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ا ِﻻ ْﺧ ِﺘ َﻄﺎ ُف
أَﻧﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻟﻴْ ُﺴﻮا إِ ﱠﻻ َﻣ ِﺰﻳ ًﺪا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ِل ا ْﻷَ ْ َﴍا ِرَ ،و َﺣﺎ َو َل أَ ْن ﻳَﻨْﺒَ َﺢ َوﻳُ َﺰ ْﻣ ِﺠ َﺮ ِﰲ ُو ُﺟﻮ ِﻫ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َﻣﺎ
أُو ِﺗ َﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ٍةَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَ ْﻀ َﺤ ُﻜﻮ َن َوﻳَﻨْ ُﻐ ُﺰوﻧَ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻌ ِ ﱢﴢ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﺴ ُﻚ ِﺑ َﻬﺎ ﺑَ ْي َن
أَ ْﺳﻨَﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ أَ ْد َر َك أَﻧﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻻ ﻳُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪو َن ِﺳ َﻮى ُﻣ َﻀﺎﻳَ َﻘ ِﺘ ِﻪَ .ﻓﺎ ْﺳﺘَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ ِﰲ ُﻫ ُﺪوءٍ َوﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻓ ُﻌﻮ َن
اﻟ ﱡﺼﻨْ ُﺪو َق إِ َﱃ َﻋ َﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ .ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَ َﺪأَ ﺑﺎك َو ُﻫ َﻮ ِﺑ َﺪا ِﺧ ِﻞ ُﺻﻨْ ُﺪو ِﻗ ِﻪ ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ًﺔ أُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ؛ َﻓﺒَ ْﻌ َﺪ ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺔ
ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﺮﺑَ ِﺔ ،ﻧُ ِﻘ َﻞ اﻟ ﱡﺼﻨْ ُﺪو ُق — َﻣ َﻊ َﻣ ْﺠ ُﻤﻮ َﻋ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺼﻨَﺎ ِدﻳ ِﻖ َواﻟ ﱡﻄ ُﺮو ِد ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮى — إِ َﱃ َﻋﺒﱠﺎ َر ٍة ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ
ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ إِ َﱃ َﺷﺎ ِﺣﻨَ ٍﺔ أَ َﺧ َﺬﺗْ ُﻪ إِ َﱃ َﻣ َﺤ ﱠﻄ ِﺔ ِﻗ َﻄﺎ َرا ٍت َﻛ ِﺒي َر ٍةَ ،وأَ ِﺧيرًا ا ْﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ َدا ِﺧ َﻞ َﻋ َﺮﺑَ ِﺔ ِﻗ َﻄﺎ ٍر
َ ِﴎﻳ ٍﻊَ .ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺑﺎك ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ُف َﻣﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ُهَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ُﻣ َﻘﺎ َو َﻣ َﺔ ُﺷ ُﻌﻮ ِر ِه ِﺑﺄَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺮى
َﻣﻨْ ِﺰ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺪﻳ َﻢ ِﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ٍﺖ َﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٍﻞ.
َﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ َﻋ َﺮﺑَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر اﻟ ﱠ ِﴪﻳ ِﻊ ﺗَ ِﺴيرُ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﻀﺒَﺎ ِن ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻳَ ْﻮ َﻣ ْي ِن َو َﻟﻴْ َﻠﺘَ ْي ِن َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺄْ ُﻛ ْﻞ ﺑﺎك ِﺧ َﻼ َﻟ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ
أَ ْو ﻳَ ْ َﴩ ْبَ .و ِﰲ َﻏ ْﻤ َﺮ ِة َﻏ َﻀ ِﺒ ِﻪَ ،ﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﻨْﺒَ ُﺢ َوﻳُ َﺰ ْﻣ ِﺠ ُﺮ ِﰲ َو ْﺟ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺮا ُهَ ،و ِﰲ ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﺾ ا ْﻷَ ْﺣﻴَﺎ ِن
ِﺣﻴﻨَ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ ْﻠ ِﻘﻲ ِﺑﻨَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ َﻋ َﲆ ُﻗ ْﻀﺒَﺎ ِن اﻟ ﱡﺼﻨْ ُﺪو ِق ِﰲ َﻏ َﻀ ٍﺐَ ،ﻛﺎ َن ﺑَ ْﻌ ُﺾ ا ْﻷَ ْﺷ َﺨﺎ ِص ﻳَ ْﻀ َﺤ ُﻜﻮ َن
َوﻳَ ِﻐﻴ ُﻈﻮﻧَ ُﻪَ ،ﻓ َﻜﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳُ َﺰ ْﻣ ِﺠ ُﺮو َن َوﻳَﻨْﺒَ ُﺤﻮ َن ِﰲ َو ْﺟ ِﻬ ِﻪ َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ ِﻛ َﻼ ٌب ،أَ ْو ﻳَ ُﻤﻮ ُءو َن ِﻣﺜْ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄ ِﻂ،
أَ ْو ﻳُ َﺮ ْﻓ ِﺮ ُﻓﻮ َن ِﺑﺄَذْ ُر ِﻋ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﻣﺜْ َﻞ اﻟ ﱡﻄﻴُﻮ ِرَ .و َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ُف أَ ﱠن ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ َﺮ ُﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ َﺳ ِﺨﻴ ٌﻒَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ َﻏ َﻀﺒَ ُﻪ
َﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳَﺘَ َﺰاﻳَ ُﺪَ .ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺑﺎك ُﻣﻨْ َﺰ ِﻋ ًﺠﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻋ َﺪ ِم ﺗَﻨَﺎ ُو ِل اﻟ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ ِمَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ِﻗ ﱠﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎ ِء َﺟ َﻌ َﻠ ْﺖ ِﻟ َﺴﺎﻧَ ُﻪ
َﺟﺎ ٍّﻓﺎ َو َﺣ ْﻠ َﻘ ُﻪ ُﻣ ْﺤﺘَ ِﻘﻨًﺎ.
