‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬

‫ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‬
‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬
 ‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬
‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫اﻟﻨﺎﴍ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﳼ آي ﳼ‬

‫املﺸﻬﺮة ﺑﺮﻗﻢ ‪ ١٠٥٨٥٩٧٠‬ﺑﺘﺎرﻳﺦ ‪٢٠١٧ / ١ / ٢٦‬‬

‫‪ ٣‬ﻫﺎي ﺳﱰﻳﺖ‪ ،‬وﻧﺪﺳﻮر‪ ،SL4 1LD ،‬املﻤﻠﻜﺔ املﺘﺤﺪة‬

‫ﺗﻠﻴﻔﻮن‪+ ٤٤ (٠) ١٧٥٣ ٨٣٢٥٢٢ :‬‬
‫اﻟﱪﻳﺪ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪[email protected] :‬‬
‫املﻮﻗﻊ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪http://www.hindawi.org :‬‬

‫إن ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﳼ آي ﳼ ﻏري ﻣﺴﺌﻮﻟﺔ ﻋﻦ آراء املﺆﻟﻒ وأﻓﻜﺎره‪،‬‬ ‫ﱠ‬

‫وإﻧﻤﺎ ﱢ‬
‫ﻳﻌﱪ اﻟﻜﺘﺎب ﻋﻦ آراء ﻣﺆﻟﻔﻪ‪.‬‬

‫رﺳﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ :‬ورود اﻟﺼﺎوي‪.‬‬

‫اﻟﱰﻗﻴﻢ اﻟﺪوﱄ‪٩٧٨ ١ ٥٢٧٣ ٠١٦٥ ٨ :‬‬
‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻟﺨﺎﺻﺔ ﺑﺎﻹﺧﺮاج اﻟﻔﻨﻲ ﻟﻠﻜﺘﺎب وﺑﺼﻮرة وﺗﺼﻤﻴﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‬
‫ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ملﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﳼ آي ﳼ‪ .‬ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻷﺧﺮى ذات اﻟﺼﻠﺔ ﺑﻬﺬا‬
‫اﻟﻌﻤﻞ ﺧﺎﺿﻌﺔ ﻟﻠﻤﻠﻜﻴﺔ اﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ‪.‬‬
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‫‪7‬‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫‪15‬‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬
‫‪19‬‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬
 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﻣَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ا ْﻟﺠﻴﺎدِ‬

‫ﴫ ِه — ِﰲ‬ ‫َني ُﻣﻠُﻮكِ ﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ ْﺖ ُﺷﻬْ َﺮﺗُ ُﻪ — ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫واﺳﺘَ َﻔ َ‬ ‫ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺸﻬَ ْﺪ ِﺑﻼ ُد ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪ ﻣَ ِﻠ ًﻜﺎ ذا َع ِﺻﻴﺘُﻪُ‪ْ ،‬‬
‫ﻓﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺔ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ .‬‬‫ﻌﺎﺻﻴَ ِﺔ(‪ ،‬ﻛﻬﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ ِﱢﺎر ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛ ُ َﻚ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺠﺎﻣﺤَ ِﺔ )ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺾ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴ ِْﻞ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺮ ِو ِ‬
‫ﻴﻞ ْاﻗ ِﺘﻨَﺎءِ َﻛﺮا ِﺋ ِﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻴﺎدِ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫أَﺣَ ﺐﱠ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴْ َﻞ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻧ َ ْﺸﺄَﺗ ِِﻪ — ﺣُ ﺒﱠﺎ ﺟَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪﱠﺧِ ْﺮ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪِه وﻣﺎﻟ ِِﻪ وﺗَ ْﻔ ِ‬
‫ﻜريهِ‪.‬‬
‫ﻇﻬْ َﺮﻫﺎ( ﰲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ‬ ‫ﺻﻬْ َﻮﺗَﻬﺎ ) َ‬ ‫)ﺧﺎﻓﺘْﻪُ(‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬
‫ﻜﺎن ﻳُ ْﻠ ِﺠﻤُﻬﺎ ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪهِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَ ِﲇ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫وﻗ ْﺪ ﻫﺎﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴْ ُﻞ‬
‫ﺎس — ﰲ‬ ‫َﴫ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َُﺴﺎ ِﺑ ُﻖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺢَ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻓﻼ ﻳَ ْﻠﺤَ ُﻖ ِﺑ ِﻪ َﻻﺣِ ٌﻖ‪َ .‬ﻓﻼ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ إِذَا أ َ ْ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫َﻟﻤْ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﺒ َ ِ‬
‫ﺻﺪِﻗﺎﺋ ِِﻪ — أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺟﻤ ِﻴﻊ أ َ ْرﺟﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪ — َﻟ َﻘﺐَ ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﻠِﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻴﺎدِ «؛ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﺷ ِﻬ َﺪ َﻟ ُﻪ أَﻋْ ﺪَا ُؤ ُه — َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠْ ِ‬
‫ﻌﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ﺳﺎن‪ ،‬وﻧﺎدِ ر ُة ﱡ‬ ‫َﺳﻴﱢ ُﺪ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ ِ‬

‫)‪ (2‬ﺣُ ْﺰ ُن ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠﻚِ‬

‫ﻮاﺳﻌَ ِﺔ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﺒﺎ ُه‬ ‫ري‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ أَﻗﺎﻟﻴ ِﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﻨﻴﱢ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أَﺣْ ﻜﺎ ُم ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠﻚِ ﻧﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ًة َ‬
‫ﻋﲆ إ ِ ْﻗﻠِﻴ ٍﻢ َﻛﺒ ٍ‬
‫ﻛﺮﻳﻤَ ًﺔ ﻋَ ﺎﻗِ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫﺬا ُﻛ ﱢﻠ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻴﻠﺔ ِ‬‫ﷲ ُّ )أَﻋْ ﻄﺎهُ( — إﱃ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َوﺗ ِِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ِﺔ — َزوْﺟَ ًﺔ ﺟَ ِﻤ ً‬
‫ﻃﻌْ ﻤً ﺎ ِﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم؛ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْﺮ َز ْق َو َﻟﺪًا ﻳ َِﺮ ُ‬
‫ث ُﻣ ْﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴﻌﺎ َد ِة َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎل‪ ،‬وﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺬُ ْق ﻟ ﱠ‬‫— ﻫﺎ ِﻧﺊَ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺪ ِه‬
‫َﺻﻼﺗ ِِﻪ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻛﺎن ﻳُﻘِﻴﻤُﻬﺎ — ﻛ ﱠﻞ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ﺐُ ﻟِﺤُ ْﺰ ِن ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﻜِﻪ‪ ،‬وﺷﺎ َرﻛ ُﻪ ِﰲ دُﻋﺎﺋ ِِﻪ و َ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ِﺰ َن ﱠ‬
‫ﺿﺎرﻋً ﺎ إﱃ ﷲ ﱠ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮ ُز َﻗ ُﻪ َو َﻟﺪًا ﺻﺎﻟِﺤً ﺎ ﻳ َْﺨﻠُ ُﻔ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ْﺮ ِﺷ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم —‬
 ‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬

‫)‪ (3‬ﻧَﺼﻴﺤﺔ »ﻧﺎرادا«‬

‫ﴫهِ؛ َﻓﺒَﺜ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﺷﻜﺎﻳﺘَ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻓﻼﺳ َﻔ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪ ِﰲ ﻋَ ْ ِ‬

