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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﻌﺎﴍ‬

‫ِﻧ َﺪاءُ ا ْﻟ َ ﱢﱪ ﱠﻳ ِﺔ‬

‫َذا َت َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ ا ْﺳﺘَﻴْ َﻘ َﻆ ﺑﺎك َﻓ ْﺠﺄَ ًة َوأَ َﺧ َﺬ ﻳَﺘَ َﺸ ﱠﻤ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻬ َﻮاءَ َواﻧْﺘَ َﺼ َﺐ َﺷ ْﻌ ُﺮ َﺟ َﺴ ِﺪ ِه؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺟﺎءَ ُه ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬
‫اﻟﻨﱢ َﺪا ُء ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن ُﻣ ْﺨﺘَ ِﻠ ًﻔﺎ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻤ ﱠﺮ َة‪َ .‬ﻛﺎ َن ُﻋ َﻮاءً َﻃ ِﻮﻳ ًﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧْ َﺪ َﻓ َﻊ ﺑﺎك َﻋ ْﱪَ‬
‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ َﺣﻴْ ُﺚ َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ﻧَﺎ ِﺋ ِﻤي َن‪َ ،‬و َر َﻛ َﺾ َﻋ ْ َﱪ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ا ْﻗ َ َﱰ َب ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺼ ْﻮ ِت‪ ،‬أَ َﺧ َﺬ‬
‫ﻳَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ ُم ِﺑﺒُ ْﻂ ٍء َو ِﺣ ْﺮ ٍص َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َو َﺻ َﻞ إِ َﱃ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ٍن َﻣ ْﻔﺘُﻮ ٍح ﺑَ ْي َن ا ْﻷَ ْﺷ َﺠﺎ ِر‪َ .‬و ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َرأَى ﺑﺎك ِذﺋْﺒًﺎ‬
‫َﻃ ِﻮﻳ ًﻼ َﻣ ْﻤ ُﺸﻮ َق ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻮا ِم ِﻣ ْﻦ ِذﺋَﺎ ِب ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَﺎ ِت ﻳَ ْﺠ ِﻠ ُﺲ َﻋ َﲆ َﺳﺎ َﻗﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻔﻴﱠﺘَ ْي ِن َوﻳُ َﺼ ﱢﻮ ُب أَﻧْ َﻔ ُﻪ ﻧَ ْﺤ َﻮ‬

‫اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻤﺎءِ‪.‬‬
‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْﺼ ِﺪ ُر ﺑﺎك أَ ﱠي َﺻ ْﻮ ٍت‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْ َﺐ ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻒ َﻋ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻌ َﻮا ِء َوﻧَ َﻈ َﺮ َﺣ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺨ َﺮ َج ﺑﺎك إِ َﱃ‬
‫ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨْ َﻄ َﻘ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻔﺘُﻮ َﺣ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﺟ َﺴ ُﺪ ُه ُﻣﻨْﺘَ ِﺼ ٌﺐ َو ُﻣ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻌ ﱞﺪ ِﻟ ِﻼﻧْ ِﻘ َﻀﺎ ِض َو َذﻳْﻠُ ُﻪ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ ِﺼ ٌﺐ َو ُﺻ ْﻠ ٌﺐ‪ .‬أَ َرا َد‬
‫ﺑﺎك أَ ْن ﻳُ ْﻈ ِﻬ َﺮ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َو ُدو ٌد َو َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْ َﺐ َر َﻛ َﺾ ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا‪َ .‬ر َﻛ َﺾ ﺑﺎك َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ َو َﻟ ِﺤ َﻖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﺑ ُﺴ ُﻬﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬

‫َﻓﺎ ْﺳﺘَ َﺪا َر اﻟ ﱢﺬﺋْ ُﺐ َوا ْﺳﺘَ َﻌ ﱠﺪ ِﻟ ْﻠ ِﻘﺘَﺎ ِل‪.‬‬
‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﻬﺎ ِﺟ ْﻢ ﺑﺎك‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ﺑَ َﺪ ًﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أَ َﺧﺬَ ﻳَ ُﺪو ُر َﺣ ْﻮ َل اﻟﺬﱢﺋْ ِﺐ ُﻣ َﺤﺎ ِو ًﻻ أَ ْن ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪ َو َو ُدو ًدا‪،‬‬
‫َو َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ اﻟﺬﱢﺋْ َﺐ َﻛﺎ َن ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﺎﺑًﺎ َو َﺧﺎ ِﺋ ًﻔﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك أَ ْﻛ َ َﱪ َﺣ ْﺠ ًﻤﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺬﺋْ ِﺐ ﺛَ َﻼ َث َﻣ ﱠﺮا ٍت َﻋ َﲆ‬
‫ا ْﻷَ َﻗ ﱢﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َرأْ ُس اﻟ ﱢﺬﺋْ ِﺐ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜﺎ ِد ﺗَ ِﺼ ُﻞ إِ َﱃ َﻛ ِﺘ ِﻒ ﺑﺎك‪َ .‬و َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ِ ،‬ﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َو َﺟ َﺪ اﻟ ﱢﺬﺋْ ُﺐ‬
‫ُﻓ ْﺮ َﺻ ًﺔ َر َﻛ َﺾ ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا َﻓ َﻄﺎ َر َد ُه ﺑﺎك ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﻠ َﺤ ُﻖ ِﺑ ِﻪ َدا ِﺋ ًﻤﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﺣﺎ َو َل اﻟ ﱢﺬﺋْ ُﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﻬ ُﺮو َب‬

‫ُﻣ َﺠ ﱠﺪ ًدا َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﺷ َﻌ َﺮ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠ َﻌ ِﺐ‪.‬‬
‫ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢ َﻬﺎﻳَ ِﺔ َﺣ َﺼ َﻞ ﺑﺎك َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺎ أَ َرا َد ُه‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﻌﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َو َﺟ َﺪ اﻟ ﱢﺬﺋْ ُﺐ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻟﻴْ َﺲ ِﰲ َﺧ َﻄ ٍﺮ‪ ،‬أَ ِﺧيرًا‬
‫أَ َﺧ َﺬ ﻳَﺘَ َﺸ ﱠﻤ ُﻢ أَﻧْ َﻒ ﺑﺎك‪ .‬أَ ْﺻﺒَ َﺢ ا ِﻻﺛْﻨَﺎ ِن َﻋ َﲆ ِو َﻓﺎ ٍق َوﺑَ َﺪآ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ِﻌ ِﺐ َﻣ ًﻌﺎ َو َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ِﺑﺒَ ْﻌ ِﺾ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻮﺗﱡ ِﺮ‬