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‫ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮﻳ َﻤﺎ ِن‬

‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْ ُﴫ ْخ ﺑﺎك‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ ْﻒ أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ِﻞ ا ْﺻ َﻄ َﺪ َم ِﺑﺴﺒﻴﺘﺰ ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ٍة َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َو َﻗ َﻊ ا ِﻻﺛْﻨَﺎ ِن‪،‬‬
‫َوﺗَ َﺪ ْﺣ َﺮ َج ا ِﻻﺛْﻨَﺎ ِن َو ْﺳ َﻂ اﻟﺜﱠ ْﻠ ِﺞ‪َ .‬ﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ َﻫ ﱠﺐ َوا ِﻗ ًﻔﺎ ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ َﻛ َﻤﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻘ ْﻊ ِﰲ ﺑَﺎ ِد ِئ‬

‫ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ِﺮ‪.‬‬
‫َﻋ ِﻠ َﻢ ﺑﺎك َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻮ ِر أَ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ِﻫ َﻲ َﻟ ْﺤ َﻈ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻌ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮﺗَ َﻘﺒَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَ َﺪا ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ُﺮ ِﺑ ُﺮ ﱠﻣ ِﺘ ِﻪ َﻣﺄْﻟُﻮ ًﻓﺎ‬
‫ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ ِﻟﺒﺎك َو ُﻫ َﻤﺎ ﻳَ ُﺪو َرا ِن ِﰲ َﺣ ْﻠ َﻘﺎ ٍت َﺣ ْﻮ َل ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﻀ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻌ ِﺾ َوﻳُ َﺰ ْﻣ ِﺠ َﺮا ِن َوأُذُﻧَﺎ ُﻫ َﻤﺎ ﻧَﺎ ِﺋ َﻤ ٌﺔ‬
‫ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻮ َراءِ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ َﺮا ِن ُﻓ ْﺮ َﺻ ًﺔ ِﻟ ِﻼﻧْ ِﻘ َﻀﺎ ِض‪َ .‬ﻛﺎ َن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْﳾءٍ َﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨًﺎ ِﰲ َﺿ ْﻮ ِء ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻤ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬واﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ُج ﺗُ َﻐ ﱢﻄﻲ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ َﺔ َوا ْﻷَ ْر َض‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺮ ْك أَ ﱡي َ ْﳾءٍ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ أَﻧْ َﻔﺎ ُس ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠﺒَ ْي ِن ﺗَ ْﻌﻠُﻮ ِﺑﺒُ ْﻂ ٍء ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻬ َﻮاءِ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِر ِد‪َ ،‬و َﻗ ْﺪ‬
‫َو َﻗ َﻔ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﰲ َﺣ ْﻠ َﻘ ٍﺔ ﺗُ ِﺤﻴ ُﻂ ِﺑ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ َو َﻗ ْﺪ َﺧﻴﱠ َﻢ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ َﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺼ ْﻤ ُﺖ ِﻫ َﻲ ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮى َو َﻟ َﻤ َﻌ ْﺖ‬
‫ُﻋﻴُﻮﻧُ َﻬﺎ َوا ْرﺗَ َﻔ َﻊ َﺻ ْﻮ ُت أَﻧْ َﻔﺎ ِﺳ َﻬﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ُﺮ َﺟ ِﺪﻳ ًﺪا أَ ْو َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ ِﻟﺒﺎك‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َﺷ َﻌ َﺮ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ‬

‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻔ َ َﱰ ِض أَ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ َن ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻌ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪.‬‬
‫َﻛﺎ َن ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ُﻣ َﻘﺎ ِﺗ ًﻼ َذ ِﻛﻴٍّﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺨ ْ َﱪ ُة؛ َﻓﺒَ ْﺪ ًءا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺴﺒيرﺟين ) َﺣﻴْ ُﺚ‬
‫ُو ِﻟ َﺪ( َو َﻋ ْﱪَ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﻄ ِﺐ اﻟ ﱠﺸ َﻤﺎ ِﱄﱢ َو َﻛﻨَ َﺪا َوا ْﻷَ َرا ِﴈ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﺣ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎ َن َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧَ َﺠ َﺢ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺤ َﻔﺎ ِظ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣ َﻜﺎﻧَ ِﺘ ِﻪ‬

