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ﺗَ َﺠﺎ ِر ُب َﺟ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ٌة
ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻤ ِﻞ َوﻳَ ْﺤ ِﺮ ُص َﻋ َﲆ أَ ْن ﻳَ ُﻘﻮ َم ُز َﻣ َﻼ ُؤ ُه ِﺑ َﻌ َﻤ ِﻠ ِﻬ ْﻢ َﻛ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚَ ،وﻳَﺘَ َﻌﺎ َوﻧُﻮ َن َﻣ ًﻌﺎ ُر ْﻏ َﻢ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن
ُﻣ ْﺮ َﻫ ًﻘﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻵ َﺧ ُﺮَ .ﻛﺎ َن ﺑﻴﲇ ﻳَﺒْ ِﻜﻲ َوﻳَ ِ ﱡﱧ ِﰲ ﻧَ ْﻮ ِﻣ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔَ .و َﻛﺎ َن ﺟﻮ َﻟ ِﺌﻴ ًﻤﺎ أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِذي
َﻗﺒْ ُﻞَ ،وأَ ْﺻﺒَ َﺢ َﻻ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜ ُﻦ ا ِﻻ ْﻗ ِ َﱰا ُب ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺳﻮﻟﻴﻜﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ﱢي َﺟﺎ ِﻧ ٍﺐ.
َو َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَ ْي ِن ِﻛ َﻼ ِب ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖَ ،ﻛﺎ َن دﻳﻒ أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ َﻣ ْﻦ ﻳُ َﻌﺎ ِﻧﻲ؛ َﻓ َ ْﴚ ٌء َﻣﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺎ
ﻳُ َﺮا ُم ِﺑ ِﻪَ .ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَ ْﺻﺒَ َﺢ أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ﺗَ َﻌﺎ َﺳ ًﺔ َو َﻏ َﻀﺒًﺎَ ،و ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺠ ﱠﺮ ِد إِ َﻗﺎ َﻣ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺤ ِﻔ ُﺮ ُﺣ ْﻔ َﺮ ًة ِﻟﻠﻨﱠ ْﻮ ِم
َﺣﻴْ ُﺚ َﻛﺎ َن َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ُﻘ ُﻪ ﻳُ ْﻄ ِﻌ ُﻤ ُﻪَ .و َﻛﺎ َن ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺠ ﱠﺮ ِد ﺗَ َﺤ ﱡﺮ ِر ِه ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ ْﴪ ِج َوا ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﻠ َﻘﺎ ِﺋ ِﻪَ ،ﻻ ﻳَﻨْ َﻬ ُﺾ إِ ﱠﻻ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ
َو ْﻗ ِﺖ َو ْﺿ ِﻊ اﻟ ﱠ ْﴪ ِج ُﻣ َﺠ ﱠﺪ ًدا ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺼﺒَﺎ ِحَ .وأَ ْﺣﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ ْﴪ ِجِ ،ﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ُﺠ ﱡﺮ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ َﺔ
ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ٍة َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْ ُﴫ ُخ أَ َﻟ ًﻤﺎَ .و َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﻘ َﺪ ُه اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﺋ ُﻖ َو َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ِﺠ ْﺪ ِﺑ ِﻪ أَﻳﱠ َﺔ إِ َﺻﺎﺑَ ٍﺔ.
َو ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ ُو ُﺻﻮﻟِ ِﻬ ْﻢ إِ َﱃ ﻛﺎﺳﻴﺎر ﺑﺎرَ ،ﻛﺎ َن دﻳﻒ َﺿ ِﻌﻴ ًﻔﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺴ ُﻘ ُﻂ أَ ْر ًﺿﺎ
ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ ْﴪ ِج .أَ ْو َﻗ َﻒ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﺋ ُﻖ ا ِﻻ ْﺳ ُﻜﺘْ َﻠﻨْ ِﺪ ﱡي ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ َب َوأَ ْﺧ َﺮ َج دﻳﻒ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖَ .ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أَ َرا َد أَ ْن ﻳُ ِﺮﻳ َﺢ
دﻳﻒ َوﻳَ ْﱰُ َﻛ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُﺾ ِﺑ ُﺤ ﱢﺮﻳﱠ ٍﺔ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻒ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔَ .و ُر ْﻏ َﻢ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن َﻣ ِﺮﻳ ًﻀﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔَ ،ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ِﺤ ﱠﺐ دﻳﻒ
أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺨ ُﺮ َج ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺬ ﱠﻣ َﺮ َو َز ْﻣ َﺠ َﺮ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ إِ َزا َﻟ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠ ْﴪ ِجَ ،وﺗَﺄَ ﱠو َه ِﺑ ُﺤ ْﺰ ٍن َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ َﺮى
ﺳﻮﻟﻴﻜﺲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻜﺎ ِن ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺸ َﻐﻠُ ُﻪ ِﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ٍﺖ َﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٍﻞ؛ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن دﻳﻒ َﻓ ُﺨﻮ ًرا ِﺑ َﻌ َﻤ ِﻠ ِﻪَ ،ﺣﺘﱠﻰ
إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ ُر ْﻏ َﻢ َﻣ َﺮ ِﺿ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺸ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪَ ،ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳُ ِﻄﻴ ُﻖ ُر ْؤﻳَ َﺔ َﻛ ْﻠ ٍﺐ آ َﺧ َﺮ ﻳَ ُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑ َﻌ َﻤ ِﻠ ِﻪ.
ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ﺑَ َﺪأَ ِت ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ُﺔ ﺗَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺮ ُك َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮىَ ،ر َﻛ َﺾ دﻳﻒ ِﰲ اﻟﺜﱠ ْﻠ ِﺞ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻨْﺒَ ُﺢ ِﺗ َﺠﺎ َه
ﺳﻮﻟﻴﻜﺲ َوﻳُ َﺤﺎ ِو ُل َد ْﻓ َﻌ ُﻪ ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖَ .ﺣﺎ َو َل اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﺋ ُﻖ أَ ْن ﻳُﺒْ ِﻘ َﻲ دﻳﻒ ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا َﻋ ِﻦ
اﻟ ﱠ ْﴪ ِجَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊَ ،و َﻗ ْﺪ َﺟ َﻌ َﻠ ُﻪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺣ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔَ .ﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ َﺮى َﻛ ْﻢ َﻛﺎ َن دﻳﻒ ﻳَﺘَ َﻠ ﱠﻬ ُﻒ
ِﻷَ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ َن ِﺿ ْﻤ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َر َﻓ َﺾ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻛ َﺾ ِﺑ ُﻬ ُﺪو ٍء َﺧ ْﻠ َﻒ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔ َﺣﻴْ ُﺚ َﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻛ ُﺾ
َﺳ ْﻬ ًﻼَ ،و َﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُﺾ ِﺑ َﺠﺎ ِﻧ ِﺐ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔ َﻋ َﲆ اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ِج اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﻋ َﻤ ِﺔ َﺣﻴْ ُﺚ َﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻛ ُﺾ أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ُﺻ ُﻌﻮﺑَ ًﺔ
َﺣﺘﱠﻰ أُﻧْ ِﻬ َﻜ ْﺖ ُﻗ َﻮا ُه .ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﺳﺘَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ ِﻟﻴَﻨَﺎ َل ِﻗ ْﺴ ًﻄﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮا َﺣ ِﺔ ِﰲ ِﺣي ِن َﻣ ﱠﺮ ْت ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺑَﺎ ِﻗﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠﺎ ِت.
َو ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َﻣﺎ ﺗَﺒَ ﱠﻘﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ِﺗ ِﻪ ،ﺗَ َﻤ ﱠﻜ َﻦ دﻳﻒ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠ َﺤﺎ ِق ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠﺎ ِت َﺣﻴْ ُﺚ ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ ِﻟﻠ ﱠﺮا َﺣ ِﺔ،
َو َﻣ ﱠﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠﺎ ِت ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َو َﺟ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠﺘَ ُﻪ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َو َﻗ َﻒ إِ َﱃ َﺟﺎ ِﻧ ِﺐ ﺳﻮﻟﻴﻜﺲَ .ﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﺋ ُﻖ
ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا ِﻟ ِﺒ ْﻀ ِﻊ َد َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻖ ﻳُ ْﺤ ِ ُﴬ َو ﱠﻻ َﻋ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ْﺟ ِﻞ ُﻏ ْﻠﻴُﻮ ِﻧ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ِﻞ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ .ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻋﺎ َد إِ َﱃ
ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔ َوﺑَ َﺪأَ ِت ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب ِر ْﺣ َﻠﺘَ َﻬﺎَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ َﻬﺎ اﻧْ َﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُﺾ َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ ِﺑ ُﺴ ُﻬﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔَ ،ﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ َﻔﺘَ ْﺖ
َو َرا َء َﻫﺎ ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ ِﰲ َد ْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔَ .و َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺪ ْﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ ﺗَ ْﻌ َ ِﱰي اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﺋ َﻖ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ َﻓﺎ ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب اﻧْ َﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ
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