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‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﳊﻤﺮاء‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﳊﻤﺮاء‬

‫ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‬ ‫ﺳﺘﻴﻔﻦ ﻛﺮﻳﻦ‬

‫ﺗﺮﺟﻤﺔ‬ ‫ﻧﻬري ﻣﺤﻤﺪ‬ ‫ﻣﺮاﺟﻌﺔ‬ ‫ﺷﻴﻤﺎء ﻋﺒﺪ اﻟﺤﻜﻴﻢ ﻃﻪ‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫‪The Red Badge of Courage‬‬

‫ﺳﺘﻴﻔﻦ ﻛﺮﻳﻦ‬

‫‪Stephen Crane‬‬

‫اﻟﻄﺒﻌﺔ اﻷوﱃ ‪٢٠١٣‬م‬ ‫رﻗﻢ إﻳﺪاع ‪٢٠١٣/١٤٢٤١‬‬ ‫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 :‬‬ ‫ﻛﺮﻳﻦ‪ ،‬ﺳﺘﻴﻔﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‪/‬ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ ﺳﺘﻴﻔﻦ ﻛﺮﻳﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗﺪﻣﻚ‪٩٧٨ ٩٧٧ ٧١٩ ٣٣٩ ٩ :‬‬ ‫‪ -١‬اﻟﻘﺼﺺ اﻹﻧﺠﻠﻴﺰﻳﺔ‬ ‫أ‪ -‬اﻟﻌﻨﻮان‬ ‫‪٨٢٣‬‬ ‫رﺳﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ :‬ورود ﻣﺼﻄﻔﻰ‪ ،‬ﺗﺼﻤﻴﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ :‬ﺻﻔﺎء ﺣﺎﻣﺪ‪.‬‬ ‫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 © 2014 Hindawi Foundation‬‬ ‫‪for Education and Culture.‬‬ ‫‪The Red Badge of Courage‬‬ ‫‪All rights reserved.‬‬

‫اﳌﺤﺘﻮﻳﺎت‬

‫ﺎل‬ ‫‪َ -١‬ﺷﺎﺋِﻌَ ُﺔ ﻗِ ﺘَ ٍ‬ ‫‪ -٢‬ﻣَ َﺨ ِﺎو ُ‬ ‫ف ﻫﻨﺮي‬ ‫‪ -٣‬ﺣِ ﻮَا ٌر ﻣَ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻖ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ٍ‬ ‫‪ِ -٤‬ر َﺳﺎ َﻟ ٌﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‬ ‫‪َ -٥‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ُﺔ‬ ‫‪ -٦‬اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻠ َﻘ ُﺔ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫وﱃ‬ ‫‪ -٧‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَﺎ ُل‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫‪ -٨‬ﻓِ َﺮا ُر اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫‪َ -٩‬رﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬ ‫‪َ -١٠‬‬ ‫َﺎب اﻟ ﱠﺮﺛ ﱠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺐُ اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫‪ -١١‬ﺟﻴﻢ ﻛﻮﻧﻜﻠﻦ‬ ‫‪ُ -١٢‬ﺳ َﺆا ُل ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱢ َر ﱢ‬ ‫َﺎب‬ ‫ث اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫‪ُ -١٣‬ﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ٌﺔ ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ٌَﺔ ﻟِﻼﻧ ْ ِﻀﻤَ ﺎ ِم إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‬ ‫‪ -١٤‬إ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑ َُﺔ ﺣَ ْﺮ ٍب‬ ‫‪َ -١٥‬ﻏ ِﺮﻳﺐٌ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﺪ ُم ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻮ َْن‬ ‫‪ -١٦‬ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ْﺴ َﻜ ِﺮ‬ ‫‪ِ -١٧‬ﺷﺠَ ﺎ ٌر دَاﺧِ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ْﺴ َﻜ ِﺮ‬ ‫‪ -١٨‬ا ْﻟﺨِ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎبُ‬ ‫‪ -١٩‬اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﱡﺮ ُك‬

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‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫‪ -٢٠‬ﺑَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٌﻞ ﺣَ ﻘِ ﻴﻘ ﱞِﻲ‬ ‫‪ -٢١‬ﺣِ ﻮَا ٌر‬ ‫‪ -٢٢‬ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻘ ِﻞ‬ ‫‪ -٢٣‬اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳ َُﺔ‬ ‫‪ -٢٤‬اﻧْﺘ َ‬ ‫ِﺼﺎ ٌر ُﻣ َﺆ ﱠﻗ ٌﺖ‬ ‫ال‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫‪َ -٢٥‬رأْيُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮ َاﻻت‬ ‫‪ِ -٢٦‬‬ ‫‪ -٢٧‬ا ْﻟﻬُ ﺠُ ﻮ ُم اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ‬ ‫‪ -٢٨‬ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧِﺐُ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮر‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫‪ -٢٩‬اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َﺰا ُع اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫‪ِ -٣٠‬ﺑﺪَاﻳ ٌَﺔ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة‬

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‫ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣْ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫َاث ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِب ْاﻷ َ ْﻫ ِﻠﻴﱠ ِﺔ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮﻳ ِﻜﻴﱠ ِﺔ‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫َﺷ ِﺎﺋ َﻌ ُﺔ ِﻗ َﺘ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َﺸ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ُد َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻓ َﺸﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺒَﺎبُ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺸ ُﻊ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻴ ٍْﺶ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ ا ْﻟ َ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ُه اﻟ ﱢﺰيﱠ ْاﻷ َ ْز َر َق َوﻳ َْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺤُ َ‬ ‫ﻆ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ْ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻓﻮ َْق اﻟﺘﱢ َﻼ ِل‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋُ ﻮا ُر ْؤﻳ َ​َﺔ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ ِق ا ْﻟﻤُﻮﺣِ َﻠ ِﺔ وَاﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ذَ َﻫﺐَ ﺟُ ﻨْﺪِيﱞ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﻣَ ِﺔ ِﻟﻴ َْﻐ ِﺴ َﻞ َﻗ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺼﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﺎ َد‬ ‫ﴩ َﺧ َﱪًا َﻗ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣُﻬَ ْﺮ ِو ًﻻ ِﻟﻴَﻨ ْ ُ َ‬ ‫ْف ﻧَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُك َﻏﺪًا‪َ ،‬ﺳﻨَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُك ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ أَﻋْ َﲆ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧَﻌْ ُﱪُ ُه َوﻧ َ ْﻠﺘَ ﱡ‬ ‫»ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱡ ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﻠﻔِ ِﻬﻢْ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺟُ ﻨْﺪِيﱞ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ٍﻊ‪َ :‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻌْ َﺪد ُ‬ ‫ْت ﻟِﻠﺘﱠﺤَ ﱡﺮكِ ﺛَﻤَ ﺎﻧ َِﻲ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ُﱢق ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫»ﻻ أ ُ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ات‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َني‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ْك ﺑَﻌْ ﺪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺳﺒُﻮﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻞ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ﻧ َِﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻬُ ْﻢ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﻣَ ﺎ إِذَا َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﺳﻴَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ َ أ َ ْم َﻻ‪ ،‬ذَ َﻫﺐَ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﺟُ ﻨْﺪِيﱞ َﺷﺎبﱞ ﻳُﺪْﻋَ ﻰ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻓﻠﻴﻤﻨﺞ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛﻮﺧِ ِﻪ ِﻟﻴ َْﺨﻠُ َﻮ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ َوﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ‪ .‬أَذْ َﻫ َﻠ ُﻪ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريُ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎل َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴ َُﺸ ِﺎر ُك ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ! َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن وَاﺣِ ﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ َﻫ ﱢﻢ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫َاث ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻮب ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫اﺣْ ﺘِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻧ ُ ُﺸ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ اﻷ ْر ِض‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ْﺮ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺢَ ﺑَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳَﺤْ ﻠُ ُﻢ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺎركِ َو ِﺑﺄ َ ْن ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ُﺼﺪ ُﱢق أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮبَ ﺣَ ﻘِ ﻴ ِﻘﻴ ٌﱠﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َ‬ ‫َﺳﻴ َُﺸ ِﺎر ُك ﻓِ ﻌْ ِﻠﻴٍّﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِب‪ُ .‬ﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ َو َ‬ ‫ﻃﻨ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫َﴩ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤُ ﻮا أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ﺣَ ًﺎﻻ ْاﻵ َن‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ﻣَ ﻴ ًْﻼ إ ِ َﱃ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻠ ِﻢ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﴈ‪َ ،‬و ُﻣ َﺆ ﱠﻛ ٌﺪ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َُﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﻮﺿﻮا ﻏِ ﻤَ ﺎ َر ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِب‪َ .‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺣَ ْﺮﺑًﺎ أ َ ْﻫ ِﻠﻴ ًﱠﺔ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺸﺘَﻌِ ُﻞ ْاﻵ َن ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َني‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺢَ ﺑَ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻟﻴ ْ‬ ‫ﻮب‪ ،‬وﺗِ ْﻠ َﻚ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻼ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨ ُ ِ‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫ﻮف ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﻔ ِ‬ ‫أ َ َرا َد ﻫﻨﺮي اﻻﻧ ْ ِﻀﻤَ ﺎ َم إ ِ َﱃ ُ‬ ‫ات ﻋِ ﱠﺪ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ وَا ِﻟ َﺪﺗَ ُﻪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺜْﻨِﻴ ِﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ُﺴ ُ‬ ‫َان ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮق َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣﺎﺋَ َﺔ َﺳﺒ ٍَﺐ ﻟ َ ُ‬ ‫ِﴬو َر ِة وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد ِه ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ِﺔ أ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻴْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎق ِﺑﺎﻻﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﺿ َ‬ ‫وَأَﺧِ ريًا‪ ،‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎر ذَ ْرﻋً ﺎ‪ ،‬ذَ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﺘَﺤَ َﻖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ‪ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َ​َﻫﺎ‬ ‫ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ ﺣَ ْﻠﺐَ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َ‬ ‫»ﻓ ْﻠﺘَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣَ ِﺸﻴﺌَ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮبﱢ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي‪ ،«.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ‬ ‫ﺿ َﺎﻓ ْﺖ‪» :‬اﺣْ َ ِﱰ ْس‪،‬‬ ‫وَاﻋْ ﺘَ ِﻦ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﺗَ ُ‬ ‫ُور َك َﻫ ِﺰﻳﻤَ َﺔ ﺟَ ﻴ ِْﺶ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻤَ ﱢﺮد َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻠ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﺴ َﺖ ِﺳﻮَى‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻦ أ َ ﱠن ِﺑﻤَ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫َرﺟُ ٍﻞ وَاﺣِ ٍﺪ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪«.‬‬ ‫َني َﻛ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱡﻮن أ َ ْو ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻳ َُﺴﺒ َ‬ ‫َار ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ﻮن أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﺳﺒَﺒًﺎ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤْ َ ِﱰ َس ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﴍ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ َﺎﻓ ْﺖ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ي ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َ‬ ‫ﱪ َك ِﺑ ِﻪ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ِﺳﻮَى أ َ ﱠﻻ‬ ‫»ﻻ أَد ِْري ﻣَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ُﺷﻌُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر َﻫﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺨِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫َاﺟ ِﺒ َﻚ أَﺑَﺪًا ِﺑ َﺴﺒَ ِﺒﻲ‪َ .‬وإِذَا أَﺗَﻰ و َْﻗ ٌﺖ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﻘﺘَ َﻞ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ ﻓِ ﻌْ ِﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫َاب‪،‬‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠﲆ ﻋَ ْﻦ و ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﰲ ﻓِ ﻌْ ِﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫َاب‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻼ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ْﺮ ِﰲ أَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ْﺖ ُروﺣُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ﻨ َ ِﻮﻳ ُﱠﺔ ﻋَ ﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ واﺷﻨﻄﻦ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑَ َ‬ ‫ﻣُﻌَ ﺎﻣَ َﻠ ًﺔ ﺣَ َﺴﻨ َ ًﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮﻫِ ْﻢ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻼ ﺣَ ﻘِ ﻴ ِﻘﻴٍّﺎ‪ .‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻼ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫َات اﻟﺘﱠﻮ ﱡَﻗ ِﻒ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ُﺷﻬُ ﻮ ٌر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ﱠﺎﻗ ِﺔ و َ​َﻓ َﱰ ِ‬ ‫ُﻀ ِﺠ َﺮ ِة دَاﺧِ َﻞ أَﺣَ ِﺪ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َاع ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪ُ .‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ْﺴ َﻜ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل‬ ‫ات‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ْﺴ َﻜ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أيﱡ ِﴏ ٍ‬ ‫ِفءِ أَﺟْ َﺴ ِﺎﻣ ِﻬ ْﻢ وَا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮَا َ‬ ‫ﺎظ ِﺑﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ِﻣ َﺮا ًرا َوﺗَ ْﻜ َﺮا ًرا‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻫﻮ ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ُﺔ ِاﻻﺣْ ﺘ َِﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ‬ ‫ﻇﺒ َُﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠﺪ ِْر ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺎر َك ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ﻣَ َﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ َﺳﻴُﺤَ ِﺎرﺑُﻬُ ﻢْ؛ إِذْ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻣ ُْﺸ ِﻜ َﻠ ٌﺔ أ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻬْ ﺘَ ﱠﻢ ﻫﻨﺮي َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫َان ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫وَﻫِ َﻲ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أ َرا َد اﻟﺘﱠﺄ ﱡﻛ َﺪ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ِﻔ ﱠﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻴْﺪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َان‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻣَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ًﺔ َﺳﺘَ َﻘ ُﻊ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُﺪ ِْر ُك أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ِﻔ ﱡﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻴْﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻣْ ِﺮ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﺨ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺺ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮبَ ‪.‬‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱡ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﻣَ ِﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛﻮﺧِ ِﻪ َوﺗَ ِﺒﻌَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱡ ﻋَ ِﺎﱄ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِْت‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ َﻗ ِﺼ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱡ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ َﺧﺎ َﻟ َﻔ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮأْيَ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ًﻘﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰ َاﻻ ِن ﻋَ َﲆ ﺧِ َﻼﻓِ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ِﻳ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﻣَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻳ َُﺴﻤﱠ ﻰ ﺟﻴﻢ ﻛﻮﻧﻜﻠﻦ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱡ ﻋَ ِﺎﱄ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِْت ﻳ َُﺴﻤﱠ ﻰ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺟﻴﻢ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْﺧ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮخ ُﻣ َﻠﻮﱢﺣً ﺎ ِﺑﻴَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ﻴﺢٌ ‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َ‬ ‫»ﻫﺬَا َ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ َﱢق ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ ْو َﻻ‪،‬‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ﻓِ ﻌْ ﻠُ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺠْ ﻠ َِﺲ َوﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ َﺮ‪َ .‬ﺳﺘَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣُﺤِ ٍّﻘﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ف ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬إِﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﰲ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫ف ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫‪10‬‬

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‫َر ﱠد ﺟﻴﻢ ِﰲ ﺣِ ﱠﺪةٍ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻗ ْﻞ إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ‪َ «.‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳَﺠْ ﻤَ ُﻊ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻘﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ دَاﺧِ َﻞ‬ ‫ف ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻘِ ﻴﺒَ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮهِ‪.‬‬ ‫َر َاﻗﺒَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﰲ َﻗ َﻠ ٍﻖ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ َﺳﺄ َ َل ﺟﻴﻢ‪» :‬أ َ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ﱠﻛ ِﺪ إِذَ ْن أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺪَدِ إِﺣْ ﺪَى‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺎركِ ﻳَﺎ ﺟﻴﻢ؟«‬ ‫َر ﱠد ﺟﻴﻢ‪ِ » :‬ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ‪ُ ،‬ﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻣَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬اﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ْﺮ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ َﱰَى وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻛ َ ِﱪ‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق‪ .‬اﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ْﺮ َﻓﺤَ ْﺴﺐُ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺎركِ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﴪاﻳَﺎ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى وَﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺎركِ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ﱠث ﺟﻴﻢ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ َ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ ُﻪ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَﺘُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺟﻴﻢ ِﰲ ُﻫﺪُوءٍ‪» :‬أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﻴﺒﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺑ َ​َﻼءً ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﺪ ُم ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَﺎ ُل‪ .‬ﻳ َْﺴ َﺨ ُﺮ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ُﻢ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﻴُﺒْﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺑ َ​َﻼءً ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜُﻮ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻬْ ِﺪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ ُ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻫﻨﺮي‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أ َ ﱠن أَﻳٍّﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒْﻴَ ِﺔ َﺳﻴَﻠُﻮذُ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار؟«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺟﻴﻢ‪ُ » :‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ ُْﻘ ِﺪ ُم َﻗﻠِﻴﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ َﻓ ِﺘ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻔِ ﺌَ ُﺔ ﻣَ ﻮْﺟُ ﻮ َد ٌة ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ًﺔ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﻴ َُﻘﺎ ِﺗﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َُﺸ ِﺎر ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎل أ َ ﱠو َل ﻣَ ﱠﺮةٍ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫اﻫﻨ َ ُﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌْ ِﺾ وَأ َ ْﺳﻮَأ َ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﻓ ﱠﻜ ْﺮ َت أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ َﻚ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻔِ ﱡﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ﻳَﺎ ﺟﻴﻢ؟« ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻫﻨﺮي‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻚ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻤْ َﺰحُ ؛ إِذْ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُْﻐ ِﻀﺐَ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺟﻴﻢ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ﱠﻜ ْﺮ ُت ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ َﺔ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﺪ ُم َﻛ ِﺜريًا‪َ ،‬وإذا َﻓ ﱠﺮ ﻋَ َﺪ ٌد َﻛ ِﺒريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﻔِ ﺘْﻴَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄَﻓِ ﱡﺮ أَﻧَﺎ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻓﻌَ ُﻞ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺄَﺟْ ِﺮي ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻗ َﴡ ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ إِذَا َ‬ ‫ﺻﻤَ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺎﺗَﻠُﻮا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻮ َ‬ ‫ْف أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﻤ ُﺪ وَأ ُ َﻗﺎ ِﺗ ُﻞ‪ .‬أ ُ َراﻫِ ُﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ِﻪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ أ َ ﱠن ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ف ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺑﺄَﻧ ْ ُﻔ ِﺴ ِﻬ ْﻢ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎ َم اﻟﺜ ﱢ َﻘ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ْاﻵ َن َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﱪ َة ﻳَﺜ ُِﻘ َ‬ ‫ِﻣﻤﱠ ْﻦ َﻻ ﻳَﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻠ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻮن ا ْﻟﺨِ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎل أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺣَ ٍ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬

‫ﳐﺎو ُ‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫ِف ﻫﻨﺮي‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣ ْ‬ ‫َﺎح اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ﱠن ﺟﻴﻢ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﺨ ِﻄﺌًﺎ؛ إِذْ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻗِ ﺘَﺎ ٌل ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟﻴﻢ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ د َ‬ ‫ﺎل ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ِﰲ ﻋِ َﺮاكٍ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَﻳْﺪِي ﻣَ َﻊ َرﺟُ ٍﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َﺳﺨِ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺜريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِْت — ُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫»ﺗﺸﺎﺗﻔﻴﻠﺪ ﻛﻮرﻧﺮز«‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺸﺎﺟَ َﺮ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن — ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱡ ﻋَ ِﺎﱄ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِز ِم َﻓ ﱡﺾ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺎر‪ِ .‬ﰲ ُﻏ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ري وَاﺛ ٍِﻖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻫﻨﺮي َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻫﻨﺮي أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل َﻗﻠ ًِﻘﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَ ِﻔ ﱡﺮ ﻣَ َﻊ أَو ِﱠل ﺑَﺎدِ َر ٍة‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﺎت ُﻗ ْﺪ َراﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ﻫِ َﻲ د ُ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر أ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ َة ِ ِﻹﺛْﺒ ِ‬ ‫ُﺧﻮ ُل َﺳﺎﺣَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻮ َ​َﻏﻰ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ َﺮ ﻟ َِريَى َﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﻴُﺤَ ِﺎربُ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ أ َ ْم َﻻ؛ ِﻟ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َل أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻘ ِﺎر َن ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﺮ َﻓﺎﻗِ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ري ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟﻴﻢ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺒْ ُﺪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أَيﱡ أَﻣَ ﺎ َر ٍة‬ ‫َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ﱠن ﺣَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ﻳ َُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻮق ُﻗ ْﺪ َراﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺄَﻣﱠ َﻞ ﻫﻨﺮي‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻘ َﻠ ِﻖ‪ ،‬وَا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺑَﺪَا وَاﺛ ًِﻘﺎ ﻣﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ أَﺑْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺎ َل ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٌل‪ُ .‬ﻣ َﺆ ﱠﻛ ٌﺪ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ُﱰدﱢدِ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َِﺠﺪ ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ َﻗﻠِﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ .‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﻞ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠ ُﻪ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ني َوﻣ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ﻳَﺘَﻬَ ﺎﻣَ ُﺴ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺤْ ﺒَ ِﺔ أ َ ْﻓ َﺮادِ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺎح أَﺣَ ِﺪ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻒ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫َوﻳ ُْﺨ ِﱪُ أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫ ُﻢ ْاﻵ َﺧ َﺮ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺸﺎﺋِﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ِني ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَﺎ َل أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳﻤَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻋَ َﲆ ﻳَﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﻠﻤَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ْﺴ ِﺒ ُﻖ ُ‬ ‫و َِﺷﻴ ًﻜﺎ‪ .‬و َِﰲ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻃﻠُﻮ َع اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻟﺒ ُ‬ ‫َﺎﺳﻬُ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺴ َﻜ ِﺮيﱡ ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻫﺞُ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻠﻮ ِْن‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْز َر ِق اﻟﺪﱠاﻛ ِ​ِﻦ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮع ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻻحَ ا ْﻟﺒُﻨْﻴَﺎ ُن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﺨ ُﻢ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ﻘِ ﻴ ِﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻮَادِ هِ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ َﻔ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ و َْﻗﺘًﺎ ﺑَﺪَا َ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ َﺧﺬَ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﱪُ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻔﺪُ‪.‬‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫أَﺧِ ريًا‪ ،‬اﺗﱠﺠَ َﻪ ﻧَﺤْ ﻮ َُﻫ ْﻢ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻬْ َﻮ ِة ﺟَ ﻮَادِ هِ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺴ َ ِﱰ ُﻗﻮا ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤْ َﻊ ﻟِﺤَ ﺪِﻳﺜ ِ​ِﻪ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻘِ ﻴﺪِ‪ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ِﺑ ْﻀ ِﻊ د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺠَ ﻮَادِ هِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻂ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ري و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫وَاﺑْﺘَﻌَ ﺪَ‪ .‬و َِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم‪ .‬ﺑَﺪ َِت ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ ِﰲ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءُ ﺑ َِﺎردًا َوﻣُﻌَ ﺒﱠﺌًﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﺪَى‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺷﺒَ َﻪ ِﺑﻮَﺣْ ٍﺶ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢﺮكٍ ذِي أ َ ْﻗﺪَا ٍم ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪةٍ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﺸﺐُ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺪ ُر ﺣَ ﻔِ ً‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒَ ﱠﻠ ُﻞ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﺪَى ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ و َِﻃﺌَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮدُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺎ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْﴍ َ​َﻗ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ني ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮدِ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ني أ َ ْﺳ َﻮ َدﻳ ِْﻦ ُﻣ ْﻜﺘَ ﱠ‬ ‫ني َ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ‬ ‫ﻈْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ‪َ ،‬و َرأَى ﻫﻨﺮي َرﺗَ َﻠ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎر ِﰲ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮﺗَ َﻼ ِن َﻓﻮ َْق ﺗَ ﱟﻞ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮَا َرﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷَﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑ ِ‬ ‫َﺎت َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫ني ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ﱠﻔ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َِﺴري َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ْف اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ُون إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْر ِض ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَ َﺪوَا َﻛﺜُﻌْ ﺒَﺎﻧ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني ﻳَ ْﺰﺣَ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ِﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ِﻧ َﺰاﻋَ ﻬُ ْﻢ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻇﺎﻫِ ًﺮا ِﰲ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وو َ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﺸ ِﺎر ْك ﻫﻨﺮي ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟﻨ ﱢ َﺰاﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ري ِه َﻫ ْﻞ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ َْﺴﺄ َ ُل ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫َﺳﻴَ ِﻔ ﱡﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْر ِض ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ أ َ ْم َﻻ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ اﻟﺘﱠﻮ ﱡَﻗ َ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم ُﻣﺘَﻮ ﱢَﻗﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﻟ ِ​ِﺐ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨﱢري َِان‪.‬‬ ‫اح و ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﻀﺤِ ﻚِ ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ إ ِ ﱠن ﺑَﻌْ َﻀﻬُ ْﻢ أ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻳ َُﻐﻨﱢﻲ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي‬ ‫ون ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِ‬ ‫َات‪َ ،‬ود َ‬ ‫ﻮل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻋُ ْﺰ َﻟ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم‪ ،‬اﻧ ْ َﻘ َﺴ َﻢ َرﺗَ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد إ ِ َﱃ وَﺣَ ﺪ ٍ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠ ْﺖ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ﺣُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻌَ ْﺖ ِﻧريَا ُن ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻮل َﻛ ْﻲ ﺗُ َﺨﻴﱢﻢَ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪ َِت ا ْﻟﺨِ ﻴَﺎ ُم َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻧَﺒَﺎﺗَ ٌ‬ ‫ﺎت َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ ٌَﺔ‪َ ،‬و َر ﱠ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ‬ ‫وَﺣْ َﺪ ٍة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔﺤَ َﺔ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ُز ُﻫﻮ ٌر ﺣَ ﻤْ َﺮاءُ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫ﻳﻖ‬ ‫ِﺣ َﻮ ٌار َﻣ َﻊ َﺻ ِﺪ ٍ‬ ‫َﺳﺎ َر ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑﻤ ُْﻔ َﺮ ِد ِه ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ َﻓﻮ َْق ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺸﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺶ و َ​َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ َﳻ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ري ِة‬ ‫ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد َة إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﻘِ ﻴَﺎ َم ِﺑﺠَ ﻮ َْﻻﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﻈريَةِ‪َ ،‬وﻣ َِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﻈ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻘ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬وﻣ َِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻘ ِﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﻈريَةِ‪َ ،‬وﻣ َِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﻈريَ ِة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ‪ .‬ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي َﻛ ْﻢ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َِﺼﻴﺢُ‬ ‫ﱪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُْﺨ َﻠ ْﻖ ِﻟﻴَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺪﻳٍّﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘ َﺮ ِة و َِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ْاﻵ َن ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َدةٍ‪ .‬أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ َﻛ ْﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ َﺷﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ِاﻻ ْﺧﺘ َِﻼ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﰲ ﻓِ ْﺮ َﻗﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ف ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺸﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺶ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي ﺣَ ﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻓ َﺮأَى ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱠ ذَا ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِْت ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺎﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨَﺎدَاهُ‪:‬‬ ‫»وﻳﻠﺴﻮن!«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﺮﺣَ ﺒًﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي‪ ،‬أ َﻫﺬَا أﻧ ْ َﺖ؟ ﻣَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ ُﻪ ُﻫﻨَﺎ؟«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪» :‬أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﻴ َُﺸ ِﺎر ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﺳﻨَﻨَﺎ ُل ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ُﻢ ْاﻵ َن! أَﺧِ ريًا َﺳﻨَﻨَﺎ ُل ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻢْ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ ،‬ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل ﺟﻴﻢ ﻛﻮﻧﻜﻠﻦ إِﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﺳﻨ َ ُﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﺎل‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻮض ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪» :‬أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻨ ﱡ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﱟﻖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ َة؛ َﻓﺄَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ٌﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة‪َ ،‬ﻫ َﺬا أَﻣْ ٌﺮ ُﻣ َﺆ ﱠﻛﺪٌ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪» :‬أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻨ ﱡ َﻚ َﺳﺘُﺒ ِْﲇ ﺑ َ​َﻼءً ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ ،‬ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫َر ﱠد وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ أَﻋْ َﻠﻢُ‪ ،‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﺳﺄ َ ْﻓﻌَ ُﻞ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﺒ َُﺎﻗ َ‬ ‫ْف أَﺑْﺬُ ُل ُﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َرى‬ ‫ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪِي‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻫﻨﺮي‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ف أﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﻔِ ﱠﺮ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤِ ُ‬ ‫ﺎل؟«‬ ‫ني وَﻗ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎف‪» :‬أَﻓِ ﱡﺮ؟! ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻚ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪» :‬أَﻓِ ﱡﺮ؟!« ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ َﻟ ْﻦ أَﻓِ ﱠﺮ!«‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺎل أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﻴُﺤَ ﱢﻘ ُﻘ َ‬ ‫ِﺼﺎ َر ٍ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻧْﺘ َ‬ ‫ات ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ًﺔ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ﱡﺮوا‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫﺬَا َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ﻴﺢٌ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ﺪُ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻓﻌَ َﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳُ َﺮاﻫِ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻓِ َﺮ ِاري َﻓ َﺴﻮ َ‬ ‫ﴪ‪«.‬‬ ‫ْف ﻳ َْﺨ َ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪ُ :‬‬ ‫»ﺳﺤْ ًﻘﺎ! َﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ أ َ ْﺷﺠَ ُﻊ َرﺟُ ٍﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ؟«‬ ‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻗ ْﻞ إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ﻊُ‪ُ .‬ﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﺳ ُ‬ ‫َر ﱠد وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺂﺧﺬُ ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴ ِﺒﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ .‬وَﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ِﻟﺘُ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل؟«‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺒَﻨِﻲ َﻫ َﻜﺬَا ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻳﱠ ِﺔ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎحَ ﻫﻨﺮي‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺪ َﱠق وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ﻫﻨﺮي َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺎ َر ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫»ﻻ دَاﻋِ َﻲ ِﻷ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻳ ُْﻐ ِﻀﺒَ َﻚ اﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ!«‬ ‫َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻮَﺣْ َﺪ ِة وَاﻟﺘﱠﻌَ َ‬ ‫ري ُه ﻳ َْﺸ َﻐ ُﻞ ﺑَﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﻴَ ِﻔ ﱡﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْر ِض‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ أَﺣَ َﺪ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ أ َ ْم َﻻ‪َ .‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺐٌ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱃ َﺧﻴْﻤَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺣَ ِﺪ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ ِﻄﻴَ ِﺔ ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِار‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﺮاءَى ﻟﻬﻨﺮي ِﰲ َﺧﻴَﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ‪ِ .‬ﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻐِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺟﻴﻢ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ْف ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺳﻴَﺠْ ﻌَ ﻠُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺾ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُ‬ ‫ف أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ون ِﰲ أَﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛﻨ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘﺎ ِﺗﻠُ َ‬ ‫ِﻒ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻗﺎدِ ًرا‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺎﻣ ُِﻞ ﻣَ َﻊ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮَﺣْ ِﺶ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫َار َﺧﻴْﻤَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْر َﻫ َﻘ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُﱢق ِﰲ اﻧْﻌِ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻠ ُﻖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻐ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﰲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬

