‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮ ُ‬

‫اب ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‬
‫ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن دﺑﻠﻴﻮ ﺑﺮﺟﺲ‬

‫ﺗﺮﺟﻤﺔ‬
‫أﺣﻤﺪ ﺷﻜﻞ‬

‫ﻣﺮاﺟﻌﺔ‬
‫ﻟﺒﻨﻰ ﻋﻤﺎد ﺗﺮﻛﻲ‬
‫‪Blacky the Crow‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬
‫‪Thornton W. Burgess‬‬ ‫ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن دﺑﻠﻴﻮ ﺑﺮﺟﺲ‬

‫اﻟﻨﺎﴍ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﳼ آي ﳼ‬

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

‫وإﻧﻤﺎ ﱢ‬
‫ﻳﻌﱪ اﻟﻜﺘﺎب ﻋﻦ آراء ﻣﺆﻟﻔﻪ‪.‬‬

‫رﺳﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ :‬ﺣﻨﺎن ﺑﻐﺪادي‪.‬‬

‫اﻟﱰﻗﻴﻢ اﻟﺪوﱄ‪٩٧٨ ١ ٥٢٧٣ ١٣٩٦ ٥ :‬‬

‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ملﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﳼ آي ﳼ‪.‬‬

‫ﻳُﻤﻨَﻊ 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 © 2018 Hindawi Foundation C.I.C.‬‬

‫‪Blacky the Crow/Thornton W. Burgess; this work is in the public domain.‬‬
 ‫اﳌﺤﺘﻮﻳﺎت‬

‫‪7‬‬ ‫إ ِ ْﻫﺪَا ٌء‬

‫‪9‬‬ ‫‪ -١‬ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﻘ ُﻖ ا ْﻛﺘ َِﺸ ًﺎﻓﺎ‬
‫‪11‬‬ ‫‪ -٢‬ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ ُﺪ‬
‫‪15‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺐَ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني‬ ‫ف َ‬ ‫‪ -٣‬ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫‪17‬‬ ‫‪ -٤‬د ََﻫﺎءُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬
‫‪19‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَ ُه‬ ‫‪ -٥‬ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺪْﻋِ ﻲ أ َ ْ‬
‫‪21‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻪ‬ ‫‪ -٦‬ﱠ‬
‫‪23‬‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺔ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة‬ ‫‪ -٧‬ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳُﺠَ ﱢﺮبُ ُﺧ ﱠ‬
‫‪25‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‬ ‫‪ -٨‬ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ﻳَﻬُ ﺐﱡ ِﻟﻨَﺠْ َﺪ ِة ﱠ‬
‫‪27‬‬ ‫‪ -٩‬ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ اﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‬
‫‪29‬‬ ‫‪ -١٠‬اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون وَﻫﻮﺗﻲ‬
‫‪31‬‬ ‫ض ﻟ ْ ِِﻺ ْﻏ َﺮاءِ‬ ‫‪ -١١‬اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ُ‬
‫‪35‬‬ ‫‪ -١٢‬ﻣَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ٌﺔ أَﻋْ َﲆ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة‬
‫‪39‬‬ ‫‪ -١٣‬ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ َُﻐ ﱢريُ َرأْﻳَ ُﻪ‬
‫‪41‬‬ ‫‪ -١٤‬ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑ ِﺰﻳَﺎ َر ٍة‬
‫‪45‬‬ ‫ْﺿﺎ َع‬ ‫‪ -١٥‬ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﻘ ُﺪ ْاﻷَو َ‬
‫‪49‬‬ ‫‪ -١٦‬ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ َِﺠ ُﺪ أَدِ ﱠﻟ ًﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‬
‫‪53‬‬ ‫‪ -١٧‬أَﻣْ ٌﺮ ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺐٌ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫‪55‬‬ ‫ﻇﻨُﻮ ُن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬ ‫‪ُ -١٨‬‬

‫‪57‬‬ ‫‪ -١٩‬ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ َِﺼ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ِﺰﻳ ٍﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِاﻻ ْﻛﺘ َِﺸ َﺎﻓ ِ‬
‫ﺎت‬
‫‪59‬‬ ‫‪ -٢٠‬ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳُﺤَ ﺬﱢ ُر ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ﻳﻦ‬
‫‪63‬‬ ‫‪ -٢١‬ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ ُﺪ أَﺧِ ريًا‬
‫‪67‬‬ ‫‪ -٢٢‬ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ ُد إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‬
‫‪71‬‬ ‫‪ -٢٣‬ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺪْﻋِ ﻲ اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‬
‫‪73‬‬ ‫‪ -٢٤‬اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ‬
‫‪75‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪْﻣَ ٌﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة‬ ‫‪َ -٢٥‬‬
‫‪79‬‬ ‫ﺎت؟‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد أيﱠ ﺑَﻄ ٍ‬ ‫َﺼﻄ ِﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫‪ -٢٦‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذا ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ْ‬
‫‪81‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻠ ُﻢ‬ ‫‪ -٢٧‬ﱠ‬
‫‪85‬‬ ‫‪ -٢٨‬ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﺎ َو ُر ﻣَ َﻊ داﺳﻜﻲ‬
‫‪89‬‬ ‫‪ -٢٩‬ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ َِﺠ ُﺪ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ًﺔ‬
‫‪93‬‬ ‫‪ -٣٠‬ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺠْ ِﻤ ُﻊ َﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ﺘَ ُﻪ‬
‫‪97‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻠُﻮكِ‬ ‫‪ -٣١‬ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ٌﺔ َﺳﻴﱢﺌَ ُﺔ ﱡ‬
‫‪101‬‬ ‫ﴪ َ‬
‫وﻗ ِﺔ؟‬ ‫‪ -٣٢‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻓﻌَ َﻞ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ ُ‬

‫‪6‬‬
 ‫إِ ْﻫ َﺪاءٌ‬

‫ﻆ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑ ََﻘﺎﺋ ِِﻪ ِﰲ أ َ ْر ِض أَﺟْ ﺪَادِ ِه — ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ‬ ‫َاﻃ ِﻦ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮﻳﻜ ﱢِﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺣَ َﺎﻓ َ‬
‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮ ِ‬
‫ﺿ ِﻄﻬَ ﺎدِ — ِﺑ ُﻘ ْﺪ َرﺗ ِِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻜﻴ ِﱡﻒ َوذَ َﻛﺎﺋ ِِﻪ … إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫وف َوﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِﺿ ِﻪ ﻟ ِِﻼ ْ‬
‫ﻈ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺒَﺪ ِﱡل اﻟ ﱡ‬
‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮ ِ‬
‫اب‪.‬‬
 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫ﳛ ﱢﻘ ُﻖ اﻛْ ِﺘ َﺸﺎ ًﻓﺎ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮ ُ‬

‫اب ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُ َ‬

‫اﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻧَﺘِﻴﺠَ ًﺔ ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳ ََﻘ ُﻊ ِﰲ ﻣ ُْﺸﻜ َِﻼ ٍت َﻻ‬ ‫دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ َﺮى ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ َﻻ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮ َ‬
‫َﺎن ﺳﺎﻣﻲ؛ َﻓﻜ َِﻼ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﻳ ِ‬
‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ ﺗَﺠَ ﻨﱡﺒُﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ﻳ ُْﺸ ِﺒ ُﻪ اﺑ َْﻦ ﻋَ ﻤﱢ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬﻲ َﻛ َ‬
‫اﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳَ َﺮى أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ َﻛ ِﺜريَ ًة َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳَ َﺮ َ‬
‫ﴬاءَ‪،‬‬ ‫ﴬاءَ وَا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑ ََﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻰ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻠِﻴ ُﺪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮوجَ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻌْ ﺒ ًَﺔ؛ إِذْ َﻏ ﱠ‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﺪ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ َة َ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ُه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎ ﱠد ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أُوﺗ َِﻲ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻌْ ِﻤ َﻞ ﻧ َ َ‬
‫َﺎﺳﻤَ َﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻛ َﺔ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬‫َو َﻛ َﺴ ِﺖ اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮجُ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ َﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَ وَا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻳ َِﺠ ُﺪ ُه ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﺪٍّا ِﻷ َ ْﻛ ِﻞ أَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ٍة ِﻟﻴ َِﺠ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﺴ ﱡﺪ ﺟُ ﻮﻋَ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ ُد َﻟﻴ ًْﻼ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ ﺑَﺤْ ﺜًﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻊ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻘ َ‬
‫ﺼﺤْ ﺒَ ِﺔ أ َ ْﻓ َﺮادِ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠﺘ ِِﻪ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ﻳﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﺖ َﻟﻴْ َﻠﺘَ ُﻪ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺮ‬ ‫ص ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ًﺔ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺒْﺪَأ ُ ُﻗ ْﺮ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺤْ ﺒ ََﺔ‪ ،‬و ََﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺒﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﻌْ َﺸ ُﻖ ﱡ‬
‫ﻒ اﻟﺘﱢ َﻼ ِل ْاﻷ ُ ْرﺟُ ﻮَا ِﻧﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺘَ ِﺠ ُﺪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﺘﱠ ِﺠ ُﻪ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ ِه َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬‫ري ِﰲ َ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَﺪِﻳ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺮحُ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬
‫ف أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴ َِﺠ ُﺪ ِﺟريَاﻧًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺟﻨ ْ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪َ .‬وﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل ْاﻷ َ ْرﻧَﺐُ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ؛ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺑ ُْﻘﻌَ ٍﺔ ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨِﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبَ ﺟﺎك ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﻤريَ ُه ﻳُ َﺆ ﱢر ُﻗﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺑﻴﱰ إ ِ ﱠن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻻ ﻳَﺠْ ُﺮ ُؤ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم ِﺑﻤ ُْﻔ َﺮ ِدهِ؛ ِﻷ َ ﱠن َ‬
‫ﺼﺪ َﱢق ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺸﺎءُ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْن ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ُﺷ ﱡﻚ ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن أَﻳٍّﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ري‪ .‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل إ ِ ﱠن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ ُﻢ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﻀ ِﻤ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ف ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫ﺎل ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪ ،‬وَأَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ ُه ﺑَﺤْ ﺜ ُ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﱰْﺣَ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ًﻘﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻛ ِﺜريُ ﱠ‬
‫ﻃ َﺮأ َ ْت ﻋَ َﲆ ذِ ْﻫﻨ ِِﻪ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ُة أ َ ْن ﻳُ ْﻠﻘِ َﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءِ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم إ ِ َﱃ أَﻣَ ﺎﻛ َِﻦ ﻧَﺎ ِﺋﻴَ ٍﺔ‪ِ .‬ﰲ أَﺣَ ِﺪ أَﻳﱠﺎ ِم أَوَاﺧِ ِﺮ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻴﺶ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻘ ُﺮ أﺣﻤﺮ اﻟﺬﻳﻞ ﻳَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ني ﻣَ ﻬْ ﺠُ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة ﻋَ َﲆ ُر ْﻛ ٍﻦ ﻣُﻌَ ﱠ ٍ‬ ‫ﻧَ ْ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﻮب‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ذَ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن أﺣﻤﺮ اﻟﺬﻳﻞ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ ﻳَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ﴬاءِ وَا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬ ‫وج ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ رﺑﻴﻊ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل ﱠ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻒ َو َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ َد ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ و ُ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺮ ِ‬
‫ﴬاءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫َو َﻛﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻏ ِﺪ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮدِ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﱠﻠ َﻖ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻓﻮ َْق ﻗِ ﻤَ ِﻢ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻗِ ﺒَﺘَ ِ‬
‫ف ُﻛ ﱠﻞ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬‫ِﻠﺼ ْﻘ ِﺮ أﺣﻤﺮ اﻟﺬﻳﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ُﻣ ِﺜريًا ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَى أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱠﺶ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ َﻢ ﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ أ َ ﱠن ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﺎب أﺣﻤﺮ اﻟﺬﻳﻞ‪ .‬ﻣَ َﻊ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َزا َر ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ ِﰲ ﻏِ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫َ ْ‬
‫ف أَﺑَﺪًا ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ِﺠ َﺪ ُه ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ َ ِﺎز ِل ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳﻤَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻖ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى؛ َﻓ َﻼ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫َﺎل — َوﻟِﺬَا‬ ‫ﺎت ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﻳَﻘِﻴﻨًﺎ أ َ ﱠن أﺣﻤﺮ اﻟﺬﻳﻞ ﻳَﺒْﻌُ ُﺪ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ أَﻣْ ﻴ ًَﺎﻻ — ﺑَ ْﻞ ِﻣﺌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َو ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﳾءٍ ُﻫ َﻮ اﻟﺘﱠﺄ َ ﱡﻛ ُﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ أ َ ﱠن أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺨ َﺸﺎ ُه ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻛ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﱠﻠ َﻖ َﻓﻮ َْق ﱠ‬ ‫َﺿﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﻮَﺟﱠ َﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺮ؛ ِﻟﺬَا‪ ،‬ﻋِ ﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻋَ َﺪ ِم وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد َﺧ َ‬
‫ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى ﻣَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ٍﻞ‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﴚءُ َﻛ ِﺒريًا إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﱟﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎن ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ف ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ُ‬‫َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا َرأَى ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ ﻳ َْﺸﻬَ ُﻖ َوﻳَ ْ‬
‫ﻴﻖ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ ُْﺸ ِﺒ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ َﺔ َﻛ ِﺜريًا! َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱠ ﺐُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷ ِﻬ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ ُْﺸ ِﺒ ُﻪ … َﻛ َ‬ ‫وَأَﺑْﻴ ََﺾ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮ ِْن‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬
‫َﺎح ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻤَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴﱠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ض‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ُِﺸريُ إ ِ َﱃ ِﻧﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻲ ْاﻷ َ ْر َ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠﺞُ ﻳ َُﻐ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺮﻓ ِِﻪ ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ؟ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َو َ‬
‫ﻴﺾ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ًﺔ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم!‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ ٌﺮ ﻳَ ِﺒ ُ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴﺪِ‪َ .‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد َة إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒ َِﺎر َد ِة و ﱠ‬
‫َاﻟﺼﻘِ ِ‬
‫ري ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻨ َ ْﻮﺑ ٍَﺮ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ ﻟِﻠﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬‫ﻃﺎ َر ﺑﻼﻛﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َت ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ًﺔ و ََﻻ َﺷ ﱠﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫ري ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠ ِﺞ‪َ .‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪ ْ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ َ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺮ َد ُﻛﺘْ َﻠ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﻴﻒ أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ‪َ .‬و ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺿﻌِ ٌ‬ ‫ُﻮن‪ ،‬ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َ‬ ‫أُوهْ! َﻛ ْﻢ َﺳﻴ َِﻄﻴﺐُ ِﱄ ﺗَﺬَو ُﱡق ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ٍﺔ ْاﻵ َن!« َو َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬
‫َﺎﴍ ًة وَاﻟﺘﱠﺄ َ ﱡﻛ ِﺪ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪ ،‬ا ْزدَا َد ﺟُ ﻮﻋُ ﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﻮَﺟﱡ ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬
‫ﺎن ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ‬ ‫ﺺ أَﺣَ ﺪ َُﻫﻢْ‪َ ،‬و ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َرآهُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺠْ ُﺮ ْؤ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﺨ ﱡ‬
‫»ﻻ َرﻳْﺐَ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أَﺣْ ﻠُﻢُ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒُﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و ََﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪ ،‬اﻧْﺘَ َﻔ َﺾ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ف ﻣَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ْف أ َ ِﻃريُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﺗُﻮﺟَ َﺪ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ٌﺔ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ا ْﻟﻤُﻬْ َ ِﱰ ِئ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ! َﺳﻮ َ‬
‫وَأَﻧ ْ َﴗ أَﻣْ َﺮ َﻫﺎ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻃﻮَا َل ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ َﴗ ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫ذَ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر أ َ ْن ﻳُ ْﻠﻘِ َﻲ ﻧ َ ْ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬

‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻳ َﺘ َﺄﻛﱠ ُﺪ‬

‫ﺻﺎ َر أَﻛِﻴﺪًا ِﺑ َﻼ َﺷ ﱟﻚ‬

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‫َ‬ ‫ٌ‬ ‫ٌ‬
‫ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺔ َ‬
‫ﻃﺎ َزﺟَ ﺔ ﻫِ َﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ َرأﻳ ُْﺖ‪.‬‬

‫ﺎﺳ ِﺐ ِﻟﻴ َْﺴﻤَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﺠُ ْﺰءَ ْاﻷَﺧِ ريَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﻼ ِم‬ ‫َﺎن ﺳﺎﻣﻲ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﺗَﻰ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﻳ ِ‬
‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ ُﺮ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل َ‬
‫ﱠث؟«‬ ‫ﱢث ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻪُ‪» :‬ﻋَ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬
‫ﱢث ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أُﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬
‫ﳾءَ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءَ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻢﱢ‪َ ،‬ﻻ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﻻ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮ ﱠد ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜًﺎ أَﺣْ ﻤَ َﻖ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻳﻀﺎ‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﱢﻢ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ؟‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺳﺎﻣﻲ ِﺑﺤِ ﱠﺪ ٍة َوﺗَ َﺴﺎءَ َل َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﺴ َﺖ ﻣَ ِﺮ ً‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬
‫ﻮع ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜًﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ‬ ‫ْﺿ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺑَﻴ ٍْﺾ ﻣَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﺐٌ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺒْﺪَأ ُ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑ َﻚ َﺧ ْ‬ ‫َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫ﺎﺳﺐَ ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ .‬ﻣَ ْﻦ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫َﺻ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻰ ِﺑﺎﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠ ِﺞ وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﻠِﻴﺪِ‪ .‬ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤَ َﺎﻗ ُﺔ َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻮ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻣ َُﻐ ٍّ‬ ‫َ ْ‬
‫ْﺿﻮﻋَ ٍﺔ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜًﺎ ِﰲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم؟!«‬ ‫ِﺑﺒَﻴ َْﻀ ٍﺔ ﻣَ ﻮ ُ‬
‫ﱪﺗُ َﻚ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﻤَ َﺎﻗ ٌﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﺋ ٌﻊ ِﻟ َﺪ َرﺟَ ِﺔ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪» :‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أ َ ﱠن أَﺣَ ﺪًا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ْﻊ ِﺑ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ .‬أ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬
‫ﺼﻮ َل ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ أ ُ ِرﻳﺪُ‪َ .‬و َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠﻨِﻲ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ‬ ‫أ َ ْن أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ﺗَﻨَﺎ ُوﻟُ ُﻪ إ ِ َذا ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬
‫ﻇﻨﱡﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﻮري إِذَا َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة َﻟﺬِﻳﺬَ ًة أَﻣَ ِﺎﻣﻲ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪ .‬أ َ ُ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ أ َ ْن أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ ُﺷﻌُ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺄ ْ ِن‪«.‬‬
‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ﱠ‬
‫ُﻮﺿ َﻊ‬‫َﺿ ِﻊ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َ‬ ‫َث‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ﺬَا َﻟﻴ َْﺲ و َْﻗ َﺖ و ْ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﺳﺎﻣﻲ‪َ :‬‬
‫ْف أَذْ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ِﻤ ْﻊ ِﻟﻨ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ﺘِﻲ وَاﻧ ْ َﺲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷُﻣُﻮ َر ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﻴ َﻠ َﺔ‪َ .‬ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ُْﺾ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﺻﻮْﻣَ ﻌَ ِﺔ اﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﺰ َرﻋَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن اﻟﺬﱡ َر ُة َﻟﺬِﻳﺬَ ًة ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ٌة ِﺟﺪٍّا َوﻣ ُْﺸ ِﺒﻌَ ٌﺔ‪ .‬ﺣَ ِﺮيﱞ ِﺑ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ‪«.‬‬
‫َﻓ َﺮ ﱠد ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪ُ ،‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ و ََﻗ ٍﺖ َﻻﺣِ ٍﻖ‪ُ .‬ﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا َﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻃﻮ َِل َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫َني ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺣَ ﱠﻠ َﻖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺐُ ﺳﺎﻣﻲ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺘَﻮَا َرى ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫و ََﻗ َ‬
‫ﺻﻨ َ ْﻮﺑ ٍَﺮ ِﻟﻴَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﺪ ِم وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد أَﺣَ ٍﺪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻮ َِار‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ أَﺣَ َﺪ ﻳَ َﺮاهُ‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﴬاءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺟَ ﻨَﺎﺣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ َوﺗَﻮَﺟﱠ َﻪ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻛ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬْ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺑ ََﺴ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻢ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﻖ‪ .‬أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﻖ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﻟﻘِ َﻲ ﻧ َ ْ‬
‫ﺺ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ِة أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ﺎ َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ِﻠﺼ ْﻘ ِﺮ أﺣﻤﺮ اﻟﺬﻳﻞ‪َ .‬ﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أَﺗَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ َ‬ ‫ذَا َك ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ ﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ٍة‬‫ﴐ َر ِﰲ إ ِ ْﻟ َﻘﺎءِ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻻ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ًﺔ َراﺋِﻌَ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺎءَ‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﲆ أَﻳﱠ ِﺔ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻫﻨُﺎ َك أَﻣْ ِﺲ َﻛ َ‬
‫أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪«.‬‬
‫ِﻠﺼ ْﻘ ِﺮ أﺣﻤﺮ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱠﺶ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻄﻨ َ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻤْ ﻨَﻌُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺬﻳﻞ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻠ َﻖ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ؛ َﻓﺒﻼﻛﻲ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ َﺪ َه ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻛﺎءِ وَا ْﻟﻔِ ْ‬
‫ف ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ َﺧﻔِ ﱞﻲ‪َ ،‬وﻣ َِﻦ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺧ ِﻄ ًﺮا؛ َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮةِ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُ‬‫ُﺨﺎ َ‬‫ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ ِﺑ َﻠﻬْ َﻔ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠ ْﻞ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﻜﻤَ ِﺔ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻠ َﺰ َم ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺬَ َر‪َ .‬وإِذْ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻮ ِْق ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬
‫ني‬‫َان ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪو ِ‬ ‫ني أَﺑْﻴ ََﻀ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ؛ َﺷﻴْﺌَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني« أَﺑْﻴ ََﻀ ْ ِ‬ ‫»ﺷﻴْﺌَ ْ ِ‬‫ُﺷﻌُ ﻮ َر ُه ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى َ‬
‫ﺎن«‪َ .‬ﻓ َﱰ ﱠَﺳ َﺨ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻔِ ْﻜ َﺮ ُة‬ ‫»ﺷﻴْﺌَ ِ‬ ‫َﺻﺎ َر ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ وَاﺣِ ﺪٌ؛ و َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﻼ َﺷ ﱟﻚ! ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن! َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜﻮﻧَﺎ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َ‬
‫آﺧ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻋَ ْﻘ ِﻞ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ؛ إِﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻔﻌِ ًﻼ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫َان‪َ .‬ﻓﻠ َِﺴﺒ ٍَﺐ ﻣَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺠْ ُﺮ ْؤ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠﻮ ﱡَﻗ ِﻒ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َري َ‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻞ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫ﺎت‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ َق و َْﻗﺘًﺎ ِﻟﻴَﺠْ ﻤَ َﻊ َﺷﺘَ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َﻔ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريَ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫ني َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة و ََﻗ ِﻮﻳ ٌﱠﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬‫َﺿﻌَ ْﺖ َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻳٍّﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣَ ْﻦ و َ‬
‫َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َ َ‬
‫ﻴﻞ‬ ‫ﻮع ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َو َﻟ ْﻮ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ ٌﺮ أ ْﻛ َﱪُ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻛ ِﺜريًا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏﺐُ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻮ ُُﻗ ِ‬
‫ني‪ ،‬وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺐُ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻣَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َز ِج‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أَو ًﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺸ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﺸﺎءٍ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ني‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ف ِﺑﻮُﺟُ ﻮ ِد َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ أَﺣَ َﺪ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻓِ ﻌْ ﻠُﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺳﻴَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة َ‬ ‫َان ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن؛ ِﻟﺬَا و َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺻﻨ َ ْﻮﺑ ٍَﺮ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﻄ َري َ‬ ‫أﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﻬْ ُﺮﺑَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أيﱢ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬
‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳُ ْﺰﻋِﺠَ ُﻪ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺠْ ﻠ َِﺲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َوﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ د َ‬

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 ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ ُﺪ‬

‫ﺎن! ﻣَ ْﻦ ذَا ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬

‫ﻮن اﻧْﺘَ َﻘ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺣَ ﻘِ ﻴ ِﻘﻴﱠﺘَ ِ‬
‫ﺎن! ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻢ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ِ‬
‫ني َﻗﺒْ َﻞ وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد أَيﱢ ﺑَﺎدِ َر ٍة ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻗﺪُو ِم ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ‬ ‫َﺿ ِﻊ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬‫ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل أﺣﻤﺮ اﻟﺬﻳﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ؟ وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﻨَﻰ و ْ‬
‫ﻮق ِاﻻﺣْ ﺘِﻤَ ﺎ َل‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻮق ِاﻻﺣْ ﺘِﻤَ ﺎ َل‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ ﻳ َُﻔ ُ‬
‫رﺑﻴﻊ؟ َﻫﺬَا ﻳ َُﻔ ُ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫ﲔ‬ ‫ف َﺻ ِ‬
‫ﺎﺣ َﺐ ا ْﻟ َﺒ ْﻴ َﻀ َﺘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻳ ْﻌ ِﺮ ُ‬

‫ﳾءٍ! َﻫ ْﻞ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َﺎن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ ﻋُ ﱟﺶ ُﻣﺘَﻬَ ﺎﻟِﻚٍ ‪ ،‬وَاﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠﺞُ وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﻠِﻴ ُﺪ ﻳ َُﻐ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻛ ِﺒريَﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ِ‬
‫َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ ِﺑﻤِ ﺜ ْ ِﻞ َﻫﺬَا ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ؟‬
‫ﺻﺪ َﱢق ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻟﻮ َْﻻ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨ َ ﱠﻲ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺗَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻢ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ ِﻷ ُ َ‬
‫ﳾءٍ ِﰲ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َﱢق أَيﱠ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ْﱢق ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ﱠﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ ﺟَ ْﺪوَى ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن أ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َﱢﻗﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ ِﺈ َذا َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ َ‬
‫أُ َ‬
‫ني ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛ ٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أَﺟْ ﻠ ُِﺲ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻳٍّﺎ‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛ ٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫َﺎﺿﺘْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻨُﻮﻧ َ ٌﺔ إِذْ ﺗَ َﻀ ُﻊ ﺑَﻴ ًْﻀﺎ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺑ َ‬
‫ني ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ …«‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒ َُﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻣَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻛﺘَ ِﺸ َ‬
‫اﻫﺎ — َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ﻮع ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗُ ْﺨ ِﱪُ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ُة ﺟُ ٍ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﻪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜَﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻻﺣَ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْ‬
‫ني‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ف َﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ًة ﻟِﻬَ ﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻫﺎ — أ َ ﱠن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫إ ِ ْن َﻛ َ‬
‫ص أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﺮ ِص ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳَ َﺮا ُه أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﺗﱠﺠَ َﻪ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ َة‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ َﺮ َ‬‫أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻮ َِار ﻟ َِريَى َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْ‬
‫ﴬاءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻛ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬْ ﺠُ ِ‬
‫ني ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺣَ ﱠﻠ َﻖ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ‬ ‫ْف أَﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ ُﺪ أَو ًﱠﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫»ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﻋُ ﱠﺶ أﺣﻤﺮ اﻟﺬﻳﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ َﻢ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َْق ﻗِ ﻤَ ِﻢ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر؛ ِﻟ َﻜ َﻲ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬
‫ﳾءٍ ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨ ِِﻪ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬‫ﻂ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫ﺎن أَﺣَ ٌﺪ َرآهُ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ َﻓﻮ َْﻗﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪٍ‪َ .‬وإِذَا ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﻠ ُﻖ ِﰲ َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَا َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺻﻨ َ ْﻮﺑ ٍَﺮ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺒَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﻮي ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد َة و َِاﻻ ْﺧ ِﺘﺒَﺎءَ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة َ‬‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ف ﻟِﻤَ ْﻦ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴎ َﻗﺘ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫إِﻣْ َﻜﺎ ِﻧﻴﱠ ِﺔ َ ِ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫اﻹﺛَﺎ َر ِة إِذِ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ‪ .‬أ َ َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻔ َﻖ َﻗ ْﻠﺐُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬
‫ف‬ ‫ﺎت! و ََﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻔِ ْﻜ َﺮ ُة ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ﻳُ َﺮ ْﻓ ِﺮ ُ‬‫ث ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك؟ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َِﺠ ُﺪ ﺛ َ َﻼ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ِ‬ ‫َﻫﺎﺗَ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎت ِﺑﺠَ ﻨَﺎﺣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ َِﺼريَ َﻓﻮ َْق ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﺒ ﱠَﻖ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﺑ ْﻀ ُﻊ َﺧ َﻔ َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ﴎ َع َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﺑﺠَ ﻨَﺎﺣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَ َﻜﺎ ُد ﻳَ َﺮى ﻣَ ﺎ دَاﺧِ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ‪َ .‬ﺧ ْﻔ َﻘ ٌﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٌة‪،‬‬ ‫ني! َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ ُر ْؤﻳ ََﺔ َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ ْﻢ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻴﻖ ﺣَ ﺎ ﱟد ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق ﻧَﻌِ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت! ﻋَ ﱠﺾ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ ِﻟﻴَﻤْ ﻨ َ َﻊ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ث َﺧ َﻔ َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ ،‬ﺛ َ َﻼ ُ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﻔ َﻘﺘَ ِ‬
‫َﺎط وَاﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻹﺣْ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِْ‬
‫ﺎت! أَﺟَ ْﻞ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ أَﺛ َ ٌﺮ ِﻟﺒَﻴ ٍْﺾ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ٌ‬
‫ني؛ ِﻷ َ ﱠن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َرأَى‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻮْﺟُ ﻮ َدﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني؛ ِﻷ َ ﱠن … ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ ﺪُ؟ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻮْﺟُ ﻮ َدﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ِ‬
‫ﻈ ِﺮ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ ﻟِﻠﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺶ أ َ ْﺧ َﻔﺘْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷَﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة ُﻛﺘْ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻠ ُﻪ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬
‫ني‬‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺐُ َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺋ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﺨﻢٌ؛ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﺶ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ إ ِ ﱠﻻ َ‬
‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ ٌﺮ َ‬ ‫ِﻟﻴَﻌْ َﻠ َﻢ أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻜﺘْ َﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَ َة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ِ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬‫ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻃ َريَاﻧ َ ُﻪ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ‬‫َاﺻ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻂ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ًﻘﺎ‪َ ،‬وإِﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أ َ ْد َراﺟَ ُﻪ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﺧ ﱠ‬
‫ُث َﻟ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬‫ﺎن َﺳﻴَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ؛ إِذْ ﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠ َﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َري َِان‪ .‬ا ْرﺗَﺠَ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ ،‬وَا ْرﺗَﺠَ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ وَأُﻣْ ِﺴ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ني ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎ َﻗ َﺔ َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل َ ِ‬
‫و ََﻗﺎ َل ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪» :‬ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪًا ِهلل ِ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﻜِﻴﻤً ﺎ ِﺑﺄ َ ْن ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ و ََﺷﺄْﻧَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪ .‬ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮﻳﺐُ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ‬
‫َﺿ ِﻊ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‬ ‫ف أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ و ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ أ َ ْن أَﻋْ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻣَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫أ ُ َﺧﻤﱢ ْﻦ َﻗ ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ﻫِ َﻲ ﻣَ ْﻦ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم إ ِ ﱠﻻ ذَ َﻛ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﺒُﻮﻣَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺮﻧَﺎءِ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ﻆ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ! ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﺨﻤَ ٌﺔ! إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻛ َﱪُ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ْاﻵ َن‪َ .‬وﻳَﺎ َﻟ ْﻠﻬَ ﻮ ِْل! َﻛ ْﻢ ﻫِ َﻲ َ‬
‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ و ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫ني أَﻣْ ِﺲ‪َ .‬ﻓﻌَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ِﺢ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ أُﺣَ ِﺎو ْل أ َ ْن أَﺣْ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﻇﻨَﻨْﺘُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺟُ ْﺰءًا ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺑَﺎﻟ ٍِﻎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱢﻲ َ‬ ‫ني َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﰲ ُﺳ ُﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎﻟ َِﺴ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ‪«.‬‬
‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺎن َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﴎﻋْ َﺖ ِﺑﻨ ِْﺴﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬آ ِه ﻳَﺎ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ! ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺠْ ﻠ َِﺴ ِ‬
‫ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءُ َﺧ ْريٌ َﻟ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ َﺴ َ‬
‫ﺎﻫﺎ‬
‫ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫َﻓﻤَ ْﻦ َﻻ ﻳَ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر‬
‫َﻻ ﻳُﺤْ ِﺮ ُﻗ ُﻪ َﻟ ِﻬﻴﺒُﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫َد َﻫﺎءُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ِﻠﺼ ْﻘ ِﺮ أﺣﻤﺮ اﻟﺬﻳﻞ ِﰲ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮْﺟُ ﻮ َدﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َ‬
‫ِﻠﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ؛ اﺗﱠ َﺨﺬَ َﻗ َﺮا ًرا ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَﺎ ًزا د َ‬
‫ُون‬ ‫َان ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ ﺗَﻌُ ﻮد ِ‬ ‫ﻮر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻛ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬْ ﺠُ ِ‬
‫آﻫﻤَ ﺎ َوﻳَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‬ ‫ْف ﻳَﻨ ْ َﴗ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َر ُ‬ ‫ْف ﻳَﻨ ْ َﴗ أَﻣْ َﺮ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮدﱡدٍ ؛ و َُﻫ َﻮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻮ َ‬
‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬
‫َني ُﺳ ﱠﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا َﻗ َﺮا ًرا ﺣَ ﻜِﻴﻤً ﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ؛ َﻓ ِﻤ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻛ ِﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺪَا ﱠ‬ ‫َاﺳ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ﻣَ ْﻦ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ َﺷ ﱡﺪ ﻋُ ﻨ ْ ًﻔﺎ أ َ ْو َﴍ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼ َﻐﺎ ُر‬‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ وَﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺮ ٌة ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ﺑَﺄ َ ْن ﻳ ََﺨ َﺎﻓﻬَ ﺎ ُﺳ ﱠﻜﺎ ُن ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺿ َﺨ ُﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﻬ َﻲ أ َ ْ‬
‫ﻮن َزوْﺟَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻓ َ‬ ‫َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ ََﺨ ُ‬
‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﺑﻤَ ْﻦ ﻳُﻮ ِﻗ ُﻊ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﻌِ ﻲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻪُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَيﱢ أَﺣَ ٍﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ُﻮن‬‫ني‪َ .‬و َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ ِﺑ ِﺈ َرا َدﺗ ِِﻪ؛ ِﻟﺬَا َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر ِﺑﺤِ ْﻜﻤَ ٍﺔ ﺑَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ٍﺔ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ َﴗ أَﻣْ َﺮ َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻬْ ِﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻘﻮ َل‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن اﺗﱢ َﺨﺎذَ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺮ ِار أَﻣْ ٌﺮ‪ ،‬و َِاﻻ ْﻟ ِﺘ َﺰا َم ِﺑ ِﻪ أَﻣْ ٌﺮ َ‬
‫ﻴﻊ أ َ ْو ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ِﻒ َﻟ ْﻮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺿ ُﻊ َﺳﻴ َْﺨﺘَﻠ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻮ ْ‬ ‫ري‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻌَ ﺐُ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَﻨ ْ َﴗ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ َﻞ أ َ ْ‬
‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أَيﱡ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫َاﻓ ُﺮ َﻛ ِﺜريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴ ِْﻒ؛ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳَﺘَﻮ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن ِﺷﺘَﺎءً آﻧَﺬَا َك )و َُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﴎ َﻗﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ أ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ َﺖ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮر ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َِﺾ و َ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻛﺎءِ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌُ ﺜ ُ ِ‬
‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم‬‫اﻟﺼﻌْ ِﺐ إِﻳﺠَ ﺎ ُد ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫و َْﻗ ٌﺖ ﻳ ُْﺴﺘَﺒْﻌَ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳ ََﻀ َﻊ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ﺑَﻴ ًْﻀﺎ!( َو َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗُﻠِﺢﱡ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻓِ ْﻜ ِﺮهِ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ »ﻋَ ﺠَ َﺰ«‬ ‫ني َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮ َر َة َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اب ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﺋ ِِﻊ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ُ‬ ‫ﻮع ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻟ َِﺴ ﱢﺪ ﺟُ ِ‬
‫ﻒ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺔ ﻧ ِْﺴﻴَﺎﻧ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ ِْﺴﻴَﺎﻧ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻓ ْﱰَةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻛ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻼ أَﺣَ َﺪ‬ ‫ُﻮر ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪ َﱠﻫﺎءِ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ أَﺣَ ُﺪ أَذْ َﻛﻰ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫َوإ ِ ﱠن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﺘﱠ ِﺴ ُﻢ ِﺑ َﻘﺪ ٍْر َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬
‫ﻮع ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ؛ َوذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُﻌْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ذَ َﻛﺎءَ ُه‬ ‫ُون ا ْﻟﻮ ُُﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ د َ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟﺤِ ﻴ َِﻞ ﻟ ِْﻶ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻗ َﺪ ُر ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺪ ِﺑ ِ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ري‬‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎدﱠ‪ .‬ﺑَ ْﻞ إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺒَﻌْ َﺾ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺴ َﻮ ُة ﺣَ ﱠﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻘﻮ َل إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﴤ و َْﻗ َﺖ َﻓ َﺮاﻏِ ِﻪ َﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﺪ ِﺑ ِ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫َت َر ْﻏﺒَﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬زاد ْ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤِ ﻴ َِﻞ‪َ .‬و ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﰲ َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺮ‪.‬‬‫ض ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗَ ُﻪ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳُﻌَ ﱢﺮ َ‬
‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ د َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ٍﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤُ ُ‬‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل إِﻳﺠَ ﺎ َد َ‬
‫ْف‬ ‫ﴎي َﻓ َﺴﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﻌْ ُﺖ أَﺣَ ﺪًا ﻋَ َﲆ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫»ﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ﻓِ ﻌْ َﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﺑﻤ ُْﻔ َﺮدِي‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ إِذَا أ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﻮن؛ َﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ أ ُ ِرﻳﺪ ُُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ‬ ‫ني ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪ .‬و ََﻫ َﺬا َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬‫ﻄ ﱡﺮ ِﻟﺘَ َﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﺿ َ‬ ‫أُ ْ‬
‫ﺎن ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ني ﺗَ ُﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺎﳻ — ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﴘ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ — أ َ ْو ﺗَﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ «.‬وﻧ َ ِ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْن أَﺣْ ُ‬
‫»ﻷ َ َر ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻓﻌَ َﻞ!«‬ ‫َاﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪ .‬و ََﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ‪ِ :‬‬ ‫ُون ِﺳﻮ ُ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ د َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ و ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮَاﻗِ ِﻊ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ٌﺔ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ري ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫َراحَ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ َوﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ‪ ،‬و ََﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻓ َﺸﻴْﺌًﺎ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﺗَﺘَﺒَ ْﻠ َﻮ ُر ِﰲ َرأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮ ِد ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ ﻟ َِريَى ﻣَ ﺎ إِذَا َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ْﻮﻟِ ِﻪ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺿﺎﺣِ ًﻜﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎﺣِ ًﻜﺎ‪َ .‬ﻗﻬْ َﻘ َﻪ َ‬ ‫َﻗﻬْ َﻘ َﻪ َ‬
‫ﺿﺎﺣِ ًﻜﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻣَ ﺎ َل َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧﺒًﺎ وَﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه‬ ‫أَﺣَ ٌﺪ َﻗ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﻌْ ُﻪ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﻬْ َﻘ َﻪ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻤْ ﻌِ ُﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺔ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮا ُه َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻣ ُْﻐﻤَ َﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺼ ُ‬ ‫ﻧ ْ‬
‫أَﻣَ ﺎ َل َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ وَأَﻋَ ﺎ َد ا ْﻟ َﻜ ﱠﺮ َة‪.‬‬
‫ﻮن‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮﻧ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺔ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘِﻌَ ًﺔ ِﻷ َ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑﻲ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ ْﻢ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺑَﺄ ْ َس! َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫وَأَﺧِ ريًا َﻗﺎ َل‪َ :‬‬
‫ْف ﺗُ ْﻐ ِﻀﺒُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺘﱠ َﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ و ﱠ‬ ‫ني ِﱄ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗُ ْﺆذِيَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَﻨ ﱢ َ‬
‫ﳾءٍ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌُ ﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀ ِﺐ َﻏﺎ ِﻟﺒًﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﺴﻮ َْن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎص َ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀ ِﺐ‪ ،‬و َْاﻷ َ ْﺷ َﺨ ُ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺜريًا؛ ُﻓﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َ ِ‬
‫ﺎﻃﻌَ ًﺔ؛ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻌَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ َﺳ ِ‬ ‫ْف ﻧ َ ُﺰو ُر ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﱠ‬ ‫َﻏ َﻀ ِﺒ ِﻬﻢْ‪َ .‬ﺳﻮ َ‬
‫اﺳ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َﻏ َﻀﺒًﺎ َوﻳَﻨ ْ َﺴﻴَﺎ أَﻣْ َﺮ ﺣِ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ َْﺸﺘَﺎ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳُﻤْ ِﺴ َﻜﺎ ِﺑﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﻨَﻐِ ﻴ ُ‬
‫ني‪ِ .‬ﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺳﻴ َُﺴﺎﻋِ ُﺪﻧِﻲ‬ ‫َآﺧﺬُ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َو ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ِاﻻﺛْﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْف أَﻧ ْ َﺴ ﱡﻞ و ُ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ُون ﻋِ ْﻠ ٍﻢ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻢْ‪ .‬ﻳَﺎ إ ِ َﻟ ِﻬﻲ! َﻛ ْﻢ َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن‬ ‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ﺒَ ٍﺔ َﺷ ِﻬﻴﱠ ٍﺔ د َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋِﻲ وَأ َ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬
‫ني!«‬‫ﺎن َﻟﺬِﻳﺬَﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ِ‬ ‫َﻫﺎﺗَ ِ‬
‫ﻄ ٌﺔ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻖ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛ ٌﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺔ ذَ ِﻛﻴ ًﱠﺔ وَﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛ َﺮ ًة؛ َﻓﺒﻼﻛﻲ و َْﻏ ٌﺪ ذَﻛ ﱞ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﺧ ﱠ‬
‫ﻳﻦ َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻖ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎحَ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻳ َُﺴﺒﱢﺐُ َﻗ َﻠ ًﻘﺎ وَﻣَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ﺐَ َﻻ دَاﻋِ َﻲ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻟ ِْﻶ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎحَ ؛ َﻓﺄَيﱡ َ ْ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬

‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻳ ْﺴ َﺘ ْﺪ ِﻋﻲ َأ ْﺻ ِﺪ َﻗﺎء َُه‬

‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻨْﻌِ ُﻖ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﺑﻤِ ْﻞءِ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪،‬‬

‫ﻳُﻬْ َﺮ ُع أ َ َﻗ ِﺎرﺑُ ُﻪ‬
‫إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟﺪﱠاﻫِ ﻴ َُﺔ‪.‬‬
‫إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓ َ َ‬
‫َﺎن ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﱠﺪ ًة ِﻟ ْﻠﺤِ ﻴ َِﻞ‪ِ .‬ﻟﺬَا ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻮن أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ و َِﺷﻴ َﻜ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬ودَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑ ِ‬
‫ﺻﻨ َ ْﻮﺑ ٍَﺮ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َِل َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺎﺣِ ﻴَ ِﺔ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻖ ﻋَ ﻘِ ريَﺗَ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﻌِ ِ‬ ‫َﺎح‪ ،‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌُ ﻮا ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬
‫ﺎس َو ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻀﻬُ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑَﻌْ ٍﺾ ِﺑﺤَ ﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ٍﺔ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻨَﺎدِ َ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ‪ُ ،‬ﻫ ِﺮﻋُ ﻮا إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻗ َﴡ ُ ْ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫ﻮن و َْﻗﺘًﺎ َ‬
‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻀ َ‬ ‫ﺛ َِﻘ ٌﺔ ِﰲ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﻴُﻤْ ُ‬
‫ﴎﻋُ ﻮا‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎوْ!‬ ‫»ﻫﻴﱠﺎ أ َ ْ ِ‬
‫َﺻﺎحَ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫آﻫ ْﻢ َﻗﺎدِ ِﻣ َ‬‫َني ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َر ُ‬
‫ﺿﺤِ َﻚ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺑَﻴْﻨ َ ُﻪ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ْف ﻧ َ ْﻘ ِﴤ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫ف ﻣَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع‪ .‬أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬‫َاﺧﻔِ ُﻘﻮا ِﺑﺄَﺟْ ﻨِﺤَ ِﺘ ُﻜ ْﻢ أ َ ْ َ‬‫ﴎﻋُ ﻮا و ْ‬ ‫َﻛﺎوْ! َﻛﺎوْ! أ َ ْ ِ‬
‫و َْﻗﺘًﺎ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘِﻌً ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪«.‬‬
‫ْف ﻧَﺪ َْﻓﻌُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ور‪َ » :‬ﻛﺎوْ! َﻛﺎوْ! َﻛﺎوْ! أَﻳ َْﻦ ُﻫﻮَ؟ ُﺧﺬْﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﴎ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼﺎحَ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ أ َ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﰲ ُ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬
‫ﴬاءِ!«‬ ‫وج ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮ ِ‬
‫َﺎﴍ ًة ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ‬‫ﴬاءِ‪ ،‬وَاﺗﱠﺠَ َﻪ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ﻮر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َد ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أ َ َﻗ ِﺎرﺑَ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ذَا َك اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻛ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬْ ﺠُ ِ‬
‫ص ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺴ ﱡﻠ ِﻞ ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا ذَا َك‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻫﺎ ِﻧﺌًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳَﻨَﺎ ُم ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحَ ِﻟﻴَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻪ ﺗَﺤْ ﺪِﻳﺪًا‪َ .‬ﻓﻮَﺟَ َﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ًﻗﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَﺒ َْﻘﻰ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﻀ ْﻮءِ‬‫ُﻮن‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ْﻲ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ﻤَ َﻼ ِن ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ َِﺠ ﱠﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ‪َ .‬و َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ؛‬ ‫َت ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻮءِ‪ ،‬أُﺟْ ِﻬﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ُع ﱠ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ُﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﻊ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﺎن‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻮﻋً ﺎ ِﻟ ُﻤﻨَﺎدَا ِة أ َ ْﻗ ِﺮﺑَﺎﺋ ِِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ َُﻀﺎ ِﻳ ُﻘﻮا ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴ ِﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر ُﺳ ُ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَﺎ َر أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ أَو َْﻗ ِ‬ ‫ِﻟﺬَا ْ‬
‫ﻮع‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠﺞُ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َُﺾ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَﺪِﻳ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺮحُ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ﱡ‬ ‫ص ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﺮ ُ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻮءِ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ف ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ ِﻷ َ ْن ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫اﺿ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻮﻋً ﺎ‪ .‬وَﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ ْ‬ ‫ﻳَﺒْﺪُو أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ُﺳ ُ‬
‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮﺑ ًَﺔ أ َ ْﻛ َﱪَ‪.‬‬ ‫َاﺟ ُﻪ ُ‬ ‫ني َﺳﻴُﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴ ِﻜ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة‬ ‫ص ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳ ُِﺸريَ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑﺄَيﱢ َﺷ ْﻜ ٍﻞ؛ و َُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ أَﻣْ ٌﺮ وَاﺣِ ٌﺪ ﺣَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻛ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ﺣَ ﺠْ ﻤً ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ أ َ ْﻛ َﱪُ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﻞ ِﰲ‬ ‫َس ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏﺐُ ِﰲ إِﺛَﺎ َر ِة ذُﻋْ ِﺮ أ َ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ ﺟُ ْﺮأ َ ًة‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﴍ ُ‬
‫ُﻀﺎﻳ ََﻘﺘ ِِﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َوﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ُون ِﰲ إ ِ َﻏﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺎق َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻛ ِِﺮ ُﻫ َﻮ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺒْ َﺪء َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺣُ ﺪُوﺛ ِِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أﻋْ ﻤَ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َوﺗَ ِﻄريُ‬ ‫ْف ﺗَ ْﻐ َﻀﺐُ ﱠ‬ ‫ف أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﻴُﺤْ ِﺪﺛُﻮﻧَﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫َاث ا ْﻟﺠَ َﻠﺒَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫َوإِﺣْ ﺪ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ْﻮدَاءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺰﻋِﺠَ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ﻳَﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ُﻞ‬ ‫ُﻮر ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ِﰲ ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺔ إِﺑْﻌَ ﺎدِ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ِﻟﺘَﻨ ْ َﻀ ﱠﻢ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬
‫ني‬ ‫ني اﻟ ﱠﻠﺘَ ْ ِ‬‫َﴪ ُق ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﴪ ُق ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ًﺔ أ َ ْو ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﺳ ٍﺔ َوﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُون ﺣِ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﺘْ ُﻪ د َ‬
‫ف ِﺑﻮُﺟُ ﻮدِﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮا َوﻳ ِْﻦ‬ ‫ف ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ُ‬‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺻﻠُﻮا إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬
‫ِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ ﺣَ ﺠْ ِﻤ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ ﻴﻘ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳﺸﻪُ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ ُﻪ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻐ َﻀﺐُ ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴَﺒْ ُﺪ َو ِﺿﻌْ َ‬ ‫ني و ََﻗ ِﺪ اﻧْﺘَ َﻔ َﺶ ِر ُ‬ ‫َاﺳﻌَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮ ِ‬
‫اﻟﴪبَ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺰﻋِﺞَ َﻗﺎدِ ﻣً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻌَ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﺎظ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗ ِِﻬ ْﻢ و ََﺳﺒﱢ ِﻪ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻗ َﺬ ِع ْاﻷ َ ْﻟ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫َﺎح ِﺑﺄَﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻢْ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن َرأ َ ْوهُ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﺪءُوا ِﰲ ﱢ‬
‫ﻳﺸ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻣَ َﻊ ﺗَﻮ ﱢَﺧﻲ أ َ َﺷ ﱢﺪ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺳﻴَﻨْﺘَ ِﺰ ُع ِﻣ ْﻞءَ َﻓ ِﻤ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِر ِ‬ ‫أَﺟْ َﺮ ُؤ ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻘ ﱡﺾ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬
‫ري‬‫ﻄ َﻘ ِﺔ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺎر ِه ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺢ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َو َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ُﺔ َﻓﺤِ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬
‫اﻟﻼ ِز ِم‪َ .‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺬَ ِر ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺪﻧ ُ َﻮ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬
‫َني ﻣَ َﺨﺎ ِﻟ ِﺒ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻮﻳﱠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ُﻮن أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ إِذَا ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑﺄَﺣَ ﺪِﻫِ ْﻢ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺮ ﺑَﺎﻟ ٍِﻎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗُﻨ ْ ِﺬ ُر ِﺑ َﺨ َ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻧِﻬَ ﺎﻳَﺘُﻪُ‪.‬‬
‫ِﻴﻖ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻣﺘَﻨَﺎو َِل ﻣَ َﺨﺎ ِﻟ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫َﺎح ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ وَاﻟﺘﱠﺤْ ﻠ ِ‬ ‫َوﻟِ َﺬا ا ْﻛﺘَ َﻔﻮْا ِﺑ َﺴﺒﱢ ِﻪ و ﱢ‬
‫َاﻟﺼﻴ ِ‬
‫ني ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ِﰲ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ﱠن أَﺣَ ﺪًا ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺎج ِﺑ ِﺼ َﻔ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ﺎﻣﱠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ُﻣﻨْﻬَ ِﻤ ِﻜ َ‬ ‫َو ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﺷﻌَ ِﺎر ِه ِﺑ ِﺎﻻﻧ ْ ِﺰﻋَ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ْﻘ ِﺮ أﺣﻤﺮ اﻟﺬﻳﻞ‬ ‫ﻆ أ َ ﱠن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺸ َ ِﱰ ْك ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻬْ ِﻮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﺒ ْﻪ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ﻟِﻌُ ﱢﺶ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺤَ ْ‬
‫ﻂ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺗَ ِﺴريُ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﻨﱠﺤْ ِﻮ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﺧ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﻌْ ِﺪ ِﺑ ْﻀ ِﻊ أ َ ْﺷﺠَ ٍﺎر‪َ .‬ﻓﺤَ ﺘﱠﻰ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬
‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﻣﱠ َﻠﻪُ‪.‬‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬

‫اﻟﺴ ﱢﻴ ُﺪ ﻫﻮﰐ َ ْﱂ َﻳ ْﺒ َﻖ ِﰲ َﻣﻜَ ِﺎﻧ ِﻪ‬

‫ﱠ‬

‫ﻄ ِﻂ اﻟﺬﱠ ِﻛﻴﱠ ِﺔ‬

‫ﻣَ ﺎ ﺟَ ْﺪوَى ا ْﻟ ُﺨ َ‬
‫َﴪ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ َ‬
‫ون ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ؟‬ ‫إ ِ ْن َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ِ ِ‬
‫ﻄ ًﺔ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ و َ‬‫إِذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻗﺎ َل ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬُ َﻮ َﻛ َ‬
‫آﺧ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺔ ذَ ِﻛﻴ ًﱠﺔ َوﺑ َِﺎرﻋَ ًﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ؛ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﺑ َِﺎرﻋَ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬
‫ﻄ ُﺔ َ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ ِﻟﻴ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ﻧ ُ ْﻘ َ‬ ‫وج ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ َ‬
‫ﺿﻌْ ٍﻒ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ أ ْو ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬
‫وَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ٌة ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ؛ وَﻫِ َﻲ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌْ ﺘَ ِﻤ ُﺪ ِﰲ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎﺣِ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﻠ َﺰ َم ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ُﺳﻠُﻮ َﻛ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎ َد ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬
‫َﺎن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺰﻋِﺠَ ِﺔ؛ أ َ َﻻ و َُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘﺎءُ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺘْﻌَ ﺐَ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑَﺎ ُن َوﺗَ ِﻄريَ‬ ‫ﴎبٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َُﻀﺎ ِﻳ ُﻘ ُﻪ ِ ْ‬
‫ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪.‬‬
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‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ذَﻛ ﱞ‬
‫ِﻲ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻄﺄٍ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻘ ُﻊ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ْاﻷذْ ِﻛﻴَﺎءُ؛ ﻓﻬُ َﻮ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻘ ُﻊ ِﰲ َﺧ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻈﻨﱡﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬‫ون أ َ ْﻏ ِﺒﻴَﺎءُ‪ .‬و َُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻳُﺜ ْ ِﺒ ُﺖ أَﻧﱠﻪُ‪َ ،‬ر ْﻏ َﻢ ذَ َﻛﺎﺋ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ ذَ ِﻛﻴٍّﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺪ َرﺟَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ َﻓ ْﺎﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَ َﺮا ُه ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻏ ِﺒﻴٍّﺎ‪َ .‬ﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ُ‬‫َﻓﻬُ َﻮ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎدُ‪َ ،‬ﻻ‬ ‫َﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ا ْﻟﻤُﺠَ ْﻠ ِﺠ ِﻞ إِذْ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِْت ﻧَﻌِ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮ ٍم ﻋَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪ ،‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ُ‬
‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم؛ َﺧ ْﺸﻴ ََﺔ‬ ‫ص ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘﺎءِ ﺛَﺎ ِﺑﺘًﺎ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻞ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻏ ِﺒ ﱞﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳَ َ‬
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‫ﺎن ﻟِﻠ ﱡﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺼﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫ُﺨ ﱠ‬‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫َاﺳﻌَ ﺘَ ِ‬‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ِﺠ َﺪ ُه ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ا ْﻟﻮ ِ‬ ‫أ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﻌَ ُﻪ أذُﻧَﺎ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَﺗَ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ َْﻔﻘِ ُﺪ ﻳَﻘِﻴﻨ َ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﻏﺒَﺎءِ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ َﻛ َ‬‫اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺿ ْﻮءَ اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ أ َ ﱠن َ‬ ‫ﴘ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻏ ِﺒ ﱞﻲ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧ َ ِ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻄ َﻘﺘُ ُﻪ‬
‫ﻃ ْﻘ َ‬
‫ﻇ ْﻠﻤَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓﺒ ََﻘﺎءُ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻪ و ََﻓﺤِ ﻴﺤُ ُﻪ َو َ‬
‫ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ ُ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﻄ َري َِان ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا — ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ َِﺼ ُﻔ ُﻪ‬ ‫ني أ َ ِو اﻟ ﱠ‬‫َﺿﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺔ إِﻣْ َﺴﺎكِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺰﻋ ِِﺠ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤِ ﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺎر ِه — ﻋِ ﻮ ً‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘَﻴ ﱢَﻘﻨًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﺳﻴَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻐ َﻀﺐَ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻐﺒَﺎءِ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬
‫ني َوﺗَﻨ ْ َﻀ ﱠﻢ إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ِﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﺗ ِِﻪ ِﰲ إِﺑْﻌَ ﺎدِ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫َوﺗَ ْﱰُ َك ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱠﺶ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻗ ُﺪ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫اﻟﴪ ِب ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺰﻋ ِِﺞ‪.‬‬
‫ﱢ ْ‬
‫ﻒ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق؛ َﻓﻔِ ﻲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻏ ِﺒﻴٍّﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻏ ِﺒﻴٍّﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬
‫ني‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮْﺟُ ﻮ َدﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎ ِﻟﻴَﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ وَا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَ ُه ﻋَ َﺮ ُﻓﻮا ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧَﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ وَأ َ ْ‬
‫ِﻠﺼ ْﻘ ِﺮ أﺣﻤﺮ اﻟﺬﻳﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻘ ُﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ ﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻮن‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن أُﺑْﻌِ َﺪ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪َ .‬ﻫﺬَا َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻔ ﱠﻜ َﺮ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪» :‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻧ ُ ْﺰﻋِﺞَ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎف ﻣَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ا ْﻛﺘ َِﺸ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻮ َد ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻌُ َ‬ ‫َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ ْاﻷَو َْﻏﺎ َد ﱡ‬
‫أ َ ْﻓﻌَ َﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ و ََﻻ َﺷ ﱠﻚ‪«.‬‬
‫ُﱰﻧﱢﺤً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﻠ ْﻖ‬ ‫َني ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ﻣ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ًﺔ َﻗ ِﺼريَ ًة ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺟَ ﻨَﺎﺣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَﻳ ِْﻦ َو َ‬ ‫ِﻟﺬَا ﺑ ََﺴ َ‬
‫ﺎﺳ ِﺘﺜْﻨَﺎءِ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﴪبُ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺰﻋِﺞُ ُﻛ ﱡﻠ ُﻪ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫َان ﺗَ ِﺒﻌَ ُﻪ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َري َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬
‫َت ﺟُ ْﺮأَﺗُﻬُ ْﻢ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﻄ َري َِان‪ ،‬ا ْزدَاد ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘ ِْﺨﺪَا َم ﻣَ َﺨﺎ ِﻟ ِﺒ ِﻪ أ َ ْو ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺎر ِه أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫و َِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ْ‬
‫ان َﻛﺜ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ًﺔ َﻗ ِﺼريَ ًة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة َﺷ ْﻮ َﻛ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮهِ؛ ِﻟﺬَا َ‬ ‫ﻳﺶ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ْاﻗﺘَ َﻠﻌُ ﻮا ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ِ‬
‫ﺿ ْﻮءُ اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر َﻛ ِﺜريًا‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ َل إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑ ُﺴﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ َو َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳُ ْﺆ ِذﻳَ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺎن؛ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑَﺎ ُن ا ْﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ َ‬
‫َﺎن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺰﻋِﺠَ ِﺔ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟﺠُ ْﺰءِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﻮي ﺗَﻮ ِْﺟﻴ َﻪ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻋَ ﺎ َد ا ْﻟ َﻜ ﱠﺮ َة‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬‫و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ا ْرﺗَﺎحَ َﻗﻠ ً‬
‫ﴬاءِ‪ ،‬و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ َو ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻬَ ﱠﻮ ُر أَﺣَ ﺪ ُُﻫ ْﻢ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻠ ِﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْ‬
‫ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِﻷ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰبَ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ َِﺼريَ ِﰲ ُﻣﺘَﻨَﺎو َِل ﻳَ ِﺪهِ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻏ ِﺒﻴٍّﺎ‪َ .‬ﻫ َﺬا ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻻ َﺷ ﱠﻚ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ﺻﻨ َ ْﻮﺑ ٍَﺮ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺐُ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗﺎ ِﺑﻌً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ َﺷﺠَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَﺒَ َﻪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻟِﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬
‫ْﺿﺎءُ ُﻣ ْﺰﻋ ِِﺠﻲ‬ ‫ﺿﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ َﺮى ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻤْ ٍﺖ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻒ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﻗ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ﺗَﺒْﺘَﻌِ ُﺪ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ َﻓﺄ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪ ،‬اﻋْ ﺘَ َﺪ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﰲ َر ْﻗ َﺪﺗِﻬَ ﺎ وَأ َ ْﻏﻤَ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠ َﻞ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﺎب ِﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪ ِة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓ ِﺸ َﻠ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ًﻘﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬ ‫َاﺿﺤً ﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻻ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن و ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺒْﺘَ ِﺴ ُﻢ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻃﺎ َر ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق — َ‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬‫ﻄﺘُ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﻌَ ُﺔ؛ ِﻷ َ ﱠن ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ — وَا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻏ ِﺒﻴٍّﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُﺧ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أَﻣْ ًﺮا ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻔِ ٍّﺰا ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬

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‫ﻄ ًﺔ َﺟ ِﺪ َ‬
‫ﻳﺪ ًة‬ ‫ﳚ ﱢﺮ ُب ُﺧ ﱠ‬
‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُ َ‬

‫ﻄ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﱢﺮبْ َﻏ ْري ََﻫﺎ؛‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﻔ َﺸ ُﻞ ُﺧ ﱠ‬

‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ أ َ ْو ِﺑ َﻐ ْ ِ‬
‫ري َﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬‫أَﻋْ ﻠ ِْﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﺳﺘَ ُﻔﻮ ُز ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠ‬

‫وﱃ‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬُ ُﻢ‬ ‫ُﻮن ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺧ َﻔ ُﻘﻮا ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﺠْ ِﺮﺑَ ِﺔ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺎص ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ُﻫ ُﻢ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ َﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﺤُ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫ري أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر ِﺑﺘَ ْﺪ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ٌﺔ — ﻳَﻨ ْ َﺸﻐِ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ — ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻔ َﺸ َﻞ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎص ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ َﺨ ُ‬
‫ﻮن‪.‬‬‫ْف ﻳَﻨْﺠَ ﺤُ َ‬ ‫آﺟ ًﻼ َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ًﻼ أ َ ْو ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻟِﺤً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻓِ ﻌْ َﻠ ُﻪ أَﻣْ ًﺮا َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎوﻟُ َ‬ ‫َوﺗَﺠْ ِﺮﻳ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬وإِذَا َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻄﻬُ ﻢْ‪ ،‬و ََﻫﺬَا ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻘﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫َال ﺗَ ْﻔ َﺸ ُﻞ ُﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻓِ ﻌْ ًﻼ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻜ ًﺮا‪َ ،‬ﻓﻔِ ﻲ أ َ ْﻏ َﻠ ِﺐ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫َوإِذَا َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎوﻟُ َ‬
‫ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻗِ ﻴﻤَ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺜَﺎﺑَ َﺮةِ‪ .‬و َُﻫ َﻮ َﻻ ﻳَﻴْﺌَ ُﺲ ِﺑ ُﺴﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ‪ .‬أَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣَ ﺪْﻋَ ﺎ ًة‬
‫ﻈ ﱡﻞ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻞ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳَﻴْﺌَ ُﺲ ِﺑ ُﺴﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻳَ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ ﺗَ َ‬‫ﻟ ِْﻸ َ َﺳ ِﻒ؛ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُ َﺪﺑﱢ ُﺮ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤِ ﻴ َِﻞ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬
‫ﻄ ﱡﺮ« ﻟ ِِﻼ ْﺳﺘ ِْﺴ َﻼ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪ ََﻫﺎ »ﻳ ُْﻀ َ‬ ‫ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل َوﻳُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريَ ِﰲ ُﺧ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ًﺔ َﻻ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪ ،‬اﻋْ ﺘَ َﻘ َﺪ أ َ ﱠن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎج ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َو ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ دَﻋَ ﺎ أ َﻗ ِﺎرﺑَ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻟ ِِﻼﻧ ْ ِﻀﻤَ ﺎ ِم إ ِ ِﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﰲ إ ِ ْزﻋَ ِ‬
‫ْف ﺗَ ْﱰُ َك ﻋُ ﱠﺸﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗُ َﺴﺎﻋِ ُﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻔ َﺸ َﻞ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ذَ ِﻛﻴٍّﺎ و ََﻓ ِﻄﻨًﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِﻷ َ ْن‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ْﻞ؛ ِﻷ َ ﱠن ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫إِﺑْﻌَ ﺎدِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺰﻋ ِِﺠ َ‬
‫ﴬاءِ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻟ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻠ ِﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬‫ني ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟﺠُ ْﺰءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻳُﻮَﺟﱢ َﻪ َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺰﻋ ِِﺠ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬ ‫ني َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪ِ .‬ﻟﺬَا اﻋْ ﺘَ َﺪ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﰲ َر ْﻗ َﺪﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني اﻟ ﱠﻠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْﺿﺎ ُؤ ُﻫ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺗُ ْﺰﻋِﺞَ َ‬
‫ﻄﺘَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ َﻜﻤَ َﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َت ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﴪ َﻗﺘ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا أ َ ْﻓ َﺴﺪ ْ‬
‫ﺻ ًﺔ ﻟ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻤْ ﻨَﺤَ ُﻪ َﻓ ْﺮ َ‬
‫ﻇ ِﺔ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪ .‬و ََﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ني ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﺑ ِﺈ َﻏﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻆ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑ ِﻪ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱠﺶ؛ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻐﻮﻟِ َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺤَ ْ‬
‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﻞ ِﰲ ﺣُ ﺪُوﺛ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏﺐُ ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠﻤُﻮا ِﺑﺄَﻣْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ؛ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أَﻧَﺎﻧ ﱞِﻲ وَأ َ َرا َد‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ َة ﻟِﺠَ ﻌْ ِﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬‫ني وَﺣْ َﺪهُ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ أ َ ْد َر َك أ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤْ ُ‬
‫ُﻀﺎ ِﻳﻘِﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬وإِذَا‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ َﺴﺎ َك ِﺑﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﻀﺎﻳ ََﻘﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ْﻐ َﻀﺐَ َوﺗُﺤَ ِﺎو َل ْ ِ‬ ‫ني ﻫِ َﻲ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُم ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ ِﻷ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻞ َوﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ًﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺘَ ْﺴﻨَﺢُ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬
‫و ََﻗ ﱠﺮ َر أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎو َل ﺗَﺠْ ِﺮﺑ ََﺔ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪.‬‬
‫ْﺿﺎءِ أ َ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َراﺣَ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺨ ُﻔ ُﺖ ُر َوﻳْﺪًا‬ ‫ﺿﻮ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﻐِ ﻴًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤْ َﻊ ِﺑ ْﻀ َﻊ د ََﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﺎخ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻ َ‬ ‫أَ َ‬
‫ﴬاءِ‪ .‬وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﺘَﺢَ َﻓﻤَ ﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ُر َوﻳْﺪًا‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َراحَ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻏ ُﻞ ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ وَأ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ دَاﺧِ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫ﺻﺎحَ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُﻣﻨَﺎدِ ﻳًﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎوْ! َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎوْ! ﻋُ ﻮدُوا إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ! َﻫﺎ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ِﰲ ﻋُ ﱢﺸﻬَ ﺎ! َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎوْ!«‬ ‫ﻫِ َﻲ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎﺟ ِﻪ‬‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َوإ ِ ْزﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َر َد ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ أ َ َﻗ ِﺎربُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُﻔﻮا ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻣ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻠ َﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫ﴎﻋَ ٍﺔ؛ َﻓﻬُ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺤِ ﺒﱡﻮا ا ْﻟﺠُ ْﺰءَ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﺎدُوا ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻗ َﴡ ُ ْ‬
‫ﻴﻖ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ ﻘِ ريَﺗَﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﻌِ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻠِﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َُﻘﻮد ُُﻫ ْﻢ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ أ َ َرادُوا أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮوْا ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱠﺶ؛ ِﻟﺬَا ﻋَ ﺎدُوا ُﻣ ْ‬
‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻀﻬُ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻗ ْﺪ َرأَى ﻋُ ٍّﺸﺎ ﻟِﻬﻮﺗﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﲆ أَﻳﱠ ِﺔ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻬﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻓﺒَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط ﺣَ ﻤَ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎج ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘِﻌً ﺎ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪ ِْر َﻛ ِﺈ ْزﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن إ ِ ْزﻋَ ﺎجُ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻈﺎﻫِ ًﺮا ِﺑﺒَﺎﻟ ِِﻎ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﻨْﻌِ ُﻖ ُﻣﺘَ َ‬ ‫ني‪» :‬أَﻳ َْﻦ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱡﺶ؟« ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺎدُوا إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣُ ﻮا َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻹﺛَﺎ َرةِ‪.‬‬
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‫ف‬ ‫ِﻠﺼ ْﻘ ِﺮ أﺣﻤﺮ اﻟﺬﻳﻞ‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل أَﺣَ ﺪ ُُﻫ ْﻢ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪» :‬ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺒًﺎ! َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱡﺶ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ُﻢ ﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ َْﺨﺪَﻋُ ﻬُ ﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ‪َ «.‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬
‫ﺎن ﻋُ ﱠﺶ أﺣﻤﺮ اﻟﺬﻳﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ْاﻵ َن ﻋُ ﱡﺶ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪ .‬إِذَا ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ َﻻ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮ ﱠد ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة ِﺑﺪَاﺧِ ﻠ ِِﻪ‪«.‬‬‫ﺼﺪ ُﱢﻗﻨِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﻟ ِﻖ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺗُ َ‬
‫ﻈ ُﺮوا إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ‪.‬‬‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮةِ؛ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬُ ْﻢ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫َﴫ ﺣَ ﱠﻠ ُﻘﻮا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ َﻓﻮ َْق ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ِو ِﰲ َﻟﻤْ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﺒ َ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮاو ِ‬
‫َان‬ ‫ﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَﺪِﻳ َﺮﺗَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻗﺎ ِﺑﻌَ ًﺔ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ وَﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ َ‬
‫ﺎﻫﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَﺗَ ِ‬ ‫َو ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫ان إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑ َﻐ َﻀ ٍﺐ‪َ .‬وﻳَﺎ َﻟ ْﻠﺠَ َﻠﺒَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺛَﺎ َر ْت! ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴ َِﺖ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑَﺎ ُن أَﻣْ َﺮ ﱠ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ِ‬‫ﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬
‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻳ َُﺸﺎﻫِ ُﺪ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﴪبُ ُﻛ ﱡﻠ ُﻪ ﻳ َُﻀﺎ ِﻳ ُﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫و ََﻓ ْﻮ ًرا ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﱢ ْ‬
‫ﺎن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ أَﻣَ ٌﻞ‬
‫ُﻀﺎ ِﻳﻘِﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َوﻣُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟﺘِﻬَ ﺎ إِﻣْ َﺴﺎ َك أَﺣَ ِﺪ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺮا َﻏ َﻀﺐَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻤْ ٍﺖ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻨ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ َ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ إِﺣْ ﺪَى َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫— أَﻣَ ٌﻞ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ — ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤْ ُ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻣﻦ‬

‫اﻟﺴ ﱢﻴ َﺪ ِة ﻫﻮﰐ‬
‫ﳞ ﱡﺐ ﻟِ َﻨ ْﺠ َﺪ ِة ﱠ‬
‫ﻫﻮﰐ َ ُ‬

‫ﺎص أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬُ ْﻢ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻂ‪ .‬ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ َﻛ ِﺜريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌِ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎءِ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ؛ َﻓ ُﻜ ﱡﻞ ﻓِ ﻌْ ٍﻞ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻢ ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺄٍ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳ ََﻘﻌُ َ‬ ‫ُﺨ ِﻄﺌُ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣ ْ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ِني ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ِﺔ َﻟﺪَى اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪ .‬و ََﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ أَﺣَ ُﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻮَاﻧ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن — ﻳُ َﺆﺛ ﱢ ُﺮ ِﰲ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ َ‬ ‫ري — أَﻳٍّﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َني ْاﻷَو َْﻻدِ‬
‫ﴬاءِ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫وج ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ وَا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬‫َني ُﺳ ﱠﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﴪي ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻮز‪َ ،‬وﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷ ُ ﱢم ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬
‫ﺼ َﻠﺤَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ﻮز ﻟِﺠَ ﻌْ ِﻠﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ْﺴﺌُﻮﻟِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌَ ِﺔ ْاﻷ ُ ﱢم ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺎت وَا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻟِﻐِ َ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﺒَﻨ َ ِ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎﻣﱠ ِﺔ َوﻟِﺘَﻌْ ﻠِﻴﻤِ ﻨَﺎ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ َﻟﻨَﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺘَﻌَ ﺎو ََن َدوْﻣً ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ُﻮن‪ ،‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻧَﺎدَى ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ أ َ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ِﺠﻲءِ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻗ ُﺪ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‬ ‫َو َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬
‫ُﻀﺎﻳ ََﻘ ِﺔ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َوﺗَ َﺮ ُﻛﻮ ُه وَﺣِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُﻔﻮا ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ‪ِ .‬ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻠ ِﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬‫ﺎن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ َ‬
‫ان َﻛﺜ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻮ َﻛ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة ﱠ‬
‫ﴤ ﺑَ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر ﻧَﺎﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺤً ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑ ِﺈﻣْ َﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻘ ِ َ‬
‫ﴪو ًرا ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ ُﻛﻮ ُه ِﰲ َﺳ َﻼ ٍم‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬
‫َاﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻌَ ﺪَاءَ و ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ْﻞ … أَﺟَ ْﻞ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ْﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ ﺗَﻨ َ ﱠﻔ َﺲ ﱡ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫َﺎن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺰﻋِﺠَ ِﺔ وَﻫِ َﻲ‬ ‫َات ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑ ِ‬ ‫ور ِﻷ َ ْ‬
‫ﺻﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺖ ِﰲ ُ ُ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻠ ِِﺴ ِﻪ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﻮي ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘﺎءَ‪ .‬وَأَﻧ ْ َ‬
‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬
‫َات‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت ْاﻷ َ ْ‬‫ﴪﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻟ ِﺒ ْﻀ ِﻊ د ََﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ َﻓﺤَ ْﺴﺐُ ‪َ .‬ﻓ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺨ ُﻔ ُﺖ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻓ َﺸﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻛ َ‬
‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎن وَاﺣِ ﺪٍ‪ .‬ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻹﺛَﺎ َر ُة أ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ أيﱢ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ ﻣَ َﴣ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺄﺗِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫َت ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﱃ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَﻌَ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ني َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ ُﻔﻮا ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱠﺶ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ ْﻘﺒَ ُﻊ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺰﻋ ِِﺠ َ‬
‫ﻳُ ْﺰﻋِﺠُ ﻮﻧَﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳُ ْﺰﻋِﺠُ ﻮﻧَﻪُ‪.‬‬
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‫ﻄ َﻖ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻘﺎ َر ُه ِﺑ َﻐ َﻀ ٍﺐ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أﻋَ ﺎ َد ا ْﻟ َﻜ ﱠﺮ َة ِﺑ َﻐ َﻀ ٍﺐ أ َﺷﺪﱠ‪.‬‬
‫ﻃ ْﻘ َ‬
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 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻗﺎدِ َر ٌة ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ِاﻻﻋْ ِﺘﻨَﺎءِ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻻ‬ ‫َوﺗَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻢ ُﻣﺘَﺬَﻣﱢ ًﺮا‪» :‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻮءِ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬أ َ ْﻛ َﺮ ُه أ َ ْن أَﻋُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ إ ِ ْزﻋَ ﺎﺟُ ﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻗ ُﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻄ ﱡﺮ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك؛‬ ‫ﺿ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﻊ؛ َﻓﻬُ َﻮ ﻳُ ْﺆذِي ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ﱠﻲ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧَﺎ أ َ ْﻛ َﺮ ُه ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﺳﺄ ُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﺎﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﺎجُ ﻣ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﺗِﻲ‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻀ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘﺎءَ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ …«‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة‬ ‫ﻂ ﺟَ ﻨَﺎﺣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَﻳ ِْﻦ وَﺣَ ﱠﻠ َﻖ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ َوإ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﻪ َﻛ َﻼﻣَ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬وإِﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﺑ ََﺴ َ‬
‫ﺻﻤْ ٍﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َري َِان ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﱠان ﻟِﻠ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٍْت؛ َو َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻣُﻌَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِث ﺟَ ﻨَﺎﺣَ ﺎ ُه ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒري َِان أَيﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺤْ ﺪ ْ‬
‫ﻄﻌْ ُﺖ أ َ ْن أُﻣْ ِﺴ َﻚ ِﺑﺄَﺣَ ِﺪ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﺎن! إِذَا ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ ُ‬
‫ﻄﻌْ ُﺖ أ ْن أﻣْ ِﺴ َﻚ ِﺑﺄﺣَ ِﺪ َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬‫و ََﻗﺎ َل ُﻣﺘَﻤْ ﺘِﻤً ﺎ‪» :‬إِذَا ْ‬
‫ْف …« َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ْﻞ ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﺳﻴ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ إِذَا ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ‬ ‫َﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻮ َ‬ ‫َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑ ِ‬
‫ﻄ َﻘ ِﺔ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺎرهِ‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ َﺳﺘُ َﺨﻤﱢ ُﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ْﻘ َ‬
‫ﺎع َ‬ ‫ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑَﺎ ُن ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﴤ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗُ َﺴﻤﱢ ﻴ ِﻪ و َْﻗﺘًﺎ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘِﻌً ﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎص ﻳَﻨ ْ َﺴﻮ َْن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ري أ َ ﱠن َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬ﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻻ ُﻣﺘْﻌَ َﺔ ﺣَ ﻘِ ﻴ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻤَ ٍﻞ ﻳُ ْﺰﻋِﺞُ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة‬ ‫ﺿﺠﱠ ًﺔ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ًﺔ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﱠ‬ ‫ُون َ‬ ‫ﻟ َِﺴﺒ ٍَﺐ أ َ ْو ِﻵ َﺧ َﺮ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﺮجُ ‪َ ،‬راحَ أ َ َﻗ ِﺎرﺑُ ُﻪ ﻳُﺜِري َ‬
‫ﻳﻦ‬‫ﻈﺎﻫِ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻬُ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ا ْزدَا َد َﻏ َﻀﺒُﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ا ْزدَا َد ِﺻﻴَﺎﺣُ ﻬُ ْﻢ و ََﺳﺒﱡﻬُ ْﻢ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ وَاﻧْﻘِ َﻀ ُ‬
‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُﻣﻨْﻬَ ِﻤ ًﻜﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ني ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑَﺎ ُن ُﻣﻨْﻬَ ِﻤ ِﻜ َ‬‫ِﺑﺄَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﻴ َُﻘﺎ ِﺗﻠُﻮﻧَﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ني‬ ‫ني اﻟ ﱠﻠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﴪ َﻗ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬‫ﺻ َﺔ ﻟ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱠﺶ َوﺗَﻤْ ﻨَﺤُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ُﻣ َﺮ َاﻗﺒَﺘ ِِﻬ ْﻢ — ِآﻣ ًﻼ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﱰُ َك ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ف أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻗ ُﺪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ﱠن أَﺣَ ﺪًا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ْﺮ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼ ِﺻ َﻘ ِﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌُ ﱢﺶ! َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﻌْ ُﻪ أَﺣَ ﺪ ُُﻫ ْﻢ َﻗﺎدِ ﻣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫و ََﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪َ ،‬‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻳﺶ ذَﻳ ِْﻞ أَﺣَ ِﺪ أ َ َﻗ ِﺎر ِب ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َني ﻣَ َﺨﺎﻟ ِِﺐ إِﺣْ ﺪَى َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ ِر َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ ﻳُﻌْ ِﻤﻲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ْﻲ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻮءُ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫ﻇﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ؛ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻇﺎ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈﻮ ً‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُ‬
‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﺼﺐْ َﻫﺪ ََﻓﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻮ َْﻻ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻟ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑَﺎ ُن َﻗ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ وَاﺣِ ﺪًا‪.‬‬
‫آﺧ ُﺮ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪َ .‬وإ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫ﳾءٌ َ‬ ‫ني ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻇ َﺔ ﺑُﻮﻣَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ َﻏﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻇ َﺔ ﺑُﻮﻣَ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة َ ْ‬ ‫َوإ ِ ﱠن إ ِ َﻏﺎ َ‬
‫ﻮج‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِة ِﺑﺎﻟﺜﱡﻠُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻮدَاءُ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءُ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻐ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟﺬﱠﻳ ِْﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﺸ ُ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِر َ‬
‫ﺼ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘْﻌَ ِﺔ ﻟِﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫و ََﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر ِت ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑَﺎ ُن أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ َ‬
‫ﻳﻦ ِﺑﺠَ َﻠﺒَ ٍﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪةٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎل َو ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ِﺎو ِر َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ني ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺋِﺤِ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﺎﻓِ ِﻬﻢْ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﱠﻠ ُﻘﻮا ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﺟُ ﻬُ ﻮ ِد ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِ ِﻹ َ‬
‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳَﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻛ ِﺴريَ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ َﺆادِ ‪َ .‬و َراحَ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ آﺧِ َﺮ ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻏﺎ َد َر ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬

