑ ِﺈﻣْ َﻜﺎ ِﻧ َﻚ ﻣ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﺗِﻲ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ ْ ِﻊ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َرأَﻳْﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْرﺑ َِﻊ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َات؟«‬ ‫وَأَﺟَ ﺎبَ ‪» :‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ أ َ َرى ﻣَ ﺎﻧِﻌً ﺎ‪ .‬وَﻣَ َﻊ أَﻧﱢﻲ َﻏ ْريُ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛ ٍﺪ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛ ٌﺪ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻗﺎدِ ٌر‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﻌْ ﻠِﻴﻤِ ﻲ؛ أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ روﺑﻨﺴﻮن؟«‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪ِ » :‬ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ! َﻓ ِﺒﺘَﻌَ ﺎ ُوﻧِﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ْف ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ِﺑﻨَﺎءَ َﻗ ِﺎر ٍب ﺟَ ﻴﱢ ٍﺪ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُﻨَﺎ ِﻟﻨَﻌُ ﻮ َد ِﺑ ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮﺗِ َﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ﺎ َر‪َ ،‬وﻧَﺤَ ﺘْﻨَﺎ أ َ ْﻟﻮَاحَ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ ﱠﺮ ْﻏﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ َع‪ .‬ﻋَ ِﻤ ْﻠﻨَﺎ َوﺗَﻌِ ﺒْﻨَﺎ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِت ﱡ‬ ‫َﻗ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻬُ ﻮ ُر‬ ‫ﻂءٍ‪ .‬وَﻋَ ِﻤ ْﻠﻨَﺎ َ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪَأ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒُﻨَﺎ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ َﺷ ْﻜ ًﻼ ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﺳ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﺎف ُﻛ ﱢﻠ ِﻪ ِﺑ َﻼ ﺗَﻮ ﱡَﻗ ٍﻒ َو َﻟ ْﻮ ِﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ٍم‬ ‫وَاﺣِ ﺪٍ‪َ .‬و ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد اﻧْﺘِﻬَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب‪ ،‬ﺑَﺬَ ْﻟﻨَﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﺟُ ﻬُ ﻮ ِدﻧَﺎ ِﻟ َﺰﺣْ َﺰﺣَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻓ َﺸﻴْﺌًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ َﺮ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ني أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ﻳَ ْﻮ َم أ َ ْن َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻔﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎربُ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔﺤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ ِﻷَو ِﱠل ﻣَ ﱠﺮةٍ!‬ ‫ﻂ َرﺟُ َﻠ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺘﻨَﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺟﻤﻌﺔ وَاﺛ ًِﻘﺎ أ َ ﱠن ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﴘ‪،‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘ ِْﺨﺪَا َم ﻣَ ﺠَ ﺎدِ ﻳ ِﻔﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧ َ ِﺼ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﱪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺋ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟﺪَيﱠ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ٌة أ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ؛ َﻓﺒَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻗ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﻊ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ َة أ ْر ٍز َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة َﻛ ْﻲ ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَ ْﺨﺪِﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺖ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ أَﺟْ َﺰاءِ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴْﻤَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ اﺣْ ﺘَ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ٍﺎر‪ ،‬ﺟَ َﻠ ْﺴ ُﺖ وَﺧِ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨَﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪَى َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫َات‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺎريَ وَأ َ َﻗﻤْ ﻨَﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫َوو َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﴩَا َع‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ ْاﻵ َن ﺟَ ﺎﻫِ ًﺰا ﻟِﺠَ ْﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ ﻟِﻠﺘﱠﺠْ ِﺮﺑَ ِﺔ! أَﺑْﺤَ ْﺮ ُت أَﻧَﺎ‬

‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬

‫ﳾءٍ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ أ َ َرﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫وﺟﻤﻌﺔ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺄ إِذْ ﻋَ ﱠﻠﻤْ ﺘُ ُﻪ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُم‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳُﺒْﺤِ ُﺮ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺤَ ﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻪ ﻣَ َﻊ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻳ َﻊ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﱡﻠ ِﻢ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﻜ ُﻢ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ‬ ‫ف ﺟﻤﻌﺔ َ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُ ُﻪ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ْﻮ َد ِة ﺗَﺤَ ﱡﻜ ِﻤﻲ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺿ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ْرﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْن ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻞ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْﺳ ِﻢ ا ُملﻤْ ِﻄ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْر َدﻧَﺎ ﺣِ ﻤَ ﺎﻳ َ​َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‬ ‫وف اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻘ ِﺲ‪َ .