‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﳊﻴﺎة‬

‫ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‬
‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬
 ‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬
‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫اﻟﻨﺎﴍ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﳼ آي ﳼ‬

‫املﺸﻬﺮة ﺑﺮﻗﻢ ‪ ١٠٥٨٥٩٧٠‬ﺑﺘﺎرﻳﺦ ‪٢٠١٧ / ١ / ٢٦‬‬

‫‪ ٣‬ﻫﺎي ﺳﱰﻳﺖ‪ ،‬وﻧﺪﺳﻮر‪ ،SL4 1LD ،‬املﻤﻠﻜﺔ املﺘﺤﺪة‬

‫ﺗﻠﻴﻔﻮن‪+ ٤٤ (٠) ١٧٥٣ ٨٣٢٥٢٢ :‬‬
‫اﻟﱪﻳﺪ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪hindawi@hindawi.org :‬‬
‫املﻮﻗﻊ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪http://www.hindawi.org :‬‬

‫إن ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﳼ آي ﳼ ﻏري ﻣﺴﺌﻮﻟﺔ ﻋﻦ آراء املﺆﻟﻒ وأﻓﻜﺎره‪،‬‬ ‫ﱠ‬

‫وإﻧﻤﺎ ﱢ‬
‫ﻳﻌﱪ اﻟﻜﺘﺎب ﻋﻦ آراء ﻣﺆﻟﻔﻪ‪.‬‬

‫رﺳﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ :‬ورود اﻟﺼﺎوي‪.‬‬

‫اﻟﱰﻗﻴﻢ اﻟﺪوﱄ‪٩٧٨ ١ ٥٢٧٣ ٠٢٨٦ ٠ :‬‬
‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻟﺨﺎﺻﺔ ﺑﺎﻹﺧﺮاج اﻟﻔﻨﻲ ﻟﻠﻜﺘﺎب وﺑﺼﻮرة وﺗﺼﻤﻴﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‬
‫ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ملﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﳼ آي ﳼ‪ .‬ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻷﺧﺮى ذات اﻟﺼﻠﺔ ﺑﻬﺬا‬
‫اﻟﻌﻤﻞ ﺧﺎﺿﻌﺔ ﻟﻠﻤﻠﻜﻴﺔ اﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ‪.‬‬
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‫‪7‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﰲ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫‪ -١‬اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬

‫‪13‬‬ ‫‪ -٢‬اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ ُر‬
‫‪19‬‬ ‫‪َ -٣‬ﺷﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَﻞ‬
‫‪25‬‬ ‫‪ -٤‬ﺣَ ﺪاﺋ ُِﻖ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ‬
‫‪31‬‬ ‫‪ -٥‬ﻋُ ﺒُﻮ ُر ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ‬
‫‪37‬‬ ‫‪ -٦‬ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘﺒ َُﺔ اﻷَﺧِ ريَ ُة‬
‫‪45‬‬ ‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎة«‬ ‫‪َ -٧‬‬
‫‪53‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ‬‫ﺧﺎﺗِﻤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬
 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫اﻟﺸﺎﰲ‬
‫ﺒﺎت ﱠ‬
‫اﻟ ﱠﻨ ُ‬

‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ‬
‫ﻒ« ﱠ‬‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫)‪» (1‬ﻳ ُ‬

‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا‪ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَﺰﻳ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﻣﺎت َزوْﺟُ ﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﺮ َك َﻟﻬﺎ ِﻃ ْﻔ ًﻼ َ‬

‫ﻣﺎن َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ٌة ﻋَ ﺠُ ﻮ ٌز‪َ ،‬‬‫ﻋﺎﺷ ْﺖ ِﰲ َﻗﺪِﻳ ِﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ِ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻋُ ﻤْ ُﺮ ُه ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳﺒ ِْﻊ َﺳﻨ َ ٍ‬
‫ﻮات‪.‬‬
‫ﻒ«‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬
‫ري »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ِﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻢ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫َﻛﺎن ْ‬
‫ﻒ« أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ اﻟﺤُ ﺐﱢ ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡﻖ ِﰲ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠﻬﺎ‬‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﺗُﺤِ ﺐﱡ َو َﻟﺪَﻫﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﻄ ً‬
‫ﻮﻓﺎ ﺑﺎ ٍّرا ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻠﻘﺎ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻋَ ُ‬ ‫ﺴﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻼص وَاﻹﺣْ ِ‬ ‫ﺜﺎﻻ ﻟِﻠﺬﱠﻛﺎءِ وَا ْﻟﻮَﻓﺎءِ‪ ،‬وا ِﻹ ْﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ِﻣ ً‬
‫ﺴﺎن وَﺣَ ﻴ ٍ‬
‫َﻮان‪.‬‬ ‫إﻧ ْ ٍ‬

‫)‪ْ (2‬اﻷ َ ْرﻣَ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‬

‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‬ ‫ري ًة — َﻛﻤﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠﻨﺎ — َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻣﺎت َزوْﺟُ ﻬﺎ َوﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﻬﺎ َﻓﻘِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬
‫ﻒ اﻷَرﻣَ َﻠ ِﺔ‪1 .‬‬
‫َﺻ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ و ْ‬ ‫راوي ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ﺻ َﺔ ﻷُﻣﱢ ِﻪ اﻷ َ ْرﻣَ َﻠ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﻳُ َﺆدﱢي أَﻋْ ﻤﺎ َل ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴُﻬَ ﻴﱢﺊَ ُ‬
‫اﻟﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫َﻛﺎن َو َﻟﺪُﻫﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫ﻃﺎ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺘﻠُﻬﺎ؛ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُﺴﺞُ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ أَﺛْﻮاﺑًﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَﻜﺎ ُد‬ ‫ﻮف َﻓﺘَﺠْ ﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ ُﺧﻴُﻮ ً‬
‫َاﻟﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻦ و ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ‬‫ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻟﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺰ َل ُ‬
‫ﺘﺎت ِﺑﺜَﻤَ ﻨِﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻮق ِﻟﺘَ ِﺒﻴﻌَ ﻬﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻮاب ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ ِﺑﻬﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﺴ ِﺞ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻷَﺛ ْ ِ‬

‫‪ 1‬اﻷرﻣﻠﺔ‪ :‬املﺮأة اﻟﺘﻲ ﻣﺎت زوﺟﻬﺎ‪.‬‬

 ‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫ﻃﻮ َل ﻳَ ْﻮﻣ ِِﻪ دا ِﺋﺒًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻛﻨ ْ ِﺲ اﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻈ ِ‬

‫ﻴﻒ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ﻫِ َﻲ وَاﺑْﻨُﻬﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﻄﻌﺎ ِم َوﺗَﻬْ ﻴﺌَﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻌَ ﻬﱡ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻏ َﺮﻓ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬و ََﻏ ْﺴ ِﻞ أ َ ْر ِﺿ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َ‬
‫ﻃﺒ ِْﺦ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻼح ﺛِﻴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ وَﺣِ ﺬاﺋ ِِﻪ‪،‬‬‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫َف إ ِ َﱃ إِﻋْ ﺪادِ املﺎ ِﺋ َﺪةِ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ َﱃ إ ِ ْ‬‫ﻮاﺟ ِﺐ اﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺈذا اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَداءِ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫إﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻋْ ِ‬
‫ﻤﺎل ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ْﺸ َﻐ ُﻞ و َْﻗﺘَ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻴﺎب أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ وَﺣِ ﺬاﺋِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫َوﺛ ِ‬

‫ﻮار ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‬

‫)‪ِ (3‬ﰲ ِﺟ ِ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮ َد ٌة ﺗُ ِﻄ ﱡﻞ ﻧَﻮاﻓِ ﺬُﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ‬
‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟﺪﱠا ُر — ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳ َْﺴ ُﻜﻨﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ — ِﻣ ْﻠ ًﻜﺎ َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ؛ وَﻫِ َﻲ دا ٌر َ‬
‫ﻋﺎل َﺷﺪِﻳ ِﺪ اﻻ ْرﺗ ِ‬
‫ِﻔﺎع‪.‬‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺒ ٍَﻞ ٍ‬
‫َﺼﻌَ َﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ﺘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻻ ْرﺗِﻔﺎﻋِ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﺘِﻮاءِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ أﺣَ ٌﺪ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻖ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ َﻞ َوﻳ ْ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺤُ ﻮ ُل د َ‬
‫ُون‬ ‫َرات اﻟﻌَ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺜ ْ َﺮ ِة ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ ِ‬
‫ﻮار ا ُمل ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ﻌَ ِﺔ وا ُملﻨْﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ ِق ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡ‬
‫ﻮل إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻮ ُ‬
‫ُﺻ ِ‬

‫)‪ (4‬ﻣَ َﺮ ُ‬
‫ض ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬
‫ﻮز‬

‫ﻴﺎن — ِﰲ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮ ِد — ﺣَ ﻴﺎ ًة َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻳ َْﻘ ِﻀ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻷ َ ْرﻣَ َﻠ ُﺔ واﺑْﻨُﻬﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ْﱪُ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄَﻧﱠﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﻫﻮ َﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺸ َﺔ وَا ْرﺗَ َﻀﻴﺎﻫﺎ وا ْ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ﻮﱠدا ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌِ َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﺮ ً‬
‫ﻳﻘﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ف اﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﻼ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺘﺎﻋِ ِﺒﻬﻤﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻴﺺ‬‫ﺒﺎب اﻟﺘﱠﻨْﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﻬﺎ َﺳﺒَﺒًﺎ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺳ ِ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن ﻣَ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْرﻣَ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ذات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم؛ ﻣَ ِﺮ َ‬
‫و َِﰲ ِ‬
‫ﻃ ِﺒﻴﺒًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ف َ‬ ‫واﻟ َﻜﺪ َِر‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ اﻷ ُ ﱡم ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫ﻤﺎل‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘَﺪ َْﻓﻌَ ُﻪ أَﺟْ ًﺮا َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣُﻌﺎ َﻟﺠَ ﺘِﻬﺎ‪.‬‬
‫َت ِﰲ ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻬﺎ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐَ َﻟﻤﺎ وَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻮ ﻋَ َﺮ َﻓ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠ‬

‫ري ُة ا ْﻟ َﻔﻘِ ِ‬
‫ري‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﺣَ ْ َ‬

‫اﻻﻫﺘِﺪاءِ إ ِ َﱃ و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﺳ ُﻞ ِﺑﻬﺎ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻒ« ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜ ِ‬

‫ِني‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺠَ َﺰ ﻋَ ْﻦ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬
‫واﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن ِﺑ َﻮ َﻟﺪِﻫﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬‫ْ‬
‫َﺼﻨَﻊُ؟! َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ — ِﻻُﻣﱢ ِﻪ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ أَﻣْ ِﺮهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪ ِْر ﻣﺎذا ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ِﺷﻔﺎﺋِﻬﺎ؛ َﻓ َ‬
‫ﻀﺎﻗ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤَ ﱠ َ‬
‫واﻟﺴﻬَ ِﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ راﺣَ ﺘِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‬‫— ْﻏريَ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ِﺑﺄَﻣْ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وا ْﻟﻘِ ﻴﺎ ِم ﻋَ َﲆ ﺧِ ﺪْﻣَ ﺘﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﱠ‬
‫آﺧ ُﺮ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﺪ ُﻣ ُﻪ َﻟﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ُﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤﺎءِ‪ :‬املﺎءِ وَﺣْ َﺪهُ؛ َﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ َ ْ‬
‫ﳾءٌ َ‬ ‫ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا َمل ِﺮ َ‬

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 ‫ﺒﺎت ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺎﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬

‫ِﴪ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ اﻟﻴﺎ ِﺑ ِﺲ‪ :‬ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ وَﺣْ َﺪ ُه ِﺑ َﻐ ْ ِ‬

‫ري‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ُﻫﻮَ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﺘَﻨﺎ َو ُل ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻐِ ﺬاءِ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻛ ْ َ‬
‫ﻃﻌﺎ ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻈ ًﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ« أُﻣﱠ ﻪُ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ِ‬
‫ُﻔﺎر ْﻗﻬﺎ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﻻ َز َم »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ِﴪ ِة ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻮت أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻜ ْ َ‬
‫ﳾءٍ ِﻣﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن — َﻛﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛْﺘُ َﻚ — ﻻ ﻳَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ا ْﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﺤﺎف‪.‬‬
‫ﻒ« َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﻨ ُ ﱢﻮ ﻋَ َﲆ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَى ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻵﻻ ِم‪ ،‬ﺣَ ِﺰ َن َوﺑَ َﻜﻰ‪،‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫ﻣ ُْﺸﻔِ ًﻘﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَﻮَﺟﱢ ﻌً ﺎ َﻟﻬﺎ — َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻟ ِِﺸﻔﺎﺋِﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻵﻻ ِم ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻧ َ َﺰ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬﺎ —‬
‫ري ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﻞ واﻟ ﱠﺮﺟﺎءِ‪ ،‬وَﺻﺎدِ ِق اﻟﺪﱡﻋﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻏ ْ َ‬
‫ﻒ‬ ‫ﺿﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﻮز‪ ،‬وَزا َد ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ُﻢ — ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ‬ ‫واﺷﺘَﺪ ِﱠت ا ْﻟﻌِ ﱠﻠ ُﺔ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ْرﻣَ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬
‫ْ‬
‫ﻄﻌﺎ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫ض‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ ِﻬ َﻚ ِﺟ ْﺴﻤَ ﻬﺎ اﻟﺪﱠاءُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ﺠَ َﺰ ْت ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ َﻜﻼ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﻋَ ﺠَ َﺰ ْت ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺗَﻨﺎو ُِل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻗﻮاﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ ُ‬
‫اﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﻴﺎ ُن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌُ ْﺪ ﺗَﺬْ ُﻛ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﻒ أ َ ْن ﻋَ ﺠَ َﺰ ْت ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﴍ ِ‬
‫ْب ا ْﻟﻤﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻌْ ُ‬‫َوﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ِﺑﻬﺎ ﱠ‬
‫َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﻒ«‬ ‫ﻴﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ِﺑﻬﺎ ﺣَ ﺪٍّا ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠﻬﺎ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﴗ َو َﻟﺪَﻫﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻚ ﺗَﺪ َْﻫ ُﺶ إِذا ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟ َﻚ إ ِ ﱠن اﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ري ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺒﻴﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ؛ َﻓﻼ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ إِذا َرأَﺗْﻪُ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔﻬَ ُﻢ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ إِذا ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﻌُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫إِذَا ﻧَﺎد َ‬
‫َاﻫﺎ‪.‬‬

‫)‪ (6‬ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِ‬

‫»ودادُ«‬

‫ﴎﻳ َﺮﻫﺎ ﺑﺎ ِﻛﻴًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ اﻷ َ َﻟ ُﻢ ِﺑ َﻮ َﻟﺪِﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وﻻ َز َم َ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬

‫»ودادَ«‬ ‫ﻳﻔ ِﺔ ِ‬‫ﻈ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ﺎﺳ ِﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻒ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ري ُة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠ ْﺪ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣَ ْﺨ َﺮﺟً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺿﻴﻘ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ﺘَ َ‬
‫َوﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ ِﻹﻧْﻘﺎذِ‬
‫َﴪ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫زق ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺮ ِج‪َ ،‬وﺗُﻴ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺎر ًﺧﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻨ ْ ِﺠﺪًا ِﺑﻬﺎ — ِﻟﺘَ َ‬
‫ﻜﻮن َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻮﻧًﺎ ِﰲ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺄ ِ‬ ‫— ِ‬
‫َ‬
‫أﻣﱢ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺼﺎﺋ ِِﺐ وا ْﻟ ِﻤﺤَ ِﻦ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َﻟﻤﱠ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﻴﻔﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮل َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗًﺎ َﻟ ِﻄ ً‬‫ﺎﺳ ِﻢ ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒَﺘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ُﻖ ِﺑ ْ‬‫ﻒ« ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜﺪ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺖ إِﱃ ﻧِﺪا ِﺋ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧﺎ َدﻳْﺘَﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬وَﻫﺄَﻧَﺬي َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘ َِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَ َﻮ ﱢددًا ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْ َﻚ ﻳﺎ َ‬
‫ﱪﻧِﻲ‪ :‬ﻣﺎذا ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪُ؟«‬ ‫واﺳﺘَﺠَ ﺒ ُْﺖ َﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺨ ﱢ ْ‬‫ْ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌْ ِﻄ ًﻔﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻮ ﱢَﺳ ًﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻃﺎ َﻟﻤﺎ أَوْﺻﺎكِ ِﺑﻲ وا ِﻟﺪِي َﺧ ْريًا‪،‬‬ ‫ﻒ« ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫َﻓﺼﺎحَ ِﺑﻬﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫»ودادَ« ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻃﺎ َﻟﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬﺎ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪ ،‬وَأَوْﺻﺎﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ُﻮت‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذا ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ َﱠﺔ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻤ َ‬

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 ‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫ﴎﻋِ ﻲ — ُﻣﺘَ َﻔ ﱢﻀ َﻠ ًﺔ —‬ ‫ﻼص ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫زق ﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ْ‬

‫ِﺑ ِﺎﻻ ْﻟﺘِﺠﺎءِ إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ؛ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤﺎ و ََﻗﻌْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺄ ِ‬
‫ُﴩ َﻓ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻠ ِﻒ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺈﻧﱠﻬﺎ — إذا ﺗَ َﺨ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﺖ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬﺎ — َﺳﺘَ ْﱰُ ُﻛﻨِﻲ وَﺣِ ﻴﺪًا ِﰲ ﻫﺬا‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﺈﻧْﻘﺎذِ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ ِ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻄ ٍﻒ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َدﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻷ َ ْرﻣَ َﻠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻔﺎق وَﻋَ ْ‬
‫إﺷ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ َة ْ‬
‫ري — ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬
‫ﻒ« ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬‫ﻈ َﺮ ِت ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ — إ ِ َﱃ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﻓﻨ َ َ‬
‫ﺼﺎ‬ ‫ﺿﻬﺎ َﻓﺤْ ً‬ ‫ﺺ ﻣَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻮز ﺗَ ْﻔﺤَ ُ‬ ‫أن ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻄ َﻖ ِﺑ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ٍﺔ واﺣ َﺪ ٍة — واﻧْﺤَ ﻨ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ — د َ‬
‫ُون ْ‬
‫ﻴﻘﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫دَﻗِ ً‬