‫ِر َﺳﺎ َﻟ ٌﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‬ ‫ﺎن ﻫﻨﺮي وَاﺛ ًِﻘﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﻴَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺿ َ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺒ َِﺎري‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫ﺣَ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ﱪ َرﺗَ َﻼ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد اﺛْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﺎت ِﰲ أَيﱢ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻮف ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑ ِ‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻤﻮَاﺟَ ﻬَ ِﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻜﻬُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺗَ ْﺨ ِﻴﻴﻤِ ِﻬﻢْ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْﺰﻋِﺠْ ﻬُ ْﻢ أﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ َ‬ ‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻛ ِ​ِﺮ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺎ ُروا ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮ َﻫﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻮا ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﺿﻴ ٍﱢﻖ‬ ‫َوﻧَﺎ َم ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ﻧ َ ْﻮ َم اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻳُ َﺆدﱢي إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺐ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱡون ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻴَﺎ َل ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛ ِﺜري َ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ﻳَﻌُ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌُ َ‬ ‫ُون ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻮْا ﺣَ َﻘﺎ ِﺋﺒَﻬُ ْﻢ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ورﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َْاﻷ َ ْﻏ ِﻄﻴَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و ِﻗ َﺮ ِب ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎهِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﻋَ َﺪ ٌد َﻗﻠِﻴ ٌﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ َﻻ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ِﺳﻮَى ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﴬ ِ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﺒَﻨَﺎدِ ِق‪ ،‬وَاﻟﺬﱠﺧِ ريَةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺟﻴﻢ ﻟﻬﻨﺮي‪» :‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ ْاﻵ َن أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻞ َوﺗُ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮﱢبَ ‪َ ،‬ﻫ َﺬا ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ﻓِ ﻌْ ﻠُﻪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد َﺳ ْري َُﻫ ْﻢ ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ َﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ ِﺴريَ ٌة ﻟِﻠ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ِزﻳ ِﱢﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺴ َﻜ ِﺮيﱢ ْاﻷ َ ْز َر ِق ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ون ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻛ َﻔﺎءَﺗَﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ري َﻟﻴ َْﺲ أ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ري أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﻓﺠْ ِﺮ أَﺣَ ِﺪ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‪َ ،‬ر َﻛ َﻞ ﺟﻴﻢ ﻫﻨﺮي ا ﱠﻟﺬِي — َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻆ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ — وَﺟَ َﺪ‬ ‫َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻳَ ْﻠﻬَ ﺜ ُ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻬ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ ٍﺪ‬ ‫ﻂ ِرﺟَ ٍ‬ ‫ي َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺄْﺗ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ْﺮ ِ‬ ‫ري ِة اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎرﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُ‬ ‫ﻀ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑﺎﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِْت ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ْت د َِويﱢ ْاﻷَﻋْ ِ َ‬ ‫َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑ ِﺎﻻ ْرﺗِﺒَﺎكِ ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َل أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ َر ْﻛ ِﻀ ِﻪ ﻣَ َﻊ ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ﻂ أ َ ْر ً‬ ‫َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ َل َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَﺪ َْﻫ ُﺴﻮﻧ َ ُﻪ إِذَا َﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ؛ ﻓﻌَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳُ َﺮ ﱢﻛ َﺰ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﺜ ﱠ َﺮ‪َ .‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎع‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻛﺄﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُﺪ َْﻓ ُﻊ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم ِﺑﻔِﻌْ ِﻞ ﺣَ ْﺸ ٍﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻋَ ِ‬ ‫اﻧ ْ َﻀﻤﱠ ْﺖ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫َات ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﻬَ ِﺪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻓ َﺸﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ﱠن و َْﻗﺘَ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﺎن؛ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ ِاﻻ ْﺧ ِﺘﺒ َِﺎر‪ .‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َرأَى أ َ ﱠن ﻓِ َﺮا َر ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣْ َﺪ ِة ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﻴ ٌﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫ﻳُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ٍِﺐ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﺑﺪَاﺧِ ِﻞ ُ‬ ‫ُوق ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢﺮكٍ ‪ .‬أ َ ْد َر َك ﻫﻨﺮي أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﰲ ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﻀﻤَ ﺎ ِم إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِب‪َ ،‬‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏﺐْ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﱰ ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﻀﻤَ ﺎ َم إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ‬ ‫وﺷﻌَ َﺮ َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺨ َ ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َاﺟﺒُﻪُ‪ ،‬و َْاﻵ َن ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ ُه إ ِ َﱃ ﻧِﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺪ َرﺟَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﻜﻮﻣَ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا و ِ‬ ‫ﺎص ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻳَﺘَ َﻮ ﱠﻟﻮ َْن ﻣَ ْﺴﺌُﻮﻟِﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀ ِﺐ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ َﻘ َﺪ ﺛ َِﻘﺘَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼءِ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى ﻗِ ﺘَ ًﺎﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َرأَى ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﺎت‬ ‫ﺎل ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﰲ ْاﻷ ُ ُﻓ ِﻖ‪َ .‬ر ْﻓ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ذَ َﻫﺎﺑًﺎ َوإِﻳَﺎﺑًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻀ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ف أَﺣَ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻋْ َﻼ ِم‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِت ا ْﻟﻮَﺣْ َﺪ ُة ِﺑﺠُ ﺜ ﱠ ِﺔ َرﺟُ ٍﻞ َر َﻓﻌَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحُ ﻟِﺤْ ﻴَﺘَ ُﻪ َو َﻛﺄ َ ﱠن ﻳَﺪًا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗُﺪَاﻋِ ﺒُﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ أ َ ﱠن ْاﻷ َ ْر َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْريَ‪َ .‬‬ ‫َاﺻ ُﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫َرأ ْ ُس ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻓ َﻜ ٍﺎر َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ُﻤ ُﻪ‬ ‫ض ﺗُﻬَ ﱢﺪ ُدهُ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱠو َﺳﻴُﻬَ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ أَيﱢ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ َوﻳ َْﻘﺘُﻠُ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَهُ‪ .‬أ َ َرا َد أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤَ ﺬﱢ َر ُﻫ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ْ َﺮ َاﻻ ِت َﻟﻴ ُْﺴﻮا ﻋَ َﲆ وَﻋْ ٍﻲ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ أ َ ﱠن أَﺣَ ﺪًا َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ َﻊ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ِﺢ َﺳﻴ َْﻀﺤَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُﻔﻮا و ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﻠ َﻘﻮْا ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮﻧُﻮا ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺄْﻣَ ٍﻦ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِرﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﴢ‪ ،‬و ﱡ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬُ ﻢْ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮَﺣْ َﺪ ِة ِﺑﻨَﺎءَ ﺗ َِﻼ ٍل َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َاﻟﱰَابَ ‪ ،‬وَأَيﱠ َ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﺪﻣُﻮا ْاﻷَﺣْ ﺠَ ﺎ َر‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﻌِ ِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ﻣ َُﴩ ٌ‬ ‫ﺎص‪ .‬أ َ َﺧﺬَ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ﻳَﺘَﻨ َ َﺎﻗ ُﺸ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺪﱢي ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫َﺷﺄْﻧ ِ​ِﻪ اﻟﺘﱠ َ‬ ‫ﱢف أ َ ْم أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أ َ ْﻛ َﺮ ُم‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ :‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﻓِ ﻌْ ُﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫َاﺟﻬُ ﻮا ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱠو د َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺪ َر ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ِﻟ ْﻠﻮَﺣْ َﺪ ِة ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﱡﺮكِ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ُون أَيﱢ ﺣِ ﻤَ ﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ؟ َ‬ ‫ات‬ ‫َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻘ ُِﻔﻮا َوﻳُﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ٍﻊ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﱪَ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻔﺪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺴﺎءَ َل ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟!‬ ‫أ َ َﻛ َﻞ ﺟﻴﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻞ‪ ،‬وَأَﺟَ ﺎبَ ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻠ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ُﻣﻮ َ‬ ‫ري َﻛ ْﻲ ﻧَﻤْ ﻨ َ َﻊ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫َاب َﻛ ِﺜريًا أ َ ْو َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻛﻬَ ﺬَا‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱠو ِﻣ ْﻦ ِاﻻ ْﻗ ِﱰ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬريَةِ‪ ،‬ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َﻛ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣْ َﺪ ُة َﻓﻮ َْق ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺳﺎ ُروا َﻓﻮ َْﻗﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎح‪ .‬ﺑَﺪ َِت‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ض ﻣَ ﺄْﻟُ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬ ‫ون ﻋَ ْﱪَ أَيﱢ ِﻣﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻓ ًﺔ ﻟﻬﻨﺮي أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺗُﻬَ ﱢﺪ ُد ُه ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْاﻵ َن‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻘ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪةٍ‪ ،‬ﺗُﻌَ ِﺎو ُد ﻫﻨﺮي ﻣَ َﺸﺎﻋِ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻠ ِﻖ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳﻤَ ُﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﻌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻼ َﻫ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫ْف‪ .‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺑُ ْﺮ َﻫ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻗ ﱠﺮ َر‬ ‫ْﻒ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ا ْﻟﻮ ْ‬ ‫ﻫﻨﺮي أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﺄْﺑَ َﻪ ِﻟ ِﺘ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻼ َﻫ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺴﺎءَ َل َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َﺿ ُﻊ إ ِ َذا ﻣَ ﺎ أ ُ ِﺻﻴﺐَ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫وﱃ‪.‬‬ ‫ري ِة اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎرﻳﱠ ِﺔ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َرأَى ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ َد ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُ‬ ‫ﻀ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن‪ ،‬ﺗَﺘْﺒَﻌُ ﻬُ ْﻢ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َات‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ د َِويﱠ ْاﻷَﻋْ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫إِ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻠ ٍﻖ ﻧ َ ِﺎريﱟ ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷ َ‬ ‫ﺎل إ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻮل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨﱢري َِان‪ .‬ﻧ َ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ َﺔ ِﰲ ذُ ُﻫ ٍ‬ ‫ﴘ ﻫﻨﺮي أَﻣْ َﺮ اﺣْ ﺘِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر َرأَى وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱠ ﻋَ ِﺎﱄ َ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة! َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﻴَ ٍﺪ ﺛَﻘِ ﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻓﻮ َْق َﻛﺘِﻔِ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِْت‪.‬‬ ‫‪18‬‬

‫ِر َﺳﺎ َﻟ ٌﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‬

‫َﻗﺎ َل وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛﺘِﻲ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫وﱃ و َْاﻷَﺧِ ريَ ُة ﻳَﺎ َﻓﺘﻰ‪َ «.‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن وﻳﻠﺴﻮن َﺷﺎﺣِ ﺒًﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﺷ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُه ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺠ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل ﺑَﺎﻟ ٍِﻎ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ؟!«‬ ‫َﻏﻤْ َﻐ َﻢ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﰲ ذُ ُﻫ ٍ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎبَ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪ُ :‬‬ ‫»ﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪ :‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛﺘِﻲ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﱪُﻧِﻲ …«‬ ‫ري ُة‪ْ َ .‬‬ ‫وﱃ و َْاﻷَﺧِ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا؟!«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪» :‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ َك أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ َﻫﺬَا إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ‪ «.‬وَأَﻧْﻬَ ﻰ َﻛ َﻼﻣَ ُﻪ ِﺑﺘَﻨ ْ ِﻬﻴ َﺪ ٍة ﻋَ ﱠﱪ َْت ﻋَ ْﻦ أ َ َﺳﻔِ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ ً‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫وﻓﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي …« َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن َرﻣَ َﻘ ُﻪ ِﺑﻨ َ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮر‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎق ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ٍة َﻛﺄﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ آ ِﺗﻴ ٌَﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أﻋْ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َو َر َﻓ َﻊ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه ا ْﻟﻮَاﻫِ ﻨ َ َﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ُﻣﺒْﺘَﻌِ ﺪًا‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬

‫َو َﺑ َﺪ َأ ِت ا ْﳌ َ ْﻌ َﺮﻛَ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ ﱢﻮﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﱠﺎﻓ ِﺔ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪَاﺋ ِ​ِﻖ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺟَ ﺜَﻤُﻮا ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ﻳ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َو َراءَ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻮل‪َ ،‬وﻳُﺤَ ِﺎوﻟُ َ‬ ‫َﺎب؛ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋُ ﻮا ُر ْؤﻳ َ​َﺔ ِرﺟَ ٍ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳﻠِﺤَ ﺘَﻬُ ْﻢ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺒ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻮن َوﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُ‬ ‫ﻀﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺼﻴﺢُ َوﻳُ َﻠﻮﱢحُ ‪ .‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻀ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِرﺟَ ﺎ ُل وَﺣْ َﺪ ِة ﻫﻨﺮي و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻤَ ﻌُ ﻮا ِﰲ ﺣِ ْﺮ ٍص‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻠﻮا ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻐﻮ ِﻟ َ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺳ ِﻤﻌُ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﺋِﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ ِو َﻻﻳ َ ِﺔ »ﻣني«‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل إ ِ ﱠن ﻓِ ْﺮ َﻗﺘَ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺎ َرﺑ َْﺖ ﺟَ ﻴ َْﺶ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل أَﺣَ ُﺪ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫»ﻗﺎﺑَ ْﻠ ُﺖ أﺣَ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻔِ ﺘْﻴ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻤَ ﱢﺮد َ‬ ‫ﺎت و َ​َﻗﺘَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ َﺧﻤْ َﺴ ِﺔ َآﻻ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ُﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ِة أ َ ْرﺑ َِﻊ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ف ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻗﺎ َل إ ِ ﱠن ﻣَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ًﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‬ ‫َﻛﻬَ ِﺬ ِه َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ْف ﺗُﻨ ْ ِﻬﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮبَ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ َﺨﺐُ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺠَ ﻤﱠ َﺪ ﻫﻨﺮي و َِر َﻓ ُ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺰاﻳَ َﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻗ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻤْ ﺘًﺎ ِﰲ أَﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛﻨ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪ِ .‬ﺑ ِﺈﻣْ َﻜﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ ُر ْؤﻳ َُﺔ‬ ‫ﻂ اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻠ ِﻢ ﻳُ َﺮ ْﻓ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻮ ٌر َ‬ ‫ف َﻏ َﻀﺒًﺎ و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺒَﺎ ِﺑﻴ ٌﱠﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﻮَﺣَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ُ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺴ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎل ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫َﻻذَ ْت ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ٌﺔ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺒ َﻜ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت َﻗﺬ َ‬ ‫َﺎط‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﺒَ َ‬ ‫ُوس ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ِاﻻﺣْ ِﺘﻴ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻔ ٌﺔ ُﻣ َﺪ ﱢوﻳ ٌَﺔ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺖ َﻓﻮ َْق أ َ ْر ِض‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ِﺔ َﻓﻮ َْق ُرء ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧ ْ َﻔﺠَ َﺮ ْت ِﻟﺘُﺒَﻌْ ِﺜ َﺮ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﱰَابَ ا ْﻟﺒُﻨ ﱢ ﱠﻲ وَأ َ ْو َر َ‬ ‫اق ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ .‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻔِ ريُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨ َ ْﻮﺑ َِﺮ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒ ُْﺴﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ُن و َْاﻷ َ ْو َر ُ‬ ‫ﺎت ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِ‬ ‫َني ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‪ .‬وﺗَ َﺪ ﱠﻟ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫اق إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺎن وَاﻧ ْ ِﻄ َﻼ ُﻗﻬﺎ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺿ ُ‬ ‫ﻮس ا ْﻟ َﺨﻔِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُل ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ؛ ْ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺄ َ ﱠن َآﻻ َ‬ ‫ﺎل إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَ ْﻐ ِﻄﻴَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ف ا ْﻟ ُﻔﺌُ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ َﻛ ِﺜريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ُرء ِ‬ ‫ُوﺳ ِﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫ﴎ ْت َ‬ ‫أ ُ ِﺻﻴﺐَ ﻣ َُﻼ ِز ُم َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻠ َﻘ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪهِ‪ ،‬وأ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻳَﻜِﻴ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻌَ ﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻜ ٌﺔ‬ ‫ﺎت ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِز ُم ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟُ ْﺮﺣِ ِﻪ َﻛ ْﻲ َﻻ ﺗَﺘَ َﺴ َﺎﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺿ َﻐ َ‬ ‫َني أ َ ْﻓ َﺮادِ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﻣَ ُﺸﻮﺑ ٌَﺔ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠ َﻮﺗﱡ ِﺮ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻂ اﻟﺪﱢﻣَ ﺎءُ َﻓﻮ َْق‬ ‫ﻂ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻔِ ْﺮ َﻗ ِﺔ ِﻣﻨْﺪ ً‬ ‫ﴎوَاﻟ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َرﺑَ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻼ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟﺠُ ْﺮ ِح‪.‬‬ ‫ِ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱡﺧﺎ ُن‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺄﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗُ َﻜﺎﻓِ ﺢُ ِﻟﺘَﺤْ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َر ْﻓ َﺮ َﻓ ْﺖ َراﻳ َُﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ِﰲ ﺟُ ﻨ ُ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت أ ُ ُﻓﻘِ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﱪ ُه ِرﺟَ ﺎ ٌل ﻳَﻬْ ُﺮﺑ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺪﱠا ِﺋ ُﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ ِﺑﻮَﻣَ َﻀ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬ﺛﻢ ا ْزدَا َد‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ‪ ،‬وﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت‬ ‫ﻋَ َﺪد ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَﺪَا َو َﻛﺄ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﻠُﻮذُ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار‪ .‬واﻧ ْ َﺨ َﻔ َﺾ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻠ ُﻢ َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُﺤْ ﺘَ َ ُ‬ ‫ﺣَ َﺮ َﻛﺘُ ُﻪ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُﻨ َ ﱠﻜ ُﺲ إ ِ َﺷﺎ َر ًة ِﻟ ْﻠﻴَﺄ ْ ِس‪.‬‬ ‫َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱡﻋْ ِﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ات ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻋَ َﻠ ْﺖ وُﺟُ ﻮ َه ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎ ﱢر َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءَ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻳَﻤْ ﻨَﻌُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار إِذَا َﻻﺣَ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ِﰲ وَﺣْ َﺪﺗ ِ​ِﻪ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺸﺒ ُﱡﺚ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن َوﻳَ ْﺰدَاد َ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤَ ﻮَاﻗِ ﻌِ ِﻬﻢْ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ُﻔﻮا ﺟَ ﻨْﺒًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﻨ ْ ٍﺐ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﻌِ ُﺸ َ‬ ‫ُون ُﺷﺤُ ﻮﺑًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﺑ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ٌة وَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ٌة ِﰲ ﺧِ َﻀ ﱢﻢ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ َْﴇ؛ َﻓﺎ ْﻟﻮَﺣْ ُﺶ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ َﺴﺒﱠﺐَ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ْﺮ ﺑَﻌْ ﺪُ‪َ .‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫وﻗ ﱠﺮ َر ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ْن ﻳ َ​َﱰ ﱠَﻗﺒَﻪُ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫َات ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﻓِ َﺮ ِار ا ْﻟﻮَﺣَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ِﻮ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َع ﻓِ ﻌْ َﻞ‬ ‫ﴎ َع ِﻣ ْﻦ أَيﱢ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻗﺎدِ ًرا ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار أ َ ْ َ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬

‫ﻄ ْﻠ َﻘ ُﺔ ْ ُ‬ ‫اﻷ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫وﱃ‬

‫ﻈ ٍﺎر َﻛ ِﺜريَ ٌة‪ ،‬وﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻟﺤَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِﺎر َع ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ون ُﻗﺪُو َم ﻣَ ْﻮﻛ ِ​ِﺐ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴريكِ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪َ :‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ أَﺗَﻮْا!«‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎل اﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ﺎت ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎت و َ​َﻫﻤْ ﻬَ ﻤَ ٌ‬ ‫ﴎ ْت ﻏﻤْ ﻐﻤَ ٌ‬ ‫ﺻﻨﺎدِ ﻳﻖ اﻟ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ َﺳﺤَ ﺒُﻮا َ‬ ‫ﺎص ِﺑﺎﻟﻘ ْﺮ ِب‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫َني اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻢْ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏ ﱠريُوا ﻣَ ﻮَاﻗِ ﻌَ ﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺬَ ٍر ﺑَﺎﻟ ٍِﻎ‪َ .‬‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ أﺗَﻮْا! َﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ أﺗَﻮْا!« وﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َﻛ ْﺖ أ ْزﻧ ُ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﺒَﻨَﺎدِ ِق‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻰ ِﺑﺎﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻘ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻐ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫ﺎل ِﰲ ِزﻳ ِﱢﻬ ُﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻣَ ﺎدِيﱢ ‪ ،‬ﻳ َِﺼﻴﺤُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﴎبٌ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺧِ ﺒَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َر ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َات ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ﻌَ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫آﻫ ْﻢ ﻫﻨﺮي ا ْرﺗَﺒَ َﻚ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ِة أ َ ﱠن ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘَ ُﻪ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎص‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ ﺣَ َﺸ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺸ ﱠﻮ ًة ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺒ ًﻜﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺤَ ﺐَ ِﺟﻨ ْ َﺮا ٌل َﻻ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي ُﻗﺒﱠﻌَ ًﺔ ﺟَ ﻮَا َد ُه ِﻟﻴَﻘ َ‬ ‫ِﻒ ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِار ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻘِ ﻴ ِﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَ ْﺮأ َ ُس َﻛﺘِﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي‪،‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻮﱠحَ ِﺑ َﻘﺒ َْﻀ ِﺔ ﻳَ ِﺪ ِه ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻘِ ﻴﺪِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ َردْﻋُ ﻬُ ﻢْ! َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ اﻟ ﱢﻠﻮَاءُ ﻣُﺤْ ﺘَﺪٍّا‪َ » :‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ َردْﻋُ ﻬُ ﻢْ!«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻮر ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻘِ ﻴ ِﺪ ِﺑ ِﺎﻻ ْرﺗِﺒَﺎكِ ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَأ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﱠث ُﻣﺘَ َﻠﻌْ ﺜِﻤً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻂ ُﺷﻌُ ِ‬ ‫»ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ ﻳﺎ ِﺟﻨ ْ َﺮا ُل! ﺳَ… و… َ‬ ‫ف ﻧَ… ﻧَ… ﻧ َ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ … ﻧ َ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﰲ و ُْﺳﻌِ ﻨَﺎ ﻳَﺎ ِﺟﻨ ْ َﺮا ُل‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮا ُل إِﻳﻤَ ﺎءَ ًة ﻣَ ﻤْ ُﺰوﺟَ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀ ِﺐ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َد ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮَا َد ُﻣﺒْﺘَﻌِ ﺪًا‪َ .‬ﻏﻤْ َﻐ َﻢ أَﺣَ ُﺪ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫أَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫﻨﺮي‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ!«‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳُ َﺮ ﱢددُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺎن ذَ َﻫﺎﺑًﺎ َوإِﻳَﺎﺑًﺎ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻔِ ْﺮ َﻗ ِﺔ ﻳَﺬْ َر ُع ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫»ﻻ‬ ‫ﺎل ِﰲ اﻧْﻔِ ﻌَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫َان أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻔِ ﺘْﻴَﺎ ُن‪َ .‬ﻻ ﺗُ ْ‬ ‫ﺗُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻘﻮا اﻟﻨﱢري َ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻘﻮا اﻟﻨﱢري َ‬ ‫َان إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أ ُ ْﺧ ِﱪُ ُﻛﻢْ‪ .‬اﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮوا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰﺑُﻮا‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺜريًا‪«.‬‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻘ ِﻞ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ري ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َذا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮﱠبَ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺸ ﱠﻮ ًة أ َ ْم َﻻ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﺪﱠ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُْﺨ ِ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘَﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺼ ُﺪ َر إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ْﺸﻮَا ِﺋﻴﱠ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ أ َ ﱠو َل َر َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ِﺳ َﻼﺣِ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺸﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ أ َ ْﻛ َﱪَ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﴚءُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﱠ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ َﺪ ﻫﻨﺮي َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َﻗ َﻠ َﻘ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ؛ إِذْ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺟُ ْﺰءٌ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ ُﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ْاﻵ َن‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬُ َﻮ ِﰲ َو ْر َ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫ﻃ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ ِﺑﺄَيﱢ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ني ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِارهِ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺄ َ ﱠن َرا ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺎن دَا ِﺋ َﻢ ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﺘﺒَﺎ ِه ﻟ ِ​ِﺮ َﻓﺎﻗِ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻮَاﻗِ ﻔِ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﱰُ َك َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَﺘَ ُﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْاﻵ َن‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺔ إ ِ َﺧﺎءٍ‬ ‫َني اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎن و َ​َﺧ َ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ ُو ِﻟﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪.‬‬ ‫َت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ‬

‫ﲑا ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﺘ ُﺎل‬ ‫َو َأ ِﺧ ً‬ ‫ْت َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺞ ُﻣ ْﺰﻋ ٍِﺞ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﻸ َ أُذُﻧَﻴْ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ْت‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻤ َﻞ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺠ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﻐ َﻀ ٍﺐ َﺷﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ وَﺣْ ٌﺶ ﻳ َُﻀﻴ ُﱠﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺨِ ﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﺎق‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺎ َربَ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑﺠُ ﻨ ُ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﺒُ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ُﺮ ِﺑﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮَاﺗًﺎ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ ًَﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺪ ُر َ‬ ‫ﻈ َ‬ ‫ون أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ْﻮﻟِ ِﻪ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ِﺑﺤَ ْﺸ ِﻮ ا ْﻟﺒَﻨَﺎدِ ِق َوإ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺑَ ْﻞ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺸﻐِ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨﱢري َِان َوإِﻋَ ﺎ َد ِة ﺣَ ْﺸ ِﻮ َﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺒﱠﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱡ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺎل وَأ َ َﺧﺬُوا ﻳ َُﺸﺠﱢ ﻌُ ﻮﻧَﻬُ ﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ط َو َراءَ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ ﱠﺮ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَأ َ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘﻰ ﻣ َُﻼ ِز ُم وَﺣْ َﺪ ِة ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱟ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ُق اﻟﻨﱢري َِان‪َ ،‬ﻓﺠَ ﺬَﺑَ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻒ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﺎﻣ ﱢﻲ‪ .‬ﻋَ ﺎ َد ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱡ ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن و ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َ​َﺎﻗﺘ ِ​ِﻪ وَأ َ ْر َﻏﻤَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﺿﺤً ﺎ أ َ ﱠن َﻗ ْﻠﺒَ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫َان ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱡ إِﻋَ ﺎ َد َة ﺗَﻌْ ِﺒﺌَ ِﺔ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ َﻛﺎﻧَﺘَﺎ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺠ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻴْﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﺿ ُ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ٍة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِز ُم إ ِ َﱃ ﻣ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺴ َﺎﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ُﺪ ﻓِ ْﺮ َﻗ ِﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي َﻗ ْﺪ ُﻗ ِﺘ َﻞ ِﰲ ِﺑﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻂ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ُﻫﻨَﺎ و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﺟَ َﺴ ُﺪ ُه ﻣُﻤَ ﱠﺪدًا َﻛ َﺮﺟُ ٍﻞ ﻳ َْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺢُ ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋَ َﻠ ْﺖ وَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻪ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ُة د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ وَأ َ ًﳻ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ُﻗ ِﺘ َﻞ ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻖ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺒْﻜِﻲ ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِار ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑ َ‬ ‫َﻻ ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪ ﻋَ ُﺪوﱟ‪ .‬أ ُ ِﺻﻴﺐَ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻠ َﻘ ٍﺔ أ َ َﺳﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ اﻟﺪﱢﻣَ ﺎءَ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ُق اﻟﻨﱢري َِان‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧ ْ َﻘ َﺸ َﻊ اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻒ إِ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ ٌﺔ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎ ْت َ‬ ‫ﱡﺧﺎ ُن‪،‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫وﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ َ ،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َرأَى ﻫﻨﺮي أ ﱠن اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ َل َذ ِوي اﻟ ﱢﺰيﱢ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻣَ ﺎدِيﱢ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻘﻬْ َﻘ ُﺮوا إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱡو ُﻣﻨْﺘَ ِﴩًا‬ ‫ﺎت‪ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫َﺎح‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﺧﻴﱠ َﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺾ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ِﰲ ﻓِ ْﺮ َﻗﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﺑ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻤْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﴍﺑ ًَﺔ َ‬ ‫و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻫﺪَأ َ ﻫﻨﺮي‪َ ،‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴ َْﺨﺘَﻨ ُِﻖ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺴ ًﺨﺎ َوﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ‬ ‫ﺼﺒﱠﺐُ ﻋَ َﺮ ًﻗﺎ؛ َﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬَ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺑ َِﺎر َد ًة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ْﺮﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ دَﺣَ ْﺮﻧ َ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﻢْ!«‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ أَﺣَ ُﺪ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫ﺎن ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ ً‬ ‫ﺎن ﻫﻨﺮي ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺜ َ ِﺚ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤَ ﱠﺪ َد ِة ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫َﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَى ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺎر َك ﺗَﺪُو ُر َرﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةٍ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻌَ ﺠﱠ ﺐَ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ ْ‬ ‫وﺳ ِﻂ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءَ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْر َﻗﺎءَ و ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻻﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮل‪،‬‬ ‫ﴩ ُق ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر وَا ْﻟﺤُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﻤْ َﺲ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗُ ْ ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﺘْ ُﻪ اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫وب‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌَ َﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﺄَﺛ ﱠ ْﺮ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﺮ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻣﻦ‬

