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ِﻧ َﺪاءُ اﻟ َ ﱢﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ
أَ ْﺣ َﺪ َث ﻧُﺒَﺎ ُح ﺑﺎك َﺟ َﻠﺒَ ًﺔ َﻋﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ًﺔ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ إِ ﱠن أَ َﺣ َﺪ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ِل ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺴﺌُﻮﻟِي َن َﻋ ِﻦ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ِﺘ َﻌ ِﺔ أَﺗَﻰ ِﻟ َيرَى
َﻣﺎذَا ﻳَ ْﺤ ُﺪ ُثَ .و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َرأَى أَﺛَ َﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻌ ﱠﻀ ِﺔ َﻋ َﲆ ﻳَ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ِﻞ َﺳﺄَ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻋ ﱠﻤﺎ إِ َذا َﻛﺎ َن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻣ ْﻜ ُﺮو ٌه َﻗ ْﺪ أَ َﻟ ﱠﻢ
ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ ِﺐَ ،ﻓ َﻜ َﺬ َب َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ُﻞ َو َﻗﺎ َل» :ﻧَ َﻌ ْﻢَ ،ﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ ُﺐ ﻳُ َﻌﺎ ِﻧﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَ ْﻮﺑَﺎ ِت اﻟ ﱡﺴ َﻌﺎ ِرَ ،وأَﻧَﺎ آ ُﺧﺬُ ُه
إِ َﱃ َﺻﺎ ِﺣ ِﺒ ِﻪ ِﰲ ﺳﺎن ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺴﻜﻮ َﻓ ُﻬﻨَﺎ َك َﻃ ِﺒﻴ ٌﺐ ﺑَﻴْ َﻄ ِﺮ ﱞي َﺟﻴﱢ ٌﺪ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜ ُﻦ أَ ْن ﻳُ َﻌﺎ ِﻟ َﺠ ُﻪ«.
ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ أَ ْن َو َﺻ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ُر أَ ِﺧي ًرا إِ َﱃ ﺳﺎن ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺴﻜﻮ ،أَ َﺧﺬَ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ُﻞ ﺑﺎك إِ َﱃ َﻣ ْﺨ َﺰ ٍن َﺻ ِﻐي ٍر
َﺧ ْﻠ َﻒ إِ ْﺣ َﺪى ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎﻧَﺎ ِت ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺿ ﱠﻔ ِﺔ اﻟﻨﱠ ْﻬ ِﺮ.
َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ُﻞ ِﻟ َﻌﺎ ِﻣ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎﻧَ ِﺔ ُﻣﺘَﺬَ ﱢﻣ ًﺮاُ » :ﻛ ﱡﻞ َﻣﺎ أَ ْﺣ ُﺼ ُﻞ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻣ َﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ َﺧ ْﻤ ُﺴﻮ َن
ُدو َﻻ ًراَ «.وأَ َﺿﺎ َف َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُ ِﺸيرُ إِ َﱃ ﻳَ ِﺪ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺠ ُﺮو َﺣ ِﺔَ » :و َﻟ ْﻢ أَ ُﻛ ْﻦ ِﻷَ ْﻓ َﻌ َﻠ َﻬﺎ َو َﻟ ْﻮ َﺣ َﺼ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻋ َﲆ أَ ْﻟ ِﻒ
ُدو َﻻ ٍر ﻧَ ْﻘ ًﺪاَ ،ﻓ َﻬﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ ُﺐ َ ِﴍ ٌس إِ َﱃ أَ ْﻗ َﴡ َﻣ َﺪى«.
أَ َﺟﺎﺑَ ُﻪ َﻋﺎ ِﻣ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎﻧَ ِﺔُ » :ﻛ ﱠﻒ َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺸ ْﻜ َﻮىَ ،ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺣ َﺼ ْﻠ َﺖ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻤﺒْ َﻠ ِﻎ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي اﺗﱠ َﻔ ْﻘﻨَﺎ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ
ُدو َن ِزﻳﺎ َد ٍة أَ ْو ﻧُ ْﻘ َﺼﺎ ٍن ،أَ َﻟﻴْ َﺲ َﻛ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ؟ ﺛُ ﱠﻢ إِﻧﱠ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺮى َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ َﺐ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻜﺎ ِن ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي
َﺳﻴَﺬْ َﻫ ُﺐ إِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪَ ،ﻫ َﺬا َﻣﺎ أَ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أَ ْن أَ ِﻋ َﺪ َك ِﺑ ِﻪ«.
ﺗَ ْﻤﺘَ َﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ُﻞ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﻔ ُﺮ ُك ﻳَ َﺪ ُه ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺠ ُﺮو َﺣ َﺔ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى» :أَﺗَ َﻤﻨﱠﻰ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚَ ،ﻓ ِﻤ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ﱠﻛ ِﺪ أَﻧﱠ ِﻨﻲ
َﻟ ْﻦ أَﻧْ َﴗ َﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫ ْﻢ َﻋ َﲆ َﺷﺎ ِﻛ َﻠ ِﺔ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ ِﺐ َ ِﴎﻳ ًﻌﺎ«.
َﻣ َﻊ أَ ﱠن ﺑﺎك َﻛﺎ َن ُﻣﺘْ َﻌﺒًﺎَ ،ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳُ َﺤﺎ ِو ُل ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻘﺎ َو َﻣ َﺔَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢ َﻬﺎﻳَ ِﺔ أَ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ِﺑ ِﻪ َﻣ ْﺠ ُﻤﻮ َﻋ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ
اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ِل َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻷَ ْر ِض َوأَ ْﻣ َﺴ ُﻜﻮ ُه ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﺧ َﻠ ُﻌﻮا اﻟ ﱠﻄ ْﻮ َق اﻟﻨﱡ َﺤﺎ ِ ﱠﳼ اﻟﺜﱠ ِﻘﻴ َﻞ َوا ْﻟ َﺤﺒْ َﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺣ ْﻮ ِل َر َﻗﺒَ ِﺘ ِﻪ
َو َد َﻓ ُﻌﻮا ِﺑ ِﻪ َدا ِﺧ َﻞ ُﺻﻨْ ُﺪو ٍق َﺧ َﺸ ِﺒ ﱟﻲ ﻳُ ْﺸ ِﺒ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻔ َﺺ.
أَ ْﻣ َﴣ ﺑﺎك ﺑَ ِﻘﻴﱠ َﺔ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ َدا ِﺧ َﻞ َﻫ َﺬا اﻟ ﱡﺼﻨْ ُﺪو ِقَ ،ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻔ َﻬ ُﻢ َﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﻨﻴ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َﻫ َﺬاَ .ﻣﺎ َذا
ﻳُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪ َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ُل ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮﺑَﺎ ُء؟ َو ِﻟ َﻤﺎ َذا ﻳَ ْﺤ ِﺒ ُﺴﻮﻧَ ُﻪ َدا ِﺧ َﻞ َﻫ َﺬا اﻟ ﱡﺼﻨْ ُﺪو ِق اﻟ ﱠﻀﻴﱢ ِﻖ؟ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ
ﺑﺎك ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ُف اﻟ ﱠﺴﺒَ َﺐَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ أَ ﱠن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺰﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻤﺘَﺎ ِﻋ ِﺐ ِﰲ اﻧْ ِﺘ َﻈﺎ ِر ِه.
ُﻛ ﱠﻠ َﻤﺎ أَ ْﺣ َﺪ َث ﺑَﺎ ُب ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺨ َﺰ ِن َ ِﴏﻳ ًﺮا َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻨْ َﻔ ِﺘ ُﺢ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ﻳَ ُﻬ ﱡﺐ َوا ِﻗ ًﻔﺎ َﻋ َﲆ َﻗ َﺪ َﻣﻴْ ِﻪ َﻋ َﲆ أَ َﻣ ِﻞ
أَ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِ َﴈ أَ ْو أَ َﺣ ًﺪا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻷَ ْو َﻻ ِد َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻷَ َﻗ ﱢﻞَ .و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ٍة َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ َﺮى َو ْﺟ َﻪ َﻋﺎ ِﻣ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎﻧَ ِﺔ
اﻟ ﱠﻀ ْﺨ ِﻢ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﻘ ُﺪ ُه َﻋ َﲆ َﺿ ْﻮ ِء َﺷ ْﻤ َﻌ ٍﺔَ ،و ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ٍة ﻳَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﻮ ُل ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟﻨﱡﺒَﺎ ُح ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺮ ُح ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي
ﻳُﻮ َﻟ ُﺪ ِﰲ َﺣ ْﻠ ِﻖ ﺑﺎك إِ َﱃ َز ْﻣ َﺠ َﺮ ٍة َ ِﴍ َﺳ ٍﺔ.
َو َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ َﻋﺎ ِﻣ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎﻧَ ِﺔ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ُﻪ َو ْﺣ َﺪ ُه َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْﺰ ِﻋ ْﺠ ُﻪَ ،و ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺼﺒَﺎ ِح َد َﺧ َﻞ أَ ْرﺑَ َﻌ ُﺔ ِر َﺟﺎ ٍل ُﺟ ُﺪ ٍد
َو َﺣ َﻤﻠُﻮا اﻟ ﱡﺼﻨْ ُﺪو َقَ .ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَ ْد َر َك ﺑﺎك ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﻴْﺌَﺎ ِﺗ ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗُﻮ ِﺣﻲ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ ﱢﴩ َو َﻣ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺴ ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺬ َر ِة اﻟ ﱠﺮﺛﱠ ِﺔ
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