‫)‪ (7‬ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ِﱠﺔ‬

‫ُوري — ﻳﺎ ﺑُﻨ َ ﱠﻲ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻋْ َﻠﻨ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﺠْ َﺰﻫﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِﺷﻔﺎﺋِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ َﻓ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬
‫أن أ َ ْﺷﻔِ َﻲ أُﻣﱠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ َﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﰲ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴَﺎ ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻬﺎ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ َﻏ ْريُ َك ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ إِﻧْﻘﺎذَﻫﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺖ —‬ ‫— ْ‬
‫َ‬
‫ري‪ ،‬إِذا ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ ﻻ ﺗَﺰا ُل — َﻛﻤﺎ أﻋْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ‬ ‫وَﺣْ َﺪ َك — ا ْﻟﻘﺎدِ ُر ﻋَ َﲆ ﺷﻔﺎﺋِﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ ِض ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﻄ ِ‬
‫ﻳﺘﺎت — ُﺷﺠﺎﻋً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻘﺪاﻣً ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻨﺎت ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎﺗِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌِ ْﻔ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت‪َ ،‬وﺑ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﺘْﻨِﻲ أ َ َﺧﻮاﺗِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ِ‬
‫ف ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ َﻚ َﺳ ِﺒ ً‬
‫ﻴﻼ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ َﺮ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ ْﺨ َﴙ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻻ ﺗَﻬﺎبُ ﱠ‬
‫ﻴﻞ‬‫ﱰﻳ َْﻦ — أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ِﺴﻨ َ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ُﺔ — أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أَدﱠﺧِ َﺮ و ُْﺳﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫»ﺳ َ َ‬‫ﻒ«‪َ :‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل »ﻳ ُ‬
‫إِﻧْﻘﺎذِ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪﱠاءِ‪ ،‬و َِﺷﻔﺎﺋِﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا َمل َﺮ ِض‪«.‬‬
‫ﺒﺎت‬‫ﴬ َت َﻟﻬﺎ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫»ودادُ«‪» :‬ﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺷﻔﺎءِ أُﻣﱢ َﻚ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ إِذا أَﺣْ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪«.‬‬
‫ﺒﺎت‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﺗِﻲ؟«‬ ‫ﻒ«‪» :‬وَأَﻳ َْﻦ ﻫﺬا اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﻬﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﻨْﺒ ُُﺖ ِﰲ أَﻋْ َﲆ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗُ ِﻄ ﱡﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ — ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ِة ﺑَﻴْﺘِ َﻚ‬
‫ﴫهُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴ ُﻜﺐَ ﻋَ ِﺼريَ ُه ِﰲ َﻓ ِﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِﺎﰲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌْ ِ َ‬‫ﺒﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ ْﺮ َت ِﺑﻬﺬا اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺘَﻰ َ‬
‫ﻋﺎﺟ ًﻼ إ ِ ْن ﺷﺎءَ ﷲُ‪«.‬‬‫أُﻣﱢ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ُة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ ْﺸ َﻔﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﺮ ِﺿﻬﺎ ِ‬
‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا َﻟﻚِ ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ُﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أَﺗَﻮاﻧَﻰ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ ِ‬
‫ﻫﺎب إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪ُ :‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل »ﻳ ُ‬
‫»ودادُ«‪ :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ ذا ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳُﻌْ ﻨَﻰ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل‪ .‬وَﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﺧ ﱢ ِﱪﻳﻨﻲ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﺗِﻲ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧَﺒﺎﺗِﻬﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ« ﻷَﺣْ ُ‬
‫ِﺑﺄُﻣﱢ ﻲ أَﺛْﻨﺎءِ َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮي؟«‬

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 ‫ﺒﺎت ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺎﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬

‫)‪َ (8‬‬
‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ«‬

‫وَﻣﺎ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻤْ َﻠ َﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ دَﻣَ ﻌَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨﺎ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ِن‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻌَ ﻞ ﻳَﺒْﻜِﻲ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﺧ َﴙ أ َ ْن‬
‫ﻔﺎر َق ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ َة ﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن أَﻋُ ﻮ َد إِﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺪﱠواءِ‪«.‬‬‫ُﻮت أُﻣﱢ ﻲ َوﺗُ ِ‬
‫ﺗَﻤ َ‬
‫ﻴﻖ‪ .‬واﻋْ َﻠ ْﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ َذ َﻫﺒ َْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻔِ ُ‬‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ‪ُ » :‬ﻛ ْﻦ ﻣُﻄﻤَ ِﺌﻨٍّﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱠ‬
‫ﳾءٍ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد‬ ‫ﻮن ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ ﰲ ﺣﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ«؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﺗُﺼﺎبَ أُﻣﱡ َﻚ ِﺑ ُﺴﻮءٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳ ُِﺼﻴﺒَﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ِﺌﻨٍّﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻏﺎﻳَﺘِ َﻚ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﺘَﺒ َْﻘﻰ أُﻣﱡ َﻚ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ د َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِﺎﰲ‪ .‬ﻓﺎذْ َﻫﺐْ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺪﱠواءِ ﱠ‬
‫ض‬ ‫أَذًى ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ِﻣﻦ ِرﺣْ َﻠ ِﺘ َﻚ ﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ‪َ :‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﺳﺘَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ أ َ ْﺧﻄﺎ ًرا ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ُ‬
‫ﻴﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺒﺎﺗِﻬﺎ اﻟﻌَ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ«‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﻟِﻤَ ﺘﺎﻋِ ﺐَ ﺟَ ﻤﱠ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ِﺼ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﻔ َﺮ ِﺑﻬﺬا‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ — أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌْ ﺘَ ِﺼ َﻢ ِﺑ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ وا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺰ ِم واﻟﺜ ﱠ ِ‬
‫ﺒﺎت‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ — أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫ﺒﺎت‪«.‬‬

‫س اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫ﺒﺎت‬ ‫ﺣﺎر ُ‬
‫)‪ِ (9‬‬
‫ﺨﺎﰲ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ ُﺷﺠﺎ ٌع‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻦ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱢﻚِ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻼ ﺗَ ِ‬ ‫»ﺳﺄ ُﻛﻮ ُن ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ﺣُ ْﺴ ِﻦ َ‬‫ﻒ«‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ﻃﻠُﺐُ ِﻣﻨْﻚِ ﱠإﻻ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ واﺣِ ﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻗﺪامُ‪ ،‬إ ِ ْن ﺷﺎءَ ﷲُ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻨ َِﻲ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﻨ ْ ُﻘ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻚ ﻣﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْ َﻚ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱡ‬
‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ َة؟ َو َﻛﻴ َ َ‬ ‫ف ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫ْﻒ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل‪َ :‬‬
‫ﻜﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ْﻒ أﻣْ ِﴤ ﻧَﺤْ ﻮَﻫﺎ؟ و َِﰲ أيﱢ ﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫»ﺧ ﱢ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ‪َ :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ أ َ ْﻫﺘَﺪِي إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ؟«‬
‫اﻻﻫﺘِﺪاءُ‬‫َﺼﻌُ ﺐَ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ْ‬ ‫إﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َوﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐ َﺖ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻤﱠ َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳ ْ‬‫َﺻ ْﻠ َﺖ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ و َ‬
‫ات‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ ﻧﺎ َدﻳْﺘَ ُﻪ ﺛ َ َ‬
‫ﻼث ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺣﺎر َس اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ — ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — إِﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻨﺎدِيَ ِ‬
‫ﻃﻠُﺐْ‬
‫ﺤﺎل‪ .‬ﻓﺎ ْ‬
‫ﻈﻬَ َﺮ َﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت«! َﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﺗُ ِﺘ ﱠﻢ اﻟﻨﱢﺪاءَ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﺣﺎر َس اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫»ﻫﻠُ ﱠﻢ ﻳﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗِ َﻚ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺄَﻋْ َﲆ َ‬
‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪«.‬‬‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ — ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬

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‫)‪ (10‬وَدا ُع ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ِﱠﺔ‬

‫»ودادَ« ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ﺘَﻬﺎ َوإ ِ ْرﺷﺎدَﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﻟ ْﻠ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ َﺮ »ﻳ ُ‬

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

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬

‫اﻟ ﱠﻨ ْﻬ ُﺮ ا ْﳌ َ ْﺴ ُﺤ ُ‬
‫ﻮر‬

‫واﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ ُﺔ‬
‫ﱠ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ا ْﻟ ُﻐﺮابُ‬
‫ﴍ ٌس‬ ‫ﺼﺐَ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤِ ﺒﺎ َﻟ َﺔ ُﻏﻼ ٌم َ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪َ ،‬رأَى ُﻏﺮاﺑًﺎ و ََﻗ َﻊ ِﰲ ﺣِ ﺒﺎ َﻟ ٍﺔ؛ ‪ 1‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ﺛُﻠُ َﺚ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬
‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻷ َ ْﴍ ِار‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َِﺚ ا ْﻟ ُﻐﺮابُ أ َ ْن و ََﻗ َﻊ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ أ َ ِﺳريًا‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﻔﻜﺎكِ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﴩكِ ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﺪ ْر ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺺ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ُﺤﺎو ُل اﻟﺘﱠ َﺨ ﱡﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻐﺮابُ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫َو َ‬
‫اﺷﺘَﺒَ َﻜ ْﺖ ِرﺟْ ﻠُ ُﻪ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ؛‬‫ﻂ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴْ َ‬ ‫ِني‪ ،‬و ََﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺮاب ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜ ِ‬‫ﻒ« إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ﴎ َع »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬
‫ﺳﺎرهِ‪َ ،‬و َر ﱠد إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺣُ ﱢﺮﻳﱠﺘَﻪُ‪.‬‬
‫ﺼ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺨ ﱠﻠ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﻞ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي‬ ‫ﻒ«‪» :‬أ َ ْﺷ ُﻜ ُﺮ َﻟ َﻚ ﱡ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ؛ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻗﺎ َل ﻟِـ»ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﻄﺎ َر ا ْﻟ ُﻐﺮابُ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬
‫ﻒ«‪ .‬و ََﺳﺄَﺟْ ِﺰﻳ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮو ِﻓ َﻚ َﺧ ْريًا‪ ،‬إ ِ ْن ﺷﺎءَ ﷲُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬‫ﻳ ُ‬
‫ني َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ُﻏﺮاﺑًﺎ ﻳَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﻠﻢُ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺪَﻫِ َﺶ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ﻒ« ﺣِ َ‬

‫)‪ (2‬اﻟﺪﱢﻳ ُﻚ واﻟﺜﱠﻌْ َﻠﺐُ‬

‫ﻮغ ﻣَ ْﻘ ِﺼ ِﺪهِ‪.‬‬
‫ﻮان ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺑُﻠُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْري َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ُﻮاﺻ َﻠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬
‫ﻒ ﻋَ ﻦ ﻣ َ‬ ‫وَﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ﱠ‬
‫اﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑ ِﻪ؛ َﻓﺮاحَ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛ ُﻞ‬
‫َﻛﺎن ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻮ ُع َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬
‫ِﻴﻞ‪ ،‬ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻳ َْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺢُ ِﰲ ِﻇ ﱢﻞ َﺷﺠَ َﺮةٍ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬
‫اﻟﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﺣْ َ َ‬
‫ﴬ ُه ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﴪ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ ُ‬ ‫ﻛْ َ‬
‫َﻓ َﺮأَى دِ ﻳ ًﻜﺎ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي َوﺛَﻌْ َﻠﺒًﺎ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَﺘَﺒﱠﻌُ ﻪُ‪.‬‬

‫‪ 1‬اﻟﺤﺒﺎﻟﺔ‪ :‬املﺼﻴﺪة‪.‬‬
 ‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫ﺮار‪ ،‬وَﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ اﻟﺜﱠﻌْ َﻠﺐَ أَو َْﺷ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺪ ِْر َك اﻟﺪﱢﻳ َﻚ‬ ‫ﴎ َع اﻟﺪﱢﻳ ُﻚ — ﺟُ ﻬْ َﺪ ُه — ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻔِ ِ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ َ‬
‫َوﻳ َْﻔ َ ِﱰ َﺳﻪُ‪.‬‬
‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒُﻨﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﻪ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄ ًﻔﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﻔﺎ ُه‬ ‫ﻒ« أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ اﻟﺪﱢﻳ ُﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬
‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﺮا ُه اﻟﺜﱠﻌْ َﻠﺐُ ‪.‬‬
‫ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ﺛ َ ْﻮ ِﺑ ِﻪ د َ‬
‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أ َ ﱠن اﻟﺪﱢﻳ َﻚ ﻻ ﻳَﺰا ُل ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻞ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫َث؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﺒ ِﻪ اﻟﺜﱠﻌْ َﻠﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬
‫أَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪.‬‬
‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَﺒْ ُﺪ َر ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﺣَ َﺮ َﻛ ٌﺔ؛‬
‫ﻒ ﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳ ُﻢ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ و ََﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﱡ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫أﻣﱠ ﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﻄ َﻦ اﻟﺜﱠﻌْ َﻠﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻻ ﻳ َْﻔ ُ‬
‫ﴎﻋﺘ ِِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻏﺎبَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬
‫ﻧﺎﻇ ِﺮهِ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ زا َل اﻟﺜﱠﻌْ َﻠﺐُ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي ﺑﺄ َ ْﻗ َﴡ ُ ْ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ َﴎاﺣَ ُﻪ َوﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ُﻪ ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳَﺸﺎءُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ« إ ِ َﱃ ﻧَﺠﺎ ِة اﻟﺪﱢﻳﻚِ ‪ ،‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄ َ ﱠن »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ا ْ‬
‫ﻒ«‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ُﺮ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺨﻔِ ٍﺾ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻚ ﱡ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟﺪﱢﻳ ُﻚ ِﺑ َ‬
‫ﺻﻨِﻴﻌِ َﻚ أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺰاءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫و ََﺳﺄَﺟْ ِﺰﻳ َﻚ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬

‫اﻟﻀﻔ ِﺪ ُع واﻟﺜﱡﻌْ ﺒﺎ ُن‬

‫)‪ (3‬ﱢ‬

‫ﻗﺎﺻﺪًا إﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ َﺳ ْ َ‬

‫ري ُه ِ‬ ‫واﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ َ‬
‫ﻒ« َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻫﺐﱠ واﻗِ ًﻔﺎ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫واﺳ َﱰاحَ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ َرأَى ِﺿ ْﻔﺪِﻋً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬﺎ ﺛُﻌْ ﺒﺎ ٌن‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ أ ْنَ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ َ‬
‫ﺴﺎﻓ ٍﺔ َ‬
‫ﻳَﺒْﺘَﻠِﻌَ ﻬﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ْف‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ﺠَ َﺰ ْت ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮﺑ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬
‫اﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ َ‬
‫اﻟﻔ َﺰ ُع وا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫ُﻀ َ‬‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔ ِﺪ َع ﺧﺎﺋ َِﻔ ًﺔ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫َو َرأَى ﱢ‬
‫اﻟﺤَ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪.‬‬
‫أﴎ َع إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﺠَ ٍﺮ‬‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔﺪ ِِع — و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﻓﺘَﺢَ َﻓﻤَ ُﻪ ﻻﺑْﺘِﻼﻋِ ﻬﺎ — ْ َ‬ ‫ُﴪ َع إ ِ َﱃ ﱢ‬‫ﺒﺎن ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَى اﻟﺜﱡﻌْ َ‬
‫َ‬
‫َﻓ َﺮﻣﺎ ُه ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ْن َﺳ ﱠﺪ َد ُه ﺗَ ْﺴﺪِﻳﺪًا ﻣُﺤْ َﻜﻤً ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﻓ ِﻢ اﻟﺜﱡﻌْ ِ‬
‫ﺒﺎن‪.‬‬
‫ﻈ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻛﺎ َد ﻳَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻬ ُﻢ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﺒﺎن و ََﺧﻨ َ َﻘ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﺤﺎل‪ِ ،‬ﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺠَ ُﺮ ﺣَ ْﻠ َﻖ اﻟﺜﱡﻌْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺪ َ‬
‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔ ِﺪ َع‪.‬‬ ‫ﱢ‬
‫ﻼﺻﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔ ِﺪ ُع ِﺑﻨﺠﺎﺗِﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻼكِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺮاﺣَ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ َﻓ ْﺮﺣﺎﻧ َ ٌﺔ ِﺑ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫واﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺠَ ِﺖ ﱢ‬
‫اﻟﻬَ ﻼكِ ‪.‬‬

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‫ﺻﻨِﻴﻌِ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪ .‬و ََﺳﺄَﺟْ ِﺰﻳ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬

‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﻞ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬أ َ ْﺷ ُﻜ َﺮ َﻟ َﻚ ﱡ‬
‫ﻳﺐ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﻌﺎﺟ ِﻞ‪ ،‬إ ِ ْن ﺷﺎءَ ﷲُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺮ ِ‬‫اﻟﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬
‫ِﻒ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ َوﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻮ َد ُه ِﰲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔﺪ ِِع‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أﻟ َ‬
‫ني َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َﻛﻼ َم ﱢ‬
‫ﻒ« ﺣِ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪ َْﻫ ْﺶ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ﺮاب واﻟﺪﱢﻳﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﻐ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ِﻳﺚ ُ‬

‫ﺷﺎﻃ ِﺊ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‬

‫ِ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﻋَ َﲆ‬

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

‫‪ 2‬ﺳﻔﺢ اﻟﺠﺒﻞ‪ :‬أﺳﻔﻠﻪ‪.‬‬

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‫)‪ (5‬ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬
‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ دِ ﻳﻚٍ‬

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

‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴ َْﺴ ُﻘ ُ‬

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

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‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻘِ ٍّﺮا ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ﻬﺎ َرةٍ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ف أ َ ﱠن اﻟﺪﱢﻳ َﻚ َﻗ ْﺪ أَﺣْ َﻜ َﻢ و ْ‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﺮ َ‬
‫اﺳﺘ ِْﻘﺮا ًرا‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬‫ﻛﺎن أَﺛْﺒ ََﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ْ‬
‫ﺼﺎن؛ ﺑَ ْﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﺤِ ِ‬ ‫ﻔﺎر ُس ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺪﱢﻳﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﱡﺮ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﻃ ِﻤﺌْﻨﺎﻧًﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ا ْ‬
‫ف اﻟﺪﱢﻳﻚِ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻌْ ُﱪُ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﺑﻌُ ْﺮ ِ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﻤﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﻋِ ْﴩ َ‬
‫ﻳﻦ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻄريُ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻋﺎﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬
‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ اﻟﺪﱢﻳ ُﻚ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫َو َ‬
‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﺒْﺘَ ﱠﻞ ﺛ َ ْﻮﺑُ ُﻪ‬‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم ا ْﻟﺤﺎدِي وا ْﻟﻌِ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻄ َﺮ ٍة واﺣِ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤﺎءِ‪.‬‬‫ِﺑ َﻘ ْ‬
‫ﻇﻤَ ٍﺈ وَﻻ ﺣﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ ﻟِﻠ ﱡﺮﻗﺎدِ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮع وَﻻ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﺑﺠُ ٍ‬ ‫ﻼل ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ْﺮ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ﺧِ ِ‬

‫ﻔﺎف اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‬

‫)‪ (6‬ﺟَ ُ‬

‫اﻵﺧ َﺮ ﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﺛْﻨَﻰ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ اﻟﺜﱠﻨﺎءِ‪.‬‬‫ﺎﻃﺊَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬‫ني ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ﱠ‬

‫ﻒ« اﻟﺪﱢﻳ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﺷ َﻜ َﺮ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ﴪو ًرا ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠً ﺎ ِﺑﻤﺎ أَدﱠا ُه ﻟِﻬﺬا ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ِﺴ ِﻦ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬
‫ري‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ْﻞ َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟﺪﱢﻳ ُﻚ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َﻔ َﺶ ِر َ‬
‫ﻳﺸ ُﻪ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺣَ ﻴﱠﺎ ُه ُﻣ َﻮدﱢﻋً ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﻴﻞ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺰاءً َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮوﻓ ِِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﻤ ٍ‬
‫ﻧﺎﻇ ِﺮ ِه …‬‫وَﻣﺎ زا َل اﻟﺪﱢﻳ ُﻚ ﻳَﻤْ ِﴚ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻏﺎبَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬

‫واﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ أَﺛ َ ُﺮ ُه ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬

‫ﺤﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ ﻣﺎؤهُ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻒ« ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠ ْﺪ أَﺛ َ ًﺮا ﻟِﻠﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﱠ‬ ‫َوﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻔ َﺖ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَى ذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻻ َرﻳْﺐَ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪِي ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن ِﺟﻨ ﱢ ﱠﻲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﺟْ َﺮى ﻫﺬا اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ َﺮ‬
‫ﻒ ﻣﺎءَ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ وَأَﻋﺎ َد‬ ‫َني ﻏﺎﻳَﺘِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَى ﻧَﺠﺎﺣِ ﻲ ِﰲ اﺟْ ﺘ ِ‬
‫ِﻴﺎزهِ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﱠﻔ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻢَ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴَﺤُ ﻮ َل ﺑَﻴْﻨِﻲ َوﺑ ْ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻖ‪«.‬‬ ‫ض َﻛﻤﺎ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‪ .‬ﻓﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻤْ ُﺪ هلل ِ ﻋَ ﲆ ﻣﺎ َﻫﻴﱠﺄ َ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻌُ ﻮﻧ َ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ﱠ َ‬
‫َﴪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﻮﻓ ٍ‬ ‫اﻷ َ ْر َ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫َﺷ ْﻴ ُﺦ ْ َ‬
‫اﳉ َﺒﻞ‬

