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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬

‫ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ ُﺐ ا ْ َﻷ ْﻗ َﻮى‬

‫َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َر ْﻏﺒَ ٌﺔ َدا ِﺧ َﻞ ﺑﺎك ِﰲ أَ ْن ﻳُ ْﺼ ِﺒ َﺢ أَ ْﻗ َﻮى َﻛ ْﻠ ٍﺐ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ ِﻊ‪َ ،‬و ِﰲ ِﻇ ﱢﻞ ُﻇ ُﺮو ِف َﺣﻴَﺎ ِة‬
‫اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ َواﻟﺘﱠﻨَ ﱡﻘ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺼ ْﻌﺒَ ِﺔ ﺗَ َﺰاﻳَ َﺪ ْت َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏﺒَ ُﺔ ِﺑ َﺪا ِﺧ ِﻠ ِﻪ ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ﺑﺎك أَﺑْ َﻘﻰ َﻫﺬَا‬
‫اﻟ ﱡﺸ ُﻌﻮ َر ِ ٍّﴎا‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺴ َﺐ ﺑﺎك َﻣ َﻠ َﻜ ًﺔ َﺟ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ًة ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻫ َﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﺤﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ َوا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒْ ُﺚ‪َ ،‬و َﺳﺎ َﻋ َﺪﺗْ ُﻪ‬
‫ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ َﻋ َﲆ أَ ْن ﻳَﺒْ َﻘﻰ َﻫﺎ ِدﺋًﺎ َو ُﻣ َﺴﻴْ ِﻄ ًﺮا َﻋ َﲆ ﻧَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻗ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك َﻣ ْﺸ ُﻐﻮ ًﻻ ِﺟ ٍّﺪا ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺤﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺔ‬
‫ا ِﻻ ْﻋ ِﺘﻴَﺎ ِد َﻋ َﲆ َﺣﻴَﺎ ِﺗ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ِة‪َ ،‬ﺣﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ْﺮ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮا َﺣ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎ َن َﻻ ﻳَﺒْ َﺪأُ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻌ َﺮا ِك َﻣ َﻊ أَ ﱢي‬
‫َﻛ ْﻠ ٍﺐ آ َﺧ َﺮ َو َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ َﺤﺎ ِو ُل َدا ِﺋ ًﻤﺎ أَ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﺠﻨﱠ َﺐ ا ْﻟ ِﻌ َﺮا َك إِ ْن أَ ْﻣ َﻜ َﻦ‪َ .‬و َﻣ َﻊ أَ ﱠن ﺑﺎك َوﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ِﺤﺒﱠﺎ‬

‫ﺑَ ْﻌ َﻀ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎ َن َذ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱡﺸ ُﻌﻮ ُر ﻳَﺘَ َﺰاﻳَ ُﺪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْﻈ ِﻬ ْﺮ ﺑﺎك ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أَﺑَ ًﺪا‪.‬‬
‫َو َﻋ َﲆ اﻟﻨﱠ ِﻘﻴ ِﺾ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎ َن ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ َﻻ ﻳُ َﻔ ﱢﻮ ُت ُﻓ ْﺮ َﺻ ًﺔ ُدو َن أَ ْن ﻳُ َﻜ ﱢ َﴩ َﻋ ْﻦ أَﻧْﻴَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ُ ،‬رﺑﱠ َﻤﺎ ِﻷَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن‬
‫ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ ِﺑﺄَ ﱠن ﺑﺎك ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜ ُﻦ أَ ْن ﻳَﺄْ ُﺧ َﺬ َﻣ َﻜﺎﻧَ ُﻪ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ًﺪا ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ ِﻊ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ َﺤﺎ ِو ُل َدا ِﺋ ًﻤﺎ أَ ْن ﻳُ ْﺮ ِﻫ َﺐ ﺑﺎك‬

‫َوأَ ْن ﻳَﺒْ َﺪأَ ِﺷ َﺠﺎ ًرا َﻻ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬﻲ إِ ﱠﻻ ِﺑﺎ ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﺴ َﻼ ِم َوا ِﺣ ٍﺪ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ َو ُﻫ ُﺮو ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ﻛﺎدت ُﻣ َﺸﺎ َﺟ َﺮ ٌة َﻛ َﻬ ِﺬ ِه أَ ْن ﺗَ ْﺤ ُﺪ َث ِﰲ ِﺑ َﺪاﻳَ ِﺔ إِ ْﺣ َﺪى اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻼ ِت‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َو َﻗ َﻌ ْﺖ َﺣﺎ ِدﺛَ ٌﺔ أَﻧْ َﻬﺘْ َﻬﺎ‪.‬‬
‫َﻓ ِﻔﻲ ِﻧ َﻬﺎﻳَ ِﺔ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪َ ،‬ﺧﻴﱠ َﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ ُﻖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺴﺎ ِﻓ ُﺮ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﺷﺎ ِﻃ ِﺊ ﺑُ َﺤ ْي َر ِة ﻟﻮﺑﺎرج‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻜﺎ ُن‬
‫ُﻣﻮ ِﺣ ًﺸﺎ َو َﻛ ِﺌﻴﺒًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ُج ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْ َﻬ ِﻤ َﺮ ُة ِﰲ َﻏ َﺰا َر ٍة َواﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎ ُح ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ ِﺗﻴَ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْ ِﴬﺑُ ُﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑ ِﺴ َﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻬﺎ‬
‫َواﻟ ﱠﻈ َﻼ ُم اﻟ ﱢﺪا ِﻣ ُﺲ‪ُ ،‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ أَ ْﺟ َ َﱪ ُﻫ ْﻢ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﺤ ِﺚ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻈ َﻼ ِم ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي أَ ْﻋ َﻤﺎ ُﻫ ْﻢ َﻋ ْﻦ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ٍن ﻳُ َﺨﻴﱢ ُﻤﻮ َن‬
‫ِﻓﻴ ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎ َن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻜﺎ ُن ُﻫ َﻮ أَ ْﺳ َﻮأُ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ٍن َو َﻗ َﻊ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﺧ ِﺘﻴَﺎ ُر ُﻫ ْﻢ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎ َن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﺟ َﺪا ٌر َﺻ ْﺨ ِﺮ ﱞي‬
‫َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻬ ْﻢ‪َ ،‬وا ْﺿ ُﻄ ﱠﺮ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا َوﺑيرو ِﻷَ ْن ﻳُ ْﺸ ِﻌ َﻼ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر َوﻳَ َﻀ َﻌﺎ َﺣ ِﻘﻴﺒَﺘَ ِﻲ اﻟﻨﱠ ْﻮ ِم َﻓ ْﻮ َق َﻃﺒَ َﻘ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻠﻴ ِﺪ‬
‫ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗُ َﻐ ﱢﻄﻲ ا ْﻟﺒُ َﺤ ْيرَ َة ﻧَ ْﻔ َﺴ َﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺣﻴْ ُﺚ ا ْﺿ ُﻄ ﱠﺮا ِﻟﻠﺘﱠ َﺨ ﱡﻠ ِﺺ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴْ َﻤ ِﺔ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗُ َﺸ ﱢﻜ َﻞ ِﻋﺒْﺌًﺎ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ‬