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ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ُﺔ ﺗَ َﻌ ﱡﻠ ٍﻢ ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَ َﻘﺎ ِء َﻋ َﲆ َﻗﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ َﺤﻴَﺎ ِة
آ َﺧ ُﺮ ِﰲ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻜﺎ ِن ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِر ِد ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮ ِﺣ ِﺶَ ،ﻓ ُﻬ َﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْ ِﴪ ْق ِﻷَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُ ِﺤ ﱡﺐ َذ ِﻟ َﻚَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ِﻷَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن َﺟﺎ ِﺋ ًﻌﺎ.
َو َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ﻳَ ْ ِﴪ ُق ِﺑ ِﺤ ْﺮ ٍص َو ِﰲ ِ ﱢﴎﻳﱠ ٍﺔ ِﻷَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أَ ْن ﻳُ َﻌﺎ َﻗ َﺐ َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ ِﴪ َﻗ ِﺔ.
َو ُ ْﴎ َﻋﺎ َن َﻣﺎ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠي َر ﺑﺎك؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أَ ْﺻﺒَ َﺤ ْﺖ َﻋ َﻀ َﻼﺗُ ُﻪ ُﺻ ْﻠﺒَ ًﺔ ِﻣﺜْ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ِﺑ ُﻮ ْﺳ ِﻌ ِﻪ أَ ْن
ﻳَﺘَ َﺠﺎ َﻫ َﻞ ا ْﻵ َﻻ َم ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ ِدﻳﱠ َﺔَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﻣ َﻜﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪ أَ ْن ﻳَﺄْ ُﻛ َﻞ أَ ﱠي َ ْﳾ ٍءَ ،ﻓ ِﺠ ْﺴ ُﻤ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ َﺤ ﱢﻮ ُل أَ ﱠي َﻃ َﻌﺎ ٍم إِ َﱃ
َﻃﺎ َﻗ ٍﺔ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ْﻘ َﻮى َﻋ َﻀ َﻼﺗُ ُﻪ َوﺗُ ْﺼ ِﺒ َﺢ أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ َﺻ َﻼﺑَ ًﺔ.
َﻛ َﻤﺎ أَ ْﺻﺒَ َﺤ ْﺖ َﺣﺎ ﱠﺳﺘَﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَ َ ِﴫ َواﻟ ﱠﺸ ﱢﻢ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ َﺧﺎ ِر َﻗﺘَ ْي ِنَ ،وﺑَﺎ َت َﺳ ْﻤ ُﻌ ُﻪ َﺣﺎ ٍّدا ِﻟ َﺪ َر َﺟ ِﺔ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن
ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺴ َﻤ َﻊ أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ا ْﻷَ ْﺻ َﻮا ِت ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِﻓﺘَ ِﺔ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻧَﺎ ِﺋ ٌﻢ َوﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ُف َﻣ ْﺼ َﺪ َر َﻫﺎَ .وﺗَ َﻌ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﺑﺎك أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ
أَ ْن ﻳَﺄْ ُﻛ َﻞ اﻟﺜﱠ ْﻠ َﺞ ِﺑﺄَ ْﺳﻨَﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ﻳَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﻮ ُم ﺑَ ْي َن أَ َﺻﺎ ِﺑ ِﻊ أَ ْﻗ َﺪا ِﻣ ِﻪَ ،و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪﻣﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻌ َﻄ ِﺶ
َوﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺪ َﻃﺒَ َﻘ َﺔ َﺟ ِﻠﻴ ٍﺪ ﺗُ َﻐ ﱢﻄﻲ ِﺑ ْﺮ َﻛ َﺔ ِﻣﻴَﺎ ٍه َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ِﻘ ُﻒ َﻋ َﲆ َﻗ َﺪ َﻣﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻔﻴﱠﺘَ ْي ِن ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﻳَﻨْ ِﺰ ُل ِﺑ َﻘ َﺪ َﻣﻴْ ِﻪ
ا ْﻷَ َﻣﺎ ِﻣﻴﱠﺘَ ْي ِن َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻠﻴ ِﺪ َوﻳُ َﺤ ﱢﻄ ُﻤ ُﻪ .ﺑَ ْﻞ َوأَ ْﺻﺒَ َﺢ ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﻣ َﻜﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ أَ ْن ﻳَﺘَﻨَﺒﱠﺄَ ِﺑ َﺤﺎ َﻟ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ْﻘ ِﺲ إِ َذا
ا ْﺷﺘَ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻬ َﻮاءَ.
َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻌ ﱠﻠ ْﻢ ﺑﺎك ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠ ْﺠ ِﺮﺑَ ِﺔ َو ْﺣ َﺪ َﻫﺎَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ﺗَﻨَﺒﱠ َﻬ ْﺖ ِﺑ َﺪا ِﺧ ِﻠ ِﻪ َﻏ َﺮا ِﺋ ُﺰ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻧَ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ُف
أَﻧَ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﻤﺘَ ِﻠ ُﻜ َﻬﺎَ .ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺷ َﻌ َﺮ َو َﻛﺄَ ﱠن ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﻣ َﻜﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪ أَ ْن ﻳَﺘَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ َﻣﺘَﻰ َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب ا ْﻟ َ ﱢﱪﻳﱠ ُﺔ ﺗَ ْﺠ ِﺮي ِﰲ
ُﻗ ْﻄ َﻌﺎ ٍن َﻋ ْ َﱪ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺼ َﻄﺎ َد َﻃ َﻌﺎ َﻣ َﻬﺎَ .و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﺘَ َﻌﺎ َر ُك َﻣ َﻊ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮىَ ،ﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ
َو َﻛﺄَ ﱠن َوا ِﺣ ًﺪا ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ْﺳ َﻼ ِﻓ ِﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ َﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَﺘَ َﻌﺎ َر ُكَ .ﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ ا ْﺳﺘَﻴْ َﻘ َﻈ ْﺖ ِﺑ َﺪا ِﺧ ِﻠ ِﻪ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﺤﻴَﺎ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺪﻳ َﻤ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ
َﻛﺎ َن أَ ْﺟ َﺪا ُد ُه ﻳَ ِﻌﻴ ُﺸﻮﻧَ َﻬﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎ ِﴈ َوا ْﻟ ُﺨ َﺪ ُع ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَ ْﻠ َﺠﺌُﻮ َن إِ َﻟﻴْ َﻬﺎُ ،دو َن أَ ْن ﻳُ َﺤﺎ ِو َل ُﻫ َﻮ
ا ْﺳ ِﺘ َﻌﺎ َدﺗَ َﻬﺎَ ،ﻛ َﻤﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ أَﻧﱠ َﻬﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻣ ْﻮ ُﺟﻮ َد ًة َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ َﻃ َﻮا َل َﺣﻴَﺎ ِﺗ ِﻪَ .و ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴﺎ ِﱄ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِر َد ِةِ ،ﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﻛﺎ َن
ﺑﺎك ﻳُ ِﺸيرُ ِﺑﺄَﻧْ ِﻔ ِﻪ إِ َﱃ ﻧَ ْﺠ َﻤ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱡ ُﺠﻮ ِم َوﻳَ ْﻌ ِﻮي َﻃ ِﻮﻳ ًﻼ ِﻣﺜْ َﻞ اﻟ ﱢﺬﺋَﺎ ِبَ ،ﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ أَ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠﺼ ْﻮ َت
ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺒَ ِﻌ َﺚ ِﻣ ْﻦ َدا ِﺧ ِﻠ ِﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ َﺻ ْﻮ ُت أَ َﺣ ِﺪ أَ ْﺟ َﺪا ِد ِه آ ٍت ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ ْﻠ ِﻒ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ُﺮو ِن اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ِﺔَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺑَﺎ َت َﺻ ْﻮﺗُ ُﻪ
ُﻫ َﻮ َﺻ ْﻮﺗَ ُﻬ ْﻢ.
َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠي َر ْت َﺣﻴَﺎ ُة ﺑﺎك ﺗَ َﻐ ﱡيرًا َﻛ ِﺒي ًراُ ،ﻛ ﱡﻞ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﺑ َﺴﺒَ ِﺐ أَ ﱠن ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺾ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ِل َﻗ ْﺪ َﻋﺜَ ُﺮوا َﻋ َﲆ
َﻣ ْﻌ ِﺪ ٍن أَ ْﺻ َﻔ َﺮ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺸ َﻤﺎ ِلَ ،وأَ ﱠن ﻣﺎﻧﻮﻳﻞ ُﻣ َﺴﺎ ِﻋ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺒُ ْﺴﺘَﺎ ِﻧ ﱢﻲ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ ِﺤ ﱡﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻘﺎ َﻣ َﺮ َة.
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