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‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُﻳ َﻔﻜﱢ ُﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﺑﻦِ ا ْﳌ ُ َﺰا ِر ِع ﺑﺮاون‬

‫ِﻴﻼ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ َﺷﺠَ َﺮﺗ ِِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻔ ﱠﻀ َﻠ ِﺔ ِﻟﻴ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﻆ َﺳﻴ ٍﱢﺊ!« ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُﻣﺘَﺬَﻣﱢ ًﺮا‪» :‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﱟ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻮن ْاﻵ َن ِﺑﺄَﻣْ ِﺮ ﻋُ ﱢﺶ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻆ َﺳﻴﱢﺊ ٌ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ! ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ِﺟريَاﻧِﻲ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓ َ‬ ‫َف ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪» :‬ﺣَ ﱞ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْرد َ‬
‫ني‪َ .‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻋَ َﺰاﺋ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ُﻫ َﻮ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ إِذَا‬ ‫ﻒ أَﺣَ ﺪ ُُﻫ ْﻢ أ َ ﱠن ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْف ﻳَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺸ ُ‬ ‫آﺟ ًﻼ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ًﻼ أ َ ْو ِ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ِ‬
‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ أَﺣَ ُﺪ أ َ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑﻲ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ َل ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪ِ .‬ﺑﻤَ ﻌْ ﻨًﻰ َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑ َِﺎﱄ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳﺒ ٍُﻞ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َﻟ ْﺖ َﻫﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ َل ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬
‫َاﻫﻤَ ﺎ ْاﻵ َن!«‬ ‫ﺼﻮ َل ﻋَ َﲆ إِﺣْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﻳَﺎ إ ِ َﻟ ِﻬﻲ! َﻛ ْﻢ أ َ َو ﱡد ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬
‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ َﻞ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ ُﻪ ْاﻷ َ ْﴍَا ُر ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺨِ ﻴﺐُ آﻣَ ﺎﻟُﻬُ ﻢْ؛ إِذْ ﺑَﺪَأ َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﻄ ِﻪ‪َ .‬وإِذَا ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ‬ ‫ﴐا َر ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ ﻟ َِﻔ َﺸ ِﻞ ُﺧ َ‬ ‫اﻹ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎص ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ إ ِ ْﻟ َﻘﺎءِ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﻮ ِم ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ َﺨ ِ‬
‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة‬‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ و ﱠ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ ْﻠ ُﻜ ُﻪ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ وَأ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ َﺖ أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﱢث ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻪُ‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ َ‬ ‫َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ﺘَ ُﻪ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ﱢث‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ َﺖ َﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ُﻪ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﻤَ ﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪ .‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ! َﻫﺬَا ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ َﺳﺘُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ إِذَا ْ‬
‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ َ َ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﻮﻟِ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺎﻃ ِﻪ ﻟِﻌَ َﺪ ِم ﺣُ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮةِ‪ .‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ِﰲ َﻏﻤْ َﺮ ِة إِﺣْ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﻠ َﻢ و ََﻗ َﻊ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻫﻮَ؛ وَأَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﺮﺛِﻲ ﺣَ ﺎ َﻟﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱡ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﺤَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫و ﱠ‬
‫ﺎﻫ َﺮ‬ ‫ﻈ َ‬‫ِﺼ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ أ َ ْﻗﻨ َ َﻊ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ‪ ،‬ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﺣَ ﻤَ َﺎﻗ ًﺔ َﺧﺎﻟ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎص‬ ‫ُث ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ْﺷ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ُﺮ ُه ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ا ْزدَا َد َﻏ َﻀﺒُﻪُ‪ .‬و ََﻫﺬَا َﻏﺎ ِﻟﺒًﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ُ‬‫ِﺑ ْﺎﻗ ِﺘﻨَﺎﻋِ ِﻪ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ا ْزدَا َد ﺗَ َ‬
‫ﻮن إِﻳﺬَاء َُﻫﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎوﻟُ َ‬ ‫ﺎص ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ُ .‬ﻓﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻐ َﻀﺒ َ‬ ‫ﻮن إِﻳﺬَاءَ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎوﻟُ َ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬
‫ﻳﻘ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْن ﻳُ ِﻘ ﱠﺮ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﺑﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريَ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫اﺿ ُ‬ ‫َو ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

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‫ﻳﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ٌﺔ ِ ِﻹ َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺴﺎ ُؤ ِل ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ إِذَا َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺼ ِ‬‫أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﻟ ْﻠﺤُ ُ‬
‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‪ .‬وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ اﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ و ﱠ‬‫ﱠ‬
‫ﴪ َﻗ ِﺔ‬‫ﺎﴈ ﻳ َْﺴﻌَ ُﺪ ِﺑ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَ َﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ؛ إِذْ ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ أ َ ﱠن اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﺎش أ َ َﻗ ِﺎر ِب ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ َوﻣ ِْﻦ‬ ‫ُﻮر‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َرآ ُه ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﺾ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻋْ َﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎش اﻟ ﱡ‬
‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫أَﻋْ َﺸ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ‪،‬‬ ‫ُﻮر ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟﺪَى ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أَﻳ ُﱠﺔ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ٍة ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎش َﻛ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫أَﻋْ َﺸ ِ‬
‫ُﺼﺎد ََﻓ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﻤ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ﱠﻛ ِﺪ‬‫ﻒ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻋُ ﱠﺶ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ﻣ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻬْ ﺘَ ﱠﻢ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ آﻧَﺬَا َك‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َ‬
‫ْف ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻧَﺎ َل‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺎحُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﱟﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺴﻮ َ‬ ‫أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫اﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪.‬‬
‫ﻳﻘ ٍﺔ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺪ ِْرجُ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬‫ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريَ ِﰲ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎ َع اﺟْ ِﺘﺬَاﺑَ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳ ََﻘ ُﻊ ﻋُ ﱡﺶ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪َ .‬وإ ِ َذا ْ‬ ‫ﻮر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻛ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬْ ﺠُ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ َة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ْف ﻳَ َﺮى ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱠﺶ َوﻳَﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ُﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛ ٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َﺳﻮ َ‬
‫ني‬‫ني ِﺑ َﻼ َﺷ ﱟﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈ َذا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧ َﺬ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َِﺼ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪ ََﻫﺎ َﺳﻴَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ري ُه ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﳾءٍ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى أَﺣَ ﺪًا َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ َ ْ‬
‫ﻳﺸ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻴﻀ ٍﺔ! أ َ ْﺧ َﴙ أ َ ﱠن َﻗ ْﻠﺐَ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أ َ ْﺳ َﻮ ُد َﻛ َﻠﻮ ِْن ِر ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ إ ِ َﻟ ِﻬﻲ! ﻳَﺎ إ ِ َﻟ ِﻬﻲ! ﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻓ َﻜ ٍﺎر ﺑَﻐِ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌِ ﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﴩﻳ َﺮةِ‪ .‬وَﻣَ َﻊ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻄ ِﻪ ﱢ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َِﺠ ُﺪ ُﻣﺘْﻌَ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ِﰲ ﺗَﻨْﻔِ ﻴ ِﺬ ُﺧ َ‬ ‫و َْاﻷ َ ْﺳﻮَأ ُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬
‫اﺧﺘ َِﻼ َق ْاﻷَﻋْ ﺬَ ِار ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴍﻳ َﺮ ٌة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ٌ‬‫ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﰲ َﻗ َﺮا َر ِة ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ُﺧ َ‬
‫ﻳﻦ‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﱢﺪ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻓﻮﻧَﻪُ؛ َﻓﻬُ َﻮ ﻳ َْﻘﺘَ ُ‬ ‫ِﺺ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ﻳ ََﺨ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ﻟ ﱞ‬
‫َﴍ ٌس و ََﻻ أَﺣَ َﺪ ﻳُﺤِ ﺒﱡﻪُ‪ .‬و ََﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن‬ ‫ﺿ ْﺨ ٌﻢ و َ ِ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ‪ .‬و َُﻫ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ْﻠ ِﻤﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ أَيﱠ َﺧ ْ ٍ‬
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‫ني‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑُﻮﻣَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺘُ ْﺨ ِﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﴬاءُ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧًﺎ أ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ دُوﻧ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬وإِذَا ُﻓﻘِ َﺴ ْﺖ َﻫﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑ َُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫ني‪ِ ،‬ﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ أُﻣﱢ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﺨﻤَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺒﺤَ ﺎ ﺑُﻮﻣَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْف ﺗَ ْﻜ ُﱪ َِان ِﻟﺘُ ْ‬‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪ ،‬و ََﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ني ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﺎﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ُﻛﻮ ُن َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ‬ ‫وَأ َ ِﺑ ِﻴﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا أ َ َرﻳ ُْﺖ اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱠﺶ وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫َﺧ ْريًا ِﺑ ِﺠريَاﻧِﻲ‪«.‬‬
‫ري دَاﺧِ َﻠ ُﻪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِْت ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﻓِ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠث ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َل إ ِ ْﺳ َﻜ َ‬ ‫َﻫ َﻜﺬَا ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ﻃﻮَا َل ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﻘِ ﺐُ ُﻗﺪُو َم اﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ َ‬‫ﻴﺾ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﻂ َﻟ ُﻪ أَﻣْ ٌﺮ ﺑَﻐِ ٌ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬‫ﱪ ُه أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳ ُْﺨ ِ َ‬
‫ﺑﺮاون‪.‬‬

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‫ا ْﺑ ُﻦ ا ْﳌ ُ َﺰا ِر ِع ﺑﺮاون َوﻫﻮﰐ‬

‫ﺎن أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺒ َِﺐ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ‪ .‬ﺟُ ْﺰءٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َﻗ ْﺪ َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر ِزﻳَﺎ َر َة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ف ﻋَ َﲆ ِاﻻﻧْﺘِﻬَ ﺎءِ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ َﺷﺎ َر َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءَ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ﱠن ﱢ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُﻪُ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﺠُ ْﺰءُ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ َ ْ‬
‫ﻴﻊ‪.‬‬ ‫َاب ُﻗﺪُو ِم اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﺪ ﱡل ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻗ ِﱰ ِ‬ ‫وَأ َ َرا َد أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﻘ َﺪ أَﺣْ ﻮَا َل ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻳَ َﺮى ﻣَ ﺎ إِذَا َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻃﻮَا َل‬ ‫ُوث ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ ََﱰ ﱠَﻗﺐُ ﺣُ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َﺿﺤِ َﻚ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َرآ ُه ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻗﺎدِ ﻣً ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ‬
‫ﱪ اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ِﺑ َﺸﺄ ْ ِن ﻋُ ﱢﺶ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺻﺎ َر ِﺑ ِﺈﻣْ َﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُْﺨ ِ َ‬ ‫ُﻮع‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫أ ْﺳﺒ ٍ‬
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‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ و ﱠ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ؛ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺑَﻨَﻰ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ﺑﻼﻛﻲ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻛ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬْ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻈﺎﻫِ ًﺮا ِﺑﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ ٌﺲ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ِﻻ ْﻛﺘ َِﺸﺎﻓِ ِﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗ ِِﻪ ُﻣﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻋُ ﱠﺸﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳَﻨْﻌِ ُﻖ َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا ِﺑﺄَﻋْ َﲆ َ‬
‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ » :‬ﻛﺎوْ! َﻛﺎوْ! َﻛﺎوْ! َﻛﺎوْ!« و َِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ ﱢﻮ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺿﺠﱠ ٌﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺛَﺎ َر ْت َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳُ ْﺰﻋِﺞُ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ وَأ َرادُوا ﻣ َُﺸﺎ َر َﻛﺘَ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻬْ ﻮَ‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﺮ ُﻓﻮا أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﴬاءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻛ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬْ ﺠُ ِ‬
‫ﺼ َﺖ‪ ،‬و ََﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻳَﺎ ﺗُ َﺮى ﻣَ ﺎذَا‬ ‫ﻒ وَأَﻧ ْ َ‬‫اﻟﻀﺠﱠ َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻴﻞ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﺎ َد ًة ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺠﻴﺠً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ون َ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺪ ُر َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎ ُؤ ُه َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ َة؟ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﺪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ وَأ َ ْ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺪ َة‪ .‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﺳﺄ َ ْذ َﻫﺐُ وَأ ُ ْﻟﻘِ ﻲ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ أَﻣْ ٌﺮ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻖ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺸ َ‬
‫ﴬاءِ‪َ ،‬وإِذْ َراحَ ﻳَ ْﺪﻧُﻮ‪ ،‬ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َك ِﺑﺤَ ﺬَ ٍر َﺷﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ‬ ‫ﻮر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﻮَﺟﱠ َﻪ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻛ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬْ ﺠُ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد أ َ ْن‬ ‫َﺎن؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑ ِ‬ ‫ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﻳَ َﺮى أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘَ ُﻪ د َ‬
‫ُون إ ِ َﺧ َ‬
‫ﻃﺒْ َﻊ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳُ ْﺰﻋِﺠُ ﻮﻧَﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬُ َﻮ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا َ‬ ‫ُون ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪َ ،‬وذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳُﻨَﺒﱢ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ْف ﻳ َِﻄري َ‬ ‫ﻳَ َﺮ ْو ُه َﺳﻮ َ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﻮن‬‫ﻴﺞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْﺰﻋِﺠُ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ِﺠ ِ‬‫ﻮن ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ف أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﻳُﺤْ ِﺪﺛ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎ َر ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫َﺎن‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑ ِ‬
‫أَﺣَ ﺪ َُﻫﻢْ‪.‬‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﻘِ ﺐُ ُﻗﺪُوﻣَ ﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺒ ْﺲ ِﺑ ِﺒﻨ ْ ِﺖ َﺷ َﻔ ٍﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أ َ ﱠو َل ﻣَ ْﻦ َرآهُ؛ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫َدﻧَﺎ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َﻛ ِﺜريًا إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْن َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ﻣَ َﻔ ﱞﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱠﺶ وَﻫﻮﺗﻲ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ‬‫ﻄ ْﻘ ِﻄ ُﻖ ِﺑﻤِ ﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺎر ِه َﻏ َﻀﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣ ْﺰﻋ ِِﺠﻴ ِﻪ‪ .‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ ْ‬‫ﺎن ﻳَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ ِﺼﺒًﺎ َوﻳُ َ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻪُ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬
‫ﴬاءِ‪،‬‬ ‫وج ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺎن ِﻷَﻋْ َﲆ َوﺗَﻮَﺟﱠ ﻬَ ْﺖ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ْت ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻧْﺬَا َر‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر َ‬ ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺻ ٍﺔ َﻻﺣَ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪ .‬ذَ َﻫﺐَ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ْﻢ ﻟِﻤَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ َﻗ ِﺼريَةٍ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ أَو ِﱠل ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ َِﻘ ًﺔ ﻋَ ﻘِ ريَﺗَﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﻌِ ِ‬‫ُﻣ ْ‬
‫ُث‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى َﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا ِﰲ ُﻫﺪُوءٍ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﴪ ِب َو َ‬
‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫اﻧ ْ َﻔ َ‬
‫ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ﻋُ ﱢﺶ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪.‬‬
‫َﺎن ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ﱡﺾ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ و ََﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و ََﻗﻌَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ اﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ َو َرأَى ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑ َ‬
‫ريةِ‪.‬‬‫اﻹﺛَﺎ َر ُة‪َ ،‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ْ َ‬
‫َت ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪ ْ‬
‫ﺎﴈ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﻠﺼ ْﻘ ِﺮ أﺣﻤﺮ اﻟﺬﻳﻞ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫»ﻫﺬَا ﻋُ ﱞﺶ َﻗﺪِﻳ ٌﻢ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬
‫َﺎن ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪﱢ؟«‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻗ ْﺪ ﻳُﺜِريُ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑ َ‬
‫ﻒ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬آهْ! َﻫ َﻜﺬَا إِذَ ْن‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﺜ َ َﺮ َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ ْاﻷَو َْﻏﺎ ُد ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َرأَى ذَ َﻛ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺒُﻮﻣَ ِﺔ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ﺘَ َ‬
‫ﻫﻮﺗﻲ وَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧ ْ َﻔ ﱡﻜﻮا ﻳ َُﻀﺎ ِﻳ ُﻘﻮﻧَﻪُ‪ .‬ﺗُ َﺮى ﻣَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ ُﻪ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك؟«‬
‫ﻃﻮَا َل‬ ‫ﺎﻇ ًﺮا ِﻷَﻋْ َﲆ َ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪ ،‬ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل ِاﻻ ْﺧ ِﺘﺒَﺎءَ‪َ ،‬وإِﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﺳﺎ َر إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ‬ ‫َﺿﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﻠ َﻖ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪َ ،‬راحَ ﻳُ َ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻘ ِﻄ ُﻖ ِﺑﻤِ ﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺎر ِه َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺮآ ُه ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻋِ ﻮ ً‬
‫ُﺼ ِﺪ ُر َﻓﺤِ ﻴﺤً ﺎ‪.‬‬‫َﺎن َوﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑ ِ‬
‫»ﻫﺬَا َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺐٌ ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻮ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱠﺶ ُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن‬
‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫ِﻠﺼ ْﻘ ِﺮ أﺣﻤﺮ اﻟﺬﻳﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ﻧِﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﱢ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱡﺶ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ُﻢ ﻟ ﱠ‬
‫َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ﻋُ ﱡﺶ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻈ ُﺮ ِﻷَﻋْ َﲆ‪ .‬و ََﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة اﻧْﺘَ َﻔ َﺾ د َْﻫ َﺸ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﻫ ْﻞ َﻫ َﺬا َذﻳْ ٌﻞ ﻳ َْﱪُ ُز‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﱠ‬ ‫دَا َر ﱠ‬
‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ ٌﺮ‬‫ﻃﺎ َر ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﴬﺑ َْﺖ َﻗﺎﻋِ َﺪ َة ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ِﻷَﻋْ َﲆ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ؟ َﻓﺄَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑﻌَ ً‬
‫ﺼﺎ وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ َ‬
‫ﴎهِ‪.‬‬‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ! َﻓ َﻀﺤِ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﰲ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺋ ُﺮ ُﻫ َﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫ َﺬا اﻟ ﱠ‬‫ﺿ ْﺨﻢٌ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺤﺎدي ﻋﴩ‬

‫ا ْﺑ ُﻦ ا ْﳌ ُ َﺰا ِر ِع ﺑﺮاون َﻳ َﺘ َﻌ ﱠﺮ ُض ﻟِ ْ ِﻺﻏ َْﺮاءِ‬

‫ﻄﺄ ُ‬
‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ُْﻐ ِﻮﻳ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬
‫ني و َْﻗ ُﺖ ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗِ َﻚ‪.‬‬
‫ﻳَﺤِ ُ‬
‫أ َ ْﻏ ِﻤ ْﺾ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ َﻚ و ْ‬
‫َاﻗ ِﺒ ْﺾ ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ َﻚ؛‬
‫ﺗَ ِﺠ ْﺪ ﻋَ ْﻮﻧًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َر ْﻏﺒَﺘِ َﻚ‪.‬‬

‫ﳾءٌ َﻗﻴﱢﻢٌ‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺋ ُﺮ َراﻗِ ﺪًا ِﰲ ﻋُ ﱟﺶ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ﻋَ َﻼﻣَ ٌﺔ ُﻣ َﺆ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ٌة ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱠﺶ ِﺑ ِﻪ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ اﺗﱠ َﺨﺬَ ُه ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ًﻻ؛ ِﻟﺬَا‪ ،‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼﻣَ ٌﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﴬاءِ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻮر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫ِﻠﺼ ْﻘ ِﺮ أﺣﻤﺮ اﻟﺬﻳﻞ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻛ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬْ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻗ ُﺪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ ﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻴ ِﻪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺠْ ُﺪ ُر ِﺑﻲ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻗﻮ َل إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ِﻨﻴَ ُﻪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓﻴَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ﻨ َِﻲ‬
‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ وُﺟُ ﻮ َد ﺑَﻴ ٍْﺾ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ‪.‬‬
‫ُﺼﺪ َﱢق ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ َﻓﺎﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺑﻴ ُﻊ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺄ ْ ِت ﺑَﻌْ ﺪُ!‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌْ ِﺐ ﻋَ َﲆ اﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون أ َ ْن ﻳ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎ ًة ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠَ ﻠِﻴﺪِ‪ .‬ﻣَ ْﻦ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ‬ ‫َﺎﺳﻤَ ُﺔ ﻣ َُﻐ ﱠ‬
‫ﱪ َﻛ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬
‫ﺎن‪ ،‬و ََﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ا ْﻟ ِ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮجُ َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬
‫ﻄﺎﺋ ٍِﺮ ﻳ ََﻀ ُﻊ ﺑَﻴ ًْﻀﺎ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم؟ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ِﺑ َ‬
‫ﻄﻴُﻮ ُر ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﱠف اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﺘَ َﴫ ُ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ﻳَﺘَ َﴫ َﱠﻓ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ و ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ﻣُﺤَ ﱢريًا ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬‫ﺎف ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬‫ﺑَﻴ ٌْﺾ ﺗَ َﺨ ُ‬
‫»اﻟﺼ ْﻘ ُﺮ أﺣﻤﺮ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُﱢق ِﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ‪:‬‬ ‫ﺗَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻢ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َو َزوْﺟَ ﺘُ ُﻪ َﻗ ِﺪ‬ ‫ُﺼﻠِﺤْ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‪َ .‬وإِذَا َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺬﻳﻞ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺑَﻨَﻰ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱠﺶ َوإ ِ ﱠن أَﺣَ ﺪًا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﺎش‪َ .‬وإِذَا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِﺑﻨَﺎءِ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﺸ ِ‬ ‫اﺗﱠ َﺨﺬَا ُه ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ًﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ِ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫َﺿﻌَ ْﺖ ﺑَﻴ ًْﻀﺎ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻨُﻮﻧ َ ٌﺔ‪ .‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ ﻟِﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫ﱠف‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮةِ‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺒْﺪُو ﺣَ ﻤَ َﺎﻗ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﺳﺄ َ ْﻓﻌَ ﻠُﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠن َزوْجَ ا ْﻟﺒُﻮ ِم ذَا َك ﻳَﺘَ َﴫ ُ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﺑﺘَ َﺴ ﱡﻠ ِﻖ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﴚءَ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻒ َﻫﺬَا ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ْف أ َ ْﻛﺘَ ِﺸ ُ‬‫ﳾءٍ ﻣَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻠ ِﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ َ ْ‬
‫ني وَﻣَ َﺨﺎ ِﻟ ِﺒ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ َﱃ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻘﺎ َرﻳ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﻘ َ‬
‫ﻮﻓ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ و ﱠ‬‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬
‫َني ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺨﺎﻟ ِِﺐ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬‫ﻮع ﺑ ْ َ‬‫ﻈ ًﺔ؛ َﻓﻬُ َﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏﺐُ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻮ ُُﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َﻏﻠِﻴ َ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ﱠﺮ َر أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﻋَ ً‬
‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ِﺑﻤِ ﻨ ْ َﻘﺎ َرﻳ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ و ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﻘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮةِ‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺒُﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِﰲ ﺗَ َﺴ ﱡﻠ ِﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ﺗُﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﺪ ﻋَ ً‬
‫ني‬‫ﺿ ْﺨﻤَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺒُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺑَ َﺪوَا َ‬ ‫ﱰﺑَﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﴍ ًﺳﺎ‪ ،‬و ْ‬
‫َاﻗ َ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺪ َرا َﻓﺤِ ﻴﺤً ﺎ َ ِ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ‬
‫ﻒ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺸ َ‬
‫ني ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َد ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻠ ُﻢ َوﻳ َْﱰُ ُﻛﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﺳ َﻼ ٍم‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻛ َ‬‫َﴍ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَ ِ‬
‫َاﺻ َﻞ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺴ ﱡﻠ َﻖ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ‪َ ،‬ﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ِت ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ؛ ِﻟﺬَا و َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َ ْ‬ ‫إِذَا َﻛ َ‬
‫َاﺳﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺪ‬‫ﺼﺎ ُه و ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗًﺎ َرﻫِ ﻴﺒًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑﻌَ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺪ َر ًة َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻘ ْﺖ ِﺑﻤِ ﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺎر َﻫﺎ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﻘ َ‬‫ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َ‬
‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮ َدهُ‪.‬‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻞ ُ‬ ‫ِﻠﴬ ِب ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َوو َ‬ ‫ﻟ ﱠ ْ‬
‫ﴢ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ُﻪ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع‬ ‫ﺿ ْﺨ ٍﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﻮ ُن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌِ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱡﺶ ﻋِ ﺒَﺎ َر ًة ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫﻴْ َﻜ ٍﻞ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻈ ُﺮ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ دَاﺧِ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ؛ ِﻟﺬَا ﻣَ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺑﺮاون‪ ،‬ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َ َ‬
‫ﻒ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ ْن ﻳ َِﺼ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬
‫ﺻﺎ ِﺑﻌُ ُﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ْاﻗ َﺸﻌَ ﱠﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑَ َﺪﻧُﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳَ َﺪ ُه ِﻷَﻋْ َﲆ َوﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺴ َﺲ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﺑﺪَاﺧِ ﻠ ِِﻪ‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ َﻟﻤَ َﺴ ْﺖ أ َ َ‬
‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮﺑ ًَﺔ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﺨﻤَ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة! َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ َﺷ ﱞﻚ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ وَﺟَ َﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﴚءُ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ﱠ ْ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ني ِﻷَو ِﱠل ﻣَ ﱠﺮةٍ‪َ .‬ﻗﺒ ََﺾ اﺑْ ُﻦ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َث ﻟِﺒﻼﻛﻲ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻖ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﺗَ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﺟﺪٍّا ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ ِﺔ وَأ َ ْﺧ َﺮﺟَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ‪َ .‬ﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ِت ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ُه ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ َﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَ ِﺪ ِه إ ِ ْذ َﻟﻮﱠحَ ِﺑﻌَ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎ َد اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻳ ُْﺴﻘِ ُ‬
‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻓ َﻘﺪَا َﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ﺘَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ وَاﻧ ْ َﺴﺤَ ﺒَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ و ﱠ‬ ‫وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬
‫ﺎﺿﺐَ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن َﻓﺤِ ﻴﺤَ ﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ َِﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﻤِ ﻨ ْ َﻘﺎ َرﻳ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ َوﻳُ ْ‬ ‫و ََﻗ َﻔﺎ ﻳُ َ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻘ ِﻄ َﻘ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ﻣُﻤْ ِﺴ ًﻜﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪهِ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ًﺔ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻐﻨِﻴﻤَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ﻧ َ َ‬
‫ﻴﻔﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ‬‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮةِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎهُ‪ .‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏﻨِﻴﻤَ ٍﺔ َراﺋِﻌَ ٍﺔ ﻳ ُِﻀ ُ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺎربٌ إ ِ َﱃ ﱡ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة َﻟ ْﻮﻧُﻬَ ﺎ أَﺑْﻴ َُﺾ َ‬
‫َ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻫﺎ‬ ‫َاع ا ْﻟﺒُﻮ ِم — ﻳَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ُﻮر! َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أ ﱠو َل ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ِﺔ ﺑُﻮﻣَ ٍﺔ َﻗ ْﺮﻧَﺎءَ — أ ْﻛ َ ِﱪ أﻧْﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ﺘ ِِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻴ ِْﺾ اﻟ ﱡ‬
‫ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬

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‫اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ُ‬

‫ْف‬‫»ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻒ وُﺟُ ﻮ َد ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺴ َﺲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱠﺶ ِﻣ ْﻦ دَاﺧِ ﻠ ِِﻪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى وَا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َ‬
‫ﻴﺖ‪ .‬ﻳَﺎ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ِﻴ ُ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أ َ ﱠو ُل ﻋُ ﱟﺶ أَﻋْ ﺜ ُ ُﺮ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻟِﻬﻮﺗﻲ‪َ ،‬و ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ أ َ ِﺟ ُﺪ ﻋُ ٍّﺸﺎ َ‬ ‫آﺧﺬُ ِﻛ ْﻠﺘَﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
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‫إ ِ َﻟ ِﻬﻲ! َﻛ ْﻢ أَﻧَﺎ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ ٌﺪ ِﺑﻤَ ِﺠﻴﺌِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻟِﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ َﺳﺒ َِﺐ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﻠﺒَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أَﺛَﺎ َرﺗْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺮﺑَﺎ ُن‪ .‬ﺗُ َﺮى‬
‫ﴪ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ؟«‬ ‫َﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﺄ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أَﻧ ْ ِﺰ َل ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ د َ‬
‫ُون أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻛ ِ َ‬
‫ﻒ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻤْ ِﻊ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ أَﻣْ ًﺮا؛ ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬
‫و َِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬
‫ﻃﺎﺋ ٍِﺮ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬‬ ‫أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ َﺔ َ‬
‫ِﻒ‪َ .‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻫﺬَا َﻛﺄ َ ْﺧ ِﺬ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ ٌ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ِﺑﺪَاﺧِ ﻠ ِِﻪ‪َ » :‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻫﺬَا ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْ َ‬‫َﻫﻤَ َﺲ ﱠ‬
‫ُﻮر ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻐ ﱢﺮ َد ِة ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬‫اﻟ ﱡ‬

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‫َﻣ ْﻌ َﺮﻛَ ٌﺔ َأ ْﻋ َﲆ َﺷ َﺠ َﺮ ٍة‬

‫َاب‪،‬‬
‫َاﻟﺼﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺄِ و ﱠ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮ ُق ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫َﻛﺎ ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮ ِق ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫َني اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ وَاﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر‪.‬‬

‫ات‬ ‫ﺻﻮَابٌ ‪ ،‬و ََﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ا ْﻟﺨِ ﻴَﺎ َر ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ ٌ َوإِﻣﱠ ﺎ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َ‬

‫اﻟﴚءَ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻒ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻣﱠ ﺎ أ َ ﱠن ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ َ ْ‬
‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮﺑ ًَﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ِﰲ إ ِ ْد َراكِ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺸﺘَ ﱡﺪ َر ْﻏﺒَﺘُﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ‬ ‫ُون ُ‬‫ﺎس ﻳ َِﺠﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻢ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺎﺣَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻣُﻌْ َ‬
‫ﻮن أ َ ْن ﻳ َِﺼﻠُﻮا إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﱟﻞ و ََﺳ ٍﻂ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺄٌ‪َ .‬ﻓﻴُﺤَ ِﺎوﻟُ َ‬ ‫ْت ﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل َﺧﺎﻓِ ﺘًﺎ ِﺑﺪَاﺧِ ﻠ ِِﻬ ْﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٌ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﱪ ُُﻫ ْﻢ َ‬ ‫َ ْ‬
‫اﻟﴚءَ أ َ ْو َذا َك‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺑَﻌْ ًﻀﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ َﺬا َوﺑَﻌْ ًﻀﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َذا َك‪.‬‬ ‫ﻂ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ َﻞ َﻫ َﺬا ﱠ ْ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡﻞ ا ْﻟﻮ ََﺳ ُ‬
‫ﻒ‬ ‫ِﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺄ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أَﻣْ ٌﺮ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺐٌ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫َاب وَا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِ‬‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ َﻚ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ َﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﺔ ﱠ‬
‫ﻈ ِﻢ‬ ‫ﻄﺄِ َﻏﺎ ِﻟﺒًﺎ — ِﰲ ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ِﺼ ُ‬ ‫َاب ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺎﻣ ِﻞ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِ‬ ‫َاب َﻻ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻗﻰ أَﺑَﺪًا ِﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَﻮَى ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﺄِ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺎﻣ ِﻞ‪.‬‬‫َﺎن — ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﺑﻤِ ﺜ ْ ِﻞ ُﺳﻮءِ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻴ ِ‬
‫ﻮر‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ َة ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِار ﻋُ ﱢﺶ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻛ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬْ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون — إِذِ اﻋْ ﺘَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة‬‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ أ َ ِو ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮض ﻣَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﺎ َر ُك ﻣَ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ — ﻳ َُﺨ ُ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺄ؛ َﻓﻔِ ﻲ‬ ‫َاب وَا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِ‬ ‫َني ﱠ‬ ‫ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪َ ،‬وإِﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ُﺔ دَا ِﺋ َﺮ ًة ِﰲ دَاﺧِ ﻠ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ًﺔ ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫ُﻮر‪ ،‬ﻣُﺤَ ِﺎو ًﻻ ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ َﺔ َﻛ ْﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻧْﻮ ِ‬
‫َاع‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َِﺠ ُﺪ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َد ًة ﺑَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ًﺔ ِﰲ ﺟَ ﻤْ ِﻊ ﺑَﻴ ِْﺾ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎﴈ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬
‫وج‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬‫َت ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓﺘُ ُﻪ ِﺑ ُﺴ ﱠﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ا ْزدَاد ْ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ َِﻔ ِﺔ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬
‫ﴎ َﻗﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬وﺗَﻌَ ﻬﱠ َﺪ ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠﻻ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ْﻦ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ ٌ َﻻ ﻳ ُْﻐﺘَ َﻔ ُﺮ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬ ‫ُﻮر َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ َﻐ ِﺎر‪ ،‬أ َ ْد َر َك أ َ ﱠن أ َ ْﺧﺬَ ﺑَﻴ ِْﺾ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﱢ‬
‫ﻃﺎﺋ ٍِﺮ ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ‪.‬‬‫َﴪ َق ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻳْ ِ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋُ ﱟﺶ ِﻟ ْﻠﺒُﻮﻣَ ِﺔ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫﺎﺗَ ِ‬
‫»ﺧﺬْ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ! إ ِ ﱠن‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﻓِ ُﺖ ِﰲ دَاﺧِ ﻠ ِِﻪ‪ُ :‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺿ َﺎﻓ ًﺔ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺳﺘُﻤَ ﺜ ﱢ َﻼ ِن إ ِ َ‬
‫وﻓﺎ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﺧ ِﺬ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﻮر ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮ ً‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫ِﺺ‪ ،‬إِﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﺳﺘُ ْﺴﺪِي إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ﻟ ﱞ‬
‫ِﺼﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻟ ُﻪ َد ْو ًرا ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ﻟ ٍّ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ْﻞ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ْت َﺧﺎﻓِ ٌﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٌ‬ ‫و ََﻗﺎ َل َ‬
‫َﴎ َﻗ ُﺔ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘَﻴْ ِﻪ َﻻ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌَ ُﺔ ْاﻷ ُ ﱡم ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ِﻟﺘَ َﻀﻌَ ُﻪ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ .‬و َ ِ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ﱠﻻ َﻓﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎظ ِﺑﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ﺣَ ﱢﻖ اﻟﻨﱢﻤْ ﻨِﻤَ ِﺔ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﱡﻖ ِاﻻﺣْ ﺘ َِﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﺋ ٍِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َﻗ ِﺔ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ِﺔ أَيﱢ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺮ ُق َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ َ ِ‬
‫ﺎظ ِﺑﺒَﻴ ِْﻀﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺟﻴﻨﻲ ِﰲ ِاﻻﺣْ ﺘ َِﻔ ِ‬
‫»ﺧ ْﺬ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة وَاﺗْ ُﺮكِ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪«.‬‬ ‫ْت ْاﻷ َ ﱠو ُل‪ُ :‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﱠ‬
‫ِﻒ‬ ‫ْف ﺗُ ْﺨﻠ ُ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬وﻋ َِﻼ َو ًة ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﴪ َﻗ ِﺔ ِاﻻﺛْﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫»ﴎ َﻗ ُﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة َﻛ َ ِ‬ ‫ْت اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ‪ِ َ :‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮ ﱠد ﱠ‬
‫ﻋَ ﻬْ َﺪ َك؛ َﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺖ ُﻗ ْﻠ َﺖ إِﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ًﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى أَﺑَﺪًا‪«.‬‬
‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗ ِِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎل‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﻋِ ْﺪ أَﺣَ ﺪًا ِﺳﻮَايَ ‪ «.‬وَﻋَ َﲆ و َْﻗ ِﻊ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ِﺑ َ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻘﺎ‬‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻤُﺠَ ِﺎو َر ِة — ِﺑﻤِ ﻨ ْ َﻘﺎ َرﻳ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ — ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻟ َِﺴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ و ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﻘ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﻓﺤِ ﻴﺤً ﺎ أَﻋْ َﲆ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذِي ﻗِ ﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬
‫ﻄ ِﻊ ا ْﻟﻮَﻋْ ِﺪ ِﻷَيﱢ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻮَﻋْ ِﺪ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ َﻚ ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ َﻗ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎﻟِﺢُ ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن َﻗ ْ‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﻓِ ُﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘِﻬْ ﺠَ ِ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪ .‬و ََﻻ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ ِﰲ ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻂ‬ ‫ني و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ِ‬ ‫»ﻓ ﱢﻜ ْﺮ َﻛ ْﻢ َﺳﺘَﺒْﺪُو َﻫﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﻓِ ُﺖ ْاﻷ َ ﱠو ُل‪َ :‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﱠ‬
‫ِﻳﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ﺜ ُ ُﺮوا ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋُ ﱟﺶ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ِﺘ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ ْﻢ َﺳﺘَ ْﻔ َﺨ ُﺮ ِﺑﻌَ ْﺮ ِﺿ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷَو َْﻻدِ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ﻟِﻬﻮﺗﻲ‪«.‬‬
‫َﺿﺎﻋَ ِﺔ وَاﻟ ﱠﺪﻧَﺎءَ ِة‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎﻟِﺢُ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬و ََﻓ ﱢﻜ ْﺮ َﻛ ْﻢ َﺳﺘَ ْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻮ َ‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﻓِ ُﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎف ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿ َ‬ ‫أَ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ري إِذَا ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺗُ ْﻔ َﻘ َﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ْف ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ُﻣﺘْﻌَ ﺘُ َﻚ أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ َت إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﺤَ َﻘﺎ َر ِة ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﻧ َ َ‬
‫ﻃ ُﺮ َق ﻋَ ﻴ ِْﺸ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ ﱢﻜ ْﺮ َﻓﺤَ ْﺴﺐُ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺪَى َﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎن ُ‬ ‫ني ﺗَ ْﻜ ُﱪ َِان َوﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَﺗَ ْ ِ‬‫ني ﱠ‬ ‫َر َاﻗﺒ َْﺖ ا ْﻟﺒُﻮﻣَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﴎ ًة ِﰲ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪َ ،‬و َﻛ ْﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ َرا ِﺋ ٌﻊ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ِﻪ أ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻫﻮﺗﻲ وَﺟُ ْﺮأَﺗ ِِﻪ ِﺑﺘَﺄ ْ ِﺳ ِ‬
‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻗﺒْ َﻞ‬ ‫ني ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗُ ْﻔ َﻘ َﺴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني ﱠ‬ ‫ني وَا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳ ََﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒُﻮﻣَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني دَاﻓِ ﺌَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻫﻮﺗﻲ إِﺑ َْﻘﺎءَ َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫َاﻟﺼﻮَابَ‬‫ﻄﺄ ٌ و ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ َ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺎس‪َ .‬ﻫ َﺬا إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ َﺳ ِ‬ ‫ون ِﰲ ِﺑﻨَﺎءِ أَﻋْ َﺸ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳَﺒْﺪَأ َ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ َ‬
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‫ﻂءٍ وَأَﻋَ ﺎ َد ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ َﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِﰲ‬‫ﻣَ ﱠﺪ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻳَ َﺪ ُه ِﻷَﻋْ َﲆ َﻓﻮ َْق ﺣَ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬
‫ﻒ ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺐُ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱠﺶ‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ َوو ََﻗ َ‬‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪ ،‬اﺑْﺘَﻌَ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ً‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮةِ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ول ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﺰ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ َو َر َﻗﺪ ْ‬
‫َت ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ِت ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر َ‬
‫اﺳﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ﻟِﺤِ َﺮ َ‬
‫آﺧﺬْ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪ .‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ أَﻧَﺎ َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪٌ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ ٌﺪ ِﻷَﻧﱢﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ُ‬
‫ﴬاءِ‪،‬‬‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا أ َ ْد َراﺟَ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪َ ،‬رأَى ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابَ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻣُﺤَ ﱢﻠ ًﻘﺎ َﻓﻮ َْق ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫َوإِذِ ْ‬
‫ﻂ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻟﻴ َُﺨﻤﱢ َﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أ َ ْﻓ َﺴ َﺪ ُﺧ َ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ ﻋﴩ‬