‫اﻟﺮ َﺟ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫ِﻓ َﺮ ُار ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺗُ ِﺼﻴﺒُ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺎ َﻟ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺪو َِار‪ .‬ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﱰﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻂ ُﻗﺒﱠﻌَ ﺘَ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض َوﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َك دَاﺧِ َﻞ ُﺳ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧْﺤَ ﻨَﻰ ِﻟﻴَﻌْ ﻘِ َﺪ ِرﺑَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻮيَ و ْ‬ ‫ط ﺣِ ﺬَاﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِب‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮﺑ ُ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ أَﺧِ ريًا! ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِاﻻ ْﺧ ِﺘﺒَﺎ ُر‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َﻘ َﻀ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫ِني‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﲆ ﻳَﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ أَﺑ َْﲆ ﺑ َ​َﻼءً ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪َ .‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ون ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺨ ِﺮ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻫﻨﺮي‪،‬‬ ‫ﺼ َﺎﻓﺢَ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ ُ‬ ‫ﻀﻬُ ُﻢ ﺑَﻌْ ًﻀﺎ و َ​َﺳﺎﻋَ ﺪُوا ا ْﻟﺠَ ْﺮﺣَ ﻰ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة اﻧ ْ َﺪ َﻟﻌَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬ ‫َني‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟﺬﱡ ُﻫ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮدِ‪.‬‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أﺗَﻮْا ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ْﺧ َﺮى!«‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ أﺣَ ُﺪ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ُون َﺧ ِﺎرجَ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑ ِ‬ ‫َرأَى ﻫﻨﺮي ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺑُﻌْ ٍﺪ أُﻧ َ ً‬ ‫ُﴪ ُع‬ ‫َﺎت‪َ ،‬و َرأَى أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻠ َﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻞ ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫دَا َر ِت ا ْﻟ َﻘﺬَاﺋ ُ‬ ‫ِﻒ — ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ْﺮ ِﺑﻚِ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ َد ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ — ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺠ ُﺮ و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺸﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺶ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َت ِاﻻﻧْﻔِ ﺠَ ﺎ َر ُ‬ ‫َني ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ﺎر‪ .‬ﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ات َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ُز ُﻫﻮ ٌر َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ ٌَﺔ ﺗَﺘَ َﻔﺘﱠﺢُ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺣَ َﺮ َﻛ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ﻨ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَﺄ َ ﱠو َه اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُﻛﻮا ِﰲ ﺑُ ْ‬ ‫ﻂءٍ و ُ‬ ‫اﻟﴪﻳ َﻊ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ُﺪوﱢ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫َﺻﻌُ ﻮﺑَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬وﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن َرأَوْا ِاﻻ ْﻗ ِﱰَابَ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَ َﺪءُوا ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮد َ‬ ‫َاﺟ ِﺒ ِﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ُون ﻋَ َﲆ و ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫﻢْ‪» :‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا َﻻ ﻳُ ْﺮ ِﺳ ُﻞ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ دَﻋْ ﻤً ﺎ؟«‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻌِ َ‬ ‫آت إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻷُﺣَ ِﺎربَ ﺟَ ﻴ َْﺶ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻤَ ﱢﺮد َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ِ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﻧَﻨْﺠُ َﻮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﺠُ ﻮ ٍم ﺛ َ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ وَﺣْ ﺪِي‪«.‬‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل‪ِ .‬ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَﺎ َل َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن و َِﺷﻴ ًﻜﺎ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺪ َﱠق ﻫﻨﺮي ِﰲ ذُ ُﻫ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻣَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ٌﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﻮن أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن َوﻳَﻌْ َ ِﱰ ُﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ َو َﻛﺄ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ َﺳﻴَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُﻔ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ َق اﻟﻨﱢري َِان ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺄً‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫َﺧ َ‬ ‫َاﱃ ِﰲ ﻛ َِﻼ ِاﻻﺗﱢﺠَ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َر َﻗﺒ َُﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﻌِ ُﺶ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل ِﰲ ﻓِ ْﺮ َﻗﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳَﺘَ َﺨﻴﱠ ُﻞ أ َ ﱠن ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ َد ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ وَأ َ ْﻗﻮَى ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫َوﻳَﺪَا ُه ُﻣﺘَﻴَﺒ َﱢﺴﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ِني و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ﱠن ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ َد ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱠو ﻋِ ﺒَﺎ َر ٌة ﻋَ ْﻦ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫آﻻت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺑَ َﺪوْا َﻛﺎﻟﺘﱠﻨَﺎﻧ ِ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة! ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻒ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫﻨﺮي َو ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺸﻐِ ًﻼ ِﺑﺤَ ْﺸ ِﻮ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻذَ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار‬ ‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺪ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ َ‬ ‫و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺴ ُﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﻼﻣَ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ ًﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ‪َ .‬ﺷ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻖ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﻬَ ﺪَ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْف‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ ِﺑﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ و َ​َﻻذَ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﺨِ ْﺰيُ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ِﻔ ﱡﺮ َﻛ ْﺎﻷ َ ْرﻧ َ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﴫ َخ َﴏ َ‬ ‫ﻂ اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِرﺟَ ﺎ ٌل َ‬ ‫ون ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻛ ِﺾ و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫وﺷ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ َﺔ َﻫ َﻠ ٍﻊ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺪ َُﻫ ْﻢ ﻫﻨﺮي؛ َﻓ َ َ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺪَا َر وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻳَﻌْ ﺪُو‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻟ َﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﺎﻻﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ْاﻵ ِﻣ ِﻦ؛ َﻓﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑ َُﺔ ﻳُﻬَ ﱢﺪدَاﻧ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ‬ ‫َاﻹ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ َﻓ َﻘ َﺪ ﻫﻨﺮي إِﺣْ َﺴ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٍْب‪.‬‬ ‫ْت و ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ِﻣﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﺾ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ُﻣ َﺆ ﱢﺧ َﺮ ِة ﻓِ ْﺮ َﻗﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ َﻘ َﺪ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘَ ُﻪ و َُﻗﺒﱠﻌَ ﺘَﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻔ ُﻪ ﻣَ ْﻔﺘُﻮحَ ْاﻷ َ ْز َر ِار‬ ‫َﺎح‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن وَﺟْ ُﻪ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻣَ ْﻜ ُﺴﻮٍّا ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ِﺐ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻧ َ َﺴﺠَ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﺧﻴَﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِز ُم أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻓﺴ َﻘ َ‬ ‫اﺻ َ‬ ‫ﻳُﻤْ ِﺴ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻫ َﺮبَ ‪َ ،‬ﻫ َﺮبَ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ َرﺟُ ٍﻞ َﻛﻔِ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺪ َم َﻛﺘ ُِﻔ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ ﺪَى ْاﻷ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ٍة َ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫أ َ ْر ً‬ ‫ﺿﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن أَدَا َر ﻫﻨﺮي َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ َﺮ ُه إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪوﱢ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ َﺰاﻳَﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت ﻣَ َﺨ ِﺎو ُﻓ ُﻪ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ َﻓﺄ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪ .‬ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻞ َﺧﻴَﺎﻟُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ أ َ ْﺳﻮَأ َ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ًﺔ؛ َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ِﻔ ﱡﺮ‪َ ،‬رأَى اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ َل ﻋَ َﲆ ﻳَﻤِ ﻴﻨ ِ​ِﻪ وَﻋَ َﲆ ﻳ َ​َﺴ ِﺎر ِه‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺬَاﺋ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﴚءَ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ و َْﻗ َﻊ أ َ ْﻗﺪَا ٍم ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٍة َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻪُ‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺴ َﺎﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫ِﻒ َﻓﻮ َْق َرأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻮن ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺣِ ﺒُﻬَ ﺎ َﴏ َ‬ ‫ﺎت َ‬ ‫َﺧ ٌ‬ ‫ﺗُ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﺟَ ِﺎﻣﺤَ ٌﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَﺎبَ ﻫﻨﺮي اﻟ ﱡﺬ ُﻫﻮ ُل ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻳ َُﺸ ِﺎر ُك أ َ ْﻓ َﺮاد َُﻫﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس ﺑَﺎﻟ ٍِﻎ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻳ َُﻘﺎ ِﺗﻠُ َ‬ ‫وﻻ أَﺣَ َﺪ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ﻋَ َﲆ دِ َراﻳَ ٍﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ِم ﻧَﺤْ ﻮ َُﻫﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑﺤَ ﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﺣَ ﻤْ َﻘﻰ وَأ َ ْﺷ َﻔ َﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻞ ﻫﻨﺮي ﺗَﺤَ ﱡﺮ َﻛ ُﻪ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َاث‪ ،‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا‪َ ،‬رأَى ِﺟﻨ ْ َﺮ ًاﻻ ﻳَﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻄﻲ ﺟَ ﻮَادًا‪ .‬أَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ‬ ‫ﺎل َ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮا ُل ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ ً‬ ‫آﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻬَ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫َات ِﺟﻴَﺎدِ ﻫِ ﻢْ‪ ،‬وَأَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﺑﻤ ُْﻔ َﺮ ِدهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺑ ِﺮﺟَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِ‬ ‫‪28‬‬

‫ﺎل‬ ‫ﻓِ َﺮا ُر اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻤْ َﻊ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ال‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َل أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴ َ ِﱰ َق ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺄَﻟُ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻜ َﺚ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِار ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ُﻔ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮا ُل ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﻠُﻮﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت َﻓﻴ ُْﺨ ِﱪُ ُه ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ِاﻻ ْرﺗِﺒَﺎكِ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﺠْ ﺘَﺎحُ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮف ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﺎﻣﻴ َﱠﺔ؛ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ُون أ ْنَ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮا َل أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺄِ أ ْن ﻳَﺠْ ﻠ َِﺲ ُﻫﻨَﺎ د َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪ .‬أ َرا َد ﻫﻨﺮي أ ْن ﻳُﺨ ِ َ‬ ‫ف ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ْ‬ ‫ﱪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺒْﺬُ َل أيﱠ ﺟُ ﻬْ ٍﺪ ِ ِﻹ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺪ ْاﻷ َ ْروَاحَ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻪُ‪ .‬أيﱡ أﺣْ ﻤَ َﻖ َﺳﻴ َُﻘﻮ ُل إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎف ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺎل اﻟﺘﱠ َﻘﻬْ ُﻘ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َراءِ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ُﻫ ِﺮ َع أَﺣَ ُﺪ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮﻫﺎ! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَو َْﻗ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓﻌَ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺒ ِ‬ ‫ال‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪ِ » :‬ﺑﺤَ ﱢﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮﻫﻢْ!«‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎط إ ِ َﱃ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮا ُل ﻳ َِﺼﻴﺢُ ِﰲ ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ ِدهِ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ِﻧ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻢْ! ِﻧ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴﺪِ!«‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺘﺎﺳﻊ‬

‫َر ُﺟ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻐَ ﺎ َﺑ ِﺔ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ! ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤْ َﻘﻰ ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻠﻮا‬ ‫اﻧ ْ َﻜﻤَ َﺶ ﻫﻨﺮي َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠﺒ ٌﱢﺲ ِﺑﺠَ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻧْﺘَ َﴫُوا َر ْﻏ َﻢ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َع َﺳﻤَ ﺎ َع ا ْﻟﻬُ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎف ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ ْﻠﻔِ ِﻪ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ َﻫ َﺰﻣُﻮا ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪوﱠ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ ُﺷﻌُ ﻮ ٌر‬ ‫ﻮل وَا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺄَ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱡ ُﻫ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﻘ َﺔ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ و َِﺷﻴ َﻜ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓﻌَ َﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱪ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻓ ﱠﺮ ِﻷ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮَابَ ِﺑﺄ َ ْن‬ ‫أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫أَﻧ ْ َﻘﺬَ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َاﺟﺐُ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﺟُ ْﺰءٍ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻫﻨﺮي ﺟُ ْﺰءًا َ‬ ‫ري أ َ ْن ﻳُﻨْﻘِ ﺬَ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ‪َ ،‬وو ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َع‪ .‬وﺑَﻌْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ِﻠﻀﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ْاﻷَﺟْ َﺰاءِ ﱠ‬ ‫إِذَا ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ ِﻟﺘَ ْﻜ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎط إِﻋَ ﺎ َد ُة ﺗَﺠْ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ‪ .‬أ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ أ َ ﱠن ﺗَ َﴫ َﱡﻓ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺗَ َﴫ ًﱡﻓﺎ ﺣَ ﻜِﻴﻤً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﰲ ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ِﻪ ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﺛَﺒَﺘُﻮا َو َر ِﺑﺤُ ﻮا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ َﺔ؛ و َزاد ْ‬ ‫ﻮره‬ ‫َت َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻔِ ْﻜ َﺮ ُة ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺷﻌُ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺗَ َﴫ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ َﺮا َرةِ؛ إِذْ ﺑَﺪَا أ َ ْن ﺣَ ﻤَ َﺎﻗﺘَﻬُ ْﻢ َﻗ ْﺪ َﺧﺪَﻋَ ﺘْﻪُ‪ .‬ﻟﻘﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱠف ِﺑﺬَ َﻛﺎءٍ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻻذَ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار‪،‬‬ ‫و َْاﻵ َن ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑ َﻐ َﻀ ٍﺐ َﺷﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ِﻪ ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُﻮا ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ َذاﺗَﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫أ َ ْد َر َك ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ﱠن ِر َﻓ َﺎﻗ ُﻪ َﺳﻴ َْﺴ َﺨ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ون ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ﻋَ ْﻮ َدﺗ ِ​ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ْﺴ َﻜ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳ ُْﺸﻔِ ُﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢﺌَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺳﻴَ ْﻠ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﺎﻣَ َﻠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻢْ‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺮ َك ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻘ َﻞ‪ ،‬وَاﺗﱠﺠَ َﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑ ُْﻘﻌَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫َﻛﺜ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِْت اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ .‬أ َ َرا َد أ َ ْن ﻳَﺒْﺘَﻌِ َﺪ ﻋَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ﺗُ َﺪوﱢي‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ًة ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻜ ُﺮو ِم و ﱡ‬ ‫ض ﻣ َُﻐ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫ﻀﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻌْ ٍﺾ‪،‬‬ ‫َات و َْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﱪ َ​َﻫﺎ‪ .‬ﺟَ َﺮﺣَ ْﺖ أ َ ْﺷﻮَا ُك ﱡ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﺸ ﱠﻖ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫َات َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫ﱠت ُﻓ ُﺮو ُع‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ ُﻫﺪُوءٍ دَاﺧِ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺪ َر ﺟَ َﻠﺒ ًَﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺎت َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ون‪ .‬اﺑْﺘَﻌَ َﺪ َﻛ ِﺜريًا دَاﺧِ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ﻳَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨﱢري َِان‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﱰةٍ‪َ ،‬ﺧ َﻔ َﺖ َ‬ ‫َات‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻠ ٍﻢ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءُ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ وَﺣِ ﻴﺪًا‪ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪَاﻓِ ِﻊ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪ .‬ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻫﺠَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻮَاﺗًﺎ َﻛ ِﺈ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺪ َر ِت ا ْﻟﺤَ َﴩ ُ‬ ‫َات أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎع‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﺳﻨَﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺗَﻨ َ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻏ ٍﻢ‪َ .‬ﻗ َﺮ َع ﻧ َ ﱠﻘﺎ ُر ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ ﺟَ ﺎﻧِﺐَ إِﺣْ ﺪَى‬ ‫ﻴﻘﻰ‪ .‬ﻟﻘﺪ ﺑَﺪَا َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ِ ﱡ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ ٌﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ‪.‬‬ ‫َات اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻨ ُ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪ ،‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َﻓ َﻼ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ُﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺳﻮَى أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻂ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﻬَ ﺪِ‪َ ،‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ ﺣَ ًﺎﻻ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ ُﻛﻮ ُز‬ ‫ﺻﻨ َ ْﻮﺑ ٍَﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻮ ِْق َﺷﺠَ َﺮةٍ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﺒَ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎب َﻓ ﱠﺮ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪ ،‬و َرأَى ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ َﻗﺎﻧُﻮ ُن‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِار ِﺳﻨْﺠَ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبُ أ َ ﱠن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْد َر َك ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺮا ﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُﱢق ِﺑ ِﻪ؛ َﻓﻬَ َﺮبَ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻏ َﻞ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا و َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ُن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ﻌَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻘﻮ َﱠﺳ ُﺔ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة‪َ .‬ﺷ ﱠﻜ َﻠ ْﺖ أ َ ْو َر ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨ َ ْﻮﺑ َِﺮ ِﺑ َﺴﺎ ً‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ﺑُﻨﱢﻴٍّﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫اق ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﺴ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗُ َﺸ ﱢﻜ ُﻞ َﻛﻨ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻮءٌ‬ ‫َﺧﺎﻓِ ٌﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ ِﻞ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺪُوﻣً ﺎ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرآ ُه أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻪ ﺟُ ﺜ ﱠ ُﺔ َرﺟُ ٍﻞ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻨ ُﺪ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻬْ ِﺮ ِه إ ِ َﱃ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي ِزﻳٍّﺎ‬ ‫أ َ ْز َر َق اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮ ِْن ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﴣ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ْاﻵ َن ﺑَﻬَ َﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﴬ‪ .‬ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠري َْت‬ ‫ﺻﺎ َر َد َرﺟَ ًﺔ َﻛﺌِﻴﺒ ًَﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮ ِْن ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ َﻜ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ ﻫﻨﺮي إ ِ َﱃ َﻟﻮ ٍْن ﺑَﺎﻫِ ٍﺖ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ ﺟَ ﻮَاﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻓ ُﻤ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻛﺎﻧَﺘَﺎ ﺗُﺤَ ﺪ َﱢﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻔ َﺮ ﻣُﺨِ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻛﺎﻧَﺘَﺎ ﺣَ ﻤْ َﺮا َوﻳ ِْﻦ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﻟﻮ ٍْن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟﻨﱠﻤْ ُﻞ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻔﺘُﻮﺣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻐ ﱠري َْت َﺷ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُه اﻟ ﱠﻠﺘَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﻳَ ْﺰﺣَ ُ‬ ‫َﴩ ِة اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻣَ ﺎدِ ﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وإِﺣْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻫ ﱠﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ُﻛﺘْ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﻮ َْق َﺷ َﻔﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﻠﻴَﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ َﻓﻮ َْق ﺑ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ ﻫﻨﺮي َﴏ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ ًﺔ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺜ ﱠ َﺔ‪ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﱡﺮ َك أ َ ْو إ ِ َﺷﺎﺣَ َﺔ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ ِه ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َل إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻ ْﺨ َﺮ ٍة ِﻟ ِﺒ ْﻀ ِﻊ د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺪ َﱠق ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ِﻲ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻂءٍ و َ‬ ‫َو ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ وَأ َ ْﺳﻨَﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﲆ و ْ‬ ‫َﺿﻌِ ِﻪ َﻫﺬَا أ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻳَ ْﺮ ِﺟ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ ًة‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ ًة ُﺧ ْ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ ُﺧ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺨ َﴙ َﻟ ِﻮ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻘﻔِ َﺰ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺜ ﱠ ُﺔ َوﺗُ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر َدهُ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺻ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻪ أ َ ْر ً‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ُن ﺑﻬﻨﺮي َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗُﻬَ ﱢﺪ ُد ُه ِﺑﺄ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﺴﻘِ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺪَﻣَ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ‪ .‬ﻋَ ﻠ َِﻘ ْﺖ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ُه ِﰲ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ُﺮو ِم‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠ َﻞ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﻠ ِﻤ ُﺲ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺜ ﱠ َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧْﺘَ َﻔ َﺾ َﻓ ِﺰﻋً ﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫َرﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫ﺎن وَا ْﻟ ُﻜ ُﺮو ِم‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫ َﺮبَ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫أَﺧِ ريًا ﺗَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ ِﰲ أَيﱢ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ٍه‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ ‪ ،‬ﺑ َِﻞ ا ْﻛﺘَ َﻔﻰ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻛ ِﺾ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴﱢ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗُ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر ُد ُه ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ُة اﻟﻨﱠﻤْ ِﻞ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮ ِد اﻟ ﱠﺰاﺣِ ِﻒ َﻓﻮ َْق‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻣَ ﺎدِيﱢ ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻫﻨﺮي وَأ ْر َﻫ َ‬ ‫ﱰةٍ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤْ ﻊَ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْﻠﻬَ ُﺚ ِﻣ ْﻦ أﺛ َ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪ ِْو‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗًﺎ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳ ْ‬ ‫َﴫ ُخ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺼ ُﺪ ُر ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ْﻠ ِﻖ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻴ ِﱢﺖ َوﻳ ْ ُ‬ ‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎدِ ﺋَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧﻴﱠ َﻢ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻤْ ٌﺖ َﻛﺌِﻴﺐٌ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َﻛ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ﺎ ُر َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺜ ﱠ ِﺔ ﻣَ َﻊ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﻌﺎﴍ‬

‫َﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺣ ُﺐ اﻟﺜ َﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺮ ﱠﺛ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎب ﱠ‬ ‫َﻏ َﺮﺑ َِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن‪ ،‬اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫َات ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪َ ،‬وو َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻒ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺠﻴﺞُ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﴩ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ َﻫﺬَا ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻫﻨﺮي وَأ َ ْر َﻫ َ‬ ‫ري ٌة ُﻣﺘَﺪَاﺧِ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪ .‬ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٌ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤْ ﻊَ‪ .‬أَﺗَﻰ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة أ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺎح ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪٍ‪،‬‬ ‫َات َﻛ ِﺜ َ‬ ‫ْت ِﺻﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺪوﱢيَ ِ ِﻹ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر وَاﻧ ْ ِﻄ َﻼ ِق ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪَاﻓِ ِﻊ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺸﺘﱠ َﺖ ذِ ْﻫ ُﻦ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ِاﻻﺗﱢﺠَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ِ‬ ‫ني َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰ َاﻻ ِن ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎربُ أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎت‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠ َﻞ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ َْﺸ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤْ َﻊ و َْﻗﺘًﺎ َ‬ ‫ْاﻵ َﺧ َﺮ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أرﻫﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫َان ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ ﻫﻨﺮي‬ ‫ﻳﻼ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَأ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي ِﰲ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ﻣَ ﻴْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ َﺾ ِﺑﺎﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ و َُﻫ َﻮ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺑَﺬَ َل ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪًا ﺑَﺎﻟ ًِﻐﺎ ِﻟﻴَﺒْﺘَﻌِ َﺪ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﱪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ إِذَا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﻄﺪَا ِم‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻴ ْ‬ ‫ض وَا ْﻟ َﻘﻤَ ُﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ ِاﻻ ْ‬ ‫ﺎس‬ ‫أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫َﺼﻌَ ُﺪ َﻛ ِﺜريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ﱡ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ﻣَ ﻨ َ ِﺎز ِﻟﻬْ ﻢ ِﻟﻴ َُﺸﺎﻫِ ﺪُوا ﺣُ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ُوث ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌُ ﻮ ُر ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ ﺗِﺠَ ﺎ َه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ؛ ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻳﺖ ﺣَ ﺪ ٍَث َﺳﻴَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻳ َ​َﺸﺄ ْ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﻟ َِﺴﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﱠث اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫َات ﺗَﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎ َل ِﺑ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﺾ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺷ ِﻬﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﺳﻮَى إِﺣْ ﻤَ ﺎءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺪُو ُر ْاﻵ َن‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳ َُﺸ ﱡﻚ ِﰲ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ َﺷ ِﻬ َﺪ ﻗِ ﺘَ ًﺎﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎ َد ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ُﻀﺤِ ًﻜﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ َﺧﺬَ ُﻫ َﻮ و َِر َﻓ ُﺎﻗ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱠو ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺤْ ﻤَ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺪﱢ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠﻠُﻮا أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺎﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻮن أَﺑْ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ َﺔ‪َ .‬‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺤُ َ‬ ‫َﺳﻴَﺤْ ِﺴﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱡﻮا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﻴ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ أ َ ﱠن أَﺣَ ﺪًا َﻟ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳَﺬْ ُﻛ َﺮ ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ َع ﻫﻨﺮي إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم ُﻣﺘَ َﺨﻴ ًﱢﻼ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ َﺸﺎﻫِ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ُن ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‬ ‫أَ ْ َ‬ ‫َاﺟ َﺰ اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟ ُﻜ ُﺮو ِم َردْﻋَ ُﻪ َوإِﻋَ َﺎﻗ َﺔ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺗَﺠَ ﺎ َو َز َﻫﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى ﺣَ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫ْت ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪَاﻓِ ِﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ْﻮﻟِ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُﱢق اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮﻣَ ﺎدِ ﻳ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ﻌَ َﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺰ َع ﻫﻨﺮي ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ‬ ‫ِﰲ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻞ ﻫﻨﺮي َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم‪ ،‬وﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ ٍ‬ ‫َت أ َ ْ‬ ‫وأَﺧِ ريًا‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫آﻟﺔ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ َ ِ‬ ‫ﴏ ِ‬ ‫َات َراﺋِﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰبَ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ﻟ َِريَى ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُﻣ َﺮوﱢﻋَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺳﻤَ ﺎ ُع ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ُث‪.‬‬ ‫ُون ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ ﻫﻨﺮي إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳ َِﺴري َ‬ ‫ُﺼﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﻂءٍ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺣَ ْﺸ ٌﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮن ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺒْ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎ ِﺋﻢَ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَﺄَو ُﱠﻫ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْر ِض ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَﻜِﻴﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﺣِ ﺬَاءً‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫ﻮن‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﺌًﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺪﱢﻣَ ﺎءِ‪ ،‬وَأ َﺧﺬَ ﻳ َْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ِﺗ ْﻠ ِﻤﻴ ٍﺬ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ َوﻳ َْﻀﺤَ ُﻚ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﺳﺎﻋَ َﺪ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻌِ ٍﺶ‪ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎل َﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َُﻐﻨﱢﻲ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻀﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻤْ ِﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺮﻳ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ ِﺑ ٍﻂ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ني ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َِﺼﻴﺢُ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَو َِاﻣ ِﺮ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫اﻧ ْ َﻀ ﱠﻢ ﻫﻨﺮي إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺸ ِﺪ و َ​َﺳﺎ َر ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ .‬ﺳﺎ َر َرﺟُ ٌﻞ َر ﱡ‬ ‫َﺎب ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺟﻮ َِار‬ ‫ث اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣ َُﻐ ٍّ‬ ‫ﻄﻰ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻐﺒ َِﺎر وَاﻟﺪﱢﻣَ ﺎءِ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ﺑ َُﻘ ُﻊ ﺑَﺎ ُرو ٍد ﺗُ َﻐ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﻲ َﺷﻌْ َﺮ ُه إ ِ َﱃ ﺣِ َﺬاﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻫﻨﺮي‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ِﻴﺐ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫َﺎب اﻟ ﱠﺮﺛ ﱠ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫﻨﺮي‬ ‫ﱠث ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺑُ ْﺮ َﻫ ٍﺔ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ذُو اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ ُﻊ إ ِ َﱃ َرﻗ ٍ‬ ‫ﻣُﺤَ ِﺎو ًﻻ اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱡث ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪َ .‬رأَى ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ني؛ وَاﺣِ ٌﺪ ِﰲ ذِ َراﻋِ ِﻪ و َْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ ِﰲ‬ ‫ُﺼﺎبٌ ِﺑﺠُ ْﺮﺣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺎب اﻟ ﱠﺮﺛ ﱠ ِﺔ َرﻗ ً‬ ‫ط ِﺑ ِﻘ ْ‬ ‫َرأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ وﻣَ ْﺮﺑُﻮ ٌ‬ ‫ﺎش ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻠﺌَ ٍﺔ ِﺑﺎﻟﺪﱢﻣَ ﺎءِ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ِﺔ ُﻗﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ْت اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ذِي اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﺳ َﻼ ِن َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ‪َ » :‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ًﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ًة‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫َﴫ ُه إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺲ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻐ ﱠ‬ ‫َر َﻓ َﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي — ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻰ‬ ‫ري — ﺑ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ًﻗﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟﺪﱢﻣَ ﺎءِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا؟«‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ‪َ » :‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ًﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ًة‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫ُﴪ ُع ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ َﻟﺤِ َﻘﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪» :‬ﺑﲆ‪َ «.‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻫ َﻜﺬَا ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ٍﺔ! ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر ِرﺟَ ًﺎﻻ ﻳ َُﻘﺎ ِﺗﻠُ َ‬ ‫ف أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ﻓِ ﺘْﻴَﺎﻧَﻨَﺎ َﺳﻴَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﻠﻮ َْن ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن ﻳَﺒْﺪَأ ُ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَﺎ ُل‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ْاﻷُﻣُﻮ َر َﺳﺘَﺌُﻮ ُل ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ آ َﻟ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻻ‬ ‫ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ َﻫ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ُﺔ ﻓِ ﺘْﻴَﺎ ِﻧﻨَﺎ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣُﺤَ ِﺎرﺑ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن َﻻ َﺷ ﱠﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ات ِﻟﻴ َُﺸﺠﱢ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﺮ ﱠد ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻞ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜَﻪُ‪.‬‬

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‫َﺎب اﻟ ﱠﺮﺛﱠﺔِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺐُ اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬

‫ﻗﺎل‪ُ » :‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺗَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﱠث ﻣَ َﻊ َﻓﺘًﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟﻮرﺟﻴﺎ ِﰲ ﺟَ ﻴ ِْﺶ ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪوﱢ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَﻬْ ُﺮبُ ﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن‬ ‫ﻳَﺒْﺪَأ ُ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ُق اﻟﻨﱢري َِان‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ إِﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻔﻌَ َﻞ‪ُ .‬ﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ِﻔ ﱡﺮ ِرﺟَ ﺎﻟُﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻀﺤِ َﻚ‪ .‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ِﻔ ﱠﺮ‬ ‫أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟ ﺣَ ﺎ َربَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻗ َﴡ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻌُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫وا ْرﺗَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ُة ﺣُ ﺐﱟ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ‪َ .‬ﺳﺄ َ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ﻫﻨﺮي ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺑُ ْﺮ َﻫ ٍﺔ‪» :‬أَﻳ َْﻦ أ ُ ِﺻﺒ َْﺖ‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ َﻓﺘﻰ؟«‬ ‫ﺎع ﱡ‬ ‫ال‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﺆ ِ‬ ‫َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱡﻋْ ِﺮ َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ َﺳﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا؟«‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ‪» :‬أَﻳ َْﻦ أ ُ ِﺻﺒ َْﺖ؟«‬ ‫َر ﱠد ﻫﻨﺮي‪» :‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذا؟ … أَﻧَﺎ … أﻧَﺎ … إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ … ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا؟ أَﻧَﺎ …«‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ﻫﻨﺮي َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﺧ َﺬ ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُ‬ ‫ﺾ و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺸﺪِ‪ .‬ا ْﻛﺘَ َﴗ وَﺟْ ﻬُ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻠﻮ ِْن ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ِﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ُﻣﻨ َ ﱠﻜ َﺲ اﻟ ﱠﺮأ ْ ِس َﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُﱢق ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺰ ﱢر َﻛﺄ َ ﱠن ِﺑ ِﻪ َﺧ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺎ ِﺑﻌُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺗَ َﻮﺗﱡ ٍﺮ أَﺣَ َﺪ أ َ ْز َر ِارهِ‪َ .‬‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺖ أ َ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺒًﺎ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺤﺎدي ﻋﴩ‬

