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أَﺑُﻮ ِﺻير َوأَﺑُﻮ ِﻗير
)َ (7ﻣ ْﺼﺒَ َﻐ ُﺔ »أَ ِﺑﻲ ِﻗي ٍر«
ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻣ َﴙ »أَﺑُﻮ ِﻗي ٍر« ِﰲ أَ ْﺳﻮا ِق ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔَ ،ﻓ َﺮأَى ُد ﱠﻛﺎ َن َﺻﺒﱠﺎ ٍغَ .ﻓ َﻮ َﻗ َﻒ ﻳَﺘَﺄَ ﱠﻣ ُﻞ ِﰲ اﻟﺜﱢﻴﺎ ِب ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺼﺒُﻮ َﻏ ِﺔ،
َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺘَ َﻌ ﱠﺠ ُﺐ أَ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﺠ ِﺐِ ،ﻷَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱡﺪ ﱠﻛﺎ ِن إِ ﱠﻻ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﻮ َن ا ْﻷَ ْز َر َق َو ْﺣ َﺪ ُهَ .ﻓﺘَﺄَ ﱠﻣ َﻞ ِﰲ َﻣﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ
ا ْﻟﻤﺎ ﱠر ِة َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ إِ ﱠﻻ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﻮ َن ا ْﻷَ ْز َر َقَ ،واﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﻮ َن ا ْﻷَﺑْﻴَ َﺾَ ،ﻓﺎ ْزدا َد َﻋ َﺠﺒُ ُﻪَ ،وأَ ْﺧ َﺮ َج ِﻣﻨْ ِﺪﻳ َﻠ ُﻪ ا ْﻷَﺑْﻴَ َﺾ،
َو َﻃ َﻠ َﺐ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺼﺒﱠﺎ ِغ أَ ْن ﻳُ َﻠ ﱢﻮﻧَ ُﻪ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﻮ ِن ا ْﻷَ ْﺣ َﻤ ِﺮَ .ﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺼﺒﱠﺎ ُغ» :ﻧَ ْﺤ ُﻦ ﻻ ﻧَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ُف إ ﱠﻻ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﻮ َن
ا ْﻷَ ْز َر َقَ «.ﻓ َﻌ ُﻈ َﻤ ْﺖ َد ْﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ »أَ ِﺑﻲ ِﻗي ٍر«َ ،و َﻋ َﺮ َض َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﻘﺒَ َﻠ ُﻪ أَ ِﺟيرًا ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ ُهِ ،ﻟﻴُ َﻌ ﱢﻠ َﻤ ُﻪ َﻛﻴْ َﻒ ﻳَ ْﺼﺒُ ُﻎ
ِﺑﺎ ْﻷَ ْﻟﻮا ِن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺨﺘَ ِﻠ َﻔ ِﺔ ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮىَ .ﻓ َﺮ َﻓ َﺾ اﻟ ﱠﺼﺒﱠﺎ ُغَ ،وﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ» :ﻧَ ْﺤ ُﻦ ﻻ ﻧَ ْﻘﺒَ ُﻞ — ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢﺼﻨﺎ َﻋ ِﺔ
— َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ َﻋﻨﱠﺎ«.
َﻓ َﺬ َﻫ َﺐ إِ َﱃ َﺻﺒﱠﺎ ٍغ ﺛﺎ ٍن َوﺛﺎ ِﻟ ٍﺚ َورا ِﺑ ٍﻊَ ،ﻓ َﻠ ِﻘ َﻲ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ ْﻢ ِﻣﺜْ َﻞ ﻣﺎ َﻟ ِﻘﻴَ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺼﺒﱠﺎ ِغ ا ْﻷَ ﱠو ِل.
َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ ُﻗ ْﺪ َرﺗِ ِﻪ أَ ْن ﻳُﻨْ ِﺸﺊَ َﻣ ْﺼﺒَ َﻐ ًﺔِ ،ﻟ َﻔ ْﻘ ِﺮ ِه َو ِﻗ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ ﻣﺎ َﻣ َﻌ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱡ ُﻘﻮ ِدَ .ﻓﺬَ َﻫ َﺐ إ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﻠ ِﻚ،
َوﺑَ َﺴ َﻂ َﻟ ُﻪ َﺷﺄْﻧَ ُﻪَ ،ﻓ ُ ﱠﴪ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻓ ْﻜ َﺮ ِﺗ ِﻪَ ،وأَ َﻣ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﺒﻨﺎءِ َﻣ ْﺼﺒَ َﻐ ٍﺔ َﻛ ِﺒي َر ٍة َﻟ ُﻪ ِﰲ أَ ْﺣ َﺴ ِﻦ َﺷﻮا ِر ِع
ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ َو ْﻓ َﻖ ﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﺸﺘَ ِﻬﻲَ .وأَ ْﺣ َ َﴬ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻛ ِﺜي ًرا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺜﱢﻴﺎ ِب ِﻟﻴَ ْﺼﺒُ َﻐﻬﺎ َﻟ ُﻪَ ،ﻓ َﺼﺒَ َﻐ َﻬﺎ أَ ْﺣ َﺴ َﻦ َﺻﺒْ ٍﻎ
ِﺑﺄَ ْﻟﻮا ٍن ُﻣ ْﺨﺘَ ِﻠ َﻔ ٍﺔَ .ﻓ َﻔ ِﺮ َح ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﺑ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚَ ،وﻛﺎ َﻓﺄَ ُه أَ ْﺣ َﺴ َﻦ ُﻣ َﻜﺎ َﻓﺄَ ٍةَ .وأَ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ اﻷُ َﻣﺮا ُء َوأَ ْﻋﻴَﺎ ُن ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ
َﻋ َﲆ َﻣ ْﺼﺒَ َﻐ ِﺘ ِﻪَ ،ﻓﺮا َﺟ ْﺖ ِﺻﻨﺎ َﻋﺘُ ُﻪَ ،و َﻛﺜُ َﺮ ﻣﺎﻟُ ُﻪَ ،وأَ ْﺻﺒَﺢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻛﺒﺎ ِر ا ْﻷَ ْﻏ ِﻨﻴﺎءَِ .و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ْﺮ َﻟ ْﺤ َﻈ ًﺔ
وا ِﺣ َﺪ ًة ِﰲ ﺻﺎ ِﺣ ِﺒ ِﻪ »أَ ِﺑﻲ ِﺻي ٍر« ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي أَ ْﻃ َﻌ َﻤ ُﻪ َوآوا ُهَ ،وﺑَ َﺬ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺴﺎ َﻋ َﺪ ِة
ِﰲ أَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ِﻣ ْﺤﻨَ ِﺘ ِﻪ َو َﻓ ْﻘ ِﺮ ِه.
)ُ (8ﻣﻘﺎﺑَ َﻠ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺼ ِﺪﻳ َﻘ ْي ِن
أَ ﱠﻣﺎ »أَﺑُﻮ ِﺻي ٍر« َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻟ ِﺰ َم ِﻓﺮا َﺷ ُﻪ ﺛَﻼﺛَ َﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍمَ ،و ُﻫ َﻮ ﻻ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ َﺤﺮا َك ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺮ ِضَ ،ﺣﺘﱠﻰ
َﻓ ِﻄ َﻦ إِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺻﺎ ِﺣ ُﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﻔﻨْ ُﺪ ِقَ ،ﻓ َﺬ َﻫ َﺐ إِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺘ ِﻪ َﻓ َﺮآﻫﺎ ُﻣ ْﻐ َﻠ َﻘ ًﺔَ .ﻓﺒَ َﺤ َﺚ َﻋ ِﻦ ِﻣ ْﻔﺘﺎ ٍح ﻳَ ْﻔﺘَ ُﺤﻬﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ،
َو َﻟ ﱠﻤﺎ َرأَى »أَﺑﺎ ِﺻي ٍر« َو ُﻫﻮ َﻣﻨْ ُﻬﻮ ُك ا ْﻟ ُﻘ َﻮى ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺮ ِضَ ،ﻋ َﻄ َﻒ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َو َر ﱠق َﻟ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﻠﺒُ ُﻪَ ،و َو ﱠﻛ َﻞ
ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺧﺎ ِد ًﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﺨ ُﺪ ُﻣ ُﻪَ .وﺑَ َﺤ َﺚ »أَﺑُﻮ ِﺻي ٍر« َﻋ ْﻦ ِﻛﻴ ِﺲ ﻧُ ُﻘﻮ ِد ِه ِﻟﻴُ ْﻌ ِﻄ َﻲ ﺻﺎ ِﺣ َﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﻔﻨْ ُﺪ ِق َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ
ا ْﻟﻤﺎ ِل َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ِﺠ ْﺪ ُهَ .ﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﺻﺎ ِﺣ ُﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﻔﻨْ ُﺪ ِق» :ﻻ ﻳَ ْﺤ ُﺰﻧْ َﻚ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳﺎ أَ ِﺧﻲَ ،ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﺣﺎ َﺟ ٍﺔ
إ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤﺎ ِلَ «.وﻣﺎ زا َل ﺻﺎ ِﺣ ُﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﻔﻨْ ُﺪ ِق ﻳُ َﺆا ِﳼ »أَﺑﺎ ِﺻي ٍر« َوﻳُ ْﻌﻨَﻰ ِﺑﺄَ ْﻣ ِﺮ ِه — ِﻋ ﱠﺪ َة أَ ْﺷ ُﻬ ٍﺮ — َﺣﺘﱠﻰ
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