‫اﻟﺼﺎدِ َﻗ ُﺔ‬
‫)‪ (1‬ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ُﺔ ﱠ‬

‫ﺎﺳﻌَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ َﺷ ِ‬

‫ﺴﺎﻓﺎت َ‬
‫ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ ِﰲ َﺳ ْ ِ‬
‫ري ِه ﻣَ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬‫ﻒ« َزﻣَ ﻨًﺎ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫وَﺳﺎ َر »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﺴﺎﻓ ُﺔ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﻮغ ﻣَ ﺄ َر ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ وَﺟَ َﺪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أﻳﱠﺎ ٍم — ﻻ ﻳَﺰا ُل ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺑُﻠُ ِ‬
‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﱪ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ َﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ َﻛﻤﺎ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺺ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ِﺰ ْد َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُﻘ ْ‬
‫ﺑَﻴْﻨ َ ُﻪ َوﺑ ْ َ‬
‫اﻟﺪﱢﻳﻚِ !‬
‫ﺠﺎع‪ ،‬ﻻ ْرﺗَﺒَ َﻚ ا ْرﺗِﺒﺎ ًﻛﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎ ِﺑ ِﺮ ﱡ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ ِﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ﻫﺬا اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َو َﻟ ْﻮ ﺣَ َﺪﺛ َ ْﺖ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ُملﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ ُة ﻟ َِﻐ ْ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬
‫وَدبﱠ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌﺎ َد ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺗَﻰ‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﺼﺎدِ َﻗ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬
‫ﺜﺎﻻ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤُﺜﺎﺑَ َﺮ ِة وا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ِﻣ ً‬‫ﺼ ِﺔ — َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻞ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ« — ﺑ َ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫وَﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﻒ أَﻣﺎم ﻋَ َﻘﺒَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ ْﺮ ِﺟ ُﻊ ﺧﺎ ِﺋﺒ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤﺎ ﺗَ ْﻠ َﻖ‬ ‫ﱰ ﱠد ُد وَﻻ ﺗَ ْﻀﻌُ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ َ َ‬ ‫ﻻ ﺗَﻨْﺜَﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْ‬
‫ﻄ َﻠ ِﺒﻬﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺘﺎﻋِ ﺐَ وَأ َ ْﻫ ٍ‬
‫ﻮال‪.‬‬

‫)‪ (2‬ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم ا ْﻟﺤﺎدِي وا ْﻟﻌِ ْﴩ َ‬

‫ُون‬

‫ري ِه …‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺟﺎدٍّا ﰲ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ِ‬ ‫ِﴩ َ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﴙ واﺣﺪًا َوﻋ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َرأَى أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ ْم إ ِ َﱃ اﻷَﻣﺎ ِم َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰبْ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻏﺎﻳ َِﺘﻪ ُﺧ ْ‬
‫ﻄ َﻮ ًة واﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪.‬‬
‫َﻓﻬَ ْﻞ وَﺟَ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ َﺳ ِﺒ ً‬
‫ﻴﻼ؟‬
‫ﻛﺎن ﺛﺎ ِﺑﺘًﺎ ﻻ ﻳَﺘَ َﺰﻋْ َﺰ ُع‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛ ﱠﻼ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َ‬
‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ َﻛﻤﺎ َ‬
 ‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫ﺻﺪ ََق َرﺟﺎءً ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬

‫ﻛﺎن‬ ‫ﻳﻦ — أَﺛْﺒ ََﺖ ﻋَ ْﺰﻣً ﺎ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« — ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎدِي وا ْﻟﻌِ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن »ﻳ ُ‬‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺪا ِﺋ ِﺪ َوﻣُﻐﺎ َﻟﺒَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻮادِ ِث‪.‬‬‫ِﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ِم َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮ ِه اﻷَو ِﱠل‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﻮَى ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣُﻮاﺟﻬَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬
‫ﴎ ُت ِﻣﺎﺋَ َﺔ َﺳﻨ َ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬دُون أ َ ْن أَﺑْﻠُ َﻎ ﻣﺎ أ ُ ِرﻳﺪُ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻦ ﻳَﻤْ ﻨَﻌَ ﻨِﻲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ﷲ َﻟ ْﻮ ِ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪» :‬و ِ‬
‫ﻴﻞ‪«.‬‬‫ﻮغ ﻣَ ْﻘ ِﺼ ٍﺪ ﻧ َ ِﺒ ٍ‬
‫ﺻﻤﱠ َﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻘِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺨﺬُ َل ﷲ ُ — ُﺳﺒْﺤﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ — ﻣَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ ُ‬

‫)‪ (3‬ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺰ ُم‬
‫اﻷ َ ْﻗﺰام‪1 .‬‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ ﺮ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ أَﺣَ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻤْ َﻠ َﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫وَﻣﺎ إ ِ ْن أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﰲ ُﺧﺒ ٍْﺚ وَﻣَ ْﻜ ٍﺮ‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﺴ ﱢﻦ‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ َرآ ُه ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ َﺰ ُم َﺷﻴ ًْﺨﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريًا ﻃﺎﻋِ ﻨًﺎ ِﰲ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ذ ِﻟ َﻚ َ‬
‫و َ‬
‫ري ﻳﺎﺋ ٍِﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪َ ،‬ﻏ ْ َ‬
‫ﻮل إ ِ َﱃ ﻏﺎﻳَﺘِ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ِة اﻟﺘﱠﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ُﻊ ِﰲ اﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬أَرا َك ﻻ ﺗَﺰا ُل ﺗَ ْ‬
‫ﺒﺎت‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ﱠﻻ َﻓﻤﺎ ﺑﺎﻟُ َﻚ ﺗَ ْﺮﻧُﻮ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒﻴﻠﻬﺎ أ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ ِﺮ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫َﴫ َك إ ِ َﱃ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ؟«‬
‫ِﺑﺒ َ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ ﻣﺎ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ ﻰ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪«.‬‬
‫اﻟﺸﻴ َْﺦ — ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫»اﻵن ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ َﺖ — ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪:‬‬‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ«‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ َل إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺰمُ‪» :‬ﻻ َﺷ ﱠﻚ ِﰲ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ﱠ‬
‫ﻴﺐ‪«.‬‬‫ﳾءٍ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺒﺎﺗِﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫َ ْ‬
‫ﻳﻀ ِﺔ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﴍ ََﻓ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ‬
‫ﻒ«‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ وَﺣْ َﺪ ُه ِﺷﻔﺎءَ وا ِﻟ َﺪﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪«.‬‬

‫ﻄ َﻠﺐٌ ﻋَ ِﺴريٌ‬
‫)‪ (4‬ﻣَ ْ‬

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

‫‪ 1‬اﻟﻘﺰم‪ :‬اﻟﻘﺼري ﺟﺪٍّا‪.‬‬

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 ‫َﺷﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَﻞ‬

‫ﻳﻒ ﻣَ ْﻘ ِﺼ ِﺪ َك‪َ ،‬وﻧُﺒْ ُﻞ ﻏﺎﻳَﺘِ َﻚ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ أَذِ ﻧ ْ ُﺖ َﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ اﻟﺬﱠ ِ‬

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

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

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 ‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺨ ِﺒ َﺰهُ‪ .‬ﻫﺬا ُﻫ َﻮ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣﺎ أ ُ ِرﻳﺪُ‪ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذا ﺣَ ﱠﻘ ْﻘﺘَ ُﻪ ِﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨﺎدِ ﻧِﻲ ْ‬
‫ﺑﺎﺳ ِﻤﻲ‪،‬‬
‫ﱠات ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻳَﻤِ ﻴﻨِ َﻚ ِﰲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﻔ َﺮ ِة اﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَةِ‪«.‬‬
‫ﺤﺎل‪ .‬و ََﺳ َﱰَى ْاﻵ ِﻧﻴ ََﺔ وا ْﻟﻤُﻌِ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫أَﺣْ ُ ْ‬
‫ﴬ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬

‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳُﺘِ ﱡﻢ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ َ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻏﺎبَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬

‫ﻧﺎﻇ َﺮﻳْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬

‫)‪ (5‬ﺗَﻬْ ِﻴﺌَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ‬

‫ﻄﻲ َﺳ ْﻔﺢَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮل ا ْﻟ َﻘﻤْ ِﺢ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺴﻴﺤَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮآﻫﺎ ﺗُ َﻐ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻒ« إ ِ َﱃ ﺣُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫ﻈ َﺮ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َ‬
‫ﻮاﻫ ْﻢ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬‫ني ﺛَﺒﺎﺗًﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗ ُ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ِﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ﻫﺬا ﻣﺎ ﻳُﺪْﺧِ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ َس إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺐ أ َ َﺷ ﱢﺪ ا ُمل ْﺆ ِﻣ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫ﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛِﻴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﺧ َﺮجَ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ِس؛ َﻓ َﺨ ﱠﻔ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﱡ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫ﻋﺎن ﻣﺎ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠﻠﺐَ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﴎ َ‬ ‫وَﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ُ ْ‬
‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺤُ ْﻔ َﺮ ِة ِﻣﻨْﺠَ ًﻼ‪.‬‬
‫ﻬﺎر —‬ ‫ُﻀﻨ َِﻲ — َﻟﻴْ َﻞ ﻧ َ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻮاﺻ ُﻞ ﻋَ ﻤَ َﻠ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻊ َﺳﻨﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻤْ ِﺢ ِﺑﻌَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ٍﺔ ﺛﺎﺑﺘَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫َو َ‬
‫ني ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ‪.‬‬‫ﻣﺎﺋَ ًﺔ و ََﺧﻤْ َﺴ ًﺔ َوﺗ ِْﺴﻌِ َ‬
‫ﻄ َﻊ َﺳﻨﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻤْ ِﺢ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺬَ َل ﺟُ ﻬْ َﺪ ُه ِﰲ َد ْر ِﺳﻬﺎ َوﺗَﺬْ ِرﻳَﺘِﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ َ‬
‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ني ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َق ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﺳﺘﱢ َ‬‫و ََﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬
‫ﻄﺤَ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻤْ ﺢَ ِﰲ ﻃﺎﺣُ ﻮﻧ َ ِﺔ َﺷﻴ ِْﺦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ؛ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻣُﻘﺎﻣَ ٌﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻘ َﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪ ،‬راحَ ﻳَ ْ‬
‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ!‬
‫ني ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳَﻄﺤَ ُﻦ ﺗ ِْﺴﻌِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻘﻤْ ِﺢ‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﻮل َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ُﻘ ِ‬
‫ﻳﻦ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ و ََﺧﺒ ِْﺰهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ َﴣ ِﰲ ﻫﺬا اﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ﻣﺎﺋَ ًﺔ َوﻋ ْ ِ‬ ‫َف إ ِ َﱃ ﻋَ ﺠْ ِﻦ اﻟﺪﱠﻗِ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬
‫ﻮف اﻟ ُﻜﺘُ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮف أ َ ْﺷﺒَ َﻪ ِﺑ ُﺮ ُﻓ ِ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻨِﻈﺎ ٍم ﻋَ َﲆ ُر ُﻓ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺨﺒْ ُﺰ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻧ َ ِﻀﺞَ ُ‬

‫ور ﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻧَﺠَ ﺢَ ِﰲ أَداءِ ِ‬

‫واﺟ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴪ ٍ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑ ُ ُ‬
‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺰ ُم أَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪.‬‬
‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧﺎدَى ِﺟﻨ ﱢ ﱠﻲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﻧِﺪاءَهُ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬
‫ُون َوﺛَﻼﺛُﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ َرﻏ ٍ‬
‫ِﻴﻒ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ﻳَﻌُ ﱡﺪهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذا ُﻫ َﻮ ﺗ ِْﺴﻌَ ٌﺔ َوﻋ ِْﴩ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ َﺷﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ُ‬
‫ﻮن أ َ ْﻟ ًﻔﺎ وَأ َ ْرﺑَﻌُ ﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ أ َ ْﻟ ِﻒ َرﻏ ٍ‬
‫ِﻴﻒ‪.‬‬ ‫َوﺛَﻤﺎ ِﻧﻴ ٌَﺔ و َِﺳﺘﱡ َ‬

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 ‫َﺷﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَﻞ‬

‫)‪ (6‬ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﻠﺒ َُﺔ ﱠ‬

‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة‬
‫ﻒ« ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ ﻋَ ِﻬ َﺪ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِﻪ؛ ﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَﻬَ َﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻏ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻒ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬
‫َني ﻧَﺠﺎحَ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﺬَو َﱠق ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒْ َﺰ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴَﺘَﺒ ﱠ َ‬
‫وَأَرا َد ﱠ‬
‫ِﻴﻒ ْاﻷَﺧِ ريَ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮَﺟَ ﺪ َُﻫﻤﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ ﻳ َْﺸﺘَ ِﻬﻲ َوﻳ ُِﺮﻳﺪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ‬
‫َﺿ َﻊ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه ﻋَ َﲆ َﺧ ﱢﺪ ِه ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫اﻷ َ ﱠو َل واﻟ ﱠﺮﻏ َ‬
‫ري ﻋَ ِﻤﻴﻖ‪.‬‬‫ذَ ْﻗﻨ ِِﻪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى؛ َو َﻟ ِﺒ َﺚ و َْﻗﺘًﺎ َﻗ ِﺼريًا ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜ ٍ‬

‫ﻄ ْﻔ ِﻞ‪ ،‬ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ﻻ َﺷ ﱠﻚ ِﰲ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َو َﻟ ٌﺪ َﻛ ِﺮﻳ ُﻢ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻤﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛﺎ ِﺑ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫َوإِﻧﱢﻲ ﻣُﻜﺎﻓِ ﺌُ َﻚ — ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺟ ﱢﺪ َك — ِﺑﻬ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻌُ ْﻠﺒَ ِﺔ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬

‫اﻟﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ‪ ،‬ﻫِ َﻲ أ َ ْﺷﺒَ ُﻪ َ ْ‬

‫ﳾءٍ ِﺑﻌُ ْﻠﺒَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺼﻨُﻮﻋَ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ َ‬ ‫ري ًة ﻣَ ْ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﺧ َﺮجَ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ِﻣﻦ ﺟَ ﻴْ ِﺒ ِﻪ ﻋُ ْﻠﺒ ًَﺔ َ‬
‫ﻮط ‪َ 2‬ﺷ ْﻜ ًﻼ وَﺣَ ﺠْ ﻤً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌُ ِ‬
‫ﱠ‬
‫َ‬
‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أﻋْ ﻄﺎ ُه ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﻠﺒ ََﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪» :‬اِ ْﻓﺘَﺢْ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻌُ ْﻠﺒ ََﺔ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َة‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ‬
‫واﺟ ٌﺪ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ ﻣﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ ُه ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴﺎ ِﺗ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫َرﺟَ ﻌْ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻴْﺘِ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ِ‬

‫)‪ (7‬وَدا ُع ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻴ ِْﺦ‬

‫ﻈ ِﻬ َﺮ — ﻟ َِﺸﻴ ِْﺦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ — اﺣْ ﺘِﻘﺎ َر ُه ﻟِﻬَ ِﺪﻳﱠﺘ ِِﻪ اﻟﺘﱠﻔِ ﻬَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﻒ« أ َ ْن ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ََﺸﺄ ْ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﻛﺎن ُﻣ َﺆ ﱠدﺑًﺎ َﻟ ِﻄ ً‬
‫ﻴﻔﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ« َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬‫ﻛﺎﻓﺄ َ ُه ِﺑﻬﺎ؛ ِﻷ َ ﱠن »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻈ ُﻪ وَأ َ ْﺧ َﻔﻰ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ أ َ َﻟﻤَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬
‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ا ْرﺗِﻴﺎﺣَ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻢ َﻏﻴْ َ‬
‫ﻄﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻼ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ إِذَا َﻛﺘَ َﻢ ُﺳ ْﺨ َ‬
‫إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺪﻳﱠﺘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬وأَﻋْ َﻠ َﻦ َﻟ ُﻪ ُﺷ ْﻜ َﺮ ُه ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ ُﻞ َﺳﺒَﺒًﺎ‬ ‫ف اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ َ‬
‫َﻓﺤَ ﻴﱠﺎ ُه َﺷﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ُﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻗﻬْ َﻘ َﻪ ﺿﺎﺣِ ًﻜﺎ‪ ،‬د َ‬
‫ﻟِﻬ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﻀﺤْ َﻜ ِﺔ اﻟﻌﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ﻈ ٌﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ٌة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻏﺎبَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬
‫ﻧﺎﻇ َﺮﻳْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ َﻟﺤْ َ‬

‫‪ 2‬اﻟﺴﻌﻮط‪ :‬اﻟﺘﺒﻎ املﺴﺤﻮق‪.‬‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬

‫َﺣ ِ‬
‫ﺪاﺋ ُﻖ ِْ‬
‫اﳉ ﱢﻨ ﱢﻲ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺪا ُر ا ْﻟ ِ‬

‫ﻌﺎﱄ‬

‫واﻟﺴﻌﺎ َد َة ﺗَ ْﻘ َ ِﱰبُ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻆ ﻳ ُْﻘ ِﺒ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َوﻳُﻮاﺗِﻴ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ريهُ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ َرأَى ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ« َﺳ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫ﻒ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫واﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ َ‬
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‫ﻄ َﻮ ٍة ﻳَﻤْ ِﺸﻴﻬﺎ َﺳﺘُ َﻘ ﱢﺮﺑُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َوﺗُ ْﺪﻧِﻴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َوﺗُﻮاﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ .‬وَﻻ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ ِﰲ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ُﺧ ْ‬
‫ﻳﻖ؛ وَﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻪ وَﺟَ َﺪ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ِﺟﺪا ًرا ﻋﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬‫ﻛﺎن َﻗ ِﺪ اﺟْ ﺘﺎ َز ﺛُﻠُﺜ َ ِﻲ اﻟ ﱠ‬‫ﺳﺎﻋﺎت َ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ﻼث‬‫و َِﰲ ﻣَ ﺪَى ﺛ َ ِ‬
‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺪا ُر َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻗ ْﺪ َرآ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ْﻒ َ‬ ‫ِﻔﺎع‪ .‬وَﻋَ ِﺠﺐَ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ َﻢ اﻻ ْرﺗ ِ‬
‫ني َرأَى أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺳﺎ َر ﺛَﻼﺛ َ َﺔ‬ ‫ﺪار ِﻟﻴَﺒْﻠُ َﻎ ﻧِﻬﺎﻳَﺘَﻪ؛ وَﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻓ ِﺰ َع ﺣِ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﴙ ِﰲ اﻣْ ﺘِﺪادِ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ِ‬
‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﻬْ ﺘَﺪِيَ‬
‫ﻌﺎﱄ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ﺪار ا ْﻟ ِ‬‫ﻒ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺟﺎت ُﺳ ﱠﻠ ٍﻢ ﺗُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬‫أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم — اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ إ ِ َﱃ َد َر ِ‬
‫ْﺧ ُﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻪ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﺛ ُ ْﻐ َﺮ ٍة ﻳَﻨ ْ ُﻔﺬُ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑﺎب ﻳَﺪ ُ‬‫إ ِ َﱃ ٍ‬
‫ري‪.‬‬‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳُﺴﺎ ِﺋ ُﻞ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢريًا‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ٌق ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻋَ َﲆ اﻷ َ ْر ِض‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫َﻓﺠَ َﻠ َﺲ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﺻﻨَﻊُ؟«‬ ‫»ﺗُ َﺮى ﻣﺎذا أ َ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺤﺎل — َﺧﻤْ َﺴ ًﺔ وَأ َ ْرﺑَﻌِ َ‬
‫ني ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِﻈﺎر‪َ .‬ﻓﻤَ َﻜ َﺚ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ َرأْﻳُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻻﻧْﺘ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬

‫س ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ِ‬
‫ﺪار‬ ‫ﺣﺎر ُ‬
‫)‪ِ (2‬‬