‫ﺟﻴﻢ ﻛﻮﻧﻜﻠﻦ‬

‫ﻈ ِﺎر ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱡ َر ﱡ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ُﻣﺘَﻮ َِارﻳًﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷَﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮاﺟَ َﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُﻣ َﺆ ﱢﺧ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺸﺪِ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ث‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﺆا ُل ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ ً‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ .‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺎب‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳ َِﺴريُ ﻣَ َﻊ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠَ ْﺮﺣَ ﻰ‪ .‬ﱡ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮﺣَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱡ َر ﱡ‬ ‫َﺎب ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ أ َ ﱠن ﻋَ ﺎ َر ُه َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻣَ ْﻠﺤُ ﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ‬ ‫ث اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ ْﻠ ُﺆ َﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺴﺪُ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ﺟُ ْﺮحٌ ُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ؛‬ ‫أَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﺑﻌَ ْ ٍ‬ ‫َﺷﺎ َر ٌة ﺣَ ﻤْ َﺮاءُ ﺗَ ُﺪ ﱡل ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺼﺎبٌ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َرﺟُ ٌﻞ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ون ﻣ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﺗَﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫أَﺑْﻌَ ﺪ َُﻫ ْﻢ َو َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﱰُ ُﻛﻮ ُه و َ​َﺷﺄْﻧَﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ني ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ َﻜﺎ ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن وَﺟْ ﻬُ ُﻪ َرﻣَ ﺎدِ ﻳٍّﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُه ﻣ ُْﻐ َﻠ َﻘﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َك اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ري ِه ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺼﻌُ ﻮﺑَ ٍﺔ َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻲ ﺟُ ُﺮوﺣَ ﻪُ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺷ ْﺨ ٌ‬ ‫ﱪةٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺺ ﻳَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْﻘ َ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻟﻮﱠحَ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﻟﻴَﺒْﺘَﻌِ ﺪُوا ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ أَد َْﻫ َﺶ‬ ‫َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺎحَ ِﰲ َﻓ َﺰ ٍع‪ ،‬ﺛﻢ َو َ‬ ‫اع اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻫﻨﺮي‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ ﻫﻨﺮي‪:‬‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه ﻋَ َﲆ ذِ َر ِ‬ ‫»ﺟﻴﻢ ﻛﻮﻧﻜﻠﻦ!«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ٌ‬ ‫ا ْرﺗَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ﺟﻴﻢ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﺮﺣَ ﺒًﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪» :‬آ ٍه ﻳَﺎ ﺟﻴﻢ! آ ٍه ﻳَﺎ ﺟﻴﻢ! آ ٍه ﻳَﺎ ﺟﻴﻢ!«‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺟﻴﻢ‪» :‬أَﻳ َْﻦ ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي؟« وَﻣَ ﱠﺪ ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ‪ُ » :‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻗﻠ ًِﻘﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻘﻮ َل َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﺳﻮَى‪» :‬آ ٍه ﻳَﺎ ﺟﻴﻢ!«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺟﻴﻢ‪» :‬أَﺗَﻌْ َﻠﻢُ؟ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺳريكٍ ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ ُ ِﺻﺒ ُْﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ ُ ِﺻﺒ ُْﺖ‪ .‬ا ْﻟﻮ ْ‬ ‫َﺿ ُﻊ‬ ‫َﺳﻴﱢﺊ ٌ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬

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‫َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺳ ْري َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ َ‬ ‫َاﺻ ُﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫اع‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِ‬ ‫ْف َﻗ ْﺪ َﻏ َﻠﺐَ ﺟﻴﻢ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﺬ َر ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻫﻨﺮي َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت َﻫ ِﺎﻣ ٍﺲ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺠ ٍﻒ‪َ .‬رأَى ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ﱠن َ‬ ‫ﱠث ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ُﻪ وَاﻫِ ٌﻦ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫»ﺳﺄ ُ ْﺧ ِﱪُ َك ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳ ُْﻘﻠ ُِﻘﻨِﻲ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي‪ ،‬أ َ َﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ أ َ ْر ً‬ ‫ﺎف أ َ ْن أ َ ْﺳ ُﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻗﺎل ﺟﻴﻢ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺿﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻣﱠ ﺎ ﻳ َْﱰُ ُﻛﻮﻧَﻨِﻲ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬وإِﻣﱠ ﺎ ﺗَﺪ َْﻫ ُﺴﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﺮﺑ ُ‬ ‫َﺎت ا ْﻟ ِﻤﺪْﻓﻌِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ ﻫﻨﺮي‪َ :‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﺳﺄَﻋْ ﺘَﻨِﻲ ِﺑ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ﺟﻴﻢ! أ ُ ْﻗ ِﺴ ُﻢ أَﻧﱢﻲ َﺳﺄ َ ْﻓﻌَ ُﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫اع ﻫﻨﺮي‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺸﺒ َﱠﺚ ﺟﻴﻢ ِﺑ ِﺬ َر ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ً‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺎ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ِﺼﺎ َﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟ َﻟ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل ﺟﻴﻢ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻠ ً‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َﻟﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َﻟﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ؟ َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻠُﺐُ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ؟ َﻓ َﻘ ِﻂ ْ‬ ‫َﺷ ْﺨ ً‬ ‫اﺳﺤَ ﺒْﻨِﻲ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺄ َ ُرد َﱡﻫﺎ َﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻘﻮ َل َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺎ َر ﺟﻴﻢ ُﻣﺒْﺘَﻌِ ﺪًا ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗًﺎ ﻳَﺄْﺗِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َو َراءِ َﻛﺘِﻔِ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ ِﺒ َﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر‪ ،‬إ ِ َذا‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻳ َِﺠ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱠ َر ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎب‪.‬‬ ‫ث اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻓ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱡ ‪» :‬ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ أ َ ْن ﺗُﺒْﻌِ َﺪ ُه ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ؛ َﻓﻬُ ﻨَﺎ َك ﻋَ َﺮﺑ ٌَﺔ َﻗﺎدِ ﻣَ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ْف‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺪ َْﻫ ُﺴﻪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َل َﺳﺤْ ﺒَ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل ﺟﻴﻢ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺒْﺘَﻌِ َﺪ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ُﻫ ِﺮ َع ﻫﻨﺮي إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل؟«‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬أإ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺸﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺶ‪ ،‬وَﻫﻨﺮي ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﺟﻴﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُ‬ ‫ﺾ و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﺾ َو َراءَهُ‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َﻛ ْﻲ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻛ َﺾ‪َ .‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑﺎﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ِﺔ ِﻷ َ ﱠن َ‬ ‫ﻒ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ و َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ﻳَﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻌِ ﺪٍ‪» :‬إ ِ َﱃ أَﻳ َْﻦ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ذَاﻫِ ﺐٌ ﻳَﺎ ﺟﻴﻢ؟ ﻓِ ﻴ َﻢ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ؟ ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ؟«‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ﺟﻴﻢ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬اﺗْ ُﺮ ْﻛﻨِﻲ و َ​َﺷﺄْﻧِﻲ‪ ،‬أ َ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫ﻮل‪» :‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا ﻳَﺎ ﺟﻴﻢ؟ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺧ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺒُ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﰲ ذُ ُﻫ ٍ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ﺟﻴﻢ‪َ ،‬و َر َﻛ َﺾ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَ ِﺒﻌَ ُﻪ ﻫﻨﺮي وَا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱡ َر ﱡ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َﺎب ﺗَﻨْﺘَﺎﺑُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﺸﺎﻋِ ُﺮ‬ ‫ث اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﻘ ٍﺲ دِ ﻳﻨ ﱟِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا َرأَﻳَﺎ ﺟﻴﻢ ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُ‬ ‫ْف‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺟُ ْﺰءٌ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ِﺑﺄَﻧَﺎ ٍة َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ِﻟﻴَ ْﻠﺘَﻘِ ﻴَﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺧﻴﱠ َﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻤْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫‪40‬‬

‫ﺟﻴﻢ ﻛﻮﻧﻜﻠﻦ‬

‫ﺻ ْﺪ ُر ﺟﻴﻢ ﻳَﻨْﺘَﻔِ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ أ َ ْر ً‬ ‫ﺾ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫وَأَﺧِ ريًا‪ ،‬أ َ َﺧﺬَ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ٍﺊ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ أ َ ْر ِض ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟﻮﱠحَ ِﺑ َﻘﺒ َْﻀ ِﺔ ﻳَ ِﺪهِ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَا ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ‬ ‫اﺗﱠﺠَ َﻪ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑ َﻐ َﻀ ٍﺐ ﻣ َُﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫َاخ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﴫ ِ‬ ‫ص ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َْﻗﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ُر َﻗ َﺎﻗ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺒ َْﺴ َﻜ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺮ ُﻣ ْﻠﺘَ ِﺼ ًﻘﺎ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻗ ْﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﺖ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ ﻋﴩ‬

‫ي َر ﱢث اﻟﺜ َﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎب‬ ‫اﳉ ْﻨ ِﺪ ﱢ‬ ‫ُﺳﺆَ ُال ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ َر ﱡ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫َﺎب ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ث اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫وَأَﺧِ ريًا‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل ِﺑ َ‬ ‫وج ِﺑﺎﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ِﺔ‪» :‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْﺸﻬَ ﺪٍ‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟ أَﺗَﻌَ ﺠﱠ ﺐُ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻣَ ﻤْ ُﺰ ٍ‬ ‫أَﻳ َْﻦ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮةِ! َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ َرﺟُ ًﻼ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي َﻫ َﻜﺬَا ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ ُ ِﺻﻴﺐَ ِﺑ ْﻀ َﻊ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ات!‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أَﻣْ ًﺮا َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ!«‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٍْت‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺪ َر أَيﱠ َ‬ ‫َﴫ َخ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ‬ ‫َﺎب‬ ‫أ َ َرا َد ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ذُو اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮﺛ ﱠ ِﺔ َو َر َاﻗﺒَﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺑُ ْﺮ َﻫ ٍﺔ‪» :‬اﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ﻳَﺎ َرﻓِﻴﻘِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َرﺣَ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ َﻚ‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻬْ ﺘَ ﱠﻢ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻜ َ ِﱰ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎج َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳ ِﻘ َﻚ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْاﻵ َن‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻗﻮ َل إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻻ أَﺗَﻤَ ﺘﱠ ُﻊ‬ ‫ث أﺣَ ٌﺪ ِ ِﻹ ْزﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﺼﺤﱠ ٍﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ٍة َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎم‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و َرأَى أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ري إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َﱰﻧﱠﺢُ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن وَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻪ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟﻮ ٍْن أ َ ْز َر َق َﻏ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ ﻫﻨﺮي‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﺴ َﺖ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ…«‬ ‫َﻟﻮﱠحَ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪهِ‪.‬‬ ‫»ﻻ‪ُ ،‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﺣْ ﺘَﺎﺟُ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ ﺣِ َﺴﺎءُ ا ْﻟﺒ َِﺎز ﱠﻻءِ‪َ ،‬و ِﻓ َﺮ ٌ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟﺮﺟﻞ‪َ :‬‬ ‫اش َوﺛِريٌ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪ .‬ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َﻛﺎ ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪ ،‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ َر ﱡ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَآ ﻳ َِﺴري َِان ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ث‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َﺎب‪» :‬أَﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﻳَﺎ َرﻓِﻴﻘِﻲ؟ ﺑَﺪَأ ْ ُت أ َ ْﺷﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑﺘَﺪ َْﻫﻮ ٍُر َﺷﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ ُﻣ َﺮوﱢﻋً ﺎ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺄ َ ﱠو َه ﻫﻨﺮي َوﺗَ َﺴﺎءَ َل َﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﻴ َْﺸﻬَ ُﺪ ﻋَ ْﺮ ً‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻤْ ﺄَﻧَﻪُ‪.‬‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ‪» :‬أُوه‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺤِ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ﺑَﻌْ ﺪُ‪َ .‬ﻟﺪَيﱠ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ِﻷ َ ْﻓﻌَ َﻠﻪُ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﺮى َﻛ ْﻢ ِﻃ ْﻔ ٍﻞ‬ ‫َﻟﺪَيﱠ !«‬ ‫َﻟﻤَ ﺢَ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﻇ ﱠﻞ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ٍﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻤْ َﺰحُ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﻮ َل‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺎ َرا ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ًﺔ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺎب اﻟ ﱠﺮﺛ ﱠ ِﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْﺴ َﻘ ِﻂ َرأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ َﻗﺎ َل‬ ‫ﱠث اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ذُو اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫»ﻻ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ ﺑَﺎﻟ ٍِﻎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻠ َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أَﻧﱢﻲ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ُﻣﻮ َ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬وأَﻧ ْ َﺖ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ﺗَﺒْﺪُو ُﻣ ْﺮ َﻫ ًﻘﺎ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪ ،‬أ ُ َراﻫِ ُﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ أ َ ْﺳﻮَأ ُ ﺣَ ًﺎﻻ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ِاﻻﻋْ ِﺘﻨَﺎءُ ِﺑﺠُ ْﺮﺣِ َﻚ؛ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴﱢ ِﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﱰُ َك َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠُ ُﺮوحَ‬ ‫ُون ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬أَﻳ َْﻦ ﺟُ ْﺮﺣُ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ د ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ َﴏ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﺆا َل ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ‪ .‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﻞ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳُ َﻜ ﱢﺮ ُر اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ َﻫ َﺬا ﱡ‬ ‫ْﺧ َﺔ َﻏ َﻀ ٍﺐ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﺷﺎحَ‬ ‫ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪ ِه ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻨ َ ٍﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﻨﺮي ﻣُﺤْ ﺘَﺪٍّا‪ُ » :‬ﻛ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﻲ‪ «.‬ا ْﻟﺨِ ْﺰيُ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺟَ ﱠﺮاءَ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ْﻦ إ ِ ْزﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ ِﺪ َ‬ ‫َﴫ ُخ ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫اﻵن‪.‬‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ ﻳ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻳ َُﺸﻮﺑُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن‪» :‬ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﷲ ُ أَﻧﱢﻲ َﻻ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ ﻣ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ُﻀﺎﻳ َ​َﻘ َﺔ أَﺣَ ﺪٍ‪ .‬ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﷲ ُ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫َﻟﺪَيﱠ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻠ ِﻖ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ َوﻳَ ْﺮﻣ ُ​ُﻖ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ ِﺑﻨ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱠث ﻫﻨﺮي — ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ٍة ﺣَ ﺎ ﱠدةٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِة َﻛ َﺮاﻫِ ﻴَ ٍﺔ — ِﺑﻨ َ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪» :‬إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱢﻠ َﻘﺎءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﻮل‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎب اﻟ ﱠﺮﺛ ﱠ ِﺔ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﰲ ذُ ُﻫ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ذُو اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ُﱰ ﱢددًا‪» :‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا؟ … ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘِﻲ؟ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻳ َْﻦ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ذَاﻫِ ﺐٌ ؟« ﺑَﺪَا َرأ ْ ُﺳ ُﻪ َﻏ ِﺎر ًﻗﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣ َ َ‬ ‫»اﻵ َن … ْاﻵ َن … اﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ … ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ … ْاﻵ َن … َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻜ ِﺎر‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ُث ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ … َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳُﺠْ ﺪِيَ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔﻌً ﺎ‪ ،‬إ ِ َﱃ أَﻳ َْﻦ؟ … إ ِ َﱃ أَﻳ َْﻦ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ذَاﻫِ ﺐٌ ؟«‬ ‫أ َ َﺷﺎ َر ﻫﻨﺮي َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠﻌْ ﺜِﻤً ﺎ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬اﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ ْاﻵ َن … ُﻫﻨَﺎ … ْاﻵ َن‪َ «.‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َرأ ْ ُﺳ ُﻪ ﻳَﺘَﺪ ﱠَﱃ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم‪،‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺎ َل ﻣ َُﻐﻤْ ﻐِ ﻤً ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﻨْﺠَ ﺢَ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ْاﻵ َن‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُﻓ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﻮ ﱡد أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ َو َﻟ َﺪﻳْ َﻚ ﺟُ ْﺮحٌ َﻏﺎ ِﺋ ٌﺮ‪َ .‬ﻫﺬَا‬ ‫َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﱰُ َﻛﻨِﻲ ِﻷَﻋْ ﺘَﻨ َِﻲ ِﺑ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ … ﺗَ ِﺴريَ … ِﺑﺠُ ْﺮ ٍح ﺑَﺎﻟ ٍِﻎ …‬ ‫َﻟﻴ َْﺲ … َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا … َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻖ ﻫﻨﺮي أَﺣَ َﺪ اﻷ َ ْﺳ ِﻴﺠَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺾ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪َ .‬ﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ْت اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ﻳُﻨَﺎدِ ﻳ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻞ اﻻﺑْﺘِﻌَ ﺎدَ‪ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ِن اﺑْﺘَﻌَ َﺪ ﻣَ َﺴ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر َﻓ َﺮأَى اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ ﻳ َِﻬﻴ ُﻢ و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻓ ًﺔ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻘ ِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫‪44‬‬

‫ُﺳ َﺆا ُل ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱢ َر ﱢ‬ ‫َﺎب‬ ‫ث اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬

‫اﻟﺴ َﺆا ُل ا ْﻟﺒ َِﺴﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي وَﺟﱠ ﻬَ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ ﻫﻨﺮي َﻟ ْﻮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أ ُ ِﺻﻴﺐَ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﴎهِ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻓ ﱠﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠُ ْﺮ ِح‪ .‬أ َ ْد َر َك ﻫﻨﺮي أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ إ ِ ْﺧ َﻔﺎءَ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ ِﺌ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒ َِﺴﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺔ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ ﻋﴩ‬

‫ُﻓ ْﺮ َﺻ ٌﺔ َﺛ ِﺎﻧ َﻴ ٌﺔ ﻟِﻼﻧ ِ‬ ‫ْﻀ َﲈ ِم إِ َﱃ ا ْﳌ َ ْﻌ َﺮﻛَ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَﺒَ َﻪ ﻫﻨﺮي َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺪِﻳ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْﺰدَا ُد َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻓ َﺸﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ .‬ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت َﻓﻮ َْﻗ ُﻪ ُﺳﺤُ ﺐٌ ﺑُﻨﱢﻴ ٌﱠﺔ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ َﻗ ِﺪ اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ أَﺣَ ِﺪ اﻟﺘﱢ َﻼ ِل‪َ ،‬رأَى أ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻗ َﱰَبَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ِﺠﻴﺞُ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑ ِ‬ ‫ْف ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﺮ ُك ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴﻊَ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎت ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺠُ ﱡﺮ َﻫﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﻴُﻮ ُل‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ﻳَ ِﻔ ﱡﺮ َ‬ ‫َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﻬَ ﺪَ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ون‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ .‬ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷ َ‬ ‫ون ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻫﻮ َﺳﻴﱢﺌًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ أَيﱢ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَ ِﻔ ﱡﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ِﰲ ﻣ َُﺸ َ‬ ‫ون ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ﺣَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺰﻋِﺠَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ووَﺟَ َﺪ ﻫﻨﺮي ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺪ ِة‬ ‫ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺴريَ ِة ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻤَ ِﺠﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ْت ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺸﺎ ِة ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ؛ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ُﺼﺎدِ ُﻓﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ﻳَﺘَﻮَﺟﱠ ﻬُ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َوﻳَﺪُو ُر َ‬ ‫ون ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺐ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎع ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ ِﺲ‪ .‬ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺴ ْﺖ وُﺟُ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬ ‫ﻮﻫﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑﻤَ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﺢ‬ ‫اﺳﺘِﻌْ ﺪَادٍ ِﻟ ُﻤﻮَاﺟَ ﻬَ ِﺔ اﻧْﺪ َِﻓ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺪﱢ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤَ َﺲ ﻫﻨﺮي ُﺷﻌُ ﻮ َر ُﻫ ْﻢ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ َﻫﻤﱢ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻢْ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌُ ﻮ ُر ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ِن؛ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ َُﺸﺎﻫِ ُﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ٍّﻔﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد‬ ‫ﻮﺻﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ُﻜﻮﻧُﻮا أَﺑْ َ‬ ‫ﻮن وَاﺣِ ﺪًا ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ أَﺑَﺪًا‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺎﻻ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َﻊ ِاﻻ ْﺧ ِﺘﻴَﺎ ُر ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ ً‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ُملﻤْ ﻜ ِ​ِﻦ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳَﺒْﻜ َِﻲ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻼ‪َ ،‬وﻟِ َﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺢَ ﺑَ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َع أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ ﻫﻨﺮي َﻟ ِﻮ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻴَﺎ ِم و َِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﻀﻤَ ﺎ ِم‬ ‫ﻄ َﺔ ِﺑﻮ ْ‬ ‫َﺎت ا ْﻟﻤُﺤِ ﻴ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌُ ﻮﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫َﺿﻌِ ِﻪ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﺗَﺜْﻨِﻴ ِﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋَ ْﺰﻣ ِ​ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫وَأ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﱰ ﱡددُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ﱠ َ‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ًﱠﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﻨَﺎدِ ِق ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺘ َِﻘﺎ ُ‬ ‫ط إِﺣْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َاﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌْ ِﺐ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﺜُﻮ ُر ﻋَ َﲆ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ َﻊ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَﺎ َل ﻣَ َﻊ أَيﱢ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮىَ ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُك إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم ُر َوﻳْﺪًا ُر َوﻳْﺪًا ﻳ َُﻘ ِﺎو ُم‬ ‫ﻣَ َﺨ ِﺎو َﻓﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫وﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠﻠﺒ َِﺖ اﻋْ ِﱰ َ‬ ‫َاﺿ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻫﻨﺮي ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺰﻋِﺠً ﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ َﺮ ِارهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َاﺟﻬُ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻮ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‬ ‫ﻳﺼ ٌﺔ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ؛ و َْاﻵ َن و َ​َﻓﻮ َْق ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻓﻌِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ َرأى أ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺸﻜ َِﻼ ِت ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳُﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﻣ ُْﺸﻜ َِﻼ ٌت أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﺗُ ِﺜريُ اﻧ ْ ِﺰﻋَ ﺎﺟَ ﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻌَ ﺎﻧِﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻤَ ﺄ ً َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﴩﺗَ ُﻪ َﺳﺘَﺘَ َﺸ ﱠﻘ ُﻖ‪ُ .‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ‬ ‫ﺎن وَﺟْ ﻬُ ُﻪ ﺟَ ٍّﺎﻓﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧَﻪ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ َو َﻛﺄ َ ﱠن ﺑ َ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْ‬ ‫ﻮع‪،‬‬ ‫ﻈﻤَ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ﺟَ َﺴ ِﺪ ِه َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗُ ْﺆ ِﻟ ُﻤﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ُه َﻛﺎﻧَﺘَﺎ ُﻣﺘَ َﻘ ﱢﺮﺣَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬آ َﻟﻤَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﻌِ َﺪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْؤﻳ َ​َﺔ ِﺑﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺑَ َ‬ ‫ﻮح‪ .‬أ َ ْد َر َك ﻫﻨﺮي أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻼ أَﺑَﺪًا‪ .‬ﺗَﺄ َ ﱠو َه ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط‬ ‫ُﺿ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ِن و َ​َﻫﺎ َم ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫َان ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ َر ْﻏﺒ ٌَﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة ِﰲ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻫﻨﺮي َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻴْﺪ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳ ِﺘ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻼ ِع ْاﻷ َ ْﺧﺒ َِﺎر‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ﴫ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ َﻢ ﻟِﻤَ ْﻦ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻠﺤَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬ﻟﻘﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﺔ َﻫ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ِﺔ ﺟَ ﻴ ِْﺸ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻴ ُ‬ ‫َﺼﺐﱡ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ‬ ‫ﺎل ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺳﻴَﻠُﻮذُ َ‬ ‫ون ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار إِذَا ﻣَ ﺎ دَﺣَ َﺮ ُﻫ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪوﱡ‪ ،‬وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن وَاﺣِ ﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠْ ﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ف أَﺣَ ٌﺪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻻذَ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﴪ ﺟَ ﻴ ُْﺸ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮبَ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻫﺬَا َدﻟ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓﻌَ َﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮَابَ ِﺑﻬَ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴُﺜ ْ ِﺒ ُﺖ‬ ‫إِذَا َﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫َاف ﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﻴَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُث‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ اﻟﺘﱠﻨَﺒﱡ َﺆ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻘﺒ َِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘ ِْﴩ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗﺎدِ ًرا ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ أ َ َﻫﻤﱢ ﻴ ٌﱠﺔ ُﻛ ْﱪَى َﻟﺪَى ﻫﻨﺮي؛ ﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﻘﺒَ ُﻞ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ َة أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓﻌَ َﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻣ ُِﺸﻴﻨًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻟِﻬَ ﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺪﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ ُْﺶ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻴ َ​َﻘ ُﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺄ ْ ِز ٍق‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ُﻮر َﻛﻬَ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ إِذَا اﻧْﺘَ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﺪ ِْر ُك أ َ ﱠن اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريَ ِﰲ أُﻣ ٍ‬ ‫أَﻣْ ٌﺮ ﺑَﻐِ ٌ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﺾ‪َ ،‬وﻧَﻌَ َﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻮ َْﻏ ِﺪ ِﻟﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﺑ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ٌة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى؛ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺼﺤِ ﻴﺢٌ أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺰﻳﻤَ َﺔ ﺟَ ﻴ ِْﺸ ِﻪ َﺳﺘُﻨْﻘِ ﺬُ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻌْ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎل‪ .‬ﻓﻘﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ﺟَ ﻴ َْﺸ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟﻤُﺠْ ﺪِي اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريَ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِاﻻﺣْ ﺘِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳُﻬْ َﺰ َم أَﺑَﺪًا‪.‬‬

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‫ﺻ ٌﺔ ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ٌَﺔ ﻟِﻼﻧ ْ ِﻀﻤَ ﺎ ِم إ َِﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮﻛَﺔِ‬ ‫ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬

‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﰲ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ ِﺎﻣ ِﻊ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ٍﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ٍة ﻳ َُﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫اﺧﺘ َِﻼ ِق ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﰲ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺿﻌِ َ‬ ‫ُﻮر ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ أُﻣ ٍ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠ َﻞ ﻣَ ْﺸﻬَ َﺪ أ َ ْﻓ َﺮادِ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ُﻛ ﱢﻠ ِﻬ ْﻢ و َُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴ َﺨ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ون ِﻣﻨْﻪُ؛ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻓ ﱠﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳﻴ َْﺴﺄَﻟُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‪» :‬أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻓﻠﻴﻤﻨﺞ؟ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻫ َﺮبَ ‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ؟ ﻳَﺎ إ ِ َﻟ ِﻬﻲ!«‬ ‫ﻮن ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﺑﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠ َﻞ ﻫﻨﺮي ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ ﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُﱢﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ات ِﻣ ْﻠ ُﺆ َﻫﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﺮاﻫِ ﻴ َُﺔ أَﻳْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ذَ َﻫﺐَ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ْﺴ َﻜ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮب َدﻧِﻲءٍ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻣَ ﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳﻴ َْﻀﺤَ ُﻚ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِﺑﺄ ُ ْﺳﻠُ ٍ‬ ‫ﻂ ُﺳ ْﺨ ِﺮﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ ﻋﴩ‬

‫إِ َﺻﺎ َﺑ ُﺔ َﺣ ْﺮ ٍب‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ِن ْ‬ ‫ون ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷَﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳ َِﺴ ُري َ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎر ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأَى ﻫﻨﺮي‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻮل‪ .‬أ َ ْد َر َك ﻫﻨﺮي أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَﻬْ ُﺮﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ َﻗﺎدِ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮن إِﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذًا‬ ‫َﺎت وَﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬُ ْﻢ ﺗَﻤَ ﻮﱠجَ اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱡﺧﺎ ُن َوﺗَﺠَ ﻤﱠ َﻊ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻣ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮس ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺬْﻋُ ِ‬ ‫ﻟِﺤَ ﻴَﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪ .‬اﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓﻌُ ﻮا ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِار ِه َﻛ َﻘ ِﻄ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َْق ﻗِ ﻤَ ِﻢ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ اﻧ ْ ِﻄ َﻼ ُق ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪَاﻓِ ِﻊ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ ُْﺶ‬ ‫ﻮل؛ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﻨﺮي ﺣَ ﺎ َﻟ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱡﻋْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺪ َﱠق ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﻬَ ِﺪ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ذُ ُﻫ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ وَﺟَ َﺪ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎ ﱢر َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮحَ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ ِﺌ َﻠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ َﺔ‪ْ ُ .‬‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ﻳَ ِﻔ ﱡﺮ َ‬ ‫ني ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﻌُ ﻮهُ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺮﻳ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ون ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎهٍ‪ ،‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻳَ َﻞ ﻛ َِﻼ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ وَﺟْ ﻬً ﺎ ِﻟﻮَﺟْ ٍﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫اع أَﺣَ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫أﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑ ِﺬ َر ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﻨﺮي ُﻣﺘَ َﻠﻌْ ﺜِﻤً ﺎ‪» :‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا …؟ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا …؟«‬ ‫ﴏ َخ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ‪» :‬دَﻋْ ﻨِﻲ! دَﻋْ ﻨِﻲ!« َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ﻳَ ْﻠﻬَ ُﺚ َوﻳ َْﺴﺤَ ﺐُ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َﺎج‪» :‬دَﻋْ ﻨِﻲ!«‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫ﻔﺴ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻫِ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻢ ﻫﻨﺮي‪» :‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ َذا …؟ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ َذا …؟«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﴐبَ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﰲ َرأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ و َ​َﻻذَ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬إِذَ ْن!« و َ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻮف ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻫﻨﺮي أ ْر ً‬ ‫َﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮﺑ ًَﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻮ ُ​ُﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ‪َ ،‬ووَﺟَ َﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ أﺧِ ريًا‪َ ،‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻮ َ​َﻫ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪِﻳﺪِ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َ‬ ‫ْﺿﺎءُ َ‬ ‫ﺎل إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺧِ ﺒ ٌَﺔ ِﰲ َرأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ‪ِ .‬ﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﻧَﺠَ ﺢَ ِﰲ ِاﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺸﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺶ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﺠُ ْﺮ ٍح ِﰲ أَﻋْ َﲆ َرأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َرأَى ﻫﻨﺮي ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد و ﱡ‬ ‫ﱠﺎط ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎوﻟُ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ُﻔ ِ‬ ‫َاﻟﻀﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺗَﺠْ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ أَﻧ ْ ُﻔ ِﺴ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إ ِ َﱃ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮف‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛ َﺴﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺒَﺎبُ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎءِ ْاﻷ َ ْز َر ُق ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻘ َﻞ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻛﺘَ َﺴ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑ َُﺔ ِﺑ ِﻈ َﻼ ٍل ُﻗ ْﺮﻣ ُِﺰﻳﱠ ٍﺔ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَ ﱠﺪةٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺮ َك ﻫﻨﺮي ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﻬَ َﺪ َو َراءَهُ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن َﻓﻌَ َﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺤَ ﺎﺑ ٌَﺔ وَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ٌة ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﻨَﺎدِ ِق ﺗُ َﺪوﱢي ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ ﻋﴩ‬