‫َوا ْ ِﻹ ْﻣ َﺴﺎ ِك ِﺑ ِﺰ َﻣﺎ ِم اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴْ َﻄ َﺮ ِة أَ َﻣﺎ َم ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻛ ْﻠ ٍﺐ َﻗﺎﺑَ َﻠ ُﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻫ َﺰ َﻣ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﺟ ِﻤﻴ ًﻌﺎ‪.‬‬
‫َﺣﺎ َو َل ﺑﺎك أَ ْن ﻳَ َﻌ ﱠﺾ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ َو َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ ا ْ ِﻹ ْﻣ َﺴﺎ َك ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ﻳَ ُﺼ ﱡﺪ ُه‬
‫ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ٍة‪َ ،‬ﻛ َﻤﺎ َﺣﺎ َو َل ﺑﺎك أَ ْن ﻳَﻨْ َﻘ ﱠﺾ َﻋ َﲆ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ٍة‪َ ،‬و َﺣﺎ َو َل أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺪ َﻓ َﻊ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺘ ِﻔ ِﻪ‬
‫َﻛ ِﺘ َﻒ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ َوﻳَ ْﻄ َﺮ َﺣ ُﻪ أَ ْر ًﺿﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ٍة َﺣﺎ َو َل ِﻓﻴ َﻬﺎ ﺑﺎك ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻛﺎ َن ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ﻳَ ْﻘ ِﻔ ُﺰ‬

‫ِﺑ َﺮ َﺷﺎ َﻗ ٍﺔ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻌ ًﺪا َوﻳَ َﻌ ﱡﺾ ﺑﺎك َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ‪.‬‬
‫َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ ِﻘﺘَﺎ ُل ﻳَ ْﺰ َدا ُد ُﻋﻨْ ًﻔﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ِﻟﺘَ ْﻘ ِﻔ َﺰ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ ِﺐ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﺳﻴَ ْﺴ ُﻘ ُﻂ‬
‫أَ ﱠو ًﻻ‪َ .‬وﺑَ َﺪأَ ﺑﺎك ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠ َﻌ ِﺐ َوﺑَ َﺪأَ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ﻳَﻨْ َﺪ ِﻓ ُﻊ ﻧَ ْﺤ َﻮ ُه‪َ .‬و ِﰲ إِ ْﺣ َﺪى ا ْﻟ َﻤ ﱠﺮا ِت‪ ،‬أَ ْو َﺷ َﻚ ﺑﺎك َﻋ َﲆ‬
‫ا ْﻟ ُﻮ ُﻗﻮ ِع َوﺗَ َﺤ ﱠﺮ َﻛ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺪا ِﺋ َﺮ ُة ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﻮ ُن ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺳﺘﱢي َن َﻛ ْﻠﺒًﺎ ُﻣ ْﻘ َ ِﱰﺑَ ًﺔ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ ُ ْﴎ َﻋﺎ َن َﻣﺎ َﻫ ﱠﺐ‬

‫َوا ِﻗ ًﻔﺎ َﻋ َﲆ َﻗ َﺪ َﻣﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻌﺎ َد ِت ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﺗَ ْﺠ ِﻠ ُﺲ َوﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ َﻣﺎ َﺳﻴَ ْﺤ ُﺪ ُث‪.‬‬
‫َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ﻳَﺘَ َﻤﺘﱠ ُﻊ ِﺑ ِﺴ َﻤ ٍﺔ ﺗُ َﻤﻴﱢ ُﺰ ُه َﻋ ْﻦ َﻏ ْي ِر ِه ﺑَ َﺪأَ ﻳَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺸ ُﻔ َﻬﺎ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ؛ أَ َﻻ َو ِﻫ َﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺪ َر ُة‬
‫َﻋ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺨﻴﱡ ِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜﺎ َن ﻳُ َﻘﺎ ِﺗ ُﻞ ِﺑ َﻐ ِﺮﻳ َﺰ ِﺗ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﻘﺘَﺎ ُل ِﺑ َﻌ ْﻘ ِﻠ ِﻪ أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜﺎ َن ﻳَﻨْ َﺪ ِﻓ ُﻊ إِ َﱃ‬
‫ا ْﻷَ َﻣﺎ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻛ َﻤﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴُ َﺤﺎ ِو ُل ا ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﺨ َﺪا َم ِﺣﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺘ ِﻒ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻓ ِﺸ َﻠ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ آ ِﺧ ِﺮ‬
‫ْﻟ َﺤ َﻈ ٍﺔ اﻧْ َﺤﻨَﻰ َوا ْﻗ َ َﱰ َب ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ َوأَ ْﻣ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑ َﺴﺎ َﻗﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻷَ َﻣﺎ ِﻣﻴﱠﺘَ ْي ِن ِﺑﺄَ ْﺳﻨَﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪ َوأَ ْو َﺷ َﻚ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﻄ َﺮ َﺣ ُﻪ‬
‫أَ ْر ًﺿﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎ َن ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ﻳُ َﻜﺎ ِﻓ ُﺢ ِﻟ ُﻤ َﺠﺎ َرا ِﺗ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َرأَى َﺣ ْﻠ َﻘ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب اﻟ ﱠﺼﺎ ِﻣﺘَ ِﺔ َوا ْﻟ ُﻌﻴُﻮ َن اﻟ ﱠﻼ ِﻣ َﻌ َﺔ ﺗَ ْﻘ َ ِﱰ ُب‬

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