‬ﻓﺤَ َﻔ ْﺮﻧَﺎ ﺣَ ﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻇ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ْﺿﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻴَﺎ ِﺑ َﺴ ِﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ْﺪو َِل‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٍة َﻛ ِﺎﻣ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻟﺘَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﺑﻨَﺎءِ َﺳ ﱟﺪ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ َوﺗَ ْﻐ ِﻄﻴَ ِﺔ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ َﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑ َ​َﻘﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ ﺟَ ٍّﺎﻓﺎ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ ُر ﺗَﺤَ ﱡﺴ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ َﻟ ِﺔ َﺳ ْﻘ ٍﻒ‪ .‬و َْاﻵ َن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺒ ﱠَﻘﻰ َﻟﻨَﺎ َﻓﻌْ ﻠُ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻘ ِﺲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻋَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻢ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑﻲ وَأ ُ ْﻟﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜ ْﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ إِﺟْ ﻤَ ِﺎﱄ ﱡ َﺳﺒ ٍْﻊ َوﻋ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َﱢق ُﻣ ُﺮو َر ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪ .‬ﺟَ َﻠ ْﺴ ُﺖ ﻟ َِﻔ َﱰ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻌْ ﺐٌ أ َ ْن أ ُ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َال ُﻣﺘَ َﺴﺎﺋ ًِﻼ َﻛ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠري َِت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة‬ ‫َات ِﻃﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ ﺗُ َﺮى ِﰲ َو َ‬ ‫ﻃﻨِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻫ ْﻞ َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ﻣَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ﺘِﻲ ﻣَ ﻮْﺟُ ﻮ َد ًة؟ َﻫ ْﻞ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ‬ ‫ات ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫َﺎت ﻋَ ْﻘ ِﲇ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺎ َد أَﺧِ ﻲ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻦ؟ ﺗَ َﺴﺎﺑ َ​َﻘ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻜﺎ ُر ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫َني ﺟَ ﻨَﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳُﻮﻗ ُِﻔﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻮع ﱠ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﺳﻮَى ُﺳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪.‬‬ ‫َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻣﻦ واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫اﳊ ﱢﺮ ﱠﻳ ُﺔ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺘ َﻤ ﱡﺮ ُد َو ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻔ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﻣْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُر‪ِ ،‬ﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻹﻋْ ﺪَادِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎ ُل ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪَى ﻣَ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳ َﻢ ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪةٍ‪َ .‬وﺑَﺪَأ ْ ُت أَﻧَﺎ وﺟﻤﻌﺔ ِﰲ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﺠ ﱢﺪﻳﱠ ٍﺔ ﻟ ِ​ِﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺘﻨَﺎ‪ .‬اﻋْ ﺘَﻨَﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ِن‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﺒ ﱠَﻖ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳ ًَﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ًة‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأْﻧَﺎ ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺐ ﺟَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ِﺳﻮَى اﻟﺘﱠﺄ َ ﱡﻛ ِﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﻮ ُ‬ ‫َاﻓ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻐِ ﺬَاءِ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺎﰲ ِﺑﺤَ ْﻮ َزﺗِﻨَﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺄ َ ْﻟ ُﺖ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺎب إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗُﻤَ ﺎ ِﻧ ُﻊ ِﰲ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﻔ ﱢِﻲ َوﺗَﺠْ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫َﻟﻨَﺎ؟«‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق‪َ ،‬ﺳﺄَذْ َﻫﺐُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻮ ِْري‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎبَ ‪» :‬ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﺗَﻤْ ِﴤ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٌة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ﺘُ ُﻪ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ َ‬ ‫َﴫ ُخ‪:‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻋِ ﺪًا و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐٌ ُﻫﻨَﺎ! ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐٌ !«‬ ‫»روﺑﻨﺴﻮن! روﺑﻨﺴﻮن! أ َ ْﻗ ِﺒ ْﻞ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ني وَأَﻧَﺎ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﴎﻋْ ﻨَﺎ‬ ‫َﺎب‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻴ ُْﺖ ِﺑﻮَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة ﻟﺠﻤﻌﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺖ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻲ َﺧ ِﺎرﺟً ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺘﱠ ﱢﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﺰﻳ ًﱠﺔ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗُﺒْﺤِ ُﺮ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َاﺧﺘَﺒَﺄْﻧَﺎ ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ َو َر َاﻗﺒْﻨَﺎ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ إِﻧ ْ ِﺠﻠ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻫﻤَ َﺲ ِﱄ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗَ ُ‬ ‫ﻈﻨﱡﻬُ ْﻢ َﻓﺎﻋِ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫ني؟«‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻟ ٍِﺢ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ﺬَا َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺒ ُْﺖ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أَد ِْري‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ ﻋَ ﻤَ ٌﻞ َﻏ ْريُ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﺗِﺠَ ﺎ َر ٍة‬ ‫ِﻴﺰﻳ ًﱠﺔ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘ ِﺎربُ ﺛ َ َﻼ ِﺛ َ‬ ‫ني َﺳﻨ َ ًﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻣُﻌْ ﺘَﺎدٍ ؛ َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ إِﻧ ْ ِﺠﻠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ِﺑﻤِ ْﺮ َﺳﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﱠﺮ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺎدﱢي اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﴎى ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻳﻬ ْﻢ وَأ َ ْﻗﺪَاﻣُﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣ َُﻘﻴﱠ َﺪ ًة‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫َﺎع ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ َﺔ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أَﻳْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ ﺣَ َﺮا َر ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮ َك ْاﻷ َ ْﴍَا ُر َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺎق ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎ ِﻛ َ‬ ‫ني ذَ َﻫﺒُﻮا ُﻫ ْﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ ِﺑ َﻼ ﻏِ ﺬَاءٍ و َ​َﻻ ﻣَ ﺎءٍ ِﰲ ﺣِ ِ‬ ‫ِﻟﻴ َْﺴﺘَ ْﻜ ِﺸ ُﻔﻮا ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ َة‪.‬‬

‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬

‫ﻳﻖ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂءٍ ُﻫﺒُﻮ ً‬ ‫ْت ﻟﺠﻤﻌﺔ ِﺑﺄ َ ْن ﻳَﺘْﺒَﻌَ ﻨِﻲ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ .‬وَﺣِ َ‬ ‫أ َ َﴍ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل و َ​َﺳﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣَ ْﻦ ُﻫ ْﻢ َوﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا أَﺗَﻮْا إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَﻴ ﱠَﻘﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْن َﻻ أَﺣَ َﺪ ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِارﻧَﺎ‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ْﻠ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻼ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮي ﺑَﺪَا‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْرﺗَﺒَ ُﻜﻮا أَﻳﱠﻤَ ﺎ ا ْرﺗِﺒَﺎكٍ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﺠﻴﺒُﻮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ُﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺪ ِم!‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﻤَ ِﺠ ﱟﻲ وَﻣَ ﺠْ ﻨ ُ ٍ‬ ‫َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮاﺑَ ِﺔ َﻟﻬُ ﻢْ؛ َﻛ ِﺈﻧ ْ َﺴ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻦ أُو ِذﻳَ ُﻜﻢْ‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪ ِﺗ ُﻜﻢْ‪َ «.‬وﻧَﺎ َدﻳ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ ِﻟﻴَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘ ِْﺨﺪَا ِم‬ ‫ﺎل‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ ُﻗﺒْ َ‬ ‫ِﺳ ﱢﻜﻴﻨ ِ​ِﻪ َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ ُﻗﻴُﻮد َُﻫﻢْ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﻧُﺤَ ﱢﺮ ُر ُﻫﻢْ‪َ َ ،‬‬ ‫ﴍحَ َﻟﻨَﺎ أَﺣَ ُﺪ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫َث ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺘْﻨِﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﱡﺮدٌ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ﱠﺮ َر َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وﻗﺪ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺎﻗ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹﺑْﺤَ ﺎ َر َﺧ ِﺎرجَ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴ ِﺎر ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﺪﱠدِ ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ْ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻫ َﻜﺬَا َر َﺳ ْﻮﻧَﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧُﺒْﻌِ َﺪ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛَﺘَ ُﻜ ْﻢ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌُ ﻮدُوا‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻬُ ﻢْ‪» :‬ﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َﻟﻮْا ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺒَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ان اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻼ ِن َﻓﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻧَﺎ ِﺋﺒَﺎيَ ‪ ،‬ﻣُﻮ ْرﺟَ ﺎ ُن َوﺑ ُ‬ ‫– » ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ َ َ‬ ‫َﺎس‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن واﻟﺶ‪ ،‬أﻣﱠ ﺎ َﻫﺬَ ِ‬ ‫– »أَﻧَﺎ روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﺬَا ﺟﻤﻌﺔ‪«.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺘﺎﺳﻊ واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫َْ‬ ‫ِﺎﻟﺪ ﱠﻓ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻷ ْﺧ ُﺬ ﺑ ﱠ‬

‫ﻃ َﺎﻗ ِﺘﻨَﺎ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َ‬ ‫د َ‬ ‫ُون ﻣ َُﻘﺪﱢﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ ،‬وﺟﻤﻌﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻘﺪﱢﻣَ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن‬ ‫ﺎت‪ ،‬ﺟَ َﺮﻳْﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱪﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ِﺼﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﺑﺘَ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ِﺑﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺻﻴ َﻞ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪ .‬و َِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠ ﱢﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ َﻠ ْﺴﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺄﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺸﺎﻛ ِ​ِﻞ ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ني َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﺒ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺴﺒﱠﺒَﺎ ِﰲ ﺣُ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِني‪َ .