‫ﻮاﻫ ْﻢ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬‫ﺎس ﺛَﺒﺎﺗًﺎ وَأ َ ْﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ِﺑﺄ َ ْن ﻳُﺪْﺧِ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ َس إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺐ أ َ َﺷ ﱢﺪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫َﻛﺎن ﻫﺬا اﻻﻧْﺘِﻈﺎ ُر َﻛﻔِ ً‬ ‫و َ‬
‫ﺒﺎت وَﻻ ﻳ َِﺠ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ اﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ري ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َﻔﺬًا‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺒﺎﱄ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻻ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬‫وَﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫إﴏ ٍار‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ْر َﴇ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻬَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أَﻋُ ﻮ َد ﺧﺎ ِﺋﺒًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺒﺎت َو ْ‬‫ﱢث ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺛ َ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ِﻴﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣﺎﺋَ َﺔ ﻋﺎ ٍم‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻜﺎن‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻮ ﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫َﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أَﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َك ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أَﺗْ ُﺮ َك ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬
 ‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ْت ﺛ ُ ْﻐ َﺮ ٌة ُﻣ َﺮﺑﱠﻌَ ٌﺔ‪.‬‬

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

‫ﺼﺎ‬ ‫ني َرأَى ِﺟﻨﱢﻴٍّﺎ ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰب ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِ‬

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

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 ‫ﺣَ ﺪاﺋ ُِﻖ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ‬

‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ِة — أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ — أَﺑْﺤَ ُﺚ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ْﻞ أ َ ْ‬

‫ﻃﻤَ ُﻊ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻌُ ﻮﻧ َ ِﺘ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻒ«‪» :‬ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻢُ؟«‬
‫ﻃ َﺮ ِة ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ َﻚ ِﰲ‬
‫ﻄ َﻠﺐٌ ﻋَ ِﺴريٌ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﻴ ٌﻞ؛ ﻓﻤﺎذا دَﻋﺎ َك إ ِ َﱃ ا ُملﺨﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪» :‬ﻫﺬا ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ِ‬
‫ِﻜﺎت؟«‬‫ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ُملﻬْ ﻠ ِ‬
‫ﺷﺎﰲ َ َﻟﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﴍ ََﻓ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪ ،‬وَﻻ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن أُﻣﱢ ﻲ ﻣَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﻮل‬‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ اﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ُﴩ َﻓ ٌﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ا َملﻮ ِْت‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أَدﱠﺧِ َﺮ و ُْﺳﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪ ،‬وَﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘُﻬﺎ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻣ ْ ِ‬‫ﱠإﻻ ﻧ َ ُ‬
‫ﺪار‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ َر ْﻫ ُﻦ‬ ‫َﴪ َت ِﱄ أ َ ْن أَﻧ ْ ُﻔﺬَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫﺬا اﻟﺪﱠواءِ‪َ ،‬ﻛ ﱠﻠ َﻔﻨِﻲ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣﺎ َﻛ ﱠﻠ َﻔﻨِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذا ﻳ ﱠ ْ‬
‫ﻃ ْﻮ ُع أَﻣْ ِﺮ َك‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أَﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﺧ َﺮ ِﰲ إﻧ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺠﺎز ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﻌْ ﻬَ ُﺪ ِﺑ ِﻪ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻤَ ٍﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫إﺷﺎ َرﺗِ َﻚ َو َ‬

‫)‪َ (3‬ﴍابُ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨ َ ِﺐ‬

‫ﻈﻬَ ِﺮ َك ِﻣ ْﻦ وَداﻋَ ٍﺔ وَﻋَ ْﺰ ٍم َوﺛ َ ٍ‬

‫ﺒﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪» :‬أَﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل؟! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺒَﻨِﻲ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْ‬
‫ﺣﺎر ُس ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ِ َ‬ ‫ف ﻣَ ْﻦ أَﻧﺎ؟ ﻓﺎﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ — إ ِ ْن َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ — أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻚ ﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫ﺪار‪ ،‬وَأ ِﻣريُ ُﺳ ﱠﻜ ِ‬
‫ﺎن‬
‫ﺳﺎدات ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ﱢﻦ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أ ُ َﺳﻬﱢ َﻞ َﻟ َﻚ اﺟْ ﺘِﻴﺎ َز ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ِ‬
‫ﺪار‪.‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻘ ِﺔ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬
‫ﻫ ِﺬ ِه املِ ﻨ ْ َ‬
‫اب ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨ َ ِﺐ‪ .‬وَﻫﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ ذِي‬ ‫ﻮﰲ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬﺎ ِﺑ َﴩ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻲ ا ْﻟﺤﺎﺋ ِِﻂ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ إِذا ﻣَ ﻸ ْ َت ُﻛﻬُ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻦ أُﻣَ ﱢﻜﻨ َ َﻚ ِﻣﻦ ﺗَ َﺨ ﱢ‬
‫ﺿ ِﻊ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﴩابَ‬ ‫واﺻﻨ َ ْﻊ ِﱄ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﴍَاﺑًﺎ َﻟﺬِﻳﺬًا‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ِﻣﻦ ﻋِ ﻨ َ ٍﺐ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ُﻛ ُﺮوﻣِﻲ أَﻣﺎﻣَ َﻚ‪ْ .‬‬
‫ﻓﺎﻗ ِﻄ ْ‬
‫ﻴﻞ‬‫ﺰت ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﻬﻢﱠ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻼ أ َ ِﺟ ْﺪ َك ﻣ َُﻘ ﱢﴫًا أ َ ْو ُﻣﺘَﻮا ِﻧﻴًﺎ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻘ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِاﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺘَﻰ أَﻧْﺠَ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِاﻣ ِ‬
‫ﻮازﻳَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و ََﺳﺘَ ِﺠ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﻮف ُﻣﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﻔ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﻮﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِﺿﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﺑ ْﺮﻣ ً‬
‫ِﻴﻼ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟﺎﻧ ِِﺐ ِﺑ ْﺮﻣ ٍ‬ ‫— ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ — إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛﻬُ ِ‬
‫ﱠات‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذا‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺎﱄ — ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ُملﻌِ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ ٍة — ِﻣﻦ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ِ‬
‫ﺪار‬ ‫ﺴﺎﻓ ِﺔ ِﻣﺎﺋَ ِﺔ ُﺧ ْ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َ‬
‫ﻄ َﻠﺐَ ﻧﺎ َدﻳْﺘَﻨِﻲ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺐٌ ‪َ ،‬وﻟِ َﺮﺟﺎ ِﺋ َﻚ ﻣ ُِﺠﻴﺐٌ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﱠﻘ ْﻘ َﺖ ِﱄ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬
‫ﺤﺎل‪ ،‬و َُﺳﺪ ِﱠت اﻟﺜ ﱡ ْﻐ َﺮ ُة َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻪُ‪ ،‬وَﻋﺎ َد ا ْﻟﺠﺪا ُر‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔﻰ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺘِ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟﺘَ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬
‫َﻛﻤﺎ ﻛﺎن!‬

‫)‪َ (4‬ﻛ ْﺮﻣَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ‬

‫ﴫ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَى َﻛ ْﺮﻣَ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺴﻴﺤَ َﺔ؛ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺣَ ﺪاﺋ ُِﻖ ِ‬
‫واﺳﻌَ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳ َْﻘ ُ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َ‬
‫ﻮل ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻴ ِْﺦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺰ ِم‪،‬‬ ‫ﱢث ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻤْ ﺢَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ُﻘ ِ‬
‫ﻈ ُﺮ؛ َﻓﻘﺎ َل ﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ُﻠﻮغ ﻧِﻬﺎﻳَﺘِﻬﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬
‫ﺑ ِ‬

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 ‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫ﻒ ُﻛ ُﺮو َم ﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮﺑَﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳُﻌْ ِﺠ َﺰﻧِﻲ — إ ِ ْن ﺷﺎءَ ﷲ ُ — أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻗ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫َﴪ ﷲ ُ ِﱄ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ُ‬ ‫َوﻳ ﱠ َ‬
‫ﻳﻼ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱢﻲ أ َ ﱠن ﻫﺬا ا ُمل ِﻬ ﱠﻢ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ َق َزﻣَ ﻨًﺎ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪَاﺋ ِِﻖ‪ ،‬وَأُﻧ ْ ِﺠ َﺰ ﻣﺎ َ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْﻏ َﻠﺐُ َ‬
‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨ َ ِﺐ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَﺬَ َﻟ ُﺖ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ِﺐ ِﰲ ﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳُﺤْ ِﻮﺟَ ﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﺬْ ِل ﺟُ ﻬْ ٍﺪ أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬
‫ﻴﺖ ِﰲ ﺟَ ﻤْ ِﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻤْ ِﺢ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺬْ ِرﻳَﺘ ِِﻪ َو َ‬
‫ﻃﺤْ ﻨ ِِﻪ و ََﺧﺒ ِْﺰهِ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻟﻘِ ُ‬

‫)‪ (5‬ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ُﺔ اﻷَﺑ ِ‬

‫ْﻄﺎل‬

‫ﺸﺎط واﺟْ ﺘِﻬﺎدٍ ‪،‬‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ﻤَ ﻠ ِِﻪ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ٍ‬

‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛِﻴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑﻤِ ﻨْﺠَ ٍﻞ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫ﻒ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺧ ﱠﻔ َ‬
‫ﺼﻮﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻊ اﻟﻌَ ﻨﺎﻗِ ﻴ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻏ ُ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳ ُِﻀﻴ َﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ و َْﻗﺘ ِِﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْ َ‬
‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛ ُﺮو ِم ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨ َ ِﺐ‪ ،‬ﻳ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫د َ‬
‫ﻮت َﻛ ِﺒريَةٍ‪.‬‬‫ﻃ ُﺸ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳ ََﻀﻌُ ﻬﺎ ِﰲ ُ‬
‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ دا ِﺋﺒًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ِﻬﻴﻨًﺎ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﻠﻘﺎ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻨﺎءٍ وَﺟَ ﻬْ ﺪٍ‪ ،‬ﺛ َ ِ َ‬
‫ﻼﺛني ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ِ‬ ‫َو َ‬
‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺢَ‬‫ﻴﻞ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ‬
‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨَﺐَ ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳ ُْﻐ ِﲇ ﻋَ ِﺼريَهُ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ََﻀﻌُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِاﻣ ِ‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬راحَ ﻳَﻌْ ِ ُ‬
‫ﻮف ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﻮاﺳﻌَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﱪ ِاﻣﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛﻬُ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُﻘ ُﻞ َ‬
‫ِﻠﺸ ِﺎر ِﺑ َ‬‫َﴍاﺑًﺎ ﺳﺎﺋ ًِﻐﺎ َﻟﺬﱠ ًة ﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َق ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺗ ِْﺴﻌِ َ‬
‫ني ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ِ‬ ‫وَﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬

‫)‪َ (6‬ز ْﻫ َﺮ ُة ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻮْكِ‬

‫اﻟﺤﺎل‪.‬‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ َﺮ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫واﺟﺒَ ُﻪ ﻧﺎدَى ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱠﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ِ‬
‫ِﻴﻼ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫اب ا ْﻟﻌﻨ َ ِﺐ — ِﺑ ْﺮﻣ ً‬‫ﺺ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِاﻣﻴ َﻞ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَﺬَو ُﱠق ﻣﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﴍ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ راحَ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ﻳَﺘَ َﻔﺤﱠ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْ َ‬
‫ﻒ«‪.‬‬ ‫ﺠﺎح »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄ ﱠن إ ِ َﱃ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ْﺮﻣ ٍ‬
‫َ‬
‫َﻓﺄ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪ ،‬ﻣُﻬَ ﻨﱢﺌًﺎ إِﻳﱠﺎ ُه ِﺑﻤﺎ و ﱢُﻓ َﻖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻮ ٍْز ﺑﺎﻫِ ٍﺮ َوﻧ َ ٍ‬
‫ﺠﺎح ﻧﺎدِ ٍر‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﺸﻬْ ﻢُ‪ .‬أ َ َﻻ ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣ َ‬
‫ُﻜﺎﻓﺄ ِﺗ َﻚ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻳﺎ َﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣُﺜﺎ ِﺑ ٍﺮ ﺻﺎ ِﺑ ٍﺮ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ﱠ‬
‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ ﺑَﺬَ ْﻟ َﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻬْ ﺪٍ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘُ ْﺆﻣ َِﻦ أ َ ﱠن ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣُﺠْ ﺘَ ِﻬ ٍﺪ ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺒًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﻤﺎ أ َ ْر َﴇ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻘﺎ َل ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ‪:‬‬
‫ُون أ َ ْن أَﺟْ ِﺰﻳَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‬
‫ﻈ َﻢ — د َ‬‫ﻛﺎن — ﺑَﺬَ َل ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒﻴﲇ ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪًا — َﻗ ﱠﻞ أ َ ْو ﻋَ ُ‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠن أَﺣَ ﺪًا — ﻛﺎ ِﺋﻨًﺎ ﻣَ ْﻦ َ‬
‫أَﺟْ ًﺮا‪«.‬‬
‫ُﻜﺎﻓﺄ َ ًة َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ ﺑَﺬَ َل ِﰲ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻮكِ «‪ ،‬وَأَﻋْ ﻄﺎ ُه إِﻳﱠﺎﻫﺎ؛ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﺧ َﺮجَ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻴْ ِﺒ ِﻪ » َز ْﻫ َﺮ َة ﱠ‬
‫َﺳ ِﺒﻴﻠ ِِﻪ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪٍ‪.‬‬

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 ‫ﺣَ ﺪاﺋ ُِﻖ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ‬

‫ﳾءٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨ َ ﱠﻢ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْﻫ َﺮ َة‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻦ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ َرﺟَ ﻌْ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻴْﺘِ َﻚ واﺣْ ﺘَﺠْ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ َ ْ‬
‫واﺟ ٌﺪ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﻀﺎءَ ﺣﺎﺟَ ِﺘ َﻚ‪ ،‬وَﺑﺎﻟ ٌِﻎ ِﺑﻬﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠ ِﺘ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻣﺎ ِﺷﺌْ َﺖ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ِ‬
‫ني َرأَى ﺣَ ﻘﺎ َر َة ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ!‬ ‫ﻒ« ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫َﻓﺪَﻫِ َﺶ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ض‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﻨَﻌﺎ ُه أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﻘ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﺄ ْ ِن ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ أ َ َدﺑَ ُﻪ وَﺣَ ﻴﺎءَ ُه أَﺑَﻴﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ َ ِﱰ َ‬
‫ﻳ ََﺴﻌْ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺸ ُﻜ َﺮ ِﻟ ْﻠ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ َﻫ ِﺪﻳﱠﺘَﻪُ‪.‬‬
‫ﻓﺎﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا َﻟ ُﻪ ﺗَﺤِ ﻴﱠﺘَ ُﻪ وَﻣَ َﻮ ﱠدﺗَﻪُ‪.‬‬

‫ري ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ﱠﻔ َﺮ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ؛ ﻓﺎ ْرﺗَﺞﱠ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬

‫ﺻﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ٌﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ٌة‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬
‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻤْ ِﺾ ﻋَ َﲆ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻟﺤْ َ‬
‫ﻧﺎﻇ ِﺮ ِه ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﺤﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ وَﺣﺎ ِﺋ ُ‬
‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬
‫ﻗﺎﺻﺪًا ﻏﺎﻳَﺘَﻪُ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ِﻤﺪٍّا ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ريهُ؛ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪َ ،‬ﻓﺮاحَ ﻳ ِ‬
‫ُﻮاﺻ ُﻞ َﺳ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ أَﻣﺎ َم »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫واﻧ ْ َﻔ َﺴﺤَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﷲ ﻋَ ْﻮﻧ َ ُﻪ وَرﻋﺎﻳَﺘَﻪُ‪.‬‬
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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬

‫ﻮر ْاﳍﺎ ِو َﻳ ِﺔ‬

‫ُﻋ ُﺒ ُ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬
‫ﺣﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﻬﺎوﻳ َِﺔ‬

‫ﺴﺎﻓ ٌﺔ َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬ﻻ ﺗَ ِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ُﻠﻮغ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ — إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ — ِﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ ِﺮحَ واﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺞَ ﺣِ َ َ‬
‫ني َرأى َﺳﻌْ ﻴَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ أ ْن ﻳُ َﻜ ﱠﻠ َﻞ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫ﺠﺎح‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺼ ِﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧ ْ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ٌﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ﻫﺎوﻳ ٌَﺔ ﻋَ ِﻤ َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻏﺎﻳَﺘ ِِﻪ — ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻋْ َﱰ ََﺿﺘْ ُﻪ — ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﴎو َر ُه َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫وَﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ُ ُ‬
‫ﻛﺎن أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ُﱪَﻫﺎ‬
‫واﺳﻌَ ًﺔ َﻓ ِﺴﻴﺤَ ًﺔ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﻴ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻛﺎﺋ ٍِﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻬﺎوﻳ َُﺔ — إ ِ َﱃ ﻋُ ﻤْ ﻘِ ﻬﺎ — ِ‬ ‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫َﻗ ْﻔ ًﺰا أ َ ْو ﻳَﺠْ ﺘﺎ َزﻫﺎ َوﺛْﺒًﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﻃ ﱠﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺒ ِ َ‬
‫ْﴫ ا ْﻟﻘﺎ َع ﻟِﻌُ ﻤْ ﻘِ ﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬
‫ﺣﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫ﻒ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ ََﻗ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟﺪَبﱠ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس َﻓﻌﺎ َد ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟﺎﻧ ٍِﺐ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ٍﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫َو َﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺗَﻰ‪.‬‬
‫ﻛﺎن — َﻛﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛْﺘُ َﻚ — أ َ ْﻗﻮَى ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﺛْﺒ ََﺖ َﻗ ْﻠﺒًﺎ؛ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َ‬
‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ َق‬ ‫ﻒ« َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬‫وَﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﻈ ًﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ًة!!‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس ﻟﺤْ َ‬

‫ﻒ«‬ ‫ري ُة »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ﺣَ ْ َ‬
‫ﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ ﻳَﻬْ ﺘَﺪِي إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻌَ َﻘﺒَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ َﴙ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬
‫ﺣﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ أَﻋﻤَ َﻞ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ُه ِﻟﺘَﺬْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﴪ ﻳَﻌْ ُﱪُ ُه إ ِ َﱃ ﻏﺎﻳَﺘ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ِﺟ ْ ٍ‬
‫ﻜﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ!‬ ‫ري ُه أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ْريُ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮاﺻ ُﻞ َﺳ ْ َ‬‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫َو َ‬
 ‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫ﻼص‪ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪» :‬ﺗُ َﺮى ﻣﺎذا أَﻧﺎ ﺻﺎ ِﻧﻊٌ! إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻻ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَﺠَ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ َﺧﻴْﺒ َُﺔ أَﻣَ ﻠ ِِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِ‬
‫ﻮﻗﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ أ ُ ِرﻳﺪُ‪َ .‬و َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻓ َﻠﺤْ ُﺖ ِﰲ‬ ‫أَﻛﺎ ُد أَﺟْ ﺘﺎ ُز ﻋَ َﻘﺒ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ َم ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻲ ﻋَ َﻘﺒ ٌَﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﻟﺘَﻌُ َ‬
‫ﻄﻲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻌَ َﻘﺒَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪةِ؟‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﺒﻴ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَ َﺨ ﱢ‬
‫ْﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ﺳﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺻﺎد ََﻓﻨِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ﺗَﺬْﻟ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺤِ َ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ؟« ‪1‬‬ ‫اﻟﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ْﻦ ِﱄ ِﺑﻌُ ﺒ ِ‬
‫ُﻮر ﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬
‫َ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ ُﻞ — ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — أ ﱠن ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ َﻗ ِﺪ اﻣْ ﺘَﻸَﺗَﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺪﻣ ِ‬
‫ُﻮع‪.‬‬ ‫و ََﺷﻌَ َﺮ اﻟ ﱢ‬

‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه أ َ ﱠو َل ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ﻳَﺒْﻜِﻲ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ َ‬

