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‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬ ‫ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‬ ‫داﻧﻴﺎل دﻳﻔﻮ‬ ‫ﺗﺮﺟﻤﺔ‬ ‫ﻣﺮوة ﻣﺎﻫﺮ اﻟﺤﻖ‬ ‫ﻣﺮاﺟﻌﺔ‬ ‫إﻳﻤﺎن ﻋﺒﺪ اﻟﻐﻨﻲ ﻧﺠﻢ‬ ‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬ ‫‪Robinson Crusoe‬‬ ‫داﻧﻴﺎل دﻳﻔﻮ‬ ‫‪Daniel Defoe‬‬ ‫اﻟﻨﺎﴍ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي‬ ‫املﺸﻬﺮة ﺑﺮﻗﻢ ‪ ١٠٥٨٥٩٧٠‬ﺑﺘﺎرﻳﺦ ‪٢٠١٧ / ١ / ٢٦‬‬ ‫ﻳﻮرك ﻫﺎوس‪ ،‬ﺷﻴﻴﺖ ﺳﱰﻳﺖ‪ ،‬وﻧﺪﺳﻮر‪ ،SL4 1DD ،‬املﻤﻠﻜﺔ املﺘﺤﺪة‬ ‫ﺗﻠﻴﻔﻮ...

‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬ ‫ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‬ ‫داﻧﻴﺎل دﻳﻔﻮ‬ ‫ﺗﺮﺟﻤﺔ‬ ‫ﻣﺮوة ﻣﺎﻫﺮ اﻟﺤﻖ‬ ‫ﻣﺮاﺟﻌﺔ‬ ‫إﻳﻤﺎن ﻋﺒﺪ اﻟﻐﻨﻲ ﻧﺠﻢ‬ ‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬ ‫‪Robinson Crusoe‬‬ ‫داﻧﻴﺎل دﻳﻔﻮ‬ ‫‪Daniel Defoe‬‬ ‫اﻟﻨﺎﴍ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي‬ ‫املﺸﻬﺮة ﺑﺮﻗﻢ ‪ ١٠٥٨٥٩٧٠‬ﺑﺘﺎرﻳﺦ ‪٢٠١٧ / ١ / ٢٦‬‬ ‫ﻳﻮرك ﻫﺎوس‪ ،‬ﺷﻴﻴﺖ ﺳﱰﻳﺖ‪ ،‬وﻧﺪﺳﻮر‪ ،SL4 1DD ،‬املﻤﻠﻜﺔ املﺘﺤﺪة‬ ‫ﺗﻠﻴﻔﻮن‪+ ٤٤ (٠) ١٧٥٣ ٨٣٢٥٢٢ :‬‬ ‫اﻟﱪﻳﺪ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪[email protected] :‬‬ ‫املﻮﻗﻊ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪https://www.hindawi.org :‬‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫إن ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻏري ﻣﺴﺌﻮﻟﺔ ﻋﻦ آراء املﺆﻟﻒ وأﻓﻜﺎره‪ ،‬وإﻧﻤﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳﻌﱪ اﻟﻜﺘﺎب ﻋﻦ آراء ﻣﺆﻟﻔﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫رﺳﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ :‬إﻳﻤﺎن إﺑﺮاﻫﻴﻢ‪ ،‬ﺗﺼﻤﻴﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ :‬إﻳﻬﺎب ﺳﺎﻟﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﱰﻗﻴﻢ اﻟﺪوﱄ‪٩٧٨ ١ ٥٢٧٣ ٠٥٤٣ ٤ :‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪر اﻟﻜﺘﺎب اﻷﺻﲇ ﺑﺎﻟﻠﻐﺔ اﻹﻧﺠﻠﻴﺰﻳﺔ ﻋﺎم ‪.١٧١٩‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪرت ﻫﺬه اﻟﱰﺟﻤﺔ ﻋﻦ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻋﺎم ‪.٢٠١٣‬‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ ﺣﻘﻮق اﻟﻨﴩ اﻟﺨﺎﺻﺔ ﺑﺘﺼﻤﻴﻢ ﻫﺬا اﻟﻜﺘﺎب‪ ،‬وﺗﺼﻤﻴﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ ،‬واﻟﱰﺟﻤﺔ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ ﻟﻨﺺ‬ ‫ﻫﺬا اﻟﻜﺘﺎب ُﻣ َﺮ ﱠﺧﺼﺔ ﺑﻤﻮﺟﺐ رﺧﺼﺔ املﺸﺎع اﻹﺑﺪاﻋﻲ‪ :‬ﻧ َ ْﺴﺐُ ا ُملﺼﻨﱠﻒ‪ ،‬اﻹﺻﺪار ‪.٤٫٠‬ﺟﻤﻴﻊ‬ ‫ﺣﻘﻮق اﻟﻨﴩ اﻟﺨﺎﺻﺔ ﺑﻨﺺ اﻟﻌﻤﻞ اﻷﺻﲇ ﺧﺎﺿﻌﺔ ﻟﻠﻤﻠﻜﻴﺔ اﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﳌﺤﺘﻮﻳﺎت‬ ‫‪ -١‬ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ُة ﺑَﺤﱠ ٍﺎر‬ ‫‪ -٢‬أ ُ َ‬ ‫وﱃ ِرﺣْ َﻼﺗِﻲ‬ ‫‪ -٣‬ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٌﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺗﻴ ٌَﺔ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫‪ِ -٤‬رﺣْ َﻠ ٌﺔ إ ِ َﱃ أ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻴَﺎ‬ ‫‪َ -٥‬ﻗ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺻﻨ َ ٌﺔ!‬ ‫‪ُ -٦‬ﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِب‬ ‫‪ْ -٧‬اﻷَﺣْ َﺮا ُر‬ ‫‪ -٨‬ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﺰﻳ ُﱠﺔ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ ِﺠﻠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ْ ِ‬ ‫‪ -٩‬ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ُة اﻟ ﱢﺰ َراﻋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫‪ -١٠‬أ َ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻴَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ‬ ‫‪ -١١‬ﺗَﺤَ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ!‬ ‫‪ -١٢‬ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ِس‬ ‫‪ -١٣‬ﻣَ َﻼذٌ ُﻣ َﺆ ﱠﻗ ٌﺖ‬ ‫‪ -١٤‬ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻬْ ُﺮ ْاﻷ َ ﱠو ُل‬ ‫‪ -١٥‬ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة ﻣَ ﻬْ ﺠُ ﻮ َر ٍة‬ ‫‪ -١٦‬ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة ِاﻻ ْﻛﺘ َِﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎف‬ ‫‪ -١٧‬روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِار ُع‬ ‫‪َ -١٨‬وﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ ﱡﺮ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة‬ ‫‪َ -١٩‬ﻗ ِﺎربٌ‬ ‫‪7‬‬ ‫‪9‬‬ ‫‪11‬‬ ‫‪15‬‬ ‫‪17‬‬ ‫‪19‬‬ ‫‪23‬‬ ‫‪25‬‬ ‫‪29‬‬ ‫‪31‬‬ ‫‪33‬‬ ‫‪37‬‬ ‫‪41‬‬ ‫‪45‬‬ ‫‪49‬‬ ‫‪53‬‬ ‫‪55‬‬ ‫‪59‬‬ ‫‪61‬‬ ‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬ ‫‪ -٢٠‬ﺣَ ﺎدِ ﺛ َ ٌﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‬ ‫‪ -٢١‬اﻟﻌَ ْﻘ ُﺪ ْاﻷ َ ﱠو ُل‬ ‫‪ -٢٢‬أَﺛ َ ُﺮ َﻗ َﺪ ٍم‬ ‫‪َ -٢٣‬ﻻ د َُﺧﺎ ٌن و ََﻻ ﻧَﺎ ٌر‬ ‫‪ -٢٤‬ﺗَﺤَ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻢ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‬ ‫‪ -٢٥‬روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻳ َُﻘﺎ ِﺑ ُﻞ »ﺟﻤﻌﺔ«‬ ‫‪ -٢٦‬ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة ﻣَ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻖ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ٍ‬ ‫‪َ -٢٧‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨﺎ ﻣ َُﻐﺎ َد َر ُة ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ؟‬ ‫‪ -٢٨‬اﻟﺘﱠﻤَ ﱡﺮ ُد وَا ْﻟﺤُ ﱢﺮﻳ ُﱠﺔ‬ ‫‪ْ -٢٩‬اﻷ َ ْﺧﺬُ ِﺑﺎﻟﺪ ﱠﱠﻓ ِﺔ‬ ‫‪ -٣٠‬ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻦ‬ ‫‪65‬‬ ‫‪69‬‬ ‫‪71‬‬ ‫‪73‬‬ ‫‪75‬‬ ‫‪79‬‬ ‫‪81‬‬ ‫‪85‬‬ ‫‪87‬‬ ‫‪89‬‬ ‫‪93‬‬ ‫‪6‬‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬ ‫َﺣ َﻴﺎ ُة َﺑ ﱠﺤﺎ ٍر‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻤﻲ ُرو ِﺑﻨ ْ ُﺴ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻛ ُﺮو ُزو‪ُ.‬و ِﻟﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت ﻋَ ﺎ َم ‪ِ ١٦٣٢‬ﺑﺒَ ْﻠ َﺪ ِة ﻳُﻮ ْر َك‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِاﻻﺑ َْﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َني أَﺑْﻨَﺎءٍ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻐ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن أَﺧِ ﻲ ْاﻷ َ ْﻛ َﱪُ ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺪﻳٍّﺎ َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟﻘِ َﻲ ﺣَ ﺘْ َﻔ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻌَ َﺮ َﻛ ٍﺔ ِﺿ ﱠﺪ إ ِ ْﺳﺒَﺎﻧْﻴَﺎ‪ ،‬ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ أَﺧِ ﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِﺗﻨَﺎ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َرﺣَ َﻞ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺑْﻨَﺎﺋ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ.‬و ِﺑﺬَﻟِﻚ َﻓ َﻘ َﺪ أَﺑَﻮَايَ اﺛْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ِﺚ؛ ِﻟﺬَا أ َ َرا َد أ َ ِﺑﻲ أ َ ْن أ َ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏﺒَﺎ ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔﻘِ ﺪَا اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻦ وَأ َ ْن أ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﺢَ ﻣُﺤَ ِﺎﻣﻴًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ْت أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ات اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﻌَ َﺔ وَا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻼ َد ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ َة؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ َرد ُ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻋْ َﺸ ُﻖ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ ًرا!‬ ‫َﺎح أَﺣَ ِﺪ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‪ ،‬دَﻋَ ﺎﻧِﻲ أ َ ِﺑﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ﻣَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﺎن َرﺟُ ًﻼ و َُﻗﻮ ًرا ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﺲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻴْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﱠث إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ٍة َ‬ ‫وَﺣَ ﺎ ﱠد اﻟﺬﱠ َﻛﺎءِ‪.‬ﺗَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ أَﺣْ َﻼ ِﻣﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴎﺗ ِِﻪ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ِﺑﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ِﻤ َﻞ ِﺑ ِﺠ ﱟﺪ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﻳُﻮ ﱢَﻓ َﺮ ِﻷ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮي ِﻷَﻋِ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ًة ِآﻣﻨ َ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ًﺔ‪َ.‬ﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َو َراءَ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ًة ِﰲ أَﻋَ ِﺎﱄ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺤَ ِﺎر؟‬ ‫ْﻒ ِﱄ أ َ ْن أَﺗْ ُﺮ َك ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻹﺑْﺤَ ﺎ ُر ﻋَ ﻤَ ًﻼ َﺷ ٍّﺎﻗﺎ َوﻣُﺨِ ً‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ أَﻧ ْ ِﺒ ْﺲ ِﺑ ِﺒﻨ ْ ِﺖ َﺷ َﻔ ٍﺔ دِ َﻓﺎﻋً ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺣُ ْﻠ ِﻤﻲ؛ إِذْ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﻓ َﻘ َﺪ‬ ‫ﺎن ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ َﻗﻮ َِاربُ ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗَﻬُ ْﻢ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻓِﻴ ِﻪ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺮ َك ﻋَ ﺪِﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫ُون‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻨَﻬُ ْﻢ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮدُوا َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺗَﺎ َر ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءُ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ِﺜريَ ُة ﺗَ ْﺸﺤَ ﺬُ َﺧﻴ َِﺎﱄ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻷ َ ِﺑﻲ‪» :‬أﻋْ ِﺮف أ ﱠن ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﻔ ٌ‬ ‫ﻮف ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮ ﻳَﺎ أ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ أ ْﺷﻌُ ُﺮ أ ﱠن َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫آﺳ ٌ‬ ‫َﻗﺪ َِري‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ أ َ ِﺑﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒُ َﻜﺎءِ‪ ،‬و ََﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﺄ َ ًﳻ ﺑَﺎﻟ ٍِﻎ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أَﺣْ َﺰﻧْﺘُﻪُ؛ ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر ُت أ َ ْن أ َ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ِﰲ دِ ﻳ َِﺎري‪،‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺎﱄ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َرى ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪِي َﻛ ْﻲ أَﺗَﺠَ ﻨﱠﺐَ ذِ ْﻛ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺤِ َﻜﺎﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﺬَ ْﻟ ُﺖ ُﻗ َ‬ ‫َﺎت ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْﻗ َﺮأ ُ َﻫﺎ أ َ ِو اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻼ ِت اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﻌَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺻﻤْ ٍﺖ وَﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ُﻊ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ َل ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ.‬ﻓﻌَ ﺎﻧَﻴ ُْﺖ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻮن اﺑْﻨًﺎ‬ ‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ﻳَﺘُ ُ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻔ َﺨ ُﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﺳﻬْ ًﻼ‪َ.‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺟﻌً ﺎ ِﻟ َﺮاﺋِﺤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﻮق ﺗَﻮ ًْﻗﺎ ﻣ ِ‬ ‫ري ﻋَ َﲆ ُﺷ ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ريةٍ‪َ.‬وﺗَ َﺎﻗ ْﺖ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﺎيَ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺂن ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻼدِ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةِ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْر َﻏﺐْ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ َﻛ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﻏ ْري َُﻫﺎ ِﻟﻴ ُْﺸﻌِ َﺮﻧِﻲ‬ ‫َار َﺷﺒَﺎ ِﺑﻲ ُﺳﺪًى؛ َﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻋْ َﺸ ُﻖ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮ َة‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ أَيﱡ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠ َﻘﺎﻋُ ِﺲ َوإ ِ ْﻫﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َدةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﺢَ ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ ًرا‪ ،‬وَأ َ َرد ُ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ ُﺔ أ َ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﻴ َﻊ َﻗ ِﺼريَةٍ‪ِ ،‬ﴏ ُ‬ ‫ْت ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ إ ِ ْﴏَا ًرا ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْ‬ ‫ْت‬ ‫أ َ ْن أ َ ْرﺣَ َﻞ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ْﻠﻤَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ وَأ َ ْر َﻛﺐَ أ َ ﱠو َل َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﺗُﺒْﺤِ ُﺮ َﻓﻮ َْق َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔﺤَ ِﺔ ِﻣﻴَﺎ ِه ْاﻷَﺑْﺤُ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮةِ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻗﺪَا ِم ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ْ‬ ‫ﱡث ﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺳﻴُ ْﺰﻋِﺞُ وَا ِﻟﺪَيﱠ ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ ْ ِ‬ ‫أُﻣﱢ ﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﺢَ‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ َﺴﻤْ ُﺖ أَﻣْ ِﺮي ﻳَﺎ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴ ُْﺖ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ ِﺳﻮَى أ َ ْن أ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻹﺑْﺤَ ِﺎر‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ ًرا‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْرﺟُ ﻮ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﺤَ ﺎ ِﱄ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ وَأ َ ِﺑﻲ ِﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮد ُ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُﻤَ ﺎﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ﴩ َة ْاﻵ َن ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮي‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا أَﺟْ َ ْ‬ ‫ْت ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜِﻲ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬إِﻧﱢﻲ ِﰲ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﺎﻣﻨ َ َﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُﻤَ ﺎﻧِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﻠ ِﻢ ِﻣﻬْ ﻨ َ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄَﻟُﻮذُ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار‪َ.‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ إِذَا‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﺢَ ﻣُﺤَ ِﺎﻣﻴًﺎ أ َ ْو أَﺟْ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘُﻤَ ﺎﻧِﻲ أَذْ َﻫﺐُ ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄَﻋُ ﻮ ُد وَأ َ ْﻓﻌَ ُﻞ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠُﺒُ ِﻪ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺖ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ َﻏ َﻀﺒًﺎ َو َر َﻓ َﻀ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﺸﺎ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ؛ َو َر َﻓ َﺾ ﻛ َِﻼ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ‬ ‫ﻄﻠُﺐَ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ِﺑﻲ أَيﱠ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎش‪.‬‬ ‫َر ْﻓ ًﻀﺎ ﺑَﺎﺗٍّﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﻧِﻬَ ﺎﻳ ََﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱢ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل أَﺑَﻮَايَ ِﺑ َﺸﺘﱠﻰ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ؛ َﻓﻮَﻋَ ﺪَاﻧِﻲ أ َ ﱠن ِﺑ ِﺈﻣْ َﻜﺎﻧِﻲ ِاﻻ ْﻟﺘِﺤَ َ‬ ‫ﺎق‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ ِق إِﺛْﻨَﺎﺋِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻗ َﺮ ِار اﻟ ﱠﺮﺣِ ِ‬ ‫ُوريَ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريَ ِﰲ أَيﱢ ِﻣﻬْ ﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﺗَﺤْ ﻠُﻮ ِﱄ‪َ.‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َر َﻓ ْﻀ ُﺖ‬ ‫ِﺑﺄَيﱢ ﺟَ ِﺎﻣﻌَ ٍﺔ أ ُ ِرﻳﺪ َُﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﱪَاﻧِﻲ أ َ ﱠن ِﺑﻤَ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﺑْﺤَ ﺎ ُر ُﻫ َﻮ ﺣُ ْﻠ ِﻤ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴﺪَ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ ﻣﺴﺘﻌﺪٍّا ﻟ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻞ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌُ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫وض ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬَ ﺎ؛ إِذْ َﻛ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮل ﺑﺄَيﱢ ﺑَﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻠﻘﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ْ ِ‬ ‫‪8‬‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬ ‫ُأ َ‬ ‫وﱃ ِر ْﺣ َﻼ ِﰐ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻋَ ﺎ ٍم ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‪ ،‬أ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠﻨِﻲ وَا ِﻟﺪِي إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَ ْﻠ َﺪ ِة َﻫﺎ ْل ِﻷَدَاءِ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﱢم َﻟﻪُ‪.‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن و َ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن وَا ِﻟ ُﺪ ُه ُﻗﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫اﺳ ٍﺔ َﻗﺪِﻳ ٌﻢ — َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َْﻓ ًﺔ ِﺑﺠُ ْ‬ ‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘﻴ ُْﺖ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﻖ دِ َر َ‬ ‫ﻮن — و َُﻫ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ ُﻣﺒْﺤِ َﺮ ٍة إ ِ َﱃ َﻟﻨْﺪ ََن‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻟﻤَ ﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈﻮ ٌ‬ ‫ظ! َﻓ ُﻜ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َر ْدﺗُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﺢَ ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ ًرا‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ وَا ِﻟﺪَيﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻹﺑْﺤَ ِﺎر‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﺤَ ﺎ ِﱄ ِﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨ ﱡ َﻚ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ َﻛ ْﻲ ﺗَﺘﱠﺨِ ﺬَ َﻗ َﺮا َرا ِﺗ َﻚ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ُرو ِﺑﻨ ْ ُﺴ ْ‬ ‫– ِ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﻠ َﻢ ﺗَﻬْ ﺘَ ﱡﻢ ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﻳ ِﻬﻢْ؟‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ وَا ِﻟﺪِي‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﻠ َﻢ َﻻ ﺗَﺄﺗِﻲ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ وَﺣَ ْﺴﺐُ ؟«‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ ْﻗ َ ِﱰحُ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎ َل ِﰲ َﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮي ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ! َﻫﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺘِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫– »ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ ُﻣﻮَاﻓِ ٌﻖ ﻳَﺎ ﺟُ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن! ُﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا َﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻴ ُْﺴﻌِ ُﺪﻧِﻲ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبُ ﻣَ ﻌَ َﻚ!«‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﺢُ‬ ‫ﴤ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ ﻣُﺤَ ِﺎو ًﻻ إ ِ ْﺳﻌَ ﺎد َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬أَﺧِ ريًا َﺳﺄ ُ ْ‬ ‫َﺳﻴَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻟ ُﻢ وَا ِﻟﺪَيﱠ ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻗ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ ًرا!‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َﺎح‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻜ ِﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻏﺎ َد ْرﻧَﺎ ِﰲ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴩ ُق ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَﺪَأﻧَﺎ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘَﻨَﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ﺗُ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَﺄ َ ْرﺟَ ﺤَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َاج إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋَ َﲆ َوإ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ ُ ِﺻﺒ ُْﺖ ِﺑ ُﺪو َِار ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ.‬وإ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ َﻓﻮ َْق ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﻨ َِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫ُﻀ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌِ َﺪﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و ََﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﴪ َﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧﺒ َِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻀﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َاج َوﺗَ َﻜ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ْف ﻟِﻌُ ﻠُ ﱢﻮ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ‬ ‫أَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ‪.‬‬ ‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻠ َﻘﻴ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ ُ ْرﺟُ ﻮﺣَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ ِﻜﻴﱠ ِﺔ ِﰲ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮﺗِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة و ََﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﻌَ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒَ َﻜﻴ ُْﺖ‬ ‫َوﺑَ َﻜﻴ ُْﺖ‪ ،‬و ََﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠﻧ ْ ِﺐ ِﻟ َﺮﺣِ ِﻴﲇ ﻋَ ْﻦ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ وَأ َ ِﺑﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﻨﱠﺤْ ِﻮ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ أَﺑَ َﻮﻳ ِْﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ني وَﻋَ ُ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﺧﻴﱠﺒ ُْﺖ آﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ﻋِ َﻘﺎ ِﺑﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮﻓ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻟِﺤَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني وَأ َ َرادَا ِﱄ َ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْريَ‪ُ ،‬ﻛ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ا ْزدَاد َِت ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ ُﺳﻮءًا‪ ،‬وَا ْزدَاد َِت ْاﻷﻣْ ﻮَاجُ ا ْرﺗ َِﻔﺎﻋً ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻌْ ُﺖ أ ْن ﺗَﺒْﺘَﻠِﻌَ ﻨَﺎ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة‬ ‫ﻮص ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫َاج ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺎﻣ ِﻞ‪.‬و َِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ﺗَ ُﻐ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ ﻣَ ﻮْﺟَ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻫﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ َﻊ أَﺑَﺪًا ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪» :‬إ ِ َذا ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْت ِﺑﺄَيﱢ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻟِﺤً ﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬أ ُ ْﻗ ِﺴ ُﻢ أَﻧﱢﻲ َﺳﺄ َ ْذ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَ ْﻠ َﺪﺗِﻲ ِﻷُﻣﱢ ﻲ وَأ َ ِﺑﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْن أ َ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن إِﻧ ْ َﺴﺎﻧًﺎ َ‬ ‫ْف أ َ ُﻛﻮ ُن‬ ‫ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫اﺑْﻨًﺎ ﺑَﺎ ٍّرا ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ!«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮل َ‬ ‫ﺎج‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ ﺟَ َﺴﺪِي‬ ‫ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺮ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻫﺪَأ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَا أﻣْ َﻠ َﺲ َﻛﺎﻟ ﱡﺰﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﻘﺒَ َﻠﺘْﻨِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﴩ ٍق َوﻣُﻤْ ﺘ ٍِﻊ‪َ.‬ﻛ ْﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ ٌ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑ ُﺪو َِار ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ِﻒ!‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ِﺑﻴَ ْﻮ ٍم ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻷَو ِﱠل ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻣ َُﻐﺎ َد َرﺗِﻨَﺎ َﻫﺎ ْل‪َ ،‬و َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﺟُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻌِ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻳَﺘَﺄَﻣﱠ ُﻞ ْاﻷ ُ ُﻓ َﻖ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪:‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﺎح ﺑ َِﺴﻴ َ‬ ‫»ﺗَﺒْﺪُو أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ﺣَ ًﺎﻻ! َﻻ أ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ!«‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ُﱢق أﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ ﻮ ًرا ﻟِﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺒﱠ ِﺔ ِرﻳ ٍ‬ ‫َﺎح ﺑ َِﺴﻴ َ‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻨ ْ ِﻜ ًﺮا‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻄ ٌﺔ! ﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٍﺔ ﻣ ُِﺮﻳﻌَ ٍﺔ!«‬ ‫»ﻫﺒ ُﱠﺔ ِرﻳ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮن و ََﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﺑَﻌْ ﺪُ‪َ.‬ﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ اﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ْﺮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻀﺤِ َﻚ ﺟُ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ ﻋُ ْﺮ ِض ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ َﺳ َﱰَى َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ!«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫ري ًة َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أ َ ْم َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬ﺧ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ ْﻜ ُﺖ أَﻧَﺎ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ﺎﻣَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄَيﱢ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫َﺧ ِﻄريَةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ِﺬ ِه أ َ ﱠو ُل ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٍﺔ ِﱄ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ ِﺑﻤَ َﺮ ٍح‪» :‬ﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َل ﻳَﺎ ُرو ِﺑﻨ ْ ُﺴ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ ،‬ﻫﻴﱠﺎ ِﺑﻨَﺎ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﴩَبَ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ اﻟﺒﻨﺶ!«‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ َﻟ ْﻠ ُﻤﺘْﻌَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺣَ ِﻈ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ! ذَ َﻫﺒ َْﺖ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ﻣَ َﺨ ِﺎو ِﰲ ِﰲ َﻛﺄ ْ ٍس ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺒﻨﺶ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة ِﻟﺒَ ْﻠ َﺪﺗِﻲ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َراحَ وَﻋْ ُﺪ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َوو َْﻗ ٍﺖ َراﺋ ٍِﻊ َ‬ ‫َﺎن‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺧِ ٍﺐ‪.‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ﱠﻲ اﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻤَ ﺎ ﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺒْﺘَﻠِﻌَ ﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺮ ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻴ ًﱠﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْر َﻏﺐْ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة ِﻟ ِﺪﻳ َِﺎري؛ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﺧﻠ ِْﻘ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﻟِﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺤَ ِﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫‪10‬‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬ ‫َﻋ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٌﺔ َﻋﺎﺗِ َﻴ ٌﺔ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﺎح ﱠ‬ ‫اﺿ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎدِ ِس ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ِﻣﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ْرﻧَﺎ أ ْن ﻧ َ ْﺮ ُﺳ َﻮ ِﰲ ﻳﺎرﻣﺎوث ِﺑ َﺴ ِﺒ ِﺐ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﻬُ ﺐﱡ ِﰲ ِاﻻﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا َﻟﻤُﻌَ ﺎﻛ ِِﺲ‪َ.‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ُﺳ ُﻔ ٌﻦ ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة ُﻣﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ َﺮ ٌة ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤﺜ ْ ِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُﻮع‪َ ،‬ﻫﺒ ِﱠﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحُ أَﺧِ ريًا ِﰲ ِاﻻﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮَاﺗِﻲ ﺳ َﻠﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ُﻗ َﺮاﺑَ ِﺔ أ ْﺳﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَاﻋْ ﺘَ َﻘ َﺪ وَا ِﻟ ُﺪ ﺟﻮن — ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن — أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﺑَﺄ ْ َس ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﻧُﺒْﺤِ َﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ َل َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻘﺘَﻨِﻌُ ﻮا‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﻳ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴍﻋَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َِاري ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﻠﻴَﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺬَل أ َ ْﻓ َﺮا ُد‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫ﴍ َع ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌُ ﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ إِﻧ ْ َﺰ ِ‬ ‫ال ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤُﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱠات َو َر ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺎﻗ ِﻢ ُﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َرى ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪِﻫِ ْﻢ ِﻟﻴَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛﺪُوا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺄ ْ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫َﺎح‪َ.‬وﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ أ َ ْﻓ َﺮا ُد اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺎﻗ ِﻢ أ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ َﺳﺘَ ِﺴريُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧ ُ ِﺮ ْد أ َ ْن ﻳ َِﻄريَ أَيﱡ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﺑﻔﻌﻞ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺴ َﻼ َﺳ ٍﺔ َﻗ ْﺪ َر ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَ َ‬ ‫َاج‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎع َﻓﻮ َْق ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬريَ ِة اﻧ ْ َﻘ َﻠﺐَ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺮ ِﺿ ﱠﺪﻧَﺎ‪َ.‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأْﻧَﺎ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘَﻨَﺎ ﺑَﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٌﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحَ ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ٌﺔ َوﻣُﺨِ َ‬ ‫ني أ َ ْﻓ َﺮادِ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺎﻗ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ وَا ِﻟ ُﺪ ﺟﻮن ﻳَ ُﺮوحُ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ٌﺔ‪َ.‬رأَﻳ ُْﺖ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ﺐَ وَاﻟ ﱡﺬ ُﻫﻮ َل ِﰲ أَﻋْ ُ ِ‬ ‫َوﻳ َِﺠﻲءُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َوإ ِ َﱃ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮﺗ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬و ََﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ﺘُ ُﻪ ﻳ َُﻐﻤْ ﻐِ ُﻢ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﺳﻨ َ ِﻀﻴ ُﻊ ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أ َ ِﺻ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻣَ ﺪَى َﻓ َﺰﻋِﻲ؛ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻳَ َﻠ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻳ ًُﻼ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﺠْ ِﺮي ِﺑﻨَﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجُ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻨ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ َ‬ ‫َﺎل‪َ.‬و ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ ْﻀ ِﻊ د ََﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﻄ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﻮْﺟَ ٌﺔ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻮ ٍْج َﻛﺎ ْﻟ ِﺠﺒ ِ‬ ‫ُﺳ ُﻔﻨًﺎ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ْﻮﻟِﻨَﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻦ و َُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ﻤَ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْر ُﻗﺐُ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر َة ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ال َ‬ ‫ﻳﻬ ْﻢ َﻛ ْﻲ َﻻ ﺗَﺠْ ِﺮ َﻓﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑ ِﺠ ﱟﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ إِﻧ ْ َﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َِار ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحُ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ َذا أُﻧ ْ ِﺰ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َاج ِﻣ ْﻦ د َْﻓ ِﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﺤْ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َِاري َﺳﺎﻋَ َﺪ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﻊ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬ ‫و َِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﺮ ﱠد َد ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ِﰲ ﻓِ ﻌْ ِﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻷ َ ﱠن ﺣَ ﻤُﻮ َﻟﺘَﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻀﺎﺋ ِِﻊ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺛَﻘِ ﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﺮ ْد‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨْﻌَ ِﺪ َم ﺗَﻮَا ُزﻧُﻨَﺎ‪.‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ا ْزدَا َد ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺮ ْ‬ ‫اﺿ ِﻄ َﺮاﺑًﺎ وَا ْزدَاد َِت ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ ﻋُ ﺘُﻮٍّا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ْاﻗﺘَﻨ َ َﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﴍﻋَ َﺔ! أَﻧ ْ ِﺰﻟُ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻫﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َِاري! ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫وُ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺎحَ ‪» :‬ﻧ َ ﱢﻜ ُﺴﻮا ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ َﺷﺒَﺎبُ ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ﱠﻻ َﺳﻨ َ ِﻀﻴ ُﻊ ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻨَﺎ!« َودَﻋَ ْﻮﻧَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ُه ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ًﺮا ِﺑ ِﺈﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذِ أ َ ْروَاﺣِ ﻨَﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌَ ﺎبَ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫َاﺟ ُﻪ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻏ ِﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﺳ ُﻔ ٌﻦ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة َﻻ َزا َﻟ ْﺖ ﺗُﻮ ِ‬ ‫إِﺣْ ﺪَى ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ُﻔ ِﻦ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ ُﻣﻨَﺎ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻷ َ ْﺳﻮَأ ُ ِﰲ اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎرﻧَﺎ‪.‬ﺗَﺠَ ﻤﱠ َﻊ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ني إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮوْا‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ًﺔ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ.‬ﻓﺪَﻋَ ﻮُا ﷲ َ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻨَﺠﱢ ﻴَﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬و َرﺟَ ْﻮ ُه أ َ ْن ﻳُﻨْﻘِ َﺬ ُﻫﻢْ‪َ.‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ َﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻓ ْﻖ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن َ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻬﻢْ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧ َ ْﺮ ُﺳﻮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ َﻗﺎ ُع ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫و َِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ اﻋْ ﺘَ َﻘ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ﱠن ْاﻷُﻣُﻮ َر و َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ ِﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮأِ ﺣَ ﺪﱟ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺎءَ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ ﻣُﻬَ ْﺮ ِو ًﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑَﻬَ ﺎ َﺧ ْﺮ ٌق‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ا ْرﺗ َِﻔﺎ َع املِ ﻴَﺎ ِه ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﺨ َﺰ ِن ﱠ‬ ‫َﺻﺎحَ أ َ ﱠن َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘَﻨَﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ أ َ ْرﺑَ َﻊ‬ ‫اﺳﺘُﺪْﻋِ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌُ ﻬُ ْﻢ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ﱠ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻗﺪَا ٍم! ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨ َ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻟﺘَ ْﻔ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺬَ ْﻟ ُﺖ ُﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َرى ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪِي‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪ َِت ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ ُه َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ َﺔ َﻫﺪَأ َ ْت َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ف ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎ ِﺋ ُﺰ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ َﻊ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻠﺌًﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎهِ‪.‬وَأ َ ْد َر َك ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨ َﺰ َن َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻧَﺒْﻠُ َﻎ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴﻨَﺎءَ اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ َ أَﺑَﺪًا‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻣَ َﺮ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻓ َﺮا َد اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق ﻣَ ﺪَاﻓِ ﻌِ ﻨَﺎ ِﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺎﻗ ِﻢ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَ ْﺪءِ ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ِﺐ اﻟﻨﱠﺠْ َﺪةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ أَﺣَ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر ِة ﻳ َِﺼﻴﺢُ ‪» :‬اﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮوا! َﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ أَﺗَﻰ َﻗ ِﺎربُ إِﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذٍ !« َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجَ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺻ ٌﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٌة‪ :‬أ َ ْن ﻧ َ ْﻘﺬ َ‬ ‫و ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪َ.‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻨَﺎ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ِف إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑﺤَ ﺒ ٍْﻞ‪،‬‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﺷﺒْ َﻪ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺤِ ٍ‬ ‫َﺎت ﻳُﺘِﻴﺢُ ِاﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ َل إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻢْ‪َ.‬ﻓ َﺮ َاﻗﺒْﻨَﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ﻧَﺎﺋِﺐَ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺪ ٍْر ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺜﱠﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن و َُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﻘ ْﺪ أَﻣْ َﺴ ُﻜﻮا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﺒ ِْﻞ! َوﺗَﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻆ! َ‬ ‫ﻳُ ْﻠﻘِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺒْ َﻞ ِﺑﺤِ ْﺮ ٍص ِﺑﺎﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ﺘَﺪﱢ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﱟ‬ ‫َاﻓﻌْ ﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﻧَﺘَ َﺰاﺣَ ُﻢ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﻨَﺎﻛ ِِﺐ ِﻟﻨَﻌْ ﻠُ َﻮ إ ِ َﱃ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب‪.