‫ﻳﺐ ُﻳ َﻘ ﱢﺪ ُم ا ْﻟ َﻌ ْﻮ َن‬ ‫ﻏَ ِﺮ ٌ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺴﺎ َرﻋَ ْﺖ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﱰةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ ﺟُ ْﺮﺣُ ُﻪ ﻳُ ْﺆﻟِ ُﻤﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي‬ ‫ﻮل ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺴ ِﻖ‪ .‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫َات ﻫﻨﺮي ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ﺣُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻧْﻬَ ﺎ ُك ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺒْ َﻠ ٍﻎ‪ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺪ ﱠَﱃ َرأ ْ ُﺳ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم‪ ،‬واﻧْﺤَ ﻨ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﻃﻨ ِ​ِﻪ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ريهِ‪ ،‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺘ َِﻔﺎ ُه َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﺣِ ﻤْ ًﻼ ﺛَﻘِ ً‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﻳَﺠُ ﱡﺮ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪.‬‬ ‫ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗًﺎ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠً ﺎ ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِار َﻛﺘِﻔِ ِﻪ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬ﺗَﺒْﺪُو ِﺑﺤَ ﺎ َﻟ ٍﺔ َﺳﻴﱢﺌَ ٍﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ‬ ‫َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫َﴫهُ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﺑ َ​َﲆ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻓ ْﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي ﺑ َ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺐُ ﱠ‬ ‫أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ َ‬ ‫اع ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ َﻜﺎ ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِْت ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒْﺘَ ِﻬ ِﺞ ِﺑ ِﺬ َر ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘ َﻚ‪ .‬ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ُﺔ ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬَ ﺎ ذَاﻫِ ﺒ ٌَﺔ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎﺣِ ًﻜﺎ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ ذَاﻫِ ﺐٌ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫وَأ َ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أ َ ﱠن ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺘﻨَﺎ ﺗَﻮ ِْﺻﻴ َﻠ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﱪ ُه ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي‪.‬‬ ‫ريﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺄ َ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َرآهُ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﰲ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ َﺧﺬُوا ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺒَﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ُﴏ ٌ‬ ‫َاخ َوإ ِ ْ‬ ‫ات‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪ِ .‬ﻛﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻠ ُﻢ ِﺑ ْﻀ َﻊ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ .‬ﺣَ ﱠﻞ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ُق ﻧ َ ٍﺎر ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼمُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أَﻋُ ْﺪ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ْت َ‬ ‫ف أَﻳ َْﻦ أَﻧَﺎ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ِﰲ أَيﱢ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ٍِﺐ أ َ ُﻛﻮ ُن‪َ .‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ وَﺟَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ َﻚ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺎل؟ َﻓ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَﺘُ َﻚ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٌة ِﺟﺪٍّا ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ .‬أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أ َ ﱠن ِﺑ ِﺈﻣْ َﻜﺎﻧِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﺜُﻮ َر ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻢْ‪«.‬‬ ‫أَيﱢ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺐُ‬ ‫أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَا َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِْت ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒْﺘَ ِﻬ ِﺞ َو َﻛﺄ َ ﱠن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ َر ًة‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗﺎدِ ًرا ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ﱢﻖ َ‬ ‫ِﺳﺤْ ِﺮﻳ ًﱠﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﺑ ُﺴﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺎت ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َﺸﺎ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﱡﺮوا ِﺑﺄُﻧ َ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ني و َ​َﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋَ َﺔ ْاﻷَﺑْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ ،‬أَﺑْﺪَى اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ذَ َﻛﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﱢﻘﻘِ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺸﻜ َِﻼ ُت ﺗَ ْﺨﺘَﻔِ ﻲ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫ﺎن َرﻓ ُ‬ ‫َوﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﻮ ُل ِﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗُ َﺴﺎﻋِ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳَﻨْﺘَﺤِ ﻲ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧﺒًﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﺸ ﱠﻖ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة ِﻟ ِﻜ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪ َِت ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑ َُﺔ َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣ ْﻜﺘَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َرﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ﱡﻠﻮا َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ َدوَا ِﺋ َﺮ و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻀ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ‬ ‫ﻈ ٌﺔ ِﺑ ِﺮﺟَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻫﻨﺮي ﺗَﺠَ ﺎ َو َز ِﺑ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺜ َ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ات ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳ َْﻀﺤَ ُﻚ ِﰲ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َد ٍة و َِر ًﴇ أَﺧِ ريًا‪.‬‬ ‫ﻗﺎل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ و َ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠ َﺖ‪ ،‬أَﺗَ َﺮى ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر؟«‬ ‫أَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ ُﺷﻌُ ﻮ ٌر ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻤَ َﺎﻗ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫»ﻫ ِﺬ ِه َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَﺘُ َﻚ‪ .‬إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱢﻠ َﻘﺎءِ ْاﻵ َن ﻳَﺎ َﻓﺘﻰ‪ .‬أَﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ َﻟ َﻚ ﺣَ ٍّ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻈﺎ َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎ ِﺑ ِﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي اﻟ ﱠﺮﻗ َ‬ ‫أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻜ ْﺖ ﻳَ ُﺪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ اﻟﺪَاﻓِ ﺌَ ُﺔ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ِﻮﻳ ُﱠﺔ ِﺑﺄ َ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘ ِﺔ ُﻫﻨَﻴْﻬَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي‬ ‫ﺻﻔِ ريًا ُﻣﺒ ِْﻬﺠً ﺎ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ اﺑْﺘِﻌَ ﺎدِ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ َودُودًا ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َر َاﻗﺐَ ﻫﻨﺮي اﺑْﺘِﻌَ ﺎ َدهُ‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫أ َ ْد َر َك َﻓﺠْ ﺄ ًة أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ وَﺟْ ﻬَ ﻪ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس ﻋﴩ‬

‫ا ْﻟ َﻌ ْﻮ َد ُة إِ َﱃ ا ْﳌ ُ َﻌ ْﺴﻜَ ِﺮ‬ ‫اﺗﱠﺠَ َﻪ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ َﻟﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺎل أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻂءٍ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ِﰲ َﻛﻴْ ِﻔﻴﱠ ِﺔ ْ‬ ‫ِني‬ ‫اﺳﺘ ِْﻘﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ﻳَﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ون ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ ِاﻻ ْﺧ ِﺘﺒَﺎءِ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﻴ َْﺴ َﺨ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﻨْﻬَ ًﻜﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻷ َ َﻟ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﺒْ َﻠ َﻐﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َع أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى ِرﺟَ ًﺎﻻ ﻳَﻨَﺎﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن َﻓﻮ َْق ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِار اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺷ ْﺨ ٌ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺺ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﻣَ ِﺔ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺔ‪ً.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻒ! ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ‪» :‬ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻒ!«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ﱠﻢ اﻋْ ﺘَﻘ َﺪ أﻧ ُﻪ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ا ْرﺗَﺒَ َﻚ ﻫﻨﺮي َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ِﺐ ﱠ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِْت‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﺮﺣَ ﺒًﺎ‪ ،‬وﻳﻠﺴﻮن! َﻫ ْﻞ … َﻫ ْﻞ َﻫﺬَا أﻧ ْ َﺖ؟«‬ ‫ﻂءٍ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫اﻧ ْ َﺨ َﻔ َﻀ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ﻫﻨﺮي‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪» :‬أ َ َﻫﺬَا أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي؟ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ ٌﺪ ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘِ َﻚ ﻳﺎ َﻓﺘﻰ‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ َﻘﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت ْاﻷَﻣَ َﻞ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ِﺗ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳ َْﻘﻮَى ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻮ ُ​ُﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ َد ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮف‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َل َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ‪ .‬ﻣَ َﺮ ْر ُت ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎﻛ ِ​ِﻦ‪ .‬اﻧ ْ َﻔ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ ،‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻣَ َﺮ ْر ُت ِﺑﻮ َْﻗ ٍﺖ ﻋَ ِﺼ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻠ َﻘ ُﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺷﻬَ ْﺪ ﻗِ ﺘَ ًﺎﻻ َﻛﻬَ ﺬَا َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫وَأ ُ ِﺻﺒ ُْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﰲ َرأ ْ ِﳼ؛ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺧﺪ َ​َﺷﺘْﻨِﻲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن و ْ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌً ﺎ ﻋَ ِﺼﻴﺒًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻻ أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ اﻧ ْ َﻔ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا‪ ،‬أ ُ ِﺻﺒ َْﺖ؟ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻘ ْﻞ َﻫﺬَا ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‬ ‫ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َك وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﻰ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴ ِﻜ ُ‬ ‫ني؟«‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫ﻳﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ و َْﺳ ِﻂ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻫﻨﺮي! أَأَﻧ ْ َﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ؟ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ َﺧ َﺮجَ ﻋَ ِﺮ ٌ‬ ‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻗ ْﺪ َرﺣَ ْﻠ َﺖ‬ ‫ُون اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻈﻬُ ﻮ َر ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ ْﻀ ِﻊ د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﺎت‪ .‬ﻳَﺎ إ ِ َﻟ ِﻬﻲ! إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳُﻌَ ِﺎود َ‬ ‫ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْرﺑ َِﻊ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﻇﻨَﻨﱠﺎ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪﻧَﺎ اﺛْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني َرﺟُ ًﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻫﺎ ُﻫ ْﻢ ِرﺟَ ﺎﻟُﻨَﺎ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮد َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْرﺑَﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﻮل ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎح‪.‬‬ ‫ُون‪ِ .‬ﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﺪ ِﱠل َﺳﻴَﻌُ ﻮ ُد ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫أَﻳ َْﻦ ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ؟«‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﻼ ِم‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻧ ْ َﻔ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﻠ ُﺖ …«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ُﻪ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ ُ ِﺻﻴﺐَ ِﰲ َرأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﻧَﻌْ ﺘَﻨ َِﻲ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫أ َ َﺧﺬَ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن وَا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻒ ﻫﻨﺮي إ ِ َﱃ أَﺣَ ِﺪ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ ِﻄﻴَ ِﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﱡون ﻳَ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن َرأ َ ْوهُ‪َ .‬رﺑَ َ‬ ‫ون ﻳَ ُﻤﺪ َ‬ ‫ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻒ ا ْﻟﺠُ ْﺮحَ ِﰲ َرأ ْ ِس ﻫﻨﺮي‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳ َْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺢُ ‪ ،‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻀﻬُ ْﻢ ﻧَﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺑَﻨَﺎدِ َﻗﻬُ ْﻢ و َُﺳﻴ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﻓﻬُ ﻢْ‪ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أَﺟْ َﺴﺎد ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻣ َُﻐ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ًة ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﺎخ‪ ،‬وﺛِﻴَﺎﺑُﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣُﻤَ ﱠﺰ َﻗ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ني و َْاﻷَو َْﺳ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَا ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ُﻣﺘْﻌَ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ني ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻫﻨﺮي ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻋَ ﺎ َد وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﻗِ ْﺮﺑَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫ري ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي‪َ ،‬ﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﺑ َﺨ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ﴢ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳ َﻘﻰ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻘِ ْﺮﺑَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ذَ ﱠﻛﻰ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر وَﺣَ ﱠﺮ َك ا ْﻟﻌِ ِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴍبَ ﻫﻨﺮي َﻛ ِﺜريًا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻬْ َﻮ ُة ﺣَ ْﻠ َﻘﻪُ‪ .‬وﺑَﻌْ ﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻨَﻬﱠ َﺪ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻮي ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﻬْ َﻮ ٍة ﺑ َِﺎر َدةٍ‪ِ َ .‬‬ ‫ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻬﻴ َﺪ َة َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َد ٍة َو َراﺣَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﺑَﻌْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ َرﺑَ َ‬ ‫ري‪.‬‬ ‫ﻂ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن َرأ ْ َس ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑﻤِ ﻨْﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻳﻞ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ذَا ﺗَﺒْﺪُو ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل وﻳﻠﺴﻮن و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﻞ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أ ُ َراﻫِ ُﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ُ‬ ‫أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ْاﻵ َن أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ‪ .‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ َﻗ ِﻮيﱞ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي؛ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﻧُﻨ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻒ ﺟُ ْﺮﺣَ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﴫ ْخ أ َ ْو ﺗَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﻮ ْه ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻠ ِﻖ ْاﻵ َن وَاﺣْ ُ‬ ‫َﺎت اﻟ ﱠﺮأ ْ ِس ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﺧ ِﻄريَ ًة‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ أ َ ﱠن إ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﺎح‪ .‬ﺑَﺪ َِت ْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺬَ ٍر‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﱠﺪ َد و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻖ َﻫﻤْ ﻬَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ض َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ِرﻳ َﻜ ٌﺔ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْرﺗِﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ﻣ ُِﺮﻳﺤَ ٌﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗﺎ َم َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬اﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ْﺮ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ‪ ،‬أَﻳ َْﻦ َﺳﺘَﻨَﺎمُ؟«‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻟﻮﱠحَ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل‪ُ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﺳﺘَﻨَﺎمُ؟ َﻓﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُؤ َك ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫– »ﻋَ َﲆ أَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫»اﻫﺪَأ ْ و ْ‬ ‫دَﻣْ َﺪ َم وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪ْ :‬‬ ‫َاﺧﻠُ ْﺪ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم‪َ .‬ﻻ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ أَﺣْ ﻤَ َﻖ‪«.‬‬ ‫‪56‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ َِﱃ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ْﺴ َﻜ ِﺮ‬

‫ﺎس ِﰲ ﺟَ َﺴ ِﺪ ِه ُﻛ ﱢﻠ ِﻪ‪َ .‬وﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ا ْﻟﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ِﺋ ٍﺬ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺢ‬ ‫ﺻﻤَ َﺖ ﻫﻨﺮي‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻞ ُﺷﻌُ ﻮ ٌر ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱡﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َات إ ِ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺪﱠاﻓِ ِﺊ و َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‪ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ذِ َراﻋِ ِﻪ وَأ ُ ْﻏ ِﻤ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه َ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َﻜﻤَ َﺶ دَاﺧِ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻬﻴ َﺪ ًة َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪٍ‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﺴﺎءَ َل‪َ :‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﻳَﻨَﺎ ُم َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل؟ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءِ‪،‬‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َراحَ ِﰲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫وُ ْ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ ﻋﴩ‬

‫ِﺷ َﺠ ٌﺎر َد ِ‬ ‫اﺧ َﻞ ا ْﳌ ُ َﻌ ْﺴﻜَ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﻒ َﺳﻨ َ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ا ْرﺗَﺠَ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻧَﺎﺋِﻤً ﺎ أ َ ْﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻆ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ وَﺟْ ﻬُ ُﻪ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اق ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َﻗ ْ‬ ‫َﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻓﻮ َْﻗﻪُ‪َ .‬وﻣ ِْﻦ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ ٍﺪ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ُة ﻧَﺪًى ﺑ َِﺎر َد ٌة‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺪ َﱠق ﺑُ ْﺮ َﻫ ًﺔ ِﰲ أ ْو َر ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َع َﺳﻤَ ﺎ َع أ َ ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ أَو َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ ً‬ ‫ﺎل اﻟﻨﱠﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻤ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎع َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ ِﺑ َﻼ ﺣِ َﺮاكٍ ‪ ،‬ﻳَﻌْ ﻠُﻮ‬ ‫ﺎت ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ْﺿ ٍ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ ﻫﻨﺮي أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ﻣَ ْﻮﺗَﻰ‪ .‬ﺑَﻌْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ َرأَى وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ﻳَﺘَﺪ ﱠَﻓﺄ ُ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻫﻬُ ﻢْ‪ِ .‬ﻟ َﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺤُ ﻮبُ وُﺟُ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﱠ‬ ‫ْت َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ ﻳ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻮن و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫َﺎب‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﻨ َ ٍﺎر َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَةٍ‪َ ،‬و َرأَى ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ َﺔ ِرﺟَ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺒ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َﺸﺎبَ ‪.‬‬ ‫د ﱠَﻗ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﺒُﻮ ُل ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِب َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪ ،‬و َُﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ ٍﺪ َ‬ ‫ُﻮق َﺧﺎﻓِ ٌﺖ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ﺣَ ْﻮ َل‬ ‫ْت ﺑ ٍ‬ ‫اﻻﺳﺘ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄَﻟُﻪ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ً‬ ‫ﺎظ‪َ ،‬و َرأَى وﻳﻠﺴﻮن أ َ ﱠن ﻫﻨﺮي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻫﻨﺮي ِﰲ ْ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺣَ ﺎﻟُ َﻚ َﻫ َﺬا‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحَ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي؟«‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﺜَﺎءَبَ ﻫﻨﺮي‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑﺜ ِْﻘ ٍﻞ ِﰲ َرأ ِﺳ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﻌِ َﺪﺗُ ُﻪ ﺗُ ْﺆﻟِ ُﻤﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ ُﻣﺘْﻌَ ﺐٌ َﻛ ِﺜريًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺑ َ​َﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َرأ ْ ِس ﻫﻨﺮي‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻋَ ﱠﺪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺛَﺒ َﱠﺖ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ا ْﻟﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم ِﻟ ِﻜ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﱠف ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧَﺤْ ٍﻮ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ُﻪ ﻳَﺘَ َﴫ ُ‬ ‫َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫ِﻒ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ﻣَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛﺘ ِ​ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﱪَى‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ‬ ‫وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱠ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎبﱠ ﻋَ ِﺎﱄ َ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِْت‪ ،‬ﺑﻞ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ْاﻵ َن َﻫﺎدِ ﺋًﺎ وَاﺛ ًِﻘﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ ﻳ َْﻐ َﻀﺐُ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻌْ ﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟﺘﱠﺎﻓِ ﻬَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺴﺎءَ َل ﻫﻨﺮي ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻐ ِﻴريُ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺪِﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫ْﻒ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻘﻬْ َﻮ ِة ﻋَ َﲆ ُر ْﻛﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ﻓِ ﻨْﺠَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺘﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْز‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﺳﻨَﻬْ ِﺰﻣُﻬُ ﻢْ؟«‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬إِذَا ﻋُ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ إ ِ َﱃ أَو ِﱠل أَﻣْ ِﺲ‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ َﺳﺘَ ُﻘﻮ ُل إِﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻗﺎدِ ٌر‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑﻤ ُْﻔ َﺮ ِد َك‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَا وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ُﻣﻨْﺪَﻫِ ًﺸﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﺳﺄ َ ُﻗﻮ ُل َﻫﺬَا ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ؟ ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ُ ،‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻣُﺤِ ٍّﻘﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﺳﺎذَﺟً ﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريًا ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَ ِﺬ َر ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أَﺣْ َﺮجَ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَﺎجُ اﻋْ ِﺘﺬَا ًرا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ ُِﺮﻳﺪُوﻧ َ ُﻪ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱰ ٍة َﻗﺎ َل وﻳﻠﺴﻮن إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱠو ْاﻵ َن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫»ﻻ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﴐﺑ ًَﺔ‬ ‫ف َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا ِﱄ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧِﻲ أَﻣْ ِﺲ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ ﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻﻤَ ًﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟ أ َ ُ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪» :‬أَﺗَ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ ﻋَ ﺎﻣَ ْﻠﻨ َ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﻢ ِﺑ ُﻤﻨْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺴ َﻮ ِة أَﻣْ ِﺲ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق‪ ،‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺸﻬَ ْﺪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪» :‬ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ﻳَ ْﻠﺘَ ﱡﻔ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺣَ ْﻮ َل اﻟﻨﱢري َِان ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ .‬و َ​َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‬ ‫ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ َرﺟُ ٍﻞ َ‬ ‫َات ﺣَ ﺎ ﱠد ٌة‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٌ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻋَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﺨ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺜ ﱠ ِﺔ ُﻣ ْﻠﺘَ ٍﺢ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﱠﺎن ﻳ َْﻀﺤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺪﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﺛَﺎ َر ْت ﺛَﺎ ِﺋ َﺮﺗُﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن ِﺷﺠَ ﺎ ًرا َﺳﻴ َ​َﻘﻊُ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻒ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن و َ​َﻓ ﱠﺮ َق ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎل اﻟﺜ ﱠ َﻼﺛ َ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َني اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫َاﺟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱠو ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ َﻗ ﱠﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻠِﻤَ ﺎذَا ﻳ َُﻘﺎ ِﺗ ُﻞ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ ﺟَ ْﺪوَى ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳﺎ ِرﺟَ ﺎ ُل؟ َﺳﻨُﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﻀﻨَﺎ ﺑَﻌْ ًﻀﺎ؟«‬ ‫ذَ ﱠﻛﺮ أَﺣَ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ِﺑ ﱢ‬ ‫َني ﺟُ ﻨْﺪِيﱟ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺎر ا ﱠﻟﺬِي دَا َر ﺑَﻴْﻨ َ ُﻪ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ ِﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‬ ‫ﴪ‪.‬‬ ‫وَأَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱡ ‪» :‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ َﻻ ﺗُﺤِ ﺐﱡ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴪ َت ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ َة‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ إ ِ ﱠن َﻫ َﺬا َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ﺎ َر ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْن َﺧ ِ ْ‬ ‫َﺷﺄ ْ ِﻧ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺎ َد ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ﻳُﻤَ ِﺎزحُ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻀﻬُ ُﻢ‬ ‫أَﺧِ ريًا‪َ ،‬ﻫﺪَأ َ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺎ َد وﻳﻠﺴﻮن إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜﺎ ِﻧﻪُ‪ ،‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ًﻀﺎ َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءُ ُﻗﺪَاﻣَ ﻰ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪» :‬أ َ ْﻛ َﺮ ُه ُر ْؤﻳ َ​َﺔ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ﻳَﺘَ َﺸﺎﺟَ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ون ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻬُ ﻢْ‪«.‬‬ ‫‪60‬‬

‫ِﺷﺠَ ﺎ ٌر دَاﺧِ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ْﺴ َﻜ ِﺮ‬

‫َ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻚ ﻫﻨﺮي‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠري َْت َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﻳَﺎ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أَﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ ُﺮ َك ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﺪٍّا‬ ‫ﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ري‪«.‬‬ ‫ُون ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻠﺸﺠَ ِﺎر ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ د ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪» :‬أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أَﻧﱢﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ دَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪» :‬أَﻋْ ﺘَ ِﺬ ُر َﻟ ْﻮ َﺳﺒﱠﺒ ُْﺖ َﻟ َﻚ ﺣَ َﺮﺟً ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪َ » :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗَ ْﺸ َﻐ ْﻞ ﺑَﺎ َﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻇﻨَﻨﱠﺎ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ‬ ‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ُﻗ ِﺘﻠُﻮا‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َ‬ ‫ِﺼ ِﻒ ِرﺟَ ﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ أَﻣْ ِﺲ‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻠﻮا ﻳَﻌُ ﻮد َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ُون اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َُﻘﺎ ِﺗﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴ َ​َﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَﺪَا أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْﻔﻘِ ْﺪ ِﺳﻮَى َﻗﻠِﻴﻠ ِ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ُﻣﻨْﺘَ ِ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘَﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ َﺖ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪» :‬ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ؟!«‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻣﻦ ﻋﴩ‬

‫ِْ‬ ‫اﳋ َ‬ ‫ﺎب‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫َﺿ ِﻊ اﻧ ْ ِﺘﺒَﺎ ٍه ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ أَﺣَ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ و ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ ِق ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ﻳَﻘ ُِﻔ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ون ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠ َﻘ ﱡﺪ ِم‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‬ ‫ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻔ َﺮ ﺑَﺎﻫِ ٍﺖ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻮف دَاﺧِ َﻞ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻠ ُﻔ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ َد ﱠ‬ ‫وف أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُه َﻟ ُﻪ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧَﺎدَى ﻫﻨﺮي ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ‪» :‬وﻳﻠﺴﻮن!«‬ ‫– »ﻣَ ﺎذَا؟«‬ ‫ﺎن وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُﱢق ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ا ْرﺗَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ٌة ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪َ ،‬و ِﻟ َﺴﺒ ٍَﺐ َﻏ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ﱠن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺗَ ْﻐ ِﻴريَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻮع‪.‬‬ ‫ْﺿ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﳾءَ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻻ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُه ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬ ‫َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳُﺬَ ﱢﻛ َﺮ ُه ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫وف ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ِني أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ ﺣَ ﺘْ َﻔﻪُ‪ .‬ﺗَﺬْ ِﻛريُ ُه ِﺑ َﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫ْف َﻫ ِﺬ ِه َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻓِ ﻌْ ًﻼ و َِﺿﻴﻌً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ وَﻋَ َﲆ ﻳَﻘ ٍ‬ ‫اﻋْ ﺘَﺎ َد ﻫﻨﺮي ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻳ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀ ِﺐ‪ ،‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ْاﻵ َن َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺧ َ‬ ‫َﺎل‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ْت ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑ ِ‬ ‫ْف ِﻣ ْﻦ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻫﻨﺮي ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫َث ﻓِ ﻌْ ًﻼ أَﻣْ ِﺲ — إِذَا ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٌﺔ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة؛ إِذَا َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻒ أ َ ﱠن ﻫﻨﺮي‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ْف ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﺮجُ ﻫﻨﺮي ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ ﱠﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ — َﻓ َﺴﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َوﻳُﺬَ ﱢﻛ ُﺮ ُه َﻛ ْﻢ َﻛ َ‬ ‫وف ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ ﻮ ًرا‪.‬‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺨِ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘ ِْﺨﺪَا ُﻣ ُﻪ ِﻟﻴَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳ ْﺨ ِﺮﻳَ ِﺔ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎبُ ِﺳ َﻼحٌ ِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱠث وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺠ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُه ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ‪ ،‬وَأَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻌْ ٍﻒ ﻧَﺎدِ َرةٍ‪ ،‬ﺗَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫وف‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻮي ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﺬْ َﻛ ٍﺎر ِﻷ َ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ْاﻵ َن أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ ﺣَ ًﺎﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺑَ ْﻞ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ َﳻ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫ﺻﺤِ ﻴﺢٌ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ا ْرﺗَ َﻜﺐَ أ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻌَ ﺎ َد ﻫﻨﺮي اﻋْ ِﺘ َﺰا َز ُه ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪َ .‬‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءً‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ َﻢ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ني ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ْﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺎركِ ا ْﻟﻮ َِﺷﻴ َﻜ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ‬ ‫َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل َرﺟُ ًﻼ ِﰲ أﻋْ ُ ِ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ َﻛﻴْ ِﻔﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺎﻣ ُِﻞ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ أَﻣْ ِﺲ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳُﺤَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺐَ َﻟ ْﻮ ﺗَ َﺨ ﱠﲆ ﻋَ ْﻦ أَدَاءِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺤَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ ﻟِﻠﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫َاﺟ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫و ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ًة ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎﻟﺜ ﱢ َﻘ ِﺔ؛ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ْاﻵ َن أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ُﺮ إِﻳﻤَ ﺎﻧًﺎ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ وَأ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ُﺮ ﺧِ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮ َو َرأَى أ َ ْﺳﻮَأ َ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳُ َﺮى‪ ،‬و َْاﻵ َن ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ذِي َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ض ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫َث َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻮءِ‪.‬‬ ‫َاﺿﺤً ﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ُﻢ ْ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَﺎ ُرو ُه ﻟِﻌِ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ني أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن و ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻢ َﺷﺄْﻧ ِ​ِﻪ؟ َوإ ِ ﱠﻻ‪،‬‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳ َْﻘﺘُﻠُﻮﻧ َ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺣِ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َع اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ْ‬ ‫ض َﻟﻪُ؟‬ ‫ْﻒ َﻻذَ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ون ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ وُﺟُ ﻮﻫِ ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻤْ َﻠ ُﺆ َﻫﺎ اﻟﺬﱡﻋْ ُﺮ‪َ ،‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ُ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﺿﻌَ َﻔﺎءَ و َ​َﻓ ﱡﺮوا ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ ﺑَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ٍﺔ أَﻣَ ﺎ َم أَﻋْ ُ ِ‬ ‫ِﱪﻳَﺎءَ د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮا ُه أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻓ ﱠﺮ ُﻫ َﻮ ِﺑﻜ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﺎق ﻫﻨﺮي ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣْ َﻼ ِم ﻳ َ​َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﻓ َ‬ ‫َﺳﻌَ َﻞ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪» :‬ﻫﻨﺮي!«‬ ‫َر ﱠد ﻫﻨﺮي‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك؟«‬ ‫َﺳﻌَ َﻞ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُك ُﻫﻨَﺎ و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻛﺄ َ ﱠن َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺆ ﱢر ُﻗﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫وَأَﺧِ ريًا‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل َووَﺟْ ﻬُ ُﻪ ﻣَ ْﻜ ُﺴ ﱞﻮ ِﺑﺤُ ﻤْ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟ َﺨﺠَ ِﻞ‪» :‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ِﱄ َ ا ْﻟﺨِ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎبَ ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﻨﺮي ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻟﺤَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ ﻳَﺎ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎبَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻴْ ِﺒ ِﻪ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﲇﱢ‪ ،‬وَأَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﱰﺗَﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﺮجَ ا ْﻟﺨِ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُه ﻟﻮﻳﻠﺴﻮن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺢَ ﻫﻨﺮي ُﺳ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺧ ِﺠ ًﻼ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﻨﺮي‪.‬‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻳ َُﻘﻮﻟُ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﺸﺄ ْ ِن ا ْﻟﺨِ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳَﺘَﻮَاﻧَﻰ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ْاﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ؛ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎب‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ ،‬وﻟِﻬَ ﺬَا َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن د َِﻣﺜًﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ وَأ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳ َْﺴ َﺨ َﺮ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺎركِ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺷ ِﻬﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْاﻵ َن‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣُﻮ ِﻗﻨًﺎ‬ ‫ﺎس ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﺑﺤِ َﻜﺎﻳَﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِب‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠ َﻞ‬ ‫أ َ ﱠن ِﺑ ِﺈﻣْ َﻜﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ ْاﻵ َن ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد َة إ ِ َﱃ دِ ﻳ َِﺎر ِه َوإ ِ ْﺷﻌَ ﺎ َل ﺣَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَ ِﻤﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻫﻨﺮي ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﰲ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ٍﺔ ﻳَ ْﺮ ِوي ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬و َرأَى ﺟُ ﻤْ ﻬُ ﻮ َر ُه و َُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﺨﻴﱠﻠُﻮﻧ َ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻼ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤَ َ‬ ‫ﺑَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻬﺒَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫‪64‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺘﺎﺳﻊ ﻋﴩ‬