‫ﺻﻐِ ريُﻧﺎ ا ْﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎمُ‪.‬‬
‫ﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ دَﻣْ ﻌِ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ راحَ‬‫وَﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ َﻊ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻠ ْﻢ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤُ ْﺰ ِن‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﻤﺎ َد ِﰲ اﻟﺒُﻜﺎءِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜ ْﻔ َﻜ َ‬
‫ﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻬْ ِﺪ ِه ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜريُ ُه إ ِ َﱃ ﻧَﺘِﻴﺠَ ٍﺔ ﻳَ ْ‬
‫ﻄﻤَ ِ ﱡ‬
‫ﱧ‬ ‫ﻳَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ ﺟﺎﻫِ ﺪًا ﻋَ ْﻦ و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﺗُﻬَ ﻴﱢﺊ ُ َﻟ ُﻪ اﺟْ ﺘِﻴﺎ َز ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬

‫)‪ (3‬ﻋُ ﻮاءُ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْ ِﺐ‬

‫ﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ ُﻣ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺌﺒًﺎ ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺪْﻋُ ﻮ ﷲ َ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻬْ ِﺪﻳَ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﺳ ُﻞ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓﺠَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬
‫ﺣﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫أَو ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﺗُﺴﺎﻋِ ُﺪ ُه ﻋَ َﲆ اﺟْ ﺘ ِ‬
‫ِﻴﺎز ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘﺒَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ﻴﻒ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َق َﺳﻤْ ﻌَ ُﻪ — َﻓﺠْ ﺄ ًة — ﻋُ ﻮاءٌ ﻫﺎ ِﺋ ٌﻞ ﻣُﺨِ ٌ‬ ‫ريهِ؛ إِذْ َ‬ ‫َوإِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ٌق ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬
‫ني‬ ‫ﻮات ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ — ذِ ﺋْﺒًﺎ ﻫﺎﺋ ًِﻼ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬
‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ﴩ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ؛ َﻓ ِﺈذا ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻳَ َﺮى — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻴ ِﺪ ﻋَ ْ ِ‬
‫ُﻣ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻬﺒَﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬
‫ﳾءٍ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻫﺎﺋ ٍِﻞ ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢﺰ ٍع‪» :‬ﻣﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺟﺎءَ ِﺑ َﻚ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨﺎ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ ُﻏﻼمُ؟ وَﻋَ ْﻦ أَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑ َ‬
‫ﺗَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻤْ َﻠ َﻜﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺋ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺮيءُ؟«‬
‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ؛ ﻷُﻧْﻘِ ﺬَ ِﺑ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ِﺟﺌْ ُﺖ — ﻳﺎ أ ُ َوﻳ ُْﺲ — ﺑﺎﺣِ ﺜًﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫َﻓﺄﺟﺎﺑَ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﴪ َت ِﱄ‬ ‫ﻮغ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻀ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ ْﴍ ََﻓ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻠ ِﻒ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذا أﻋَ ﻨْﺘَﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﻠُ ِ‬ ‫وا ِﻟ َﺪﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ َﻟ َﻚ ﺗﺎ ِﺑﻌً ﺎ أ َ ِﻣﻴﻨًﺎ‪ :‬أَﺋْﺘَ ِﻤ ُﺮ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﺮﻧِﻲ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وإِﻧﱢﻲ ﻷ َ ْرﺟُ ﻮ أ َ ْن‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ﻴﻘِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻮن ﻟ َﻚ اﻟﻔﻀ ُﻞ ِﰲ ﻣُﻌﺎ َوﻧﺘِﻲ ﻋَ ﲆ اﺟْ ﺘ ِ‬
‫ِﻴﺎز اﻟ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْﺐُ ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻚ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ ﺣَ ﱠﻘ ْﻘ َﺖ ِﱄ ﻣَ ْ‬
‫ﻄ َﻠﺒًﺎ واﺣِ ﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬

‫‪ 1‬اﻟﺴﺤﻴﻘﺔ‪ :‬اﻟﻌﻤﻴﻘﺔ‪.‬‬

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‫ﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ‬

‫اﻟﺼﻴْ ِﺪ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬أ َ ُ‬

‫دوات ﱠ‬

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

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‫ﻓﺎﻓﻌَ ْﻞ ﻣﺎ أَﻣَ ْﺮﺗُ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪،‬‬‫ﻄﺒ ِْﺦ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْ ِﺪ واﻟ ﱠ‬

‫َوات ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮات َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ — ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَد ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ُﺧ ُ‬
‫ﺠﺎزهِ‪ ،‬ﻧﺎ َدﻳْﺘَﻨِﻲ َﻓﻮَﺟَ ْﺪﺗَﻨِﻲ أَﻣﺎﻣَ َﻚ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﺤﺎل‪«.‬‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺘَﻰ و ﱢُﻓ ْﻘ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ إِﻧ ْ ِ‬
‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔﻰ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬
‫ﻧﺎﻇ ِﺮ ِه ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﺤﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺘِ ﱠﻢ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْﺐُ َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟﺘَﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬
‫ﺒﺎت وا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺰ ِم‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﻨﺎ َو َل ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ ﺰاﻧ َ ِﺔ‬
‫ﺼ َﻢ ِﺑﺎﻟﺜ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ ﱠ‬
‫واﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬واﻋْ ﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺬَ ﱠر َع »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ﻂ وا ْﻟ َﻮ ﱢز واﻟ ﱢﺪﻳَ َﻜ ِﺔ‬
‫ري وا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬‫اﻟﺬﱢﺋْ ِﺐ َﻗﻮ ًْﺳﺎ و َِﺳﻬﺎﻣً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَراحَ ﻳَ ْﺮﻣِﻲ ِﺑﻨﺒﺎﻟ ِِﻪ ﻣﺎ ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺼﺎﻓِ ِ‬
‫ﺘﻼف أَﻧْﻮاﻋِ ﻬﺎ‪.‬‬
‫اﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄ ْﺪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‬ ‫َﺼ َ‬‫اﻟﺴﻬﺎ ِم إ ِ َﱃ واﺣِ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫وَﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳُﺤْ ِﺴ ُﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻣﺎﻳ ََﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺴﺪِﻳﺪ ﱢ‬
‫ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ﻣﺎ ﺑَﺬَ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ﻬْ ٍﺪ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ٍﻢ‪.‬‬

‫)‪» (5‬أَﺑُﻮ ﺣﺎ ِﺗ ٍﻢ«‬

‫واﻟﺴﺄَمُ‪ْ ،‬‬
‫واﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺠَ ُﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ أَﻣْ َﴣ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﺤﺎل ا ُمل ْﺆ ِﻳ َﺴ ِﺔ ﺛَﻤﺎ ِﻧﻴ ََﺔ أﻳﱠﺎ ٍم؛ َﻓﺪَبﱠ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ﱠ‬
‫ﺻ ْﺪ ُر ُه ِﺑﻤﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ ﱟﻢ و ََﻫﻢﱟ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺿﺎق َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن واﻷ َ َﻟﻢُ‪ ،‬و َ‬
‫ﻛﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ﺛ َِﻘ ٍﺔ ﺗﺎﻣﱠ ٍﺔ أ َ ﱠن ﷲ َ —‬
‫ﻈ ًﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ أَﻣَ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْز َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ِ‬
‫ُﻔﺎر ْﻗ ُﻪ َﻟﺤْ َ‬
‫ﺎﺑﺮﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ ُِﻀﻴ َﻊ ﺟُ ﻬُ ﻮ َد ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﻌﺎﻣ ِﻠ َ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ني — َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺨﺬُ َل ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼ‬ ‫ُﺳﺒْﺤﺎﻧَﻪُ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ أَﻋْ َﺪ ُل ا ْﻟﻌﺎدِ ِﻟ َ‬

‫اﻟﻐﺮابُ ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﻴﱠﺎ ُه ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْريُ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ‬

‫ﻴﻖ‪ ،‬إِذْ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮجَ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﱢ‬
‫اﻟﻀ ِ‬
‫ﻴﺖ — أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ أَﻧ ْ َﻘﺬْﺗَﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻼكِ ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع! أَﻧﺎ »أَﺑُﻮ ﺣﺎ ِﺗ ٍﻢ«‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ أَﻧ ْ َﺲ ﻻ أَﻧ ْ َﺲ — ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ِﻴ ُ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺋ ُﺪ ﱡ‬
‫ﺼ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺎﻵن أَﺑَ ﱡﺮ َﻟ َﻚ ِﺑﻮَﻋْ ﺪِي‪ ،‬وَأ ُ َﺧ ﱢﻠ ُ‬
‫َو َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ وَﻋَ ْﺪﺗُ َﻚ — ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — ِﺑﺄ َ ْن أُﻛﺎﻓِ ﺌَ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮو ِﻓ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓ َ‬
‫ري‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ َﻟﻌَ َﲆ ﺛ َِﻘ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن اﻟﺬﱢﺋْﺐَ آ ِﻛﻠُ ُﻚ — ﻻ ﻣَ ﺤﺎ َﻟ َﺔ — إِذا ﻋَ ﺠَ ْﺰ َت ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺄز ِق ا ْﻟ َﺨﻄ ِ‬
‫ﻮع‪ ،‬وَﻟﻦ ﻳ َِﺠ َﺪ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﱪًا ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻠُﺒُ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ َ‬
‫إﻧﺠﺎز ﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﺪِ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﺗَﻬَ ﺎ َوﻧ ْ َﺖ ِﰲ‬
‫ﱠ‬
‫ﺑﺼﻴْ ِﺪ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ﻮﻳ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑ َُﺔ‬ ‫أَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ — ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛﻠُ ُﻪ ِﺳﻮا َك‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ﻠُ ﱠﻢ ﻓﺎﺗْﺒَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻔِ ﻴ ُﻞ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴْﺪِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗُﻌِ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫َﻮان‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أ ُ َﻛ ﱢﻠ َﻔ َﻚ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ أَﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺠْ ﻤَ َﻊ ﻣﺎ أ ُ ْﺳﻘِ ُ‬
‫ﻄ ُﻪ َﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬
‫ﻃْ ٍ‬
‫ري وَﺣَ ﻴ ٍ‬
‫ﻃﻌﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ا َملﻨ ْ ُﺸﻮدَ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﻟِﻠﺬﱢﺋْ ِﺐ َ‬

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‫ﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ‬

‫)‪ (6‬ﻧَﺠﺎحُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﻌَ ﻰ‬

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

‫)‪َ (7‬و ِﻟﻴﻤَ ُﺔ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْ ِﺐ‬

‫ﻧﺎﻇﺮهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋﺎن ﻣﺎ ﻏﺎبَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺸ ُﻜ َﺮ ﻟِـ»أ َ ِﺑﻲ ﺣﺎ ِﺗ ٍﻢ« َ‬

‫ﺻﻨِﻴﻌَ ﻪُ‪ ،‬وَﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ُ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫وَأَرا َد »ﻳ ُ‬
‫»ﻫﻠُ ﱠﻢ‬
‫ﻒ«‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﴬ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ! َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« اﻟﺬﱢﺋْﺐَ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺣَ َ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻨﺎدَى »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫َﻮان؛ ﻣَ ْﺸ ِﻮﻳٍّﺎ وَﻣَ ْﻘ ِﻠﻴٍّﺎ‪«.‬‬
‫ري وا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴ ِ‬
‫ﻄْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي »أ ُ َوﻳ ًْﺴﺎ«‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻧْﺠَ ْﺰ ُت ﻟ َﻚ ﻣﺎ َ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻟﺤْ ﻢ اﻟ ﱠ‬

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 ‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫ﴪو ًرا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣﺎن ﻣَ ْ ُ‬‫ﻻن ﻳَﺘَﺬَو ُﱠﻗﻬﺎ َﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ري وا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺞَ »أ ُ َوﻳ ٌْﺲ« ِﺑﻤﺎ َرأَى‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻷ َ َراﻧ ِِﺐ وَاﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄْ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع‪ .‬ﻓﻼ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺠﺎع‪ ،‬ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ﻣﺎ أ َ ْﻛ َﺮ َم ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ َﻚ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ِﻞ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ُﻜﺎﻓﺄ َ ِﺗ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ ﺑَ َﺬ ْﻟﺘَ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒﻴﲇ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌَ ٍﺐ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻻ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ َل أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪ :‬إِﻧ ﱠ َﻚ أ َ ﱠدﻳ َْﺖ ِﻟ ِﺬﺋْ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣ َ‬
‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَ ِﺼﻴﺐَ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ُه أَﺟْ ًﺮا‪«.‬‬‫ﻋَ ﻤَ ًﻼ‪ ،‬د َ‬

‫)‪ (8‬ﻋَ ﺼﺎ »أ ُ َوﻳ ٍْﺲ«‬

‫ﺼ َﻞ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ري ﻣُﻌِ ٍ‬ ‫»ﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻟ َﻚ ﻫﺬِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺼﺎ َﺧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻋْ ﻄﺎ ُه »أ ُ َوﻳ ٌْﺲ« ﻋَ ﺼﺎهُ‪ ،‬ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬
‫ْت ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد َة إ ِ َﱃ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ إِذا أ َ َرد َ‬
‫ﻜﺎن —‬ ‫دار َك‪ ،‬أ ْو ﻋَ ﱠﻦ َﻟ َﻚ اﻟﺬﱠﻫﺎبُ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ِ‬
‫ﻮغ َﻏ َﺮ ِﺿ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﴎ ُع ِﻟﺒُﻠُ ِ‬‫ﻛﺎن أ َ ْو َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ — إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐَ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺼﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﻬ َﻲ َﺧ ْريٌ َﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ َ‬
‫ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا َ‬
‫ﺼﺎن‪«.‬‬‫ﻟﻒ ﺣِ ٍ‬ ‫أَ ِ‬
‫ﻒ« أ َ ﱠن ﻟِﻬ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺼﺎ ﻗِ ﻴﻤَ ًﺔ أ َ ْو َﺧﻄ ًﺮا‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ِﺴﺐَ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْﺐَ ﻳ َْﺴ َﺨ ُﺮ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ُﺼﺪ ْﱢق »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َ‬
‫َﻓﻬَ ﱠﻢ ِﺑﺈ ْﻟﻘﺎﺋِﻬﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض؛ وَﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺣَ ﻴﺎءَ ُه وَأ َ َدﺑَ ُﻪ ﻧَﻬَ ﻴﺎ ُه ﻋَ ِﻦ اﺣْ ﺘ ِ‬
‫ِﻘﺎر اﻟﻬَ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤﺎ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ‬
‫ﻗِ ﻴﻤَ ﺘُﻬﺎ‪.‬‬

‫)‪ (9‬ﻧَﺠْ َﺪ ُة »أ ُ َوﻳْﺲ«‬

‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮي ﻷَﻋْ ُ َ‬

‫ﱪ ِﺑ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺻﻌَ ْﺪ َﻓﻮ َْق َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺋﺐ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ :‬‬
‫»ﻫﻠُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِْت اﻟﺬﱢ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫واﻧْﺘَﺒَ َﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻬﺎوﻳ ََﺔ أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺋ ُﺪ ﱡ‬
‫ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ »أ ُ َوﻳ ٍْﺲ«‪.‬‬
‫ﻒ« ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ﺼﻌِ َﺪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬
‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﱠﺮ ِﰲ ِﺟ ْﻠ َﺴﺘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ِﺑ ِﻪ »أ ُ َوﻳ ٌْﺲ« َﻗ ْﻔ َﺰ ًة ِ‬
‫واﺳﻌَ ًﺔ ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ًة ﻋﺎ ِﺗﻴ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ِﺑﻬﺎ‬
‫اﻟﻨﱠﺎﺣِ ﻴ ََﺔ اﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﻬﺎوﻳَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬

‫ﻒ« ﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا ﻟِﻠﺬﱢﺋْ ِﺐ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮ َ‬

‫وﻓﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫َوﻧ َ َﺰ َل »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ري ُه إ ِ َﱃ ﻏﺎﻳَﺘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺪْﻋُ ﻮ ﷲ َ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﻜﻸ َ ُه َوﻳَ ْﺮﻋﺎهُ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﺒَ ﱢﻠ َﻐ ُﻪ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﺎهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬
‫اﺳﺘَﺄﻧ َ َ‬
‫ﻒ َﺳ ْ َ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬

‫ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻘ َﺒ ُﺔ ا َﻷ ِﺧ َ‬
‫ﲑ ُة‬

‫اﻟﺴﻮ ُر ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﻌﺎﱄ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ﱡ‬
‫»وداد«‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻔﺘْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِ‬
‫ِﻳﻘ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ و َ‬‫ﻒ« ﺳﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻻﺣَ ْﺖ ﻟِﻌَ ﻴْﻨ ِِﻪ اﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َو َ‬
‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ«‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَﻨْﺒ ُُﺖ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ َ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﴎو ًرا َوﺑَﻬْ ﺠَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَأﺣَ ﱠﺲ أ ﱠن َﻗ ْﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ﻳ َْﺨ ُﻔ ُﻖ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ َرأَى ُﺳﻮ َر ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻣْ ﺘَﻸ َ َﻗﻠﺒُ ُﻪ ُ ُ‬
‫ﻮغ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ اﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺳﻌَ ﻰ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح ِﺑﺒُﻠُ ِ‬

‫)‪ (2‬ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬
‫ﺣﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬
‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ‬
‫ﻮص‬ ‫ري ِه — إِذا ﺑﺮﺟْ ﻠ ِِﻪ ﺗَ ُﻐ ُ‬‫وﻫ َﻮ ﺟﺎ ﱞد ِﰲ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﱄ — ُ‬ ‫ﻮرﻫﺎ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫َﴫ ِه إ ِ َﱃ ُﺳ ِ‬ ‫ﺺ ِﺑﺒ َ ِ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ﺷﺎﺧِ ٌ‬
‫ِﰲ أ َ ْر ٍض َﻟﻴﱢﻨ َ ٍﺔ!‬
‫َ‬
‫ﻈ ُﺮ إِﱃ ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﻃ ِﺊ َﻗﺪ َِﻣ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَ َﺮى أﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ِﺑ ْﺮ َﻛ ًﺔ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ َﺔ اﻻﺗﱢ ِ‬
‫ﺴﺎع‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓﻼ ﻳَﻜﺎ ُد ﻳَﻨ ْ َ‬
‫َﻛﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴ ُﻘ َ‬
‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ ﻧِﻬﺎﻳَﺘَﻬﺎ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫َﴫ ﻏﺎﻳَﺘَﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﻳَﺒْﻠُ ُﻎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ َة اﻟﻌُ ﻤْ ِﻖ ﻻ ﻳُﺪ ِْر ُك ا ْﻟﺒ َ ُ‬
‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ ﻓﺎﺋ َِﻘ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ؛ َﻟﻮْﻻ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ِ‬
‫راﺟﻌً ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻮَراءِ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬

‫ﻔﺴ ِﻪ‪» :‬ﻫ ِﺬ ِه — ِﺑﻼ َﺷ ﱟﻚ — ﻫِ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘﺒ َُﺔ اﻷَﺧِ ريَ ُة؛ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َل ِﻟﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫ﻒ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َوو ََﻗ َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِﻴﺎز ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺻﺎد ََﻓﻨِﻲ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻐﺮابُ ‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ دُﻣْ ُﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧَﺠَ ﺤْ ُﺖ ِﰲ اﺟْ ﺘ ِ‬
‫»ودادَ«‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ ِ‬ ‫»ودادُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻌُ ﻮﻧ َ ٍﺔ ﺻﺎدِ َﻗ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﻤﺎ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪ِ ،‬ﺑ َﻔ ْﻀ ِﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺑَﺬَ َﻟﺘْ ُﻪ ِﱄ َ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ُﺔ‪ِ :‬‬
‫ﻋَ َﻘ ٍ‬
‫ﺗَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠﲆ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ ِﰲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮﺣَ َﻠ ِﺔ ْاﻷَﺧِ ريَةِ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ اﻟﺪﱢﻳ َﻚ وا ْﻟ ُﻐﺮابَ وا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺰ َم وا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱠﻲ‬
‫ﺒﺎت‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﻴﺎز آﺧِ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫واﻟﺬﱢﺋْﺐَ ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﻸَﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ْﺮ ﻣُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﺗَﻬﺎ إِﻳﱠﺎيَ ﻻﺟْ ﺘ ِ‬
 ‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذا ِﺑ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﺳﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ ﻳ َِﺼ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧِﻬﺎﻳَﺘِﻬﺎ‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬
‫ﺣﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﴙ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ري ُه ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳ َِﺠ ُﺪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ آﺧِ َﺮ اﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ — و ََﻗ ِﺪ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﻌَ ﻰ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻪ اﻷَو ِﱠل‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺑَﺪَأ َ َﺳ ْ َ‬
‫ﱰ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ﺘُﻪُ‪.‬‬‫ﻒ«‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔ ُ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻴْﺌَ ْﺲ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﺒﺎت َوإ ِ ْﴏ ٍار‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻠ َﻢ ِﻟ ْﻠﻴَﺄ ْ ِس‬ ‫ﱢث ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺛ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬
‫ﺣﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬
‫ﻮب واملِ ﺤَ ِﻦ‪َ .‬و َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻃﺎ َﻟﻤﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ‪ ،‬ﻓﻠﻴ َْﺲ أَﻧ ْ َﻔ َﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ ِﰲ ﻣُﻮاﺟَ ﻬَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُ‬ ‫أَﺑَﺪًا‪ .‬ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬
‫َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻔﺘﺎحُ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِج‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أَﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َك ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻜﺎﻧِﻲ ﻫﺬا؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳُﻬَ ﻴﱢﺊَ ﷲ ُ ِﱄ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳُﻌِ ﻴﻨَﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ‬
‫اﻟﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻐﻮ ِْر‪«.‬‬
‫ِﻴﺎز ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ِ ْ‬
‫اﺟْ ﺘ ِ‬

‫)‪ (3‬ﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ِﻳﺚ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱢ‬
‫ﻂ‬

‫ﻈ ِﺮ‪.‬‬‫ﻄﺎ ﻫﺎ ِﺋ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﻤﺎت‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻟﻘِ َﻲ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ﻗِ ٍّ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠ ِ‬
‫ري ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻮب … َوﺗَﺤَ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ ﻣَ ْﺮ ُﻫ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻣُﺨِ ٍ‬ ‫ني َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ﻪ ﻳَﻤُﻮءُ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﺰ َع »ﻳ ُ‬
‫أَﻣْ ِﺮهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪ ِْر ﻣﺎذا ﻳ ْ‬
‫َﺼﻨَﻊُ‪.‬‬
‫ْﻒ ﺟَ ُﺮ ْؤ َت ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﻠﻮغ ﻫﺬا ا َملﻜﺎن! أ َ َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ َ‬
‫ﻳﻖ‬‫ف أﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻗﺎدِ ٌر ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﻤْ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟﻘِ ﱡ‬
‫ﴬﺑَ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﺨ َﻠ ٍﺐ واﺣِ َﺪةٍ؟«‬ ‫ِﺟ ْﺴ ِﻤﻚ إ ِ ْرﺑًﺎ إ ِ ْرﺑًﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﺑ َ ْ‬
‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أ َ ﱠن َﻛ ِﺮﻳﻤً ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠ َﻚ‬
‫ﻂ‪َ .‬وإ ِ ْن ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻻ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪» :‬ﻣﺎ ِﰲ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺷ ﱞﻚ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ﻜﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ ِﺪ‬‫ﻮغ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺧﺎﻃ ْﺮ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ — ِﻟﺒُﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ أَﺑَﺪًا‪ ،‬وَﻻ ِﺳﻴﱠﻤﺎ إِذا ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ َﺖ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ ِ‬
‫ﻐﺎﻳﺎت‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن أُﻣﱢ ﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﴍ ََﻓ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮْت‪َ ،‬ودَوا َؤﻫﺎ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﻏﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧْﺒ َِﻞ ا ْﻟ‬ ‫— إ ِ ﱠﻻ َر ْﻏﺒ ًَﺔ ِﰲ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬
‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ«‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﻠﺘَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻋَ ْﻮﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ »ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺷﻔﺎﺋِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬إِذا ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ﻴﻖ ﻏﺎﻳَﺘِﻲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺒﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وإِﻧﱢﻲ ﻣُﺤَ ﱢﻘ ٌﻖ ﻟ َﻚ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﺮﻧِﻲ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ وَﻋَ ْﺪﺗَﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬

‫اﻟﺼﻴْ ِﺪ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬أ َ ُ‬

‫دوات ﱠ‬

‫ﺻ ِﻎ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻣُﻌْ ﺠَ ﺐٌ ِﺑﻤﺎ أَرا ُه ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣُﺤَ ﻴﱠﺎ َك ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮَداﻋَ ِﺔ‬‫ﻂ‪» :‬أَﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل؟ إِذَ ْن َﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱡ‬
‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﻚِ ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ َﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ِﺼﻴ َﺪ ِﱄ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ِﰲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻒ‪ ،‬و َِﺻﺪ ِْق ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذا ْ‬
‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫واﻟ ﱡﻠ ْ‬
‫ني َﻟ َﻚ أ َ ْن أُﺑَ ﱢﻠ َﻐ َﻚ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﺣِ ﻴ ََﺔ اﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻟِﻬ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫اﻵﺧ َﺮ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ َ‬
‫ﺿ ِﻤ ٌ‬ ‫ﻒ َ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫ِﺼ َﻔﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ َﻘ ﱢﺪ َد اﻟﻨ ﱢ ْ‬
‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ْﺸ ِﻮيَ ﻧ ْ‬
‫ﱠات ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َ‬
‫ﺴﺎﻓ ِﺔ‬ ‫َوات َوﻣُﻌِ ﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮاﺳﻌَ ِﺔ‪ .‬و ََﺳ َﱰَى ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘﺎجُ إِﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَد ٍ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻤ َ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬

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 ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘﺒ َُﺔ اﻷَﺧِ ريَ ُة‬

‫ﻜﺎن‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚ — إذا أَﻧْﺠَ ْﺰ َت ﻫﺬا ا ُمل ِﻬ ﱠﻢ — إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗﻨﺎدِ ﻳَﻨِﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫َﺧﻤْ ِﺴﻤَ ﺎﺋَ ِﺔ ُﺧ ْ‬
‫ﻄ َﻮ ٍة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫﺬا ا َمل ِ‬
‫ﻓﺘَﺠ ْﺪﻧِﻲ أَﻣﺎﻣَ َﻚ ﰲ ا ْﻟﺤﺎل‪«.‬‬
‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ُﺔ َﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ ﻣَ ﻮْﻻيَ ‪«.‬‬
‫»اﻟﺴﻤْ ُﻊ واﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻒ«‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ﻟ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺤﺎل‪.‬‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ﻂ‪ ،‬وَﻏﺎبَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬
‫ﻧﺎﻇ ِﺮ ِه ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺣَ ﻴﱠﺎ ُه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱡ‬

‫اﻟﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ؛ َﻓ َﺮأَى ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬

‫ﻒ« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨ َﺰ َن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛ َ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫وَﻣَ َﴙ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﻮص و َِﺷﺒﺎكٍ ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺷ ُ‬
‫ﺼ ٍ‬

‫ﱢ‬
‫واﻟﺸ ﱡ‬
‫ﺺ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ ُﺔ‬
‫)‪ (5‬ﱠ‬

‫ِﻴﻼ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻌَ ﺒًﺎ ﻳ َِﺴريًا‪َ ،‬وو َْﻗﺘًﺎ َﻗ ِﺼريًا‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْ َﺪ َﺳﻬْ ًﻼ‪ ،‬ﻻ ﻳُ َﻜ ﱢﻠ ُﻔ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻋَ ﻨﺎءً َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ﻳَﺤْ َﺴﺐُ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻧﺠﺎز ﻋَ ﻤَ ﻠ ِِﻪ‪ .‬وَﺣَ ِﺴﺐَ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ أ ْﻟﻘﺎﻫﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ْﴪ ِﻟﺘَﺤْ ﻘِ ﻴﻖ أﻣَ ﻠ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأو َْﰱ ﺑ ِﺈ ِ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ َﺔ أﻳ َ َ‬‫َو َرأى ﱠ‬‫َ‬
‫ﻮغ ﻣَ ﺄ ْ َر ِﺑ ِﻪ وَأ َ ْ َ‬
‫ﴎ َع‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ‪ ،‬اﻣْ ﺘَﻸ َ ْت َﺳﻤَ ًﻜﺎ؛ َﻓ ِﻬ َﻲ — ِﺑﻼ َﺷ ﱟﻚ — أﻧ ْ َﻔ ُﻊ ِﻟﺒُﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬
‫َت ِﻣ ْﻘﺪا ًرا َﻛ ِﺒريًا ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﻳ َْﻘ َﻦ أَﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﺻﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬
‫ﱪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ َﺔ‪ ،‬و َ‬
‫َﺻ َ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َرﻣَ ﻰ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ْﺪ َﺳﻤَ َﻜ ًﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ًة!‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﻚِ ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ ﺬَﺑَﻬﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄَﻧﱢﻴًﺎ؛ َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣﺎ أَد َْﻫ َﺸ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ َﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ ُﺔ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ .‬وَﻫ َﻜﺬا‬ ‫ﺷﺎﻗﺔ وَﺧِ ﱠﻔ ٍﺔ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗُ ْﺨ ِﺮ ِج ﱠ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋﺎ َد َﻓ َﺮﻣﺎﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ َﺬﺑَﻬﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة ﺛﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ ِﰲ َر ٍ‬
‫ﻈ َﻔ َﺮ ِﺑ َ ْ‬
‫ﴚءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ َﺔ — ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى — دُون أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﴩ َة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم؛ ﻳَ ْﺮﻣِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑَﻘ َِﻲ ﻋَ َ َ‬
‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤَ َﻚ … َو َﻟ ِﺒ َﺚ ﺳﺎﻋَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺳﺎﻋَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺼﻄﺎ ُد ِﺑ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺺﻳ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ َﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﺠَ ﺄ َ إ ِ َﱃ ﱢ‬
‫ﱰ َك ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓ َ َ‬
‫ﺗَ ْﻘ ُﺮبْ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺳﻤَ َﻜ ٌﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ٌة‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻬﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻘ ْﻊ‬
‫ﺛﺎن وَﺛﺎﻟ ٍِﺚ َو َرا ِﺑ ٍﻊ وَﻫﻜﺬَا‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ دا َر ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن ٍ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻧْﺘَ َﻘ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ٍ‬
‫ﺺ‪.‬‬‫اﻟﺸ ﱢ‬‫اﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ ِﺔ وَﻻ ِﰲ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺳﻤَ َﻜ ٌﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ٌة ِﰲ ﱠ‬
‫آﺧ َﺮ‪.‬‬‫ﻜﺎن َ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن‪َ ،‬ﺧ ْريًا ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﴩ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﱡ‬ ‫َودَأَبَ ﻋَ َﲆ ذﻟِﻚ َﺧﻤْ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ َ َ‬

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 ‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔﺪ ِِع‬ ‫)‪َ (6‬ﻓ ْ‬

‫ﻀ ُﻞ ﱢ‬

‫َﺼﻨَﻊُ؟!‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪ ِْر‪َ :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬

‫ري »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺤَ ﱠ َ‬
‫ﻌﺎوﻧ ْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ‪:‬‬
‫ﻴﻖ‪ ،‬ﻣﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ِ‬ ‫وج ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫﺬا ﱢ‬
‫اﻟﻀ ِ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺿﺎﻗ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺤِ ﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠ ْﺪ و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﺨ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ‬
‫»ودادُ«‪.‬‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ﻂ؛ َﻓﻤﺎ ﺑﺎﻟُﻬﺎ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴَﺘْ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫»ودادَ« َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠﻞ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ني ذَ َﻛ َﺮ أ َ ﱠن ِ‬ ‫ﱠت د َْﻫ َﺸﺘُﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫اﺷﺘﺪ ْ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬
‫اﻟﻀﺎﺋ َِﻘ ِﺔ؟!‬‫ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬
‫ْﻒ ﺗَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ؛ َوﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﺘْ ُﻪ وَﺣِ ﻴﺪًا ِﰲ آﺧِ ِﺮ ﻣَ ْﺮﺣَ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺮاﺣِ ِﻞ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫ﺠﺎح؟!‬ ‫َو َﻛﻴ َ‬

‫ري … َوإِذا ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻳَ َﺮى ﻣﺎءَ ا ْﻟ ِﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ٌق ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻮس و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻧﺎﻇ ٌﺮ إِﱃ ِ ْ‬ ‫وَﻃﺎ َل ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻠُ ُ‬
‫ني‪ .‬أَﻧ ْ َﻘﺬْ َت ﺣَ ﻴﺎﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻐ ِﲇ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ْﺨ ُﺮجُ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِﺿ ْﻔ ِﺪ ٌع‪َ ،‬وﺗُﻨﺎدِ ﻳ ِﻪ ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬أَﻧﺎ ُﻗ ﱠﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ْ ِ‬
‫َ‬
‫ﺴﺎن إ ِ ﱠﻻ ا ِﻹﺣْ ﺴﺎ ُن!‬‫ﻒ«‪ .‬و ََﺳﺄﺑْﺬُ ُل َﻟ َﻚ إِﻣْ ﻜﺎﻧِﻲ‪ِ ،‬ﻷُﻧْﻘِ ﺬَ ﺣَ ﻴﺎﺗَ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻠ ِﻒ؛ َﻓﻤﺎ ﺟَ ﺰاءُ ا ِﻹﺣْ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫»ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﻮر ِه‬‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫واﻋْ َﻠ ْﻢ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻣﺪ ِْر َﻛ ٌﺔ ﻣﺎ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺮ ِج‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ َ َﺷ ﱡﻚ ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن ﻗِ ﱡ‬
‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ آ ِﻛﻠُ َﻚ ِﰲ َﻓ ُ‬
‫ﺼﻄﺎ َد‬ ‫ﺠﺎز ﻣﺎ َﻛ ﱠﻠ َﻔ َﻚ إِﻳﱠﺎهُ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ أَن ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫— ﻻ ﻣَ ﺤﺎ َﻟ َﺔ — إِذا أ َ ْﺧ َﻔ ْﻘ َﺖ ِﰲ إِﻧ ْ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ُﻚ إ ِ َﱃ‬‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ َﺳﻤَ َﻜ ًﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ًة؛ َﻓ ِﻬ َﻲ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤْ ِﻖ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻐﻮ ِْر‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺘَﻰ َﻫ َﺮبَ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬
‫ﻮص‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﻠ ُ ِﱰحْ ﺑﺎ َﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫﺬا اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ِﺐ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺼ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒﺎ ُك‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ِﺼ ْﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُﺪ ِْر ْﻛ ُﻪ ﱢ‬‫اﻟﺴﺤِ ِ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﻋِ ﻬﺎ ﱠ‬
‫ﱪ َﻛ ُﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﻤَ ﻚٍ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻄﺎ ُد ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َو ْﻟﺘُﻮ ِﻗ ِﺪ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر َرﻳْﺜَﻤﺎ أ ْ‬

‫ْﺻ ًﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ًة؛ َﻓ ِﺈذا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤﺎءِ ﺛﺎ ِﺋ ٌﺮ‬

‫ﻏﺎﺻ ْﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤﺎءِ َﻏﻮ َ‬
‫ِﻤﺎت‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔ ِﺪ ُع ﺗُ ِﺘ ﱡﻢ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠ ِ‬‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻜ ِﺪ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺮبٌ ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤﺎ ﻧ َ ِﺸﺒ َْﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ٌﺔ ﻫﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ُﻀ َ‬ ‫ﻣ ْ‬

‫َﺿﻌَ ْﺖ َﺳﻤَ َﻜ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪َ ،‬وو َ‬

‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ ﻳ َِﺴريَةٍ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔ ِﺪ ُع ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ِت ﱢ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬
‫ﺻﺎ َدﺗْﻬﺎ ِﺑ َ‬
‫ﻤﺨﺎ ِﻟ ِﺒﻬﺎ‪.‬‬
‫َت ﺣُ ﻮﺗًﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريًا‪.‬‬ ‫اﺻﻄﺎد ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔ ِﺪ ُع و ََﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬
‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ِت ﱢ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻳُﻤْ ِﺴ ُﻚ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﺼﻄﺎ ُد ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ُﴪ ُع ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒُﻨﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺼﻄﺎ ُد ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْ‬‫َو َ‬
‫ﻴﻞ ا ُملﻌَ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻟِﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﻚِ ِﰲ َ‬
‫اﻟﱪ ِاﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻐﺎر ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﻄﺎ ُد ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺻ ِ‬ ‫ري َﻓﻴ َْﺸ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳُ ْﻠﻘِ ﻲ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫َﺳﻤَ ﻚٍ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬
‫َوﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﺪ ُدهُ‪.‬‬

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 ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘﺒ َُﺔ اﻷَﺧِ ريَ ُة‬

‫ﺮان ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﻧْﺠَ ﺰا ﻣﺎ َ‬

‫ﻃ َﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱡ‬
‫ﻂ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ َﺷﻬْ ِ‬

‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔﺪِع‬
‫)‪ (7‬وَدا ُع ﱢ‬

‫ﻃ َﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ﻗِ ﱡ‬
‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‬
‫ﱠت إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﻳَﺪَﻫﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒَ ﱠﻠ َﻠ َﺔ ﺗُ َﻮدﱢﻋُ ﻪُ‪ ،‬ﻣ َُﺴ ﱢﻠﻤَ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَﺤَ ﺒﱢﺒ ًَﺔ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ﱪ َﻛ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻧْﺠَ ْﺰ ُت َﻟ َﻚ ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺷﺎﻃ ِﺊ ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨﺎ َك َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ِت ﱢ‬
‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔ ِﺪ ُع ﻋَ َﲆ‬
‫اﻵن أ َ ْن ﺗُﻨﺎدِ ﻳَﻪُ‪«.‬‬‫ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ‪ .‬و َِﰲ و ُْﺳﻌِ َﻚ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻠﻀ ْﻔﺪ ِِع أَﺟْ َﺰ َل ﱡ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ َﺮ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫َﻓﺤَ ﻴﱠﺘْ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَ َﻮ ﱢد َد ًة‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺪ ْ‬
‫ﻒ« ُﻣ َﻜ ﱢﺮ ًرا َﻟﻬﺎ ﺛَﻨﺎءَهُ‪ ،‬و َُﺷ ْﻜ َﺮ ُه وَدﻋﺎءَهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﺼﺎﻓﺤَ ﻬﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬

‫ﺼﻔِ َ‬
‫ﻴﻔﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻒ« ﺗَ ْﺮﺗِﻴﺐ ﻣﺎ َﺷﻮا ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﻚِ َوﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﴩ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ َﺧﻤْ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ َ َ‬
‫َﻛﻤﺎ ﻣَ ﻸ َ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِاﻣﻴﻞ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤ َُﻘﺪﱠدِ ﻣَ ﻨْﻪُ‪.‬‬

‫)‪ِ (8‬ﻣ ْﺨ َﻠﺐُ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱢ‬

‫ﻂ‬
‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧﺎدَى اﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬
‫ﻂ … ﻓﺠﺎءَ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﺤﺎل‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﱪْ َﻛ ُﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﻚِ ﻣَ ْﺸ ِﻮﻳٍّﺎ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪» :‬ﻫﺎ َك — ﻳﺎ ﻣَ ﻮْﻻيَ — ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫و ََﻗﺪِﻳﺪًا‪«.‬‬