‬ﻓﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜ ِ‬ ‫َني أ َ ﱠن َرﺟُ َﻠ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ُوث ﺟَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ِﺑ َﻘ ْﻮﻟِ ِﻪ إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ َد ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻗﻨَﻌَ ﺎ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﻤَ ﱡﺮ ِد و َْاﻵ َن ﻳ َُﻀ ﱢﻠ َﻼﻧ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻠﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫ﻆ‬ ‫ان َﻏ ْريُ ﻣَ ﺎﻫِ َﺮﻳ ِْﻦ؛ َﻓﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺴ َﻦ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﺑ َْﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ َﻻ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ؛ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر ِ‬ ‫َﺎن َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ َﻼﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳَﺪ ِْرﻳ ِ‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫»ﻓ ُﻜ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺸ َﻐ ُﻞ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜري َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺐُ ؛ َو َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﺳ َﻼﻣَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َة ﺑَﺎﻗِ ﻲ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ .‬و ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳﺪَاﻧ ِ​ِﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ ُل‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ ْﻟ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن وَا ْﻟ َﺶ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ إِذَا َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ َد ﺑَﺎﻗِ ﻲ ِرﺟَ ﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ إ ِ ْﺧ َﻼ ِﺻ ِﻬ ْﻢ َﻟﻪُ‪ ،‬إِذَا‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ َﺴﺎ ُك ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﻠ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼْ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ﱠﻢ ْ ِ‬ ‫– »أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪ ،‬أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻓ ِﺮﺣُ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱡﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﻴ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑﻮُﺟُ ﻮدِﻫِ ْﻢ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ِﺑ َﻼ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ٍه‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻂ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة ِﻷ َ ْو َ‬ ‫َاﺿ ٍﺢ و َ​َﻻ ُﺧ َ‬ ‫و ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َﱪ ُْت ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﺎﴏهُ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ َو ﱡد ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ َﺔ‬ ‫ﺎن وَا ْﻟ َﺶ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻳ ُْﺴﻌِ ُﺪﻧِﻲ أَﻧَﺎ وﺟﻤﻌﺔ أ َ ْن ﻧُﻨ َ ِ َ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺷﻴْﺌَ ْ ِ‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫ﴫﻧَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻫ ْﻞ‬ ‫ﺎل اﻧْﺘَ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﺘَﺘْﺒَ ُﻊ ﺗَﻌْ ﻠِﻴﻤَ ﺎﺗِﻲ َوﺗَﺪَﻋُ ﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﻗ ُﻮ ُد َك ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ؟ و َِﰲ ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺤَ ﺒُﻨِﻲ أَﻧَﺎ وﺟﻤﻌﺔ ِﻟﻨَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﱃ إِﻧ ْ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِﱰَا ِﺑ ِﺮ ْﻓ َﻘ ِﺘ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ وَاﺑْﺘَ َﻜ ْﺮﻧَﺎ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱰ ٍة َ‬ ‫َاﻓ َﻖ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺔ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬وَﺟَ َﻠ ْﺴﻨَﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻤْ َﺴ ُﺔ ﻟ َِﻔ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن وَا ْﻟ ُﺶ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ري ُﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻄ ِﻬﻢْ‪ .‬وَاﺗﱠ َﻔ َﻖ‬ ‫َان ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ َﺖ ﺟَ ﺎﻟ َِﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني َﻓﺤَ ْﺴﺐُ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺪ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻣُﺤْ َﻜﻤَ ًﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻐﺎ ِﻟﺒًﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﴤ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻏﺪ ِ‬

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‫ﴎ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ِﺑ ُﺴﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ِاﻻ ْ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن أ َ ﱠن ِﰲ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﻴﻴﺪِﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺘﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ِﺢ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻤﺌْﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة ﻟِﻠﻨ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧ ُ ْﻘ ِﻨ ُﻊ ﺑَﺎﻗِ َﻲ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻬْ ِﻲ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺣْ ﺘَﻔِ ُ‬ ‫ﺎص ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﺑﺒَﺎﻗِ ﻲ ﺑَﻨَﺎدِ ﻗِ ﻲ‪ .‬وَأَﻋْ َ‬ ‫اﺻ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺤَ ﺒْﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر َة ِﻟ َﻜﻬْ ﻔِ ﻲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ُْﺖ‬ ‫َﺎﺟﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬وﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ْﻛﻨَﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻤْ َﺴ ُﺔ ِﺑﺨِ ﱠﻔ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َرﺟُ ٍﻞ ِﺳ َﻼﺣً ﺎ َوﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ُرودِ‪ ،‬ﺗَﺤَ ﱡﺴﺒًﺎ ِﻻﺣْ ِﺘﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ ِﻟﻨَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﺳﻨ َ َﺪ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳ َْﻐ ُﻔﻮ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻨْﺘَ ِ ِ‬ ‫ﺾ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻀﻬُ ْﻢ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْزﻧَﺎدِ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬و َر َﻗ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ وَﺣَ ْﺴﺐُ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎ ِﺑﻌِ ﻲ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْ‬ ‫أَﺣَ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﺪد ُ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ ٍﺔ ِﺑﺄ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ْﻘﻨَﺎ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻨَﺎدِ ﻗِ ﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ‬ ‫ﻄﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺪ ُروا ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺪُو ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ َﻔ َﺰ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل‪َ ،‬ﺧﺎﺋِﻔِ َ‬ ‫ني وَﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن!‬ ‫ﻮﻫﺎ ْاﻵ َن َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ ْ‬ ‫و َِﺻﺤْ ُﺖ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬أ َ ْﻟ ُﻘﻮا أ َ ْﺳﻠِﺤَ ﺘَ ُﻜﻢْ! أ َ ْﻟ ُﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ َِﻖ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ُﻜ ْﻢ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ!«‬ ‫ُﻮف‪ ،‬و َْاﻷ َ ْﻏﻤَ ﺎدِ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ا ْرﺗِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻴ ِ‬ ‫ِني‪ ،‬و ﱡ‬ ‫َﺻ َﺨ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ِني و َ‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﻼ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎﻣﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻜﺎﻛ ِ‬ ‫ْت َرﻧ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ْر ِض‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛﻢ أﺿﻔﺖ‪» :‬وَا ْﻟﺒَﻨَﺎدِ َق أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻋْ ِﺮف أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻜ ْﻢ ﺑَﻨَﺎدِ َق!« َﻓﺄ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ َﻗﻠِﻴ ٌﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﻠِﺤَ ﺘَﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﻀ ٍﺾ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻮ َﻟﻴَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺘ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ُﻗﺒْ َ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ َﺪ ْر ُت ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ان ْ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن‬ ‫َان اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن وَا ْﻟ َﺶ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ﻣَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻏﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟ ُﺶ؟« َﻓﺄ َﺷﺎ َر ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ِﺑ ِﺈ ْ‬ ‫ني ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻌِ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ ِﰲ و َْﺳ ِﻂ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﻌِ ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ َرﺟُ َﻠ ْ ِ‬ ‫– »أَﻧْﺘُﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َﻟﻴَﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ْ ،‬اﻵ َن!« ﺗَ َﺮ ﱠددَا ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺣَ ﺎو َ​َﻻ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮا َر‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِ ِﻹ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﺎﻓِ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَو َْﻗ َﻊ ْاﻷ َ ﱠو َل ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑ ْﺎﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْن ﻳ َِﺼ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫َ ِ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ! َﻫﻴﱠﺎ ِﻟﻨ ُ َﻘﻴﱢﺪ ُْﻫﻤَ ﺎ!« َﻗﻴﱠ َﺪ ﻣُﻮ ْرﺟَ ﺎ ُن َوﺑ ُ‬ ‫َﺎس أَﻳْ ِﺪﻳَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘ ِْﺨﺪَا ِم ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ‬ ‫و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪ِ » :‬ﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻨُﻮﻋَ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎل ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬ ‫َﺎت ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﺮﻣَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤِ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﱠني!« َﻓﺄَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ وَأ َ َﺷﺎ َر إ ِ َﱃ ﺑ َ‬ ‫َﺎس‬ ‫– »ﺟﻤﻌﺔ‪ ،‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻳ َْﻦ َﺳﺘَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَﻳ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻤَ ِﺠﻴ ْ ِ‬ ‫َوﻣُﻮ ْرﺟَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻟﻴ َُﺴﺎﻋِ ﺪَاهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱠث ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤْ ِﻊ‪ ،‬ﺗَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َو ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد اﺑْﺘِﻌَ ﺎدِ ﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْﺮﻣَ ﻰ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ﻣَ َﻊ ِرﺟَ ﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ إِﻣﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻄﺄ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴَﺎ ُر َﻟﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﻌُ ﻮدُوا إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْو ﻳ َْﻔﻘِ ﺪُوا ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗَﻬُ ُﻢ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ؛ َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺌﻮا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ُرء َ‬ ‫ُوﺳﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﱪ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ وَاﺣِ ٍﺪ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ي ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ ﻴَﺎﻧ َ ِﺔ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن وَا ْﻟ َﺶ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎﻟ ِ​ِﺢ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺧِ ْﺰ ٍ‬ ‫ُون ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠﻤَ ﱡﺮدِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎﻟُﻮا إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺰﻋ ِ​ِﺠ َ‬ ‫َﺳﻴَﺘْﺒَﻌُ ﻮﻧَﻪُ‪ .‬وَاﻋْ ﺘَﺬَ َر ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜري َ‬ ‫ني ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ٍة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﱠﺮاءِ ﻣَ ﺎ‬