‫ﲑ َرأْ َﻳ ُﻪ‬
‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُﻳﻐَ ﱢ ُ‬

‫ﻳﺸ ُﻪ أ َ ْﺳ َﻮ ُد وَأَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو‬ ‫اب ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أ َ ْﺳ َﻮ َد ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺎﻣ ِﻞ‪ .‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ِ ،‬ﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠن ِر َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻗ ْﻠﺐُ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮ ِ‬
‫َﻛﺄ َ ﱠن َﻗ ْﻠﺒَ ُﻪ أ َ ْﺳ َﻮ ُد ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا َﻗ ْﻠﺒُ ُﻪ أ َ ْﺳ َﻮ َد ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻠﺐَ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮ َد ُﻫ َﻮ وَﺣْ َﺪ ُه ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﺎ َع ﱠ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎﻫِ ﺪًا إ ِ َ‬
‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ﺟَ ﺎﻫِ ﺪًا‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ و ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎ َﻗ ِﺔ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳَﺪ َْﻓﻌُ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺔ َ ِ‬
‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق؛ َﻓﺒﻼﻛﻲ‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺌَ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬
‫ني َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺒْ ُﺪ َﺧ ِ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ َﺔ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺗُﻤَ ﺜ ﱢ َﻼ ِن وَﺟْ ﺒ ًَﺔ َﺷ ِﻬﻴ ًﱠﺔ َﻟﻪُ‪ .‬و َُﻫ َﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺟَ ﺎﺋِﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ني‬ ‫ﴎ َﻗ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬‫َت َﻟ ُﻪ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ؛ َو ِﻟ َﺬا ﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ َﺴﺎكِ ِﺑ ِﻪ وَأ َ ْﻛﻠ ِِﻪ َﻟ ْﻮ أُﺗِﻴﺤَ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫َﱰ ﱠد َد ِﰲ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َ َ‬
‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬‫ﻈ ُﻢ ُﺳ ﱠﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣُﻌْ َ‬‫ﺎن َذ ِﻛﻴٍّﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ﻟِﻔِ ﻌْ ﻠ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎ ِﺋﺒًﺎ َو ُﻣﻨ ْ ِﺼ ًﻔﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ إ ِ ْن َﻛ َ‬ ‫أَﻣْ ًﺮا َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌَ ِﺔ ْاﻷ ُ ﱢم‬ ‫ِني اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌُ ﻮ َر‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﺣَ ُﺪ َﻗﻮَاﻧ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ َﻐ ِﺎر َﺳﻴ َُﺸ ِﺎر ُﻛﻮﻧ َ ُﻪ ﱡ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ ﱢ‬ ‫وج ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ وَا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫ﺼﺎﻟِﺤَ ﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴐو َر ِة أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮءُ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮﻋَ ﻰ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﻮز ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ ُﻞ ِﰲ َ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬
‫َﴪ َق‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋُ ﱢﺶ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ِآﻣ ًﻼ ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َد ﱠل ﺑﻼﻛﻲ اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ﺗَ َﴫ ُﱡﻓ ُﻪ َدﻧِﻴﺌًﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻮَادُ‪ .‬ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﻠﺒُ ُﻪ ﻳ َُﺸﻮﺑُ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬‫اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎوﻟُ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻮ ِﻗ َﻊ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ .‬ﻓ ُﻜ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻌَ ٍ‬
‫ﺻﻨ َ ْﻮﺑ ٍَﺮ ﻳ َُﺸﺎﻫِ ُﺪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺪُو ُر‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎن أَذْ َﻛﻰ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ أَﻋْ َﲆ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة َ‬ ‫ﻳَﻨْﺘَﻘِ َﻢ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ؛ ِﻷ َ ﱠن ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻛ َ‬
‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﻋُ ﱢﺶ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ َة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫َو َراحَ ﻳ َْﻀﺤَ ُﻚ ِﺑﻤَ ْﻜ ٍﺮ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻖ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ أَيﱢ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬أ َ ْو أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ َﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
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‫ﺎل‪.‬‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ‬‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة د َ‬ ‫ني َوﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُل ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َو ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻳُﻌِ ﻴ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ف ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻟﻴَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺻﺤﱠ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ َﺮاهُ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬُ َﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْ‬
‫أَﻳٍّﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬
‫َاﺿﺤً ﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ‬
‫َﺎط و ََﻏ َﻀ ٍﺐ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺑَﺪَا و ِ‬ ‫ُﺼﺪ َﱢق ﻣَ ﺎ َرآهُ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ ﺒ ٍ‬‫ﻳ َ‬
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‫ﻃﺎ َر ﺑﻼﻛﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮﺗ ِِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻔ ﱠﻀ َﻠ ِﺔ ِﻟﻴ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ ْاﻷﻣْ ِﺮ‪ .‬وَأﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻳَﻨْﺘَﻘِ َﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ِﰲ ﻧِﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ْاﻷﻣْ ِﺮ‪َ .‬‬
‫ﺎع‬ ‫ﺻ ًﺔ ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮرهِ؛ َﻓﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﻤْ ﻨَﺤُ ُﻪ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﻔِ ﻴ ِﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺠْ ﻠ َِﺲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮءُ ِﺑﻤ ُْﻔ َﺮ ِد ِه ِﻟﻴَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ أُﻣ ِ‬
‫َث ﻣَ َﻊ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ آﻧَﺬَا َك‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِْت ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﻓِ ِﺖ ِﺑﺪَاﺧِ ﻠ ِِﻪ‪ .‬و ََﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
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‫اﺳ ِﺘﺪْﻋَ ﺎ ُؤ ُه ِﻻﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون أ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ َدﻧَﺎءَ ًة؛ َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َل ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜريُ ُه ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَا َﻟ ُﻪ ْ‬ ‫َو ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ َ‬
‫آﺧ َﺮ — َﻻ ﻳَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‬ ‫ني ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ أَﻣْ ٌﺮ‪َ ،‬وﻣُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ َﺔ ﺟَ ﻌْ ِﻞ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬‫ﴎ َﻗ ِﺔ َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ َﺔ َ ِ‬
‫َﴪ ُﻗﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ أَﻣْ ٌﺮ َ‬
‫آﺧ ُﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫دِ َﻓﺎﻋً ﺎ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ — ﻳ ْ ِ‬
‫ري ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ُﻜﻨ ْ َﺖ ﺑَﺬَ ْﻟ َﺖ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﺋ ٍِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أَيﱡ َ‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﻓِ ُﺖ ِﰲ دَاﺧِ ﻠ ِِﻪ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﱠ‬
‫ﺼﺎ َرى ﺟُ ﻬْ ِﺪ َك ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ إِﺑ َْﻘﺎءِ اﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ‪ «.‬ﻧ َ ﱠﻜ َﺲ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َرأ ْ َﺳﻪُ؛ إِذْ‬ ‫ُﻗ َ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫ﻄﻴُﻮ َر ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ات ﺣَ ﺬﱠ َر ﺑﻼﻛﻲ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ﻴﺢٌ ‪َ .‬ﻓﻔِ ﻲ َﻛ ِﺜ ٍ‬
‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎﺷﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﺎﻋَ َﺪ ِﰲ إِﺑْﻌَ ﺎدِ هِ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻳَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ أَﻋْ َﺸ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ﻟ ِِﻀﺤْ َﻜﺘ ِِﻪ و َْﻗ ٌﻊ ﺣَ َﺴ ٌﻦ‪ ،‬و ََﻗﺎ َل‬ ‫َﺿﺤِ َﻚ‪ ،‬و ََﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ َة َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ر َﻓ َﻊ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ و َ‬
‫ني‪ .‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪٌ‪.‬‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ ٌﺪ ِﻷ َ ﱠن اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬْ َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑ َ‬
‫ﻴﻞ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﺧ ِﺠ ٌﻞ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ ٌﺪ ِﺑﻔِﻌْ ﻠ ِِﻪ؛‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻓﻌَ َﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺎ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ُﻮر‪ .‬ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤْ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ ﻣُﺨِ ً‬ ‫َﺳﻌِ ﻴ ٌﺪ ِﻷَﻧﱢﻲ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤْ ُﺖ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ْاﻷُﻣ ِ‬
‫ني أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﺑَﺄ ْ َس ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ َﻟﻨَﺎ —‬ ‫ْت‪َ .‬وﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤْ ُﺖ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺣِ ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤْ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن ﻫﻮﺗﻲ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻏ ِﺒﻴٍّﺎ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ اﻋْ ﺘَ َﻘﺪ ُ‬
‫ﻀﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ — أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎو َل ُﻛ ﱞﻞ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ﺧِ ﺪَا َع ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻲ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ُﺳ ﱠﻜ َ‬
‫ﱰ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤْ ُﺖ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ؛ و َُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺸ َ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ًﻀﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ‬
‫ﻃﻌَ ِﺎﻣﻲ‬ ‫ﻫﻮﺗﻲ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ﱠو ُل ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺒْﺪَأ ُ ِﰲ ِﺑﻨَﺎءِ ﻋُ ﱢﺸ ِﻪ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻨَﺎ‪ .‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﺳﺄَذْ َﻫﺐُ ْاﻵ َن ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﺤْ ِﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ َ‬
‫َف‪ «.‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﻓﻌَ َﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑ َﴩ ٍ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ ﻋﴩ‬

‫ﻮم ِﺑ ِﺰ َﻳ َﺎر ٍة‬

‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻳ ُﻘ ُ‬

‫َﻻ ﺗَﺤْ ُﻜ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺣَ ٍﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْ‬

‫ﻈﻬَ ِﺮهِ؛‬
‫َﻓﻔِ ﻲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ إ ِ ْﻗ َﺮا ٌر ِﺑﺠَ ﻬْ ِﻠ َﻚ‪.‬‬

‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِْت‪ .‬ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ ْاﻷ َ ْرﻧَﺐُ ﺑﻴﱰ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ َِر ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫» َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎوْ‪َ «.‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٌﺔ ﻟِﻠﻨ ﱠ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ‬‫ﻈ َﺮ‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻛﻮاك د َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻋَ ﻠِﻤَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬
‫د َ‬
‫َﺻﺎحَ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪:‬‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُل ِﻟﺘَ ﱢﻮ ِه ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﻛ َِﻼ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ﱢﺖ‬ ‫ﺎت ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻛﻮاك وَا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ﻛﻮاك و ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻇ ًﺮا إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْرﻧ َ ِﺐ ﺑﻴﱰ و ﱠ‬ ‫» َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎوْ«‪ ،‬ﻧ َ ِ‬
‫ﺎﺻﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃﻌْ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜًﺎ َﺧ ٍّ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻗ ْﺪ َﻗﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ‪ .‬و ََﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬أَﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ أ َ ﱠﻻ أ َ ُﻛ َ‬
‫ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺎر‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻛﻮاك ﺗُ ْﺨ ِﱪُﻧِﻲ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ و َْاﻷ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ًﻘﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎ َع ﺑﻴﱰ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮ ﱢد َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪ُ » :‬ﻣ ْ‬ ‫أْ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ؟«‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ َﺖ أ َ ﱠن ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ َﺔ ﻛﻮاك َﻗ ْﺪ و َ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴﺪِ‪َ .‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ َﻐ ِﺎر ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﻤَ ِﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺸﺌَ ِﺔ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫ُث‬‫ﻃ ٍﺔ أ َ ﱠن َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺒ ََﺴﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت أَﺟَ ﱠﺶ‪ ،‬و ََﻗﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ أَﻋْ َﻠﻢْ‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻚ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎل‬ ‫َان ِﰲ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻛﻮاك ﺗَﺒْ ُﺪو ِ‬ ‫َني ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ‪ .‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ و ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ِﺑ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻨْﺪ ُِس ﺑﺎدي؛ ِﻟﺬَا أَﺗَﻴ ُْﺖ ِﻷَﺗَﺒ ﱠ َ‬
‫ﻃ َﻔﺎﻟُ َﻚ!«‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﺗُ ْﺨ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻒ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﻛﻮاك‪ .‬و ََﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ﻃ َﻔ ِﺎﱄ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻛﻮاك ِﺑ َﻔ ْﺨ ٍﺮ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ أ َ ْ‬ ‫أَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ِت ﱠ‬
‫»ﻏ ْريُ‬‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق‪َ :‬‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬‫ﺎﺟﺌًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﺌًﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻣﺘَ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘَ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻮل! إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣَ ْﻔ َﺨ َﺮ ٌة ِﻷَﺑَ َﻮﻳ ِْﻬﻢْ‪ِ .‬ﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣَ ْﻔ َﺨ َﺮ ٌة ِﻷَﺑَ َﻮﻳ ِْﻬﻢْ‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ أَﺟْ ﻤَ َﻞ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﻘ ٍ‬
‫ُون ذَوُو ا ْﻟﺒَﻨَﺎدِ ِق اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘ ِِﻬﻢْ!«‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎد َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪َ .‬ﻛ ْﻢ َﺳﻴ َْﺴﻌَ ُﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ ِﺿﺤْ َﻜ ًﺔ َﺧﺎﻓِ ﺘَ ًﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬

‫ُﻮن‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻛﻮاك ﻟ َِﻘ ْﻮﻟِ ِﻪ َو َرأَى ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَ َﻔ َﻀ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ﻳﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ‬‫ﺻﻴﱠﺎدِ َ‬ ‫َف َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬رأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ َﺔ َ‬ ‫اب‪ .‬وَأ َ ْرد َ‬‫ﺿ ِﻄ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﺑ ِﺎﻻ ْ‬‫َﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُﺤِ ﺐﱡ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُْﺸﻌِ َﺮ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ري ﺑَﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحَ ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪.‬‬‫ﻈ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻗِ ﺒَﺘَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻛﻮاك َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ َة ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻠ ِﻖ‪ .‬و ََﻻﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪ َِت ﱠ‬
‫ْت أ َ ْن أُﺣَ ﺬﱢ َر ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ َﺳﺒَﺐُ ﻣَ ِﺠﻴﺌِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ .‬أ َ َرد ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻒ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺎف ِﺑﻠُ ْ‬
‫ﺿ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ َ‬
‫ف أ َ ﱠن ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ َﺔ ﻛﻮاك ُﻫﻨَﺎ!«‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ » :‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﺑﻴﱰ ِﺑ َ‬
‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ﻴﺢٌ ‪َ .‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ﻴﺢٌ ﻳَﺎ ﺑﻴﱰ‪َ ،‬ﻫﺬَا َ‬ ‫»ﻫﺬَا َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َر ﱠد ﺑﻼﻛﻲ و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﻻحَ ﺑ َِﺮ ٌ‬
‫ُﻮن‬‫ِﻳﻦ ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺒ َ‬ ‫ﺎص ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ﻜ ِِﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜﻮﻧُﻮا َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﺎءُوا‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َو َر َد إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﺴ ِﺎﻣﻌِ ﻲ أ َ ﱠن ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ َﺨ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ‬ ‫ﻳﻒ؛ ِﻟﺬَا ﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ُﺖ أَﻧﱢﻲ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ِﺟ ُﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫ون ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎدِ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻮب ﻳ َُﺴﺎﻓِ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨ ُ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءَ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻛﻮاك أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا ﱢ‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ﻴﺢٌ أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻫ ْﻞ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ﻛﻮاك ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﰲ أَيﱢ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻛﻮاك و ﱠ‬
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‫ﺎﺳﻴًﺎ ﻗ ِﺎر َس ا ْﻟ ُﱪُو َدةِ؟«‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻳﻼ ﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬
‫َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﺷﺘَﺎءً َ‬
‫ﺻﻘِ ﻴﻌً ﺎ‬ ‫َﺻﺤِ ﻴﺢٌ أ َ ﱠن َ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴﺪِ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤَ ِ‬ ‫»ﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮﻟُ ُﻪ ُﺳ ﱠﻜﺎ ُن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻛﻮاك‪َ :‬‬ ‫َرد ِﱠت ﱠ‬
‫ﻳﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎدِ ؛ َوﻟِﻬَ ﺬَا ِﺟﺌْﻨَﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮَﻗ ِﺖ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻖ ِﺑﻬَ ُﺆ َﻻءِ ﱠ‬
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‫ﱪ ِة‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ﻛﻮاك ﻣَ ُﺸﻮﺑًﺎ ِﺑﻨ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ْت ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫ﻮن إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ؟« َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﻴَﺄْﺗُ َ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ ُ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫َﻗ َﻠ ٍﻖ‪.‬‬
‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﺢَ َﻟﻬُ ُﻢ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬
‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻢ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ دُﻣْ ِﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ ْﻢ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ .‬ﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮﻧِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺐُ َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ ﱠ‬
‫ني ِﰲ أﻣَ ٍ‬
‫ني ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ اﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﺎﻗ ْ ِ‬‫ات ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت ذَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﻗ ِ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺢُ َراﺋِﻌً ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﻠُ َ‬ ‫َﺳﻴ ْ‬
‫ﺎف‪» :‬أَﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺿ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ ﺑﻴﱰ‪» :‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ!« وَأ َ َ‬ ‫َ‬
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‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻛﻮاك ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﺑ َﻘ ْﻮ ِﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﺑ َﻘﺪ ِْر ﻣَ ﺎ أﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﺎ ُه أﻧَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫وَأ ﱠﻛﺪ َِت ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺳ َﻮأِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُد ِﺑﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘ ِِﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒَ ِﺔ َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺼ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ ْ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أَذْ ُﻛ ُﺮ ُه ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬
‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﺎﻗ ْ ِ‬
‫ات ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت ذَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﻗ ِ‬‫ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﻠُ َ‬
‫ريهُ؟«‬‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻛﻮاك و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﺪَا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِاﻻ ْﻫﺘِﻤَ ﺎمُ‪» :‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻏ ﱠ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ﴬاءِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺪ ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓﺘَ ُﻪ ِﺑﺒَﻌْ ِﺾ ُﺳ ﱠﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءَ ِﺳﻮَى أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َو ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻻ َ ْ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ‬ ‫ُﺼﺎد ََﻗﺘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬
‫ﱡون ﺗَﻤَ ﺎ َم ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘِﻌْ ﺪَادِ ِﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ َﻐ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬ووَﺟَ َﺪ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ ﱢ‬ ‫وج ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬
‫ني ﻓِ ﻌْ ًﻼ‪«.‬‬‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋ ِِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻘ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻀﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬

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‫ِﻳﻘﻬُ ُﻢ ْاﻷ َ ِﺛريُ‪«.‬‬

‫ﺻﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺑﻴﱰ‪» :‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻵ َن َ‬ ‫َﻫﺘَ َ‬
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‫ﺻﺤِ ﻴﺢٌ ﻳَﺎ ﺑﻴﱰ‪َ .‬وﻟِﻬَ ﺬَا َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ َﺔ ﻛﻮاك ِﰲ أﻣَ ٍ‬
‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ‬ ‫»ﻫﺬَا َ‬ ‫أَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُﻣﻮَاﻓِ ًﻘﺎ و ََﻗﺎ َل‪َ :‬‬
‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَ ِﻘﻴ َْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ْف ﺗَ َ َ‬ ‫و ََﺳﻮ َ‬
‫ﻈ ﱡﻞ ِﺑﺄﻣَ ٍ‬

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‫ﺎع‬ ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻳ َﺘ َﻔ ﱠﻘ ُﺪ ْ َ‬
‫اﻷ ْو َﺿ َ‬

‫ﺼﺪ ْﱢق َﻗ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻐ ْ ِ‬
‫ري‬ ‫َﻻ ﺗُ َ‬
‫إ ِ ْن أَﻣْ َﻜ َﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﺮى َرأْيَ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬

‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫اﻟﺼ َﻐ ِﺎر‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُﻏ َﺮابٌ ذَﻛ ﱞ‬

‫ﴬاءِ ﱢ‬ ‫وج ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ وَا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬُ َﻮ أﺣَ ُﺪ أذْ َﻛﻰ ُﺳ ﱠﻜ ِ‬
‫ُﻮن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬وﻟِﻬَ ﺬَا ﻳُﻜ ﱡِﻦ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺟريَاﻧ ُ ُﻪ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ وَاﻓِ َﺮ ِاﻻﺣْ ِﱰَا ِم‪َ ،‬ر ْﻏ َﻢ‬ ‫ﻄﻨ َ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ُﺮ ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻓِ ْ‬
‫ﻃﺒْﻌِ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺆذِي‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻆ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ْﻠ َﺪ ﺟﻮﻧﻲ ﺣَ َﻔ َﺮ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑﻌُ ﻤْ ٍﻖ أ َ ْﻛ َﱪَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎدِ ‪ ،‬وَأَﺗْ َﺨ َﻢ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ َﻻﺣَ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫ﻆ أ َ ﱠن َﻓﺄ ْ َر ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻚِ ﺟريي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎ َر أ َ ْﺳﻤَ َﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَيﱢ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ ﻣَ َﴣ‪ .‬و ََﻻﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻨْﺪ َُس ﺑﺎدي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ان ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِ ِﻪ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ُﺳﻤْ ًﻜﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻋْ ﻮَا ِم ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬
‫آﺧِ ﺬًا ِﰲ ﺟَ ﻌْ ِﻞ ﺟُ ْﺪ َر ِ‬
‫ﺎن َﻻ ﻳ َُﻔﻮﺗُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﴚءَ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠﻢُ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻗِ ﺒَﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ﱠ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءَ‬‫ُون أ َ ﱠن ﱢ‬ ‫َﺧﻤﱠ َﻦ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻴ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻢ ﻣُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛًﺎ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻪُ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ ﺪ َ‬
‫ُﻮن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ أ َ ْر َﻏﺐُ ِﰲ أ َ ْن أ َ َرى‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻴًﺎ َﻗ ِﺎر َس ا ْﻟ ُﱪُو َدةِ‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َ‬
‫ني‪ .‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ِﻷَيﱢ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱡﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺮ َد ﺗَ ْﺨ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ْاﻷَدِ ﱠﻟ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن َ‬
‫ﺎت ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ُﻣﺘَ َﺴ ِﺎوﻳ ٌَﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻳ َُﺨﻤﱢ َﻦ‪ ،‬وَاﻟﺘﱠ ْﺨ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ُ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﻃ َﻔﺎ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ — ِﰲ ِﺑ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻨْﺪ ُِس‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ﻛﻮاك وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ و ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟ َﱪﱢيﱢ — ﱠ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ وَﺟَ َﺪ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬
‫ﺎل ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ ِﺪ ِﰲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﺎدي‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺄْﺗُﻮا إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﰲ ﱠ‬
‫ﺻﻘِ ﻴﻌً ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻛﻮاك أ َ ﱠن َ‬ ‫ْﺿﺤَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪ .‬وَأَو َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒَ ﱢﻜ ِﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻮب؛ َوﻟِﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺑَ َﺪءُوا ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘَﻬُ ْﻢ أَﺑْ َﻜ َﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎدِ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ َْﺴ ِﺒ ُﻘﻮهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨ ُ ِ‬
‫ﻳﻞ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءِ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺪ ِْق ِﰲ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ِة ﱢ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ﻳَﺒْﺪُو أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ َ ْ‬
‫ﺻﺪ َﱢق َﻛ َﻼﻣَ ﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺎﳼ َﻗ ِﺎر ِس ا ْﻟ ُﱪُو َدةِ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ُﺔ ﻛﻮاك ﺗُ َﺨﻤﱢ ُﻦ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻦ أ ُ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬
‫ْف أَﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﻘ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ْﱢق َﻛ َﻼ َم ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ْﻠ ِﺪ ﺟﻮﻧﻲ أ َ ْو َﻓﺄ ْ ِر ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻚِ ﺟريي أ َ ِو ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻨْﺪ ُِس ﺑﺎدي‪َ .‬ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ َ‬
‫ْﺿﺎ َع‪«.‬‬ ‫ْاﻷَو َ‬
‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺒﱠ َﻪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ َﺔ ﻛﻮاك إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ِﰲ ِﺑ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻨْﺪ ُِس ﺑﺎدي إِذَا أ َ َرادُوا أ َ ْن‬
‫ﴬاءِ وَﺣَ ْﻘ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱡﺬ َر ِة‬ ‫وج ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜﻮﻧُﻮا ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺄْﻣَ ٍﻦ‪َ ،‬ودﱠﻋَ ﻬُ ْﻢ وَﺣَ ﱠﻠ َﻖ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮَﺟﱠ َﻪ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬
‫َﺎﴍ ًة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻄ ٍﺎر َﻻ ﺑَﺄ ْ َس ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻤَ ﺜ ﱢ ُﻞ وَﺟْ ﺒ ََﺔ إ ِ ْﻓ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮاءِ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻟﺪَى ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون؛ َﻓ َﻘﻠِﻴ ٌﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة ﱠ‬
‫اﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ َﻓﻮ َْق َﻛﻮْﻣَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱡ َرةِ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ ُﻗ ِﻄﻌَ ْﺖ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ْﻘ ِﻞ اﻟﺬﱡ َرةِ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬
‫اﺳﺘِﻌْ ﺪَادًا ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻘﻠِﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑَ ِﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ْﺨ َﺰ ِن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪َ .‬ﻗﺒَ َﻊ ِﰲ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ َوو ُِﺿﻌَ ْﺖ ِﰲ أ َ ْﻛﻮَا ٍم؛ ْ‬
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‫َان ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺗَﺘَﺄ ﱠﻛﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﻃﻴ َﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻗِ ﺒَﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍ‬ ‫ُون ﺣَ َﺮاكٍ ِﻟ َﻠﺤَ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻪ َﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨًﺎ د َ‬
‫َﺿ َﻊ‬ ‫ﻒ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ْاﻷ َ ْﻛﻮَا ِم ا ْﻟﺒُﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻮ ْ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَ ِﺒ ٍﺊ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬‫ﻋَ َﺪ ِم وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱟو ﻣ ْ‬
‫ﴩ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ َِﺼ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﺨﻤً ﺎ َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳ ُِﺰﻳ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻘِ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻇﺎﻫِ ًﺮا‪ ،‬اﻧْﺘَ َﻘﻰ ُﻛﻮ َز ذُ َر ٍة َ‬ ‫ِآﻣ ٌﻦ ﻓِ ﻌْ ًﻼ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو َ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮاءِ‪.‬‬
‫ُﻮب ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺒ ِ‬
‫ﴩ ِﺑﻤِ ﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺎر ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎدﱢ‪» :‬ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ِﱄ أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ْ َ‬
‫ﴩ َة أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻘِ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﴫ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤْ ﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪ .‬ﺗُ َﺮى أَﻳ َْﻘﺘَ ِ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﻗِ ْﴩًا ِﺑﻤِ ﺜ ْ ِﻞ َﻫﺬَا ﱡ‬ ‫ُﺳﻤْ ًﻜﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎدِ ‪َ .‬ﻻ أَﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ ُﺮ َﻗ ﱡ‬
‫ﻮز اﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة َﻫﺬَا َﻓﺤَ ْﺴﺐُ ؟«‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ِ‬
‫ﴩ ُة‬ ‫ريهُ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻗِ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱰ َك َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ ُﻜﻮ َز وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮأ َ ْت ﻋَ َﲆ َرأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮ ِد ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ٌة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ َ‬ ‫ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ َ‬
‫ﴩ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َر إ ِ َﱃ َﻛﻮْﻣَ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َووَﺟَ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻘِ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ‪َ .‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻮز ﱠ‬ ‫ﴩ ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻮز ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ُﺳﻤْ ﻚِ ﻗِ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤْ ﻚِ ‪ .‬وَاﻧْﺘَ َﻘ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ َﻛﻮْﻣَ ٍﺔ ﺛَﺎ ِﻟﺜ َ ٍﺔ َووَﺟَ َﺪ ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱡ‬
‫ﺎل‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﺛَﺎ ِﺑﺘًﺎ َﻛﺎﻟﺘﱢﻤْ ﺜ َ ِ‬ ‫ري َو َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل‪» :‬آهْ! إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ َﺳﻮَاءٌ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﺪَا أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻏ ِﺮ َق ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ «.‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‪ .‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣُﺤِ ﱡﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺎت‪ ،‬و ََﻗﺎ َل ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣُﺤِ ﱡﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍ‬‫ِﺑ ْﻀ َﻊ َﻟﺤَ َ‬

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 ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﻘ ُﺪ ْاﻷَو َ‬
‫ْﺿﺎ َع‬

‫ْﻒ ﻋَ ِﻠﻤُﻮا ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫»ﻻ أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ْﻠ َﺪ ﺟﻮﻧﻲ و ََﻓﺄ ْ َر ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻚِ ﺟريي وَا ْﻟ ُﻘﻨْﺪ َُس ﺑﺎدي وَﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ َﺔ ﻛﻮاك‪َ .‬‬
‫ﺎﺳﻴًﺎ َﻗ ِﺎر َس ا ْﻟ ُﱪُو َدةِ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ .‬ﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻫ َﺬا ﱢ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣُﺤِ ﱡﻘ َ‬
‫ِﴩ ٍة أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌَ َﺔ ْاﻷ ُ ﱠم ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ َز َﻗ ْﺪ َﻏ ﱠﻠ َﻔ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱡﺬ َر َة ِﺑﻘ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ْت َدﻟ ً‬ ‫ْاﻵ َن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ْت‬‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ َﻓﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻟﺘَﺤْ ِﻤﻴَﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﺑ َﻼ َﺳﺒ ٍَﺐ‪ِ .‬ﴏ ُ‬ ‫ُﺳﻤْ ًﻜﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎدِ ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬
‫اﺳ ِﻤﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﺷﺘَﺎءً َﻗ ِﺎر َس ا ْﻟ ُﱪُو َد ِة ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛ ٌﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس ﻋﴩ‬

‫ﳚ ُﺪ َأ ِد ﱠﻟ ًﺔ ُأ ْﺧ َﺮى‬
‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َ ِ‬

‫َﺎت َرأ ْ ِﻳ َﻚ؛‬

‫ﻴﻘ ٌﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٌة َﻗ ْﺪ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِ ِﻹﺛْﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬
‫ﻋَ ﱢﻀﺪ َْﻫﺎ ِﺑﺄ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻓﻴ َْﻘﻮَى ﺑُ ْﺮ َﻫﺎﻧ ُ َﻚ‪.‬‬

‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻤْ ﻚِ ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﴩ َزا ِﺋ ِﺪ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌَ َﺔ ْاﻷ ُ ﱠم ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ َز َﻏ ﱠﻠ َﻔ ْﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ أ َ ْﻛﻮ َِاز اﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة ِﺑﻘ ْ ٍ‬
‫ﻒ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َ‬
‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ أَيﱡ َﺷ ﱟﻚ ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ْﻠ َﺪ ﺟﻮﻧﻲ و ََﻓﺄ ْ َر ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻚِ ﺟريي وَا ْﻟ ُﻘﻨْﺪ َُس ﺑﺎدي وَﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ َﺔ‬
‫ﺎﺳﻴًﺎ و ََﻗ ِﺎر َس‬ ‫ﻳﻼ و ََﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءَ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ َم َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َ‬ ‫ﻮرﻫِ ْﻢ ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠن ﱢ‬ ‫ني ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﰲ ُﺷﻌُ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﻮاك َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻣُﺤِ ﱢﻘ َ‬
‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺎﻣ ِﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌْ ﺘَ ِﻤ َﺪ ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻴٍّﺎ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ا ْﻟ ُﱪُو َدةِ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﻜﻤَ ِﺔ أ ِو ْاﻷَﻣَ ِ‬
‫ﳾءٍ وَاﺣِ ﺪٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ َ ْ‬
‫ﴩ ِة‬ ‫ﺎف ﻗِ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا ِﰲ ا ْﻛﺘ َِﺸ ِ‬ ‫وج ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺎج ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ﻤُﻮ ِد ِﺳﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ و ََﻗ َ‬
‫ري َﻛ ِﺎﻣ ٍﻞ؛ ِﻟﺬَا َﻟ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌَ َﺔ ْاﻷ ُ ﱠم ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ َز َﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﻤﻴ َﻜ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡﺬ َر ِة ﱠ‬
‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻲ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ .‬ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد أَدِ ﱠﻟ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ د َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬‫ﺗَﻬْ ﺘَ ﱠﻢ ِﺑﺤِ ﻤَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ اﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬إِذَا ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ذَ ِﻛﻴٍّﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِﻻ ْﻛﺘ َِﺸﺎﻓِ ﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬
‫ري ًة‬
‫ﺻﻐِ َ‬‫ﻳﺶ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ .‬و ََﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ َﻗ ْﻔ َﺰ ًة َ‬
‫ِﻴﺐ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ِ‬
‫ﱰﺗ ِ‬‫َر َﻓ َﻊ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أَﺣَ َﺪ ﺟَ ﻨَﺎﺣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮ َدﻳ ِْﻦ َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ِﺑ َ ْ‬
‫ُﻀﺤِ َﻜ ًﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ﻣ ْ‬
‫ُﻮق! أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻏ ْريُ‬ ‫»ﻫﺬَا أﻣْ ٌﺮ َﻏ ْريُ ﻣَ ْﺴﺒ ٍ‬
‫ﺻﺎحَ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ َ :‬‬ ‫ﻂ ﺟَ ﻨَﺎﺣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻟﻴ َْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ﺗَﻮَا ُزﻧَﻪُ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫َوإِذْ ﺑ ََﺴ َ‬
‫ُﻮق!«‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﺴﺒ ٍ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