‫ﻂ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻟﺤَ َﺲ َﺷ َﻔﺘَﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎ َل‪ ،‬وا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮحُ ﺑﺎدٍ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ‪» :‬ﻳﺎ َﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَى ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱡ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠﺒْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻘ َِﻲ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْن أُﻛﺎﻓِ ﺌَ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ْﻠ َﺖ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِﻴﲇ‬
‫ﺑﺎر ٍع ُﻫﻤﺎ ٍم! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻧْﺠَ ْﺰ َت ِﱄ ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺰ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ِﺴ َﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ‬‫ﻴﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌَ ٍﺐ وَﺟَ ﻬْ ﺪٍ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻻ ﻳُﻘﺎ َل‪ :‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻ ْ ٍﱪ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ َﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬
‫ﻋَ ﻤَ ﻠ ِِﻪ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻒ« َﻫ ِﺪﻳ ًﱠﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻤﺎت‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻧْﺘَ َﺰ َع ِﻣ ْﺨ َﻠﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺨﺎ ِﻟ ِﺒ ِﻪ؛ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻋْ ﻄﺎ ُه »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ إ ِ ْن أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠ ِ‬
‫ني ﺗَ ْﻜ َﱪُ َوﺗَﺒْﻠُ ُﻎ ِﺳ ﱠﻦ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬
‫ﻮﺧ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ض‪ ،‬أ َ ِو اﻧْﺘﺎﺑَ َﻚ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﻀﻌْ ُ‬ ‫و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬إِذا ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ َﻚ ا َمل َﺮ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺤﺎل‪.‬‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ﻮﺧ َﺔ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬﺎ ﺗَ ُﺰو ُل ِﰲ‬ ‫واﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺮاض واﻵﻻ َم‬ ‫ُﺲ ﺟَ ِﺒﻴﻨَﻚ ِﺑﻬﺬا ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺨ َﻠ ِﺐ؛ َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن اﻷَﻣْ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺎ ْﻟﻤ ْ‬
‫وَﻛﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن أَﺛ َ ُﺮ املِ ْﺨ َﻠ ِﺐ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﻦ ﺗُﺤِ ﺐﱡ ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳُﺤِ ﺒﱡﻮﻧ َ َﻚ‪«.‬‬

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 ‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

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

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 ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘﺒ َُﺔ اﻷَﺧِ ريَ ُة‬

‫ﻓﺎﺻﻌَ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَﻳ ِْﲇ‪ ،‬ﻷُﺑَ ﱢﻠ َﻐ َﻚ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﺎهُ‪«.‬‬

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

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ‬

‫»ﺷ َﺠ َﺮ ُة ْ َ‬
‫اﳊﻴﺎة«‬ ‫َ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﺑﺎبُ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬

‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ‬
‫ﻒ« إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻧَﺒَﺘَ ْﺖ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫ﴎ َع »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻇ ِﺮهِ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ إ ِ ْن ﻏﺎبَ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱡ‬
‫ﻮات َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﺒﺎب‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ﺴﺎﻓ ِﺔ ُﺧ ُ‬‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ«‪ ،‬وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ َ‬
‫ُﻔﺎﺟﺌﺎت‪.‬‬‫ﻴﺐ وا ْﻟﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻋﺎﺟ ِ‬‫ﻃﺎرئ ٌ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﻟ َِﻔ ُﻪ ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘ ِِﻪ ا َملﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ِة ِﺑﺎﻷ َ ِ‬ ‫ُﻔﺎﺟﺌَ ُﻪ ِ‬ ‫ﴚ أ َ ْن ﻳ ِ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﺧ ِ َ‬
‫ﱢﻗﺎت؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ َِﺼ َﻞ‬ ‫َﻓﺪَﻋﺎ ﷲ َ — ُﺳﺒْﺤﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ — أ َ ْن ﻳُﺒَ ﱢﻠ َﻐ ُﻪ ﻣُﺮا َدهَ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﺠَ ﻨﱢﺒَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮا ِﻧ َﻊ وا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﻮ ِ‬
‫إ ِ َﱃ ﻏﺎﻳَﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َُﻔﻮ َز ِﺑﺄُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠﺘ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫اﺳﺘَﺠﺎبَ ﷲ ُ دُﻋﺎءَهُ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﱠﻘ َﻖ َﻟ ُﻪ َر ْﻏﺒَﺘَ ُﻪ َو َرﺟﺎءَهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗُﺼﺎدِ ُﻓ ُﻪ — ِﰲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِة —‬ ‫و ََﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬
‫ﻋَ َﻘﺒ ٌَﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ٌة‪.‬‬
‫ﺒﺎب‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ ْ‬
‫اﻫﺘَﺪَى إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﺤﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻞ ﺑَﺤْ ﺜ ُ ُﻪ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ُﺳﻮ َر ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُ‬

‫س اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫ﺒﺎت‬ ‫ﺣﺎر ُ‬
‫)‪ِ (2‬‬
‫َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ُﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ﻟِﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬
‫ﻈ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْن ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺻ َﻐ ِﺮﻫﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻮي َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ ْﻦ أﻧ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻮاع‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ﺒﺎت‪ِ ،‬ﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻻ ﻋَ ﻬْ َﺪ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓﺘ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫ﻓﺎﺳﺘَﺤﺎ َل ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻬْ ﺘَﺪِيَ‬
‫ﺠﺎر ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى؛ ْ‬
‫آﻻف ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ ِ‬ ‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ« ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫َني ِ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ ْ‬
‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬

‫ﺼﺤَ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ أ َ ْن ذ َﻛ َﺮ و َِﺻﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ِ :‬‬
‫»ودادَ«‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ﱠن ﺣَ ْ َ‬
‫ريﺗَ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﺪ ْم َ‬
‫ﺣﺎر ِس اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫ﺒﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺘﺪْﻋﺎءِ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ْ‬
 ‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫ﺟَ ﻬْ ﻮَريﱟ ‪1 .‬‬

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

‫ﺒﺎت ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ﻋَ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱠ‬

‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ؟‬ ‫ﺣﺎرس اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ه‪3‬‬‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﺗَ ْﻠﺘَﻘِ ﻲ أَﻋْ ﻴُﻨُﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﺑْﺘَ َﺪ َر ُ‬
‫َﺻ ْﻠ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﻜﺎن؟«‬ ‫ْﻒ و َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﻴ َ‬
‫ُ‬
‫ﺟﺌﺖ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐَ ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ‬
‫ﻒ«‪» :‬إِﻧﱢﻲ َر ُﺳﻮ ُل ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪» :‬ودادَ« إ ِ َﻟﻴ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪ِ ،‬ﻷ ْﺷﻔِ َﻲ ِﺑ ِﻪ أُﻣﱢ َﻲ ا ُمل ْ ِ‬
‫ﴩ َﻓ َﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃﻠُﺐُ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬
‫»ودادُ«‪َ .‬ﻫﻠُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪» :‬أ َ ْﻫ ًﻼ ِﺑ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗُ ْﺮ ِﺳﻠُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﺣﺎر ُس اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ِ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠﺒَ َﻚ وَأُﺑْﻠ َِﻐ َﻚ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠﺘَ َﻚ‪«.‬‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ‪ ،‬ﻷُﺣَ ﱢﻘ َﻖ َﻟ َﻚ َ‬‫أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱠ‬

‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ اﻷ َ ْز ِ‬
‫ﻫﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫ﻼن ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻼ ﻳَﺘَﻨ َ ﱠﻘ ِ‬‫ﻒ« ِﰲ أَﺛ َ ِﺮهِ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﴙ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﺣﺎر ُس اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺳﺎ َر ِ‬
‫ﻮن ا ُمل ْﺸﺘَ ِﺒ َﻜ َﺔ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﻣﺎ أ َ ْﺧ َﻔﺘْ ُﻪ‬
‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫ﺤﺎر َس ِﰲ ﻣَ َﺸ ﱠﻘ ٍﺔ وَﻋَ ﻨﺎءٍ‪ ،‬ﻷ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ُ‬
‫ﻒ« ﻳَﺘْﺒَ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫َﻛﺎن »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ‪.‬‬
‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻴَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬
‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎة«‪.‬‬

‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ«‬

‫)‪» (3‬ﻧ َ ُ‬

‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ً‬

‫ﺳﺎﻗﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َﺮجَ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﺤﺎر ُس ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺰ ُم ِﻣﻨْﺠَ ًﻼ َ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻴْ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪ ،‬واﻗﺘَ َ‬
‫َﺻ َﻔ ْﺖ‬‫»ودادُ«‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ و َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﺘْ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِ‬
‫ﻒ« ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ﻫﺬا ُﻫ َﻮ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫أَﻋْ ﻄﺎﻫﺎ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ﺮار ﻣﺎ ﻗﺎ َﻟﺘْ ُﻪ َﻟ َﻚ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﺨ ِﺪ ُﻣ ُﻪ ﻟ ِِﺸﻔﺎءِ أُﻣﱢ َﻚ؛ َﻓﻼ ﺣﺎﺟَ َﺔ ِﺑﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَ ْﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ َﻛﻴ َ‬

‫‪ 1‬اﻟﺠﻬﻮري‪ :‬املﺮﺗﻔﻊ‪.‬‬
‫ً‬
‫ﻓﻀﻔﺎﺿﺎ‪ :‬واﺳﻌً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫‪2‬‬

‫‪ 3‬اﺑﺘﺪره‪ :‬ﺑﺪأه‪.‬‬

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‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎة«‬

‫ﻇﻔِ ْﺮ َت‬ ‫ﺬار ‪ 4‬أ َ ْن ﻳ ُْﻔﻠ َِﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َ‬

‫ﻴﺲ اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ ِر‪ .‬وَﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت اﻟﻨﱠﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ص ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫﺬا اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫وﺻﻴ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺤْ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫أُ ِ‬
‫اﺳﺘَ َﺨ َﻔﻰ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻔﺎظ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ .‬ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ ْ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪ ،‬إِذا ﺗَﻬﺎو ََن ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒُ ُﻪ ِﰲ اﻻﺣْ ﺘ ِ‬ ‫ْﴪ ﻣﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺨﻔِ ﻲ ﻫﺬا اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤﺎ أَﻳ َ َ‬
‫ْﻬﺎت أ َ ْن ﺗَﺮاهُ‪«.‬‬‫ْﻬﺎت أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌْ ﺜ ُ َﺮ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬و ََﻫﻴ َ‬‫َﻓﻬَ ﻴ َ‬
‫َني اﻷ َ ْﺷ ِ‬
‫ﺠﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋﺎن ﻣﺎ ﻏﺎبَ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ُ ْ‬ ‫ِﺤﺎر ِس اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« أَن ﻳ َْﺸ ُﻜ َﺮ ﻟ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫وَأَرا َد »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﻒ« ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮدًا‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْد َر َك ﻏﺎﻳَﺘَﻪُ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﱃ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫َو َرأَى »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﺒﺎت ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ِﺎﰲ َ‪.‬‬ ‫دارهِ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴ َُﻘ ﱢﺪ َم ﻷُﻣﱢ ِﻪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬
‫ِ‬
‫َ‬
‫ﻒ ﻳُﺴﺎ ِﺋ ُﻞ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َْﺨ َﴙ أ ْن ﻳَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ ِﰲ ﻋَ ْﻮ َدﺗ ِِﻪ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ﻣﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴَ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨﺎ و ََﻗ َ‬
‫ني ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَ ُﺮ ﱡد ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ َة‬ ‫ﺒﺎت اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤ ِ‬
‫ظ ِﺑﻬﺬا اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘ ِِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻮاﺋ ِِﻖ وا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻼ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ اﻻﺣْ ﺘِﻔﺎ َ‬
‫إ ِ َﱃ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰةِ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﺸﻔِ ﻴﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ْاﻵﻻ ِم‪.‬‬

‫)‪ (4‬ﻋَ ﺼﺎ »أ ُ َوﻳ ٍْﺲ«‬

‫ﻐﺎر ٌق ِﰲ ﺗَﺄَﻣﱡ ﻠ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻠ ٌﻢ ِﻟﺘَ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬

‫ريهِ‪ ،‬إِذْ و ََﻗﻌَ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَ ِﺪ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺼﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْﻫﺪاﻫﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْﺐُ ‪.‬‬ ‫َوإِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ِ‬
‫ﺤﺎل ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛ َ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﻪ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْﺐُ »أ ُ َوﻳ ٌْﺲ«‪ ،‬وَﻻﺣَ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ َ َ‬
‫ﺑﺎرﻗ ُﺔ أﻣَ ٍﻞ ِﰲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫ﺠﺎح‪َ ،‬ﻓﻘﺎ َل‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ِﻴﻞ — إِذا‬ ‫ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪» :‬ﻣﺎذا ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ إِذا ﺟَ ﱠﺮﺑ ُْﺖ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺼﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻠﻌَ ﱠﻠﻬﺎ ﺗُﺒَ ﱢﻠ ُﻐﻨِﻲ ﺑَﻴْﺘ َِﻲ — ِﰲ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬
‫ﻳﺐ‪«.‬‬ ‫َر ِﻛﺒْﺘُﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﻘ َﻖ ِﱄ ِﺑﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﻨِﻲ ﺑ ِﻪ »أ ُ َوﻳ ٌْﺲ« ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬

‫ﻔﺎر ُس ﻋَ َﲆ َﻓ َﺮ ِﺳ ِﻪ!‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ إ ِ ْن َرﻛِﺐَ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺼﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأَى ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻘِ ٍّﺮا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﱡﺮ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﻄ َﻠﺐَ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد ِﺑ ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻴْﺘ ِِﻪ … وَﻣﺎ أَﺗ ﱠﻢ َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟﺘَﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ا ْرﺗَ َﻔ َﻊ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮاءِ‪.‬‬
‫َﻓ َ‬

‫)‪ِ (5‬ﺷﻔﺎءُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺮ َ‬

‫ﻳﻀ ِﺔ‬

‫ﻈ ٌﺔ َﻗ ِﺼريَ ٌة‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ وَﺟَ َﺪ‬

‫ﺨﺎﻃ ِﻒ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ َﻟﺤَ َ‬
‫ﴎﻋَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِْق ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ َِﻄريُ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻀﺎءِ ِﺑﻤِ ﺜ ْ ِﻞ ُ ْ‬
‫َو َ‬
‫ﻳﺮ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْﴍ ََﻓ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا َملﻮ ِْت‪.‬‬
‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﰲ ِ‬
‫دارهِ؛ ﺟﺎﻟ ًِﺴﺎ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ َ ِ‬
‫ﻨﺎن و ََﺷﻮ ٍْق‪.‬‬‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﻗﺒﱠ َﻠﻬﺎ ِﰲ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬

‫‪ 4‬ﺣﺬار‪ :‬اﺣﺬر‪.‬‬

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 ‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﺤﻴﺎة‬

‫وَﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ْﺮ ِﺑﻘﺪُوﻣ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔ ُ‬

‫ﻄ ْﻦ إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﺤِ ﻴﱠﺘ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ« ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ َﻔﺘَ ْﻲ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ﴫ »ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻒ« و َْﻗﺘَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻼ ﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪةٍ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﻀ ْﻊ »ﻳ ُ‬

‫ﻒ« ِﺑﺬِراﻋَ ﻴْﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬وا‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ْ‬

‫ﱠﻗﺖ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻓﺘَﺤَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬و َ‬
‫َﻓ ْﺮﺣَ ﺘﺎ ُه ِﺑ َﻚ! أَﻳ َْﻦ أَﻧﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﻳ َْﻦ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ؟ أَﻳ َْﻦ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻧﺎ — ﻳﺎ َو َﻟﺪِي — وَأَﻳ َْﻦ ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ؟ َﻟﻘ ْﺪ ﻓﺎ َر َﻗﻨ َِﻲ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻔﺎءِ ِﰲ ِﺟ ْﺴ ِﻤﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ ُﺸ ْﻜ ًﺮا هلل ِ‬ ‫ض‪ ،‬وَزاﻳَ َﻠﻨ َِﻲ اﻟﻮَﺟَ ُﻊ واﻷَﻟﻢُ‪ .‬وَﻫﺄَﻧَﺬِي أُﺣِ ﱡﺲ َ‬
‫اﻵن َد ِﺑﻴﺐَ ﱢ‬ ‫ا َمل َﺮ ُ‬
‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧَﻌْ ﻤﺎﺋ ِِﻪ‪«.‬‬

‫ﻮﺷ ًﺔ وَﻫِ ﻲ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬ﻣﺎذا ﺟَ َﺮى؟ َو َﻛﻴ َ‬

‫ْﻒ َﻛ ِﱪ َْت ﻫ َﻜﺬا — ﻳﺎ َو َﻟﺪِيﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت إ ِ َﱃ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫َني ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َو َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ؟«‬
‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ — ﺑ ْ َ‬

‫ني و ََﺳﺒْﻌَ ِﺔ أ َ ْﺷﻬُ ٍﺮ و َِﺳﺘﱠ ِﺔ‬‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ — َﻗ ْﺪ َﻛ ِﱪَ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺮ َك أُﻣﱠ ُﻪ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﺳﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬

‫ﻒ« — ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫َﻛﺎن »ﻳ ُ‬
‫أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪.‬‬
‫ﴩ َﺳﻨ َ ٍ‬
‫ﻮات‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ﱠﺎﻗ َﺔ — ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ﻋُ ﻤْ ُﺮ ُه — َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺒْﺪَأ َ ﻫﺬه اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ َﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫و َ‬

‫)‪ (6‬ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ُة ِ‬
‫»ودادَ«‬

‫»ودادُ«‪.‬‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ِت ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِ‬

‫ﻒ« ِﺑﻜﻠِﻤَ ٍﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ٍة ُﻓﺘِﺤَ ِﺖ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ُة‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬‫و ََﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﻄ َﻖ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﻒ«‪ ،‬و ََﻫﻨﱠﺄَﺗْ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﻴﱠ َﺰ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﺠﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﲆ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛَﺒﺎت‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ َ‬
‫ﻇﻔِ َﺮ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺒﱠ َﻠ ْﺖ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬
‫ﺠﺎح َوﺗَ ْﻮﻓ ٍ‬
‫ِﻴﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ٍ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع‬ ‫ﻳﺮ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛُﻬﺎ ﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱠ َﻠ ُﻪ َو َﻟﺪُﻫﺎ ﱡ‬
‫ﴎ ِ‬‫»ودادُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ِ‬ ‫ﱰﺑ َْﺖ ِ‬‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْاﻗ َ َ‬
‫ْﻒ‬ ‫واﻷ َ ْﺧ ِ‬
‫ﻄﺎر‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َف ِﻣ ْﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫واﺳﺘَﻬْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ض َﻟ ُﻪ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻟﻬﺎ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ِﺷﻔﺎﺋِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وﺗَ ِﺼ ُ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ﺧﺎض اﻷ َ ْﻫﻮا َل ِﺑﻤﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْﻫ ٌﻞ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ْﺮأ َ ٍة َ‬
‫وﺻ ْ ٍﱪ َو َﻛ َﺮ ِم ﻧ َ ْﻔ ٍﺲ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬

‫ﻒ« َﺧﺠَ ًﻼ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛﻨﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬واﻣْ ﺘِﺪاﺣِ ﻬﺎ إِﻳﱠﺎهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬
‫ﻓﺎﺣْ ﻤَ ﱠﺮ وَﺟْ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﺻﻨ َ َﻊ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪْحَ ‪ِ ،‬ﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ — ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ — َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﺆ ﱢد َﻏ ْ َ‬
‫ري ﻣﺎ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺮى ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ َ‬
‫ﺴﺎن أ َ ْن ﻳُ َﺆ ﱢدﻳَ ُﻪ ﻷُﻣﱢ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ إِﻧ ْ ٍ‬

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‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎة«‬

‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗُ َﻘﺒﱢﻠُ ُﻪ ﺷﺎ ِﻛ َﺮ ًة‬
‫ﺻﺪْرﻫﺎ ﺣﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْد َر َﻛ ْﺖ أُﻣﱡ ُﻪ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱠ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻞ إِﻧﻘﺎذِ ﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻀﻤﱠ ﺘْ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬
‫راﺿﻴ ًَﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ِ‬