‫ﻳﺮ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜِﻴ ِﻢ‪» :‬ﻧﺎرادا«‪ ،‬أ ْﻛ َ ِﱪ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﱪُ ُه َﻟﺠَ ﺄ َ َ‬
‫إﱃ و َِز ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻧَﻔِ َﺪ َ‬
‫َات َﺧﻤْ ٍﺲ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ ﺣُ ِﺮﻣْ ُﺖ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﺴ َﻞ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣﺎﺟَ ﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺰوﱠﺟْ ُﺖ — ﻛﻤﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬
‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ِﻴﻔ ًﺔ ِﱄ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻌْ ﺪِي‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﺠﺐْ ِﻟﺪُﻋﺎﺋِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ْت ﷲ ﱠَ ِﻣﺮا ًرا وﺗَ ْﻜﺮا ًرا أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮ ُز َﻗﻨِﻲ َﺧﻠ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫وﻗ ْﺪ دَﻋَ ﻮ ُ‬
‫ْﻒ أَﺑْﻠُ ُﻎ ﻫﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻐﺎﻳ ََﺔ؟«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬
‫ﻧﺎﻓﻊ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫َ‬
‫»إن دُﻋﺎءَ َك ﻻ ﻳ ُْﺴﺘَﺠﺎبُ ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ إِذا َﺷ َﻔﻌْ ﺘَ ُﻪ ِﺑﺄﺛ َ ٍﺮ‬ ‫ﻮف ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜِﻴﻢُ‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎل ﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻴْ َﻠ ُﺴ ُ‬
‫ٍ‬
‫ﺎس‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ﺣَ ﻴﺎ ِﺗ َﻚ‪ ،‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ْﻮﺗِﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛﺎر ا ْﻟﺒﺎﻗِ ﻴَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳَﺬْ ُﻛ ُﺮ َك ِﺑﻬﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬
‫ْاﻵ ِ‬
‫إﱃ ﷲِ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴ َْﺴﺘَ ِﺠﻴﺐَ دَﻋْ َﻮﺗَ َﻚ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ﱢ‬
‫ُﺤﻘ َﻖ‬ ‫واﻟ ﱠﺮأْيُ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪِي ْ‬
‫أن ﺗَﺒْﻨ َِﻲ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﺒَﺪًا َﻛ ِﺒريًا‪ ،‬ﺗَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮبُ ﺑ ِﻪ َ‬
‫ِﻃ ْﻠﺒَﺘَ َﻚ‪«.‬‬

‫)‪ (4‬ا َملﻌْ ﺒَ ُﺪ اﻟﻜﺒريُ‬

‫ﴩ ﻋَ ﺒْﺪًا‬ ‫إﱃ ﺗَ ْﻠ ِﺒ ِﻴﺘَ ِﻪ اﺛْﻨﺎ ﻋَ َ َ‬
‫ﴎ َع َ‬ ‫َﺻ ﱠﻔ َﻖ ِﺑﻴَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬
‫ﻓﺎﺑﺘَﻬَ ﺞَ »ﻣَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻴﺎدِ « ﻟِﻬ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻔِ ْﻜ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ‬
‫ﴬوا‬ ‫أواﻣ َﺮهُ‪َ .‬ﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬُ ﻢْ‪» :‬أَﺣْ ِ ُ‬ ‫ني‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴَﺘَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﻮْا ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض — راﻛِﻌ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ِر ﱠﻗﺎﺋ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬و ََﺧ ﱡﺮوا أﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ — َ‬
‫ﺎع‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺼﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَأَﻣْ ﻬَ َﺮ ا ْﻟ ﱡ‬
‫أَﺑْ َﺮ ُع ا ْﻟﻤُﻬَ ﻨْﺪ ِِﺳ َ‬
‫ﻳﻼ ٍت‪،‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ َ‬
‫ﻼت َ‬ ‫ﻼث ﻧ َ َﺨ ٍ‬ ‫ﴬوا إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أَﻣَ َﺮ ُﻫ ْﻢ ِﺑﺘَ ْﺸ ِﻴﻴ ِﺪ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﺒَ ٍﺪ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ٍﻢ‪ ،‬ﻳ َِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ا ْرﺗِﻔﺎﻋُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺛ َ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ َ ُ‬
‫ﺨﺎر ِج — وَأ َ ْن ﻳَﺠْ ﻠُﺒُﻮا َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺧﺎ ِم اﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﻔﻨﱠﻨُﻮا ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻘ ِﺸ ِﻪ ﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ — ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ وا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ﻮﻓ ُﻪ وﺑُﺮوﺟَ ُﻪ و ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﻊ أ َ ْﻏ َﻼهُ‪ ،‬وﻳُ َﺰﻳﱢﻨُﻮا ُﺳ ُﻘ َ‬
‫َأﻗ ِﺒﻴَﺘَ ُﻪ — ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ َﻻ ﺗُﺤْ َﴡ — ِﺑﺄﻧ ْ َﻔﺲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِ‬
‫واﺋﻊ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺢَ أﺟْ ﻤَ َﻞ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﺒَ ٍﺪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ﻛ ﱢﻠ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻻ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪ وَﺣْ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻔﻨﱢﻴﱢ ِﺔ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ ْ‬
‫ﺑﺎﻟﺴﻤْ ِﻊ‬‫ﱠ‬ ‫ري؛ َﻓﺄﺟﺎﺑَ ُﻪ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺸ ِﻴﻴ ِﺪ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ﺒَ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ُﴩ َ‬‫وَأَﻣَ َﺮ ﺣَ ﻜِﻴﻤَ ُﻪ »ﻧﺎرادا« أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ ِ‬
‫واﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫)‪ (5‬ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ﺒَ ُﺪ وﺣَ ﺪ َ‬

‫ِﻳﻘﺘُ ُﻪ‬

‫وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت أ َ ْﺷﻬُ ٌﺮ َﻗﻼ ِﺋ ُﻞ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﻌْ ﺪَﻫﺎ ِﺑﻨﺎءُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ﺒَﺪِ‪ ،‬وا ْرﺗَ َﻔﻌَ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻨﺎ َراﺗُ ُﻪ وﺑُ ُﺮوﺟُ ُﻪ ﻋﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬ذاﻫِ ﺒ ًَﺔ ِﰲ‬
‫ِﻒ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ ِ‬
‫ﺠﺎر‪،‬‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﺪﻳﻘ ٌﺔ ﺣﺎ ِﻟﻴ ٌَﺔ ِﺑﺄَﺑْﺪ َِع ْاﻷ َ ْز ِ‬
‫ﻫﺎر‪ ،‬ﺣﺎﻓِ ٌﻠﺔ ِﺑﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺖ ﺑ ِﻪ( ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮﱢ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ِﺪ ا ْﻛﺘَﻨ َ َﻔﺘْ ُﻪ )أﺣﺎ َ‬
‫ْﺿ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻐﻨﱠﺎءِ َﻛ ِﺜريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻋْ ِ‬
‫ﺸﺎب اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﻌَ ِﺔ؛ ﺗُ ْﺴﺘَ ْﺨ َﺮجُ‬ ‫ﻤﺎر‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺟُ ﻠِﺐَ إﱃ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺮو َ‬
‫ﻣُﺤَ ﻤﱠ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِﺑ َﻠﺬا ِﺋ ِﺬ اﻟﺜ ﱢ ِ‬
‫ﻄﺒﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ‪ ،‬و َْاﻷَد ِْوﻳ َُﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﺒﺎﺗﻴ ُﱠﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ َر ُة‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﺗَ ْﺸﻔِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﴇ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪﱠاءِ اﻟﻌُ ِ‬
‫ﻀﺎل‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻘﺎﻗِ ريُ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫)ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ ِض ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﻌْ ِﺠ ُﺰ ْاﻷ َ ِﻃﺒﱠﺎءُ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻣﺪَاواﺗ ِِﻪ(‪.‬‬
‫ﻏﺼﺎﻧِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬و َرﺗﱠ َﻠ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻟﺤﺎﻧَﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺪِﻳﻌَ َﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ َ‬‫ﻋﺎﱄ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ أ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻴﻮ ُر ﻋِ َﺸ َ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﻨ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱡ‬
‫ﻮس زاﺋ ِِﺮﻳﻬﺎ ﺑَﻬْ ﺠَ ًﺔ وَﺣُ ﺒﻮ ًرا‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻤَ ﻸ َ ْت ﻧ ُ ُﻔ َ‬

‫)‪ (6‬ﰲ ﻋﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ اﻷَﺣْ ﻼ ِم‬

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 ‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬

‫ﻒ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ —‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ ْ‬