‫اﻟ ﱠﺘ َﺤ ﱡﺮ ُك‬ ‫ﺻﺎ َر ِت ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺎر ُك َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ َُﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺑ َِﻊ ﻣَ ْﻠﻤَ ﺤً ﺎ ﻟِﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺒ ُْﻘﻌَ ِﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ؛ َﻓﺪَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﺗُ ْﺴﻤَ ُﻊ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َات‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻒ و َ​َﻫﺪِﻳ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪَاﻓِ ِﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻜﺘُﻮ ُم ِﰲ ْاﻷ ُ ْﻓ ِﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱰ ًة َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺪ َر ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ِﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ْن ﺗَﺤُ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺤَ ﱠﻞ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ دَاﺧِ َﻞ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ َﻗﺎ ِﺑﻌَ ًﺔ َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ٍِﺐ‪ ،‬واﻧْﺒَﻌَ َﺚ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﺒَ ِﺔ‪ .‬أَﺣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻨَﺎدِ ِق اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ِﺠﻴﺞُ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫َات ﻋَ َﲆ ﻳَﻤِ ﻴﻨ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ ُﺳﻮءًا ُﻛ ﱠﻞ دَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة وَﻋَ َﲆ ﻳ َ​َﺴ ِﺎرﻫِ ﻢْ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َزاد َِت ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬُ ْﻢ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﺬﱠ َر َﺳﻤَ ﺎ ُع َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِْت أَﺣَ ﺪٍ‪.‬‬ ‫وُ ْ‬ ‫َات اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫أ َ َرا َد ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ﱠن ﻳُﻤَ ِﺎزحَ ِر َﻓ َﺎﻗﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﻌْ ُﻪ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪ .‬أَﺧِ ريًا ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎت‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎل ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪ .‬ﺗَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﴪي ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﺋِﻌَ ُ‬ ‫ﱠث ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺎركِ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‬ ‫َني اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟ َﻜﻮ َِار ِث ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮْا ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪَاﻓِ ِﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَا اﻟﺒ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ُﺆس ﻋَ َﲆ وُﺟُ ﻮ ِه اﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد َوﺑَ َﺪءُوا‬ ‫ُﻮن‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺄ َ ﱠن ﻟ َِﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َُﻐﻤْ ﻐِ ﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺣَ ﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ ﻓِ ﻌْ ﻠُ ُﻪ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟« َﺳ ِﻤﻌُ ﻮا‬ ‫ﺎت أ َ ﱠن ﺟَ ﻴ َْﺸﻬُ ْﻢ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺷﺎﺋِﻌَ ٍ‬ ‫ﴪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮبَ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺨ َ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺸ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎت‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺒَﺎبُ ‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﻘﺪﱠﻣَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ ِﺑﺤَ ﺬَ ٍر دَاﺧِ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِرﺟَ ﺎ ُل ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو‬ ‫ﻮن و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋُ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳ َِﺼﻴﺤُ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َُﺸ َ‬ ‫ﻮل ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫ﻂ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر وَا ْﻟﺤُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫ُون أَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ و َُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ ِﺴ َ‬ ‫ني ُﺳﻌَ ﺪَاءَ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻟ َِﺴﻴْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻌُ َ‬ ‫َﺻﺎحَ ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأى ﻫﻨﺮي ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀﺐُ ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ِة ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤْ َﻘﻰ!«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل أَﺣَ ُﺪ ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ِﻪ‪َ » :‬ﻛ ِﺜري َ‬ ‫ُون َﻗﺎﻟُﻮا َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﻼ َم ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪«.‬‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳ َْﺸ ُﻜﻮ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ٍﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن أَو َْﻗ َﻔﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫»ﻻ أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ُﻣ ْﺮ َﻫ ٍﻖ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ُﺨ ِﻄﺊ ٌ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺑَ َﺬ َل ﻣَ ﺎ ِﰲ و ُْﺳﻌِ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻣ ِْﻦ ُﺳﻮءِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮبَ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻈﻨَﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧ َ ْﺨ َ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ٍﻊ‪» :‬أ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧُﺤَ ِﺎربْ َﻛ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺸﻴ ِ‬ ‫ني؟ أ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْﻔﻌَ ْﻞ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫َﺎﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻓِ ﻌْ ﻠُﻪُ؟«‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑﺪ َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ َﺧﻔِ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻟﻪُ‪َ .‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠﻧ ْ ِﺐ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﺸ ﱢﻜ ْﻚ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﱠث ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﱢﻘ ِﻪ ِﻷ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫َت إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ﺘُﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻆ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻠ َ‬ ‫ﴬا َوةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ َل أَﺣَ ٌﺪ إِﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧُﺤَ ِﺎربْ ِﺑ َ َ‬ ‫»ﺣﺴﻨًﺎ إِذَ ْن‪ ،‬إ ِ ْن ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻗﺎﺗَ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا َﻫ َﻜﺬَا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺧ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ال‪َ .‬ﻻ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪:‬‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﴪ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ِﺑ َﺴﺒ َِﺐ ﺣَ ﻤَ َﺎﻗﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫أ َ َرى أَيﱠ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﻄ ٍﻖ ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﻧُﺤَ ِﺎربَ ِﻃﻴ َﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ َوﻧ َ ْﺨ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َِﺴريُ ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِارهِ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻚ ﺗَ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل َرﺟُ ٌﻞ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﺣَ ﺎ َرﺑ َْﺖ ﺟَ ﻴ َْﺶ ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛﻤَ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ أَﻣْ ِﺲ ﻳَﺎ‬ ‫ﻫﻨﺮي‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺨ َﴙ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻤَ َﺖ ﻫﻨﺮي‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ون ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ ِﺰﻳ ٍﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َث َﻟ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﺮ ْد َﻟ ْﻔ َﺖ ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﺘﺒَﺎ ِه إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎل ﺗُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ٍِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن َﺧ ٍ‬ ‫ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻔ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺗَﺬَﻣﱠ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻧ ُ َ‬ ‫َان‪َ .‬ﻻ أَﺣَ َﺪ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻳ َْﻦ أ َ ْو ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا ﻧَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُك‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َر ُد َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ْﱤ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﺮ ُﻛﻮﻧَﻨَﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪ْ .‬اﻵ َن َﻟﺪَى ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ﻟ ِ​ِﻼ ْﺳﺘِﻌْ ﺪَادِ َﻟﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ َﻗ ْﺪ و َ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﻟِﻠﺘﱠﻮﱢ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛْﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﺳﻮءِ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻆ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز اﻟ ﱠﻠﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ني …«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺎدِئ وَاﺛ ٍِﻖ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ُﻪ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮا ُم ِﰲ‬ ‫»ﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت َﻫ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃﻠُﻮ ُع اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﴍ َ​َﻗ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻛﺘَﻤَ َﻞ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺎﻣ ِﻞ أ َ ِﺷﻌﱠ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ .‬اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ إِﺣْ ﺪَى‬ ‫ﺎت ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ َﻗ ﱠﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ دَﻗِ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﻋْ َﻘﺒَﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ ُة َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ‪ .‬اﺟْ ﺘَﺎﺣَ ِﺖ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ َ‬ ‫ﺎت و ﱢ‬ ‫َاﻟﴫَاﻋَ ِ‬ ‫َﺎت ﺟَ َﻠﺒ ٌَﺔ ُﻣ َﺪ ﱢوﻳ ٌَﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ِاﻻ ْﺷ ِﺘﺒَﺎ َﻛ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺠﻴﺞُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ َرﻋْ ﺪًا ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﺌًﺎ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻧْﻔِ ﺠَ ﺎ َر ٍ‬ ‫ات ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَ ﱠﺪةٍ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﱡﺮ ُك‬

‫ني و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُوا ﻗِ ْﺴ ً‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ أ َ ْﻓ َﺮا ُد ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ُﻣﻨْﻬَ ِﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َﻛﺎﻓِ ﻴًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﻀ ًﻼ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺪْﻣَ َﺔ‪ .‬ا ْرﺗَ ﱠﺪ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮوا ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻮ َِﺷﻴ َﻜ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺘَ َ‬ ‫أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻋَ ِﻤﻠُﻮا َﻛ ِﺜريًا‪ .‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮوا ﱠ‬ ‫ﻀﻬُ ْﻢ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻮ َراءِ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫َات‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﺛَﺒ َ​َﺖ ا ْﻟﺒ َُﺎﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ َﺧﻮ ًْﻓﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ أَﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛﻨ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫ِ ِ‬ ‫َﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻲ‬ ‫ﻄ ٌﻞ َﺣﻘﻴﻘ ﱞ‬ ‫ﴐبَ ْاﻷ َ ْر َ‬ ‫ض ِﺑ َﻘﺪَﻣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﺟﺌَ ٌﺔ‪َ َ .‬‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى ﻫﻨﺮي ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱠو ﻳَﺘﱠ ِﺠ ُﻪ ﻧَﺤْ ﻮ َُﻫﻢْ‪ ،‬اﻧْﺘَﺎﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ ﻧ َ ْﻮﺑ َُﺔ َﻏ َﻀ ٍﺐ ﻣ َُﻔ ِ‬ ‫وَﺣَ ﺪ َﱠق ِﰲ اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻋِ ِﺪ وَا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻘ َ ِﱰ ِب ِﺑﻨ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ٍة ِﻣ ْﻠ ُﺆ َﻫﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﺮاﻫِ ﻴ َُﺔ‪َ .‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀ ِﺐ ِﻷ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱠو‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ري‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺎ َربَ ﻫﻨﺮي أَﻣْ ِﺲ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ ﱠﺮ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﱰُ َﻛ ُﻪ ﻳ َْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺢُ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳُﻌْ ِﻄﻴَ ُﻪ أَيﱠ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮس وَاﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺎض ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة ﻣ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ات‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﻌَ َﺮ أ َ ﱠن ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﱢﻘ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ َل ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ْﺴ ٍﻂ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣ ْﺮ َﻫ ًﻘﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ َﻻ ﻳَ ِﻜ ﱡﻠ َ‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو أ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ َل ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳُﻜ ﱡِﻦ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ َﻛ َﺮاﻫِ ﻴ ًَﺔ ﺑَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َر َد ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْاﻵ َن‪ .‬اﻧْﺤَ ﻨَﻰ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳُ َ‬ ‫ﻒ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة َ‬ ‫َﴏ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﺳﻨَﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَةٍ‪ ،‬و َ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺑ َُﺔ ﻣَ ْﺮﺑُﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪﱢﻣَ ﺎءِ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ًﺔ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل َرأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺑ ُْﻘﻌَ ٌﺔ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺷﻌْ ُﺮ ُه أ َ ْﺷﻌَ َﺚ ﻳَﺘَﺪ ﱠَﱃ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ﻣ َُﻐ ﱢ‬ ‫ﱰﺗ ِ​ِﻪ و َ​َﻗ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺼ ِﻪ ﻣَ ْﻔﺘُﻮﺣَ ًﺔ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻨ ُ ِﻖ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َْق ا ْﻟﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎ ِﺑﻌُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻄﻴًﺎ ﺟَ ِﺒﻴﻨَﻪُ‪ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أ َ ْز َرا ُر ُﺳ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَهُ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳُﻌَ ﺎﻣَ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫ُﻣ ْﻠﺘَ ﱠﻔ ًﺔ ِﰲ ﺗَ َﻮﺗﱡ ٍﺮ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘِﻪُ‪َ .‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱠو ﻳ ُِﻬﻴﻨ ُ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ِﺿﻌَ ٌ‬ ‫ﺎف أَذِ ﱠﻻءُ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َرا َد أ َ ْن ﻳَﺜْﺄ َ َر ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ .‬أ َ َرا َد أ َ ْن ﻳَﻬْ ِﺰﻣَ ﻬُ ﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬُ ْﻢ إِﺣْ ﺪَى اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎرﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر ﺗَ ِﺒﻌَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻘ ٌ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ٌﺰ َﻛﺜ ٌ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَﺘُ ُﻪ ﺗُ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻖ اﻟﻨﱢري َ‬ ‫َان‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﺎن َﻓﻮ َْق ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ أ َ ْر ً‬ ‫ﻒ‪ .‬وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻘ َﺪ ﺗَﻮَا ُزﻧ َ ُﻪ و َ​َﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎربُ ِﺑﺒ َ​َﺴﺎ َﻟ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌِ ﻲ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ وَاﻗِ ٌ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻫﺐﱠ وَاﻗِ ًﻔﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪ .‬ا ْرﺗَ َﻔﻌَ ْﺖ ﺣَ َﺮا َر ُة أ ُ ْﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻮَاﻧ َ ِﺔ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻟﻴَﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱠ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ أَيﱢ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨﱢري َِان ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪.‬‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ َُﻘﺎ ِﺗ ُﻞ َوﻳُ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻖ اﻟﻨﱢري َ‬ ‫ِﻴﺰ ِه‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﺗَ ْﺮﻛ ِ‬ ‫َان ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺗَﻮ ﱡَﻗ ِﻒ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺤَ ِﻆ ا ْﻟﻬُ ﺪُوءَ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺳﺎ َد ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ُﻣﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻜ ًﺔ‬ ‫ﺼﺒٍّﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻮﺗًﺎ ﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ و َ‬ ‫َت ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ أَﺣَ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮدِ‪» :‬أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﻖ! أ َ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻮﻗ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﴬبَ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‬ ‫ِﻒ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻮﱢبُ ﺗِﺠَ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗُ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﻪُ؟«‬ ‫ﻮن ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﰲ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ ﻫﻨﺮي وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُﱢﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻮﻫﺎ اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱡﺧﺎ ُن‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِاﻻ ْر ِﺗﺒَﺎ ُك َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬رأَى أ َ ْر ً‬ ‫ﺿﺎ َﺧﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ ﻳَﻌْ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧْﺘَﺒَ َﻪ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ َﺮى‪.‬‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪» :‬أوه‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ِﺑﺜ ِْﻘﻠ ِ​ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺎ َد ﻫﻨﺮي إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎس‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِز ُم ﻳ َِﺼﻴﺢُ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫آﻻف ﻗِ ﱟ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺎ َل ﻟﻬﻨﺮي‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴩ ُة ِ‬ ‫ُﻮع‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟﺪَيﱠ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺑَ ﱢﺮيﱟ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻠ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﺮ ِﺑﺤْ ُﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮبَ ِﰲ أ ْﺳﺒ ٍ‬ ‫وَاﺣِ ﺪٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻏﻤْ َﻐ َﻢ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺾ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮدِ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮوا إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﰲ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ُه و َ​َﺳﺄ َﻟﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮامُ؟ أ َ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﺼﺒْ َﻚ ﻣَ ْﻜ ُﺮوهٌ؟«‬ ‫ري ﻳَﺎ ﻓﻠﻴﻤﻨﺞ؟ أ َ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ِﺑ َﺨ ْ ٍ‬ ‫َر ﱠد ﻫﻨﺮي ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮﺑَ ٍﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪«.‬‬ ‫أ َ ْد َر َك ﻫﻨﺮي أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َان‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻌْ ﺒًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺑَﺬَ َل ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪًا‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎربُ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻆ ﺣُ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻞ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻼﺣِ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻖ َﻟ َﻘﺐَ ا ْﻟﺒَ َ‬ ‫ِﻟﻴَﺘَ َﻐ ﱠﻠﺐَ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺧ ْﻮﻓ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َْاﻵ َن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ُوث ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﺪ َد ﻫﻨﺮي ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻤْ ِﺘ ُﻊ ِﺑﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ات ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ ِﻵ َﺧ َﺮ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ُﻮن ﻋَ َﺮ ًﻗﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَﻨ َ ﱠﻔ ُﺴ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺒﱠﺒ َ‬ ‫وُﺟُ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﻮﻫﻬُ ْﻢ ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺴ َﺨ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺛ َ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ُرودِ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻌُ ﻮﺑَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ٍﻊ‪» :‬أَﺣْ َﺴﻨْﺘُﻢْ!« َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِز ُم ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ِﺑﺄَدَاءِ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻳ َِﺴريُ‬ ‫ﺎن دَا ِﺋ َﻢ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ ًﺴﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻬُ ْﻢ ذَ َﻫﺎﺑًﺎ َوإِﻳَﺎﺑًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﻀﺤَ ُﻚ أَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل أَﺣَ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮدِ‪» :‬أ ُ َراﻫِ ُﻦ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ َْﺶ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺮى َﻛﺘِﻴﺒ ًَﺔ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻨَﺎ أَﺑَﺪًا!«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ‪ِ :‬‬ ‫ُون َﺷ ﱟﻚ!«‬ ‫»ﻣ ْﻦ د ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺿ َﻐ ُ‬ ‫ِﺚ‪ُ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫وﻗﺎ َل ﺛَﺎﻟ ٌ‬ ‫ﻄﻮا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬أ َ ْﺧ َﺮﺟُ ﻮا أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل َ‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪«.‬‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓ َﻘﺪُوا ِرﺟَ ًﺎﻻ َﻛ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫َر ﱠد َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫﺬَا َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ﻴﺢٌ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻮ ﻋَ ﺎدُوا ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻟ َﻔ َﻘﺪُوا ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳﺪَ‪«.‬‬ ‫‪70‬‬

‫ﺑَ َ‬ ‫ِﻲ‬ ‫ﻄ ٌﻞ ﺣَ ﻘِ ﻴﻘ ﱞ‬

‫ﺎن َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺠﻴﺞٌ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬وﻣ ِْﻦ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ ٍﺪ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫َني ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ﺟَ ﺎءَ َ‬ ‫ْت َﻗﻌْ َﻘﻌَ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ ِﺑﺎﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫َت َﻏﻴْﻤَ ٌﺔ دَا ِﻛﻨ َ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫إِ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻋَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨﱢري َِان‪ .‬ﺗَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﴩ ُق و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْر َﻗﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗُ ْ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺤﺎدي واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫ِﺣ َﻮ ٌار‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ َ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ني د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ ُِﻖ َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِﻟﻴ َْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺤُ ﻮا‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل ِﰲ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ض ﺗَﻬْ ﺘَ ﱡﺰ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ و َْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ َﻓﺄ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا َو َﻛﺄ َ ﱠن ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ﺎ َر ﺗَ َﺮﺗْ ِﺠ ُ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ .‬أَﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺘَ ْﺖ‬ ‫َاﻓ ِﻊ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِ‬ ‫َات ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ َﺨ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﺐ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎب‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻮ َع ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺬ َﻫ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ِﻇﻤَ ﺎءً‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل وﻳﻠﺴﻮن إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺟَ ْﺪو َِل ﻣَ ﺎءٍ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫َوإِﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ض ﻫﻨﺮي ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪ َة‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر أ ُ ْﻟﻘِ ﻴ َْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﻗِ َﺮبُ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎهِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل َرﺟُ ٌﻞ‪» :‬اﻣْ َﻸ ْ ﻗِ ْﺮﺑَﺘِﻲ؟«‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ‪» :‬وَأَﻧَﺎ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ون‪َ » :‬وﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻏﺎ َد َر ﻫﻨﺮي ووﻳﻠﺴﻮن ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻼ ِن ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻘِ َﺮ ِب‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻟﺒَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻼ ﻳَﺒْﺤَ ﺜ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠﺪَا ﺟَ ْﺪ َو َل ا َملﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻗ ﱠﺮ َرا ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد َة‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ٍة أَو َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ﺎ ُر ْؤﻳ َ​َﺔ ُ‬ ‫َوﻣ ِْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ‬ ‫َان ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ْﺿﺢَ ﻟِﻤَ ﻴْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ﺎ ُر ْؤﻳ َ​َﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳﺤُ ِﺐ اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟﺪﱠا ِﻛﻨ َ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺗُﺤَ ِﺎربُ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘَﺎﺋِﺐُ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻣَ َﻊ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ﺎ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ُر ْؤﻳ َ​َﺔ ﺟُ ْﺰءٍ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ٍل ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َو َراءَ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ﻳَﺤْ َ ِﱰ ُق َوﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻋَ ُﺪ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟﺘﱠ ﱡﻞ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ُﻣ ْﻜﺘَ ٍّ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ‪َ ،‬و َرأَﻳَﺎ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَﺘَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱡﺧﺎ ُن إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜﺘَﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َﻘﻬْ ﻘِ َﺮةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ووﻳﻠﺴﻮن إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ِﺔ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮَﺟَ ﺪَا ِﺟﻨ ْ َﺮ ًاﻻ وَﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﻣ َُﺴﺎﻋِ ﺪُوه‬ ‫ﻳَﻤْ ﺘَ ُ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ ِﺑ ٌ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ ﺗَﻮَﺟﱠ َﻪ َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُﻔﻮا‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺢ د َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺟﻴَﺎد َُﻫﻢْ‪ .‬ﻣَ ﱡﺮوا ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟُ ﻨْﺪِيﱟ ﺟَ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫َﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﻪُ؛ َوﻟِﺬَا َ‬ ‫ال‪ .‬ﻳَﺒْﺪُو أ َ ﱠن أَﺣَ ﺪًا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﻤَ ﺢْ ﻫﻨﺮي و َ‬ ‫َني‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻼ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒ ْ ِ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﻮَادِ ِه ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮا ُل‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎع ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮﻟُ ُﻪ ِ‬ ‫ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎو َﻻ ِن ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘِﻤَ ِ‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫ﱠات ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻟ َِﺸ ﱢﻦ ُﻫﺠُ ﻮ ٍم َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ «.‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮا ُل‪» :‬ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﱡﺪ ُﻗﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﱠث ِﰲ ُﻫﺪُوءٍ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﻔ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﻠ ُﻢ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺎ ِﺑ ِﻂ‪» .‬أ َ ْﺧ َﴙ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﻴ َْﺨ َ ِﱰ ُﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ُ‬ ‫ﻮﻓﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ْك َﻛﺎﻟ ﱠﺮﻋْ ِﺪ‬ ‫ِﻹ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﺎﻓِ ِﻬﻢْ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺎ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒًﺎ‪ِ :‬‬ ‫ﻂ َﻏ ِ‬ ‫»ﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌْ ِﺐ اﻟﺘﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺪﱢي َﻟﻬُ ﻢْ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻫﺬَا ﻣَ ﺎ أَﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻌُ ُﻪ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮا ُل‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ َو ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺨﻔِ ٍﺾ‬ ‫ﱠث َ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻊ ﻣ َُﺴﺎﻋِ ﺪِﻳﻪ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ْﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي ووﻳﻠﺴﻮن َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮا ُل ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻂ‪» :‬أَيﱡ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْن َﺳﺄ َ َل ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘَﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘ ِْﻐﻨَﺎءُ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ؟«‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺎ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ َر ْﻗ ُﻢ ‪ .٣٠٤‬إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻋَ ﺪِﻳﻤُﻮ ا ْﻟﺠَ ْﺪوَى‪ ،‬ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎرﺑ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻳَﻤْ ﺘَ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑ َﻐ ًﺎﻻ‪ .‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘ ِْﻐﻨَﺎءُ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑ ُﺴﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ووﻳﻠﺴﻮن أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﻟ ِْﻶ َﺧ ِﺮ ِﰲ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ؛ َﻓﺎ ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ َر ْﻗ ُﻢ ‪ ٣٠٤‬ﻫِ َﻲ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَﺘُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫وﺗَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮا ُل ﺑَﻌْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ِﺑﺤِ ﱠﺪةٍ‪» :‬ﺟَ ﻬﱢ ْﺰ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ إِذَ ْن‪َ .‬ﺳﺄ ُ َراﻗِ ﺐُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ َﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺪ ُر‬ ‫ﱠث ِ‬ ‫ْف ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬﻲ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ِﰲ ُﻏ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﺪءِ‪َ .‬ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ ِﺑﺘَ ْﻮﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫ﻮن َﺧﻤْ ِﺲ د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ‪َ .‬ﻻ أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أ َ ﱠن َرا ِﻛﺒُﻮ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻐ ِ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﻴَﻨْﺠُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺎ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫اﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎ َع ﻫﻨﺮي ووﻳﻠﺴﻮن ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إ ِ َﱃ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ .‬أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ِ‬ ‫واﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮا ُل و َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻔ َ ِﱰ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫وَاﻟﺬﱡﻋْ ُﺮ ﻳَ ْﻜ ُﺴﻮ وَﺟْ ﻬَ ﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَﻣَ َﻊ أ َ ﱠن ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ْق ِﺳﻮَى ِﺑ ْﻀ ِﻊ د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ‪َ ،‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤ ُِﺮ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َات ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫ﻂ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺎ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﱠث ﱠ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ‪ .‬ﺗَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱠث‬ ‫أدرك ﻫﻨﺮي أَﻧﱡﻪ ﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ أَيﱠ َ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮن ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱠو ِﰲ ُﻏ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻮن د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻦ ِﻣ ْﻜﻨ َ َﺴ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺎدَا‪ ،‬أ َ ْﺧ َﱪَا ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﻴُﻬَ ِ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِز ُم و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﻠ ْﺖ وَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻪ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ٌﺔ‪ُ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫﺠُ ﻮمٌ؟ ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ﻧ ُ َﻘﺎ ِﺗ ُﻞ ْاﻵ َن إِذَ ْن!«‬ ‫ني َﻓﻮ َْق َ‬ ‫َرأَى اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل َﺷ ْﺨ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻬْ َﻮﺗَ ْﻲ ﺟَ ﻮَا َدﻳ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ َﻗ ِﺼريَةٍ؛ ْاﻷ َ ﱠو ُل َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﺼْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺎ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَاﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠﺛﺎن أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﻰ ْاﻷَو َِاﻣ َﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ِ‬ ‫ال‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫َوﻳ ُِﺸري َِان ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺒﱠﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﱡ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎل إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَا ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َﻓ ْﺮ ٍد ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَةٍ‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ط ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺴﻴ ِﻢ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻣَ ْﺸﺪُو َد ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﻣَ ِﺔ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ ﻧ َ َﻔ ًﺴﺎ ﻋَ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫ُﻮن ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑ َ​َﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﺣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺒ َ‬ ‫ط ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ٍِﺐ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺠﻴﺞُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﱪَى ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺸﻐِ ًﻼ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ َْﺸ ْ ِ‬ ‫و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ وَﺣْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَﺎ ُل ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِﺼ ِ‬ ‫‪74‬‬

