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اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ُج
ﺗَ َﺸ ﱠﻤ َﻤ َﻬﺎ ﺑﺎك ِﰲ ُﻓ ُﻀﻮ ٍل ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻟ َﻌ َﻖ ﺑَ ْﻌ ًﻀﺎ ِﻣﻨْ َﻬﺎ ِﺑﻠِ َﺴﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪَ ،ﻓ َﻠ َﺴ َﻌﺘْ ُﻪ َﻗ ِﻠﻴ ًﻼ ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﺧﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ َﻓ ْﺠﺄَ ًة،
َﻓ َﺤ ﱠي َر ُه َذ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻛ ِﺜي ًرا َو َﺣﺎ َو َل َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى َو َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﺣ َﺪ َث اﻟ ﱠ ْﴚءُ ﻧَ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪَ .ﺿ ِﺤ َﻜ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮى
َوا ْﻷَ ْﺷ َﺨﺎ ُص ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬﻳ َﻦ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳُ َﺸﺎ ِﻫ ُﺪوﻧَ ُﻪَ ،و َﺷ َﻌ َﺮ ﺑﺎك ِﺑﺎ ْ ِﻹ ْﺣ َﺮا ِجَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ِف اﻟ ﱠﺴﺒَ َﺐ ،ﻓ َﻬ ِﺬ ِه
ِﻫ َﻲ أَ ﱠو ُل َﻣ ﱠﺮ ٍة ِﰲ َﺣﻴَﺎ ِﺗ ِﻪ ﻳَ َﺮى ِﻓﻴ َﻬﺎ اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ َج.
َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ِﻦ اﻟﺜﱠ ْﻠ ُﺞ ُﻫ َﻮ اﻟ ﱠ ْﴚ ُء ا ْﻟ َﻮ ِﺣﻴ ُﺪ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻛﺎ َن َﻋ َﲆ ﺑﺎك أَ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﻌ ﱠﻠ َﻢ َﻛﻴْ َﻒ ﻳَ ْﻌﺘَﺎ ُد َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ
َوﻳَﺘَ َﻌﺎ َﻣ ُﻞ َﻣ َﻌ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﻤ َﻬﺎ َر ٍةَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم ا ْﻷَ ﱠو ُل ِﻟﺒﺎك ِﰲ َﺷﺎ ِﻃ ِﺊ دﻳﺎ أَ ْﺷﺒَ َﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜﺎﺑُﻮ ِس؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ
َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﺻ ْﺪ َﻣ ٌﺔ َو ُﻣ َﻔﺎ َﺟﺄَ ٌة َﺟ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ٌة ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﺳﺎ َﻋ ٍﺔَ .و َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ِﺪ اﻧْﺘُ ِﺰ َع ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣ ْﺠﺘَ َﻤ ٍﻊ
ُﻣﺘَ َﺤ ﱢ ٍﴬ َوأُ ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻲ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﰲ َﻋﺎ َﻟ ٍﻢ ﺑُ َﺪا ِﺋ ﱟﻲَ .ﻓ ُﻬﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﺤﻴَﺎ َﺣﻴَﺎ ًة ُﻣ ِﺮﻳ َﺤ ًﺔ َو َﻫﺎ ِدﺋَ ًﺔ ِﰲ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ٍن ﺗَ ْﻐ ُﻤ ُﺮ ُه
أَ ِﺷ ﱠﻌ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺸ ْﻤ ِﺲ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﻃ َﻌ ِﺔ ِﻣﺜْ َﻠ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ِﻌﻴ ُﺶ ِﰲ ﺑَﻴْ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﴈ ﻣﻴﻠﺮ َﻻ ﻳَ ْﻔ َﻌ ُﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﺳ َﻮى
اﻟﺘﱠ َﺴ ﱡﻜ ِﻊ َواﻟ ﱡﺸ ُﻌﻮ ِر ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻤ َﻠ ِﻞَ .ﻓ ُﻬﻨَﺎ َﻻ ﻳُﻮ َﺟ ُﺪ ُﺷ ُﻌﻮ ٌر ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻜﻴﻨَ ِﺔ أَ ِو اﻟ ﱠﺮا َﺣ ِﺔَ ،و َﻻ ﻳَﻨْ َﻌ ُﻢ ِﺑ َﻠ ْﺤ َﻈ ِﺔ أَ َﻣﺎ ٍن
َوا ِﺣ َﺪ ٍةَ .ﻓ ِﻔﻲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻣﺎ َﺣ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻳُﻮ َﺟ ُﺪ ا ْرﺗِﺒَﺎ ٌك َو َﺣ َﺮ َﻛ ٌﺔَ ،و ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻟ ْﺤ َﻈ ٍﺔ ﻳَﻠُﻮ ُح َﺧ َﻄ ٌﺮ َﺟ ِﺪﻳ ٌﺪَ ،وﻟِ َﺬا
َﻛﺎ َن َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أَ ْن ﻳَﺒْ َﻘﻰ ُﻣﺘَﻴَ ﱢﻘ ًﻈﺎ َﻃ َﻮا َل ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ؛ َﻓ ُﻬ َﺆ َﻻ ِء ا ْﻷَ ْﺷ َﺨﺎ ُص َوا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب ﻳَ ْﺨﺘَ ِﻠ ُﻔﻮ َن َﻋ ِﻦ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬﻳ َﻦ
َﻋ َﺮ َﻓ ُﻬ ْﻢ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎ ِﴈَ ،ﻓ َﻬ ُﺆ َﻻ ِء َﺧ ِﻄ ُﺮو َن َوا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﻧُﻮ ُن ا ْﻟ َﻮ ِﺣﻴ ُﺪ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ُﻓﻮﻧَ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ َﻗﺎﻧُﻮ ُن ا ْﻷَ ْﺣﺒَﺎ ِل
َوا ْﻷَﻧْﻴَﺎ ِب.
َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ ﺑﺎك ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ َب ﺗَﺘَ َﻌﺎ َر ُك َﻫ َﻜﺬَا ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞَ ،و َﻗ ْﺪ َﻋ ﱠﻠ َﻤﺘْ ُﻪ ﺗَ ْﺠ ِﺮﺑَﺘُ ُﻪ ا ْﻷُو َﱃ َد ْر ًﺳﺎ َﻻ ﻳُﻨْ َﴗ.
َﻓﺒَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳُ َﺨﻴﱢ ُﻤﻮ َن ُﻗ ْﺮ َب َﻣ ْﺨ َﺰ ِن ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ ،ا ْﻗ َ َﱰﺑَ ْﺖ ﻛيرﱄ ِﺑ َﻄ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ِﺘ َﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ُدو َد ِة ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ ْﻠ ٍﺐ ِﻣ ْﻦ
َﻓ ِﺼﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ اﻟﻬﺎﺳﻜﻲَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ ُﺐ ِﰲ َﺣ ْﺠ ِﻢ ِذﺋْ ٍﺐ ﺑَﺎ ِﻟ ٍﻎَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ َﺣ ْﺠ َﻤ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳَ َﻜﺎ ُد ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﻧ ْﺼ َﻒ
َﺣ ْﺠ ِﻤ َﻬﺎَ ،و ِﺑ ُﺪو ِن َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ إِﻧْﺬَا ٍر َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ ُﺐ َو َﻃ َﺮ َﺣ َﻬﺎ أَ ْر ًﺿﺎ.
َﻛﺎ َن َﻫﺬَا أُ ْﺳﻠُﻮ َب اﻟ ﱢﺬﺋَﺎ ِب ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻌ َﺮا ِك ،ﻳَ ْﻘ ِﻔ ُﺰ َﻋ َﲆ َﺧ ْﺼ ِﻤ ِﻪَ ،وﻳَ ْ ِﴬﺑُ ُﻪ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﻳَ ْﻘ ِﻔ ُﺰ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻌ ًﺪا
َﻋﻨْ ُﻪَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ َﻣﺎ َﺣﺪ َث َﻛﺎ َن أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚَ .ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َر َﻛ َﺾ َﺣ َﻮا َﱄْ ﺛَ َﻼ ِﺛي َن أَ ْو أَ ْرﺑَ ِﻌي َن َﻛ ْﻠﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻛ َﻼ ِب
اﻟﻬﺎﺳﻜﻲ َوأَ َﺣﺎ ُﻃﻮا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠﺒَ ْي ِن ِﰲ ُﻫ ُﺪوءٍ ﻳُﻨْ ِﺬ ُر ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨ َﻄ ِﺮَ .ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻔ َﻬ ْﻢ ﺑﺎك َﺳﺒَ َﺐ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚَ .ﺣﺎ َو َﻟ ْﺖ ﻛيرﱄ
أَ ْن ﺗَ ْﻬ ُﺠ َﻢ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ ِﺐ ا ْﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻃ َﺮ َﺣ َﻬﺎ أَ ْر ًﺿﺎ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻗ َﱰَﺑَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮى
َوا ْﻟﺘَ ﱠﻔ ْﺖ َﺣ ْﻮ َﻟ َﻬﺎَ ،وأَ َﺧ َﺬ ْت ﺗُ ْﺮ ِﻫﺒُ َﻬﺎ َو ِﻫ َﻲ ﺗَﻨْﺒَ ُﺢ َوﺗَ َﻌ ﱡﻀ َﻬﺎ.
َﺣ َﺪ َث َذ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ ْﺠﺄَ ًةَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻣﺘَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ ًﻌﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻤ ﱠﺮ ِة َﺣﺘﱠﻰ إِ ﱠن ﺑﺎك َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ْف َﻛﻴْ َﻒ ﻳَﺘَ َ ﱠﴫ ُف.
َرأَى ﺑﺎك َﻛ ْﻠﺒًﺎ ا ْﺳ ُﻤ ُﻪ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ﻳُ ْﺨ ِﺮ ُج ِﻟ َﺴﺎﻧَ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ِﻤ ِﻪ ِﻟﻴَ ْﻀ َﺤ َﻚ ِﺑ َﻄ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ِﺘ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ِﺔَ ،و َرأَى أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ
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