‬‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذِ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ إ ِ َﱃ ذِ ْر َو ِة ﻣَ ﻮْﺟَ ٍﺔ‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﺧ َﴙ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ؛‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ﻳ َِﺼ ُﻞ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ِﺎربُ ْ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ﱡ‬ ‫إِذْ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجُ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا! َو ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ِﺻ َﻐﺎ َر ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺠْ ِﻢ ِﺟﺪٍّا! و ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠْ ﻌَ ﺎ ُن ِﰲ‬ ‫ِﻳﻒ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﻤَ ﻠُﻮا أ َ ْروَاﺣَ ﻬُ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ُﻛ ﱢﻔ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪ ِﺗﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻋَ ِﺎز ِﻣ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠﺠْ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ َﲆ إِﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذِ ﻧَﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴩ َة دَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ًﺔ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﻣ ْﻦ إِﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذِ ﻧَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺷ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﺪﻧَﺎ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘَﻨَﺎ — وَاﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ﺐُ ِﻣ ْﻞءُ ُﻗﻠُﻮ ِﺑﻨَﺎ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﺧﻤْ َﺲ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻮص ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤْ ِﻖ‪َ.‬وﺑَﻌْ ﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫— وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘﻠِﺐُ َوﺗَ ُﻐ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﻧﱢﻲ َﺳﺄَﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ د َْﻫ ًﺮا َﻛ ِﺎﻣ ًﻼ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ َرى‬ ‫‪12‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٌﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺗﻴ ٌَﺔ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊَ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺧِ ريًا ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳَﻌْ ﺪُو ِرﺟَ ﺎ ٌل ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ٍه ُﻣﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ و ُ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ َﻟﻨَﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫َوﻣُﺤَ ِﺎوﻟِ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪ َة إ ِ ْن أَﻣَ َﻜﻨَﻬُ ْﻢ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﺻ ِﻄﺪَا ِم ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن! وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺔ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ ِح وَاﻟﺘﱠﻬْ ﻠ ِ‬ ‫َر َﺳ ْﻮﻧَﺎ ِﺑﺄﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎت ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻬَ ِ‬ ‫ﱪدِ ‪.‬‬ ‫ني ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ َﻛ ْﻲ َﻻ ﻧ َ ْﺸﻌُ َﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮﻣْ ِﲇﱢ‪.‬وَأ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ِرﺟَ ﺎ ٌل ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻧُﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ َل ﱡ‬ ‫و ََﺷ َﻜ َﺮ ُﻗﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠْ ﻌَ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ أَﻧ ْ َﻘﺬُوﻧَﺎ ُﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا ﺣَ ﺎ ٍّرا‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﺎﻗ ُﻤﻨَﺎ ُﻛ ﱡﻠ ُﻪ ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬ ‫َﺳﺎ َر َ‬ ‫ﻴﺾ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﻂءٍ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا إ ِ َﱃ ﻳﺎرﻣﺎوث‪َ ،‬و ُروﺣُ ﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ﻨ َ ِﻮﻳ ُﱠﺔ ِﰲ اﻟﺤَ ِﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس ِﰲ ﻳﺎرﻣﺎوث َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َد ْو ٌر َﻛ ِﺒريٌ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﺨﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ ﻋَ ﻨﱠﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪﻧَﺎ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘَﻨَﺎ‪َ.‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ِﻃﻴﺒ ََﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻳ ًﺮا دَاﻓِ ﺌًﺎ ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َﻓ ْﺮ ٍد ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ﻟ َِﻘ َﻀﺎءِ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫َدﺑﱠ َﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎب‬ ‫ﺎﴈ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ﱢﲇ ﱡ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺳﺎﻋَ ﺪُوﻧَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إ ِ َﱃ َﻟﻨْﺪ ََن أ َ ْو َﻫﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ِني ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﺎل‪َ ،‬وﻣ ِْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﻳﻮرك‬ ‫َراو ََﻏﻨِﻲ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻨ ِ‬ ‫ِﻷ َ َرى وَا ِﻟﺪَيﱠ ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ َﻔﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﱪَى َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ُﻣﻨْﺠَ ِﺮ َﻓ ًﺔ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ َﺧﻮ ِْض ﻣ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮةٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن أَﺣْ ِﺴ َﻢ أَﻣْ ِﺮي‪َ :‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ ِﱄ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘﺎءُ ِﰲ ﻳﺎرﻣﺎوث وَا ْﻟﻌُ ﺜُﻮ ُر ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪةٍ؟ أ َ ْم‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻦ؟‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘِﻲ ﺟﻮن ُ‬ ‫ِﻲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ ِِﺚ ِﰲ ﻳﺎرﻣﺎوث‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘﻴ ُْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َْﻓ ًﺔ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َِﺴريُ ﻣَ َﻊ وَا ِﻟ ِﺪهِ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮﻣ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ُ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪَا ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻛ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ و َِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﺰﻋَ ﺎجُ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ﺒَﻨَﺎ ِﻟﻴَﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ َﻚ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َة‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺟﻮن‪» :‬أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ روﺑﻨﺴﻮن‪.‬أَﺗَﺬْ ُﻛ ُﺮ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴤ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ِﺎر‪.‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏﺐُ ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻤْ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه إ ِ َﺷﺎ َر ًة‪ ،‬وَﻋُ ْﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَ َﻠ ِﺪ َك‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ِﺑﺘَﺄَﻣﱡ ٍﻞ و ََﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬روﺑﻨﺴﻮن‪ ،‬اﻋْ ﺘَ ِ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ َﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤﺜ ْ ِﻞ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﺘَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي‪َ ،‬ﻫ ْﻞ َﻏ ﱠري َْت ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ َك َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫اﻹﺑْﺤَ ِﺎر ِﺑ َﺴﺒَ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ؟«‬ ‫ِْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫َاﺟ ِﺒﻲ أ َ ْن أَﻋْ ﻤَ َﻞ ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ ًرا‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ َِﻔ ٌﺔ؛ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ ِﻣﻬْ ﻨَﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬وﻣ ِْﻦ و ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺗَﺠْ ِﺮﺑ ًَﺔ أ َ ِو ْ‬ ‫ني َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺤَ ﺎﻟ ِْﻔ َﻚ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﻓ ُ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َث َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴏ ْر َت‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ‪َ.‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻮ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫اﺧ ِﺘﺒَﺎ ًرا‪ ،‬و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎ َﻟﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ أ َ ْﺧ َﴙ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُث َﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫‪13‬‬ ‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬ ‫ﻆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ِﺑ ِﺠ ﱢﺪﻳﱠ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﱠث ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أُدَاﻋِ ﺐُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ َ‬ ‫ْت ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘِﻤْ َﺮ ِاري‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِﱢﺐ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ري َو َراءَ أَﺣْ َﻼ ِﻣﻲ‪.‬وَاﻧْﺠَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ف ِﺑ َﻜ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺎ َل إ ِ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟﻨﱠﺤْ ِﺲ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓِ ﻌْ ِﲇ!‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ آﺧِ ُﺮ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ وَاﺣِ ﺪٍ؛ إِذَا‬ ‫ﺎت َﻗﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﱄ‪» :‬روﺑﻨﺴﻮن‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺎت وَا ِﻟ ِﺪ َك‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺠَ َ‬ ‫ْف ﺗَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ َﺧﻴْﺒ ََﺔ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﻞ وَاﻟﻨ ﱠ َﻜﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﻠ َﺖ َر َﻏﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎت‪«.‬‬ ‫َﴎ ُت ُﻣﺒْﺘَﻌِ ﺪًا‪َ.‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر ﺟﻮن أ َ ْو وَا ِﻟ َﺪ ُه َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪َ.‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ‬ ‫أَوْﻣَ ﺄ ْ ُت ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﳼ و ِ ْ‬ ‫أ َ ِﺳريُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ﱠﻜ ْﺮ ُت ﻣَ ِﻠﻴٍّﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻟﻪُ‪َ :‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎذَا إ ِ ْن َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ إ ِ َﺷﺎ َر ًة؟ ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫َﻻ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ ِﱄ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ًﻘﺎ أ َ ْن أ َ ِﺻريَ ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ ًرا؟‬ ‫و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪ُ » :‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ ِﱄ ِاﻻ ْﻛﺘ َِﻔﺎءُ ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎءِ اﻟﻨﱢﻌَ ِﻢ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أَﻣْ ِﻠ ُﻜﻬَ ﺎ وَا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة ِﻟﺒَ َﻠﺪِي‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻤَ ﺎذَا َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫َاب َوﺗُ َﻼﺣِ ُﻘﻨِﻲ َﻟﻌْ ﻨ َ ٌﺔ؟« َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد َة ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ﻣُﺠَ ْﺮ ِﺟ ًﺮا‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٍ‬ ‫أَذْﻳَﺎ َل ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺸ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﻔ َﺨ َﺮ ِﺑﻲ أ َ ِﺑﻲ أَﺑَﺪًا‪ِ.‬ﻟﺬَا اﺑْﺘَ َﻠﻌْ ُﺖ ُﺷ ُﻜﻮﻛِﻲ و ََﺳ َﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت إ ِ َﱃ َﻟﻨْﺪ ََن‪.‬‬ ‫‪14‬‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬ ‫ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ٌﺔ إِ َﱃ َأ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْﻳﻘ َﻴﺎ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺤْ ﺒَ ٍﺔ ﺣَ َﺴﻨ َ ٍﺔ و ََﻗﺎﺑَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﰱ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻛﻮﻟﺒﱪ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﺛ ُﺮ ِﰲ َﻟﻨْﺪ ََن‪.‬ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘﻴ ُْﺖ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻴَﺎ‪َ.‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮﻳ ُﱠﺔ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﺎ َد ِﻟﺘَ ﱢﻮ ِه ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫ري ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻴَﺎ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﺤَ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﱟﺪ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫وج ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬ﺗَ َﻘﺎ ْ َﺳﻤْ ﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮَﺟَ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎت َودَا َر ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﺪ ٌد ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺚ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﻌَ ِﺔ‪َ.‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﺣَ ﺎدِ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ﻛﻮﻟﺒﱪ ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏﺒَﺘِﻲ ِﰲ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻗ ﱠﺮ َر أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ‬ ‫َﺼﺤَ ﺒَﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ﻛﻮﻟﺒﱪ َرﺟُ ًﻼ ﻧ َ ِﺰﻳﻬً ﺎ وَﻋَ ﺎدِ ًﻻ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﻒ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺘﺌْﺠَ ِﺎري ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘ ِِﻪ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺑَ ْﻞ َﺷ ِﻤ َﻠﻨِﻲ ِﺑ ِﺮﻋَ ﺎﻳَﺘ ِِﻪ؛ َﻓ َﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﻧِﻲ ِﰲ ِﴍَاءِ ْاﻷ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺎﺟَ َﺮ ُة ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻷﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ري‪َ.‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ُﻣﺒْﺤِ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻨ ْ ِﻲ ِرﺑ ٍْﺢ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﻨِﻲ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ا ْﻟﺤِ َﺴﺎبَ وَا ْﻟ ِﻤ َﻼﺣَ َﺔ وَا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَﺎجُ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر ُة إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﻠ ِﻤﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺳﺪَى ِﱄ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋِﺢَ َراﺋِﻌَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﴈ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺴﺒﱠﺒ َِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺮا َر ُة ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ﻌَ ُﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َر ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ِاﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘﻮَاءِ ِﰲ إ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑَﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﻮب‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ِﺮ ً‬ ‫ِﺑﺤُ ﻤﱠ ﻰ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪةٍ‪َ.‬ﻓﻔِ ﻲ ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻀﺎ‪َ.‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘ ِﺎربُ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻗ َﻀﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴚءَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻴﱢﺐَ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺧ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َم ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﻋُ ْﺪﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﻟﻨْﺪ ََن‪َ.‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة َﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ٌﺮ ﻣَ ﺎﻫِ ٌﺮ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻨَﻴ ُْﺖ ِرﺑْﺤً ﺎ َو ِﻓريًا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ََﻀﺎﺋِﻌِ ﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﺗَ ِ‬ ‫َو ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤَ ﱡﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﺎ َﻟﺘِﻲ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺤﱢ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ َﻟﺪَى ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ِﺗﻨَﺎ ﻟ ِْﻸَﺟْ ﻮَاءِ ْاﻷ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ِﺮ ﺑُ ُﺮو َد ًة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أ ُ ِﺻﻴﺐَ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑَﺘْﻨِﻲ َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈﻮ ً‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ﻛﻮﻟﺒﱪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤُ ﻤﱠ ﻰ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ َ‬ ‫ﻇﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ؛ إِذْ ﺗُﻮ ﱢُﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‪.‬و ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺎ َو ِﻓﻴٍّﺎ َوﻣُﻌَ ﱢﻠﻤً ﺎ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫َاﻓﺘَ َﻘ ْﺪﺗُ ُﻪ أَﻳﱠﻤَ ﺎ ْاﻓﺘ َِﻘﺎدٍ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻠ ً‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫ِﺼﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ِﺗﻨَﺎ ِﺑ َﻘﻠ ٍ‬ ‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ُْﺖ ِاﻻ ْﺧ ِﺘﻴَﺎ َر‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺠَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ٍﺮ ِﺑﺄَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ َﺔ وَا ِﻟ ِﺪ ﺟﻮن‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻗﻨَﻌَ ﻨِﻲ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎﺣِ ﻲ َﻛﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ض ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﻧَﺎﺋِﺐُ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻛﻮﻟﺒﱪ‪َ.‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﴫﻧ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﺑْﺤَ ِﺎر إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﺎب ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒْﺤِ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﺗُ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻴَﺎ‪ ،‬اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺰ ُت ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ ﻟِﻠﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﺷ ُﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻢ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َوﺗِﻲ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ َ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻬْ ِﺪ ﻣَ َﻊ أ َ ْرﻣَ َﻠ ِﺔ ﻛﻮﻟﺒﱪ ﻟِﺤِ ْﻔ ِﻈﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﻣ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮ ٍة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬‬ ‫‪16‬‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬ ‫َﻗ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺻ َﻨ ٌﺔ!‬ ‫ري ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ َﻟﻨْﺪ ََن‪ ،‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻲ ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻜ ُﺲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻜ ِﺲ َﻻﺣِ ًﻘﺎ؛‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ َر ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮﻳ ُﱠﺔ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴ َُﺔ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻴَﺎ أ َ ْﺳﻮَأ َ ِرﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﱄ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺣِ ﻴﻨ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ ُ ْ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫َاﻹﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذِ ﰲ اﻟﻠﺤﻈﺔ اﻷﺧرية!‬ ‫وُ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْﺳﻮَأ ُ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳﺢ و ْ ِ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺒﱠ ِﺔ ِر ٍ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟُ ُﺰ ِر ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ َ ِﺎري‪ ،‬ﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺒَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﺷ ﱠﻘ ْﺖ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘُﻨَﺎ َ‬ ‫َﺎﻏﺘَﺘْﻨَﺎ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ َﻗ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺻﻨ َ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎت ُﻣﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄﻠِﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َردُوﻧَﺎ ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﺤِ ُﻘﻮا ِﺑﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺘُﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ُة‬ ‫ني ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻗ َﴡ ُ ْ‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠﺒ ََﻘﺎءِ ﻫِ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺘَﺎ َل‪َ ،‬ﻓﺠَ ﻬﱠ ْﺰﻧَﺎ ﺑَﻨَﺎدِ َﻗﻨَﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪.‬واﻗﱰﺑﺖ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺻﻨ َ ِﺔ ﻣﻦ ُﻣ َﺆ ﱠﺧ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺘﻨَﺎ‪.‬اﺗﱠ َﺨﺬْﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َة وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ُﺨﺎ َ‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ﺘَﺎ ِﻟ َ‬ ‫ني‪،‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ْﻘﻨَﺎ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻨَﺎدِ ﻗِ ﻨَﺎ ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫َو َردﱡوا ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻧريَا ِﻧﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺪَاﻓِ ﻌِ ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَةِ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺻﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻨَﺎدِ ﻗِ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑ َﺪو ِْرﻫِ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ِﺼﺐْ أَﺣَ ﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِرﺟَ ﺎ ِﻟﻨَﺎ أَيﱞ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻘﺎﺗ ِِﻬﻢْ!‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻧًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺘﱢ َ‬ ‫ﴫ َﻛ ِﺜريًا‪ ،‬وَﺧِ َﻼ َل د ََﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ني ُﻗ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻘ ُﺮبُ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﺪ ْم َﻫﺬَا اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْ ُ‬ ‫َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺘﻨَﺎ‪َ.‬ﻗ َ‬ ‫ﴍﻋَ ﺘَﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨَﺎ أَﺟْ َﱪْﻧ َ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻘﻬْ ُﻘ ِﺮ َﻗ ْﺪ َر‬ ‫ﻄﻌُ ﻮا ﺣِ ﺒَﺎ َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ُﺴﻴُﻮﻓ ِِﻬﻢْ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻣَ ﱠﺰ ُﻗﻮا أ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني ﺑَﻨَﺎدِ َﻗﻨَﺎ و َُﺳﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﻢ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺘﻨَﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﺨﺪ ِِﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﻓﻨَﺎ )وَأَﺑْﻌَ ْﺪﻧ َ ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ني!( َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺘﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪ ﺣَ ﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻔﺎ َﻟﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﺴ َﻠﻤْ ﻨَﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﺰ َﻫ َﻖ أَيﱡ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ٍﺲ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫أ َ َﺧﺬَﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﴎى‪ ،‬وَأَﺑْﺤَ ْﺮﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ِﻣﻴﻨَﺎءِ ﺳﻼ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤَ ِﺎﱄ‬ ‫اﺻﻨ َ ُﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘ ِِﻬ ْﻢ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﻷ َ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻼدِ ﻋَ ِﺒﻴﺪًا‪.‬وَأُﻋْ ِﺠﺐَ ِﺑﻲ ُﻗﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻴَﺎ‪َ.‬و ِﺑﻴ َﻊ ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل ﱠ‬ ‫اﺻﻨ َ ِﺔ ﻟ َِﺸﺒَﺎ ِﺑﻲ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﻢ ِرﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻨَﺘِﻲ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ﱠﺮ َر ِاﻻﺣْ ﺘ َِﻔﺎ َ‬ ‫َو ِﻓ ْ‬ ‫ظ ِﺑﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺔ‪.‬ﺗَ َﺮ ﱠدد ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ٍﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﻋَ ﺒْﺪٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ُﻣﻨْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ َ‬ ‫َت‬ ‫َو ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴐﺑَ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪةٍ‪ ،‬ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ ْﻟ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻞ أَﺑَﺪًا ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎت وَا ِﻟﺪِي ِﰲ ذِ ْﻫﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْد َر ْﻛ ُﺖ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﺳﺄ َ َ‬ ‫َﻛﻠِﻤَ ُ‬ ‫ﻆ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎﺛ ِِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮ ْﻏﺒَﺘِﻲ ْاﻷَﻧَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ُﱠﺔ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﺳﻮَى اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻟﻤ َُﻐﺎ َد َر ِة دِ ﻳ َِﺎري َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻟﻴ َُﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ أَﻋْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ ُﻗﻮ ُم ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﱢم ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ وَﺟَ َﺴﺪِي ﺗَ َﺎﻗﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺗَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻓ ُﺮ ِﱄ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ٌﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﻬَ َﺮ ِب‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬْﻧِﻲ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ِﻠﺼﻴْﺪِ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻂ إ ِ َﱃ ِرﺣْ َﻼﺗ ِِﻪ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﱰُ ُﻛﻨِﻲ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬ ‫َﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت أ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻂءٍ‪َ.‬ﻟﻴْ َﻞ ﻧَﻬَ ﺎ َر َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻮ ُل ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﻘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت َﺳﻨَﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءٍ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﺒ ﱠَﻖ ِﱄ ِﺳﻮَى أ َ ْﻓ َﻜ ِﺎري ِﻟﺘُ ْﺆﻧ َِﺲ وَﺣْ َﺪﺗِﻲ‪َ.‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ ِﺳﻮَى ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِب‪َ.‬ود َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫أَﺣْ ﻠُ ْﻢ ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ُﻞ َﺷ ٍّﺎﻗﺎ و ﱠ‬ ‫َال؛ ﻋَ ﺎﻟ ًِﻘﺎ ِﰲ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ﻣُﺤْ ِﺮ َﻗ ًﺔ‪َ.‬ﻓﻬَ ْﻞ َﺳﺄ َ ْﻗ ِﴤ ﺑَ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨْﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺾ؟‬ ‫ﻳﺐ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﺒْﺪًا ﻟ َِﺴﻴﱢ ٍﺪ ﺑَﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫َﻏ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫‪18‬‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬ ‫اﳍ َﺮ ِب‬ ‫ُﻓ ْﺮ َﺻ ُﺔ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ﺒَﻨِﻲ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي أَﻧَﺎ وَﻋَ ﺒْﺪًا َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﻚِ‬ ‫ِﺼﻴْ ِﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪ ،‬ﻳُﺪْﻋَ ﻰ إ ِ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻴ َﻞ‪ ،‬ﻟ َ‬ ‫أَﺧِ ريًا‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻟِﺤِ ﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ﻠ ِْﻘﻨَﺎ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َﺎب َﻛﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨﱠﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﻮ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ري َ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﺒ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ِﺑﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻮح‪ ،‬أَﺑْﺤَ ْﺮ ُت أَﻧَﺎ َوإ ِ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻴ ُﻞ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪َ.‬وﺑَﻌْ ﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻻ َﻗﻴْﻨَﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ‬ ‫ُﺿ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﺊ‪ِ.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎ َ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺸ ﱠﻘ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺪ ْﱠﻓﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺄﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺪ َ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻌَ َ‬ ‫وب؛ ْاﻷ َ ﱠو ُل‪َ :‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ان ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻼﻧِﻲ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ َﻛﻴْ ِﻔﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻬُ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫َث أﻣْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻼ ِح َﻗ ِﺎر ِب ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﺪِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﺑﻨَﺠﱠ ٍﺎر ِ ِﻹ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘِﻌْ ﺪَادًا ﻟ َِﺨﻮ ِْض ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺤَ ِﺎر ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻼ ٍت‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻮ َل‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮي ا ْﻟﻔِ ْﻜ َﺮ ُة‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎربَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ﻣَ ِﺘ ٌ‬ ‫وَﺟَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﺑ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ِاﻻﺑْﺘِﻌَ ﺎ ُد ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺘْﻨ ِِﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻆ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺴ ِﻦ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻞ ﺣَ ﺎدِ ﺛَﺘَﻨَﺎ ﺗُﺨِ ُ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ!« ﻳَﺎ َﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﻣﻴﻨَﺎءِ ﺳﻼ إِذَا أُﺗِﻴﺤَ ْﺖ ِﱄ َ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي!‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُﻮع ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻂ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي ِ ِﻹ َﻗﺎﻣَ ِﺔ أُﻣْ ِﺴﻴﱠ ٍﺔ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘِﻌَ ٍﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب ِﻟﺒَﻌْ ِﺾ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ ْاﻷ ْﺳﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎد َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءِ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧ َِﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ َ‬ ‫َف و ُُﻗﻮﻋُ ُﻪ ِﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﺗِﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِب‪.‬وَأَﻣَ َﺮﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ِن‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ َﻛﻤﱢ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﺗَ ْﻠ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﻛﻤَ ِﻞ وَﺟْ ٍﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺰ ِﻳﻴﻨ ُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِﺑﺘَ ْﺨ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫أَﺟْ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻔ ِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﱠ‬ ‫ﴩ د ََﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮ ِﻋ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﺪﱠدِ ِﻟﻤ َُﻐﺎ َد َرﺗِﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ‬ ‫اﻟﻼﺣِ ِﻖ‪ ،‬و ََﻗﺒْ َﻞ ﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺻﻌِ َﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ ِﺑ ُﺨ ُ‬ ‫َات ﺛَﻘِ ﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ.‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒًﺎ! َوﺑَﺪَا ِﱄ أ َ ﱠن أ َ ْ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَ ُه ﻋَ َﺰ ُﻓﻮا ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻗ َﻀﺎءِ‬ ‫ﺎب إ ِ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻴ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻋَ ﺒْ ٌﺪ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ‪ ،‬ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫وﻗ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻣَ َﺮﻧِﻲ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ِﻠﺼﻴْﺪِ‪َ.‬ﻓﺤَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﻄﺤَ ِ‬ ‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَ ُه َﺳﻤَ ًﻜﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺒُﻮا ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌِ َﻢ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َزﺟً ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺸﺎءِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎص‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺘِﻲ! ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮبُ !« َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺎس‪ِ » :‬ﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﻫِ َﻲ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ؟ أ َ ْﻗﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ إ ِ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻴ َﻞ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﺤَ ﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢﺪِ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺬَا ْ‬ ‫أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻧَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎ َم ﱠ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﺰ َن ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب ُﻣ َﺆﻧًﺎ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫ َﻮ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻳُﻌِ ﱡﺪ َﻟﻨَﺎ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ َﺮ َ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋْ ُﺖ ِﰲ إِﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‬ ‫اض‪ ،‬أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﻮط ُ‬ ‫ُﻮع َو ِﻣﻨ ْ َﺸ ٍﺎر َو ِﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ َﻗ ٍﺔ َوﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ُﺧﻴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻘﻨ ﱠ ِﺐ و ََﻓﺄ ْ ٍس‪.‬‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧَﺤْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ُ :‬ﺷﻤ ٍ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﺗَﺤَ ﺎﻳَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ ُﻪ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري ِﻟﻴ َِﺠ َﺪ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ُرودِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ ِﻟﻨَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﴙ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ.‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ٍة َراﺋِﻌَ ٍﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ!«‬ ‫ُﻮر ا ْﻟ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ِﺑ ْﻀ ِﻊ د ََﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ‪ ،‬وَأَﺑْﺤَ َﺮ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛَﺘُﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺎﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴﻨَﺎءِ‪َ.‬وﺗَ َﻐ ﱠﻠﺒْﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎب‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﱰ ٍة َ‬ ‫ﴍﻋَ ﺘَﻨَﺎ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻠﺼﻴْﺪِ‪ِ.‬ﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪ُ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحُ ﺗَﻬُ ﺐﱡ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺟﻬَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻟ َِﻔ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻌْ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ ﻧ َ ﱠﻜ ْﺴﻨَﺎ أ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل و ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹﺑْﺤَ ﺎ ُر‬ ‫ﺎل ﱠ ْ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴩﻗِ ﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْرﺟُ ﻮ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحُ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮب؛ َﻓ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ْ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ إ ِ ْﺳﺒَﺎﻧْﻴَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻗﻨ َ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺎح َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺳﺘَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُﻨِﻲ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ْﻦ ِﺳﺠْ ﻨ َِﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أ َ ْﻗﺒَ ُﻊ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻂ؛ َﻓﺄيﱡ ِرﻳ ٍ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ َر ِ‬ ‫وب إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﱢﺮﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﴈ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻓ ِﺮﺣً ﺎ ِﻟﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬُ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ُث ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْو َﻻ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻬُ ُﺮوبُ إِﻣﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ُث أَﺑَﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ ﺑ َِﺎر َد ًة ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄﻧَﺎ َﻻ أ ْ‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪» :‬إ ِ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻴ ُﻞ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴَﺎ َه أ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪ ،‬دَﻋْ ﻨَﺎ ﻧُﺒْﺤِ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُد أيﱠ َ ْ‬ ‫أَﺑْﻌَ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﴎﻧَﺎ َﻓ ْﺮ َﺳ ًﺨﺎ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ ِﰲ دَاﺧِ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪.‬و ََﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﴍﻋَ َﺔ‪ ،‬و ِ ْ‬ ‫أَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ ُﻣﻮَاﻓِ ًﻘﺎ َو َر َﻓ َﻊ ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱰﺑ ُْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ و ََﻗﺬَ ْﻓ ُﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻮ ِْق َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻳ ُْﺴﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪ْ ،‬اﻗ َ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮ َﺳﺎ َة ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ! ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ﻳَﺎ روﺑﻨﺴﻮن؟ َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫َﺻﺎحَ ‪» :‬دَﻋْ ﻨِﻲ أَﻋُ ﻮ ُد إ ِ َﱃ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﴫ َخ إ ِ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻴ ُﻞ و َ‬ ‫ْف‬ ‫َﻓ َ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَ َﺴﺒﱠﺐُ ِﺑﻤَ ْﻘﺘَ ِﻠ َﻚ!«‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺋِﺤً ﺎ‪» :‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ َﺳﺒﱠﺎحٌ ﻣَ ﺎﻫِ ٌﺮ‪.‬ﻋُ ْﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺒْﺘُ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ﻳَﺎ إ ِ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻴ ُﻞ‪ ،‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ْﻫ ُﺮبُ ‪،‬‬ ‫و ََﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ َﻚ ِ ِﻹ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺎﰲ!« َﻓﺄَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ِﺒ َﻞ ﻣَ ِﺼريَهُ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳ َْﺴﺒَﺢُ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻗﺬ َِﻓ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫و ََﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻌِ ًﺸﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ ُﻫ َﻮ ْاﻵ َﺧ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫– َ‬ ‫»ﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﻘ ِﺴ َﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ﱠﻻ َﺳﺘَ ْﻠﺤَ ُﻖ ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻴ َﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ!« َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺒَﺢَ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ َرةِ‪ِ ،‬ﻟ َﺬا َﻗ ِﺒ َﻞ ِﺑ ُﴩ ِ‬ ‫ُور َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ُوﻃﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﺑﻤَ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫‪20‬‬ ‫ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِب‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﺟَ ﺒ َِﻞ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪَى ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺎر ٍق‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ ﺘْﻤً ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﻼﺣِ َﻘ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أﺑْﺤَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﺎﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ﻣَ ِﻀ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﻴ ُْﺨ ِﱪُ إ ِ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻴ ُﻞ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﻧَﺎ أَيﱠ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ٍه َﺳ َﻠ ْﻜﻨَﺎ؛ ِﻟﺬَا أ َ َر ْدﺗُ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ َﺪ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ذَاﻫِ ﺐٌ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﻞ‬ ‫ُﻮط ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺴ ِﻖ‪َ ،‬رﺟَ ﻌْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِب‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن اﺗﱢﺠَ ُ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﺳﺒَﺎﻧ ﱢِﻲ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد ُﻫﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻮب‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮْبَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ِْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻘ ًﺔ ﻣُﺨِ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ وَﻣَ ﺠْ ﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺪ ِْر َﻛﻨَﺎ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ ِر ْد أَﺑَﺪًا أ َ ْن أَﻋُ ﻮ َد‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠﻌُ ﺒُﻮ ِدﻳﱠ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪.‬‬ ‫‪21‬‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ‬ ‫َْ‬ ‫اﻷ ْﺣ َﺮ ُار‬ ‫أَﺑْﺤَ ْﺮﻧَﺎ ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ِة َﺧﻤْ َﺴ ِﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻒ‪ُ.‬ﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِﻣﻴﻨَﺎءِ ﺳﻼ ﺛﻢ‬ ‫أَﺑْﺤَ ْﺮﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋَ ِﺎﱄ ﻧَﻬْ ٍﺮ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ٍﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫ف ﺗَﺤْ ﺪِﻳﺪًا أَﻳ َْﻦ ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻫﺬَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﻬﻤﱠ ﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻴﻨِﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢﺪِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ ًﺴﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﲇ ﻟ ِِﻼﺑْﺘِﻌَ ﺎدِ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺣُ ﱢﺮﻳﱠﺘِﻲ‪.‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ﱠن َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ ﻮ ًرا؛ َو ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫أَﺑْﺤَ ْﺮﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋَ ِﺎﱄ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ا ْزدَا َد َرﺟَ ﺎءً أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻧ َ ْﺬ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ ،‬و ََﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ًﺔ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻨَﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮَاﺗًﺎ‬ ‫ﺎت َﻻ ﻧَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻔﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ ﻟِﺤَ ﻴَﻮاﻧ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري َو َﻟﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ول ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮ َﻗ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮﻧَﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﻧ َ َﱰ ﱠَﻗﺐُ ‪.‬‬ ‫أ ُ َﻏ ِﺎﻣ ْﺮ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﺨﻤَ ٌﺔ ﺟَ ﺎء َْت إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ و ََﻗ َﻊ أَﻣْ ٌﺮ ﻣَ ﺎ! وُﺣُ ٌ‬ ‫ﻮش َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺪ َر ًة أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ ،‬ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮَاﺗًﺎ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ ِﺑ َﻘﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻮَاﺗًﺎ ﻣُﺨِ َ‬ ‫َو ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﻋﺒ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﻌْ ﻬَ ﺎ أُذُﻧَﺎيَ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮش ﺗِﺠَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﻨَﺎ َﻓ ِﺰﻋْ ﻨَﺎ! ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻟ ْﻮ و َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫اﻧ ْ َﺨ َﻠ َﻊ َﻗ ْﻠﺒَﺎﻧَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﺒَﺢَ أَﺣَ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻮُﺣُ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻌِ َﺪ إ ِ َﱃ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ؟ ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻟ ْﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ؟ ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻟ ْﻮ أ َ ْﻏ َﺮ َق ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐَ ؟ ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﺳﻨ َ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ؟‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ ِﻷُﺧِ َ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ وَأَﻣْ َﺴ ْﻜ ُﺖ ِﺑﺄَﺣَ ِﺪ ﺑَﻨَﺎدِ ﻗِ ﻨَﺎ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﻪُ‪َ ،‬وو ََﻗ َﻊ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َر ْدﺗُﻪُ!‬ ‫َﻫ ْﺮ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ َع ا ْﻟﻮَﺣْ ُﺶ و ََﺳﺒَﺢَ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺴﺎءَل َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﺳﻨ َ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ؟«‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺒْﺘُﻪُ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠﻨَﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﱃ ِﻣﻴَﺎ ٍه ﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ْب‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﺒ ﱠَﻖ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ أَيﱞ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ.‬و ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِﻠﴩ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺰ ِﻋﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبُ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻠﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ َﻏﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْرﺗَ َﻔﻌَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺎح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺪ ْﱠﻓﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ﺑَﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻂءٍ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟﻴَﺎ ِﺑ َﺴ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻴْﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺘﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮ َﺳﺎةِ‪َ.‬وﺑَﻌْ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻗ َﻔ ْﺰ ُت أَﻧَﺎ و ََﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ َر ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﻮري و ََﺳﺒَﺤْ ﻨَﺎ َ ِ‬ ‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬ ‫َﴪ َق ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒَﻨَﺎ أ َ ْﻫ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَ َﻠﺪِ؛ ِﻟﺬَا َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ ِر ِد اﻟ ﱠﺬ َﻫﺎبَ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺗِﺠَ ﺎ َه ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﺧ َﴙ أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ً‬ ‫ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ ﻗِ َ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ﻣَ َﻊ أ َ ْﺷ َﺨ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎص َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ﻣ ُِﺮﻳﻌَ ًﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر ٍة ﻋَ ﻠ ُِﻘﻮا ِﰲ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ َﻏ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻗﻮ َِارﺑَﻬُ ْﻢ وَﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ أَﻣْ ﺘِﻌَ ﺘ ِِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُْﺴﻤَ ْﻊ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر ِة ﺛَﺎﻧ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﺔ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫َﴪ ُﻗ َ‬ ‫َودُود َ‬ ‫ﻂ! و ََﻗﺎ َل‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺸﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ِﺔ و ََﺳﻴَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ ِ ِﻹﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر ﻣَ ﺎءِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﲆ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ْب‪َ.‬ﻓﺠَ َﻠ ْﺴ ُﺖ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ِ‬ ‫أ ُ َراﻗِ ﺐُ ِﺑﻤِ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎري‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﻋَ ْﺪوًا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻨَﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻼﺣِ ُﻘﻪُ؛ ِﻟﺬَا ﺟَ َﺮﻳ ُْﺖ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ُه ِﻷ َ َرى إ ِ ْن‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫اﺻ َ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪ َة‪َ.‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ وﺻﻠﺖ إﻟﻴﻪ‪ ،‬أ َ َراﻧِﻲ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري ِﺑ َﻔ ْﺨ ٍﺮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َد ﺣَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧًﺎ‬ ‫ﺑَ ﱢﺮﻳٍّﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَا َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أ َ ْرﻧَﺐٌ ﺑَ ﱢﺮيﱞ ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ أ َ ْﻟﻮَاﻧَﻪ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻮ ُل‪ِ ،‬ﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ﱠﻛ ِﺪ أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْر َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ َِﻔ ٌﺔ وَأ َ ْرﺟُ َﻠﻪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ض‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﺌَ ٌﺔ ﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋ ِِﺐ!‬ ‫ِﺻﺤْ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄَةِ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ َﺖ ﻳَﺎ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري!«‬ ‫ﻮرﻧَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ وَا ْﻟﻐِ ﺬَاءِ د َ‬ ‫أ َ َﻛ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷ ِﺒﻌْ ﻨَﺎ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ِﰲ َﻏﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ُون‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ﻟِﻌُ ﺜ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮش ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْرﻋَ ﺒَﺘْﻨَﺎ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺲ‪.‬‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ َﻼﻗِ َﻲ أَﻳٍّﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻫ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَ َﻠ ِﺪ أ َ ْو ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻮُﺣُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل أ َ ْﻓ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫ري ِﺑﺄَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ‬ ‫د ََﻓﻌَ ﺘْﻨِﻲ ِرﺣْ َﻼﺗِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ُﺔ ﻟ َِﺴﺎﺣِ ِﻞ َﺷﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻴَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﱠات‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ْﺰ ُم ِﺑﻤَ َﻜﺎ ِﻧﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ُون ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻀﺒ ِْﻂ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل إ ِ َﱃ ﺟُ ُﺰ ِر ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ َ ِﺎري‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﺑﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎﻫِ ﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬واﺻﻠﻨﺎ اﻹﺑﺤﺎر ِﺑﻤُﺤَ ﺎذَا ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪َ.‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن أَﻣَ ِﲇ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﺎد ََﻓ َﺔ‬ ‫ُون ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ﻣَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺒﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺰﻳﱠ ٍﺔ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌِ ﻴ َﺪﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َو َ‬ ‫ﻃﻨِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ﺗِﺠَ ﺎ َر ٍة إِﻧ ْ ِﺠﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ِﺜريَةِ‪َ.‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻇ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺒﻴﻌِ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ ُﻣ ْﺰدَﻫِ َﺮ ٍة ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﺌَ ٍﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫أَﺑْﺤَ ْﺮﻧَﺎ ِﺑﻤُﺤَ ﺎذَا َة ﻣَ ﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺠَ ﱠﻮ َﻟ ْﺖ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨَﺎ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ْﻓﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ْاﻷ ُ ُﺳﻮ ِد‬ ‫ني ِﻟﻨَﺒْﺤَ َﺚ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻣﻴَﺎ ِه ﱡ‬ ‫ُﻮر وَا ْﻟ ُﻔﻬُ ﻮدِ‪َ.‬و ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﻧَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُ‬ ‫ْب‪.‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻤْ َﺮ ْرﻧَﺎ‬ ‫ﻒ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَاﻟﻨﱡﻤ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْاﻗﺘَﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺄ َ ْن َﻻ أَﺣَ َﺪ ﻳَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﺬَا اﻟﻨﱠﺤْ ِﻮ َﻛ ِﺜريًا د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻧ َ َﺮى أ َ ْﺷ َﺨ ً‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫‪24‬‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻣﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﻔﻴ َﻨ ُﺔ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ِْﺠﻠِﻴ ِﺰ ﱠﻳ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺎدِ َ‬ ‫ﴩ ُة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺎس ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ِﺋﺬٍ‪،‬‬ ‫ف إِﻧ ْ َﺴﺎﻧًﺎ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ريﻧَﺎ‪.