َ ْﳾ ٌء َوا ِﺣ ٌﺪ َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂ أَ ْﺳ َﻌ َﺪ ﺑﺎك َو ُﻫ َﻮ أَ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﺤﺒْ َﻞ َﻗ ْﺪ أُ ِزﻳ َﻞ أَ ِﺧي ًرا ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺣ ْﻮ ِل َر َﻗﺒَ ِﺘ ِﻪَ ،و َﻋ َﻘ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻌ ْﺰ َم
َﻋ َﲆ أَ ﱠﻻ ﻳَ ْﺴ َﻤ َﺢ ِﻷَ ﱢي َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى أَ ْن ﻳَﻠُ ﱠﻒ َﺣﺒْ ًﻼ َﺣ ْﻮ َل َر َﻗﺒَ ِﺘ ِﻪ .ا ْﺣ َﻤ ﱠﺮ ْت َﻋﻴْﻨَﺎ ﺑﺎكَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن
َﻏﺎ ِﺿﺒًﺎ ِﺟ ٍّﺪا ِﻟ َﺪ َر َﺟ ِﺔ أَ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِ َﴈ ﻣﻴﻠﺮ ﻧَ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻮ َرآ ُه َﻣﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ِﻟﻴَ ْﻌ ِﺮ َﻓ ُﻪَ .و ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َﻣ ْﻦ َرأَى ﺑﺎك ِﰲ
ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر َﺳ ِﻌ َﺪ ِﺟ ٍّﺪا ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ﻧَ َﺰ َل اﻟ ﱡﺼﻨْ ُﺪو ُق ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳَ ْﺤ ِﻤﻠُ ُﻪ أَ ِﺧي ًرا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر ِﰲ ﺳﻴﺎﺗﻞ.
َﺣ َﻤ َﻞ أَ ْرﺑَ َﻌ ُﺔ ِر َﺟﺎ ٍل اﻟ ﱡﺼﻨْ ُﺪو َق ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ ِﺑ َﺤﺬَ ٍر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﺮﺑَ ِﺔ إِ َﱃ ِﻓﻨَﺎءٍ َﺧ ْﻠ ِﻔ ﱟﻲ َﺻ ِﻐي ٍر ُﻣ َﺤﺎ ٍط
ِﺑ ُﺠ ْﺪ َرا ٍن َﻋﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔَ ،و َﺧ َﺮ َج َر ُﺟ ٌﻞ ﺑَ ِﺪﻳ ٌﻦ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺪي ُﺳ ْﱰَ ًة َﺣ ْﻤ َﺮا َء َو َو ﱠﻗ َﻊ ِﺑ َﻄﺎ َﻗ َﺔ ا ِﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘ َﻼ ِم ِﻟﻠ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﺋ ِﻖ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ
أَ ْﻋ َﻄﺎ ُه اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﺋ ُﻖ أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ ِﺧ َﻄﺎﺑًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻋﺎ ِﻣ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎﻧَ ِﺔ ِﰲ ﺳﺎن ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺴﻜﻮ َوا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻗ َﺮأَ ُه اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ُﻞ ذُو
اﻟ ﱡﺴ ْﱰَ ِة ا ْﻟ َﺤ ْﻤ َﺮاءِ َﺟﻴﱢ ًﺪا .أَ ْد َر َك ﺑﺎك أَ ﱠن َﻫ َﺬا ُﻫ َﻮ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ُﻞ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ُﻣ َﻌ ﱢﺬﺑَ ُﻪ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﱄََ ،ﻓﺎﻧْ َﺪ َﻓ َﻊ
ِﺑ َ َﴩا َﺳ ٍﺔ ِﰲ اﺗﱢ َﺠﺎ ِه ُﻗ ْﻀﺒَﺎ ِن اﻟ ﱡﺼﻨْ ُﺪو ِقَ .ﺿ ِﺤ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ُﻞ ِﺿ ْﺤ َﻜ ًﺔ َﻣ ِﻘﻴﺘَ ًﺔ َوأَ ْﺣ َ َﴬ ﺑَ ْﻠ َﻄ ًﺔ َو ِﻫ َﺮا َو ًة.
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