‫ﴩ ﻋﺎﻣً ﺎ ِ‬ ‫وواﻇﺐَ »ﻣَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻴﺎدِ « ﻋَ َﲆ ِزﻳﺎ َر ِة ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ﺒَ ِﺪ ﺛَﻤﺎﻧﻴ ََﺔ ﻋَ َ َ‬
‫ث ُﻣ ْﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ ِﻣﻦ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺪهِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺪﱡﻋﺎءِ‪ :‬أ َ ْن ﻳَﻤْ ﻨَﺤَ ُﻪ ﷲ ﱠُ َو َﻟﺪًا ﻳ َِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ِﰲ أَﺛْﻨﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ — ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ واﺣِ ﺪًا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻜ ﱠ‬
‫اﺳﺘِﺠﺎﺑَ ِﺔ دُﻋﺎﺋ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬أ ْو َﻛﺎدَ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻓ َﻘ َﺪ ْاﻷَﻣَ َﻞ ِﰲ ْ‬
‫ﻨﺎﻣ ِﻪ — ﻧُﻮ ًرا ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻌِ ُﺚ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ﺒَ ِﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺷﻴﱠ َﺪهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ داﻧﺎ ُه َرأَى‬ ‫َذات َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ َرأَى — ﰲ ﻣَ ِ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗًﺎ ﻋَ ﺬْﺑًﺎ ﻳُ َﻜ ﱢﻠ ُﻤﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺨﻴﱢ َﻞ إ َﻟﻴ ِﻪ‬ ‫َني َﻟﻬﻴ ِﺒﻬﺎ ا ُملﻨ ْ َﺪﻟ ِِﻊ‪ .‬و ََﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َ‬ ‫وﺷﺒَﺤً ﺎ ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻧﺎ ًرا ﻣ ُْﺸﺘَﻌِ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬‬
‫ﺿﻮءًا و ﱠَﻫﺎﺟً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤﺎءِ َﻓﻤَ ﻸ َ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ﺒَ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ َﻠ ًﻜﺎ َﻛﺮﻳﻤً ﺎ َﻫﺒَ َ‬
‫وﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ﻬﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ﻻ َﺷ ﱠﻚ ِﰲ أﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻨﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧﺎ‬ ‫واﻟﺼﻮ ِْت‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ‬ ‫و َرأَى َﻓﺘﺎ ًة َ‬
‫ﻣﻼ ِﺋ ِﻜﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ َ‬
‫َﴩ َك ِﺑ ِﺒﻨ ْ ٍﺖ َﺳﺘَ ِﻠﺪُﻫﺎ َزوْﺟُ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻤْ ﻸ ُ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻜﻤﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴﺎ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ ِﺟﺌْ ُﺖ ِﻷُﺑ ﱢ َ‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي«‪َ :‬زوْﺟَ ُﺔ »ﺑَ َﺮ ْﻫﻤﺎ«‪َ .‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺑﻬْ ﺠَ ًﺔ ُ ُ‬
‫وﴎو ًرا‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤﺎءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻠ َِﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ َﻟ َﻘﺐَ ِﺑﻨ ْ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻤﻲ‪ ،‬وﺗُ ْ‬ ‫وﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ﱢن ﺗُ َﺴﻤﱢ ﻴَﻬﺎ ِﺑ ْ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬
‫ري‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ِة ِﻃ ْﻔ ٍﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻔِ ﺌَ ِﺖ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ُر‪ ،‬وﺗَﺠَ ﻤﱠ َﻊ َرﻣﺎدُﻫﺎ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَﺢُ ‪ ،‬وأ ُ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔﻰ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱡﻢ ْ‬

‫ﺖ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤﺎءِ‬ ‫)‪ِ (7‬ﺑﻨ ْ ُ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫َﴩ ُه ِﺑﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬

‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُر ْؤﻳﺎهُ؛ َﻓﺒ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا‪ ،‬ودَﻋﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜِﻴ َﻢ »ﻧﺎرادا«‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣ ِِﻪ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬‫ﻓﺎﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬
‫ْ‬
‫ﻴﺐ‪.‬‬
‫ﻋﺎﺟ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ ِﺲ وا ْﻟ ِﺠ ﱢﻦ‪ ،‬وأﻧﱠﻬﺎ َﺳﺘَﺄْﺗﻲ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﻴُﻨ ْ ِﺠﺐُ َﻓﺘﺎ ًة‪ ،‬ﻻ ﻧ َ ِﻈريَ َﻟﻬﺎ ِﰲ ﻋﺎ َﻟﻤَ ِﻲ ْ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ﺐُ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻠﻜ ﱢِﻲ‪ ،‬و ََﺷﺎ َر َﻛﻬُ ُﻢ ﱠ‬‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻮ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ُﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ِﰱ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ْ‬ ‫وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬
‫ْﻨﺎﻫﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻌِ ُﺚ‬‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪ ،‬وﻋَ ﻴ َ‬ ‫وﻛﺎن َﺷﻌْ ُﺮﻫﺎ ِﰲ ِﻣﺜْﻞ َﻟﻮ ِْن ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴎو َرﻫِ ْﻢ ِﺑﺘِ ْﻠﻚِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﻟُﻮ َد ِة ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ُ ُ‬
‫ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﻧُﻮ ٌر ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺐٌ ‪.‬‬
‫اﻹﻧ ْ ِﺲ‪َ .‬ﻓﻼ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ِ‬
‫َﻨﺎت ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬أ َ ﱠن ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢ‬‫ورﺟﺎ ُل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫َاﻫﺎ وَأ َ ْﻫﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ِ‬
‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ أَﻳ َْﻘ َﻦ أَﺑَﻮ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ« ﻻﺋ ٌِﻖ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ إذا وَﺟَ ﺪُوا أ َ ﱠن َﻟ َﻘﺐَ » ِﺑﻨ ْ َﺖ ﱠ‬

‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ‬ ‫)‪ (8‬ﻣُﻌَ ﺪ ُ‬

‫ﱠات ﱠ‬

‫اﻟﺼﺒﺎ‪ ،‬وﺑَ َﺮﻋَ ْﺖ‬ ‫إﱃ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻔﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ َ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻤﺎءِ — ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻨﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي« — ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫َوﺗَﻮا َﻟ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﻋْ ﻮامُ‪ ،‬واﻧْﺘَ َﻘ َﻠ ْﺖ َ‬
‫ف أ َ ْﴎ ِار‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜِﻴ َﻢ »ﻧﺎرادا« ﰲ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‪ ،‬وﻻ ِﺳﻴﱠﻤﺎ ُﻓﻨﻮ ُن ﱢ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻠُﻮ ِم وا ْﻟ ُﻔﻨ ُ ِ‬
‫ﻮس‪ .‬ﻟِﻬَ َﺬا رأَى وَا ِﻟﺪُﻫﺎ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ﻬَ َﺪ إِﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ﺑﺄ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺨﺘﺎ َر َزوْﺟَ ﻬﺎ — َﻛﻤﺎ ﺗَﺸﺎءُ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬
‫َني ْاﻷُﻣَ َﺮاءِ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﻔ ِ‬
‫َاﺧﺘﺎ َر ْت أ َ ْرﺑَﻌً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫ﱠت ﻋُ ﱠﺪﺗَﻬﺎ — ﺗَ ْﻠ ِﺒﻴ ًَﺔ ِﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ ِه — ﻟ َِﺴ َﻔ ٍﺮ َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟ ُﻮ َز َراءِ وَاﻟﻨﱡﺒَﻼءِ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻋَ ﺪ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﺸ ُﺪد َْن‬‫ﻮارﻳﻬﺎ( ا ﱠﻟﻼﺋِﻲ َوﺛ َِﻘ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻬ ﱠﻦ‪ ،‬وَأَﻣَ ﺮﺗْﻬُ ﱠﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻌْ ِﺪد َْن َﻟﻬﺎ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒ ََﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﺻﺎﺋِﻔِ ﻬﺎ )ﺟَ ِ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫ني‪َ ،‬وﻳُﺤَ ﱢﻠﻴﻨَﻬﺎ ﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻔ ُﺮ ِش و َْاﻷ َ ْﺳ ِ‬
‫ﺘﺎر ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮ ﱠَﺷﺤَ ِﺔ ِﺑﻨَﻔﺎﺋ ِِﺲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ِﲇﱢ‪.‬‬ ‫إِﻟﻴﻬﺎ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻮ َرﻳ ِْﻦ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ ََﻀ ْ ِ‬