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‫ﺻﺤِ ﻴﺢٌ‬ ‫ُﻮق‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ﺬَا َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗًﺎ ﺣَ ﺎدٍّا َرﻓِﻴﻌً ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬أﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ؟ إِذَا ُﻗ ْﻠ َﺖ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أﻣْ ٌﺮ َﻏ ْريُ ﻣَ ْﺴﺒ ٍ‬ ‫َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َ‬
‫ﺻﺪ َﱢق ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪ .‬ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ َﻏ ْريُ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن أ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺂﺧﺬُ َرأْيَ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ِﺢ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْن ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﺳ ُ‬
‫ُﻮق؟«‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺒ ِ‬
‫َني ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﺸ ِﺐ‬ ‫ﺎن إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠﻌَ ِ‬
‫ني ﺗَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ني َﻻ ِﻣﻌَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮَﺟَ َﺪ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺒُﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ‪.‬‬
‫وج داﻧﻲ! َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر َك ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ‪ .‬ﺑَﺤَ ﺜ ْ ُﺖ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ َﻚ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ات ﻋِ ﱠﺪ ًة‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﺮﺣَ ﺒًﺎ ﻳَﺎ َﻓﺄ َر ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ِﰲ ْاﻵ ِوﻧ َ ِﺔ ْاﻷَﺧِ ريَةِ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻄ َﻠ ًﻘﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺮاﻧِﻲ أَﺑَﺪًا ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ‬ ‫»ﻻ أ َ ُﺷ ﱡﻚ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻻ أ َ ُﺷ ﱡﻚ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ داﻧﻲ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎن ْاﻷﻣْ ُﺮ ِﺑﻴَﺪِي‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺮاﻧِﻲ إ ِ َذا َرأﻳْﺘُ َﻚ أﻧَﺎ أو ًﱠﻻ‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ‪ .‬أ َ ْو إِﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺮاﻧِﻲ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﺼ ُﺪ ُه داﻧﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓﻌِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﺤْ ِﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻓﺄ ْ ِر‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻚ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫وج داﻧﻲ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﺎ َد ًة ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِآﻣ ًﻼ ِﰲ ﺗَﻨَﺎ ُوﻟِ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺸﺎءِ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن داﻧﻲ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺎري‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺤِ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْﻮ ِﻋ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺸﺎءِ ﺑَﻌْ ﺪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﻨَﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ إ ِ ْﻓ َ‬
‫ُﻮق؟«‬ ‫ِﻴﻊ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ َﻏ ْريُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﻮﺗ ِِﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻓ ِ‬ ‫َار ِﺑ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل داﻧﻲ ِﰲ إ ِ ْﴏ ٍ‬
‫ﺻ َﺪ َر ْت‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ﺗَﻌَ ﺠﱡ ﺒًﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ ْﻔ ُﺖ ا ْﻛﺘ َِﺸ ًﺎﻓﺎ أَد َْﻫ َﺸﻨِﻲ ِﻟﺬَا َ‬ ‫ﴪا‪َ » :‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢ ً‬
‫ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﺒَﺎ َر ُة ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪«.‬‬
‫ﺎف؟«‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ِاﻻ ْﻛﺘ َِﺸ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َل داﻧﻲ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻛ َ‬
‫ف أَيﱢ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﺑﺨِ َﻼ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﴚ ﻳَﻨْﻤُﻮ ِﺑ َﻜﺜ َ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎف ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ﱠن ِر ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِاﻻ ْﻛﺘ َِﺸ ُ‬ ‫َر ﱠد ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ﻳﺶ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ «.‬ود ََﻓ َﻦ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻘﺎ َر ُه ِﰲ ِر ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍ‬ ‫ﻆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَﺪَأ ْ ُت أ ُ َرﺗﱢﺒُ ُﻪ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ِﺑ ْﻀ ِﻊ َﻟﺤَ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﴣ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ َﻻﺣِ ْ‬
‫ف أَيﱢ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ ﻣَ َﴣ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﺑﺨِ َﻼ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻣَ ْﻜﺘُﻮ ٍم‪» :‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪ ،‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﻨْﺒ ُُﺖ ِﺑ َﻜﺜ َ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِْرهِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل ِﺑ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺼ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻳﴚ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻒ ِر ِ ﱟ‬ ‫ْف ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أَد َْﻓﺄ َ ِﻣﻌْ َ‬ ‫ور‪َ .‬ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﻨْﺒ ُُﺖ ِﺑ َﻜﺜ ْ َﺮ ٍة ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺬُ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ﻓِ َﺮاﺋِﻲ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ َﻛﺜ َ َﺎﻓ ًﺔ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗَﺤْ َﺴﺐْ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ وَﺣْ َﺪ َك ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴ ِﺒ ْﻖ أ َ ْن َﻛ َ‬ ‫َر ﱠد داﻧﻲ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬
‫وج ﻧﺎﻧﻲ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﻃ َﻔﺎ ِﻟﻨَﺎ‬ ‫َﴪي ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻓﺄ َر ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻵ َن‪َ ،‬وﻳ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪ .‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻴ ِﻪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬
‫َﺳﺄ َ َل ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻴ ِﻪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟« َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ أ َ ْدﻧَﻰ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮةٍ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬
‫ﺎت اﻟ ﱠﺰا ِﺋ َﺪ َة‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ ا ْﻛﺘ َِﺸﺎﻓِ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ َﺧﻤﱠ َﻦ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ُه ِﰲ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬

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 ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ َِﺠ ُﺪ أَدِ ﱠﻟ ًﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‬

‫»ﻫﺬَا ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﺷﺘَﺎءً‬ ‫ﻮع‪َ :‬‬ ‫ْﺿ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ف ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬‫َر ﱠد داﻧﻲ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎت‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌَ َﺔ ْاﻷ ُ ﱠم ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ َز ﺗُﻌِ ﱡﺪﻧَﺎ َﻟﻪُ‪َ .‬ﺳﺘَ ِﺠ ُﺪ أ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬‫ﺎﺳﻴًﺎ َﻗ ِﺎر َس ا ْﻟ ُﱪُو َدةِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ َﻗ ِ‬
‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬
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‫ﻆ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎدِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءٍ أ َ ْﻏ َﻠ َ‬
‫ﺼ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻏِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءِ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮب و ََﻻ ﺗَﻨَﺎ ُم َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨ ُ ِ‬
‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻻ ﺗُﻬَ ِ‬
‫ني! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎمَ‪ .‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ْﻘ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ُﻣ َﺮﻳ ُﱠﺶ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟْ َﻠ ْ ِ‬‫ﻟِﺠَ َﺴﺪ َِﻫﺎ‪ .‬آهْ! إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﱠ‬
‫أَﻧﱢﻲ َﺳﺄَﻋُ ﻮ ُد ِﻷُﺣَ ﺬﱢ َر ﻧﺎﻧﻲ‪«.‬‬
‫ﺿﺤِ َﻚ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪،‬‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﺸ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺒُﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ‪َ .‬‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ داﻧﻲ و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ُون أَﻳﱠ ِﺔ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ْ‬
‫َود َ‬
‫و ََﻗﺎ َل ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪» :‬ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَدِ ﱠﻟ ِﺔ‪ .‬ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَدِ ﱠﻟ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ َﺷ ﱞﻚ ِﰲ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﺷﺘَﺎءً‬
‫ِﻴﻼ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ‬ ‫ﻮب َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﺼﻴﺒًﺎ‪ .‬ﺗُ َﺮى َﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﻴُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱡ ﻠُﻪُ؟ أ َ ْم أ َ ﱠن ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ أ َ ْن أَﻧْﺘَﻘِ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨ ُ ِ‬
‫اﻟﴚءِ‪«.‬‬‫َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﻮ أَد َْﻓﺄ َ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ﱠ ْ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ ﻋﴩ‬

‫َأ ْﻣ ٌﺮ َﻋ ِﺠ ٌ‬
‫ﻴﺐ‬

‫َاﺿﺤً ﺎ ِﱄ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ﻳَﺒْﺪُو و ِ‬

‫ﻣَ ﺎ َﻻ أ َ ْﻓﻬَ ُﻤ ُﻪ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮﺑُﻪُ‪.‬‬

‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﴪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻏ َﺮاﺑ ََﺔ َﻛ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣُﺤِ ٍّﻘﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻴ َُﻔ ﱢ ُ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻣُﺤِ ٍّﻘﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﻻ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا َﻛ َ‬
‫ون‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎص ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻨَﺎ إِذْ َﻻ ﻧ َ ْﻔﻬَ ﻤُﻬُ ﻢْ‪ ،‬ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮﺑُﻬُ ﻢْ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻫﺬَا ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮﻟُ ُﻪ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ َﺨ ِ‬
‫ُﻮن‪.‬‬ ‫ون أَﺑَﺪًا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻮ ﻟِﻤَ ﱠﺮةٍ‪ ،‬أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺘﱠ ِﺴﻤ َ‬
‫ُﻮن ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮاﺑَ ِﺔ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻻ ﻳ َْﻔﻬَ ﻤ َ‬ ‫و ََﻻ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ َ‬
‫ﳾءٍ‬ ‫ﺿﻮ َْن ِﺑﻌَ َﺪ ِم ا ْﻟ َﻔﻬْ ِﻢ و َِاﻻﻋْ ﺘ َِﻘﺎدِ ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻳَ ْﺮ َ‬‫ﺎص ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ َﺨ ِ‬
‫َﴫ ُه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎ ﱠد‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َرى ﺟُ ﻬْ ِﺪ ِه ِﻟﻴ َْﻔﻬَ ﻢَ‪َ .‬ﻓﻴَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ َوﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺐُ َوﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺨ ِﺪ ُم ﺑ َ َ‬ ‫دُوﻧَﻬُ ْﻢ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺐٌ ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬُ َﻮ ﻳَﺒْﺬُ ُل ُﻗ َ‬
‫َﴎﻋَ َﺔ ﺑَﺪِﻳﻬَ ﺘ ِِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬ َﻲ ِﺑ ِﻪ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ﻋَ ﺎ َد ًة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻬْ ِﻢ‪.‬‬‫وُ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءَ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ َم‬‫ﻮز ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ﱠن ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌَ ِﺔ ْاﻷ ُ ﱢم ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﻼﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َ‬
‫ﻒ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َ‬
‫ري‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻴًﺎ و ََﻗ ِﺎر َس ا ْﻟ ُﱪُو َدةِ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َم ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﺑ ِﺰﻳَﺎ َر ِة اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ و ََﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬‫َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َ‬
‫ﺻ ْﻔﺤَ ِﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ َ‬ ‫ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ أ َ ﱠن أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ َﻛ ِﺜريَ ًة ﺗُ َﺮى ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ري أ ْو إ ِ َﱃ ِﺟﻮ َِارهِ‪ ،‬و ََﻻ ﺗُ َﺮى ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْﺬ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ِﰲ أ َ ْﻏ َﻠ ِﺐ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ؛ ِﻟ َﺬا َﻛ َ‬
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‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﺤَ َﺬ ِر؛ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻴ ََﻘ َ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫إ ِ ْذ أ َ َﺧ َﺬ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰبُ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ﻮن‬‫ف أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺌُ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ذَ ِوي ا ْﻟﺒَﻨَﺎدِ ِق اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﺳ ُﻢ ﺗَﻮَاﺟُ ِﺪ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻛﻮاك أ َ ِو ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة‬ ‫اﺻ ِﻄﻴَﺎدِ ﱠ‬ ‫ري؛ أَﻣَ ًﻼ ِﰲ ْ‬ ‫ﺎف اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺿ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ِﺢ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ‬‫ري؛ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺬ ِر ِﰲ ْاﻗ ِﱰَا ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﻮاك أ َ ْو ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ أ َ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪ِ .‬ﻟ َﺬا َﻛ َ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﻃﻠ َِﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ُر أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺻﻴﱠﺎدٍ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ًﱠﺔ َرﻫِ ﻴﺒ ًَﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أ ُ ْ‬ ‫ور ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤَ َﺨ ِ‬
‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﴣ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺘﱠﺠَ ِﺎر ِب‪ .‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬أَو ًﱠﻻ‪ :‬ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ أ َ ْن‬
‫ﻮن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺒَﻨَﺎدِ ُق‬ ‫اﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴًﺎ‪ :‬ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ا ْﻟﺒُﻌْ َﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻼ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱪ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫َف ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗُﻮَﺟﱠ ُﻪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺒ َْﻘﻰ َدوْﻣً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﻌْ ٍﺪ أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ وَﻣَ َﻊ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺗُ ْﺆذِي ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ُون ا ْﻟﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒَ ِﺔ َﻏ ْريُ ُﻣ ْﺆ ٍذ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﱟﺪ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪٍ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻞ ِﺑﺪ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ أ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ أ َ ِو اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ُون َﻗﺘْ َﻠﻪُ‪ِ .‬ﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﺳ ِﻢ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻣﻤﱠ ْﻦ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻮن وَأَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ ﻳ َْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺌُ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺎدِ ﻋُ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻣ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ َ‬‫ﱠ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﺾ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻤْ ﻌِ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن‪.‬‬‫ﻈ َﺮ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ ْن ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰبَ ِﻣ ْﻦ أيﱢ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺋ ُﺮ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺒَﻐِ ِ‬‫ﱠ‬
‫ﻮﻻ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬رأى َرﺟُ ًﻼ ﺑَﺪَا ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻐ ً‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴫ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪ ،‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر ﻟِﻤَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ‬ ‫َﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻨْﻤُﻮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ْاﻷ ُ ْر ُز ا ْﻟ َﱪﱢيﱡ َوﻧَﺒ ُ‬ ‫ري‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎف اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِﺿ َﻔ ِ‬
‫ﺿﺤْ ًﻼ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٍة ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻴَﺎ ِﺑ َﺴ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺑَﺤَ َﺚ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُﻣﺪ ﱢَﻗ ًﻘﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ َرﻫِ ﻴﺒَ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءُ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ٌﱠﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻣ ِْﻦ ﺛ َ ﱠﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺨ َﺸﺎ ُه ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﺎﻗ َﱰَبَ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬
‫ﺻﺎ َر ِﺑ ِﺈﻣْ َﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻪ ُر ْؤﻳ َُﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺠُ ْﺮأ َ ٍة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬
‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﺮجُ ﺣُ ﺒُﻮبَ‬ ‫اﺗﱠ َﺴﻌَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ آﺧِ ِﺮﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ َو َﻛﺎ َد ﻳَﻨْﻌِ ُﻖ د َْﻫ َﺸ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُﻪُ؛ ﻳَﻨْﺜ ُ ُﺮ‬ ‫ِﻴﺲ َوﻳُ ْﻠﻘِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ْﻔﻨ َ ًﺔ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﱠﺮةٍ‪ .‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔ َﺮاءَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻛ ٍ‬ ‫ذُ َر ٍة َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ!‬
‫َﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫َني ْاﻷ ُ ْر ِز ا ْﻟ َﱪﱢيﱢ َوﻧَﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮاءِ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬِﻳﺬَ ِة ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫ﺣُ ﺒُﻮبَ اﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة ﱠ‬
‫»ﻫﺬَا أَﻣْ ٌﺮ ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺐٌ !« » ِﻟ َﻢ ﻳَﻨْﺜ ُ ُﺮ ذُ َر ًة َﺳﻠِﻴﻤَ ًﺔ َﻻ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺐُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﻬَ ﺪَ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺗَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻢ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ و ََﻗ َ‬
‫ﻋَ ﻴْﺐَ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ؟ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳَ ْﺰ َرﻋُ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ﺬَا َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﺳ َﻢ اﻟ ﱢﺰ َراﻋَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُﻤ َﻮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‬
‫ﺎل‪َ .‬وﻣ َِﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺆ ِﺳ ِﻒ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻬْ َﺪ َر ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬِﻳﺬَةِ‪ِ .‬ﻟ َﻢ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ َﻫﺬَا؟«‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ أَيﱢ ﺣَ ٍ‬
‫ﻒ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺐُ َﻫﺬَا ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺐَ ‪َ .‬ﻓﺒﻼﻛﻲ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ َوو ََﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ﺑﻼﻛﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة أَﺑْﻌَ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﱰ ٍة ِﰲ ﻧَﺜ ْ ِﺮ اﻟ ﱡﺬ َر ِة‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ﻟ َِﻔ ْ َ‬‫ﺎت ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةٍ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﺎن َوﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه ﺛَﺎﻗِ ﺒَﺘَ ِ‬
‫َاﺻ َﻞ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺴﺎ ُؤ َل ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳﺒ َِﺐ ﻓِ ﻌْ ﻠ ِِﻪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ِ .‬ﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﻣَ َﴣ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺘْ ِﻦ َﻗ ِﺎر ٍب‪،‬‬ ‫َوو َ‬
‫ﺎت‬ ‫ﻂ ﺟَ ﻨَﺎﺣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ َو َراحَ ﻳَﺤُ ﻮ ُم ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﻧَﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎر‪ .‬ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ﺑ ََﺴ َ‬ ‫َو َر َاﻗﺒَ ُﻪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻮَا َرى ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷَﻧ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎن ِﺑ ِﺈﻣْ َﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻪ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ﻳَﻨْﺜ ُ ُﺮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ اﻟﺬﱡ َر َة‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻂءٍ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر و َْاﻷ ُ ْر ِز ا ْﻟ َﱪﱢيﱢ ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬
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‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ﺘَ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َرأى َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َ‬ ‫ُر ْؤﻳ َُﺔ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺒ ِ‬
‫ﻒ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪» :‬آهْ!«‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎع‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮاءِ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮب ﱠ‬

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‫ﻇ ُﻨ ُ‬

‫اﺣْ ﺬَ ْر ﻣَ ﺎ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔﻬَ ﻢُ!‬

‫َﻗ ْﺪ َﻻ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ُﻣ ْﺆ ِذﻳًﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِِﻦ اﺣْ ﺬَ ْر!‬
‫ْت أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ‬
‫َﻓ ُﻜ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم ِﺑ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤْ ُﺮ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ُﻫ َﻮ وَﺣْ َﺪ ُه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺮ ِﺑﺜ َِﻘ ِﺘ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﺣْ ﺬَ ْر!‬

‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫َﺎب اﻋْ ِﺘﺒ َِﺎر ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ِﺟريَاﻧ ِِﻪ‬ ‫ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ا ْﻟﺤِ َﻜ ِﻢ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳُ َﺮ ﱢدد َُﻫﺎ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻌْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬وذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أَﺣَ ُﺪ أ َ ْﺳﺒ ِ‬
‫ﴬاءِ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬُ َﻮ‬ ‫وج ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ وَا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ﻮﻗ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ُﻪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أَﺣَ ُﺪ أَذْ َﻛﻰ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﻠُ َ‬
‫ﻧَﺎدِ ًرا ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ََﻘ ُﻊ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ﺐَ ﺣَ ﻘِ ﻴ ِﻘﻴﱠ ٍﺔ؛ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ ُﺪ أَو ًﱠﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﺪ ِم وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد ﻣَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ﺐَ ﻳ ََﻘ ُﻊ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬
‫ﻒ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻻ ﻳ َْﻔﻬَ ُﻤﻪُ‪ ،‬ﻳ َُﺸ ﱡﻚ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺸ ُ‬
‫ري‪ ،‬ا ْرﺗَﺎبَ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮاءَ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺿ َﻔ ِ‬
‫ﺎف اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺪ َرﺟُ ًﻼ ﻳَﻨْﺜ ُ ُﺮ اﻟﺬﱡ َر َة ﱠ‬ ‫َو ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺷ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺒَﺐَ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻗ ْﺪ ﻳَﺪ َْﻓ ُﻊ َرﺟُ ًﻼ إ ِ َﱃ إ ِ ْﻟ َﻘﺎءِ ذُ َر ٍة‬ ‫ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪َ .‬ﻓﻬُ َﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔﻬَ َﻢ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر و َْاﻷ ُ ْر ِز ا ْﻟ َﱪﱢيﱢ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪ .‬و َِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔﻬَ ﻢَ‪َ ،‬ﺷ ﱠﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫َني ﻧَﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﻠِﻴﻤَ ٍﺔ ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫ﻃﺎ َر‬ ‫ﴍﻳ ٌﺮ َو َراءَ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻏﺎ َد َر اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ض ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ َﻏ َﺮ ٌ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر ِﰲ أ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱡﺬ َر َة‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َﻔ ْﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻂءٍ َﻓﻮ َْق ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬
‫ِﻒ ﺗَﻌَ ﺠﱡ ﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻮ ِْرهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ ﻳَﻬْ ﺘ ُ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻗِ ﺒَﺘَ ِ‬
‫ﺎت َﻓﺤَ ْﺴﺐُ ‪َ .‬وإ ِ ﱠن أَﺣَ ﺪًا َﻻ ﻳَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ْﻲ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬ ‫ﻳﺸ ٍ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َﻔ ُﻪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ؟ ِﺑ ْﻀ ُﻊ ِر َ‬
‫ﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﺸ ِ‬‫ﻈﻮا اﻟ ﱢﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﺳﻴ َْﺴﺘَ ْﻮﻗ ُِﻔﻬُ ُﻢ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ إ ِ ْن َﻻﺣَ ُ‬ ‫ني َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻟﻴَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺸ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و ََﻗﻠِﻴﻠُ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻗِ ﺒَﺘَ ْ ِ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﴎﺑًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬‫ﻄ ًﺔ — أ َ ْو ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ‪ .‬ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ أ َ ﱠن ﺑَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت ﺑَ ﱟ‬ ‫ﻳﺸ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ِر َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرﺣَ َﻠ ْﺖ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻧَﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫— َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺢُ أ َ ْو ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻛ ُﻞ َ‬
‫ني أ َ ْو ﺛ َ َﻼﺛًﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ني ﻧَﺎﻋِ ﻤَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺧ ﱠﻠ َﻔ ْﺖ َو َراء ََﻫﺎ ِر َ‬
‫ﻳﺸﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺾ أ َ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬ﻫﺬَا اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ُع ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻛﻮاك أ َ ْو ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ و ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪» :‬آهْ! َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻫﺘَ َ‬
‫ﻂ ﻳُﺤِ ﺐﱡ اﻟ ﱡﺬ َر َة‪َ .‬وإ ِ َذا ﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َووَﺟَ َﺪ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎﻛ ِِﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ﺪِﻳﺪًا ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻀﻠُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡ‬
‫ﱠﺎت اﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة َﻫ ِﺬهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻴَﺠْ ﻌَ ُﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َوﻟِﻴﻤَ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻌْ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ َﺳﻴَﻌُ ﻮ ُد ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴﺪِ‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺒ ِ‬
‫ﺻﻴﱠﺎدًا‪َ .‬ﻓ ُﺮﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻧَﺜ َ َﺮ اﻟ ﱡﺬ َر َة ُﻫﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ًﱠﺔ َرﻫِ ﻴﺒ ًَﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َ‬
‫ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ ُد ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َوﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﰲ ﺣَ ْﻮ َزﺗ ِِﻪ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ٌﱠﺔ َرﻫِ ﻴﺒ ٌَﺔ‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻷ َ ْرﺗَﺎبُ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ‪ ،‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ‬
‫ﻂ‪ ،‬و ََﻻ أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻓﻌَ َﻞ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﺑﺪَاﻓِ ِﻊ ِﻃﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ اﻟﺬﱡ َر َة ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ و َ‬ ‫أ َ ْرﺗَﺎبُ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ .‬أ َ ُ‬
‫ﺺ ُﻫ َﻮ اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﺳﺄَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ْاﻷُﻣُﻮ َر ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮامُ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﺨ ُ‬‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻼ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎﻛ ِِﻦ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻞ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﺋ ِِﻊ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻻ ﻳ َِﺠ ُﺪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬‫وَأَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻮب ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺸ ِﻤ ِﺲ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ِﻦ اﺑ َْﻦ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ ِﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ِﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘ ِِﻪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ِﰲ أﻣَ ٍ‬
‫َاﺻ ُﻞ ُﻣ َﺮ َاﻗﺒ ََﺔ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ْف أُو ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪َ .‬ﻫﺬَا ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ َﻻ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳﺤُ ﻨِﻲ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳﺤُ ﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺘﱠ َﺔ‪َ .‬ﺳﻮ َ‬
‫ُث‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎن وَأ َ َرى ﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﻴَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫ﴬاءِ‪،‬‬ ‫ان ﻣُﻌَ ﻴﱠﻨ َ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬‫ﻳﻖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻔ ﱠﻀ ِﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة َﺷ ْﻮ َﻛ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َو ُ‬
‫َت‬‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ اﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة وَاﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺑَﺪَا َﻛ ِﺮﻳﻤً ﺎ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪ ،‬ا ْزدَاد ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺷ ُﻜﻮ ُﻛﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬُ َﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺢْ ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬
‫اﻹ ْ‬
‫ﺼﺢُ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ َﺔ ﻛﻮاك ِﺑ ِﺎﻻﺑْﺘِﻌَ ﺎدِ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ْف أَﻧ ْ َ‬
‫»ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﱡﺪ ﻟِﻠﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم‪ ،‬ﺗَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻢ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬
‫ْف‬ ‫ﻮن ذَ ﱠر َة ﻋَ ْﻘ ٍﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻮ َ‬ ‫َﺎح‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻮ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻜ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ .‬ﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ ﱠو َل ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻓﻌَ ﻠُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻴ َِﺠﺪ َ‬
‫ُون اﻟﺬﱡ َر َة‬ ‫ﻳَﺒ َْﻘﻮ َْن ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ِﺑ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻨْﺪ ُِس ﺑﺎدي‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ْﻢ إِذَا ذَ َﻫﺒُﻮا إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ﻮن اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبَ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳﺪِ‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫َاﺻﻠُ َ‬ ‫ْف ﻳُﻮ ِ‬ ‫ُوﻫﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻮ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴﺪِ‪َ ،‬وإِذَا وَﺟَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ﳾءٌ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﻏ ْريُ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَ ٍ‬
‫ﺎح ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ َ ْ‬
‫َﻛ َ‬
‫َاﻟﺸ ُﻜﻮ ُك َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺰ ْل ﺗَﻤْ َﻸ ُ َﻗ ْﻠﺒَﻪُ‪.‬‬
‫َوﻧَﺎ َم ﺑﻼﻛﻲ و ﱡ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺘﺎﺳﻊ ﻋﴩ‬

‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻳ ِﺼ ُﻞ إِ َﱃ َﻣ ِﺰ ٍﻳﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِاﻻﻛْ ِﺘ َﺸﺎ َﻓ ِ‬

‫ﺎت‬

‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة َﻏ ْريُ ﻣَ ْﺮﺋِﻴﱠ ٍﺔ‬‫أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءُ َ‬

‫ﺎن َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﺎﻟ ُِﻎ ْاﻷ َ َﻫﻤﱢ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬

‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﻈ ُﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ‬ ‫ﺎح ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﰲ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﺗَ ُﻔﻮﺗُ ُﻪ أَﺑَﺪًا ﻣ َُﻼﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﴎ ِار ﻧَﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ ُﻞ أَﺣَ ُﺪ أ َ ْ َ‬
‫ﻈ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ري ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺮ ٍة ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤ َُﻼﺣَ َ‬ ‫ري ُﻣ ْﺆ ِذﻳَ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﱢﺪ ذَاﺗِﻬَ ﺎ و ََﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ أ َ ﱠن ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺒْﺪُو َﻏ ْ َ‬
‫ﻈ ِﺮ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺪَى ﻋَ َﺪ ِم‬ ‫ْف اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﺗُﺜ ْ ِﺒ ُﺖ ﻣُﺠْ ﺘَ ِﻤﻌَ ًﺔ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ أ َ َﻫﻤﱢ ﻴ ًﱠﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪ِ .‬ﻟﺬَا‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺒ َﴫ ِ‬
‫ني َوﻳَﺘَﺬَ ﱠﻛ ُﺮهُ‪.‬‬‫ني َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ َﻫﻤﱢ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ ْ‬
‫اﻟﴚءُ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﻘ ُﺪ ُه ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﺑﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻗِ ﺒَﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ِﻻ ْﻛﺘ َِﺸﺎﻓِ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﻓﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ — ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد أ َ ِن ْ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ﱠو ُل َ ْ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎﻓ ِﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣُﻌَ ﱠ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫َني ﻧَﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت اﻟ ﱡﺬ َر ِة ﺑ ْ َ‬‫ﺎن ﻳَﻨْﺜ ُ ُﺮ ﺣَ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬
‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ﻛﻮاك ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ و ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر إ ِ َﱃ ِﺑ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻨْﺪ ُِس ﺑﺎدي‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺬﱠ َر ﱠ‬ ‫ري — ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْن َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺘﱠ ُﺔ‪ .‬ﺑَﻌْ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ ﺗَﻨَﺎ َو َل‬ ‫ﻃ َﻔﺎﻟُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻈ ﱠﻼ ِﰲ أﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ري إِذَا أ َ َرادَا أ َ ْن ﻳَ َ‬
‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧ ُ ﱢﻮ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ﺎﻫ َﺪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ ﻳَﻨْﺜ ُ ُﺮ اﻟﺬﱡ َر َة‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة؛ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﺷ َ‬ ‫ري ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬‫ﻄﺎ َرهُ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻨَﺎ َو َﻟ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻋُ ﺠَ ﺎ َﻟ ٍﺔ َو َ‬ ‫إ ِ ْﻓ َ‬
‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ و ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮ ِد داﺳﻜﻲ — اﺑ ِْﻦ ﻋَ ﱢﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ ْ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ َذ َﻛ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر و َْاﻷ ُ ْر ِز ا ْﻟ َﱪﱢيﱢ‬
‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻧَﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟ َﱪﱢيﱢ — ﻣَ َﻊ ﻋَ ﺪَدٍ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑ ِﻪ و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻛﻮاك ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬
‫ني إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﻗ َﴡ ﺣَ ﺪﱟ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻦ َو ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬ ِﺠ َ‬
‫ور َ‬ ‫ﴪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻧ ُ ِﺜ َﺮ ْت ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ اﻟﺬﱡ َر ُة‪ .‬ﺑَ َﺪوْا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮاءِ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺒَﺐَ ؛ إِذْ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى َو َﻟ ْﻮ ﺣَ ﺒ ًﱠﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة ﱠ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﺧﻤﱠ َﻦ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﱠ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﺎﺿﻴ ََﺔ و َْﻗ َﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺴ ِﻖ و ََﻓ ْﻮ ًرا وَﺟَ ﺪُوا‬ ‫ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ِﻃﺒَﺎ َع داﺳﻜﻲ وَأ َ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﺟَ ﺎءُوا اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻔﻬُ ﻢْ‪،‬‬ ‫ني ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ َِﺠﺪُوا ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﺨِ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻣ ْ‬
‫ُﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺌِ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﻴَ َ‬
‫ﻈ ﱡﻠ َ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت اﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨْﺜُﻮ َر َة‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺒ ِ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ريَةٍ؛ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳ ُْﺴﺘَﺒْﻌَ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳُ ْﺰﻋِﺠَ ﻬُ ْﻢ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ أ َ ْو ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺑَ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر ِﰲ ِﺑ ْﺮ َﻛ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻀ َ‬ ‫وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﻴ َْﻘ ُ‬
‫ﻮن‬‫ﻈ ﱡﻠ َ‬ ‫ْف ﻳَ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪ .‬و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬‫ُﺻﻮ ِﻟ ِﻪ ِﺑﻮ َْﻗ ٍﺖ َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮ ْو ُه َﻗﺒْ َﻞ و ُ‬
‫ﻄ ٌﺮ د َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰبَ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ َﺧ َ‬
‫ُون إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻮدَاءُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺎﺣِ ﻴَ ِﺔ اﻟﺘﱢ َﻼ ِل ْاﻷ ُ ْرﺟُ ﻮَا ِﻧﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳَﻌُ ﻮد َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ُل ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺰﺣَ ُ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻮن ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ َﺚ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم؛ َﻓﻬَ ﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻀﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ري ِﻟ ْﻠﺤُ ُ‬‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ داﺳﻜﻲ ِﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻠ َﻖ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﻮﻗ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ْﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ْﻞ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬
‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﺪ َم ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َرأَى‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﺪ َم ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻧَﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫داﺳﻜﻲ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ إِذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َﻼ ِﺻ َﻘ ِﺔ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ﺣَ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ‬ ‫َات ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ُْﺸ ِﺒ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻓ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ َ‬
‫ري ُﻣ ْﺆ ِذﻳَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫َت َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر ا ْﻟﺒُﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ٌﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣ ْ‬
‫ُﺨﺘَ ِﻠ ً‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬
‫ري‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺻ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ف ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫َوﺑ َِﺮﻳﺌَ ًﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻛ َ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴ ِْﻒ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُﻢ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫ﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن َﺧ َﻼ َل ﱠ‬ ‫َات َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬
‫ﻄ ِﻊ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َﺸﺎبُ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪َ ،‬ووَﺟَ َﺪ َو َراء ََﻫﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َر َﻓﻮ َْﻗﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬
‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ ِﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻮْﺟُ ﻮ َد ًة ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫ﺎﺳﺒ ًَﺔ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺒ ًَﺔ — ُﻣﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫َات ُﻣﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ُ‬‫ﻴﺾ‪» :‬آهْ! ﺗَﺒْﺪُو ِﱄ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱡ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت َﺧﻔِ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﺑ َ‬
‫َات‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻴَﺘَﻮَا َرى ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬‫ﻒ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴﱠﺎدٍ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﻓِ ِﺈذَا ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮس َ‬ ‫— ﻟِﺠُ ﻠُ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫َني ﻧَﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﺄْﺗِﻲ ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﺤْ ِﺚ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮاءِ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬِﻳﺬَ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨْﺜُﻮ َر ِة ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎر أَيﱢ ﺑَ ﱠ‬ ‫أَﻧ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎن‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﺳﺄ ُ َراﻗِ ﺐُ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ َﻻ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ﻣ ُِﺮﻳﺤً ﺎ‪ ،‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ﻣ ُِﺮﻳﺤً ﺎ‪ .‬أ َ ُ‬
‫ري‪ .‬و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِة اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ِﺔ وَﺟَ َﺪ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ات ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺎ َد ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬
‫ﴫ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪َ ،‬رأَى اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺎ َد ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫داﺳﻜﻲ وَأ َ َﻗ ِﺎرﺑَ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻏﺎ َد ُروا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬
‫ﺎت‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮاءَ ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫َني ﻧَﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻨْﺜ ُ ُﺮ اﻟﺬﱡ َر َة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﴚءَ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻪُ؛ إِذْ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﱠ‬ ‫َرآ ُه ﻋَ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎن ِﰲ َﻗ ِﺎر ٍب‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻏﺎ َد َر ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬
‫َث ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر‪َ .‬و َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫»ﻫ َﺬا ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ َﻻ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳﺤُ ﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ َﻻ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳﺤُ ﻨِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺗَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻢ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻬُ ﱡﺰ َرأ ْ َﺳﻪُ‪َ :‬‬

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‫ﳛ ﱢﺬ ُر ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُ َ‬

‫ري َك ِﰲ َﺧ َ‬
‫ﻄ ٍﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺮى َﻏ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎن َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺬَ َر‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧَﺒﱢﻬْ ُﻪ َو َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬

‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر ِﰲ ﺑ ُْﻘﻌَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ُﻮع ِﰲ َﻗ ِﺎر ٍب ِﻟﻴَﻨْﺜ ُ َﺮ اﻟﺬﱡ َر َة ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫َني ﻧَﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ﻳَﺄﺗِﻲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ِﻣﻴٍّﺎ ِﻃﻴ َﻠ َﺔ أ ْﺳﺒ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺒُ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َوﻳَﻬُ ﱡﺰ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮ َد ﻣُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛًﺎ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎف اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺿ َﻔ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬ ‫ﴍﻳ ًﺮا‪ .‬أَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎح ﻟِﻬَ ﺬَا ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛ ٌﺪ أ َ ﱠن َو َراءَ ُه َﻏ َﺮ ً‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﺑﺄﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻏ ْريُ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَ ٍ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﻠ ُﻖ َﻓﻮ َْق اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ًﱠﺔ‬ ‫ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺐُ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺑُﻌْ ﺪٍ‪ ،‬وَأَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻛ َ‬
‫ِﰲ أَيﱢ ﻣَ ﱠﺮةٍ‪.‬‬
‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻛ ِِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴ َِﺠ ُﺪ داﺳﻜﻲ وَأ َ َﻗ ِﺎرﺑَ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ِﰲ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ َِﻄريُ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﺪﱠدِ ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻗ َﻀﻮُا اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻞ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر و َْاﻷ ُ ْر ِز ا ْﻟ َﱪﱢيﱢ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫َني ﻧَﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﺑْ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮاءَ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴ ََﺔ و َْﻗ َﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺴ ِﻖ ِﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُﻛﻠُﻮا اﻟﺬﱡ َر َة ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﺟَ ﺎءُوا اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫ﺎن‪.‬‬‫ﻳَﻨْﺜ ُ ُﺮ َﻫﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ﻋَ ْﴫًا ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫ﺎت‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛ ٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫»ﻻ َﺷﺄ ْ َن ِﱄ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ ُﻪ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻣُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛًﺎ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻪُ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﻳﺶ ذَﻳ ِْﲇ‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ اﻧ ْ َ‬
‫ﻄ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ‬ ‫ُث ِﻟﺒَﻌْ ِﻀ ِﻬ ْﻢ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ﺗَﺄ َ ﱡﻛﺪِي ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﻮَادِ ِر ِ‬ ‫َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﺳﻴَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ﻄ ِﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ا ْﻟﺒَﺘﱠ َﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ٌﱠﺔ ِﰲ أَيﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻞ ﻋَ َﲇﱠ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﺧﺪْﻋَ ُﺔ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َ‬
‫َات‬‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤْ َﻘﺎو ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻴﱠﺎدٌ‪ ،‬أ َ ْﺷﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ أَﻋْ ﻤَ ﺎﻗِ ﻲ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َ‬
‫ف أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ْﻀ َﻊ‬ ‫ﺗَﺄْﺗِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ اﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳَﻨْﺜ ُ ُﺮ َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﻄ َﻠ ًﻘﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬‫ﺎن ِآﻣ ٌﻦ‪ ،‬و ََﻻ ﺗَ ُﺸ ﱡﻚ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﱧ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺘَ ْ‬‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَ ِﺠ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﺨِ ُ‬ ‫ات د َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬
‫َﺿﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ َوﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ َﻫﺎ‬ ‫َات ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﱡ‬ ‫ْف ﻳ َْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺊ ُ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻮ َ‬
‫ِﺑﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘ ِِﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﻴ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ ُﻪ و ََﻻ َﺷ ﱠﻚ‪«.‬‬
‫ﺻﺒَﺎحَ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪َ .‬ﻗﺎ َل‬ ‫أَﺧِ ريًا َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أ َ ْن ﻳُ َﻠﻤﱢ ﺢَ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ ﻟِﺪاﺳﻜﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺬَ َﻫﺐَ ﻟ ِِﺰﻳَﺎ َرﺗ ِِﻪ َ‬
‫ﺎل‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬أَﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫»ﺻﺒَﺎحُ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺴﺒَﺢُ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻟِﺪاﺳﻜﻲ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬
‫َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ‪«.‬‬
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‫ﻄ ِﺮي ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أﺣَ ﺪًا‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫َر ﱠد داﺳﻜﻲ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪ُ » :‬ﻛﻮَا ْك‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻮَا ْك‪ ،‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ ْ‬
‫َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ .‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ َة؟«‬
‫ﳾءٌ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻴﻨِﻲ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ر ْﻏ َﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﳾءَ‪ ،‬أ ُ ْﻗ ِﺴ ُﻢ ِﺑ َﴩ َِﰲ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﻻ َ ْ‬ ‫َر ﱠد ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ :‬‬
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‫اﻟﺴﺒَﺐُ‬‫َﺎح‪ .‬ﻣَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ َﻟ َﻚ و َِﻷ َ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑ َﻚ‪ِ ،‬ﺑﻤَ ﺎ أﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ ِﺟ ُﺪ َك وَأ َﻗ ِﺎرﺑَ َﻚ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟«‬
‫ﺎن َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﻌَ ُﻪ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪» :‬ذُ َر ٌة! ذُ َر ٌة‬ ‫ﻴﺾ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت َﺧﻔِ ٍ‬ ‫َر ﱠد داﺳﻜﻲ ِﺑ َ‬
‫ﺻ ْﻔ َﺮاءُ َﻟﺬِﻳﺬَ ٌة!«‬ ‫َ‬
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‫ْﻒ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ ْن ﺗَ ِﺼ َﻞ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺻﻌَ َﻘﺘْﻪُ‪ .‬و ََﺳﺄ َل‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻒ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪» :‬ذُ َر ٌة!« َو َﻛﺄ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َة َ‬ ‫َﻫﺘَ َ‬
‫اﻟﺬﱡ َر ُة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ ِه ُﻫﻨَﺎ؟«‬
‫»ﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺄ َ ْﻟﻨِﻲ؛ َﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ َﻻ أَد ِْري‪َ .‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻟﺪَيﱠ أ َ ْدﻧَﻰ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮةٍ‪ُ .‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﻫ ﱠﺰ داﺳﻜﻲ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ و ََﻗﺎ َل‪َ :‬‬
‫ف‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ِﺼ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻻ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ ﻧ َ ِﺠﺪ َُﻫﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻧَﺄْﺗِﻲ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ َﺴﺎءٍ‪َ .‬ﻛﻴ َ‬
‫َﻻ أ َ ْﻫﺘَ ﱡﻢ ِﺑﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ .‬ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻴﻨِﻲ وُﺟُ ﻮد َُﻫﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬
‫ﺻﻴﱠﺎدًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َ‬ ‫ﴫ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪َ .‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ َرﺟُ ًﻼ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻳَﺄْﺗِﻲ ﻋَ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ًﱠﺔ َرﻫِ ﻴﺒ ًَﺔ؟«‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺎب‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ داﺳﻜﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْرﺗِﻴ ٍ‬
‫»ﻻ‪«.‬‬ ‫َر ﱠد ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﺻﻴﱠﺎدًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻒ داﺳﻜﻲ و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﺪَا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِاﻻ ْرﺗِﻴَﺎحُ ‪» :‬إِذَ ْن ُﻫ َﻮ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻬَ ﺘَ َ‬
‫ﻇﻨ ﱢ ِﻪ‪َ » :‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺠْ ﻠِﺐُ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ًﱠﺔ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َوﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ُﻛ ْﻢ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُﻣ ْﻠ ِﻤﺤً ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬
‫َات‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠﻢُ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺗَﺄْﺗُﻮا ِﻟﺘَﻨَﺎو ُِل ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺸﺎءِ‪ .‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺊَ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﻮل! َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ِﺠ ْﺪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺬ ُر ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫»ﻏ ْريُ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﻘ ٍ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ داﺳﻜﻲ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َراءِ َو َر ﱠد َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ َو ِﻓريًا ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْن ِﺟﺌْﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُﻓ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ؛ إِﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﺗَ َﻐﺎ ُر ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ؛ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ وَﺟَ ْﺪﻧَﺎ َ‬

