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اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ُج
أَ ْد َر َك َدﻧَﺎءَ َة ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ،أَ ﱠﻣﺎ ﺟﻮ َﻓ َﻤ ْﻬ َﻤﺎ َﺣﺎ َو َل ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ إِ ْر َﻫﺎﺑَ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ِﻘ ُﻒ ِﰲ َو ْﺟ ِﻬ ِﻪَ ،ﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﻟ ْﻮ
َﺷ َﻌ َﺮ ِﺑ َﺪا ِﺧ ِﻠ ِﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻋ ِﺐ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪ .اﻧْﺘَ َﺼ َﺐ َﺷ ْﻌ ُﺮ َر َﻗﺒَ ِﺔ ﺟﻮ َواﻧْ َﺤﻨَ ْﺖ أُذُﻧَﺎ ُه إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َراءِ َوأَ َﺧﺬَ ﻳُ َﺰ ْﻣ ِﺠ ُﺮ،
َو َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪو ﴍ ًﺳﺎ َو ُﻣ َﺮ ﱢو ًﻋﺎ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ إِ ﱠن ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ا ْﺳﺘَ ْﺴ َﻠ َﻢ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢ َﻬﺎﻳَ ِﺔَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ ا ْﺳﺘَ َﻤ ﱠﺮ ِﰲ ُﻣ َﻄﺎ َر َد ِة
ﺑﻴﲇ ِﻟﻴَ ْﺤ َﻔ َﻆ َﻣﺎءَ َو ْﺟ ِﻬ ِﻪ.
ِﺑ ُﺤﻠُﻮ ِل ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎ ِء أَ ْﺣ َ َﴬ ﺑيرو َﻛ ْﻠﺒًﺎ آ َﺧ َﺮ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺠ ُﻤﻮ َﻋ ِﺔَ ،ﻛﺎ َن َﻛ ْﻠﺒًﺎ َﻋ ُﺠﻮ ًزا ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ِﺼﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ
اﻟﻬﺎﺳﻜﻲَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن َﻃ ِﻮﻳ ًﻼ َوﻧَ ِﺤﻴ ًﻼ َو َذا َﻋ ْي ٍن َوا ِﺣ َﺪ ٍة َو َﻋ َﲆ َو ْﺟ ِﻬ ِﻪ آﺛَﺎ ٌر ِ ِﻹ َﺻﺎﺑَ ٍﺔ ِﰲ َﻣ ْﻌ َﺮ َﻛ ٍﺔ َﻗ ِﺪﻳ َﻤ ٍﺔ.
َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ ْﺪ َﻋﻰ ﺳﻮﻟﻴﻜﺲ — َوﻳَ ْﻌ ِﻨﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ َﺐ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎ ِﺿ َﺐَ .و َﻋ َﲆ ِﻏ َﺮا ِر دﻳﻒَ ،ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻄﻠُ ُﺐ أَ ﱠي
َ ْﳾءٍ أَ ْو ﻳُ ْﻌ ِﻄ َﻲ أَ ﱠي َ ْﳾءٍ أَ ْو ﻳَﺘَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ ُﻊ أَ ﱠي َ ْﳾءٍَ .و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ﺗَ َﺤ ﱠﺮ َك ِﺑﺒُ ْﻂ ٍء ِﻟﻴَﻨْ َﻀ ﱠﻢ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ ِﻊ،
َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ُﻪ َو َﺷﺄْﻧَ ُﻪَ .و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻛﺎ َن َﻟ َﺪى ﺳﻮﻟﻴﻜﺲ َﻋﺎ َد ٌة َوا ِﺣ َﺪ ٌة ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َﻔ َﻬﺎ ﺑﺎك ِﻟ ُﺴﻮءِ
َﺣ ﱢﻈ ِﻪَ ،ﻛﺎ َن َﻻ ﻳُ ِﺤ ﱡﺐ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﻘ َ ِﱰ َب ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪ أَ َﺣ ٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺎ ِﺣﻴَ ِﺔ َﻋﻴْ ِﻨ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺼﺎﺑَ ِﺔَ ،و َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ َﻌ َﻠ َﻬﺎ ﺑﺎك ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨ َﻄ ِﺄ،
َﻓﺎ ْﺳﺘَ َﺪا َر ﺳﻮ ﱢﻟﻴﻜﺲ ﻧَ ْﺤ َﻮ ُه َوﻧَﺒَ َﺢ ِﰲ َو ْﺟ ِﻬ ِﻪَ .و ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﺤ َﻈ ِﺔ ،ﺗَ َﺠﻨﱠ َﺐ ﺑﺎك َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﺠﺎ ِﻧ َﺐ
َﺣﻴْ ُﺚ َﻋﻴْﻨُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻌ ْﻤﻴَﺎءَُ ،ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻘ ْﻊ ِﰲ أَ ﱢي ُﻣ ْﺸ ِﻜ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ َذ ِﻟ َﻚَ ،ﻓﻴَﺒْ ُﺪو أَ ﱠن ﺳﻮﻟﻴﻜﺲ َﻛﺎ َن ِﻣﺜْ َﻞ دﻳﻒ
َﻻ ﻳَ ْﻄ َﻤ ُﺢ ِﺳ َﻮى إِ َﱃ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﱰُ َﻛ ُﻪ ا ْﻵ َﺧ ُﺮو َن َو َﺷﺄْﻧَ ُﻪ.
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