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‫»ﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َرﻓ ٌ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻟِﺢٌ وَﻣَ ِﺮحٌ « ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ َ‬ ‫ﺎن وَا ْﻟ َﺶ‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ ﻠُﻮهُ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ إ ِ ﱠن أَﺣَ ﺪ َُﻫ ْﻢ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺸ ُﺪ أ ُ ْﻏ ِﻨﻴ َ​َﺔ ِ‬ ‫أَﻳﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َدةٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎص ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻬْ ِﻲ‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﺴﻨ ﱠ ْﺖ ِﱄ َوﻟِ ْﻠ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺘَ ْﻘ ِﻴﻴ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻏ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ َﻜﺎ ٍم ِﰲ َﻛﻬْ ﻔِ ﻲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ إِﺟْ َﺮاءِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﴪ ُت ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن وَا ْﻟ َﺶ ِﰲ ﺟَ ْﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َرﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻣَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ﺘَﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ و َ​َﺷﺎﺋ ٍِﻖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﺤَ َﺔ‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺒَﻬَ َﺮ أَﻳﱠﻤَ ﺎ اﻧ ْ ِﺒﻬَ ٍﺎر‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َ​َﺴﻌْ ُﻪ اﻟﺘﱠ ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻖ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ِﻤ ْﻠ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِﺑﻤ ُْﻔ َﺮدِي!‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗ َﻀﺎءِ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬ﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ أَﻧَﺎ وﺟﻤﻌﺔ ِﺑ ْﻀ َﻊ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻟِﺤَ ْﺰ ِم ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن إ ِ ﱠن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ِن ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻧَﺤْ ﺘَﺎﺟُ ُﻪ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮﻳﱠ ِﺔ إ ِ َﱃ إِﻧ ْ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِﱰَا‪ .‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ َﻪ أ َ َﺧﺬَ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ِﻣﻴَﺎ ِه ﱡ‬ ‫ْب وَا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﱄ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﻔ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﺼﺎ ﻧ َ ِﻈ ً‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺎ َو ِﺑﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻧِﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ أﺟْ ِﻞ ِرﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َدةِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻴﱢﺐُ َﻗ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺎﻻ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪًا! َو َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ‬ ‫ني؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻠ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َات َﻻ أ َ ْرﺗَﺪِي ِﺳﻮَى ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺟ ْﻠ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ِﺰ!‬ ‫َراﺋِﻌَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ أﻧ ْ َﺖ وَاﺛ ٌِﻖ أﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻻ ﺗَ َﻮ ﱡد ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد َة ِﻟ َﻮ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺄ ْﻟ ُﺖ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ َوﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ﻧَﺤْ ِﺰ ُم أﻣْ ﺘِﻌَ ﺘَﻨَﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻨ َﻚ‪ ،‬إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ِﺘ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻨِﻲ‪» :‬روﺑﻨﺴﻮن‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ َﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ ٍﺪ ِﺟﺪٍّا أَﻧﱢﻲ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َة ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬و َْاﻵ َن‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ ِﻷ َ َرى َد ْو َﻟ َﺔ إِﻧ ْ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِﱰَا ا ْﻟﻌُ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻤَ ﻰ‪ ،‬وﻟﻦ أﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫ﱢت َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻟﺪَيﱠ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ!«‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬آ ٍه ﻳَﺎ ﺟﻤﻌﺔ! إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ ٌﺪ ِﺟﺪٍّا ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻲ ِﺑﺄَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﺳﺘَﺄْﺗِﻲ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎ ُل‬ ‫ِﺑ َﻚ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ِﺑﺪُوﻧِ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫أَﺗَﻰ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ِﺳﻮَى َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن واﻟﺶ ِﻟﻴ ُْﺨ ِ َ‬ ‫ﱪﻧَﺎ أ ﱠن َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘَ ُﻪ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﱠﺪ ٌة ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺮﺣِ ِ‬ ‫وَاﺣِ ٍﺪ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻘﻴﱠ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ ِﰲ َﻛﻬْ ﻔِ ﻲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎص‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﻋَ ﻤَ ﻠُ ُﻪ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ َرﺣِ ﻴﻠِﻨَﺎ؛ و َُﻫ َﻮ ذَ َﻫﺎ ِﺑﻲ ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻠ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻬْ ِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ان‪ :‬ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ ِ َﱃ إِﻧ ْ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِﱰَا ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬ﻣ َُﻘﻴﱠ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ َوﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ ﱠﻔ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﺪﻳْ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ َﺧﻴَﺎ َر ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ َﱠﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ﻋُ ُﻘﻮﺑ َُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗُﺤَ ﺎ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َوﺗُ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻨ ْ ِﻖ ِﺑﺘُﻬْ ﻤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺨِ ﻴَﺎﻧ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ِو ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءُ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪،‬‬ ‫َوﺑَ ْﺬ ُل ُﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َرى ﺟُ ﻬْ ِﺪ ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءِ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻼ ِن ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ﱠن ﻋَ ْﻮ َدﺗَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻼدِ ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﻀﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻌْ ٍﺾ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺄ ْ َ‬ ‫ني َ‬ ‫اﻹﻋْ ﺪَامَ؛ ِﻟ َﺬا َﻟ ْﻢ أَﺗَ َﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ ْ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ َﺳﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ َوﺗَ َﻘﺒ َﱠﻼ ﻣَ ِﺼري َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻔ َﻜ ْﻜ ُﺖ أَﻳْ ِﺪﻳَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻃﺄ َ ﻛ َِﻼ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻠ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِْ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﻗﺪَاﻣَ ﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َوﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛ ُﺖ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ِﻣﻴَﺎ ِه ﱡ‬ ‫َان ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴ ِﱠﻤﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳَﺤْ ﻴَﻴَﺎ‬ ‫ْب‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ أَﻳ َْﻦ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺠﺪ ِ‬ ‫‪91‬‬

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‫ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ًة َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒ ًَﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة إِذَا ﻋَ ِﻤ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺠ ﱟﺪ وَاﺟْ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎدٍ ‪ .‬ﺑَ َﺪوَا ﺗَﻌِ َ‬ ‫ني ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ َرﺣِ ِﻴﲇ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻼ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺎس‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة ﺟَ ﻨ ﱠ ٌﺔ ْاﻵ َن‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ﻣُﻌَ ﺎﻣَ َﻠﺘﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﺬَا ْاﻷ َ َﺳ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أَﺧِ ريَ ًة ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎ ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َ‬ ‫َاع َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻨَﻨْﺘُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ َﻮد ِ‬ ‫ﺿﺤَ ﻰ ِﺳﺠْ ﻨِﻲ ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﻃﻨًﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ أَﺑَﺪًا أَﺗَﻰ أَﺧِ ريًا؛ َﻓ َﺴﺄ ُ َﻏﺎدِ ُر ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ َة‪ .‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺪ ِْر‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ﺎءَ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ْ‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد َة ِﻟ َﻮ َ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَ ْﻘ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﻀﺎ َرةِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َرد ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻨِﻲ‪.‬‬

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‫ا ْﻟ َﻌ ْﻮ َد ُة إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻦِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﻔ ﱢِﻲ َوﻧ َ َﺰ ْﻟﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘﻴ ُْﺖ ﺑﺠﻤﻌﺔ أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ‪َ .‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ‬ ‫ْت أ َ ْﺧﺬَ َﻫﺎ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ‪ُ :‬ﻗﺒﱠﻌَ ﺘِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺟ ْﻠ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ِﺰ َو ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ َرد ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻠﺘِﻲ وَآﺧِ َﺮ ﺑَﺒ َﱠﻐﺎوَاﺗِﻲ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻟ َ‬ ‫َال ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻋَ ﺜ َ ْﺮ ُت ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ وَاﺣْ ﺘَ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨَﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫َات‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ْاﻵ َن ذَ َ‬ ‫ري!‬ ‫ات ﻧ َ ْﻔ ٍﻊ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ِﴩ َ‬ ‫َﻏﺎ َد ْرﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ َة ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﴩ ِﻣ ْﻦ دِ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻋَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‬ ‫ﻳﺴﻤْ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ َﻊ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ‪١٦٨٦‬؛ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺛَﻤَ ﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ٍﺔ َوﻋ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻳُﻮﻧْﻴُﻮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫و َ​َﺷﻬْ َﺮﻳ ِْﻦ َوﺗ ِْﺴﻌَ َﺔ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫وﱄ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﴩ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ ُ ُﺰ ِ‬ ‫ري ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫إِﻧ ْ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِﱰَا‪َ .‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ِﺳريُ ِﰲ َﺷﻮ َِار ِع ﻳُﻮ ْرك‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ َ‬ ‫َث ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ْﱢق ِﻣ ْﻘﺪَا َر اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻐ ِﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺎ َر ْت أ َ ْﻛ َﱪَ‪ ،‬و ﱠ‬ ‫َار ا ْﻟ َﺨﻤْ ِﺲ وَاﻟﺜ ﱠ َﻼ ِﺛ َ‬ ‫ني َﺳﻨ َ ًﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴَ ِﺔ؛ َﻓﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ُﺔ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﻮ َِار ُع أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ا ْزدِﺣَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ أﺑَﻮَايَ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗُﻮ ﱢُﻓﻴَﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َات‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻌْ ُﺖ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ أﻋْ ﻤَ ﺎﻗِ ﻲ‪ ،‬أ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜﻮﻧَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪،‬‬ ‫َال‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ ﺣَ ِﺰﻧ ْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺧ َﺴﺎ َرﺗ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄَيﱢ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎل ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻧْﺘَﺎﺑَﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗ َﻀﺎءِ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ِﰲ ﻳُﻮ ْر َك‪َ ،‬ﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ ُل‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﱪ َِاز ِ‬ ‫ﴍ َﻛﺎﺋِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫ ْﻞ ﻣَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ﺘِﻲ َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل‬ ‫ِﻷ َ َرى ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑﻤَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ﺘِﻲ؛ ِﻷ َ َرى َﻫ ْﻞ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ُ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎﺋِﻤَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ أَﺑ ِْﺮﻳ َﻞ َﺳﻨ َ َﺔ‬ ‫ني إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﱪ َِاز ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأْﻧَﺎ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘَﻨَﺎ أَﻧَﺎ وﺟﻤﻌﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺠﻬَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟﺒَ َﻠ ُﺪ أَﻳﱠﻤَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫‪ .١٦٨٨‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻠ َ‬ ‫اﺧﺘ َِﻼ ٍ‬ ‫ف! َوﺗُﻮ ﱢُﰲ َ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َﴍ َﻛﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺪَاﻣَ ﻰ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋِﻲ و ُ َ‬ ‫َوﻟِﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ َﻢ وَﺟَ ِﺎري‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻆ أ َ ﱠن ِوﻳ ْﻠ َﺰ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﺎح ﻣَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ﺘَﻴْﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني و َ‬ ‫ﻮﺟﺊَ ِﺟﺪٍّا‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠ ُﺖ أَﻧَﺎ وﺟﻤﻌﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﻋَ ﺘَﺒَ ِﺔ ﺑَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ُ ،‬ﻓ ِ‬ ‫َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْزدَا َد ﺛ َ َﺮاءً ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺠَ ِ‬

‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬

‫ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘِﻲ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ْ‬ ‫ْت ﻣَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻨَﻴ ُْﺖ ِرﺑْﺤً ﺎ َو ِﻓريًا ﺣِ َ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻌَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ! و ْ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ِﺑﻌْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ ِﺔ أ َ ْﺷﻬُ ٍﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ ﺗَﻨْﻔِ ﻴ ِﺬ ُﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻂ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إ ِ َﱃ إِﻧ ْ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِﱰَا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗُ ْﻘ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎدِ ﺋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأْﻧَﺎ َ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨَﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ِﺌﻨ ﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ َراد َ​َﻫﺎ ِﱄ أ َ ِﺑﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫َات؛ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﴍُوﻋِﻲ ِﰲ أَيﱢ‬ ‫ﻣ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮةٍ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺒْ َﻞ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ َﻀﺎءِ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘ ِﺎربُ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮي ُﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ ﺣَ ِﺒ ً‬ ‫ﻴﺴﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة ﻣَ ﻬْ ﺠُ ﻮ َرةٍ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻌَ ﱢﲇ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ْاﻵ َن — ِﰲ َﺷﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻮﺧﺘِﻲ — ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘِﻤْ ﺘَﺎ َع ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ َراد َ​َﻫﺎ أﺑﻲ ِﱄ‪َ .‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋِﻲ ْاﻷ َ ْو ِﻓﻴَﺎءَ‪ ،‬ﻫِ َﻲ أَﺣْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫وﺟﻤﻌﺔ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻦ أَو ًﱠﻻ‪ .‬و َ​َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫َاث ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ات‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ٍﺔ‬ ‫أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﻻﺣِ َﻘ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬

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