‫)‪ (9‬ﻏﺎﺑ َُﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ﱠﺴﺎكِ‬

‫إﱃ َﻏﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬ ‫َﺬﻫﺒُﻮا ِﺑﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ َودﱠﻋَ ْﺖ أَﺑﺎﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﻣَ َﺮ ْت َﺳﺎﺋِﻘﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒَ ِﺔ أ َ ْن ﻳ َ‬ ‫ﱠات ﱠ‬ ‫و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَﻤﱠ ْﺖ ﻣُﻌَ ﺪ ُ‬
‫اﻟﻨ ﱡ ﱠﺴﺎك — وﻫِ َﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻤْ َﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ أﺑﻴﻬﺎ — ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﴤ َﻛﺜريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰاﻫِ ﺪﻳﻦ‬
‫ﺎﺳ ِﺪ‬‫ِﻳﻦ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻔ ِ‬‫ﻤﺎل‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﺼ ْﻮ ِم‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إﱃ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺻﺎﻟ ِِﺢ اﻷَﻋْ ِ‬‫َاﻟﺼﻼ ِة و ﱠ‬ ‫أَوْﻗﺎﺗَﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﺒﺎ َد ِة و ﱠ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ِة و َُﴍ ِ‬
‫ُور اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫ﺎس‪.‬‬
‫ﺪﻳﻦ‪ ،‬و ََﻓ ﱠﻀ َﻠﺘْﻬُ ْﻢ‬
‫َني ﻫ ُﺆﻻءِ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ﱠﺴﺎكِ اﻟ ﱠﺰاﻫِ َ‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي« أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺨﺘﺎ َر َزوْﺟَ ﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬‫و ََﻗ ِﺪ اﻋْ ﺘَ َﺰﻣَ ْﺖ َ‬
‫ني ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ َﻟﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َو ٍة وَﺟﺎهٍ‪.‬‬
‫ﻄ ِﺎﻣﻌِ َ‬‫ﺻﺪِﻗﺎء أَﺑﻴﻬﺎ — اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ اﻷُﻣَ ﺮاء وَاﻟﻨﱡﺒَﻼءِ — ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬

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 ‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬

‫ﻳﻞ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ﻣَ ْﻮ ِﻛﺒُﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻏﺎﺑَ ِﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ﱠﺴﺎكِ ‪ .‬وﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ ﻧ َ َﺰ َﻟ ْﺖ َ‬

‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي« َوو َِﺻﻴﻔﺎﺗُﻬﺎ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﺳ َﻔ ٍﺮ َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬
‫ْاﻷ َ ْرﺑَ ُﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮﻛﺒَﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻠ ِﻜﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬

‫)‪ (10‬اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫ﺎﺳ ُﻚ ﱠ ِ‬
‫اﻟﴬﻳ ُﺮ‬

‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﻮن ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻮخ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻏ ُ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺟﺎﻧ ِﺒﻪ ُﻛ ٌ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ ﺑُﻨ َِﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻌﺎت ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣَ ٍﺪ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﺎ ِﺑﺪ َِﻫﺎ — َ‬‫ﺎﺷ ٍ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫واﻗ َﱰَﺑ َْﻦ َﺧ ِ‬
‫ﻮخ؛ َﻓﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ْ َﻦ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َﻗﻠ ً‬
‫ِﻴﻼ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﻨ َ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺟﺎﻟﺴﺎ ﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬‫ً‬ ‫وَأَوْراﻗِ ﻬﺎ — َﻓ َﺮأَﻳ َْﻦ َﺷﻴ ًْﺨﺎ ﻃﺎﻋِ ﻨًﺎ ﰲ ﱢ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ﱢﻦ‪،‬‬
‫ﻴﻮخ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَاﺣﺪًا ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ واﺣِ ٍﺪ —‬ ‫ﻣﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ﱠﺴﺎكِ واﻟ ﱠﺰاﻫِ ﺪِﻳﻦ‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ ِز ْﻟ َﻦ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ْ َﻦ إﱃ ُﺷ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ َﻏ ْ ِ‬
‫ري ِه َ‬
‫ِﻴﻼ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﻳْﻨ َ ُﻪ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫ﱪ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﺻﻮْﻣَ ﻌَ ًﺔ أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬‫اﻟﺴ ﱡﻦ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐ َﻦ َ‬
‫وﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﻣﻤﱠ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﻠ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻬ ُﻢ ﱢ‬
‫ﻌﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﻤﺎ إ ِ ْن َرأَﺗْ ُﻪ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻠ ِ‬‫َﴫ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ِﻬﻴﺐَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ ا ْﻟﺒ َ ِ‬ ‫ً‬
‫ﺷﻴﺨﺎ َﻛﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻮاخ‪َ ،‬و َرأَﻳ َْﻦ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻮاﻣ َﻊ وَأ ْﻛ ٍ‬
‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬
‫ﻘﺼﺘ ِِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫ﺮﻓ ْﺖ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺷﻴْﺦ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﻬﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ﱠﺴﺎ ُك ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي«‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻋَ َ‬ ‫َ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫ﻄ َﺮدُو ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣ ْﻠﻜ ِِﻪ َ ﱠ‬

‫ﴍ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬‫ﺼﺒ ٌَﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻐﺎدِ ِر َ‬
‫َﴫ ُه وَاﺋْﺘَﻤَ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻋُ ْ‬
‫ﻒﺑ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻣَ ِﻠ ًﻜﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ُﻛ ﱠ‬
‫َ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫إﱃ ﻣَ ﻤْ َﻠ َﻜﺘِﻪ‪ُ ،‬ﻫ َﻮ أ ْو أﺣَ ُﺪ أﺗْﺒﺎﻋِ ﻪ — ﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻘﺘْﻞ‪.‬‬
‫ﻃ ْﺮ َدةٍ‪ ،‬و ََﻫ ﱠﺪدُوه — إذا ﻋَ ﺎ َد َ‬
‫َ‬

‫)‪ (11‬اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺸﻴ ُﺪ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْﺪِيﱡ‬

‫َﺿﻌْ ﻔِ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫َني ﺣﺎ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ — ِﰲ ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗِﻪ و َ‬‫ﻮف‪ ،‬ﺗُﻘﺎ ِﺑ ُﻞ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ِْﺦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻜ ُﻔ ِ‬‫ﺼ ِﺔ ﻫﺬا ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ ََﻗ َﻔ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢﻜﺮ ًة ِﰲ ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﺎن َﻟ ْﻢ ِ‬
‫ﻳﻔﺎرﻗﺎ ُه‬ ‫َﺻﻌْ َﻠ َﻜﺘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ ﻏِ ﻨَﺎ ُه و ََﻓ ْﻘ ِﺮ ِه — وﺗَ َﺮى ﺟَ ﻼ َل ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ و ََﻫﻴْﺒ ََﺔ ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ْﻠ ِ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ُﻣ ْﻠﻜ ِِﻪ و َ‬
‫ﺼﺎﺋ ِِﺐ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺴﺎ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫َاث وا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫ض َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪ ،‬ﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ﻣﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻟﺤْ َ‬
‫ﻳﻖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ُ‬
‫ﺠﺎﻋﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ َِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َت َﻓ ِﺎر ًﺳﺎ ﺗَﻨْﺒَﻌِ ُﺚ ﱠ‬ ‫وَﺑﻴْﻨﻤﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ َﻗ ٌﺔ ﰲ ﺗَﺄَﻣﱡ ﻼﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬أَﺑ َْﴫ ْ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِِﻪ — أُﻧ ْ ُﺸﻮ َد ًة ﻫِ ﻨ ْ ِﺪﻳ ًﱠﺔ‪ ،‬راﺋِﻌَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ﻨَﻰ‪ ،‬ﺑﺪﻳﻌَ َﺔ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻠﺤِ ِ‬‫وﻫ َﻮ ﺳﺎ ِﺋ ٌﺮ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫و ََﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ﻳ َُﻐﻨﱢﻲ — ُ‬
‫ﻳﻘﻮ ُل‪:‬‬ ‫ﺼﺘَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧ َ ِﺸﻴ ِﺪهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ُ‬‫َﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َ‬

‫ﻄ ِﺐ — ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗَﻬﺎ وﻟِ ﻠ ﱠﺮدَى ﺗُ ﻌْ ِﻠ ُﻦ اﺑْ ِﺘ َﺴ ﺎﻣَ ﺘَ ﻬ ﺎ‬ ‫»ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ َﻲ ﺗُﺒْﺪِي — ﻓﻲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ‬

‫واﻟ ﱠﺸ ﻤْ ُﺲ ﻻ أَﺗﱠ ﻘِ ﻲ أ َ ِﺷ ﻌﱠ ﺘَ ﻬ ﺎ وﻟ ﻴْ َﺲ ﻳَ ْﺨ َﺸ ﻰ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ﻲ ﺣَ ﺮا َرﺗَ ﻬ ﺎ‬
‫ﺼﻴْ ِﻒ — َﻟﻔ ﺤَ ﺘَﻬﺎ‬ ‫وَﻻ أُﺑ ﺎ ِﻟ ﻲ — ﻓِ ﻲ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺻ ﺒَ ُﺮوا‬ ‫إن َ‬‫ﺗَ ُﻘ ﻮ ُل ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ﻲ وَا ْﻟ ﺤَ ﱡﺮ ﻳَ ْﺴ ﺘَ ﻌِ ُﺮ‪» :‬ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻮ ُز ِﻟ ْﻠ ﻌ ِﺎﻣ ِﻠ ﻴ َﻦ ْ‬
‫َوﺛ َ ﱠﻢ ﻳَ ْﺨ ﻠُ ﻮ — ﻓ ﻲ َ‬
‫ﺿ ْﻮﺋِ ِﻪ — اﻟ ﱠﺴ ﻤَ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﻄ ﻠُ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﻤَ ُﺮ‬ ‫َوﺑَ ﻌْ َﺪ ﺣِ ﻴ ٍﻦ َﺳ ﻴَ ْ‬
‫ﺼ ﺒْ ُﺮ ﻳُ ْﺪ ِﻧ ﻲ ِﻟ ﻠ ﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ ﻏ ﺎﻳ ﺘَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬
‫واﻟ ﱠ‬

‫)‪ (12‬اﺑْ ُﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬

‫ﺎﺳﻚِ‬

‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ﺟَ ﻮادِ ِه‬ ‫وﺻﻌْ ﻠﻮكٍ ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫زار ٍع ُ‬ ‫ري ُة ﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ‪» :‬إﻧ ﱢ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗﺪِي ﺛَﻮْبَ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ َ‬
‫ِﻲ ْاﻷ ْﻟﻤَ ﻌِ ﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﺒْ ِﺪ ُع — ِﰲ ﻧ َ ِﺸﻴﺪِه — إِﺑْﺪَا َع‬ ‫ُﻮﺳﻴﻘ ﱢ‬‫ِﺟ ْﻠ َﺴ َﺔ ْاﻷُﻣَ ﺮاءِ وا ْﻟﻤُﻠﻮكِ ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َُﻐﻨﱢﻲ ﻏِ ﻨﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻤ ِ‬
‫ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺎﻋِ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺒ َْﻘ ِﺮيﱢ !«‬
‫ﴪو َر ًة ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠَ ًﺔ؛ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ َﻓ ْﺖ — ِﺑﻤﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﻴﱠ َﺰ ْت ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬‫ﺿﺤِ َﻜ ْﺖ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَﺒَﻴﱠﻨ َ ْﺖ وَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻪ ﺟَ ِﻠﻴٍّﺎ َ‬
‫ﻜﺎﻣ ِﻞ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻓﻨُﻮ ُن ِﺳﺤْ ِﺮﻫﺎ‬ ‫َت إﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻤُﻬَ ﺬﱠ ِب ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘِﻬﺎ — أَﻧﱢﻬﺎ َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬
‫اﻫﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ِﺻﺪ ِْق ﻓِ َﺮ َ‬
‫ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛُﻬﺎ ﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وﺗَﻤْ ﺘَﺪِﺣُ ُﻪ َﻟﻬﺎ‪.‬‬

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 ‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬

‫ﺼﻮْﻣَ ﻌَ ِﺔ ﻧ َ َﺰ َل ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻓ َﺮ ِﺳ ِﻪ َوﺗَ َﺮﺟﱠ َﻞ )ﻣَ َﴙ ﻋَ َﲆ ِرﺟْ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ(‪َ ،‬و َرﺑَ َ‬

‫ﻂ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﻰ ﺑَﺎبَ ا ْﻟ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻮْﻣَ ﻌَ َﺔ‪،‬‬
‫ِﻼﻫﻤﺎ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﱠ‬‫َﺧ َﻞ ﻛ ُ‬‫ﻄ ٍﻒ وأد ٍَب — ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ د َ‬ ‫اﻟﴬﻳ َﺮ — ِﰲ ﻟُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ َْﺦ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻮا َدهُ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﻴﱠﺎ وَا ِﻟ َﺪ ُه ﱠ‬
‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﺨﻔﻴَﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷَﻧ ْ َ‬
‫ﻈ ِﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫و ْ‬

‫ِﻳﺚ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫ﺎﺳﻚِ‬ ‫)‪ (13‬ﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬

‫ﻴﻮﻓﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ﺿ ً‬ ‫ﻳﺰات‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻨَﺤُ ﱠﻞ ُ‬‫ني ﻳﺎ و َِﺻﻴﻔﺎﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫َﺻﺎﺋ َِﻔﻬﺎ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﺗَﻌﺎ َﻟ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻨﺎد َِت ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة و َ‬
‫ﺎﺳ ِﻜ َ‬
‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻠﻮا َز«‪َ :‬ﺷﻴ ِْﺦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‪ :‬ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻴ ِْﺦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻠ ِ‬
‫ﻳﻒ‪َ ،‬ووَداﻋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛُﻬُ ﱠﻦ ِﺑﺠَ ِ‬
‫ﻤﺎل اﻟ ﱢﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ ِﺑ ِﻬ ﱠﻦ أ َ ْﻛ َﺮ َم ﺗَ ْﺮﺣِ ٍ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ اﻟ َﻜﻔِ ُ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ َرﺣﱠ ﺐَ ﱠ‬
‫ﻃ ِﺮ َد —‬ ‫ْﻒ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬‫ﺼﺎﺋ ِِﺐ ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﺟَ ﱠﺮﻫﺎ ﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﺳﻮءُ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﻬُ ﱠﻦ ِﺑﻤﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴَ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬
‫ﻳﻦ ﻋﺎﻣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﺠَ ﺌُﻮا إﱃ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻠﻮا َز«‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻋِ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُﻫ َﻮ َو َزوْﺟَ ﺘُ ُﻪ و َِﻃ ْﻔﻠُ ُﻪ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻤْ َﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ َ‬
‫ني ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﻴْ ِﺪ ﻋَ ُﺪوﱢﻫِ ﻢ‬ ‫َني ﻫ ُﺆﻻءِ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ﱠﺴﺎكِ ‪ِ ،‬آﻣ ِﻨ َ‬‫ني ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫ني — وادِ ﻋِ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻮا — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َذﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤِ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻋَ ُ‬
‫ﻴﺚ‪.‬‬‫ﻐﺎﺻ ِﺐ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ِﻳﺚ‪.‬‬‫ﺎﺳﻚِ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱰ َك اﺑْ ُﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫واﺷ َ َ‬

‫ﻇﻨﱠﺘْ ُﻪ أ َ ﱠو َل و َْﻫ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ْاﻗﺘَﻨَﻊ اﺑْ ُﻦ‬

‫ﻮاب ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِت ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ُم ُﻣﺘَﻌﺎﻗِ ﺒ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬ﻓﺎ ْزدَاد َِت ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﻳَﻘِﻴﻨًﺎ ِﺑ َ‬
‫ﺎﺳﻚِ أ َ ﱠن ﻫﺬ ِه اﻷﻣري َة ﻫِ ﻲ أ َ ْﻛﻤَ ُﻞ َﻓﺘﺎ ٍة أَﻧْﺠَ ﺒَﺘْﻬﺎ ِﺑﻼ ُد ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْﺪِ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﲏ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ُة اﻷَﻣري ِة‬