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‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي دَا َر ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ووﻳﻠﺴﻮن أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﱪَا أَﺣَ ﺪًا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫َني‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ال و ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﻀﺎ ِﺑ ِﻂ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ أ ﱠن ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗَﻬُ ْﻢ َﻻ ﺗُ َﺴ ِﺎوي َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﺷﺒﱢﻬُ ﻮا ِﺑ َﺮا ِﻛ ِﺒﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴎﺑْ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ .‬ﻻ ﻳُﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُﻊ أﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﻴَﻨْﺠُ َ‬ ‫َني ﻫﻨﺮي ووﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪َ ،‬و َر ْﻏ َﻢ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮَاﺟَ ﻬَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ِ ﱞ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻐ ِ‬ ‫ْف ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ‪ .‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا َﻓﻜ َِﻼ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ َﺮى ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ َ‬ ‫ني ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ َل‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ وَأَوْﻣَ ﺂ ُﻣﻮَاﻓِ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱪ ٍة َﺧﺎﺋ َِﻔ ٍﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﺳﻴَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻬﻤُﻮﻧَﻨَﺎ!«‬ ‫ﺟُ ﻨْﺪِيﱞ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤْ ﺎ ﺑﻨ َ ْ َ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫اﳉ ِﺎﻧ ِ‬ ‫اﳊ ْﻘ ِﻞ‬ ‫ﺐ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻋ َﲆ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَا َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ﱠن ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ﺎ َر ﺗُ ْﺨﻔِ ﻲ َو َراء َ​َﻫﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺪ َﱠق ﻫﻨﺮي اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻫِ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َرأَى ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ ِ​ِﻪ أَﺣَ َﺪ‬ ‫ْف وَاﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ِﺐ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎط ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﻮَادِ ِه ﻳَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ ُم إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم‪َ .‬ﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑﺤَ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮدِ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻘﺪﱠﻣَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬ ‫َار ﻳ َْﺴ ُﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻫﻨﺮي و َْﻗﺘًﺎ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﺿﺎ‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﻂ أ َ ْر ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُك ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ِة اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻓ ِﻊ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻓ َﺸﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻛ ِﺠﺪ ٍ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﻮﻋِﺐَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﻗ َ‬ ‫ِﻒ‪َ .‬ﻗ َﻔ َﺰ َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي ﻳَﺎﺋ ًِﺴﺎ َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺟُ ﻨْﺪِيﱞ َﻓ َﻘ َﺪ ﻋَ ْﻘ َﻠﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ﻳَﺘَ َﺴ َﺎﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو َو َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫َني ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ ُ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎء َْت َ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟﻨﱢري َِان ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ِﻣﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻘ ٍﺔ َﺧﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َع‬ ‫ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى ِﺑﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ؛ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َو َر َﻗ ِﺔ ﻧَﺒ ٍ‬ ‫َﺎت‪َ ،‬و ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ِﺟ ْﺬ ِع َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة ﺑُﻨ ﱢ ﱟﻲ‪َ ،‬ووُﺟُ ﻮ َه‬ ‫ﱪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮح أ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫ُﺿ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ِﺑﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮاﺗ ِ​ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ﺪ َِﻗ ِﺔ َووُﺟُ ﻮﻫِ ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺒﱠﺐُ ﻋَ َﺮ ًﻗﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ي ﻣَ َﺴ َ‬ ‫َت َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ أَﻣْ ﻴَﺎ ٌل‪ ،‬أَﺑْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻓ ًﺔ ﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ َ ِت ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ْﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﴩ اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱡﺧﺎ ُن ا ْﻟ َﻜﺜ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬُ ﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫َات اﻟﻨﱢري َِان ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ُة وَاﻧْﺘَ َ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ َﺳ َﻘ ُ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َع ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُﻔﻮا أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮوُا اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ َل ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻮا َﻗﺘْ َﲆ‪ ،‬أ َ ِو ا ْﻟﺠَ ْﺮﺣَ ﻰ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُﻮن‪َ .‬وﻟِ َﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ري ﻗﺎدِ ِر َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَﺘَﺄ ﱠﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻮل ﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ ﺑَﺪَا ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﺔ ذُ ُﻫ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠﻮ ﱡَﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِز ُم ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﱃ َ‬ ‫واﻟﺼﻤْ ُﺖ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪ .‬ﺑَﻌْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‬ ‫َات ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِ‬ ‫»ﻫﻴﱠﺎ أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤْ َﻘﻰ! َﻫﻴﱠﺎ! َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءُ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ .‬و ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫َاﺻﻠُﻮا اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﱡﺮ َك!« َو َزا َد‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َﻛ َﻼﻣً ﺎ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻤَ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْﻔﻬُ ﻮﻣً ﺎ‪.‬‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫َﴫ ُخ‪ ،‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم َوﻧ َ َﺰ َل ﻋَ َﲆ ُر ْﻛﺒَﺘَﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺪ َﱠق ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ ْ ُ‬ ‫َان ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا أ َ َﻓ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ ِﻧري َ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‬ ‫ﺎق ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ َد َﻓﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُﻔﻮا ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﺠَ ﻤْ ﻬُ ِﺮ َﻛ َﻘ ِﻄ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﻏﻨَﺎ ِم‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ ُﺮوا أ َ ْﺳﻠِﺤَ ﺘَﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ َﺪءُوا ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎط‪،‬‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر َﻓﺠْ ﺄ ًة‪َ .‬و ِﺑﺘَ ْﺸ ِﺠ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ ْﻀ ِﻊ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫َات ِﻟﻴُ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮن إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم ُر َوﻳْﺪًا ُر َوﻳْﺪًا‪ ،‬ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُﻔ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ﻳَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺪﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻘﻮا اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر‬ ‫َوﻳُﻌِ ﻴﺪُوا ﺗَﻌْ ِﺒﺌَ َﺔ أ َ ْﺳﻠِﺤَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴬا َو ٍة ِﻟﻴَﻤْ ﻨ َ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻘ ﱡﺪ ِم‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱡو ﻳ َُﻘﺎ ِﺗ ُﻞ ِﺑ َ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر وَاﻧْﺘَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠ َﻘ ﱡﺪ َم أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا‪ .‬اﻧْﺤَ ﻨَﻰ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮوا َﻛﺄ َ ﱠن َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻳُﻬَ ﱢﺪد ُ​ُﻫﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫ني ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ ﻠُﻮا‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻀﻬُ ْﻢ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻌْ ٍﺾ ِﰲ ذُﻋْ ٍﺮ ﻣَ ﺬْ ُﻫﻮﻟِ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‬ ‫ِﻒ ِﺑ ُﺮﻣﱠ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﺑ ًﻜﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻜ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اع ﻫﻨﺮي‪،‬‬ ‫وﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُﻔﻮا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِز ُم ﻳ ْ ُ‬ ‫َﴫ ُخ ﻓِ ِﻴﻬ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ .‬أﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﺬ َر ِ‬ ‫ْف ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫»ﻫﻴﱠﺎ أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﻖ! َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻘ َ‬ ‫وﺻﺎحَ ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ ﺑَﻘِﻴﻨَﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻨَﺎ ِﺳﻮَى‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُﻮر َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘ ِﻞ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻋُ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫أ َ َﺷﺎ َر ﻫﻨﺮي َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ﻋُ ﺒُﻮ ُر َﻫﺬَا؟«‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺎ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻂ‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ِﻢ‪ ،‬اﻋْ ُﱪُوا َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻘ َﻞ! َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءُ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬ﻫﻴﱠﺎ!«‬ ‫وﴏ َخ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل اﻟﺜ ﱠ َﻼﺛ َ ُﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮدِ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫﻴﱠﺎ! َﻫﻴﱠﺎ!«‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ و َ​َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪َ َ .‬‬ ‫ﺟَ َﺮى ِاﻻﺛْﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴫ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ِﺔ َر َﻛ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮ ﱠد َد أ َ ْﻓ َﺮا ُد ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ُﻫﻨَﻴْﻬَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﻊ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ﱠ‬ ‫َﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻀﻮا إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم َوﺑَ َﺪءُوا‬ ‫ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘَﻬُ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ َة‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َك ﻋَ َﺪ ٌد َﻗﻠِﻴ ٌﻞ ِﻣﻤﱠ ْﻦ ﺗَﺒ ﱠَﻘﻰ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪوﱢ‪َ .‬زاد ْ‬ ‫َت‬ ‫ُوﺳ ِﻬ ْﻢ َﺳﺤَ ﺎﺑ ٌَﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ُﺔ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨﱢري َِان‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺘَ َﴩ ْ‬ ‫َت َﻓﻮ َْق ُرء ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻷ َ ْز َر ِق‪.‬‬ ‫ُ ْ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َْﺨﻔِ ُ‬ ‫ﴎ َع ﻫﻨﺮي ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ِﺼﻴﺒَ ُﻪ إِﺣْ ﺪَى اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺾ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ َوﻳَ َﻜﺎ ُد‬ ‫أَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳ ُْﻐ ِﻤ ُ‬ ‫ﺾ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ري و ِ‬ ‫َاﺿ ٍﺢ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﻬَ ُﺪ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ِﺔ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي ِﺑ َﺸ َﻐ ٍﻒ َو َو َﻟ ٍﻊ ﺣَ ِﺰ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄﻌً ﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ ُِﺼﻴﺒَﻬَ ﺎ أَيﱡ أَذًى‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ أَﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ و َ​َﻗ ِﻮﻳ ٌﱠﺔ‪َ .‬ﻗ ْ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻘ ُﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬﺎ َﻗﺎدِ َر ٌة ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣِ ﻤَ ﺎﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻂ اﻟﺘﱠﺪ ُ‬ ‫َوو َْﺳ َ‬ ‫َاﻓ ِﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺤْ ﻤُﻮ ِم‪َ ،‬رأَى ﻫﻨﺮي ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱠ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳ َ​َﺔ ﻳ َ​َﱰَاﺟَ ُﻊ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‬ ‫َوﻳ َْﺴ ُﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪.‬‬ ‫‪78‬‬

‫ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻘ ِﻞ‬

‫ﺑﺎﻟﺴ ِﺎرﻳَ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ﻫﻨﺮي وَأَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳَ ِﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ‬ ‫ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫اﻟﺮا َﻳ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳ َ​َﺔ ﻣﻌً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺪَا أ َ ﱠن ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻢ أ َ ْﻓ َﺮادِ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ ﻫﻨﺮي ووﻳﻠﺴﻮن و َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﺴ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺎب ً‬ ‫أﻳﻀﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻳَﺒْ َﺪء َ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟﻨﱠﺎﺟُ َ‬ ‫َﻟ ُﻘﻮا ﺣَ ﺘْ َﻔﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻫﺬَا َﻓﺤَ ْﺴﺐُ ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ‬ ‫ُون ِﰲ ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﺴﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎط ﻳُﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ َ‬ ‫ﻮن و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ْاﻷَو َِاﻣ َﺮ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َِﺼﻴﺤُ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِزمُ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ َﻼ ِن؟«‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ان ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻛ َِﻼ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ﺣَ ﻤْ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا د َ​َﻓ َﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي‬ ‫ﺎن ﻫﻨﺮي ووﻳﻠﺴﻮن ﻳَﺘَ َﺸﺎﺟَ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺎد َِت ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى إ ِ َﱃ اﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﻮح ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫َﺻﻠُﻮا إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻔﺘُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ﺗُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﺑَ َﺪءُوا ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ٍِﺐ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻚ اﻟﺬﱡ ُﻫﻮ ُل‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒًﺎ ِﻷ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻞ ﻫﻨﺮي اﻟﺘﱠ َﻘ ﱡﺪ َم ﺗَﻌْ ﻠُﻮ وَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻪ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒ ٌَﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ٌة َﻏ ِ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﻂ َﻗﺎ َل ﻋَ ﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﺿ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن أ ْﻛﺜ َﺮ ﻏ َﻀﺒًﺎ ِﻷﻧﱠﻬُ ُﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎب‪ .‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜ َﺮاﻫِ ﻴَ ِﺔ ﺗِﺠَ ﺎ َه‬ ‫إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َرا ِﻛﺒُﻮ ِﺑﻐ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱡﺮوا ﻟ ِ​ِﻼﻧ ْ ِﺴﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺎ ِﺑ ِﻂ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ — ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻧَﻌَ ﺘَ ُﻪ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ .‬أ َ َرا َد ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ْن ﺗﻨﺘﴫ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَﺘُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﰲ ِ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﻗِﻌَ ِﺔ ِﻟﻴَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟« َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺎ ِﺑ ِﻂ َوﻳ َُﻘﻮ َل َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ َرا ِﻛﺒُﻮ ِﺑ َﻐ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺣَ ﻠ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔﻬُ ﻢْ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺨ ﱢﲇ َ ﻋَ ْﻦ أَﺣْ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟﺜﱠﺄ ْ ِر ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺎ ِﺑ ِﻂ‪.‬‬ ‫ْاﻵ َن ﻳُﺪ ِْر ُك أ َ ﱠن اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﱪﻳَﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ َو َ‬ ‫ﴏ َخ ُﻫ َﻮ وَا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِز ُم ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻓ ُﻊ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳ َ​َﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ‪َ َ .‬‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَﺒَ َﻪ ﻫﻨﺮي إ ِ َﱃ ﻛ ْ ِ‬ ‫َاﺻﻠُﻮا ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَﺎ َل‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ َد َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا أ َ ْﺷﺒَ َﻪ ِﺑ َﺂﻻ ٍت ﻣُﻌَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﻋَ ﺠَ َﺰ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜري َ‬ ‫ِﻟﻴُﻮ ِ‬ ‫ُون ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻣﻮ َ‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻠ ِﺔ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎل ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ْن َرأوْا ُزﻣَ َﻼء َُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴ ُﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻗﺘْ َﲆ وَﺟَ ْﺮﺣَ ﻰ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫ﴩ اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﻊ ﺣُ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ٍﺊ ِﰲ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤُ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬رأَى‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَ َ َ‬ ‫ُوث اﻧْﻘِ َﺴﺎ ٍم ﻣ َُﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﱡﺧﺎ ُن ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮن َوﻳ َُﻘﺎ ِﺗﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻫﻨﺮي ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪوﱢ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳ َِﺼﻴﺤُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي ﺗَﺘَ َﻘﻬْ َﻘ ُﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﺪ َِت ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ُﺔ َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ ﱡﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﺑَﺪِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮَاﺑَﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﻮ ِْل‬ ‫ﺼ َﺪ َر اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَ ِﻔ ﱡﺮ َ‬ ‫ون ﻣَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤُ ﻮا َﻻ ﻳُﻤَ ﻴﱢ ُﺰ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو أ َ ْو ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ِﻒ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‬ ‫ون ِﰲ ﺟَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻟ ْﻠﻬَ َﺮ ِب‪ ،‬وَأَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ َﻫﺬَا ُﻛ ﱢﻠ ِﻪ ﻳَﺘَ َﺴ َﺎﻗ ُ‬ ‫ِاﻻﺗﱢﺠَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺘْ َﲆ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ْﻮﻟِ ِﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎت ﺑَﺤْ ﺜًﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄﻰ وَاﺛ َِﻘ ٍﺔ و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺎ َر ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑ ُﺨ ً‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮدِ‪َ ،‬و َر َﻓ َﻊ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳ َ​َﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺪ َْﻓﻌَ ُﻪ‬ ‫أَﺣَ ٌﺪ أ َ ْر ً‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﺒﻪَ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺨ ِﺪ ُم اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳ َ​َﺔ ِﻟﺘُ َﺴﺎﻋِ َﺪ ُه ﻋَ َﲆ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎن وَاﻗِ ًﻔﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻤُﻮدِ‪َ .‬وﻣ ِْﻦ د ِ‬ ‫َﻛ ْﺎﻷَﺑْ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ َر ُ‬ ‫آﻫ ْﻢ َوﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠ َﻠﻬُ ﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳ َُﺔ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي‪«.‬‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫َر ﱠد ﻫﻨﺮي د َ‬ ‫»اﺻﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ْ :‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ُﺖ أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﻖ!«‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺒﱠﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل ﱡ‬ ‫ط ﺗَﻮ ِْزﻳ َﻊ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ِﰲ دَا ِﺋ َﺮ ٍة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻌُ ﻮا ُﻣﻮَاﺟَ ﻬَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰبُ ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬ ‫ري ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ِﻮﻳَ ٍﺔ َوﻣ َُﺸ ﱠﻘ َﻘ ًﺔ‪ .‬وﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد دَاﺧِ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻨَﺎدِ ِق ﻣُﺤَ ِﺎوﻟِ َ‬ ‫ني ِاﻻ ْﺧ ِﺘﺒَﺎءَ‬ ‫ض َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺼ ﱡﺪ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬُ ُﻢ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ أَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫َرأَى ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِز َم َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﻜﺌًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳﻴْﻔ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬‬ ‫وﺳﺎ َد ُﺷﻌُ ﻮ ٌر‬ ‫ﺎن وَاﻗِ ًﻔﺎ ْاﻵ َن ِﰲ ُﺳ ُﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ف ُدﻣُﻮﻋَ ُﻪ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻨ ْ َﺰ َ‬ ‫ﱰ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺼريَةِ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِز ُم َﻛﺎﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ِﻞ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ْ‬ ‫ف‬ ‫َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺐٌ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ري ﻣَ ْﻔﻬُ ﻮ ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ َوﻳ َُﻐﻤْ ﻐِ ُﻢ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﺑ َﻜ َﻼ ٍم َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫َت ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺾ ْاﻷَدْﺧِ ﻨ َ ِﺔ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺌُ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻋَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﺎت‬ ‫ا ْرﺗ َِﻔﺎ َع اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ِريوْا ِﻵﺧِ ِﺮ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﺳﻴَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُث َﻟﻬُ ﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻟ َ َ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫ﺖ‬ ‫اﻧ ِْﺘ َﺼ ٌﺎر ُﻣﺆَ ﱠﻗ ٌ‬ ‫َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َﻗ َ‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ ُﻫ ْﻢ َﻗﺎدِ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮن!« َوﺗَ َ‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِز ِم ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ ْ َﻔﻌِ ِﻞ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ َل‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺻﻤْ َﺖ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻴﺞ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ َ‬ ‫َﻛﻠِﻤَ ﺎﺗُ ُﻪ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أ َ َﺷﺎ َر إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِزمُ‪َ ،‬و َرأَى ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ َد ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰﺑ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﻗ ِﺮﻳ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ني ِﺟﺪٍّا‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َرأَى وُﺟُ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻫﻬُ ْﻢ و َِزﻳﱠﻬُ ُﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻣَ ﺎدِيﱠ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺑَﺪَا ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫ﱠات ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ﺗَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ ُم ِﺑﺤَ َﺬ ٍر َوﺑَﻨَﺎدِ ُﻗﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﱠﺪ ٌة ِ ِﻹ ْ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻗﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨﱢري َِان‪ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِزمُ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت َﻛﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨﱢري َِان‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَا َو َﻛﺄ َ ﱠن ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ َد ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ﺑُﻮ ِﻏﺘُﻮا وَأُﺧِ ﺬُوا ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ني َﻏ ْﻔ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣِ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ُ‬ ‫َني‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴬﺑ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫َﺎت‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﺎن ﱠ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﴪﻳ ُﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎ ِﻧﺒ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺐُ و ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺒَﺎ َد َل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ َْﺸ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ِﰲ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي — ِﺑ ِﺰﻳ ِﱢﻬ ُﻢ ْاﻷ َ ْز َر ِق — ُﻣﺘَ َﻠﻬﱢ ﻔِ َ‬ ‫ني ﻟِﻠﺜﱠﺄ ْ ِر‪ .‬ﺗَﻮَا َرى ﻫﻨﺮي ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ُر ْؤﻳ َ​َﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ِﺑﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻢْ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺪﻣ َ‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫ُﻮن‬ ‫ﻮح‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺑَﺪَا أ َ ْن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫ُﺿ ٍ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻓ َﺸﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ .‬ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ وَاﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳ َُﺔ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ُر ْﻛﺒَﺘَﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻆ ﻫﻨﺮي ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀﺐَ ﱠ‬ ‫و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻻﺣَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪِﻳ َﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﺠْ ﺘَﺎحُ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴫ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَهُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْد َر َك أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ إِذَا اﻧْﺘَ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱡو ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻧ َ ْﴫًا ﻋَ ِﺴريًا َو ُﻣ ْﺆ ِﻟﻤً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻀﺎءَ َل ﻋَ َﺪ ُد اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎت ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ﺗَ ْﻀﻌُ ُ‬ ‫ﴐﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ﻣَ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺟﻬَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮوْا ِﺳﻮَى اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ِ ِﻹ ْﻟ َﻘﺎءِ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫وَأَﺧِ ريًا ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟﺪﱠاﻛ ِ​ِﻦ ﻳَﻤْ َﻸ ُ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮدُ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺪ ُﱠﻗﻮا ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼءِ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَوُا اﻷ َ ْر َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ض َﺧﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ﻋَ ﺪَا ﺟُ ﺜ َ َﺚ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘﺘْ َﲆ‪.‬‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﻬَ ﺪِ‪ ،‬اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻖ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﺨﺎ ِﺑﺌ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬و َر َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮا َر ْﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺔ َﻓ َﺮ ٍح‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻖ ُﻫﺘَ ٌ‬ ‫َت ﻋُ ﻴُﻮﻧُﻬُ ﻢْ‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎف أَﺟَ ﱡﺶ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬اﺗﱠ َﻘﺪ ْ‬ ‫َني ِﺷ َﻔﺎﻫِ ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺎﻓ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺼﺪ ُﱢﻗﻮا أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑ َﻼ ﺟَ ْﺪوَى‪ ،‬وَأَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﻗ ْﺪ أَو َْﺷ ُﻜﻮا أ َ ْن ﻳ َ‬ ‫َﺼ ُﻤﺪُوا أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪوﱢ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ َﺧ َﺴﺎ َر ِة َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ريةِ‪ ،‬أ َ ْد َر ُﻛﻮا أ َ ﱠن ﺣَ ﺠْ َﻢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﻣ ُِﻬﻤٍّ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺛَﺄ َ ُروا ِﻷَﻧ ْ ُﻔ ِﺴ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو وَاﻧْﺘَ َﴫُوا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ ﺗَ َﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺧ ٍﺮ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﻌَ ُﺮوا ِﺑﺎﻟﺜ ﱢ َﻘ ِﺔ ِﰲ أ َ ْﺳﻠِﺤَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﺒ َِﺴﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا‬ ‫ِرﺟَ ًﺎﻻ ِﺑﺤَ ﱟﻖ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫اﳉ ْﻨ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫َرأْ ُي ِ‬ ‫ال‬ ‫ض ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼءُ ﺗُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮدِ‪َ ،‬وﻣ ِْﻦ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ ٍﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫َات‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋَ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫َﺎح‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺠَ ﻤﱠ ﻌُ ﻮا ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻬُ ﺪُوءُ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺠُ ْﺰءَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻘ ِﻞ‪َ .‬ﺷﻌَ ُﺮوا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤُ ﱢﺮﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻨَﻬﱠ ﺪُوا ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻬﻴ َﺪ َة ا ْرﺗِﻴ ٍ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﻔﻮﻓ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳ َُﺨﻴﱢ ُﻢ ﺑ َ​َﻘﻴ ُﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎل اﻧْﻔِ ﻌَ َﺎﻻ ٌت َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ ٌَﺔ؛ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا‬ ‫ري ِﻣ ْﻦ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﺗَﺒْﺪُو ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﺠُ ْﺰءِ ْاﻷَﺧِ ِ‬ ‫ُون ِﰲ ﻋَ ﺠَ َﻠ ٍﺔ و َ​َﻗ َﻠ ٍﻖ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ﺾ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َِﺴري َ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬ ُﺮوا ُﺷﻌُ ﻮ ًرا ﻣُﺤَ ﱠﺪدًا ِﰲ ﺧِ َﻀ ﱢﻢ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮرﻫِ ْﻢ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻘ َﻠ ِﻖ‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳ َْﺨ َﺸﻮ َْن إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ َق اﻟﻨﱢري َِان ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ُﻢ ْاﻵ َن‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻌُ ﻮا ْاﻵ َن إ ِ ْﺧ َﻔﺎءَ ُﺷﻌُ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤُ ﻮا َﻗﺎبَ َﻗﻮ َْﺳ ْ ِ َ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ِن اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺋ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺴﻴ ُﱠﺔ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ني أ ْو أ ْدﻧَﻰ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮف ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺨِ َﺮ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎ ُؤ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫ني ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ﻫﻨﺮي وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺾ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ِﰲ‬ ‫ورﻫِ ْﻢ ِﺑ ِﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ ُﻣ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫﻢْ‪» :‬أَﻳ َْﻦ ُﻛﻨْﺘُﻢْ؟«‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ‪» :‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻤْ ُﻜﺜُﻮا ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك؟«‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺎ َل ﺛَﺎﻟ ٌ‬ ‫ِﺚ‪» :‬ﺗَﻌُ ﻮد َ‬ ‫ُون ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ْاﻵ َن أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ َﻐﺎ ُر؟«‬ ‫ﱠاﻫ ْﻢ ﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺘﺜْﻨَﺎءِ ﺟُ ﻨْﺪِيﱟ وَاﺣِ ٍﺪ ﺗَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﺮ ﱠد أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ِﻠﺸﺠَ ِﺎر ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَﻳْﺪِي‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِز َم ﺣَ ﺎ َل‬ ‫ُون ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻏ ِﻀﺐَ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟﺘﱠﻌْ ﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﰲ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳ َِﺴري َ‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫د َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘ ِ‬ ‫ُون ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ ،‬و َرأَى أ َ ﱠن َﻛ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ٍﺊ َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ون ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠﻧ ْ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَﺜ َ ُﺎﻗ ٍﻞ ﻣ َُﻔ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا ُروا وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻮْا ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺣِ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ْﻮﻗِﻌِ ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ني و َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ دَا َر‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَﺎ ُل‪َ .‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﺑﺎﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ِﺔ؛ َﻓﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤ َﺴﺎﺣَ ُﺔ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺗَﻌَ ﺠﱠ ﺐَ ﻫﻨﺮي ِﻣ ْﻦ‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫ﻮع ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫َاث ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻣ َﺴﺎﺣَ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة َﻛﻬَ ِﺬهِ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺨ ِﺮ ﻋَ ْﻦ أَدَاﺋ ِ​ِﻪ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫و ُ​ُﻗ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ْاﻷَﺧِ ريَةِ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺎ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﱰَاﺣَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮدِ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ َرا ِﻛ ِﺒﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻐ ِ‬ ‫ري ِﻧ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ ٍم‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻮَادِ هِ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن وَﺟْ ﻬُ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَﺠَ ﻬﱢ ﻤً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ َﻘ َﺪ ُﻗﺒﱠﻌَ ﺘَﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﺮ َق َﺷﻌْ ُﺮ ُه ِﰲ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر ﻳ َِﺼﻴﺢُ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮدِ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫ﴏ َخ ﻓِ ِﻴﻬﻢْ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ َﻫﺬَا ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻓﻌَ ْﻠﺘُﻤُﻮهُ؟ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ْﻔﺘُ ْﻢ وَأﻧْﺘُ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﻌْ ِﺪ ِﻣﺎﺋَ ِﺔ َﻗ َﺪ ٍم ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ِﺼ ٍﺎر َﺳﺎﺣِ ٍﻖ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻮ ُﻛﻨْﺘُ ْﻢ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻘﺪﱠﻣْ ﺘُ ْﻢ ِﻣﺎﺋَ َﺔ َﻗ َﺪ ٍم َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻜ َ‬ ‫اﻧْﺘ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﺠُ ﻮ ُﻣ ُﻜ ْﻢ َﺳﺎﺣِ ًﻘﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ اﻟ ﱠﺮدﱢ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا َو َﻛﺄ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد إ ِ َﱃ َﻗﺎ ِﺋﺪِﻫِ ُﻢ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻂ أ َ َﻫﺎﻧَﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ‬ ‫ري أ ُ ْﺳﻠُﻮﺑَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫ ﱠﺰ َﻛﺘ َِﻔﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ِﺑﻨ َ ْﱪَ ٍة َﻫﺎدِ ﺋَ ٍﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﰲ و ُْﺳﻌِ ﻨَﺎ ﻳَﺎ ِﺟﻨ ْ َﺮا ُل‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺎ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻂ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ ِﰲ و ُْﺳﻌِ ُﻜﻢْ؟ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا َﻛﺎﻓِ ﻴًﺎ‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴْﺲ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟ َﻛﺎَن ﻳ ُْﻔ َﱰ َُض ِﺑ ُﻜ ْﻢ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻠﻔِ ﺘُﻮا اﻧ ْ ِﺘﺒَﺎ َه ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪوﱢ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻜ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺧ َﻔ ْﻘﺘُ ْﻢ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ِﺑﺠَ ﻮَادِ هِ‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎت َﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻖ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪َ .‬ﻏﻤْ َﻐ َﻢ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ُﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ِﺑ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺛﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و َر َﻓ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِز ُم‬ ‫— ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ ُﻊ ﻟِﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ال ِﰲ َﻏ َﻀ ٍﺐ َﺷﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ — َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗَﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬أﻳٍّﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ِ‬ ‫ري ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻗﺎ َل إ ِ ﱠن َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ ا ْﻟﻔِ ﺘْﻴ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ … َﺳﻮَاءٌ أ َ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺎن َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺒْﻠُﻮا ﺑ َ​َﻼءً ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺟﻨ ْ َﺮ ًاﻻ أ َ ْو َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻬُ َﻮ أَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﻖ‪«.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫ِ‬ ‫اﳉ ْﻨ َﺮ َاﻻت‬ ‫َت ْاﻷَﻧْﺒَﺎءُ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠن أ َ ْﻓ َﺮا َد ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻧُﻌِ ﺘُﻮا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔ َﺸ ِﻞ‪ .‬أ َ ﱠﻛﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَ َﴩ ِ‬ ‫َت ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘَﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‬ ‫ﻄﺄ ً َﻓﺎدِ ﺣً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻻﺣَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮا َل َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْرﺗَ َﻜﺐَ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَ ُه ﺑَ َﺪوْا َﻛﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻆ ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ﱠن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﻬَ ِﺰﻣَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫أ َ ﱠن ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬أَﺗَ َﺴﺎءَ ُل ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ ذَ َﻫﺒْﻨَﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻧ َ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ !«‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤَ ﺎﻓِ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﻊ أ َ ﱠن ﻫﻨﺮي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﻆ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻫﺪُوﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮا ُل َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪ْ .‬اﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ﺢُ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀ ِﺐ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ِﺢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ َﻗ ِﻄﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﻨ َ ِﻢ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْﻔﻌَ ْﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َرا َد ُه ﺗَﺤْ ﺪِﻳﺪًا‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ُﺳﻮءُ ﺣَ ﱟ‬ ‫ﻆ َﻻ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ!«‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫َر ﱠد َ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻗ َﺮا ُر ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ َﻻ ﺟَ ْﺪوَى ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ُﻪ و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﺪَا أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑ ِﺈ َﻫﺎﻧ َ ٍﺔ ﺑَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ٍﺔ‪» :‬ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺗُﺤَ ِﺎربَ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ ُﻪ َﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺌًﺎ‪ .‬أ َ َﻛﺎ ُد أَﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ أ َ ﱠﻻ أ ُ َﺷ ِﺎر َك ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ َة ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ﻣَ َﺔ‪ .‬دَﻋْ ﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﻠُﻮا ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺌُﻮﻟِﻴ َﱠﺔ َوﻳ َُﻘﺎ ِﺑﻠُﻮا ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱠو وَﺣْ ﺪ َُﻫﻢْ‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋِ َ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﻋَ َﺪ ٌد َﻛ ِﺒريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫﻢْ‪» :‬ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ َﻊ َﻫﺬَا ﻳَﺎ ﻓﻠﻴﻤﻨﺞ!«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َل ﻫﻨﺮي‪» :‬أ ْﺳﻤَ ُﻊ ﻣَ ﺎذَا؟«‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫َر ﱠد ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱡ ‪» :‬ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘﻰ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ُﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ِﺑﻤ َُﻼ ِز ِﻣ َﻚ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱡ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳ َ​َﺔ؟« َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِزمُ‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻓﻠﻴﻤﻨﺞ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻓﺘًﻰ َﻗ ِﻮيﱞ «‪،‬‬ ‫ف‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﺋﺪُ‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣُﺤَ ِﺎربٌ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪٌ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻫ َﻜﺬَا َﻗﺎ َل ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ َراﻓِ ﻌً ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳ َ​َﺔ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒْﻬَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺟُ ﻨْﺪِيﱞ ُﺷﺠَ ﺎ ٌع‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِزمُ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﻌَ َﻚ ﺣَ ﱞﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺻﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُﻫ َﻮ و َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ُﻪ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻘﺪﱢﻣَ ِﺔ ِﻃﻴ َﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﺋﺪُ‪» :‬ﻛ َِﻼ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻖ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺟﻨ ْ َﺮ ًاﻻ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ«‪«.‬‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴَﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ‬ ‫ﺎع ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ْاﻷ َ ْﺧﺒ َِﺎر‪ ،‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠر َد وَﺟْ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي ووﻳﻠﺴﻮن َﺧﺠَ ًﻼ ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َﺎط‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪ .‬اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ َﻗ ْﻠﺒ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻹﺣْ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎﻫﻤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻤَ َﺸﺎﻋِ ِﺮ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷُﻣ ِ‬ ‫ان ِﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮر‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮدَا ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻟ َ‬ ‫ِﻠﻘﺎ ِﺋ ِﺪ وَا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِز ِم‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن وَا ْﻟﻌِ ْﺮ َﻓ ِ‬ ‫ِاﻻﻣْ ِﺘﻨ َ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫ﻮم اﻟﺜ ِﱠﺎﲏ‬ ‫ُْ‬ ‫اﳍ ُﺠ ُ‬ ‫ﱠات ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ُﻫﺠُ ﻮﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ و َْﺳ ِﻂ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ُﻗﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ﺛ َِﻘ ًﺔ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ون‪َ .‬ر َاﻗﺐَ ﻫﻨﺮي ا ْﻟﻬُ ﺠُ ﻮ َم ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺑَﺪَأ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ِﻒ َﺷ ِﺎﻣ ًﺨﺎ َرا ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺄ ْ ِش ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻮَا َرى ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻘ ِﻞ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻴ ِْﺸ ِﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ﺗَ ﱟﻞ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑ ُﻤﻮَاﺟَ ﻬَ ِﺔ َﻓ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻗِ ﺘَﺎ ٌل ﻋَ ﻨ ٌ‬ ‫َﴎﻳ ٌﻊ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ني ﺑَ َﺪﺗَﺎ َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﺘَﺠَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﻼ ِن ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺎر َك ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺪُو ُر‬ ‫َني َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ و َ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫و َِﰲ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ٍه َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ َرأَى ﻫﻨﺮي ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ًﺔ َﻫﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ﺗَ ْﻘﺘَﺤِ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑ َ​َﺔ ِﺑ ُﺨﻴُﻮﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻏﺎﺑ َْﺖ‬ ‫َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ُﺔ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷَﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎل وَا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻒ‪َ .‬ر َاﻗﺐَ ﻫﻨﺮي‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎر‪ ،‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻗِ ﺘَ ًﺎﻻ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺎر َك ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ْ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺎرﻳًﺎ‪َ ،‬و َرأَى ﻫﻨﺮي‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪ .‬ﺗَ َﻘﺎﺗَ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ َْﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎن و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ني ﺗُ َﺮ ْﻓ ِﺮ َﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ُ .‬ﻫﺪُوءٌ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ﻋَ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟﻬُ ﺪُوءُ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ْﺷﺒَ َﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜﻨ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﺴ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ ْ‬ ‫اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨﱢري َِان دَاﺧِ َﻞ‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎرﻳ ُﱠﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺎﺣِ ﻴَ ِﺔ ُﻣﻨْﺤَ ﺪ ٍَر َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ُﺔ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬زاد ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗُﻬَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳُﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨﱢري َِان ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ﱠﻮ ُر‪ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ‬ ‫َت ُ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻫﻨﺮي َﺳﻤَ ﺎ َع َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ﻳَﻨْﺪَﻓِ ﻌُ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺎن َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻮن ُﻫﻨَﺎ و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮون ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫ني ﻳ َْﴫ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻮن َوﻳُﻬَ ﱢﻠﻠُ َ‬ ‫ُﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ ﻳُﻬَ ﱢﻠ ُﻞ ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤﺜ ْ ِﻞ‬ ‫ِرﺟَ ﺎ ُل أَﺣَ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ َْﺸ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴫ َ‬ ‫ﺎت وَا ْﻟﻬُ ﺘَ َﺎﻓ ُ‬ ‫َﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت ﺗَﻤْ َﻸ ُ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ﺎءَ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎس ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﻘﺪﱠﻣَ ْﺖ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن و َْﻗﺘُﻬُ ﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل َﴏ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ َﺔ َﻏ َﻀ ٍﺐ وَأ َ َﻟ ٍﻢ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱡو اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ٌﺰ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺎن أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬُ ْﻢ ﺣَ ِ‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮوْا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ َﻼﻟ ِ​ِﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ وَﻣَ َﻀ ِ‬ ‫ري ِة اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎرﻳﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤْ َﺮاءَ و ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎت ْاﻷَﻋْ ِ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮاءَ‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﺎخ و ﱡ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴ َﺨﺎ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺴﻮا ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَو َْﺳ ِ‬ ‫َاﺻﻠُﻮا ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَﺎ َل‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫َﴫ ُخ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ِﻟﻴُﻮ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳ َ​َﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِز ُم ﻳ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺾ‪ ،‬وَأَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ ﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن أَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺘَﻔِ ُ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻊُ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱢث ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫َﺎن َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺘَﻨ َ ﱠﻔ ُﺲ أ َ ْم َﻻ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ف ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ْن َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺸﻐِ ًﻼ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺮ َاﻗﺒَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ﱞ‬ ‫ﻮف ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي؛ َﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺴﻬُ ُﻞ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘُﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑ ُﺨ ً‬ ‫ِﻃﻮَا َل ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﻣَ ِﺔ ﻧَﺤِ ﻴﻔِﻲ ْاﻷَﺟْ َﺴﺎ ِم ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻔﻌِ ِﲇ ا ْﻟﻮُﺟُ ﻮ ِه ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻰ و ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﻌَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬وَأَﻣَ ﺎ َم َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺒْ َﺪءُوا إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﻬَ ﺪِ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ َق اﻟﻨﱢري َِان ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُ‬ ‫ُور‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ َق اﻟﻨﱢري َِان ﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ِن اﻧْﺘَﺒَﻬُ ﻮا إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷَو َِاﻣ ِﺮ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ .‬ﺑَ َﺪءُوا إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ﺪ ِ​ِق ِﺑ ِﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ أَﺣَ ِﺪ اﻷ َ ْﺳ ِﻴﺠَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَ َﺪءُوا إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﱠات ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ِﺑ ِﺎﻻ ْﺧ ِﺘﺒَﺎءِ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ ُﻗﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ َق اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻫﻴﱠﺄ َ ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟ ُﻤﻮَاﺟَ ﻬَ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺎرﻳَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ أ َ ْﺳﻨَﺎ ٌن ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺎءُ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو وَﺣَ ﺎ َوﻟُﻮا إ ِ َﻫﺎﻧ َ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟﻮُﺟُ ﻮ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘﱠ ِﺴ َﺨ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺑْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺎﻣﺘَ ًﺔ‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَﺘَﺬَ ﱠﻛ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ْ َﺮا ُل َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ وَا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠﺘْﻬُ ُﻢ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﺑَﺄ ْ ًﺳﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻹ َﻫﺎﻧ َ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ وَﺟﱠ ﻬَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِ‬ ‫ون ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ اﻟﺜﱠﺄ ْ َر ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َث‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﺰ َم ﻫﻨﺮي ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳ َْﱰُ َك َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺎ ِﺑ ِﻂ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷ ِﻠ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎل َو ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻧَﻌَ ﺘَﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑ َﺮا ِﻛ ِﺒﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻐ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬وَأ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ اﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ٍم ِﰲ َرأ ِﻳ ِﻪ أ ْن ﻳَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﻬْ ِﺰ َم ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪوﱠ‪َ .‬ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ َﻛ ْﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ ُﺷﺠَ ﺎ ٌع‪.‬‬ ‫ْف ﻳُﺜ ْ ِﺒ ُﺖ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ُون ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ .‬زﺣَ َ‬ ‫َﺎت ﺑَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜري َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑ ٍ‬ ‫أ ُ ِﺻﻴﺐَ أ َ ْﻓ َﺮا ُد ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ إ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺾ ا ْﻟﺠَ ْﺮﺣَ ﻰ‬ ‫ِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜري َ‬ ‫ُون ِﺑ َﻼ ﺣَ َﺮاكٍ ‪.‬‬ ‫َان ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺑَﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻴْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﺤَ َﺚ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻋَ ْﻦ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪َ ،‬ووَﺟَ َﺪ ُه َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎربُ ‪ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِز ُم ُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ َﺳﺎ َر ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣُﻌَ ﱠﺪ ُل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َِﺼﻴﺢُ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮدِ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ ْ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ ًِﻔﺎ ْاﻵ َن‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ ُﺴﻮءٍ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻳَﺘَ َﻀﺎءَ ُل‬ ‫َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻓ َﺸﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِز ِم ﻳَ ْﺰدَا ُد و َ​َﻫﻨًﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻣﻦ واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫اﻟﺴﻮ ِر‬ ‫َْ‬ ‫اﳉ ِﺎﻧ ُﺐ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ ﻳَﺘْﺒَﻌُ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎط‪.‬‬ ‫أَﺗَﻰ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ُﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣُ ﻮا‪َ :‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ْن ﻧَﻬْ ﺠُ َﻢ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻢْ! َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ْن ﻧَﻬْ ﺠُ َﻢ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻢْ!«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي ذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَأ ﻳَ ْﺪ ُر ُس ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎﻓﺔ ﺑَﻴْﻨ َ ُﻪ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪوﱢ‪ .‬أ ْد َر َك أ ﱠن ﻋَ َﲆ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ .‬ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﱡﺮ َك إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم إِذَا أ َ َرادُوا ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ْف ﻳَ ْﻠ َﻘﻮ َْن ﺣَ ﺘْ َﻔﻬُ ْﻢ إِذَا ﺑ َُﻘﻮا ِﰲ أﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛﻨ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻖ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْ ِ‬ ‫أَﻣَ ﻠُﻬُ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺪ َْﻓﻌُ ﻮا ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱠو ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺎج ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺊ ُ َو َراءَهُ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ َﻻ ﻳ َْﻘ َﻮو َْن َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻮن ُﻣﻨْﻬَ ِﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ أ َ ﱠن ِر َﻓ َﺎﻗ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮﻧ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻋﲆ َﺷ ﱢﻦ ا ْﻟﻬُ ﺠُ ﻮ ِم‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﺸ ِﺠﻴﻌِ ِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ ِﻟﻴَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻢْ‪ ،‬أَد َْﻫ َﺸ ُﻪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْرﺗَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ وُﺟُ ﻮﻫِ ِﻬ ْﻢ‬ ‫َﴎﻳﻌَ ٌﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻤﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺒري ٌ‬ ‫َاﻓ َﻘ ِﺔ‪ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺪ َر ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم‬ ‫َات أَﻛِﻴ َﺪ ٌة و َ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ُﺨ ً‬ ‫ﻄﻰ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ َﺴ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ٌة ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة و َ​َﻏ ْريُ ُﻣﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻌَ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ﺣَ َﺮ َﻛﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺎﻗ َﺔ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻬُ ﺠُ ﻮ ِم ﺗُ ْﺸ ِﺒ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ َة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن َ‬ ‫ُﻣ ْﺮ َﻫ ُﻘ َ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪َ .‬ر َﻛ َﺾ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ُﺮ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎس ﺟُ ﻨُﻮﻧ ﱟِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴬ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْر َﻗﺎءِ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻧْﺪ َِﻓﺎﻋً ﺎ أَﻋْ ﻤَ ﻰ َﻓﻮ َْق ﺣَ ْﻘ ٍﻞ أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ِﺑﺤَ ﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﻂ اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫وﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻌُ ﻮﺑَ ٍﺔ و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫َﺎج ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫َﺎج‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ُﺮ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﰲ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴ ِ‬ ‫ُﺼ ﱢﻮﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮن ﻧَﺤْ ﻮ َُﻫ ْﻢ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻫﻨﺮي َراﻓِ ﻌً ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳ َ​َﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻘﺪﱢﻣَ ِﺔ ﻳُ َﻠﻮﱢحُ ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪ ِه ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ َوﻳ َِﺼﻴﺢُ ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل إِﺛَﺎ َر َة‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ﻳَﺘَ َﻔﺠﱠ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺑَﺪَا أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮﻧُﻮا ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ون ﺣَ ﻤَ ً‬ ‫ﺎس أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻵﺧ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠُ ْﺮأةِ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘِﻌْ ﺪَادٍ ِﻟﺘَﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻀﺤِ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬ ‫َﺎت ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ ﱠﻠﻔﺘْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ أ َ ْد َر َك أ َ ﱠن َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ُﺰ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ ُﺪ ﺑَﻴْﻨ َ ُﻪ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫َني‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ﻫِ َﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ و َْﻗ ٌﺖ ﻟِﻠﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻮغ َﻏﺎﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑُﻠُ ِ‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺘﺎﺳﻊ واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫اﻟﺮا َﻳ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻧ ِْﺘ َﺰا ُع ﱠ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﺳﻮَى اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪،‬‬ ‫اﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓ َﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻗ ﱠﻮةٍ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ُر ْؤﻳ َ​َﺔ أَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ ْﻠ ًﻜﺎ ِﻷَﺣَ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِﻋ َ‬ ‫َﺎج َﻗﺪِﻳ ٍﻢ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪َ .‬ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ِﺑﻮُﺟُ ﻮ ِد ِﺳﻴ ٍ‬ ‫َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ْاﻵ َن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪوﱢ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ري ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ﺟَ ﻴ ِْﺸ ِﻪ وَﺟَ ﻴ ِْﺶ ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪوﱢ‪،‬‬ ‫ي ﻫﻨﺮي‪َ ،‬ﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ ِﰲ ذِ ْﻫﻨ ِ​ِﻪ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ُة اﻟ ﱢﻠ َﻘﺎءِ ْاﻷَﺧِ ِ‬ ‫أﺛْﻨَﺎءَ ﺟَ ْﺮ ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻊ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ُﴪ ُع ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪ ِْو ﻋَ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا‬ ‫ﴍ َﺳ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ُﻣﻮَاﺟَ ﻬَ ًﺔ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﻬْ ﺘ ُِﻔ َ‬ ‫ﺎس‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ٍة وَﺣَ ﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ﱠن ﻋَ َﺪدًا َﻛ ِﺒريًا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ .‬وﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ُ ْ‬ ‫َﺼ ُﻤﺪُوا ِﻟ ْﻠﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎع اﻟﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻟﻴُ ْ‬ ‫ﻀﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺘَﻔِ ﺘُ َ‬ ‫ون ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬رأَى ﻫﻨﺮي ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ َد ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ﻳَﻠُﻮذُ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻘﻮا‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫اﻧْﻘِ َﺸ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ﻋَ َﲆ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻮ ِ‬ ‫َاﺻﻠُﻮا ﻓِ َﺮا َر ُﻫﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﰲ ﺑ ُْﻘﻌَ ٍﺔ ﻣُﺤَ ﱠﺪ َد ٍة ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﻔ ِ‬ ‫َني ُ‬ ‫ﻮف ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪوﱢ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ٌﺔ ُﻣﺘَﺠَ ﻬﱢ ﻤَ ٌﺔ وَﺣَ ِﺎزﻣَ ٌﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫َﺎج ﺗُ َﺮ ْﻓ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ أَﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛﻨ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ْك ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﺛَﺎ ِﺑﺘِ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱢ‬ ‫ف َﻓﻮ َْﻗﻬُ ْﻢ َراﻳ ٌَﺔ ُﻣﺘَﻤَ ﻮﱢﺟَ ٌﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﺎﻣﺤَ ٌﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱰﺑ َْﺖ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ َﻓﺄ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘﻰ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ َﴏ َ‬ ‫َﺧﺎﺗُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﻫﺎﻧ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎت‬ ‫ْاﻗ َ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِ‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَﺒَﺎ َد َﻟ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎد َِت ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ُﺔ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺨﺘَﻔِ ﻲ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َ‬ ‫َر ﱠﻛ َﺰ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ُه ﻋَ َﲆ َراﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪ .‬اﻧ ْ َﻘ ﱠﺾ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ ُِﺮﻳﺪ َُﻫﺎ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﺤِ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺎﻣ ِﺢ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َراﻳَﺘُ ُﻪ ﺗَﺘَﺄ َ ْرﺟَ ﺢُ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ُﻘﻮا وَا ِﺑ ًﻼ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎص ﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﺮ َق ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫َاﺻﻠُﻮا ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَﺎ َل‪ .‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻘ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ َ‬ ‫إِﺛ ْ ِﺮ ِه ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪوﱢ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ْﻢ و َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ ًﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓﻌُ ﻮا ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪوﱢ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮن ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ وَأَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳ َ​َﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َرأَى ﻫﻨﺮي ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ﻳ َُﻘﺎ ِﺗﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻮﻻ‪ .‬ا ْﻛﺘَ َﴗ وَﺟْ ُﻪ ﺣَ ِﺎﻣ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳَ ِﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀ ِﺐ َوﺗَ َﺸﺒ َﱠﺚ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﺜ ﱠ ُﺮ َوﻳ َْﺴ ُﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻗِ ﺘَ ًﺎﻻ ﻣَ ﻬُ ً‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫ري ﻣَ ْﺮﺋِﻴﱠ ٍﺔ ﺗَﺘَ َﺸﺒ ُﱠﺚ ِﺑ َﻘﺪَﻣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ َوﺗُﻌِ ُ‬ ‫أ َ ْر ً‬ ‫ﺿﺎ‪ِ .‬ﺟ َﺮاﺣُ ُﻪ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ِﺖ اﻷَﻣْ َﺮ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو َو َﻛﺄ َ ﱠن َﻛﺎ ِﺋﻨ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﺗَﺤَ ﱡﺮ َﻛﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎت َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَا َﻗﻠ ًِﻘﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت َﻛﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي َﻓﻮ َْق ﱢ‬ ‫َﺎج‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴَﺎجَ ‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َﻘ ﱠﺾ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳَ ِﺔ َﻛﻨ َ ِﻤ ٍﺮ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻘ ﱡﺾ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻓ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﱪ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳﺴﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬اﻧْﺘَ َﺰ َع وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‬ ‫ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺣَ ِﺎﻣ ُﻞ َراﻳَ ِﺔ اﻟﻌﺪو أ َ ْر ً‬ ‫ﺎل ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻳ َ​َﺔ َو َﻟﻮﱠحَ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻖ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ َﺔ اﻧْﻔِ ﻌَ ٍ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬُ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ َﻛﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎف‪.‬‬ ‫َاﺳﺘُﺠْ ِﻮﺑُﻮا‪ .‬أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ُﺔ اﻟﺘﱠ ﱢﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎ أ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ ٌﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪوﱢ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ري! أ ُ ِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴫ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﺎﺑًﺎ ِﰲ َﻗﺪ َِﻣ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻳَﻜِﻴ ُﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت واﻟ ﱠﻠﻌَ ﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫َﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻟﻬﻨﺮي وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َاث ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءِ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻋَ ْﻦ أﺣْ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَ َﻜ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ ﻣَ َﻊ أ ْ‬ ‫ِﺚ ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ َﻻ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﺠ ُ‬ ‫ني اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑ ُﻊ َﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ات َﻏ ِ‬ ‫َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﺳﻮَى ﺗَﻮ ِْﺟﻴ ِﻪ ﻋِ ﺒَﺎ َر ٍ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺎﻣﺘًﺎ ِﻃﻴ َﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒَ ٍﺔ ﻟِﻠ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎْﻟ ِْﺨ ِﺰي ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ ُِﺸﻴﺢُ ِﺑﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ ِه ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪِﻳﺪِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻼ‪ ،‬ﺟَ َﻠ ُﺴﻮا َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ِن اﺣْ ﺘَ َﻔ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺎج ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻘﺎ ِﺑ ِﻞ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺘﱠﺨِ ﺬُ ُه ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢو ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎب اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ْ‬ ‫اﺳ َﱰ َْﺧﻰ َﻓﻮْﻗﻬَ ﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ُه‬ ‫ﺾ ْاﻷﻋْ َﺸ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِاره‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﻨﱠﺄ َ‬ ‫وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ﻣ ُْﻔﻌَ ﻤً ﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺨ ِﺮ و َِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪ ِه َراﻳ َُﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪوﱢ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ْاﻵ َﺧ َﺮ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﻼﺛﻮن‬