‬أﻣﺎ ﻋﻤﻦ َﻗﺎﺑَ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ُون ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ و ََﻻ ﻳَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ َو ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ِﺎو ِﻧ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻜﺎﻧُﻮا َودُود َ‬ ‫ُﻮن ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ﻟُ َﻐ ِﺘﻨَﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ِﰲ َﻏﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﺮ ِم؛ َﻓﺄَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻮﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟﻐِ ﺬَاءَ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءَ ﻣَ َﻊ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧَﻤْ ِﻠ ْﻚ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻟﻨُﻌْ ِﻄﻴَﻬُ ْﻢ إِﻳﱠﺎ ُه‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻘﺎ ِﺑ ِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﻊ أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻐ َﺮﺑَﺎءَ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ِﰲ َﻏﺎﻳَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻒ‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨَﺎ َﻻ ﻧ َ َﺰا ُل ِﺑﺤَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ إِﻳﺠَ ﺎدِ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ِﻴﺰﻳﱠ ٍﺔ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ِﺎرﺑُﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹﺑْﺤَ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺘُﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ُة‬ ‫إِﻧ ْ ِﺠﻠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣُﻌَ ﺪٍّا ِﻟﻴَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻤ َﻞ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻫﺬَا ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري ِﺑ َﻘ َﻠﻘِ ﻲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﺑ َﺸﺄ ْ ِن اﺟْ ِﺘﻴ َِﺎز َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ِﻤﺤْ ﻨ َ ِﺔ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻟِﻠﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة ﻫِ َﻲ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻨْﻘِ َﺬﻧَﺎ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ.‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ ْﺧ ِ ْ‬ ‫أ ُ ِر ْد َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻹﺣْ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎط‪.‬‬ ‫ْف أ َ ِو ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻠ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ﻧُﺒْﺤِ ُﺮ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ أ ُ ْﺳﺒُﻮ ٌع َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ‪ ،‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا ﻣَ َﺮ ْرﻧَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻼﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻓ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻘ ُﺮبُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ ِﺔ َﻓ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺳ َﺦ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﻞ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﺟُ ُﺰ ِر اﻟ ﱠﺮأ ْ ِس‬ ‫ﴬ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ َﺔ َﻓ َﺮ ٍح!‬ ‫اﻷ َ ْﺧ َ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻨِﻲ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ روﺑﻨﺴﻮن؟«‬ ‫ﺎﻇ ِﺮ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫أ َ َﴍ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗﺮى َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠُ ُﺰ َر؟ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َﺳﻨ َ ِﺼ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ْت ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧَﺠَ ْﻮﻧَﺎ ﻳَﺎ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫إِﻧ ْ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِﱰَا! أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري! ﻧَﺠَ ْﻮﻧَﺎ!«‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ﻨَﺎ ِﰲ أﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َﻟ ِﺖ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ﺘِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﻋُ ﺒُﻮ ٍُس ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أَﻣْ ﻌَ ﻨ ْ ُﺖ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريَ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﻮﻗِﻔِ ﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ْﻘﻨَﺎ‬ ‫َ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﺎح ﻣُﻌَ ﺎﻛ َِﺴ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻨَﻨْﺠَ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف َو َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﺒ َْﻘﻰ َﻟﻨَﺎ أيﱡ أﺛ َ ٍﺮ‪َ.‬ﻓﺬَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ﺘَ ﱢﺪ وَﻋَ ﻠ ِْﻘﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ِرﻳ ٍ‬ ‫روﺑﻨﺴﻮن ﻛﺮوزو‬ ‫ري ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴَﺎ َر ِ‬ ‫ريﺗِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ات ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺎﺣَ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة — ﺣُ ﺠَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻮس ِﰲ ﺣُ ﺠَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻟِﻠﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن — ﻟِﻠﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻨَﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري ﻳُﻨَﺎدِ ﻳﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪» :‬ﻳَﺎ روﺑﻨﺴﻮن! أ َ َرى َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ! أ َ َرى َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ!«‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ َر َوﺑَﺪَأ ْ ُت أَﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫َت ﺑُ ْﺮﺗُ َﻐﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًﱠﺔ‪.‬أ َ َﺧ ْﺬ ُت ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ًﺔ‪ُ ،‬ﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٌﺔ! َوﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ ِﺑﺘَﻤَ ﻌﱡ ٍﻦ‬ ‫ِﻷ َ َرى إِذَا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺠﻬَ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪.‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ َﺴﺎ َرةِ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﻇْ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗُﺒْﺤِ ُﺮ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ﻨﱠﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮن د َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮي‪» :‬أَوﱠاهُ‪َ ،‬ﻻ! َﻟ ْﻦ أَدَﻋَ ﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺒ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺠَ ﺎ َل ِﰲ َﺧ ِ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن أُﺣَ ِﺎو َل ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ أ َ ْن أَﺟْ ﺬِبَ‬ ‫اﻧ ْ ِﺘﺒ َ‬ ‫َﺎﻫﻬُ ﻢْ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺋِﺤً ﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫﻴﱠﺎ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري! دَﻋْ ﻨَﺎ ﻧُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل َوﻧ َ ْﻠﺤَ ُﻖ ِﺑ ِﻬﻢْ‪َ «.‬و َر َﻓﻌْ ﻨَﺎ أ َ ْﻛ َﱪَ َﻗﺪ ٍْر ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ري أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱠ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و ََﻻﺣَ ْﻘﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴍﻋَ ِﺔ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ﻟِﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺒﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ٍﺔ ﻣُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ َ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛ َ ِﱪ ُ ْ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ اﺗﱠ َﻀﺢَ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻠﺤَ َﻖ ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ أَﺑَﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫َ ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَ َﺴﺎءَ َل َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻧ َ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ْاﻵ َن‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ روﺑﻨﺴﻮن؟«‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪» :‬ا ْﻟﺒَﻨَﺎدِ ُق! ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ َِﻖ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﻨَﺎدِ ِق َوﻧَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﻌُ ﻮﻧَﺎ!«‬ ‫ُﻫ ِﺮ َع ُﻛ ﱞﻞ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻨَﺎدِ ﻗِ ﻨَﺎ َوﺑَﺪَأْﻧَﺎ ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴ ُْﺖ َودَﻋَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْت أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ‬ ‫ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى إ ِ َﺷﺎ َر َة ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘ َِﻐﺎﺛ َ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْريَ! َﻓﺎﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤْ ُﺖ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ًﺔ ﻋَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﴍﻋَ ﺘَﻬَ ﺎ وَأَﺑْ َ‬ ‫َﻟﻤْ َﻠﻤَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ َ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ًﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى أ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻘﺎ ِﺗﻨَﺎ! َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤﻌُ ﻮا َ‬ ‫ﻟ َِﻘ ُ‬ ‫ْف ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮوﻧَﻨَﺎ‪َ.‬ﻫﻴﱠﺎ ِﺑﻨَﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻨَﺬْ َﻫﺐْ !«‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ ْﻗﻨَﺎ ﺛ َ َﻼ َ‬ ‫ث َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻤُﺤَ ﺎذَاﺗ ِِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺎت ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻠﺤَ َﻖ ِﺑ ِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٍة ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘ ِِﻬ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﻜ ﱢﻠﻤُﻮﻧَﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻠُﻐ ٍ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُﻐﺎ ِﻟﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺑﻌْ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠِﻔ ٍﺔ؛ أو ًﱠﻻ ﺣَ ﺎ َو َﻟﻮا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُ ْ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﺳﺒَﺎ ِﻧﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮﻧ ْ ِﺴﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ َﻓﻬْ َﻢ أَيﱟ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا ﺗَ َﻜ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ ٌر ْ‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻜﺘْ َﻠﻨْﺪِيﱞ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِْ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺋِﺤً ﺎ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ أَﻧْﺘُﻢْ؟ وَﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘ ِِﻬ ْﻢ َ‬ ‫َث؟«‬ ‫ﴎﻧ َِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺻﻨ َ ُﺔ‪ ،‬و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ‬ ‫ِﻴﺰﻳٍّﺎ وَأ َ َ َ‬ ‫َﴍَﺣْ ُﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﺑَﺤﱠ ﺎ ًرا إِﻧ ْ ِﺠﻠ ِ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨَﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎ َﻛﻌَ ﺒْﺪٍ‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺒَﻬَ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤﱠ ﺎ َر ُة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﻤَ ﱡﻜ ِﻨﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِب‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬُوﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴ ََﺔ ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫أَﻧَﺎ و ََﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘ ِِﻬﻢْ‪ ،‬وَأﺧِ ريًا ﻧَﺠَ ْﻮﻧَﺎ!‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒًﺎ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻗﺒْ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻣْ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ ﻣ َُﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ‬ ‫»ﺳ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪ ،‬اﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ و ََﻗﺎ َل‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪ ،‬و ََﻻ دَاﻋِ َﻲ ِﻟﺪ َْﻓ ِﻊ ﻣ َُﻘﺎ ِﺑ ٍﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺂﺧﺬُ ُﻛ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﱪ َِاز ِ‬ ‫ِرﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِآﻣﻨ َ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﱪ َِاز ِ‬ ‫‪26‬‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﺰﻳ ُﱠﺔ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ ِﺠﻠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري وَأَﻋْ َ‬ ‫َﺷ َﻜ ْﺮﺗُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻃﻴﺒَﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َرﺣِ ﻴﻤً ﺎ ِﺟﺪٍّا ﻣَ َﻊ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُه ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫و َِﻇ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮري أَﻳﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َدةٍ‪َ.‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪ َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ َﺔ ﺑَﺤﱠ ٍﺎر ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن َرﺣْ ﻤَ ﺘَ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ‬ ‫ري! َﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘﱠ ِﺴ َﻊ ِﻷ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ض ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﴍَاءَ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺒﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎل‪،‬‬ ‫َاﻓ ْﻘ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ْﺮ ِﺿ ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ َﺎﻓ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫َوإ ِ َ‬ ‫اﺷ َﱰَى ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ﻋَ ﺘَﺎدِ ﻧَﺎ ْاﻵ َﺧ َﺮ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎل ?