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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫ا ِﻻ ْﺧ ِﺘ َﻄﺎ ُف‬

‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻘ َﺮأْ ﺑﺎك ا ْﻟ َﺠ َﺮا ِﺋ َﺪ‪َ ،‬وإِ ﱠﻻ َﻛﺎ َن َﻋ ِﻠ َﻢ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺸ ِﻜ َﻼ ِت ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ُه‪َ ،‬ﻟﻴْ َﺲ ُﻫ َﻮ َﻓ َﺤ ْﺴ ُﺐ َوإِﻧﱠ َﻤﺎ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ‬
‫َﻛ ْﻠ ٍﺐ َﻣ ْﻔﺘُﻮ ِل ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻀ َﻼ ِت ﻳَﺘَ َﻤﺘﱠ ُﻊ ِﺑ َﺸ ْﻌ ٍﺮ َﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٍﻞ َو َﻛ ِﺜﻴ ٍﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻣﻨْ َﻄ َﻘ ِﺔ ﺑﻮﺟﻴﺖ ﺳﺎوﻧﺪ َو َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﺳﺎن‬
‫دﻳﻴﺠﻮ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺒْ َﻞ َﻓ ْ َﱰ ٍة َﻗ ِﺼي َر ٍة‪َ ،‬ﻋﺜَ َﺮ َﻣ ْﺠ ُﻤﻮ َﻋ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ِل ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬﻳ َﻦ ﻳَ ِﻌﻴ ُﺸﻮ َن ِﰲ أَ ْﻗ َﴡ اﻟ ﱠﺸ َﻤﺎ ِل‬
‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﻄ ِﺐ اﻟ ﱠﺸ َﻤﺎ ِﱄﱢ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻈ ِﻠ ِﻢ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣ ْﻌ ِﺪ ٍن أَ ْﺻ َﻔ َﺮ ﻳُ َﺴﺎ ِوي ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜيرَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎ ِل‪َ ،‬وا ْﻵ َن آ َﻻ ُف اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ِل‬
‫ﻳَﺘَ َﻮا َﻓ ُﺪو َن إِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺸ َﻤﺎ ِل َﺳ ْﻌﻴًﺎ َو َرا َء َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻌ ِﺪ ِن ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳُ َﺴ ﱠﻤﻰ ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎ َن َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻ ِء اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ُل‬
‫ﻳَ ْﺤﺘَﺎ ُﺟﻮ َن إِ َﱃ ِﻛ َﻼ ٍب؛ ِﻛ َﻼ ٍب ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻋﻴﱢﻨَ ِﺔ ﺑﺎك — ِﻛ َﻼ ٍب َﻗ ِﻮﻳﱠ ٍﺔ َﻣ ْﻔﺘُﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻀ َﻼ ِت َو َذا ِت َﺷ ْﻌ ٍﺮ َﻛ ِﺜﻴ ٍﻒ‬

‫ﻳَ ْﺤ ِﻤﻴ َﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﱪْ ِد‪.‬‬
‫َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ﻳَ ِﻌﻴ ُﺶ ِﺑ َﻤﻨْ ِﺰ ٍل َﻛ ِﺒي ٍر ِﰲ َوا ِدي ﺳﺎﻧﺘﺎ ﻛﻼرا ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﺗَ ْﻐ ُﻤ ُﺮ ُه اﻟ ﱠﺸ ْﻤ ُﺲ ِﺑﻨُﻮ ِر َﻫﺎ‬
‫ِﺑﻜﺎﻟﻴﻔﻮرﻧﻴﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎ َن َﻣﻨْ ِﺰ ُل ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﴈ ﻣﻴﻠﺮ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳَ ِﻌﻴ ُﺶ ِﻓﻴ ِﻪ َﻋ َﲆ ﺑُ ْﻌ ِﺪ َﻣ َﺴﺎ َﻓ ٍﺔ َﻗ ِﺼي َر ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ‪،‬‬
‫ﻳَﺘَ َﻮا َرى َﻋ ِﻦ ا ْﻷَﻧْ َﻈﺎ ِر ُﺟ ْﺰﺋِﻴٍّﺎ ﺑَ ْي َن ا ْﻷَ ْﺷ َﺠﺎ ِر ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜ ُﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺧ َﻼ ِﻟ َﻬﺎ ُر ْؤﻳَ ُﺔ أَ ْﺟ َﺰا ٍء ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡ ْﴩ َﻓ ِﺔ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻮا ِﺳ َﻌ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗُ ِﺤﻴ ُﻂ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺟ َﻮا ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ ا ْﻷَ ْرﺑَ َﻌ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻣ َﻤ ﱠﺮا ٌت ُﻣﺘَ َﻌ ﱢﺮ َﺟ ٌﺔ ُﻣ َﻐ ﱠﻄﺎ ٌة ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺤ َﴡ‬
‫ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ﺑَ ْي َن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮو ِج ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َﴬا ِء ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُد إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻤﻨْ ِﺰ ِل‪َ ،‬و َﺧ ْﻠ َﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻤﻨْ ِﺰ ِل َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك إِ ْﺳ َﻄﺒْ َﻼ ٌت َﺷﺎ ِﺳ َﻌ ٌﺔ‬
‫ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻤ ُﻞ ِﺑ َﻬﺎ َﻋ َﺪ ٌد َﻛ ِﺒيرٌ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ِﴘ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴْ ِﻞ َوا ْﻟ ِﻔﺘْﻴَﺎ ِن‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺼ َﻄ ﱡﻒ أَ ْﻛ َﻮا ُخ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻜ ُﺴ ﱠﻮ ُة ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﺒَﺎﺗَﺎ ِت‬
‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻌ َ ِﱰ َﺷ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وأَ ْﺷ َﺠﺎ ِر ا ْﻟ ِﻌﻨَ ِﺐ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ِﺔ َوا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺮا ِﻋﻲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َﴬاءِ َوا ْﻟﺒَ َﺴﺎ ِﺗي ِن َو َﺣ َﺪا ِﺋ ِﻖ اﻟﺘﱡﻮ ِت‪َ .‬ﻛ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن‬
‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﺑ ْﱤٌ َﻛ ِﺒيرٌ َو َﺧ ﱠﺰا ُن ِﻣﻴَﺎ ٍه أَ ْﺳ َﻤﻨْ ِﺘ ﱞﻲ َﺿ ْﺨ ٌﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺤ ﱡﻢ ِﻓﻴ ِﻪ أَﺑْﻨَﺎ ُء ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﴈ ﻣﻴﻠﺮ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺼﺒَﺎ ِح‬

‫َوﻳَ ْﻬ ُﺮﺑُﻮ َن إِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺣ ﱢﺮ َﻓ ْﱰَ ِة َﻣﺎ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ اﻟ ﱠﻈ ِﻬيرَ ِة‪.‬‬