‫ف‬ ‫ﱪ أَﺑﺎﻫﺎ ِﺑﻤﺎ و ﱢُﻓ َﻘ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﰲ َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫وَاﻋْ ﺘ َﺰﻣَ ِﺖ اﻷَﻣري ُة أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد إﱃ ﺑَ َﻠﺪِﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﻟﺘُ ْﺨ ِ َ‬
‫ﴎ ِة ا ْﻟﻤُﻠﻮ ِﻛﻴﱢ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺘِﻠ َﻚ ْاﻷ ُ ْ َ‬
‫اﻟﴪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﺄْذِ َن‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻜﺘُ َﻢ ﻫﺬا ﱢ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺘَﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻚِ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎ ْت إﱃ َو َﻟ ِﺪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ أ َ َ ﱠ‬
‫ﱪ ُه ِﺑ ِﻪ(‪.‬‬ ‫ﴪ ِه )أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬
‫ﻒ اﻷﻣريُ أﺑﺎهُ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻓ َﴣ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫واج ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذا أ َ َﻗ ﱠﺮﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َرأ ْ ِﻳﻬﺎ َ‬
‫ﻛﺎﺷ َ‬ ‫َﺎﻫﺎ ﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ِ‬ ‫أَﺑ َ‬
‫ْﻓﻴﻖ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ ﻻ ﻳ َ‬
‫ُﻮﺻ ُ‬
‫ﻒ‪.‬‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ ِﺮحَ ْاﻷَﻣريُ ﺑﻬﺬا اﻟﺘﱠﻮ ِ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﴫ أﺑﻴﻬﺎ َرأﺗْ ُﻪ ﺟﺎﻟ ًِﺴﺎ ﻣ َﻊ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜِﻴ ِﻢ »ﻧﺎرادا«‪ ،‬وﻛﺎﻧﺎ ﻳَﺘَ َﺸﺎو ِ‬
‫َران‬ ‫وَملﺎ ﻋﺎد َِت ْاﻷَﻣري ُة إﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬
‫— ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — ﰲ أَﻣْ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪.‬‬
‫َني ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬راﻛِﻌَ ًﺔ أﻣﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻮع — وَﻣﺜ َ َﻠ ْﺖ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي« ﻋَ َﲆ أﺑﻴﻬﺎ — ِﰲ اﺣْ ِﱰَا ٍم و َُﺧ ُﺸ ٍ‬ ‫َأﻗﺒَ َﻠ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫و ْ‬
‫ﺻﻌْ ﻠُﻮكٍ ‪،‬‬ ‫وﺧﺘَﻤَ ﺘْﻬﺎ ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻠﺔ‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي ﺛَﻮْبَ ُ‬ ‫ِﺼﺘِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻼﻻ ﻟ ُﻪ وﺗﻌْ ِﻈﻴﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫إِﺟْ ً‬
‫وﻗ ْﻠﺒُﻪ‬‫ﻧﺎﺳ ٌﻚ ﻓﻘري َ‬ ‫وﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻫِ ﻤﱠ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻠُﻮْكِ ‪ .‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﻮﻟِ ِﺪ ِه أ َ ِﻣريٌ‪ ،‬ﻣَ َﻊ أ َ ﱠن أَﺑﺎ ُه — ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم — ِ‬
‫ﻴﻘﻲ‬
‫ُﻮﺳ ﱞ‬ ‫وﻫ َﻮ ﺷﺎﻋِ ٌﺮ ﺣَ َﺴ ُﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌﺎﻧِﻲ واﻷداءِ‪َ ،‬وﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻬْ ًﺮا َوﻧ َ َﻘﺎءً‪ ،‬و َِﻃﻴﺒ ًَﺔ َووَﻓﺎءً‪ُ .‬‬ ‫اﻟﻔﻼ ِح ُ‬ ‫ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺐ ﱠ‬
‫راﺋ ُﻊ ا ِﻹﻧﺸﺎدِ واﻟﻐِ ﻨﺎءِ‪.‬‬
 ‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬

‫»ﺳﺘْﻴﺎڨﺎ ُن«‬
‫)‪ (2‬اﺳ ُﻤ ُﻪ َ‬
‫اﺳ َﻢ ﻫﺬا‬ ‫ﻛﺮي َﻟﻨﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ ِ‬ ‫ﻧﺴ ِ‬‫ِﻴﻖ‪ .‬وﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻚِ ِ‬‫ﻇﻔِ ْﺮ ِت ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﻮﻓ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎل ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪» :‬إِﻧﱢﻲ أ ُ َﻫﻨﱢﺌُﻚِ ِﺑﻤﺎ َ‬
‫ْاﻷ ِﻣ ِ‬
‫ري!«‬
‫»اﺳ ُﻤ ُﻪ َﺳﺘْﻴﺎڨﺎ ُن!«‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪ْ :‬‬
‫ني َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ﻫﺬا ِاﻻﺳﻢَ‪ ،‬و َر َﻓﻊ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗﺎﻋً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َل ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻟﻤً ﺎ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ َﻔ َﺰ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜﻴ ُﻢ »ﻧﺎرادا« ﺣِ َ‬
‫اﺳ ُﻤﻪُ‪ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠ ِﺖ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺘْ َ‬
‫ﻴﺎڨﺎن؟«‬ ‫ﻮن ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰوﻧًﺎ‪» :‬أ َ ْرﺟُ ﻮ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫ﺎﺻﺢَ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜﻴﻢَ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺑﺎﺳﻤَ ًﺔ‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﺘْﻴﺎڨﺎ ُن ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ ﺳﻴﱢﺪِي اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺄَﺟﺎﺑﺘْﻪ ِ‬
‫َﺻ َﻔﺘْ ُﻪ ِﺑﻨْﺘِﻲ‪َ :‬ﺷﺠﺎﻋَ َﺔ َﻗ ْﻠ ٍﺐ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻤ ِﻪ؟ أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻛﻤﺎ و َ‬‫َﻓ َﺴﺄﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪» :‬ﻣﺎذا َﻓ ﱠﺰﻋَ َﻚ ِﻣ ِﻦ ْ‬
‫وﻧُﺒ ًْﻼ‪ ،‬و َرﺟﺎﺣَ َﺔ ﻋَ ْﻘ ٍﻞ و ََﻓ ْﻀ ًﻼ؟«‬
‫وﺻ َﻔﺘْ ُﻪ ْاﻷَﻣريَ ُة‪ .‬وَﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻣَ َﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪» :‬ﻳﺎﻣﺎ«‪َ ،‬ﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻧﺎرادا«‪» :‬ﺑ ََﲆ‪ .‬و َُﻫ َﻮ أَﻋْ ﻈ ُﻢ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬
‫ﻣﻦ َﺳﻨ َ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬وَﻛﺘَﺒَ ُﻪ ﰲ د َْﻓ َ ِﱰ ا ْﻟﻬﺎ ِﻟﻜِني‪ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﺢَ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ِة أَﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ْ‬
‫أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ َﺷﺒَ َﻜﺘَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫﺬا اﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬
‫واﺣِ َﺪةٍ!«‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬

‫ْت َﻛ ِﺮﻳ ٌﻢ‬

‫ﺻﻮ ٌ‬
‫)‪َ (3‬‬

‫َﻓﺎ ْرﺗﺎ َع ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪ ،‬وَاﻣْ ﺘُﻘِ َﻊ وَﺟْ ُﻪ ْاﻷَﻣريَ ِة )ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠ َ‬

‫ري َﻟ ْﻮﻧ ُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ِن وَا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ِع(‪ ،‬وﻛﺎ َد ﻳ ُْﻐﻤَ ﻰ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ِﻒ َﻛ ِﺮﻳ ٍﻢ‪:‬‬
‫ﻮت ﻫﺎﺗ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻ ُ‬ ‫ني َﻫﻤَ َﺲ ِﰲ أُذُﻧﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫واﺳﺘَﻤْ َﺴ َﻜ ْﺖ‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫أﻓﺎﻗ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذُ ُﻫﻮ ِﻟﻬﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻋﺎن ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫وﻟﻜﻦ ُ ْ‬
‫واﺳﻌَ ٌﺔ‪«.‬‬
‫ﷲ ِ‬ ‫ﺮار‪ ،‬وا ْﻟ َﻐ ْﺪ ُر ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺧﻠُ ِﻖ اﻷ َ ْﴍ ِار‪ ،‬و َرﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺔ ِ‬ ‫»ا ْﻟﻮَﻓﺎءُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷﻴﻤَ ِﺔ اﻷَﺣْ ِ‬
‫ِﻒ وَﻋْ ﺪِي‪،‬‬‫ﱠت َﺷﺠﺎﻋَ ﺘَﻬﺎ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮﻟُ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﱞﻖ‪ .‬وﻟﻜﻨّﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أ ُ ْﺧﻠ َ‬ ‫ﱰد ْ‬ ‫اﺳ َ َ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﺋﻠﺔ‪َ ،‬‬
‫وﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫َﻓﻮ ََﻗ َﻔ َﺖ‬
‫ني ﻋﺎﻣً ﺎ!«‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ أ َ ْرﻣَ ًﻠﺔ ﺑﻼ َزو ٍْج( َﺧﻤْ ِﺴ َ‬ ‫وﺳﺄَﺑَ ﱡﺮ ِﺑﻌَ ﻬْ ﺪِي‪ ،‬وﻟ ْﻮ ﺗَﺮﻣﱠ ْﻠ ُﺖ )ﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫َ‬

‫)‪َ (4‬ﻗﺮا ُر »ﻧﺎرادا«‬

‫ﺻﺪ ِْر ِه ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻛﺎ َد‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻨ َ َﺪ َرأ ْ ُﺳ ُﻪ إﱃ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎت‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬

‫ﻃ َﺮ َق َﻟﺤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﺻﺢُ ‪ ،‬وأ ْ‬ ‫َﻗﻒ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜِﻴ ُﻢ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﺌ ٍﺬ و َ‬
‫ﻔﺎﺳﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﻳﻠﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜﺘَ َﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠ ُﻚ واﻷ َ ِﻣري ُة أﻧ ْ َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﻮ ُ‬‫ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺨﻔِ ﻲ ﻓﻴﻪ‪ ،‬واﻧ ْ َﺴ َﺪ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻋﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ ﻋَ ﺒﺎءَﺗُﻪ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﻌﺎ ﺗَ ْﻔﻜريَهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻻ ﻳ َْﻘ َ‬
‫ﻼﻣ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺪ ََﻓ َﻊ إﱃ ْاﻷﻣﺎ ِم ﻋَ ﺒﺎءﺗَﻪُ‪ ،‬و َرﻓ َﻊ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ‬ ‫أﻓﺎق ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜﻴ ُﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬
‫»اﻟﺴ َﻼ ُم َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َُﻐ ْﻔ َﻞ ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ ﻳﺎ ِﺑﻨ ْ َﺖ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ‬
‫ﻄ َﻖ( ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎل‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌْ ِﻄ ًﻔﺎ‪ ،‬ﻛﺄﻧﱠﻤﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَ ِﺬ ُر ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻓﺎ َه )ﻧ َ َ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺠﻴﺎدِ !« ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﻬُ ﻤﺎ وَاﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬
‫َف‪.‬‬

‫)‪ (5‬إﱃ ا ْﻟ ِ‬
‫ﻐﺎﺑﺔ‬

‫ﻒ‬‫ﻟﺖ ْاﻷَﻣريَ ُة أﺑﺎﻫﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻴ ِﻪ »ﻧﺎرادا« َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻓﻬَ ْﻢ ﻣﺎ ﻋَ ﻨﺎهُ‪ .‬وﻟﻜﻦ ﺣَ ْﺴﺒُﻨَﺎ أَﻧ ُﻪ َﻛ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ ِ‬
‫ﺿﺘ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣُﻌَ ﺎ َر َ‬
‫َ‬
‫َاﺿ ِﻪ‪ .‬واﻟ ﱠﺮأيُ ﻟﻚِ — ﻳﺎ ﺑُﻨَﻴﱠﺘﻲ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ْن ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ِﺖ ﻣﺎ َ‬
‫ﻛﺎن‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻷﴏ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻋْ ِﱰ ِ‬ ‫َ‬
‫وَﻟ ْﻮ َرأى َﴍٍّا َ ﱠ‬
‫ﺧﺎﻓِ ﻴًﺎ ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪ .‬ﻓ ِﺈ ْن ِﺷﺌْ َﺖ و ََﻓﻴ ِْﺖ ِﺑﻮَﻋْ ﺪِكِ ‪ ،‬وإ ِ ْن ِﺷﺌْ ِﺖ اﻋْ ﺘَﺬَ ْر ِت ﻟﻪُ‪«.‬‬
‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬ﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪ ِْر َوﻧ َ ْﻘ ِﺾ اﻟﻌﻬْ ﺪِ‪«.‬‬
‫»ﺳﺘْ َ‬
‫ﻴﺎڨﺎن«‪.‬‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺠﻬﺎ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرآﻫﺎ ﻣ ُِﴫ ًة ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻮَﻓﺎءِ ِﺑﻮَﻋْ ﺪِﻫﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻋْ َﻠ َﻦ ﻋَ ْﺰﻣَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺰ ِو ِ‬
‫ْﻴﻀﺎن‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺣﻤَ ﻼ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ْران اﻷَﺑ‬
‫واﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠ ُﻚ و ِﺑﻨْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒَﺘَﻬُ ﻤﺎ ا ْﻟﻤُﻠﻮ ِﻛﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﻳَﺠُ ﱡﺮﻫﺎ اﻟﺜﱠﻮ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫»ﺳﺘْ َ‬
‫ﻴﺎڨﺎن«‪.‬‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫َي ِ‬
‫اﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ — ﻣَ ﻌﻬُ ﻤﺎ — َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﻔﺎﺋ ِِﺲ‪َ ،‬ﻫ ِﺪﻳ ًﱠﺔ ﻟﻮا ِﻟﺪ ِ‬

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 ‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬

‫)‪ (6‬ﻋِ ﻨﺪ ﻣﻠﻚ َ‬

‫»ﺷ ْﻠﻮَا َز«‬

‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي«‪ ،‬ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠﻜ ُﻪ اﻟﺪ َﱠﻫ ُﺶ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻴﺎدِ « َو ِﺑﻨْﺘُ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻠﻮَا َز« ِﺑﻤﺎ َﻗﺪِم ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ﻠ ِِﻪ »ﻣَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ ﻣَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬
‫ﻇﻬْ َﺮاﻧَﻴْﻨﺎ — ﰲ ﻫﺬ ِه‬ ‫َني َ‬ ‫ﻌﻴﺶ — ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫أن ﺗَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤﺎءِ« ْ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ْﺮ َﴇ » ِﺑﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫وﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻄﻌَ ُﻢ‬ ‫ض‪ ،‬وﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋﺎداﺗِﻨﺎ‪ ،‬وﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َ ِﱰ ُش ْاﻷ َ ْر َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣَ ﻨﺎ‪ ،‬وﺗَﺄ ْ َﻟ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻎ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺴ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﻮﺣِ َﺸ ِﺔ؟ َو َﻛﻴ َ‬
‫ﻒ ا ْﻟﺤُ ِﲇ ﱢ وا ْﻟﻮ ََﺳﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وﻻ ﻧَﺄ ْ َﻟ ُ‬ ‫ِﴩ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮش‪َ ،‬وﻗ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺤْ ﻠُﺐَ وﺛِﻤﺎ َر ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وﻧ َ ْﻠﺒ َُﺲ ﺟُ ﻠُﻮ َد ا ْﻟﻮُﺣُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡ‬
‫ﻒ وا ْﻟﻌِ ﺒﺎ َد ُة‪ ،‬واﻟ ﱡﺰ ْﻫ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﻆ ﻟﻨﺎ إ ِ َﻻ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻘ ﱡﺸ ُ‬ ‫ري أَﻧ ْ ُﻔ ِﺴﻨﺎ‪ ،‬وﻻ ﺣَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠات(‪ ،‬وﻻ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑﺨِ ﺪْﻣَ ﺘِﻨﺎ أﺣَ ٌﺪ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫)ا ْﻟ ِﻤ َﺨﺪ ِ‬
‫ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻟﺬا ِﺋﺬَ ﻓﺎﻧﻴَ ٍﺔ؟«‬
‫ﻴﻘﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﺎﻗﺘَﻨ َ َﻊ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﻗﺎ َﻟﺘْﻪُ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﴎ ْت إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة َﻗ ْﻮ َل َﺷﻴ ِْﺦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ﱠﺴﺎكِ أ َ َ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ وأوْراﻗِ ﻬﺎ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫أَد َ‬
‫وأﻓ َﴣ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ َﻚ — ﻣ َُﺸﻴﱠ َﺪ ٌة ِﺑﺄ ْﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮْﻣَ ﻌَ ﺘَﻪُ‪ ،‬وﻫِ َﻲ — ﻛﻤﺎ ْ‬
‫أﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺿﻴ َْﻔﻴْ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ َﻞ َ‬
‫ﻴﺐ‪.‬‬‫ني؛ َﻓ َﺮﺣﱠ ﺒ َْﺖ ِﺑﻬﻤﺎ أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ﺗَ ْﺮﺣِ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺼ ِﺔ ﺿﻴ َْﻔﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ُﻚ إﱃ َزوْﺟَ ﺘ ِِﻪ )أ َ ْﺧ َﱪﻫﺎ( ِﺑﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬

‫ﺣﻔ ُ‬
‫ﻠﺔ اﻟﻌُ ْﺮ ِس‬ ‫)‪ْ (7‬‬

‫ﺻﻴْ ِﺪ ِه — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ َﻗﻠِﻴﻞ‪ ،‬وﺗَ ﱠﻢ َزوَاﺟُ ُﻪ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَﻣ َ‬