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 ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳُﺤَ ﺬﱢ ُر ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ﻳﻦ‬

‫ﻴﻔﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ أ ُ ْﺧ ِﱪُ َك أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن ﺗُﺨِ َ‬

‫ﻴﻔﻨَﺎ َوﺗُﺒْﻌِ َﺪﻧَﺎ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ِﺠ ْﺪ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل أ َ ْن ﺗُﺨِ َ‬
‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋ ِِﻊ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻧ َ ِﺠ ُﺪ ُه ُﻫﻨَﺎ؛ َﻓ ِﺈ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ﻋَ ﻨﱠﺎ!«‬
‫ﻋَ ْﻦ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺤﺎدي واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻳ َﺘ َﺄﻛﱠ ُﺪ َأ ِﺧ ً‬
‫ﲑا‬

‫ْف ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬

‫ﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺘَ َﻐ ﱠﻠﺐُ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬
‫ُﺷﺠَ ﺎ ٌع ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻫﺬَا أَﻛِﻴﺪٌ‪.‬‬

‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﴬاءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬

‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬريَةِ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱰ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﰲ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﺧ ٍﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْ َ‬
‫ﻂ؛‬ ‫ﱠﺎت اﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ﻳَﻨْﺜ ُ ُﺮ ﺣَ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫ري ﻟ َِريَى ﻣَ ﺎ إِذَا َﻛ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎدِ ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﱠﺮ َﻓﻮ َْق اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠ ْﺪ ُه ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ أَﺣَ ﺪًا ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺿ َﻔ ِ‬
‫ﺎف اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ري‪.‬‬
‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺄ ْ ِت ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا و ََﻏﺎ َد َر‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه‬
‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪َ ،‬وﻣ ِْﻦ َﻓﻮ ِْق َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﺎن َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ ﻳَﻤِ ﻴ ُﻞ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧﺒًﺎ َوﻳَﺘَﻮَﺟﱠ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة ﻣُﻌَ ﻴﱠﻨ َ ٍﺔ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻗِ ﺒَﺘَ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َرآ ُه‬ ‫ُث ﻟِﻤَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةٍ‪َ .‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َرآ ُه ﺑﻼﻛﻲ؟ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َع أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ْ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫َﻗ ِﺎرﺑًﺎ آ ِﺗﻴًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻋْ َﲆ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ري‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎربُ ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫َني ﻧَﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ د َ‬‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ُث‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺛَﺎ ِﺑﺘًﺎ ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺐُ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ﺎن ُﻫ َﻮ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺲ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َرآ ُه ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﻨْﺜ ُ ُﺮ اﻟﺬﱡ َر َة‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬‫ﻈ ٍﺔ ﻧ َ َﺰ َل ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻟﺤْ َ‬
‫ﺎن ُﻫ َﻮ ذَا َك اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮع‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ َﺷ ﱞﻚ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫َني اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْر ِع ﻳَ ْﻮ ِﻣﻴٍّﺎ ِﻃﻴ َﻠ َﺔ أ ْﺳﺒ ٍ‬‫ﺑْ َ‬
‫اﻹﺛَﺎ َرةِ‪» .‬ﻳَﺎااهْ! َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻌْ ُﺖ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ!«‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪» :‬ﻳَﺎهْ!« َو َﻛﺎ َد ﻳ َْﻔﻘِ ُﺪ ﺗَﻮَا ُزﻧ َ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎن ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ًﱠﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ًﱠﺔ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ َﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ﺘَﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﻫﺬَا ﱠ ْ‬
‫اﻟﴚءُ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻗِ ﺒَﺘَ ِ‬
‫َرﻫِ ﻴﺒ ًَﺔ‪ .‬وَﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳُﻤَ ﻴﱢ ُﺰ ا ْﻟﺒَﻨَﺎدِ َق اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒ ََﺔ ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ و ََﻗ َﻊ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﺑ َ ُ‬
‫َﴫهُ‪.‬‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬
‫َات‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﱡ‬
‫ﺻﻴﱠﺎدًا — ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺿ ﱠﻔ ِﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﴙ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد — َﻓ ِﺒﺎﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ َ‬
‫ﻈﻬَ ﺎ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪ ،‬وَا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛ َ‬
‫ف أﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨْﺒ ُْﺖ ِﰲ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫ﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻻﺣَ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻧَﺜ َ َﺮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ اﻟﺬﱡ َر َة ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﱠ‬ ‫ري ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻣَ َﴙ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ َﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ َ‬‫ﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﻘ َﺪ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﻌَ ِﺔ َﺧ َﺸ ٍﺐ‬ ‫َات وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺒ َﱠﺔ ذُ َرةٍ‪َ .‬وﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪهُ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱃ ﱡ‬
‫َاﺿﻌً ﺎ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘَ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒ ََﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ُر ْﻛﺒَﺘَﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و ِ‬
‫ُث‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻌْ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ َﺳﻴَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْف ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُﻗﺪُو ِم ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻏﻤْ َﻐ َﻢ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪ُ » :‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا‪َ .‬ﺳﻮ َ‬
‫ُﻮن َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ! إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻀ ٍﺔ َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت ﺑَﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻗ ٍ‬‫ﳾءٌ ُﻣ َﺮ ﱢو ٌع‪ .‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْﺨﻠُ َ‬ ‫َ ْ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ َم ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎف‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ و َ‬ ‫ﺼ ُ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ َ‬‫ﻮن ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎف‪ .‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ َ‬‫ِْ‬
‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄَﻧﱡﻮا ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم؛ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﺘﱠ ِﻢ أ َ ْن ﻳ َِﺠ َﺪ ُه داﺳﻜﻲ وَأ َ َﻗ ِﺎرﺑُﻪُ‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺘَ َ‬
‫ني‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ِﺌﻨ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫َﺎب‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮﻧ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺮ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮوا ِﺑﺄَيﱢ ا ْرﺗِﻴ ٍ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﻋَ َﺪ ِم وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد َﺧ َ‬
‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻖ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘَ ُﻪ‬ ‫ْف ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ ِآﻣ ٌﻦ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُوا ﺣِ ﺬْ َر ُﻫﻢْ‪ .‬ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻮ ْ‬
‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق‪«.‬‬‫اﻹ ْ‬‫ﺻ ٍﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُون ﻣَ ﻨْﺤِ ِﻬ ْﻢ أَيﱠ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒ ََﺔ َوﻳ َْﻘﺘُﻠُﻬُ ْﻢ د َ‬
‫ط‬ ‫ﺻﻴﱠﺎ ٌد ﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛ ٌﺮ وَﻣَ ﺎﻫِ ٌﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻟﻴ َْﻔﻌَ َﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻛﻬَ ﺬَا‪ ،‬و ََﻻ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻴﱡﻮ ُ‬ ‫»إ ِ ﱠن اﻟﺜﱠﻌْ َﻠﺐَ رﻳﺪي َ‬
‫َﺎﻏﺘَ َﺔ‬
‫ﻮن ُﻣﺒ َ‬ ‫ﻮن َوﻳُﺤَ ِﺎوﻟُ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺶ‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺌُ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِوي ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮ ِو أ َ ِو اﻟ ﱢﺮ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز و ََﻻ أَيﱡ َﻛﺎﺋ ٍِﻦ َ‬
‫ُﻮر‪ .‬ﻳَﺎ إ ِ َﻟ ِﻬﻲ! ﻣَ ﺎذَا‬ ‫أَﺣَ ﺪِﻫِ ﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﺑَﺄ ْ َس ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ ُْﻔ َﱰ َُض ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱟﻞ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤْ ﺬَ َر ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷُﻣ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ْﻮدَاءُ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ُل ﱠ‬ ‫ْف ﺗَﺄْﺗِﻲ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ؛ َﻓ َﺴﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن و َْﻗ ُﺖ ﻋَ ْﻮ َدﺗِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﺴﺎيَ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻓﻌَ َﻞ؟ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ َ‬
‫ان آﻧَﺬَا َك‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ِﻣ ْﻦ َو َراءِ اﻟﺘﱢ َﻼ ِل ْاﻷ ُ ْرﺟُ ﻮَا ِﻧﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻛ َ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ْﻮ َﻛ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ أﻣَ ِ‬
‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم‪َ .‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ ﺗَﺤْ ﺬِﻳ ُﺮ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻮل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺣُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ْف إِذَا ﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮت ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫ْف أَﻣ ُ‬ ‫َﺳﻮ َ‬
‫ﺎت‪ .‬ﻳَﺎ إ ِ َﻟ ِﻬﻲ! ﻣَ ﺎذَا أ َ ْﻓﻌَ ُﻞ؟!«‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬
‫ﴬاءِ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ِﰲ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه اﻟﺘﱢ َﻼ ِل ْاﻷ ُ ْرﺟُ ﻮَا ِﻧﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺳﻴَﺄ ْ ِوي‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠ َﻊ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﰲ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َ‬
‫ﻒ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﺷ ِﻪ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‪ .‬وَا ْرﺗَﺠَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَﺪِﻳ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺮحُ إ ِ َﱃ ﻓِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ص ﱠ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ ُﻗ ْﺮ ُ‬
‫ﻳﺐ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ ِﺪ اﻟﺘﱢ َﻼ ِل ْاﻷ ُ ْرﺟُ ﻮَا ِﻧﻴﱠ ِﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﺮ ًة اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ َﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻮدَاءِ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺳﺘَﺄْﺗِﻲ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِل ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄ َﻠ ًﻘﺎ ِﰲ ﺗَﻨَﺎو ُِل‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﻫﻮﺗﻲ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳُﻤَ ﺎ ِﻧ َﻊ ُﻣ ْ‬‫ﴬاءَ‪َ .‬و ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺄْﺗِﻲ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬
‫َوﺗَ ْﻐ ُﺰو ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮوجَ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫ان ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬
‫ﻈ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ْﻮ َﻛ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اب ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺸﺎءِ‪َ .‬وﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ُﻏ َﺮ ٍ‬

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‫ُث — ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘَ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒ ََﺔ و ََﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ َ‬
‫ْف أَﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ﺑُ ْﺮ َﻫ ًﺔ‪«.‬‬
‫»ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ .‬وﺗَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻢ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ُث — ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺤَ ﺬﱢ ِر ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﺘﱠ ِﻢ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ َ‬
‫وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َل أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﺸﺠﱠ ﻊَ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ا ْرﺗَﻌَ َﺪ َﺧﻮ ًْﻓﺎ ﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪.‬‬

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‫ﻮد إِ َﱃ ا ْﳌ َ ْﻨ ِﺰ ِل َﺳ ِﻌ ً‬
‫ﻴﺪا‬ ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻳ ُﻌ ُ‬

‫َﻻ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َد َة أ َ ْﻛ َﱪُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ﻣ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻐ ْ ِ‬

‫ري‪.‬‬

‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ري ﻣُﺤْ ﺘَﺎ ًرا ِﺑ َﺸﺄ ْ ِن ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ‬ ‫ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺿ ﱠﻔ ِﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ َ‬
‫ان ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَ ِة َﻛﺜ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ َﻠﻪُ‪ .‬أ َ َرا َد أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ َد ِﻟﺒَﻴْﺘ ِِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ْﻮ َﻛ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻮل‬ ‫ﺎف ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘﺎءَ َﺧ ِﺎرجَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺣُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼمَ؛ أَيْ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ ََﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﺎف اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺴ ِﻖ؛ إِذْ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ ََﺨ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻮل‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫ْت دَاﺧِ َﻠﻪُ‪» :‬ﻋُ ْﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل؛ َﻓﺎ ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ْاﻵ َن ﻳَﺘﱠ ِﺴ ُﻊ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜﺎدِ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة َﻗﺒْ َﻞ و ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٌ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل َ‬
‫ﺎت‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ُث ِﻟ ِﺘ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬‫اﻟﺴ ْﻮدَاءِ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﺗُ ِﻀ ْﻊ ﻣَ ِﺰﻳﺪًا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِل ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﺎل‪َ .‬ﻫﻴﱠﺎ ﻋُ ْﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪«.‬‬ ‫َات َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﺄ ْ ِﻧ َﻚ‪ ،‬و ََﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ ﻓِ ﻌْ ﻠُ ُﻪ ِﺑﺄَيﱢ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤْ َﻘﺎو ِ‬
‫آﺧ ُﺮ دَاﺧِ َﻠﻪُ‪» :‬اﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ْﺮ ِﺑ ْﻀ َﻊ د ََﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺒَﺎﻧًﺎ‪ .‬ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﺨ ِ َ‬
‫ﱪ‬ ‫ﻴﺾ َ‬ ‫ْت َﺧﻔِ ٌ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٌ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل َ‬
‫ُث‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ﻴﺢٌ أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎرﻫِ ﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻫ ْﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴﱠﺎ ٌد ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ًﱠﺔ َرﻫِ ﻴﺒ ًَﺔ ِﰲ اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫َﴎﺑَ ُﻪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ َ‬
‫داﺳﻜﻲ و ِ ْ‬
‫ﻄ ًﺮا‬ ‫َاﺟ ِﺐ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺮى َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻂ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﺄ ْ ِﻧ َﻚ؟! أَﻋِ ِﺪ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريَ ﻳَﺎ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ؛ أَﻋِ ِﺪ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريَ‪ِ .‬ﻣ ْﻦ و ِ‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَ ﱢ‬
‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ُﻣ َﺮ ﱢو ٌع ﻟِﺪاﺳﻜﻲ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َث َ ْ‬ ‫ﱰ ًﻛﺎ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺬ َر ِﺟريَاﻧَﻪُ‪ .‬إِذَا ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻣ ُْﺸ َ َ‬
‫َاﺻ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺮ َاﻗﺒ ََﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ َوو ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﻬْ ﻨَﺄ َ َﻟ َﻚ ﺑَﺎ ٌل أَﺑَﺪًا‪ .‬اﺑ َْﻖ َﻗﻠ ً‬
‫َاﺻ َﻞ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ و َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻤْ ِﺾ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ُﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧﻤْ ِﺲ د ََﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ إ ِ ﱠﻻ َو َرأَى ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ أ َ ْﺷﻌَ َﺮ ُه ِﺑ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن َﻗﺎدِ ﻣً ﺎ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔﺤَ ِﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﻮ َد ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُك ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺧ ٍّ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺮ َاﻗﺒ ََﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫َات ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱡ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَ ِﺒ ِﺊ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮدُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨ َ َ‬‫ف ﻣَ ﺎ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫َني ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﺨﺘَﻠ ُِﺲ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد ﺟَ ﺎﺛِﻤً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض ﻣُﻤْ ِﺴ ًﻜﺎ ِﺑﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘ ِِﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬‫ﺣَ َ‬
‫ﻂ‬ ‫ف ُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮدَ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َات ُﻣ َﺮاﻗِ ﺒًﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َو َراءِ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎﺋ ِِﺮ‪.‬‬‫ﻂ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎبُ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮدُ؛ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِ ْ‬
‫ا ْرﺗَﻌَ َﺶ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ َرأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ وَﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْﺧﻤَ ِﺺ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ َة َﻟ ْﻢ‬
‫اﻹﺛَﺎ َرةِ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻋْ َﺸ ُﺔ ِﺑ َﺴﺒ َِﺐ َﺧ ْﻮﻓ ِِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘﺎءِ َﺧ ِﺎرجَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪َ ،‬وإِﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط ْ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮاءِ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬِﻳﺬَ ِة‬ ‫ﻮق ﻟِﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ٍﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱡ َرةِ؛ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ ﺗَﺘُ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت أ َ ْ‬‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺊ ُ‬ ‫َني اﻟﻨﱠﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ َ‬ ‫ُﻮع ﻣَ ﻨْﺜُﻮ َر ًة ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫ﺎت أﻣَ ﺎ َم ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ِﺠﺪ َُﻫﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ِة أ ْﺳﺒ ٍ‬
‫ﻄﻤَ ِﺌﻨ ﱠ ًﺔ‬‫اﻟﺴ ْﻮدَاءِ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِل ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ َر ُﻗﺪُو ِم اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ْﻮدَاءِ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِل ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎر اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺮ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ أَﺗَ ْﺖ ِﻟﺘَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻞ د َ‬
‫ُون اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻋَ َﺪ ِم وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد َﺧ َ‬
‫ﺻﺎ َر ِﺑ ِﺈﻣْ َﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤَ ﺬﱢ َر َﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا؛ إِذْ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎدِ ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬
‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪ِ ،‬ﺑ ِﻘﻴَﺎ َد ِة‬ ‫ﻂ ﻳ َِﻄريُ َﻓﻮ َْق ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ ِه ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ﴎبُ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن ِ ْ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻒ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َ‬
‫ﴎﻋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﺤْ ُﺴﺪ َُﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ُ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮر ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَ ِة اﻟﺘﱢ ْﺴﻌَ ِﺔ! َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َري َِان ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱡ‬‫ﴪﻋَ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫داﺳﻜﻲ‪َ .‬وﻳَﺎ َﻟ ُ ْ‬
‫ري ًة‬‫ﻄﻌَ ْﺖ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫َات و ََﻗ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫َني ﱡ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺊَ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ َد ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬
‫ﻃﺎ َر ْت ُﻣﺘَﺠَ ِﺎو َز ًة ﱠ‬ ‫أَﺟْ ﻨِﺤَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬
‫ﻳﻘﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ َو َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬‫َاﺻ ُﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘُﻮ ِ‬ ‫ري‪َ .‬وﻟِﻮ َْﻫ َﻠ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َْق اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫اﻟﻀ ﱠﻔ ِﺔ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬ودَا َر ْت ِﰲ ﺣَ ْﻠ َﻘ ٍﺔ َوﺗَﻮَﺟﱠ ﻬَ ْﺖ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬
‫َﺎﴍ ًة‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﻟﺘَﻨَﺎو ُِل اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر‪.‬‬
‫اﺳﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺪ ِ ِﻹ ْ‬‫ﻈ َﺮ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َو َرآ ُه ْ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَ ِﺒ ِﺊ‪ .‬ﻧ َ َ‬‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬
‫ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ﱠ‬
‫ﺻﺎﺋِﺤً ﺎ ِﺑﺄَﻋْ َﲆ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺟَ ﻨَﺎﺣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ َو َ‬ ‫ري ﻳُ ْﺬ َﻛ ُﺮ‪ ،‬ﺑ ََﺴ َ‬ ‫ُون ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜ ٍ‬
‫َﻓﺪ َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺮ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗ ِِﻪ‪َ » :‬ﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎوْ! َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎوْ!« َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﴬاءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴬاءِ وَا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬
‫وج ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻖ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ َوﺗَ ِﺒﻌَ ُﻪ ﺑَ ِﻘﻴ ُﱠﺔ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ني ﻣَ ﱡﺮوا ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﴪ ِب‪ ،‬وَﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر دَا َر داﺳﻜﻲ َوﺑَﺪَأ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﺤْ ﻠ ِ‬
‫ﻃ َﻼ ُق اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر‬
‫ﺎل ِﺟﺪٍّا‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺎع ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫َﺻﻠُﻮا إ ِ َﱃ ا ْرﺗ َِﻔ ٍ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَ ِﺒ ِﺊ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﻗ ْﺪ و َ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ ِْق ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬
‫ﻄﻠ ِِﻖ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر؛ َﻓﻬُ َﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘَ ُﻪ ﻧَﺎﺣِ ﻴَﺘَﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْ‬
‫ﺻﻮﱠبَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﻣُﺠْ ِﺪﻳًﺎ‪ِ .‬ﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬‬
‫اﻟﴪبُ وَﺣَ ﱠﻠ َﻖ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا ِﰲ ِاﻻﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﻬُ ْﻢ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮدُوا ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏﺐْ ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺨِ َ‬
‫ﻂ أ َ ْﺳ َﻮ َد ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒﻴﻠ ِِﻪ ﻟ ِِﻼ ْﺧﺘ َِﻔﺎءِ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ‬ ‫ﻮن د ََﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺮ َد َﺧ ﱟ‬‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺟَ ﺎءَ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ ُﻏ ُ‬
‫ف ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ ﻟِﻠﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ري‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ َﺮ ِ‬

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 ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ ُد إ َِﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‬

‫ﻂ‬‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿﺎﺣِ ًﻜﺎ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ َ‬

‫ﻃ َريَاﻧ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪َ ،‬‬‫ﴬاءِ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫اﺗﱠﺠَ َﻪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎن َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻧ ْ َﻘﺬَ ُﻫ ْﻢ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ َة‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻮل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺣُ ﻠُ ِ‬
‫ﻒ وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻳَﻬُ ﱡﺰ َﻗﺒ َْﻀﺘَ ُﻪ ﻟِﺒﻼﻛﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ و ََﻗ َ‬‫ﺎس‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻮدَاءَ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ َﺳ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ َل ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺤَ ِﻆ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ُﻣﺘَﻮَﻋﱢ ﺪًا‪.‬‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻳ ْﺴ َﺘ ْﺪ ِﻋﻲ ا ْﺑ َﻦ ا ْﳌ ُ َﺰا ِر ِع ﺑﺮاون‬

‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ِﺐ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ َ‬ ‫َﴎﺑَ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻆ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﺷﺎﻋِ ًﺮا ِﺑ َﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ٍة ﺑَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ٍﺔ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧ َ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ أَﻧ ْ َﻘ َﺬ داﺳﻜﻲ و ِ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬‫ْ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ إِذَا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒَ ِﺔ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺴ ِﻖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ ؛‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎط ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺐ‪ ،‬أ َ ْم ِﻣ ْﻦ إِﺣْ ﺒ ِ‬‫ِﻳﺮﻫِ ْﻢ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑﺘَﺤْ ﺬ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ِب ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻧَﺎ ِﺑﻌَ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ إِﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذِ ِ ْ‬
‫ﴬاءِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ذَ ِوي ا ْﻟﺒَﻨَﺎدِ ِق اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪ُ ،‬ﻫ َﻮ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ ُﺳ ﱠﻜ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺒﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَ ْﻜ َﺮ ُه ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼ َﻐ ِﺎر ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪.‬‬‫ﴬاءِ ﱢ‬ ‫وج ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫وَا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬
‫ري ﻟ َِريَى ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬‫ﻄ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬‬‫اﻹ ْﻓ َ‬‫ﴪو ًرا‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر ِه ﻣَ ْ ُ‬‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ َﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ إ ِ ْﻓ َ‬
‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠ ْﺪهُ‪ ،‬و ََﺧﻤﱠ َﻦ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬ ‫ﻮل ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎﻣﻴَ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ُ‬ ‫َني اﻟﻨﱠﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن داﺳﻜﻲ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛ ُﻞ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َذا َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎﺿﻴَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬‫ﺎن ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﺮهِ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰﺑُﻮا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻓﻮا َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ﺬ ِ‬ ‫َﴎﺑَ ُﻪ َﺧ ُ‬‫أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ و ِ ْ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ َﺷﺠَ َﺮةٍ‪ ،‬ﻫِ َﻲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻬْ ِﺒ ُ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻢ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬
‫َف‪:‬‬ ‫ُون ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ أ َ ْو ﻧَﺤْ ِﻮ َﻫﺎ‪ «.‬وَأ َ ْرد َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﻴَﻌُ ﻮد َ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ َد ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺐُ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻖ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪َ .‬وإِذَا َرآﻧِﻲ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ُﻫﻨَﺎ؛ َﻓ َﺴﻴُ ْ‬ ‫ْف ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ ُد ﱠ‬ ‫ُون‪ ،‬و ََﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ْف ﻳَﻌُ ﻮد َ‬ ‫»ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ﱠن داﺳﻜﻲ ﻳَﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﱡﻘ ِﻞ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲇﱠ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﺑﻮ ُْﺳﻌِ ﻲ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ أَيﱢ ﺣَ ٍ‬
‫ِﻳﺮ‪ .‬ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا؟ أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟﺘﱠﺤْ ﺬ ِ‬ ‫ِﻷ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺎبَ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫ف ِﺑﺄَﻣْ ِﺮ َﻫ َﺬا ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﺮﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِ ِﻹﺑْﻌَ ﺎدِ ِه ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫أَﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ َﻟ ْﻮ ﻳَﺄْﺗِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ .‬إِذَا ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬
‫َﺳﺄ َ َرى إ ِ ْن ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﺳﺘَﺪْﻋِ ﻴَ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻳﻦ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬‫ﻒ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َوﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏﺐُ ِﰲ إ ِ ْﺧﺒ َِﺎر ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﺎح َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺸ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﰲ ﱢ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑ ِﺈﺛَﺎ َر ٍة ﺑَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ٍﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎا ْو َﻛﺎا ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎاوْ!«‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﴚ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟﺪَى اﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ ُﻪ َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬

‫وج‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحَ ؛ ِﻟﺬا ﺧ َﺮجَ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﺎت ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺶ وَا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮاءِ‪ .‬و ََﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋ ِِﻪ ذَ ِوي اﻟ ﱢﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ‪ِ ،‬آﻣ ًﻼ ِﰲ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎس؛ َﻓ َﺴ َﻠ َﻚ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِاﻻﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ َه ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻴﺌَ َﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﻒ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻏ ُﺪ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮ ُد َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺿ ﱠﻔ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﱠث اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ﻮت ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ْﻲ َﻫﺬَا‬‫ﻄ ِﻠ َﻊ ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻔ َ‬ ‫ْف أَذْ َﻫﺐُ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﻷ َ ْﺳﺘَ ْ‬ ‫ري‪َ .‬ﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ِﺜريَةِ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻗﺎ َدﻧِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﱄ ﱢ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮ ِد اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻗِ ﺒَﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫اب ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ري‪«.‬‬‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬‫أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ .‬ﻫﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﱠ‬
‫َاﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ ِﺿ ﱠﻔ ِﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻀﺤِ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ﺑﻼﻛﻲ و ْ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪َ ،‬‬
‫اﻟﴚءُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬُ َﻮ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﱠ ْ‬ ‫اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َوﺗَﻤْ ﺘَﻢَ‪» :‬أَﻳٍّﺎ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎ َر ﺑﻼﻛﻲ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ﱠﻔ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َ‬‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﰲ ُﻫﺪُوءٍ‪ ،‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم ﻣ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻈﺎﻫِ ًﺮا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ِع؛ َﻓ َﻀﺤِ َﻚ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى و ََﻗﺎ َل‪:‬‬ ‫َﺎج ُﻣﺘَ َ‬
‫ﺎﻫ ِﺘﻴ ٍ‬ ‫أَﻋْ َﲆ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻨْﻌِ ُﻖ ِﺑ ْ‬
‫ﻃﻮَا َل ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻗﺎدِ ٌم‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺮ ِﺑﺄَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻓﺎﺟَ ﺄْﺗُ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ُﺮ‪ ،‬ﺗُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل اﻟﺘﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َ‬‫»إِﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﺗَﺘَ َ‬
‫ْت ُﻫﻨَﺎ؟«‬ ‫َو ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮﻧِﻲ‪ .‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا وَﺟَ ﺪ َ‬
‫َات ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺼريَ ِة‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ٍّﻔﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ِﺑ َﻠﻬْ َﻔ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﺒ َﺚ أ َ ْن َرأَى َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬‫َﴫ ِه ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎ َل ِﺑﺒ َ ِ‬
‫ﻂ! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺑَﻨَﻰ‬ ‫َﺻﺎحَ ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﺨﺒَﺄ ٌ ﻟ َ‬
‫ِﺼﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ؛ َﻓﻌَ ِﻠ َﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪ .‬و َ‬
‫ﻄﺎ َد ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﻓِ ﻌْ ًﻼ؟ أَﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ أ َ ﱠﻻ‬ ‫اﺻ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪ .‬ﻳَﺎ ﺗُ َﺮى َﻫ ِﻞ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬‫ﻳﻦ ﻣَ ْﺨﺒَﺄ ً ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ َ‬ ‫أَﺣَ ُﺪ ﱠ‬
‫ﻮن َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓﻌَ َﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫ﻧ َ َﺰ َل إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﺒَﺄِ َوﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﻘ َﺪهُ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه ﺣَ ﺒﱠﺘَ ْﻲ ذُ َر ٍة دَاﺧِ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﺒَﺄِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ﺒ ََﺲ وَﺟْ ﻬُ ﻪُ‪ ،‬و ََﻗﺎ َل‬
‫ﻈﺎ ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻨْﺜ ُ ُﺮ اﻟﺬﱡ َر َة ِﻟﻴَﺠْ ﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺄْﺗِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺎﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪» :‬ذَا َك اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺪ ِْرجُ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬
‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫َاع أَﻣْ ٌﺮ َﺳﻴﱢﺊ ٌ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﱢﺪ ذَاﺗ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ُون ﺧِ ﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ﻂد َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ إ ِ َﻟ ِﻬﻲ! َﻛ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻛ َﺮ ُه ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ! إ ِ ﱠن َ‬
‫ﻄﺎ َد أَﻳٍّﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ؟!«‬ ‫اﺻ َ‬ ‫ف! ﻳَﺎ ﺗُ َﺮى َﻫ ِﻞ ْ‬ ‫َﻗﺘْ َﻠ ُﻪ … أ ُ ﱟ‬
‫ﻳﺸﺎ‬ ‫ﻂ؛ َﻟﻮَﺟَ َﺪ ِر ً‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َد أَيﱠ ﺑَ ﱟ‬ ‫اﺻ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ْ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻔﺎ وَﺟْ ﻬُ ﻪُ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَﺄَﻣﱢ ًﻼ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬
‫ﻳﺶ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﺪ ﱡل ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﺒَﺄِ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠ ْﺪ أَيﱠ ِر ٍ‬

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‫ا ْﺑ ُﻦ ا ْﳌ ُ َﺰا ِر ِع ﺑﺮاون ُﻳ َﻔﻜﱢ ُﺮ‬

‫ري‪.‬‬‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َق ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ري ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ﻣَ ِﻠﻴٍّﺎ؛ أَيْ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ْ‬ ‫ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺿ ﱠﻔ ِﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َو َراحَ ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺒُﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎﺳ ِﺘﺪْﻋَ ﺎﺋ ِِﻪ اﺑ َْﻦ‬‫ني‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺒ ْ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﻄﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ُة َﻓﻬْ ٍﻢ ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺎﻣﺘًﺎ آﻧَﺬَا َك‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﻻﺣَ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ري ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﺿﻴًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﱟﺪ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن َر ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓﻌَ َﻞ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﺑﻮ ُْﺳﻌِ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫ﺗَ ْﺮكِ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ َﻟﻪُ‪.‬‬
‫ﻂ‬‫ﻳﻦ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﺒَﺄ َ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﻳ َِﺼﻴ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪» :‬ﺑَﻨَﻰ أَﺣَ ُﺪ ﱠ‬
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‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﻂ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮ َد ِﻣ ْﻦ أذْ َﻛﻰ أﻧْﻮ ِ‬
‫َاع ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﺪ َرﺟَ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻨَﺜ ْ ِﺮ اﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة َﻟﻪُ‪َ .‬وإ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮ َد ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪ ،‬و ْ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺮ‪،‬‬‫ﺎن ﻳَﺄْﺗِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ َﺴﺎءٍ َوﻳ َِﺠ ُﺪ اﻟﺬﱡ َر َة و ََﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺬ ُر ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺋ ِِﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ إِذَا َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ُون أ َ ْدﻧَﻰ َﺷ ﱟﻚ‪ .‬وَاﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ —‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ د َ‬‫ﺎن ِآﻣ ٌﻦ َوﻳَﺄْﺗِﻲ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﻴَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ َﻠ ِﺐ أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬
‫ﻈ ِﺎرهِ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد ِﰲ اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ — َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﱠ‬ ‫أ َ ْو َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ًﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬
‫ْ‬ ‫أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﻧ ُ َ‬
‫ﻮن‬‫ﻂ َﻻ ﺑَﺄ َس ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد َﻗﺎﻧ ُ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﺢُ ِﺑ َ‬
‫ض ِﻣ ْﻠ ًﻜﺎ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺪًا‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻮ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺪًا‪ ،‬ﺑ ََﲆ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪َ .‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻫﺬَا َ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﺘ ْﺪ َراﺟَ ِﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳَﻤْ ﻨ َ ُﻊ ْ‬
‫ض ِﻣ ْﻠ ِﻜﻴ ٌﱠﺔ‬ ‫ﺿ ُﻊ َﻟﻮْﺣَ ًﺔ ﻣَ ْﻜﺘُﻮﺑًﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ :‬إ ِ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْر َ‬ ‫ﱠف‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﺳﺄ َ َ‬
‫ْﻒ أَﺗَ َﴫ ُ‬ ‫ِﻷ َ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻌَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ َﻛﻴ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢﻖ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼﻴْ ِﺪ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻠ ًﻜﺎ ِﻷ َ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬و ِﻟﻬَ ﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ٌﺔ و ََﻻ ﻳ ُْﺴﻤَ ﺢُ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺧ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴْ ِﺪ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﱡﻖ اﻟﺘﱠﻮَاﺟُ ِﺪ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﲇ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟﻴْﺘَﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أَﻣْ ﻨَﻌَ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﻻ أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ َﻛﻴ َ‬
‫ْﻒ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫أ َ ْﻓﻌَ ُﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ِﻴﺰ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﱰﻛ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﺑ َ ْ‬

‫ﻋَ ﺒ ََﺲ وَﺟْ ُﻪ اﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﲇءُ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﻤَ ِﺶ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻋَ ﺎ َد ًة ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ﺒ َُﺲ‪.‬‬
‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ َﻫ ْﺪ ُم َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﺒَﺄِ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ َﻢ ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻓﻌَ َﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫و ََﻏﻤْ َﻐﻢَ‪» :‬أ َ ُ‬
‫ﻮن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺗَ َﴫ ًﱡﻓﺎ‬‫آﺧ َﺮ‪ .‬ﻋِ َﻼ َو ًة ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ْف ﻳَﺒْﻨِﻲ ﻣَ ْﺨﺒَﺄ ً َ‬ ‫ِث َﻓ ِﺎر ًﻗﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريًا؛ َﻓ َﺴﻮ َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳُﺤْ ﺪ َ‬
‫َﺳﻠِﻴﻤً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢﻖ ِﰲ ِﺑﻨَﺎءِ ﻣَ ْﺨﺒَﺄٍ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﻨَﺎهُ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻠ ُﻜ ُﻪ َو َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﱢﻘﻲ أ َ ْن أَﻣَ ﱠﺴﻪُ‪.‬‬
‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ﻳﻘ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْن أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫اﻫ ِﺔ ِﰲ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻓﻌَ َﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﺤِ ﱡﻖ ِﱄ ﻓِ ﻌْ ﻠُﻪُ؛ َﻓﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﺰ َ‬
‫ﻂ‪«.‬‬ ‫أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِ ِﻹﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذِ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬
‫ﺻ َﻔﺎ وَﺟْ ﻬُ ﻪُ‪ ،‬و ََﻫﺐﱠ وَاﻗِ ًﻔﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ُون ﺣَ َﺮاكٍ ‪َ .‬ﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ د َ‬‫ﱰ ًة َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳﺎ وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫َزا َد وَﺟْ ﻬُ ُﻪ ﻋُ ﺒ ً‬
‫ﺿﺤِ َﻚ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‬ ‫ﻃﻠ ُِﻖ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر أَﻧَﺎ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ!« ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ْف أ ُ ْ‬‫اﻟﻀﺤِ ﻚِ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُﻬَ ﺎ! َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ِﰲ ﱠ‬
‫ُﺼ ﱢﻔ ُﺮ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ َذاﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ُﺼ ﱢﻔ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳ َ‬
‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫َوﺗَﻮَﺟﱠ َﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪ ،‬و ُ ْ‬
‫َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪.‬‬
‫ﻂ َﻟ ُﻪ اﺑْ ُﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺿﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﺎمﱢ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺪ ُه ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﻤْ ِﴤ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َﺷ َ‬
‫ﳾءٍ َﺳﻴ َِﺼريُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮامُ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﴚءٍ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻂﻟَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ َُﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ﺘ ِِﻪ َﻓﻬْ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع‬‫َﺎﺳ ِﺘ َ‬‫ﺎن ﺑ ْ‬ ‫ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﺳﻴ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑﺘِ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟﺜ ﱢ َﻘ ِﺔ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑﺮاون ِﺑ َﺸﺄ ْ ِن إ ِ ْ‬
‫ﳾءٍ َﺳﻴ َِﺼريُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮامُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ ِﺑ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﴈ ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﴣ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒﻴﻠ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ َر ِ َ‬
‫ﴬاءِ‬ ‫وج ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ وَا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ُﺳ ﱠﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻼ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٌﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻘ َﻠ ِﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬
‫اب ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪ .‬و َُﻫ َﻮ َﺧ ْريُ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن اﺑ َْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ َﻐ ِﺎر ﻣَ ْﻦ ُﻫ َﻮ أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ ِﺑﺎﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﱢ‬
‫ِﻳﻖ َﻟﻬُ ﻢْ‪.‬‬‫ﺻﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ َ‬
‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮامُ‪َ «.‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮا ُم ْاﻵ َن‪ُ ،‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺿﺎﺣِ ًﻜﺎ‪ُ » :‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻘ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺮﺣَ ُﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛ ﱠﺮ َر َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟﻪُ‪:‬‬
‫ﺎت اﻟ ﱠﺮﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻔِ ريَ اﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒْﺘَ ِﻬ ِﺞ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُ ُﻪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﺴﻤَ ُ‬ ‫َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َ‬
‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮا ُم ْاﻵ َن‪«.‬‬ ‫» ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬

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‫َﺻ ْﺪ َﻣ ٌﺔ َﺷ ِﺪ َ‬
‫ﻳﺪ ٌة‬

‫ِﻳﻖ‪ِ ،‬ﺑﻤَ ْﻦ ﺗَﺜ ُِﻖ؟‬

‫اﻟﺼﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﺨﻮ ُن ﱠ‬
‫ﺗَ َﺮى ﺑَ َﺮاﻋِ َﻢ اﻟﺜ ﱢ َﻘ ِﺔ ﺗَ َﻔﺘﱠﺘَ ْﺖ‪.‬‬

‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﴫ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ري ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ وَاﻗِ ًﻔﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ َﺷﺠَ َﺮﺗ ِِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻔ ﱠﻀ َﻠ ِﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ُث‪،‬‬ ‫ُث‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﰲ أَﻋْ ﻤَ ﺎﻗِ ِﻪ ﺑَﺄ َ ﱠن َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﻴَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْف ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ف ﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﺧ ِﺎرﺟً ﺎ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ د َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬
‫ﺎن َ‬‫ف‪ .‬ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﴐا ِﻟﻴَﻌْ ِﺮ َ‬‫ﻮن ﺣَ ِ ً‬ ‫و ََﻗ ﱠﺮ َر أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫ﴬاءِ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫وج ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﺌ ً‬
‫ِﻴﻼ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻮف‪ .‬و َِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ َﻟﻤَ ﺢَ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﻌْ ٍﺪ َﺧﻴ ًَﺎﻻ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺄْﻟُ ِ‬
‫ﺎن َﻗﺎدِ ﻣً ﺎ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﺎن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ف ﻣَ ْﻦ ُﻫﻮَ؛ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ري‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ َد ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ َد ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻀﺒ ِْﻂ! إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗﺎدِ ٌم ِﻟﻴَ ْ‬
‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿﺎﺣِ ًﻜﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َ‬
‫ُون َﺷ ﱟﻚ‪ .‬و ََﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪ ،‬اﺗﱠ َﺴﻌَ ْﺖ‬ ‫أ َ َﺧﺬَ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴَﺎ ُل ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰبُ َوﻳَ ْﻜ ُﱪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون د َ‬
‫ﻒ أ َ ﱠن اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع‬ ‫َﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ َرأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ آﺧِ ِﺮﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛﺎﻧَﺘَﺎ َﺳﺘَ ِﺜﺒ ِ‬
‫ﺎن اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ًﱠﺔ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ًﱠﺔ! ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﴚءُ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺑﺮاون ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﻫﺬَا ﱠ ْ‬
‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻗﺎدِ ًرا ﻋَ َﲆ َﻓ ْﺮكِ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻔﻌَ َﻞ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳ َﻼﻣَ ﺘ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َرﻫِ ﻴﺒ ًَﺔ! َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺻﺎحَ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪» :‬ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ٌﱠﺔ! اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ًﱠﺔ َرﻫِ ﻴﺒ ًَﺔ! ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫َ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُر ْؤﻳ َُﺔ ا ْﻟﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َر ِﺑ ِﺈﻣْ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ !«‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮأ َ ْت ﻋَ َﲆ ذِ ْﻫﻨ ِِﻪ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ٌة‪ُ » :‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ذَاﻫِ ﺒًﺎ ِ ِﻹ ْ‬ ‫ﻮح‪ .‬و ََﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َ‬‫ُﺿ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑﻮ ُ‬
‫وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﺒَﻌْ ِﺾ ِاﻻ ْرﺗِﻴ ِ‬
‫َﺎح‪.‬‬
‫َﺿ َﻊ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدُ‪َ ،‬وو َ‬ ‫ري ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٍة ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﺒَﺄِ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺑَﻨَﺎ ُه ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ َﻏ ْ ِ‬
‫َﺻ َﻞ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون إ ِ َﱃ ﻧ ُ ْﻘ َ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر ﺗَﻨْﻤُﻮ ِﺑ َﻜﺜ َ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻧَﺒَﺎﺗَ ُ‬ ‫ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺿ ﱠﻔ ِﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ َوﻧ َ َﺰ َل إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑ ِﺈﻣْ َﻜ ِ‬‫ﱰ ًة ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻻ َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻐ ً‬ ‫ﻄ َﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َ‬
‫ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨ ْ َ‬
‫ريﺗُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْز ِدﻳَﺎدٍ ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ أ َ ﱠن اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻮﻗِﻌِ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وإِذْ أ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺒُﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺣَ ْ َ‬
‫ﴬ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ َﺔ َﺧ َﺸ ٍﺐ َﻗﺪِﻳﻤَ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪ ،‬وَأَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪ .‬و َِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ أ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻗِ ْ‬ ‫ﻳَﺒْﻨِﻲ ﻣَ ْﺨﺒَﺄ ً َﻛﻤَ ْﺨﺒَﺄِ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﺨﺒَﺌ ِِﻪ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘَ ُﻪ وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ِﰲ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎل َﻛﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌْ ِﺐ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘُ ُﻪ و َُﻫ َﻮ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﺒَ ِﺄ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﻂ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ! َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ‬
‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻖ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻇﻨ ﱡ ُﻪ َﺳﻴُ ْ‬ ‫َﺷﻬَ َﻖ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ و ََﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ … أَﻧَﺎ … أَﻧَﺎ أ َ ُ‬
‫ﺻﺪ َﱢق‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َﱢق‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ … أَﻧَﺎ َﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أ ُ َ‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻻ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ ِﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َﱢق َﻟ ْﻮ أ َ ﱠن أَﺣَ ﺪ َُﻫ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ِﻷ ُ َ‬
‫ﺻﺪ َﱢق ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ﱠﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُد ِﺑﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ َرﻫِ ﻴﺒَ ٍﺔ! َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن أ ُ َ‬ ‫َﺼ َ‬‫َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ْاﻵ َن‪ .‬اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻳ ْ‬
‫َاﻓﺎ َﻗ ِﺎر ٍب‪،‬‬ ‫ْﺿﺎءَ َﺳﺒَﺒُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﺠْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎدِ َر ٌة ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻋْ َﲆ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ْﺿﺎءُ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻮ َ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻔﺘَ ِﺖ اﻧ ْ ِﺘﺒ َ‬
‫َﺎﻫ ُﻪ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﺮﺟﱠ َﻞ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢف ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺎر ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻴﱠﺎ ٌد ﻳُﺠَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﺒَﺄِ َوﻧ َ َﺰ َل إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ْﺸﻴًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬
‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺒ َِﺎرﺣَ َﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ْف ﻳَﺘَ َﺬ ﱠﻛ ُﺮ أَﻧﱢﻲ أ َ َﺧ ْﻔ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎﺳﺒًﺎ ِﱄ؛ َﻓ َﺴﻮ َ‬ ‫»ﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜﺎ ُن َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ُﻣﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻢ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﺻﺎﺑَﺘِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ َﻠ ِﺐ َﺳﻴُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل إ ِ َ‬
‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮَﺟﱠ َﻪ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة َ ِ‬‫ﻃﺎ َر ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺟَ ﻨَﺎﺣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮ َدﻳ ِْﻦ َو َ‬ ‫ﺑ ََﺴ َ‬
‫ﺎن أ َ ْﻛ َﱪَ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫ﴬاءِ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﺑﺄﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫وج ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫أ ْﺧ َﺮى َو َراء ََﻫﺎ ِﺑﻤَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬
‫ﺎن و َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إ ِ َﱃ‬‫اﻟﺴ ْﻮدَاءُ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﻼ ُل ﱠ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺠَ َﻠ َﺲ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧَﺒﱠﻬَ ﺘْ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﴬاءِ‪.‬‬‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎن َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘﺎءِ َﺧ ِﺎرجَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‬ ‫ُﴪ َع؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﺧ َﺮ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎدِ ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق ِﻧري ٍَان َﺧﺎﻓِ ﺘًﺎ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ ْ‬‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ‪َ ،‬ﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم‪َ .‬و ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد أ َ ْن و َ‬ ‫ﻮل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺣُ ﻠُ ِ‬

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‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺊ ُ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‬ ‫ﺻﺎدِ ٌر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َ‬‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺎﺣِ ﻴَ ِﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر‪.‬‬
‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫َني ﻧَﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬
‫ﺑْ َ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ُﺔ إِذَ ْن! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َل اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون إ ِ َﱃ َ‬
‫ﺻﻴﱠﺎدٍ ‪َ «.‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﴏ َخ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫َ َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪْﻣَ ًﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ َ ْﻢ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻓ ْ َ‬
‫ﱰ ٍة َ‬ ‫َ‬

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‫ﻄ ٍ‬
‫ﺎت؟‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺪ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ﱠﻴ ُﺎد َأ ﱠ‬
‫ي َﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﳌ َ َﺎذا َ ْﱂ َﻳ ْﺼ َ‬

‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫ري ِﰲ َﻗ ِﺎر ٍب َو َر َﺳﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﻋَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫َرأَى ﱠ‬
‫ﺎت َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ًﺔ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫َني اﻟﻨﱠﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮاءَ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬِﻳﺬَ َة ﻣَ ﻨْﺜُﻮ َر ًة ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ُون ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ اﻟﺬﱡ َر َة ﱠ‬ ‫َﴎﺑُ ُﻪ ﻳ َِﺠﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎن داﺳﻜﻲ و ِ ْ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن‪.‬‬‫َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ؛ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابَ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ َُﻐﺎدِ ُر ﻗِ ﻤﱠ َﺔ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫»ﺧ ْريٌ َﻟ َﻚ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ِﺮ ْاﻗ ِﱰَا ِﺑﻲ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺖ ذَﻛ ﱞِﻲ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِﻷ َ ْن‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﱠ‬
‫ﻂ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟﺒ َِﺎرﺣَ َﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ َﺧ ْﻔ َﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬ ‫ف أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺨﺪَﻋَ ﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺪْﻋَ َﺔ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ُون ﺗَ َﺮدﱡدٍ ‪«.‬‬‫ﻃﻠ ُِﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر د َ‬ ‫ْف أ ُ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ إ ِ َذا ﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ َﺖ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻮ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬و َرﺑ ََﺾ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫َات َوﻧَﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﺒَﺄِ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺑَﻨَﺎ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َذ َﻫﺐَ ﱠ‬
‫ُﺻﻮ َل داﺳﻜﻲ و ِ ْ‬
‫َﴎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ِﺎﻣ ًﻼ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘَ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒ ََﺔ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ًﺮا َوﻣ َُﱰ ﱢَﻗﺒًﺎ و ُ‬
‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺌًﺎ آﻧ َ َﺬا َك ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ أَﺑْﻌَ َﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ون أ َ ﱠن اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺬ ُﻛ ُﺮ َ‬
‫ﻄ َﻠ ًﻘﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ أ َ ْدﻧَﻰ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﴫ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ ُه ﱠ‬ ‫ري‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﺒَﺄِ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺑَﻨَﺎ ُه ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ﺼ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬أَﻣَ ﺎ و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ ْ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻮ َِار‪َ .‬ﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ٍة ﻋَ ْﻦ وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘ ِِﻪ ﻟِﻠﺘﱠﺄ َ ﱡﻛ ِﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎﻫِ َﺰ ٌة‪.‬‬ ‫ﻂ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ‪َ «.‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُد ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺻ َ‬ ‫اب‪ ،‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﺳﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ﺎب إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم‬‫اﺳﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺪ ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺬ َﻫ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَﺪِﻳ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺮحُ َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ص ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻗ ْﺮ ُ‬‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ْﺮ ِب‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎﻓ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٍة‬‫ﻒ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷَﻧْﺤَ ﺎءِ‪َ .‬وﻣ ِْﻦ ﻣَ َﺴ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻮدَاءُ ﺗَ ْﺰﺣَ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ُل ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟﺘﱢ َﻼ ِل ْاﻷ ُ ْرﺟُ ﻮَا ِﻧﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬
‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪،‬‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ َﻓﻮ َْق َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﻮ َد ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُك ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد َﺧ ٍّ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬رأَى ﱠ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ﻂ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮ ِد ِﺑ َﻠﻬْ َﻔ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ َﻗﺎدِ مٌ!« ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َراحَ ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺐُ ْاﻗ ِﱰَابَ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻢ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﺎن‬‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻬَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻠ ِﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ني َﻓﻮ َْق اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻮدَاءُ ﻣَ ﱠﺮﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫دَا َر ِت ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬
‫َاﺿﺤً ﺎ أ َ ﱠن َﻗﺎ ِﺋﺪ ََﻫﺎ داﺳﻜﻲ ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ﺗَﺤْ ﺬِﻳ َﺮ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎن و ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﺨﺒَﺌ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺾ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﺮ ِﺑ ُ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮامُ‪ .‬دَا َر‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ﺗَﺤْ ﺬِﻳ ٌﺮ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ َة‪َ .‬وﺑَﺪَا ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳ َِﺠ َﺪ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴪبُ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﻮَﺟﱠ َﻪ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ﱢ ْ‬
‫اﻟﴪبُ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﺮﻣَ ﻰ ِﻧري َِان ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘ ِِﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد ِﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎ َد ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮب اﻟﺬﱡ َرةِ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎﻧْﺤَ ﻨَﻰ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺣُ ﺒ ِ‬
‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق ِﻧري ٍَان ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻘ ُﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ْت إ ِ ْ‬
‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َدوﱠى َ‬
‫ني ﻧَﺎﺣِ ﻴ ََﺔ أَﻋْ َﲆ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ ﻣُﺤَ ﱢﻠﻘِ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﴪبُ َو َر ْﻓ َﺮ ُﻓﻮا ِﺑﺄَﺟْ ﻨِﺤَ ﺘ ِِﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر داﺳﻜﻲ و ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر ْ‬
‫ﺻﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ َع ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ أ َ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴﱠﺎ ٌد َ‬ ‫َﺎط ﺑَﺎﻟ ٍِﻎ‪َ .‬وﺗَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻢ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‪َ .‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ ﺒ ٍ‬
‫ﻂ َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َرهُ‪ .‬ﻳَﺎ‬ ‫ﺾ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ َة‪َ .‬ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ﱠن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ْﺨﺒَﺄ ً ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬و ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ أَﺗَﻰ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬
‫اﻟﴪبُ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ أَو ًﱠﻻ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻘ ِﺒ َﻠ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َدهُ؟ آ ُﻣ ُﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ َﻫﺬَا ﱢ ْ‬ ‫اﺻ َ‬‫ﺗُ َﺮى َﻫ ِﻞ ْ‬
‫ﻈ ٍﺎر‬ ‫اﺳﺘِﻌْ ﺪَادًا ﻟ َِﻔ ْ َ‬
‫ﱰ ِة اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻪ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َﺿﻌِ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد إ ِ َﱃ و ْ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺎ َد ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‬ ‫ص ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻗ ْﺮ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ﱠﻔ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ِة ﻟِﻠﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ري؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻮدَاءُ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ُل ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻠ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ْﺖ أ َ ﱠو ُل ﻧَﺠْ ﻤَ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫اﺷ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و ََﺳ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَﺪِﻳ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺮحُ َﻗ ْﺪ أَوَى إ ِ َﱃ ﻓِ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫ري؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺾ ِﻣ ْﻦ و َْﺳ ِﻂ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ َﺧﻔِ ٌ‬ ‫ْت ﺑَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜﺎ ُن َﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨًﺎ و ََﻫﺎدِ ﺋًﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ ﺎءَ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﴤ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻓِ ﱢ ﱟ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد ُر ْؤﻳ ََﺔ َﺧ ﱟ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َع ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ني ِﺳﺒَﺎﺣَ ًﺔ آﻧَﺬَا َك‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫َﴎﺑُ ُﻪ آ ِﺗ َ‬ ‫داﺳﻜﻲ و ِ ْ‬
‫ﺎت ﺗَ ِﺼريُ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫َت ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن د ََﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻌْ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ ﻣَ ﻴﱠ َﺰ ﺗ ِْﺴ َﻊ ﺑ َُﻘ ٍﻊ َﺳ ْﻮدَاءَ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ُﻏ ُ‬
‫ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﺮﻣَ ﻰ ِﻧري َِان ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ف داﺳﻜﻲ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ِﺔ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮ ْﻓ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫َدوﱠى َ‬
‫ري ﻣُﻬَ ﺬﱠ ٍب‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد و ََﻗﺎ َل َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ؛ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ُروا ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪ .‬و ََﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺨ ٍﺐ َو َ‬ ‫َﴎﺑُ ُﻪ ِﺑﺄَﺟْ ﻨِﺤَ ﺘ ِِﻬ ْﻢ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫وِ ْ‬
‫ﻂ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ َد ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَﻌُ ﻮ ُد إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﺧ ِﺎﱄ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﺎ َﻟ َﻔ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ َوإِذَا َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎض‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر أ َ ْن ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ أَو ًﱠﻻ ﻟِﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ﻣَ ْﻦ ُﻫ َﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻮ َﻓ ِ‬
‫ﺻﺎدِ ًرا ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ َ‬
‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺑَﺪَا َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬‫ﺻﻴْ ِﺪهِ؛ ِﻟﺬَا ﻣَ َﴙ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡ‬
‫َووَﺟَ َﺪ ﻣَ ْﺨﺒَﺄ َ اﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﺑ ِﻪ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻧ ْ َﺴ ﱠﻞ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﻤْ ِﴚ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘ ِِﻪ آﺧِ َﺮ ﻣَ ﱠﺮةٍ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْﺨﺒَﺌ ِِﻪ و ََﻏﺎ َد َر ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﻀﺤَ ُﻚ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﻋَ ْﻮ َدﺗ ِِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﺣَ ِﺎﻣ ًﻼ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘَﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ِ‬‫ﴬاءِ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫وج ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬‫ﱪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎت َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ َة‪«.‬‬‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺪ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬
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‫اﻟﺼ ﱠﻴ ُﺎد َﻳ ْﺴ َﺘ ْﺴﻠِ ُﻢ‬

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‫ري ٍة ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻣْ ِﺮهِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ إ ِ ْﻗﻨَﺎ َع ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠن اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﰲ ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ري ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟ أ َ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع‬ ‫ُﺼﺪ َﱢق َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﺴﺎ ُه أ َ ْن ﻳ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴﱠﺎدٍ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺑﺮاون ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َل إ ِ َﱃ َ‬
‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫َني ﻧَﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﺮاون ِﺑﺄ ُ ﱢم ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ ِِﻪ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘَ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒ ََﺔ َوﻳ َْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺊ ُ ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ْت إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫َﴎ ِﺑ ِﻪ؟ أ َ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ْﻊ ِﺑﺄُذُﻧَﻴْ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ َل داﺳﻜﻲ و ِ ْ‬ ‫ري ُﻣﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ًﺮا و ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ؟‬
‫ﺎن‬‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺎحَ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ُﻫ َﻮ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبَ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ﱠو ُل ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻳﺶ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَ ُﺪ ﱡل‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎ ﱢد ﺑَﺤَ َﺚ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ِ‬ ‫َني اﻟﻨﱠﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬
‫ﺎت‪َ .‬و ِﺑﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺊ ُ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫ُوث ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻳَ ُﺪ ﱡل ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣُ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺸﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠ ْﺪ أَيﱠ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠ ْﺪ ِر ً‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻘﺘَ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬
‫ﻂ‪َ .‬ﻫ ﱠﺰ‬ ‫َان ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ اﻟﻨﱢري َ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﺼ ِﺐ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َﻫﺪ ََﻓ ُﻪ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤُﺨِ ِ‬
‫ﱪ أَﺣْ ﺪًا ﻋَ ِﻦ اﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َوﺗِ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ و ََﻗ ﱠﺮ َر أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳ ُْﺨ ِ َ‬
‫َاﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ َﺷﺠَ َﺮﺗ ِِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻔ ﱠﻀ َﻠ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﴫ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم و ْ‬ ‫ﻃﺒْﻌً ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ — ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى اﺑ َْﻦ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﱠ‬ ‫َث ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ري‪ .‬و ََﺧﺎبَ أَﻣَ ﻠُ ُﻪ — ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺷ ِ‬
‫ﴬاءِ ُﻣﺘَﻮَﺟﱢ ﻬً ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‬ ‫وج ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻳَﻤْ ِﴚ ﺣَ ِﺎﻣ ًﻼ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘَ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒ ََﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎب إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﺒَﺄِ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻨَﻰ ﻣَ ْﺨﺒَﺄ ً ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪًا ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ُه ِﺑ َﻘﻠ ٍ‬
‫ِﻴﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺿﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬ ‫ري‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻮ ً‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫َاﺻ َﻞ‬‫َﺿﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻮ ﱡَﻗ ِﻒ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ﻣَ ْﺨﺒَﺌ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎدِ ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻮ ً‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﱠ‬
‫ﻃﺒْﻌً ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠ ْﺪ أَﺣَ ﺪًا ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﺒَﺄِ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺑَﻨَﺎ ُه اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﴚ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َذ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ْﺨﺒَﺌ ِِﻪ وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا َوﻣُﺤْ ﺒَ ً‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَا ﱠ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﺻﻴﱠﺎ ُد اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒ َِﺎرﺣَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫ﻂ‪ ،‬أ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺐُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﺒَﺄ َ ْاﻵ َﺧ َﺮ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ﻟ َِريَى ﻣَ ﺎ إِذَا َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻗﺐُ ُﻗﺪُو َم ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬
‫ﻂ َﻗﺎدِ ﻣً ﺎ أَﺧِ ريًا‪،‬‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ْﺮ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ُﺮ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ِ .‬ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻬُ ﻮ ُل َﺳﻴَ ْ‬
‫ﻄﺎ ُد ﺑَﻌْ ًﻀﺎ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ َة‪.‬‬ ‫َﺼ َ‬‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴ ْ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻂ ﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ َﺔ؛ ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد أ ْن أ ْ‬ ‫َث اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َث ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺲ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد‬‫ﻂ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺎ َد ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ ُﻣﺒْﺘَﻌِ ﺪًا‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َر ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق ِﻧري ٍَان‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫َدوﱠى َ‬
‫ﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫اﺻ ِﻄﻴَﺎدِ أَيﱢ ﺑَ ﱠ‬ ‫ُون ْ‬ ‫َﺧﺎ ِﺋﺒًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﻟ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى د َ‬
‫ﻮل اﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد َﻗﺒْ َﻞ و ُ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﱠ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺒْﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ َﴙ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد َ‬ ‫ﺑﺮاون‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أَﺗَﻰ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪َ ،‬رآ ُه ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫ﺺ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت و ََﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﺮﺣَ ﺒًﺎ! َﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َني اﻟﻨﱠﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺊ ُ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻖ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ُﻫﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟﺒ َِﺎرﺣَ َﺔ وَاﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺳﺒ ََﻘﺘْﻬَ ﺎ؟«‬ ‫ﻳُ ْ‬
‫ﻳﻀ ًﺔ و ََﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ًﺔ ﻋَ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫ﺎن ﺣَ ﱡ‬ ‫ْﻒ َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدُ‪َ » :‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل ﱠ‬
‫َﻓ َﺮ ﱠد اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻂ؟«‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﺪ َ‬ ‫اﺻ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدُ‪َ » :‬ﻛ ِﻢ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎت‪ .‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺪ أَيﱠ ﺑَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻ َ‬ ‫ا ْزدَاد َِت اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ُﺔ اﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون اﺗﱢ َﺴﺎﻋً ﺎ َو َر ﱠد َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْ‬
‫ﺼ ِﻮﻳﺐَ ‪«.‬‬ ‫أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻻ أ ُ ِﺟﻴ ُﺪ اﻟﺘﱠ ْ‬
‫ﺎن ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ؟«‬ ‫ﻈ َﻚ َﻛ َ‬‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدُ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ إِذَ ْن ِﺑ َﻘ ْﻮﻟِ َﻚ إ ِ ﱠن ﺣَ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَ َﺴﺎءَ َل ﱠ‬
‫ﻂ‬ ‫اﻟﴪبَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻇﺎ ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘِﻲ َﻫﺬَا ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻮ ً‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎبَ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪» :‬أُوهْ! ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُ‬
‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻤْ ﺘَﻌْ ُﺖ ِﺑ ِﺈ ْ‬
‫و ْ‬
‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ‬ ‫َ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َل أ ْن ﻳَﺄ ُﻣ َﺮ اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ِﺑ ِﺎﻻﺑْﺘِﻌَ ﺎدِ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﱪُ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧَﻔِ َﺪ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد‬‫ﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻠﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َر ﱠد ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠن َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱠﻖ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﻮَاﺟُ ِﺪ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤِ ﱡﻖ ﻟ ﱠ‬
‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺴ َﻠ َﻢ وَﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ْﺨﺒَﺌ ِِﻪ ُﻣﺘَﻤْ ﺘِﻤً ﺎ ِﰲ َﻏ َﻀ ٍﺐ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻓ ِﺰ َع ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡ‬
‫ﻂ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ‬ ‫ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا‪ْ ،‬‬
‫ﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﱠﺮاءِ د َِويﱢ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪َ ،‬وو ﱠَﱃ ُﻣﺒْﺘَﻌِ ﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻗﺪُوﻣ ِِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬

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‫ﺎن اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َﻗ ْﺪ أَﺗَﻰ — َو َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺄ ْ ِت ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد — َوإ ِ ْن َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴْ َﺪ ِﰲ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ِﰲ وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد اﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺄ ْ ِت ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ َ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد أ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬
‫ﺑﺮاون ﻣَ ْﻀﻴَﻌَ ٌﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪.‬‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻣﻦ واﻟﻌﴩون‬

‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻳ َﺘ َﺤ َﺎو ُر َﻣ َﻊ داﺳﻜﻲ‬

‫ِﻳﻖ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ٍ‬ ‫َﻻ ﺗَ ُﺸ ﱠﻚ ِﰲ َ‬
‫ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﺴ ْﻚ ِﺑﺜ َِﻘ ِﺘ َﻚ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَاﺣْ َﻔ ْ‬
‫ﻈﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬

‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ري‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎﻣﻴَ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻘ َﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَ ُﺰو ُر ِﻣﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺎح‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ‬
‫ﻮن داﺳﻜﻲ أ َ ْو أَﺣَ ُﺪ أ َ ْﻓ َﺮادِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺨ َﴙ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻗﻠ ًِﻘﺎ؛ إِذْ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِآﻣ ًﻼ ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﻳ َِﺠ َﺪ داﺳﻜﻲ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ف أ َ ﱠن اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬
‫ُﻮن‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴎ ِﺑ ِﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ ُﻗ ِﺘ َﻞ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َرا َد أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ َ‬‫ِ ْ‬
‫َﺎح أَﺣَ ِﺪ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‪ ،‬وَﺟَ َﺪ داﺳﻜﻲ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻘ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا‪ِ ،‬ﰲ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ ٍﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫َان ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ اﻟﻨﱢري َ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر و َْاﻷ ُ ْر ِز ا ْﻟ َﱪﱢيﱢ ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﺣْ َﴡ ﻋَ َﺪد َُﻫ ْﻢ ِﺑ َﻠﻬْ َﻔ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﺗ ِْﺴﻌَ ًﺔ؛ أَيْ إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫َني ﻧَﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫َﴎﺑَ ُﻪ ﺑ ْ َ‬‫وِ ْ‬
‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُﻘ ُ َ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫َﺎح و ََﻫﺒَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮا أﺣَ ﺪًا‪ .‬ﺗَﻨَﻬﱠ َﺪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْرﺗِﻴ ٍ‬
‫داﺳﻜﻲ َﻏﺎﻓِ ﻴًﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﺮﺣَ ﺒًﺎ!«‬
‫ﺎق داﺳﻜﻲ ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ ﻮ ًرا‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﺮﺣَ ﺒًﺎ ِﺑ َﻚ!«‬ ‫أ َ َﻓ َ‬
‫ﻮن َﻗ ْﺪ أ ُ ِﺻﺒ َْﺖ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ د َِويﱠ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ َرﻫِ ﻴﺒَ ٍﺔ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺧِ ْﻔ ُﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫ﴎ ِﺑ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫أ َ ْو أَﺣَ ُﺪ أ َ ْﻓ َﺮادِ ِ ْ‬
‫ﻳﺸ ًﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﲆ أَﻳﱠ ِﺔ ﺣَ ٍ‬
‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮ ﱠد داﺳﻜﻲ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْﻔﻘِ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ِر َ‬
‫ُﺼ ﱠﻮﺑ ًَﺔ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮﻧَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻣ َ‬
‫ُﺼ ﱠﻮﺑ ًَﺔ إ ِ َذ ْن؟«‬
‫َﺳﺄ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪» :‬إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣ َ‬ ‫َ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎبَ داﺳﻜﻲ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻟﺪَيﱠ أ َ ْدﻧَﻰ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮةٍ‪«.‬‬

‫آﺧ َﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻮ َِار؟«‬ ‫ﻂ َ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َرأَﻳ َْﺖ أَيﱠ ﺑَ ﱟ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺴﺎءَ َل ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ :‬‬
‫ف‪«.‬‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨﱠﺎ َﺳﻨَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ﺑَ ﱞ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ًﻘﺎ‪ .‬إِذَا َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‪ُ » :‬ﻣ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮ ﱠد داﺳﻜﻲ َ ِ‬
‫ﻃﻠ َِﻘ ْﺖ ِﻧريَا ُن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒَ ِﺔ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أ ُ ْ‬
‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ :‬‬
‫َات ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬
‫َﺎﴍ ًة؟«‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱡ‬ ‫ﺗُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ٌﱠﺔ َرﻫِ ﻴﺒ ٌَﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬
‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤْ ُﺖ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أَﻳْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﺗُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ ٌﱠﺔ‬ ‫َﻫ ﱠﺰ داﺳﻜﻲ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ ﻧَﺎﻓِ ﻴًﺎ و ََﻗﺎ َل‪َ :‬‬
‫َرﻫِ ﻴﺒ ٌَﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ َﻠ ِﺐ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ﺑَﻨَﺎدِ ُق أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى؛ َوﻟِﺬَا َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ د َِويﱠ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ‬
‫ُﺨﺎ َ‬
‫ﻃ َﺮةِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْﺮ َﻏﺐْ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﴎ ِﺑﻲ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ْت ِ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ُ ،‬ﻗﺪ ُ‬
‫ﻒ‬ ‫ﺻﻴﱠﺎ ٌد ﻳ َْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺊ ُ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻆ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ َﺖ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬‫»ﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫َر ﱠد ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪ِ :‬‬
‫ﻃﻮَا َل ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﺬﱠ ْرﺗُ َﻚ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة‪«.‬‬ ‫َات َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱡ‬
‫»ﻫﺬَا ﻳُﺬَ ﱢﻛ ُﺮﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺄَﻧﱢﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺷ ُﻜ ْﺮ َك‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل داﺳﻜﻲ‪َ :‬‬
‫ِﻳﺮ َك‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱡﻨِﻲ أَﺣْ َﺴﻨ ْ ُﺖ إِذِ اﻧْﺘَﺒَﻬْ ُﺖ ِﻟﺘَﺤْ ﺬ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻴﱠﺎدًا‪ .‬أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬‫ف ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻫﻮَ؛ إِذَ ْن‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳُ َﺮامُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ْ‬
‫َﺿﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫ْت ﺗَﺄْﺗِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر ﻋِ ﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻫ ْﻞ ِﴏ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮ ﱠد ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﱪَ ٍة ﺟَ ﱠﺎﻓ ٍﺔ‪» :‬أ َ ُ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺠﻲءِ َﻟﻴ ًْﻼ؟«‬
‫ﺎف‬‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم َوﻧ َ ْﻘ ِﴤ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻞ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨَﺤْ ُﻦ َﻻ ﻧ َ َﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻻ‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠﻨَﺎ ﻧَﺄْﺗِﻲ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺣُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫َر ﱠد داﺳﻜﻲ‪َ :‬‬
‫َﴏﻧَﺎ َﻻ ﻧَﺄْﺗِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﺧ ٍﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم‪ .‬و ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻮل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺣُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ْت أَيﱢ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫َو ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ِﺋ ٍﺬ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْﺴﻤَ ْﻊ َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺎر‪،‬‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎ ِم ْ ِ‬
‫ﻃﺎ َر ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﺤْ ِﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫اف ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﺘَﺠَ ﺎذَبُ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﻄﻨَﺘَ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَﺗَ ِ‬‫ﻃ َريَاﻧ ِِﻪ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ِﺔ ﺗَ ْﻐ ُﻤ ُﺮهُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه ﱠ‬ ‫وَأَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ َ‬
‫»ﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻔ َﱰ َِض أ َ ْن ﺗَﻤْ ﻨَﻌَ ﻨِﻲ ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ِﺑﺎﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫و ََﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪ِ :‬‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒ ََﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ إ ِ َﺧ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ‬ ‫ف ْاﻵ َن ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ﱢﻚ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ .‬أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد ﱠ‬
‫اﺻ ِﻄﻴَﺎدِ أَيﱟ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺔ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد ِﺑ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻰ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺒْﺘَﻌِ َﺪ و ََﻻ ﻳَﺤْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﴪ ِب ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ﱢ ْ‬
‫ف ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻂ‪ .‬أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ إِﺑْﻌَ ﺎدِ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻖ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﻮﱢبُ ﻋَ َﲆ أَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻳ َ‬
‫ﴪو ٌر‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺗَﻤَ ﺎ َم ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺮﻓ ِﺔ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َرأﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻳَﻔﻌَ ﻠُﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻦ أﺷ ﱠﻚ ِﰲ اﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﺛﺎ ِﻧﻴَﺔ‪ .‬وَأﻧَﺎ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬
‫ِﻷَﻧﱢﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻗ ْﻞ ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘِﻲ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺣَ ِﺎﻣ ًﻼ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠﺘَ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒ ََﺔ‪«.‬‬

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‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ َد —‬‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻣُﺤِ ٍّﻘﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓﻌَ َﻞ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤﱠ ِﺎر أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ﻣَ ْﺨﺒَﺌ ِِﻪ —‬
‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻧَﺒَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ أَو ًﱠﻻ ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮاءِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨْﺜُﻮ َر ِة و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺪ َرجَ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ْ‬
‫ِﻳﻘﺎ ﻟِﺪاﺳﻜﻲ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ً‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻮَاﻗِ ِﻊ َ‬‫ني أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺑَﺪَا ﻋَ ُﺪوٍّا‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ﺻ ُﺔ َﻗﺘْ ِﻞ أَيﱟ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻢْ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ﺣِ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻓ َﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬
‫َﴎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫وِ ْ‬

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‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َ ِ‬
‫ﳚ ُﺪ َﺑ ْﻴ َﻀ ًﺔ‬

‫ﺎص — ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ اﺑ ِْﻦ‬ ‫ري ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ َﺨ ِ‬‫ُﻮن‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳ ُْﺸ ِﺒ ُﻪ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻣُﻮ َﻟ ٌﻊ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬
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‫ﺎج — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ري‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ أ ﱠن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ﺗَ ْﺮ ِﺑﻴ ََﺔ اﻟﺪﱠﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون — إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﱟﺪ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬
‫ْت‬ ‫ﴎ َﻗ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ أ َ ِو ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻴ ِْﺶ دُوﻧَﻪُ‪َ .‬وإِذَا أ َ َرد َ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون — َﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣُﺠْ َﱪٌ ﻋَ َﲆ َ ِ‬
‫ِﺼﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ُﴫ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻟ ٍّ‬ ‫ُﺨ ِﻄﺌًﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ِ ﱡ‬ ‫َاﺿﺤَ َﺔ‪ ،‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أ َ ﱠن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻮ ِ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬
‫ﺎت‬‫ﻴﻀ ُﻪ اﻟﺪﱠﺟَ ﺎﺟَ ُ‬ ‫ِﺼﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺒﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﺾ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ ِﺒ ُ‬ ‫ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ﱠن اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻟ ٍّ‬
‫ﺎت‪َ ،‬وإِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ — ﺑﻼﻛﻲ — َﻟ ُﻪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢﻖ ِﰲ أ َ ْﺧ ِﺬ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ َﻛﺎﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع‬ ‫ﺺ اﻟﺪﱠﺟَ ﺎﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َُﺨ ﱡ‬
‫ﻄﻌِ ُﻢ اﻟﺪﱠﺟَ ﺎجَ َوﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﺾ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ أ َ ﱠن اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ﺑﺮاون‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ َْﻐ ُﻔ ُﻞ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬
‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮﻟُ ُﻪ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﻻ أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻘﺎ ِﺑ ِﻞ‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﲆ أَﻳﱠ ِﺔ ﺣَ ٍ‬
‫ﺎت ﺗَ َﺮى ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﺬَا اﻟﻨﱠﺤْ ِﻮ أ َ ْم َﻻ‪.‬‬ ‫إِذَا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟﺪﱠﺟَ ﺎﺟَ ُ‬
‫ﺻ ُﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﴪ َق ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ًﺔ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗُﺘَﺎحُ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻻ ﻳ َْﻔﻬَ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺎت؛ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﻀ ُﻊ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺎ َد ًة ِﰲ‬ ‫ِﴪ َﻗ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪﱠﺟَ ﺎﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻈﻰ ِﺑ ُﻔ َﺮ ٍص َﻛ ِﺜريَ ٍة ﻟ َ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻬُ َﻮ َﻻ ﻳَﺤْ َ‬
‫ﻮل إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﻈريَةِ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎ ْﻟﺒَﻴ ُْﺾ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ ِة ِﺑﺎﻟﺪ ُ‬‫ُﺨﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺎج‪ .‬وَﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﻤْ ﻨَﻌُ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺬَ ُر ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ِﻈريَ ِة اﻟﺪﱠﺟَ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َﻏﺎ ِﻟﺒًﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﺑَﻴ َْﺾ ِﺟريَاﻧ ِِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ َ‬
‫ﴬاءِ أ ِو ا ْﻟﺒ ُْﺴﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﺤْ ُ‬
‫ﺻﺎد َ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤْ َﻘﺎءِ ﻋُ ٍّﺸﺎ َﺧ ِﺎرجَ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﻈريَةِ‪َ ،‬وإِذَا َ‬ ‫ﺾ اﻟﺪﱠﺟَ ﺎﺟَ ِ‬ ‫َﺎن ﻧَﺎدِ َر ٍة ﺗَﺒْﻨِﻲ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َف‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ أﺣْ ﻴ ٍ‬
‫ﻈ ٍﺔ َﻻ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﺸﻐِ ُﻞ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺤِ ﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻞ ﻳ ََﱰ ﱠَﻗﺐُ — ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫آﻫﺎ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻏ َﺪ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮ َد ﻳَ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْن َر َ‬
‫ِﴪ َﻗ ِﺔ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى — ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬
‫ﺻ ًﺔ ﻟ َ ِ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أ َ ﱠن اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻳَ َﺮا ُه و َْﻏﺪًا؛ َوﻟِﻬَ ﺬَا َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﺤْ ﺬَ ُر ِاﻻ ْﻗ ِﱰَابَ ِﻣ َﻦ‬
‫ﻄﻠ َِﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر‪َ .‬ﻓﺒﻼﻛﻲ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن أَﺣَ ﺪًا َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون أ َ ْو أَيﱢ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ َ‬
‫ُون ا ْﻟﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻫِ ﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ‬ ‫ف أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ د َ‬ ‫ف ﺗَﻤَ ﺎ َم ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ َﺷ ْﻜ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺒُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ .‬وﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫آﺧ َﺮ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﻪ؛ ِﻟﺬَا َﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ َﺮى‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون أ َ ْو أَيﱢ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ َ‬
‫ﻂ ﺣُ ُﻘﻮﻟِ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻛ ِﺜريًا ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َِﻄريُ َﻓﻮ َْﻗ ُﻪ َوﻳ َِﺼﻴﺢُ ‪َ » :‬ﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎ ْو َﻛﺎااوْ!« ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ِﺮ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار َع ﺑﺮاون و َْﺳ َ‬
‫ُﴫ اﺑْ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َرأَى ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ َْﻐ ِﻤ ُﺰ ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨ ِِﻪ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ٍﺔ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻔِ ﱠﺰةٍ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬
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‫ﻴﻞ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺒَﺎﻧِﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻻ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ﻈ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ُق ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ َرﻫِ ﻴﺒَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣَ ﺪ َِﻫﺎ ِﰲ أَيﱢ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺒَﺎﻧ َِﻲ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ أَﺑْﻮَابٌ َوﻧَﻮَاﻓِ ﺬُ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ إ ِ ْ‬
‫ﻄﺒْﻌِ ِﻪ و ََﻻ ﻳَﻤِ ﻴ ُﻞ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ أ َ ﱠن اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎو َل إِﻳﺬَاءَهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺣَ ِﺬ ٌر ِﺑ َ‬ ‫َو َر ْﻏ َﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َ‬
‫ﻃ َﺮةِ؛ ِﻟﺬَا َﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺄْﺗِﻲ ﻟِﻠﺘﱠﺠَ ﱡﺴ ِﺲ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون وَﻣَ ْﺨ َﺰﻧ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ‬ ‫ُﺨﺎ َ‬‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬
‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﺪ ِم وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد أَﺣَ ﺪٍ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ُﻫﺪُوءٍ‪ .‬أَو ًﱠﻻ ﻳَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ‬
‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ ُﻣ َﺮ َاﻗﺒ َُﺔ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ ُﺪ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺧﻠُ ﱢﻮ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة َ‬
‫ُﺼ ِﺪ َر‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮب‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻣَ ْﺨ َﺰ َن ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬وﻣ ِْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻳ َْﻔﺤَ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪ ،‬ﻳ َِﻄريُ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒ ُْﺴﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎج ِﻟﻴَﺘَﻨَﺎ َو َل اﻟﺬﱡ َر َة‪ ،‬إِذَا‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫أَيﱠ َ‬
‫ﺎن‪ ،‬ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُل أﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ ِﰲ ﺣَ ِﻈريَ ِة اﻟﺪﱠﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٍْت‪َ .‬وإِذَا ﺗَﺄ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺧﻠُ ﱢﻮ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫َف أ َ ْن وَﺟَ َﺪ أَﻳٍّﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ﺎد َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ِﺎﻣﺘ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ا ْﻛﺘﺸﻒ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺷﻴْﺌﺎ ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﻧ ِْﺴﻴَﺎﻧﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ات ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫و َِﰲ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ِﺗﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱢﺰﻳَﺎ َر ِ‬
‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﺾ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱢﺶ‪َ ،‬وو َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ُوق ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ ﱡ‬ ‫َﺎب‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎج ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِار ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ُوﻗﺎ دَاﺧِ َﻞ ﺣَ ِﻈريَ ِة اﻟﺪﱠﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪ ً‬ ‫ُ‬
‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َرأَى‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َرأَى ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ًﺔ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱢﺶ َﻛ َ‬
‫ُوق‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻈﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻟﻮ َْﻻ أ َ ﱠن دَﺟَ ﺎﺟَ ًﺔ َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ دَاﺧِ ِﻞ ﱡ‬ ‫ني ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻟﻴ َُﻼﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫َت َﻓ ُﺨﻮ َر ًة ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺠﻴﺠً ﺎ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺒْ ُﺪ َﺧﺎﺋ َِﻔ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬وإِﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺪ َر ًة َ‬ ‫ﻣ ْ‬
‫ف؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻟﴚءُ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ ْن ﺗَ ْﻔ َﺨ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ َﻫ َﻜﺬَا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ْﺮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻔﻬَ َﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ﱠ ْ‬
‫ف‬ ‫ْﺿﺎءُ ِﺑﺄَﺣَ ٍﺪ ِﻟﻴَﻌْ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺨ َﴙ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﺿﺎءُ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أَﺣْ َﺪﺛَﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠ َﻮﺗﱡ ِﺮ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻮ َ‬‫ﺻﺎﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫أَ َ‬
‫ﻃﺎ َر ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻂ ﺟَ ﻨَﺎﺣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮ َدﻳ ِْﻦ َو َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ؛ ِﻟﺬَا ﺑ ََﺴ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎ َع أ َ ْن‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ُﻊ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤِ ﻴﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬‫ﺎن ﻳ َِﻄريُ‪َ ،‬رأَى َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬
‫ُوق‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ َﻔ ٍﺔ دَاﺧِ َﻞ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ٍة َﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ٍﺔ ﻣَ ﱠﻜﻨَﺘْ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ ْﻟ َﻘﺎءِ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻮح ِﺑ َ‬‫َﺎب ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻔﺘُ ِ‬‫ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱠﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬

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‫ﺎن‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَى‬ ‫ُﻮن‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ْﻲ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺛَﺎﻗِ ﺒَﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ َﻔ ُﺔ َﻛﺎﻓِ ﻴ ًَﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِ‬‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْ‬
‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا َﻛﺎﻓِ ﻴًﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬و ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬‫ﻂ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱢﺶ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ني و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ُوق َو َرأَى ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱠﺶ ِﰲ ﱡ‬
‫ني‬‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْو ِاﻻﺛْﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻂ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ري وَاﻟﺘﱠ ْﺨ ِﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﺪ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬
‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا‬‫ني‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ َر ْﻏﺒَﺘ ِِﻪ ِﰲ َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ‪َ .‬وﺑَﺪَا َﻟ ُﻪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏﺐْ ِﰲ َ ْ‬
‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن — َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﻨْﺠَ ﺢَ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن — َو َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫وَاﺣِ َﺪةٍ‪.‬‬

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‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻳ ْﺴ َﺘ ْﺠ ِﻤ ُﻊ َﺷ َﺠ َ‬
‫ﺎﻋ َﺘ ُﻪ‬

‫ﻮن َﺳﻠِﻴﻤً ﺎ ِﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ‬ ‫ني ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ ٌﺪ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻠ ِﺐ‪َ «.‬ﻫﺬَا َﻗ ْﻮ ٌل ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﻌُ ُﻪ َﻛ ِﺜريًا‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫»ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ ُﺪ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﺔ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫َﺎن أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻳ َِﺼريُ أَﺑْﻌَ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﺎن‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﰲ أﺣْ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻴ ِ‬
‫ﺎج ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪،‬‬ ‫َﺎب ِﰲ ﺣَ ِﻈريَ ِة دَﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ َﻔ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِار ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة َﺧ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ﻧ َ ْ‬
‫ﺎن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻃﺎ َر‬ ‫ﺎﻃ َﻔ َﺔ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻛﺎﻓِ ﻴ ًَﺔ ﻟ َِريَى أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ َة ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْ‬
‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ ِه ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬‫ني ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ِ‬‫ﴬاءِ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫ني َﻛﺎﻧَﺘَﺎ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ُﺔ أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻓِ ْﻜ ِﺮهِ؟ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛ ِﺜريًا! ﺑَ ْﻞ أَﺑَﺪًا! َﻓﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫أَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَﺘَﺎ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫َﺎﴍ ًة إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة‬‫ﻄﺎ َر ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ .‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ﻓِ ْﻜ ِﺮ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ أَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺗُﻠِﺤﱠ ِ‬
‫ري أ َ ْو‬
‫ﴬاءِ‪َ .‬ﻓﺤِ ﻴﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏﺐُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﻨْﻌَ ِﺰ ٍل ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ َ ْﻮﺑ ٍَﺮ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َني ُﻓ ُﺮوﻋِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَ ِة ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻴ ِ‬
‫ُﻮن‬ ‫ري َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَﻮَا َرى ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ُون َﻏ ْ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة د َ‬ ‫ري ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺪ ِﺑ ِ‬
‫ﻀﻮﻟِﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﻼ ﺣَ َﺮاكٍ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَ ِﺪ ُل ِﰲ ِﺟ ْﻠ َﺴﺘ ِِﻪ‬ ‫ني‪ «.‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻢ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ُﺔ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ﺗَ ْﺴ ِﻤﻴ َُﺔ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻨ َ ْﻮﺑ َِﺮ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬‫ني ﻋَ َﲆ َﻓ ْﺮ ٍع ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨ ِِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟُ ْﺰءٍ ﻣُﻌَ ﱠ ٍ‬
‫»ﻓ ْﺮ ِع ا ْﻟﺤِ ﻴ َِﻞ«؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﰲ ﺣِ ﻴَﻠ ِِﻪ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ِﻬريَ ِة ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ َو َدﺑﱠ َﺮ َﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻓ ْﺮ ِع‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻢ َ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮ ِع ِﺑ ْ‬
‫ني‪ ،‬و َْاﻷ َ َﻫ ﱡﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻞ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ َ ُﻪ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪ ،‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ذَا َك‪َ .‬وو َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﺼ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ْف أَﺣْ ُ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أَﻧﱢﻲ َﺳﻮ َ‬
‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﺬَو َﱠق‬ ‫ات‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻴ َﱠﻖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ َود ََﻓ َﻊ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ وَاﺑْﺘَ َﻠ َﻊ ِر َ‬
‫ﻳﻘ ُﻪ ِﺑ ْﻀ َﻊ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ‪.‬‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ﻮر أ َ ِﺑﻲ ا ْﻟﺤِ ﻨﱠﺎءِ ا ْﻟ َﻮدُودِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻔ ِ‬ ‫»إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻮَاﺣِ َﺪ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﺗُ َﺴ ِﺎوي ﻋُ ٍّﺸﺎ ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﺌًﺎ ِﺑﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ ﻋُ ْ‬
‫ﺻﺘِﻲ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ َﻻ أُﺣِ ﺐﱡ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬و ََﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬
‫ﱰ ٍة َ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﺑﺘَﺬَو ِﱡق ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ِﺔ دَﺟَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺤَ ﺎﻟ ِْﻔﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡ‬
‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﺎﻷَﺑْﻮَابُ ﺗُ ِﺜريُ ِرﻳﺒَﺘِﻲ؛ إِذْ‬ ‫َﺎب ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎج ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ر ْﻏ َﻢ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱠﺶ ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِار ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ُﺧﻮ َل ﺣَ ِﻈريَ ِة اﻟﺪﱠﺟَ ِ‬ ‫د ُ‬
‫ني‬‫ُﻮﺳﻮ َم ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﺮجُ ِﱄ إِﺣْ ﺪَى َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻐﻠ ُِﻖ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ أُﺣَ ِﺎو ُل أ َ ْن أَﺟْ ﻌَ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﱠﻢ ﺑﻴﲇ ْاﻷَﺑ ُ‬
‫ﻄ َﺔ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﻨْﺠَ ﺢَ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗُﻤْ ﻌِ ُﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريَ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ َﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أَﺛ َِﻖ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻃ َﺮﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﱢﻢ ﺑﻴﲇ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎ ْﻟﻮ َْﻏ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﻣُﻮ َﻟ ٌﻊ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ُﻛﻮ ُن ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﺪٍّا ِﻟﻤ َُﺸﺎ َ‬
‫ﻒ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌْ ﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﺬِﻳﺬًا إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﱟﺪ ﻳَﺠْ ﻌَ ﻠُ ُﻪ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛ ُﻞ اﻟﻨ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَﺘَﻨَﺎ َو ُل ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺒَ ُﻪ أَو ًﱠﻻ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﴙ أ َ ْن ﻳ َِﺠ َﺪ َ‬
‫ﻳﻘ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ُة ْاﻷَﻛِﻴ َﺪ ُة‬‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ني ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ إِﺣْ ﺪَى َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻵ َﺧ َﺮ‪َ .‬ﻻ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْن أَﺣْ ُ‬
‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﻷ َ ْن أَﺣْ ُ‬
‫»ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْن أَﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﺪ ِم وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد اﺑ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون أ َ ِو ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻮ َِار‪.‬‬
‫ﻳﺐ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِﺳﻮَى أ َ ْن‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻔ َﱰ َِض أ َ ْن ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺒَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ْﻘ ِﻞ اﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬
‫ﺻ َﺔ وَأَﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ دَاﺧِ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﻈريَةِ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ َق ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﻠﺘَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﻞ‬ ‫أَﺗَﺤَ ﱠ َ‬
‫ني ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬
‫ﳾءٍ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ُل ﻋَ َﲆ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ِﺔ َﻓﺤَ ْﺴﺐُ ! َﻓ َﻼ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ِﺔ ﻳَﺎ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﻘﻠ ٍ‬
‫ﻃ َﺮةِ‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ ﻓِ ﻌْ ﻠُ ُﻪ َﻓﻬُ َﻮ اﻟﺘﱠﺄ َ ﱡﻛ ُﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﻘﻠ ِ‬
‫ِﻴﻞ‬ ‫ُون ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬
‫ُﺨﺎ َ‬ ‫ذِي ﻗِ ﻴﻤَ ٍﺔ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ د َ‬
‫ﺎن‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ ِة َﻗ ْﺪ َر ْ ِ‬
‫اﻹﻣْ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ُﺨﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻧ ِْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬
‫ﻂ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻨ َ ْﻮﺑ َِﺮ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻫﺒَ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮ َد ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺟَ ﻨَﺎﺣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ َو َ‬
‫ﺎص ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ‬ ‫ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮَﺟﱠ َﻪ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬
‫َﺎﴍ ًة إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ْﻘ ِﻞ اﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱢ‬
‫ﻳﻼ؛‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬‫ﻈ َﺮ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ْﺮ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َ‬ ‫َﺎج‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺘَ َ‬
‫ِﻒ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ﻤُﻮ ِد ِﺳﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻘ ِﻞ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛﻤَ ﻠ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻧ َ َﺰ َل ِﻟﻴَﻘ َ‬
‫ﻳﻞ ِﰲ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮ ِ‬‫ﻳﻖ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬‫ني ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ني َﻗﺎدِ ﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻔِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﻮَاﻗِ ِﻊ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻤْ ِﺾ إ ِ ﱠﻻ د ََﻗﺎﺋ ُِﻖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻟﻤَ ﺢَ َﺷ ْﺨ َ‬
‫ﺼْ ِ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار َع ﺑﺮاون وَاﺑْﻨَﻪُ‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ ِﺑﺘَﻤَ ﻌﱡ ٍﻦ َوﺗَﻨَﻬﱠ َﺪ ِﺑ ِﺮ ً‬ ‫ﺣَ ْﻘ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱡﺬ َرةِ‪ .‬ﻧ َ َ‬
‫َﺧ َﻼهُ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﺪَآ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ َﻞ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻖ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن‬ ‫َﺻ َﻼ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ْﻘ ِﻞ اﻟﺬﱡ َر ِة َود َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬
‫ﺎج َﺧ ٍ‬
‫ﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ُﻪ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ﺣَ ِﻈريَ ِة اﻟﺪﱠﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬
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‫ﻃﺎ َر ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة! َﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬُ َﻮ أَذْ َﻛﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﻄ ْﺮ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﻈريَ ِة ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟﺒ ُْﺴﺘَ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر َو َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎر ﻣَ ْﻦ ِﺑﺤَ ْﻘ ِﻞ اﻟﺬﱡ َرةِ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﴬاءِ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ ٌﺪ ﻋَ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
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‫ﺎج وَا ْﻟﻔِ ﻨَﺎءَ‬ ‫ﺎح ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﻤﱠ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬راحَ ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺐُ ﺣَ ِﻈريَ َة اﻟﺪﱠﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬وﻣ ِْﻦ أﻋْ َﲆ إِﺣْ ﺪَى أ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر اﻟﺘﱡ ﱠﻔ ِ‬

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‫ُﻮب ُﻣﺘَﻤَ ﻌﱢ ﻨًﺎ؛ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﻳَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﺪ ِم وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد أَيﱢ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون وَﻣَ ْﺨ َﺰ َن ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺒ ِ‬
‫ﺎج َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﻞ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ َﺷﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ِﻈريَ ِة اﻟﺪﱠﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻮ َِار‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫َﺧ َ‬
‫ﻃﻮَا َل ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‬ ‫ُﻮب ذُ َر ٍة ﻣَ ﻨْﺜُﻮ َرةٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺮ ِﺑﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺣُ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َ‬‫ات ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪َ .‬وﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬
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‫ﻄﺎ َع أ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬
‫ﻮح‪ .‬وَأﺧِ ريًا‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﺎج ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻔﺘُ ِ‬
‫َﺎب ﺣَ ِﻈريَ ِة اﻟﺪﱠﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰبُ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻓ َﺸﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‬ ‫ﻮح ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬
‫َﺎﴍ ًة َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َﺎب ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻔﺘُ ِ‬ ‫ُوق ذَا ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱢﺶ‪ .‬ﻣَ َﴙ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱡ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬‫َﺎب َو َﻟ ْﻮ ِﻟﺪَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﱡﺧﻮ َل ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْﻜ َﺮ ُه اﻟﺪ ُ‬‫ُﱰ ﱢددًا‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣ َ َ‬‫ْف‪َ .‬ر ْﻏ َﻢ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ًﺮا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬
‫ﺼﻮ ُل ﻋَ َﲆ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َريَا ُن إ ِ َﱃ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ وَا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫و ََﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﻴ َْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ُﻗ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ني‪،‬‬ ‫أ َ ْﻏﻤَ َﺾ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ُﻪ ِﻟﺜَﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪ ََﻫﺎ ﺑَﺪَا أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَ َﺮى ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ﻳَﺘَﻨَﺎ َو ُل إِﺣْ ﺪَى ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺎت‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ِاﻻﺗﱢﺠَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎف؟« ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫»ﻣ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﺨ ُ‬ ‫َوﺗَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻢ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َْﻔﺘَﺢُ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪ِ :‬‬
‫ني!‬‫ُوق‪َ .‬ووَﺟَ َﺪ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ ﱡ‬ ‫َو َ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺤﺎدي واﻟﺜﻼﺛﻮن‬

‫اﻟﺴ ُﻠ ِ‬
‫ﻮك‬ ‫َﺑ ْﻴ َﻀ ٌﺔ َﺳ ﱢﻴ َﺌ ُﺔ ﱡ‬

‫ﺎن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ َﻚ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ٌﺔ َﺳﻴﱢﺊ ٌ ُﺳﻠُﻮ ُﻛﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫إِذَا َﻛ َ‬

‫َﻓﻤَ ﺎذَا ﻋَ َﺴﺎ َك أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ َﻞ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ؟‬
‫َﻓ ِﺈ ْﻗﻨَﺎ ُع ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ٍﺔ ِﺑﻔِﻌْ ِﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻻ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ‬
‫ﺻﻌْ ﺒًﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴﺪْ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ِﱄ َ‬

‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ‪َ .‬ﻓﻤَ ْﻦ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ٍﺔ ُﺳﻠُﻮ ُﻛﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ َﺴ ٌﻦ أ َ ْو َﺳﻴﱢﺊٌ؟ َﻻ‬ ‫ﺾ ُﻫ َﺮاءٍ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُ‬
‫ﻮر ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫أَﺣَ ﺪَ‪ .‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻻ أَﺣَ َﺪ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ .‬وﻣ َِﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗَﺬْ ُﻛ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﺾ ِﰲ ﺣُ ُ‬
‫ِﻴﻼ ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد ذِ ْﻛ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮرهِ؛ َﻓﺒﻼﻛﻲ ﻋَ ﺎ َد ًة ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺎءُ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ْﺿﻮ ٌع ﻣُﺤَ ﱠﺮ ٌم ِﰲ ﺣُ ُ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎمَ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬُ َﻮ ﻣَ ﻮ ُ‬
‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ ْﻦ أَﻣْ ٍﺮ ﻣَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ف ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ْﻒ ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ َﺳﺘَ ْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ َﻟ ْﻮ ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ أ َ ْن أَﻟُﻮﻣَ ﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻛﻴ َ‬
‫اب ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫َث ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮ ِ‬‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق؟ َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬
‫اﻹ ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ ْﻔ َﺖ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻀﺤِ َﻚ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ؛‬ ‫ف ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن أَﺣَ ٌﺪ َﻗﺎ َل ﻟِﺒﻼﻛﻲ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬
‫َﴪ ُﻗ ُﻪ‬‫ﻄﺎ ُد ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﺾ َوﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺼ َ‬‫ﱪ—ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ًﻼ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ٍﺔ؟ أ َ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْن َﻛ ِ َ‬ ‫أ َ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجْ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أ َ ْ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬‫ف؟ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ف َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ِﻦ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫َوﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛﻠُﻪُ؟ َﻓ ِﺈذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫ري‬‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎج ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪َ .‬و ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱢﺰﻳَﺎ َرةِ‪ ،‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﺳ َريُ ﱡد َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ ْن ﻳَ ُﺰو َر ﺣَ ِﻈريَ َة دَﺟَ ِ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﻜﻤَ ِﺔ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺬْ َﻛ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ُْﺾ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪.‬‬
‫ﺎج ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪،‬‬ ‫ني ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮْﺟُ ﻮ ِد ِﰲ ﺣَ ِﻈريَ ِة دَﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْﺧﺬَ ُه‬ ‫َﻟ َﻜ ْﻢ ﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻟ ْﻮ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْﺧﺬَ ِﻛ ْﻠﺘَﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻊْ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫َان؛ أَﻳﱡﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ؟‬ ‫َات ْاﻷَو ِ‬‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺨﺘَﺎ َر َوﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ َﻓﻮ ِ‬ ‫ُﻫ َﻮ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ًﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ري ﻣ ُِﻬﻤﱠ ٍﺔ — اﻟﺘﱠﺎﻓِ ﻬَ َﺔ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﱢﺪ‬ ‫ُث ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة أ َ ﱠن ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺒْﺪُو َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ي ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ َﻓ ْﺮ ٌق ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ني‪،‬‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ذَاﺗِﻬَ ﺎ — ﻳَﺜْﺒ ُُﺖ أﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻜ ُﺲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ؛ َﻓﻔِ ﻲ َرأ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮ ُق َﻛ ِﺒريًا ِﺟﺪٍّا‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫َاﻫﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺪَا أ َ ﱠن إِﺣْ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ﴪ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ ،‬و َْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى — ْاﻷ َ ْﻛ َﱪُ ﺣَ ﺠْ ﻤً ﺎ — َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺎءَ ﺗَ ُ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎﻇ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﴪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َاﻫﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺑُﻨﱢﻴ َﱠﺔ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮ ِْن ﺗَ ُ ﱡ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺈﺣْ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ني؛ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻧَﺎﻋِ ﻤَ ًﺔ و ََﻻ ِﻣﻌَ ًﺔ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ أَﺟْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﻮَاﻗِ ِﻊ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺎﻇ ِﺮ َ‬‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫اﺧﺘَﺎ َر ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺎءَ‪،‬‬ ‫ني — ْ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬‫اﻟﺴﺒ َِﺐ — َو َﻛ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﻠِﻬَ َﺬا ﱠ‬
‫َني ﻣَ َﺨﺎ ِﻟ ِﺒ ِﻪ َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳ َِﻄريُ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻟ َِﺴﺒ ٍَﺐ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤْ ِﻜ َﻢ ﻣَ َﺨﺎ ِﻟﺒَ َﻪ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺒ ََﺾ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫َﺎب‪ ،‬و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أَﺣْ َﻜ َﻢ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض ﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن َﺧ َﺮجَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ف ِﺑﺠَ ﻨَﺎﺣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻫﺒَ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮ ْﻓ َﺮ َ‬
‫ِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز داﻧﺪي ﻛﻮك — َﺧﺎﻓِ ًﻀﺎ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ َوﻧَﺎﻓِ ًﺸﺎ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﺨﺎ ِﻟﺒَﻪُ‪َ .‬وإِذِ اﻧ ْ َﻘ ﱠﺾ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟﺪﱢﻳ ُﻚ اﻟ ﱡﺮوﻣ ﱡ‬
‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺠﻬً ﺎ‬ ‫ﻳﺶ َر َﻗﺒَﺘ ِِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﻏ َﻀ ٍﺐ — ا ْرﺗَ َﻔ َﻊ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ وَﺣَ ﱠﻠ َﻖ َﻓﻮ َْق ا ْﻟﺒ ُْﺴﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ِر َ‬
‫ﴬاءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗ ِِﻪ؛‬ ‫َﺎح ِﺑﺄَﻋْ َﲆ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴ ِ‬‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ ِﺑﻤِ ﺜ ْ ِﻞ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏﺒَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺎرﻣَ ِﺔ ِﰲ ﱢ‬
‫ﺎﺧ َﺮ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ِﺑ َﺸﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ﺘ ِِﻪ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻜ ْﻢ أَﺣَ ﺐﱠ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﻔ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة ذَ َﻛﺎﺋ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ُﺷ ﱡﻚ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎﺧ ِﺮ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ْﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺒ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﺣِ ْﻜﻤَ ٍﺔ أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻧَﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻴُﺘَﺎحُ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺎﰲ ﻟِﻠﺘﱠ َﻔ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﻠ ً‬
‫ﺎن ِآﻣ ٍﻦ َوﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ َﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫أ ْن ﻳ َِﺼ َﻞ ﻟِﻤَ َﻜ ٍ‬
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‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ َﺔ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ َﻓﻮ َْق ا ْﻟﺒ ُْﺴﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻒ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ُﻮن‪،‬‬‫ﴪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻜ ِ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻬْ ِﻞ ﺣَ ﻤْ ُﻞ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ٍﺔ د َ‬ ‫وف َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﺰ َﻻ ِق‪ .‬و َِﰲ أَﺣْ َﺴ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱡ‬
‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ُﻜ ْﻢ ﺗَﻮ ﱢَﺧﻲ أ َ َﺷ ﱢﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺬَ ِر‪َ .‬وﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠﻠُﻮا ُﺷﻌُ ﻮ َر ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ ُﺔ ِﰲ ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﺰ َﻻ ِق‪َ .‬و ِﺑ َﻘﺪ ِْر‬
‫ِﻴﻼ‪ .‬ﺗَﻮَﺟﱠ َﻪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻘ ِﺒ َﺾ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧ ْ َﺰ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ َﻗﻠ ً‬
‫ﻒ ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺐُ‬ ‫ﻂ — ا ﱠﻟﺬِي و ََﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫ُﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبُ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ‪َ .‬رأَى ﱢ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َ ِ‬
‫َني ﻣَ َﺨﺎﻟ ِِﺐ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ .‬و َرأَى‬ ‫َار ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺠَ ِﺮيﱢ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ — َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ أَﺑْﻴ ََﺾ ﻳ ََﻘ ُﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺪ ِ‬
‫اﻟﴚءُ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َُﺾ ِﺑ َﻔ ْﺮ ٍع ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻢ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ُون ﺟَ ْﺪوَى‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْرﺗَ َ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ َﺴﺎ َك ِﺑ ِﻪ د َ‬ ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﻨْﺪَﻓِ ُﻊ َو َراءَ ُه ﻣُﺤَ ِﺎو ًﻻ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻂ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ِﺒﻌَ ُﻪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎح َﻗﺪِﻳﻤَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَا ْرﺗَ ﱠﺪ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة ﺗُ ﱠﻔ ٍ‬

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‫اﻟﺴﻠُﻮكِ‬

‫ﱪ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺸﺎﺋ ِِﺶ ﻟ َِريَى ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ ُﻪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬

‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ ﺑَﺎﻟ ٍِﻎ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبُ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬
‫ُﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻞ ﱢ‬
‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ و ََﻗ ِﺪ ا ْرﺗَ َﺴ َﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ أَﺑْﻴ ََﺾ ﻳ ُْﺸ ِﺒ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ َﺔ َﻛ ِﺜريًا‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ِﻒ ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِار َ ْ‬ ‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﻘ ُ‬
‫ﺗَﻌْ ِﺒريٌ ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺐٌ ‪.‬‬
‫ف ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ ُﻗ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤِ ﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺎرهِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺪ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ َوﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ني ِﻵ َﺧ َﺮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣِ ٍ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ‬ ‫ف‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﺳﻠُﻮ ُك ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ ِﺔ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ .‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻓِ ﻌَ ًﻼ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫ﴪ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻜ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺎح‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ َﻛ َ‬‫ﻄﻤَ ْﺖ ِﺑ َﻔ ْﺮ ِع َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة اﻟﺘﱡ ﱠﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﴪ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ا ْرﺗَ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻜ ِ َ‬
‫ﴩﺗِﻬَ ﺎ؟‬ ‫ﴪ ﻗِ ْ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻞ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻗﺎدِ ًرا ﻋَ َﲆ َﻛ ْ ِ‬
‫ﴐﺑَﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻤِ ﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺎر ِه َﻫ َﻜﺬَا‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫َ َ‬
‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫ف‪.‬‬

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‫وﻗ ِﺔ؟‬
‫ﴪ َ‬‫َﻣ َﺎذا َﻓ َﻌ َﻞ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺑِﺎ ْﻟ َﺒ ْﻴ َﻀ ِﺔ ا ْﳌ َ ْ ُ‬

‫ﺎج‬ ‫ﴎ َﻗﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ِﻈريَ ِة دَﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻣُﺤْ ﺘَﺎ ًرا؛ إِذْ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ ﻓِ ﻌْ ﻠُ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫آﻫﺎ أ َ ْو ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ًﺔ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺗُ ْﺸ ِﺒ ُﻪ أَﻳ َﱠﺔ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ٍﺔ َر َ‬
‫ﻈ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ‪ .‬وَﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌْ ﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﺣُ ْﻠﻮًا َﻛﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن َ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺣُ ْﻠ َﻮ َة ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬
‫ْﻒ َﺳﻴ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َع ﺗَﺬَو َﱡﻗﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻴ َِﺠ ُﺪ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﺎهُ‪َ .‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ إِذَا ْ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﴩةِ‪ .‬و ََﺷ ﱠﻚ‬ ‫ﴩﺗِﻬَ ﺎ؟ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ْﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ ِﺑﻤِ ﺜ ْ ِﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴪ ﻗِ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺬَو َﱡﻗﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ َﻛ ْ َ‬
‫ﴚ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ َﻗ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ِﺑﻤِ ﺜْﻠِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ د ﱠَق ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ٍة ِﺑﻤِ ﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺎر ِه ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻮيﱢ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻮن أَﺣَ ٌﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫ﴪ َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬زا َد ﺟُ ﻮﻋُ ﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﺷ َﻠ ُﺔ ِﰲ َﻛ ْ ِ‬ ‫َت ﻣُﺤَ ﺎو ََﻻﺗُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﴪ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻘﺎ ُر ُه ﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ َزاد ْ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻜ ِ َ‬
‫آﺧ َﺮ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن أ َ َﻟﺬﱠ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﳾءَ َ‬ ‫َو َزا َد ﺗَﺄ َ ﱡﻛ ُﺪ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ َ ْ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫ﴪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ ِﺔ؛ َﻓﺄَو ًﱠﻻ‪َ :‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺒًﺎ ِﻟﻤُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺔ َﻛ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ َﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧًﺎ ُﻣﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ ُْﺴﺘَ َ‬
‫اﻟﻼ ِز ِم‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺢْ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜﺎ ُن َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎﻃﺌًﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ًﻘﺎ ِﺑﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻓﻌَ َﻞ أَﻣْ ًﺮا َﺧ ِ‬ ‫ري‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﺐ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﻀ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺄْﻧ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﱞﻖ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺜَﻠُ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺜ َ ُﻞ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ذَ ِﻛﻴٍّﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ َﺮى أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ إِذَا َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن اﺑ َْﻦ‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ِﺳﻴﱠﻤَ ﺎ اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون‪َ .‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫أَيﱢ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ أ َ ﱠن اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َﺳﻴَﻌْ ﺘَ ِﱪُ ُه‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ِع ﺑﺮاون َﺳﻴ َُﺸ ِﺎر ُﻛ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮأْيَ ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﻮَاﻗِ ِﻊ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ُﻮن اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻗِ ﺒَ ِﺔ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ َﺎﻓ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﺼﺎ إِذَا وَﺟَ َﺪ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ َﺔ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪َ .‬وإ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻟ ٍّ‬
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‫ﺎن ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ ٍﺪ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ اﻟﺘﱠﺄ ﱡﻛ ُﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤ ُْﻔ َﺮ ِد ِه ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏﺐُ ِﰲ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬
‫ﺎب إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒ ُْﺴﺘَ ِ‬
‫ﻃﺎ َر‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ َﺔ َو َ‬ ‫ﴩ َة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ َﻢ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ؛ ِﻟﺬَا ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﴪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ْ َ‬ ‫وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ إِذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﻜ ِ َ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬

‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﻘ َﻊ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َع أ َ ْن ﻳ َِﺼ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك د َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪ ،‬و ََﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ َة ْ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ ُﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ﻮن ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ — ِﺑﺬَ َﻛﺎﺋ ِِﻪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎ ﱢد َود ََﻫﺎﺋ ِِﻪ — ِﻣﻤﱠ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻟﺘَ ُﺸ ﱠﻚ َﻗ ﱡ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ُﺔ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﻮَاﻗِ ِﻊ‪ ،‬ﻳ ُْﺸ ِﺒ ُﻪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ‬ ‫ﻳﻬ ُﻢ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءُ ا ْﻟ َﱪ َﱠاﻗ ُﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟ َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﻫِ َﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻬْ ِﻮ ِ‬
‫اﻫﺘِﻤَ ﺎ َم ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪َ .‬وإِذَا‬ ‫اق و ََﻻ ِﻣ ٍﻊ ﻳُﺜِريُ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﺑَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ؛ َﻓﺄَيﱡ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻈ ﱡﻞ ﻳَﺘَﺄَﻣﱠ ﻠُ ُﻪ َوﻳَ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺛ ُ ﱡﻢ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻳَ َ‬ ‫ﴎيﱟ ﻣُﻌَ ﱠ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫وَﺟَ َﺪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا اﻟﻨﱠﻮ ِْع‪ ،‬ﻳَﺄ ُﺧﺬُ ُه إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬
‫ِﻳﻦ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ َﻐ ِﺎر ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳ ُْﺸ ِﺒ ُﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ْاﻷَو َْﻻدِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳ َُﺨﺒﱢﺌُ ُﻪ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﺳﺄ َ ُ‬
‫ﺻﺤِ ﻴﺤً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺪَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﺟُ ﻴُﻮبُ‬ ‫ﻮن َ‬ ‫ﻴﺢ؛ إِذْ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ٍ‬ ‫أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻏ ْريُ َ‬
‫آﺧ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ْو َ‬ ‫ﻮﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ِﻒ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ﻋَ ﺪِﻳﻤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘ ُ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ ِ‬ ‫َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ ْاﻷَو َْﻻدِ ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﺌَ ًﺔ ِﺑﻤ ْ‬
‫ﴎيﱟ ‪ُ ،‬ﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ْﺨ َﺰ ُن‬ ‫ﻮز ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا اﻟﻨﱠﻮ ِْع ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﺨﺒَﺄٍ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻜﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫وَﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻻ ﻳَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﺟُ ﻴُﻮﺑًﺎ؛ ِﻟﺬَا ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَﻔِ ُ‬
‫ﺎﺧ ُﺮ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َوﻳَ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳ ُْﺨﻔِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻮز ﻧَﻮْﻋً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﻴَ ُﺰو ُر ُه ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪َ ،‬وﻳ ُْﺨ ِﺮجُ ُﻛﻨُﻮ َزهُ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَ َﻔ َ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ُ ٍ‬
‫ِﺑﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬‬
‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ َﺧﺬَ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ َﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َل ِﻣ َﺮا ًرا َوﺗَ ْﻜ َﺮا ًرا أ َ ْن‬
‫ﻃ َﺮ َﻗﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺑَ ُﻪ َو َ‬ ‫ﴪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻘ َﺪ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َة َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻜ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﴩﺗَﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﻘِ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴪ ﻗِ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻜ ِ َ‬
‫ﻃﺎ َر إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻔ ﱠﻀ ِﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻨ َ ْﻮﺑ َِﺮ‬ ‫ﻳَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻗ ﱠﻮةٍ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﺨ ﱠﲆ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ َو َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَ َﺮى ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَﻔِ ﱠﺰ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﺿﻌِ ِﻪ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ ﺗَ ِﺎر ًﻛﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ َﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬
‫اﻟﻼ ِﻣ ِﻊ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﺎض ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨ َ ْﻮﺑ َِﺮ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺑ ُْﻘﻌَ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻔ ﱠﻀ ِﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة ﱠ‬
‫َاﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻻ ِﻣﻌَ ًﺔ َوﺑَ ﱠﺮ َاﻗ ًﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺮﺣَ ُﺔ و ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ ﱠ‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﺪﺗْﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ِﺷﻌﱠ ُﺔ ﱠ‬
‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ﱠن ﺑﻼﻛﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺒْﻌِ َﺪ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏﺐُ ِﰲ ﺗَﻨَﺎ ُوﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴘ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬‫و ََﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻓ َﺸﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﴗ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ ﻧ َ ِ َ‬
‫ﻈ ِﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ْﺸ ِﺒ ْﻊ ﻣَ ﻌِ َﺪﺗَﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ أ َ ْﺷﺒَﻌَ ْﺖ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳ َِﺠ ُﺪ ُﻣﺘْﻌَ ًﺔ ِﰲ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬
‫ﳾءٌ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ٌﺮ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄَﻣﱡ ِﻞ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴘ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺎﻋْ ِﺘﺒ َِﺎر َﻫﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪ .‬ﻧ َ ِ َ‬
‫ﴩﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴪ ﻗِ ْ َ‬ ‫َﴎ ُه أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ َﻛ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎب‪ .‬و َ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻹﻋْ ﺠَ ِ‬ ‫و ِْ‬

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‫وﻗﺔِ ؟‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻓﻌَ َﻞ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺔِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ ُ‬

‫ﻂ ﺟَ ﻨَﺎﺣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮ َدﻳ ِْﻦ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َوﻧ َ َﺰ َل إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻣَ ﺎ َل َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧﺒًﺎ وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ‬ ‫ﺑ ََﺴ َ‬
‫ﺿﺎﺣِ ًﻜﺎ و ََﻗﺎ َل‬ ‫ﺎف ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻣَ ﺎ َل َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َوﻧ َ َ‬
‫ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬
‫ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪» :‬ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ! وَﻫِ َﻲ ِﻣ ْﻠﻜِﻲ أَﻧَﺎ وَﺣْ ﺪِي! ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬و ِﻣ ْﻠﻜِﻲ وَﺣْ ﺪِي!«‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ْﻜ ٍﺮ ﻟِﻠﺘﱠﺄ َ ﱡﻛ ِﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن أَﺣَ ﺪًا َﻻ ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺒُﻪُ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻛﺪَ‪ ،‬دَﺣْ َﺮجَ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ َ‬
‫ﻮز‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ َﺔ َو َراحَ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﻠﺒُﻬَ ﺎ َوﻳَﺘَﺄَﻣﱠ ﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﻘﺪ ِْر ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َرادَ‪ .‬و َِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘ َ‬
‫ﻄﻬَ ﺎ وَﺣَ ﻤَ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ْﺨﺒَﺄِ ا ْﻟ ُﻜﻨ ُ ِ‬
‫ﴎ َﻗ ُﻪ‬ ‫و ََﺧﺒﱠﺄ َ َﻫﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﺑﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ ﺑَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺰ ِﻓﻴ ُﱠﺔ — َﻓﻬَ ﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ﺎ َ َ‬
‫ﺑﻼﻛﻲ — أ َ َﻫ ﱠﻢ َﻛﻨ ْ ٍﺰ َﻟﺪَى ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَ ْﻮ ِﻣﻨَﺎ َﻫﺬَا‪ ،‬و ََﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ﺑﻼﻛﻲ ﻳَﺘَ َﺴﺎءَ ُل أَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ‬
‫ﴩةِ‪.‬‬‫ﺻ ْﻠﺒَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ ْ َ‬
‫َﺎﺿ ْﺖ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ ِﺔ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺪﱠﺟَ ﺎﺟَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺑ َ‬

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