‫)‪ (7‬ﻋُ ْﻠﺒ ََﺔ ﱠ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻌُ ِ‬
‫ﻮط‬

‫ﻇﻔِ ْﺮ َت‬‫ﻒ« — ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬

‫ﻳﺰي »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻨﺲ — ﻳﺎ ﻋَ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﻻ ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫»ودادُ« إ ِ َﱃ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِ‬
‫وا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔﺘَ ِﺖ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻖ ﻣﺎ ﺗُﺮﻳﺪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻘ َﺰمُ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻬﺎ َﻛﻔِ ﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِﺑﺘَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﻔﺎﺋ ِِﺲ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْﻫﺪاﻫﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ﱠ‬
‫ﻮط‪ ،‬و ََﻓﺘَﺤَ ﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌُ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻋُ ْﻠﺒ ََﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﺄﺧ َﺮجَ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬
‫ﻃﻮ ُل ا ْﻟﻮاﺣِ ِﺪ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻐﺎر‪ ،‬ﻻ ﻳ َِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل ﱢ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل — ﻃﺎﺋ َِﻔ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤﱠ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺨ َﺮجَ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ — ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫و ﺣَ ﺠْ ﻢ اﻷُﻧ ْ ُﻤ َﻠ ِﺔ‪5 .‬‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﺠْ ِﻢ اﻟﻨﱠﻤْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْ‬
‫ﺮات ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ َوﻓِﻨﺎؤهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻣْ ﺘَﻸ َ ْت ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ ﺣُ ﺠُ ُ‬
‫ﴎﻋَ ٍﺔ وَﻣَ ﻬﺎ َر ٍة َوإِﺗْ ٍ‬
‫ﻘﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ ﻤَ َﻠﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ ُ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮاﺻﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻠﻮا ﻳ ِ‬ ‫َو َ‬
‫ِﻳﻘ ٌﺔ َﻏﻨﱠﺎءُ‪،‬‬
‫ﻂ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻢ ﺗَﻤْ ِﺾ ُرﺑْ ُﻊ ﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷﻴﱠﺪُوا َﻟ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﴫًا ﻋﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ ﺑَﺪﻳﻌً ﺎ؛ ﺗُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬
‫ﺛﺎث‪.‬‬‫وأَﺛﱠﺜُﻮ ُه ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻓ َﺨ ِﺮ اﻷ َ ِ‬
‫ﴬ ِة ﺑَﺪِﻳ َﻊ اﻟﺘﱠﻨ ْ ِﺴ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻏ َﺮ ُﺳﻮا إ ِ َﱃ ﺟﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ ﻏﺎﺑ ًَﺔ َﻛﺒريَ ًة‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ْﺮﻋً ﻰ َﻓ ِﺴﻴﺤً ﺎ؛ را ِﺋ َﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ْ َ‬

‫)‪َ (8‬ز ْﻫ َﺮ ُة ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻮْكِ‬
‫ﺾ ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻖ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع املِ ﻘﺪامُ‪ .‬وَﻻ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﺲ » َز ْﻫ َﺮ َة‬ ‫»ودادُ«‪» :‬ﻫﺬا ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِ‬
‫ﻆ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻮْكِ « ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْﻫﺪاﻫﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻜﻨ ُ ِ‬
‫ﻮز اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ َرة ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﺗُ ْﺴﻌِ ُﺪ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳُﻮﻗِﻌُ ﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ ُﺪ ِﰲ ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ﱠ‬

‫ني ﺗَ ُﺸﻤﱡ ﻬﺎ — أَيﱠ َ ْ‬

‫ﳾءٍ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﺎهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﻻ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒ َُﺚ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺮاهُ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﺣَ ْﺴﺒُ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ ُﻛ َﺮ — ﺣِ َ‬

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‫)‪ (9‬ﻋَ ﺼﺎ »أ ُ َوﻳْﺲ«‬

‫و ََﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻟ َﻚ ﻋَ ﺼﺎ »أ ُ َوﻳ ٍْﺲ« — َﻛﻤﺎ َرأَﻳ َْﺖ — ﺣِ ﺼﺎﻧًﺎ ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒُﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ ِﺑ َﻚ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺗَﺸﺎءُ ِﰲ‬
‫ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ ُ ْ‬
‫ﴎﻋَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِْق ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﺨﺎﻃ ِﻒ‪.‬‬

‫)‪ِ (10‬ﻣ ْﺨ َﻠﺐُ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱢ‬

‫ﻂ‬

‫ﻂ َﻟ َﻚ َوﻟِﻮا ِﻟ َﺪ ِﺗ َﻚ ِﺻﺤﱠ ًﺔ ﻣَ ﻮ ُْﻓﻮ َر ًة‪ ،‬و ََﺷﺒﺎﺑًﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺠَ ﱢﺪدًا‪.‬‬ ‫و ََﺳﻴَ ْﻜ ُﻔ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﺨ َﻠﺐُ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱢ‬
‫ﻓﺎﻵ َن أ ُ َودﱢﻋُ َﻚ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﷲ ُ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ﻧِﻌْ ﻤَ ﺘَ ُﻪ وَأ َ ْﺳﺒ ََﻎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ َﻓ ْﻀ َﻠ ُﻪ وَرﻋﺎﻳَﺘُﻪُ‪.‬‬‫ْ‬
‫ُ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬
‫ﻮن ِﰲ َﺳﻌﺎ َدةٍ‪َ ،‬و َرﻏﺎ َد ِة ﻋَ ﻴ ٍْﺶ‪ ،‬وَراﺣَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ ِآﻣﻨ َ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﻠﻴُﻤَ ﺘﱢﻌْ َﻚ ﷲ ُ ِﺑﺄﻣﱢ ﻚِ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻨ ُ ِ‬
‫ﺑﺎل‪.‬‬
‫ٍ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻟﻔ ِﻀﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ ﻧ َ ِﺼريًا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ ُِﻀﻴ َﻊ ﷲ ُ أﺟْ ُﺮ ﻣَ ْﻦ أﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ﻋَ ﻤَ ًﻼ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌْ َﺪ َم َ‬
‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﺰا َك ﷲ ُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣُ ﺒﱢ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَﻨَﻮيﱢ — ﻛﻤﺎ َرأَﻳ َْﺖ — أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺰاءِ‪«.‬‬

‫ﴪو ًرا‪ ،‬واﻧْﻬﺎ َل ﻋَ َﲆ ﻳَﺪِﻫﺎ َﻟﺜﻤً ﺎ َوﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺒ ً‬

‫ﻴﻼ‪،‬‬ ‫»ودادَ« ﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ﻒ« ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒَ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ِﻄ َﺮةٍ‪.‬‬‫راﺿﻴَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻔﻮﻋَ ٍﺔ ِﺑﺘَﺤِ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ َ‬
‫َﻓ َﺸﻴﱠﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ﺑﺎﺑْﺘِﺴﺎﻣَ ٍﺔ ِ‬
‫ﻧﺎﻇ ِﺮهِ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻐِ ﺐْ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬
‫ﺧﺎﻃ ِﺮهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﻮا َر ْت ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬

‫ﻴﻖ ْاﻷَﻣﺎﻧ ﱢِﻲ‬

‫)‪ (11‬ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ُ‬

‫ﴫﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ِﻟﺘَﺘَﻤَ ﺘﱠ َﻊ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻨْﻌَ َﻢ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬

‫ِﻳﻘ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﻒ« أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫َت أ ُ ﱡم »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫وَأَراد ْ‬
‫وَﻏﺎﺑَ ٍﺔ وَﻣَ ْﺮﻋً ﻰ؛ وَﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ِﺠ ْﺪ ﺛ َ ْﻮﺑًﺎ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒ َُﺴﻪُ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺑﺎﻋَ ْﺖ — ِﰲ أَﺛْﻨﺎءِ ﻣَ َﺮ ِﺿﻬﺎ — ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻜ ُﻪ‬
‫ﻃﻌﺎ ٍم‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛْﺘُ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ‪ :‬ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ — وَﺣْ َﺪ ُه — ِﺑﻼ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ اﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﺎب‪ِ ،‬ﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫أﺛﺎث َوﺛ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ٍ‬
‫ﺼ ِﺔ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺎﺋ َِﻘ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﰲ أَو ِﱠل ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬
‫ﺨﺎﻃ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪:‬‬ ‫ريﺗَﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْد َر َك ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺪُو ُر ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻳَ َﺮى ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻟﺒﱠﻴْﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْﻚِ ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ أُﻣﱠ ﺎهُ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ ﺟﺎﻟِﺐٌ َﻟﻚِ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ْﺸﺘَ ِﻬ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻮْكِ ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ﱠﺮﺑَﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧْﻔِ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﺧ َﺮجَ ِﻣﻦ ﺟَ ﻴْ ِﺒ ِﻪ َز ْﻫ َﺮ َة ﱠ‬

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‫»ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎة«‬

‫ِﻴﺎب ﻏﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﺣْ ِﺬﻳَ ٍﺔ ﻓﺎﺧِ َﺮ ٍة —‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳ َُﺸﻤﱡ ﻬﺎ — و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ ﺗَ ْﺸﺘَ ِﻬﻴ ِﻪ أُﻣﱡ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ ٍ‬
‫ﺣﺎﴐا‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ وَﺟَ َﺪ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﺎ ُه َوﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠ َﻠﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣﺎﻧﻲ ِ ً‬ ‫ﺑﺨﺎﻃ ِﺮ ِه ِﻣ َﻦ اﻷ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ وَﺟَ َﺪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ دا َر‬
‫ﻮاب‪َ ،‬و َرأَى — إ ِ َﱃ ﺟﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ — ِﺻﻮاﻧًﺎ ﺣﺎﻓِ ًﻼ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻏ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻔﺲ ْاﻷَﺛ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮأَى أَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻪ ِﺻﻮاﻧًﺎ ﺣﺎﻓِ ًﻼ ِﺑﺄَﻧ ْ ِ‬
‫ْاﻷَﺣْ ِﺬﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺛﺎ ِﻟﺜًﺎ‪ ،‬وَرا ِﺑﻌً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻫﻜﺬا‪.‬‬
‫ﻴﺎب‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪ ِ‬
‫ِﻳﻊ‬ ‫ﻴﺲ اﻟﺜ ﱢ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« وَأُﻣﱡ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﻮﻧ َ ُﺔ أَﺟْ ﻤَ َﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﺜﱠﻠُ ُﻪ »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َت ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْ‬‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﻮ ْ‬
‫اﻷ َ ْﻛ ِﺴﻴَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ني ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح‪.‬‬‫ﻮﺷ َ‬‫ﻒ« وَأُﻣﱡ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺼﺎحَ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ﻻﻣﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺨ ﱠري َْت أُﻣﱡ ُﻪ ﺛ َ ْﻮﺑًﺎ‬ ‫ﻴﺲ‪ ،‬وَﺣِ ﺬاءً ِ‬ ‫ﻮخ ْاﻷ َ ْز َر ِق اﻟﻨﱠﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« ﺛ َ ْﻮﺑًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ﺨري »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َوﺗَ ﱠ َ‬
‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ ًزا ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ‪ُ ،‬ﻣ َﺮ ﱠ‬
‫ﺻﻌً ﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻣ َ‬
‫ﴫ اﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ‪ .‬وَﻃﺎﻓﺎ ِﺑﺤُ ﺠُ ﺮاﺗ ِِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺴﻴﺤَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻫﺎب — ﻣَ َﻊ اﺑْﻨِﻬﺎ — إ ِ َﱃ َ‬
‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْ َ‬
‫ﻮر ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻠُﻮكِ ‪.‬‬
‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺴ َﺔ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ِﻣﺜْﻠُﻬﺎ ِﰲ ُﻗ ُ‬
‫ﺠﺎﺟﻴ َﺪ ُه ا ْﻟﻨﱠﻔِ َ‬‫و ََﺷ ِﻬﺪا أَﺛﺎﺛ َ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻔﺎﺧِ ﺮ‪ ،‬و ََﺳ ِ‬
‫ﻃ َ‬
‫ﺒﺎق‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬و َرأَﻳﺎ ْاﻷَواﻧ َِﻲ ْ‬
‫واﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﱠات ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ َِﺦ‪ .‬وَﺣُ ﺠْ ﺮ ِة اﻟﻄﻌﺎ ِم‪ ،‬ﻓﻮﺟﺪا ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌﺪ ِ‬ ‫وَﻃﺎﻓﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬
‫َﻛ ِﺜريَ ًة ﻣَ ﻮ ُْﻓﻮ َر ًة‪.‬‬

‫ﴫ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﻌﺎ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮع‪ ،‬وَﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ﻤﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠﺪا ِﰲ َ‬
‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَأَﺣَ ﱠﺲ ﻛ ُ‬
‫ِﻼﻫﻤﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺠُ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻮْكِ و ََﻗ ﱠﺮﺑَﻬﺎ ِﻣﻦ أَﻧْﻔِ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ﻒ« ِﺑ َﺰ ْﻫ َﺮ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬

‫ﻃﻌﺎﻣً ﺎ ﻓﺎﺧِ ًﺮا — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ وَﺟَ َﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ املﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ِة ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ْﺸﺘَ ِﻬﻴ ِﻪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴﻪُ‪:‬‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ إ ِ ْن َﺷﻤﱠ ﻬﺎ — و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ َ‬
‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻮا ِﺑ ِﻞ؛ َﻓﺠَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫َﺟﺎج ﻣَ ْﺸ ِﻮيﱟ ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ ِﺜ ٍ‬
‫وف ﻣَ ْﻘ ِﻠﻴﱠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ود ٍ‬‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﺴﺎءٍ ﺳﺎﺧِ ٍﻦ‪ ،‬و ََﻓﺨِ ِﺬ َﺧ ُﺮ ٍ‬
‫ﻼن َﻫﻨِﻴﺌًﺎ ﻣَ ِﺮﻳﺌًﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷ ِﺒﻌﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫أﻣﱢ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ املﺎ ِﺋ َﺪةِ؛ وَراﺣﺎ ﻳَﺄ ُﻛ ِ‬

‫ﺒﺎق و ََﻏ َﺴﻼﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬و َرﺗﱠﺒﺎﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن و َ‬

‫َﺿﻌﺎﻫﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻃ ٍ‬ ‫ﺤﺎف وَأ َ ْ‬
‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َر َﻓﻌﺎ ﻣﺎ َﻓﻮ َْق املﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ِة ِﻣ َﻦ ِﺻ ٍ‬
‫أَﻣﺎ ِﻛﻨِﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬
‫ﻄﺒ َِﺦ‪.‬‬

‫اﻟﴪﻳ َﺮﻳ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬

‫َﺿﻌﺎﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻔ ُﺮ ِش‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﻮﻧ َ ِﺔ أ َ ْﻓ َﺨ َﺮ ُ‬
‫ي اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﺮﺟﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻋَ ﺪﱠا َ ِ‬
‫ﴎﻳ َﺮ ِ‬
‫»ودادَ«‪ ،‬ﻣﺎ َﻫﻴﱠﺄَﺗْ ُﻪ َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬‫ﻧﺎﻣﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ ﻧَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﻫﺎدِ ﺋًﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺣَ ِﻤﺪا ﷲ َ و ََﺷ َﻜﺮا ِﻟ ْﻠ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ِ :‬‬

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‫واﻟﺴﻌﺎ َدةِ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ َﺷ َﻜ َﺮ ِت اﻷ ُ ﱡم‬

‫ﱠ‬ ‫َﴪﺗْ ُﻪ َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ وَﺳﺎﺋ ِِﻞ اﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ِﺔ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳ ِ‬
‫ﺒﺎب ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻨﺎءِ واﻟ ﱠﺮﺧﺎءِ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ ﻳ ﱠ َ‬
‫ﻣﻦ ﺟَ ﻼﺋ ِِﻞ ْاﻷَﻋْ ِ‬
‫ﻤﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻟ َﻮ َﻟﺪِﻫﺎ ﻣﺎ ﻗﺎ َم ِﺑ ِﻪ — ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒﻴﻠ ِﻬﺎ — ْ‬

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‫َِ‬

‫ﳾءٌ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ؛‬ ‫ور‪ ،‬ﻻ ﻳُﻌﻮ ُز ُﻫﻤﺎ َ ْ‬ ‫َﴎ ٍ‬ ‫ﻒ« وَأُﻣﱡ ُﻪ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم — ِﰲ َﻫﻨﺎءٍ و ُ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬ ‫َﻋﺎش »ﻳ ُ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫ﻇﻔِ ﺮا ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺰاﻳﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﻠُﻘِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ وا ْﻟﻬَ ﺪاﻳﺎ ﱢ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ﺮﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑ َﻔ ْﻀ ِﻞ ﻣﺎ َ‬
‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ؛‬ ‫ﻮﺧ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َ‬
‫ﻇﻔِ ﺮا ِﺑﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿﻌْ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌْ ﺘَ ﱠﻞ َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﺻﺤﱠ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺪ ِْر ْﻛﻬُ ﻤﺎ َ‬
‫ﻂ‪.‬‬ ‫َوﻣ ْ‬
‫ِﺨ َﻠ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱢ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘﺎﺟﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺼﺎ ِﻟﺘَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻠﻬُ ﻤﺎ؛ ﻷَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮا ِﰲ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ إ ِ َﱃ أيﱢ ﻣَ ٍ‬
‫ﻜﺎن‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﺴﻌﺎ َد ِة واﻟ ﱠﺮﺧﺎءِ‪.‬‬‫ﺒﺎب ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮاﻓ َﺮ ْت َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ أ َ ْﺳ ِ‬
‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﱪَﺣﺎ َﻗ ْﴫ َُﻫﻤﺎ‪ .‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَ َ‬

‫اﻟﺸﻮْكِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَدْﻧﺎﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧْﻔِ ِﻪ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ ﺣﺎﺟَ ﺘ ِِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑ ََﻘ َﺮﺗَ ْ ِ‬

‫ني‬ ‫ﻒ« ِﺑ َﺰ ْﻫ َﺮ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫وَأَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ »ﻳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ُ‬
‫ﱠﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪.‬‬‫ورﻳ ِ‬‫ﴐ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺷﻴﺎء أ ُ َﺧﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ُ‬ ‫ني أ َ ِﺻﻴ َﻠ ْ ِ‬
‫ني‪ ،‬وَﺣِ ﺼﺎﻧ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺳ ِﻤﻴﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻮْكِ ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ وَﺟَ َﺪ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﺎهُ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ ﻛﺎ َد ﻳ ََﺸ ﱡﻢ َز ْﻫ َﺮ َة ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﻠُﺐْ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ِ ،‬ﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻻ ﺗَ ِﻄﻴﺐُ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ُة ﱠإﻻ‬
‫ﻃﻤﱠ ﺎﻋً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْ‬‫ﴍ ًﻫﺎ وَﻻ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َ ِ‬
‫ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬

‫ﳾءٍ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮﻳّ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﺮط ِﰲ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻬَ ﺪاﻳﺎ ﱢ‬‫و ََﻗ ِﺪ اﺣْ ﺘَ َﻔ َ‬
‫ﻌني ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛﻤَ ِﻞ ِﺻﺤﱠ ٍﺔ وَأَﺗَ ﱢﻢ‬
‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌﺎﺷﺎ ﻣُﻤَ ﺘﱠ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻆ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْ‬
‫ﻈ َﻔ َﺮا ِﺑﺤَ ﻴﺎ ٍة َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻪ وَﺣَ ﱢ‬
‫َﻛﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬
‫و َ‬
‫ﻋﺎﻓِ ﻴَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬

‫ﱪ وا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮوءَ ِة وا ْﻟﻮَﻓﺎءِ‪ ،‬و َُﻗ ْﺪ َو ًة ﺣَ َﺴﻨ َ ًﺔ ﻟ ِْﻸَﺑْﻨﺎء‪.‬‬

‫ﺼﺘُﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﻣَ ﺜ َ ًﻼ ﺻﺎﻟِﺤً ﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫َﻋﺎﺷﺖ ﻗِ ﱡ‬