‫ﻳﺪ ٌة‬ ‫ﺑ َِﺪا َﻳ ٌﺔ َﺟ ِﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ َﻻ ﺗُ ْﺴﻤَ ُﻊ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻓ َﱰ ٍ‬ ‫َات ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎض‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫َات‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎﺧِ ﺒ َُﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ْﻮﻟِ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﰲ ِاﻻﻧْﺨِ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﻼﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ووﻳﻠﺴﻮن ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أَﺛَﺎ َر َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻬُ ﺪُوءُ َﻗ َﻠ َﻘﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَﺒَﺎﻋِ َﺪةٍ‪ .‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ‬ ‫َات ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻐ ِﻴري ِ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘَﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ِﺴريُ ُﻫﻨَﺎ و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ ﻫﻨﺮي‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬أَﺗَ َﺴﺎءَ ُل‪ :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك؟« ﺑَﺪَا أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴ َْﺴﻤَ ُﻊ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺠﻴﺠً ﺎ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳَ َﺪ ُه ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘﱠ ِﺴ َﺨ ُﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻘ ِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن ُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ وَﺣَ ﺪ َﱠق اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛ ٌﺪ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﺳﻨ ُ َﻐﺎدِ ُر َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬وﻧَﻌُ ﻮ ُد ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻘ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ ْاﻷَو َِاﻣ َﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺟَ ﺎءُوا‪ .‬ﻧَﻬَ َﺾ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮا َو َر َاﻗﺒَﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض َوﺑ َ​َﺴ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻮا أَﻳَﺎدِ ﻳَﻬُ ْﻢ َﻓﻮ َْق ُرء ِ‬ ‫ُوﺳ ِﻬﻢْ‪َ .‬ﺳﺐﱠ أَﺣَ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ِد و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َْﻔ ُﺮ ُك‬ ‫َاﺿ ِﻬ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻋْ ِﱰ ُ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺬَﻣﱠ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴﻊُ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َاﺿﻬُ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ْاﻷَو َِاﻣ ِﺮ َﻛﺎﻋْ ِﱰ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪةٍ؛ إِذْ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ون ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻘ ِﻞ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َدةِ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَﻌْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ُون ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‬ ‫َﺳﺎ َر اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ُر َوﻳْﺪًا ُر َوﻳْﺪًا ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮن َﻗﺒْ َﻞ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑﺠُ ﻨ ُ ٍ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِت ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘِﻴﺒ َُﺔ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ري ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻧ ْ َﻀﻤﱠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَ ِﻘﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ‪ ،‬وَأُﻋِ ﻴ َﺪ ﺗَ ْﺸﻜِﻴ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘَﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺪُوا ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ ﺑﻴﺘًﺎ أﺑْﻴ َ​َﺾ أﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ٌ‬ ‫ريﺗَﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﺷ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﻔ ٍ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻮف‪َ ،‬وو َ‬ ‫ﺎت‬ ‫َاﺻﻠُﻮا ﻣَ ِﺴ َ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱟو ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺔ اﻧْﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻨ ﱡ ْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻘ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُﻛﻮا ِﰲ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ وَأ َ َﺧ َﺬ ﻧ َ َﻔ ًﺴﺎ ﻋَ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳ َْﻘ ِﺼﺪُوﻧَﻪُ‪ ،‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺎ‬ ‫و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﺒَ َﻪ ﻫﻨﺮي إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬

‫ﺷﺎرة اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء‬

‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻤْ ُﺰوﺟً ﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺮ َﴇ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َو َﻛ َﺰ َ‬ ‫ﺎل! َﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ِﺖ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ُﻪ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ﻧ ُ َﻐﺎدِ ُر َﺳﺎﺣَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ُﺔ!«‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل ِﰲ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ!«‬ ‫ﻳﺠﻴٍّﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ‬ ‫َﻗ َﴣ ﻫﻨﺮي ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ِﻟﻴَﺘَ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ري‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﺻ َﻔﺎ ذِ ْﻫﻨ ُ ُﻪ ﺗَﺪ ِْر ِ‬ ‫ﱠﻒ ﻣَ َﻊ َﻫﺬَا اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻐ ِﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن وَﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُث‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﻬ َﻢ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮبَ َﻗ ِﺪ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﻮﻋِﺐُ أَﻳ َْﻦ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ أ َ ْر ٍض ﺗَﻤْ َﻠ ُﺆ َﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌَ ِﺎر ُك َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ ٌَﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﺎدَ‪ .‬أ َ ْد َر َك أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑﻤَ َﺸﺎﻋِ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ِﲇءٍ ِﺑﺎﻟﺪﱢﻣَ ﺎءِ وَﻣَ ْﺸﺤُ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ِﰲ ﺑَﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَﻔِ َﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀ ِﺐ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎ‪ .‬أ َ ﱠو ُل َ ْ‬ ‫َاﻹﻧْﺠَ ﺎ َز ِ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﺧ َﻔ َﺎﻗ ِ‬ ‫ات‪َ .‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َدةِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎت و ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻻﺣِ ًﻘﺎ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻫﻨﺮي ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻌﱠ ُﻦ ِﰲ ﺗَ َﴫ َﱡﻓﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْ ِ‬ ‫ون إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮَاﻗِ ِﻒ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺒﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﺸﺎﻫِ ْﺪ ُه ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ِﺑﺘَﺬَ ﱡﻛ ِﺮ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﺪ ْم ﻋَ َﲆ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ و َْﻗﺘًﺎ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ ﻳ َْﺴ َﱰ ِْﺟﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﺧﻴَﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ َﺮى ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺪﻳٍّﺎ ُﻛ ْﻔﺌًﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ِﰲ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َد ٍة ﺗَﻌْ ِﻠﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﻘﺎت ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ِﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺪَى َﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﱟﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﺸﺄ ْ ِن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺳﺎﺧِ ً‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋَ ﺎ َو َد ُه َﺷﺒَﺢُ ُﻫ ُﺮو ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫وﱃ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َث‪.‬‬ ‫َو ِﻟ َﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ي‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ اﻧْﺘَﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ُﺷﻌُ ﻮ ٌر ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨﺠَ ِﻞ وَا ْﻟﺨِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫َﺎب اﻟ ﱠﺮﺛ ﱠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻓ ﱠﺮ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻘ ِﻞ‪َ .‬وﻟِ َﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ أ َ َﺧ َﺬ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﺎ َ َو َدﺗْ ُﻪ ذِ ْﻛ َﺮى ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱢ ذِي اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ َﴏ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺒﱠﺐُ ﻋَ َﺮ ًﻗﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ أ َ ﱠن ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ َﺔ أ َ َﻟ ٍﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ وﻳﻠﺴﻮن‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ِﺑ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﻨﺮي؟«‬ ‫ري و ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏﻤْ َﻐ َﻢ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﺑ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي اﻟ ﱠﺮ ﱠد ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫َاﺿﺤَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎت َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ِت اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ َﴫ َ‬ ‫ريهِ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻴْ َ‬ ‫ﱠف ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻓِ ْﻜ ِﺮهِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻓ َﺴﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ذِ ْﻛ َﺮﻳَﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫وأَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻻﺣَ َﻘ ُﻪ ﻣَ ْﺸﻬَ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِيﱢ ذِي‬ ‫ري ِﰲ َ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ َﺔ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل أ َ ْن ﻳُ ْﻠ ِﻬ َﻲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ َوﺗَﻴ ﱠَﻘ َﻦ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ إِذَا ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َﺎب اﻟ ﱠﺮﺛ ﱠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ُﻪ وَﺣِ ﻴﺪًا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻘ ِﻞ‪ .‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮوا‬ ‫اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ريو َْن ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ُون َوﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ َة اﻟﺬﱠﻧ ْ ِﺐ ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَﺒْﺘَﻌِ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َﻓ َﺴ َ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺣَ ﱠﻘ ُﻘﻮ ُه ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ْاﻷَﺧِ ريَةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺄَهُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْد َر َك َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﱰةٍ‪َ ،‬ﺷ َﻐ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺬﱢ ْﻛ َﺮى ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﺎف أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻟ َِﻔ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻫِ ِﺮ ِاﻻﺣْ ﺘ َِﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﻳُ َﺮاﻓِ َﻘ ُﻪ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ َوﺗَ َﻔﺎدَى اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌُ ﻮ ُر ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠﻧ ْ ِﺐ ِﻃﻴ َﻠ َﺔ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬ﺗَﺠَ ﻨﱠﺐَ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ﻣَ َﻊ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬

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‫ِﺑﺪَاﻳ ٌَﺔ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة‬

‫ﻄﺄِ َو َراءَ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺠْ ﻤَ َﻊ ﻫﻨﺮي ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ َة ِ ِﻹ ْﻟ َﻘﺎءِ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ‪َ ،‬ﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻓ َﺸﻴْﺌًﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮهِ‪ ،‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا ﺑَﺪَا‬ ‫ﻮب ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ِﻒ‪ .‬ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ أ ُ ْﺳﻠُﻮﺑَ ُﻪ َوﻣُﻌْ ﺘَ َﻘﺪَا ِﺗ ُﻪ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﻒ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ ِﺮ َه َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﺑﺄ ُ ْﺳﻠُ ٍ‬ ‫ْاﻷ ُ ْﺳﻠُﻮبَ ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﻊ َﻫ َﺬا ِاﻻ ْﻛﺘ َِﺸ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻌَ ﺎ َد ﺛ َِﻘﺘَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎف‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ َرﺟُ ًﻼ َﻗ ِﻮﻳٍّﺎ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪ ،‬وَا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َ‬ ‫َرا ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺄ ْ ِش‪ .‬ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﺴﺤِ ﺐَ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَيﱢ ﻣَ ﻌَ ِﺎر َك َﻗﺎدِ ﻣَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻒ‬ ‫ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﻮ ٌ‬ ‫ْت َﻓﺤَ ْﺴﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻫ َﻜﺬا ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠري َْت ُروﺣُ ُﻪ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ ﻋَ ْﻮ َدﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﺎﺣَ ِﺔ اﻟﺪﱢﻣَ ﺎءِ وَا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀ ِﺐ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ َﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒًﺎ أ َ ْو‬ ‫َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ﻣَ ِﺴريَﺗَﻬُ ْﻢ و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫أَﻣْ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض ا ْﻟﻤُﻮﺣِ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﺰﻋَ ﺎجُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءُ‪َ ،‬وو َ‬ ‫ري ﻣَ ْﻔﻬُ ﻮﻣَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻫﻨﺮي اﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻢَ؛ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َرأَى أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ َﻢ ِﰲ اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ َﺧﺬُوا ﻳ َُﻐﻤْ ﻐِ ﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن ِﺑ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎرهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎت َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮس! َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َر ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﺨ ِﺎو ِ‬ ‫وب! َﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎﺑ ُ‬ ‫َان ﻳ َْﻔ َﺰ ُع أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ِع‬ ‫ف ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ﺣَ ﻴَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر َﻫﺎ‪ .‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫وب وَأ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﻫﻨﺮي ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﴐةِ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮاﻋِ ﻲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻫﻮ ِ‬ ‫َال ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫و َْاﻷَﻧْﻬَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟﺒ َِﺎر َدةِ؛ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ٌة ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ِم اﻟﺪﱠا ِﺋ ِﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻓﻮ َْق اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫َني ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤُ ِﺐ ا َمل ِﻄريَةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻂ ُﺷﻌَ ﺎ ُع َﺷﻤْ ٍﺲ ذَ َﻫ ِﺒ ﱞﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬

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