‫ري ِة ﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫»ﺳﺘْﻴﺎڨﺎ ُن« — ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋﺎ َد ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬
‫ني‪ ،‬واﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺠُ ﻮا ِﺑﻤﺎ ﻣَ ﻴﱠ َﺰ ﷲ ُ ِﺑ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﴬ ﺟريَاﻧُﻬُ ْﻢ — ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ﱠﺴﺎكِ — َﻓﻬﻨﱠﺌُﻮا ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺮ َ‬
‫وﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ .‬وﺣَ َ َ‬
‫ﻤﺎل ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻖ وا ْﻟ ُﺨﻠُ ِﻖ‪ ،‬وأﺛْﻨَﻮْا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ أ َ ْ‬
‫ﻃﻴَﺐَ اﻟﺜﱠﻨﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻷ َ ِﻣريَ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِ‬

‫واﺳﺘَﺒْ َﺪ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬﺎ ﺛ َ ْﻮﺑًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬

‫ني َﺧ َﻠﻌَ ْﺖ ﺟَ ﻮَاﻫِ َﺮﻫﺎ وﺣُ ِﻠﻴﱠﻬﺎ َوﺛِﻴﺎﺑَﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻔﺎﺧِ َﺮ َة‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫وزا َد إﻋْ ﺠﺎﺑُﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑﻬﺎ ﺣِ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ اﻟﺒُﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮ ِْن‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِﻳ ِﻪ أ َ ْﻫ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬‫ﴩ ﱠ‬‫ﻗِ ْ ِ‬
‫اﻵن أ َ ِﻣريَ ًة‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﻧ َ ِ‬
‫ﺎﺳ َﻜ ٌﺔ َﻓﻘِ ريَ ٌة‪«.‬‬ ‫َت ﻫﺬَا اﻟﺜﱠﻮْبَ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ ريَ‪ ،‬وﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫وﻗ ِﺪ ا ْرﺗَﺪ ْ‬

‫وﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎﱄ َودﱠﻋَ ﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪ ،‬واﺛ ًِﻘﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ْﻮ َدﺗِﻬﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻧْﻘِ َﻀﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻌﺎ ِم‪.‬‬

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‫ِﻒ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬
‫ْت اﻟﻬﺎﺗ ِ‬ ‫)‪َ (1‬‬

‫اﻷﻣريَ ِة َﺳﻌﺎ َدﺗَﻬﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﲆ ِ‬ ‫ﴎاﻋً ﺎ‪ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳُﻨ َ ﱢﻐ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌﺎ َد ُة — ِ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِت اﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ُم — ﻛﻤﺎ ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ﱠ‬
‫ني وآﺧ َﺮ‪ ،‬وﺗَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ وَﺣْ ﺪَﻫﺎ — ﰲ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬ ‫َني ﺣِ ٍ‬ ‫ري ﻓﻜﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﱰُ ُﻛ ُﻪ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ واﺣﺪٌ‪ُ ،‬ﻫ َﻮ ُدﻧ ُ ﱡﻮ أﺟَ ِﻞ ِ‬ ‫َ ْ‬
‫ﻈ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻌﺎ ِﺛ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫— ُﻣﺘَﺄَو َﱢﻫ ًﺔ ﺑﺎﻛ ً‬
‫ِﻴﺔ ﺣَ ﱠ‬
‫ﴤ‬ ‫ِﻒ ﻳَﻬْ ِﻤ ُﺲ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِ َ‬ ‫َف ا ْﻟﻌﺎ ُم ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧِﻬﺎﻳَﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻬﺎﺗ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﴍ َ‬
‫ﻴﺶ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ ِﺔ أﻳﱠﺎم‪«.‬‬‫ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمُ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌِ َ‬
‫ﻈ ًﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠﻬﺎ ﺗَ َﺮى ﻣَ َﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺴﻤﱠ ﻰ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻋْ ﺘَ َﺰﻣَ ْﺖ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗَ ْﱰُ َك َزوْﺟَ ﻬﺎ َﻟﺤْ َ‬
‫َوس‪» :‬ﻳﺎﻣﺎ«‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻬﻨْﺪ ِ‬‫ِ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ني ﻳَﻘ ِﱰبُ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻄ َﻊ ﺷﺒَ َﻜﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت — ﺣِ َ‬‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫وﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﰲ ﻧَﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺪ ِْري‪ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻌَ ّﲇ أ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ ْن أﻗ َ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﻓﺈن َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ﻳُﺤَ ﺪﱢﺛﻨِﻲ أ َ ﱠن أﻣَ ِﲇ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﺨِ ﻴﺐَ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ري — أ ْو أُﺛ ْ ِﻨﻴَ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋَ ْﺰﻣ ِِﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤِ ﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻳﺎﻣﺎ« ِﻣ َﻦ ِ‬
‫اﻷﻣ ِ‬
 ‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬

‫ري‬ ‫ﴫ ُع ِ‬
‫اﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ﻣَ ْ َ‬

‫ﺼﺤَ ﺐَ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺳﺘَﺄْذَﻧَﺘْ ُﻪ ْ‬

‫أن ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﴬﻳﺮ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻚِ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻊ َﻓﺠْ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ ِِﺚ ذَ َﻫﺒ َِﺖ اﻷ َ ِﻣري ُة َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬
‫َزوْﺟَ ﻬﺎ إِﱃ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ﰲ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪.‬‬
‫ﻄ ِﻊ اﻷ َ ْﺷ ِ‬
‫ﺠﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺤَ ﺒَﻪُ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗُﻌَ ﻮ َﱢﻗ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻗ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَذِ َن َﻟﻬﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْ‬
‫اﻷﻣريَ ُة‬‫ري ﻣَ َﺮﺣً ﺎ وﺣُ ﺒُﻮ ًرا — ﰲ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم — ِﺑ َﻘﺪ ِْر ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ِﺰﻧ َ ِﺖ ِ‬ ‫اﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ِﺪ اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺲ ِ‬
‫ﺒﺎت‬ ‫ﻇﻬﺎ( ﰲ ﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﺘَﻨ ُِﻔﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻗﻠ َِﻘ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َزو ِْﺟﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺗُ ِﺠﻴ ُﻞ ﺑ ََﴫَﻫﺎ )ﺗُﺪِﻳ ُﺮ ﻟِﺤﺎ َ‬
‫وﻗ ِﺪ ا ْرﺗَﺠَ َﻔ ْﺖ َﺷ َﻔﺘﺎﻫﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ِﺐ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺒﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻌﺎﱄ‪ ،‬ﺑﺎﺣِ ﺜ َ ًﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ »ﻳﺎﻣﺎ«‪َ ،‬‬ ‫وﺷﺠَ ِﺮﻫﺎ َ‬
‫وﻗ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ َ‬
‫ﻄ َﻊ واﺣﺪًا‬ ‫)ﻓﺄ َ َﺳﻪُ( ِﻟﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫»ﺳﺘْﻴﺎڨﺎ ُن« أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻓ َﻊ ِﻣ ْﻠ َ‬
‫ﻄ َﺴ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﺨﻤَ َﺔ ﺣﺎ َو َل َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺐ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺪان ا ْﻟ َﻘ َ‬
‫ﺑَ َﻠﻐﺎ ﻋِ َ‬
‫إﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪َ ،‬ﻓﺼﺎحَ ﻣَ ﺬﻋُ ﻮ ًرا‪» :‬وَا ٍه وَاهٍ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳ ِﺪ ِه َ‬ ‫وﻫﻮَى ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺨﺬَ َﻟﺘْ ُﻪ ﻗ ﱠﻮﺗُﻪ‪َ ،‬‬
‫إﱃ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ؛ ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي«‪ .‬أيﱡ أ َ َﻟ ٍﻢ ﻫﺬا ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳُﻤَ ﱢﺰ ُق َرأ ْ ِﳼ‪ ،‬وﻳُﺒَﺪ ُد ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗِﻲ! اﺟْ ﻠ ِِﴘ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم‪«.‬‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫)‪َ (3‬ﺷﺒ ُ‬
‫َﻜﺔ ا َملﻮ ِْت‬

‫ْﴫ َﺷﺒَﺤً ﺎ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﻓﺈذا ﺑﻬﺎ ﺗُﺒ ِ ُ‬ ‫ﻘﻀﺎءِ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‪ .‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي« أ َ ﱠن ﺳﺎﻋَ ﺔ ا ْﻟ َ‬ ‫وَﺣِ ﻴﻨَﺌ ٍﺬ أ َ ْد َر َﻛ ْﺖ َ‬
‫ني‪ ،‬وﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪ ِه ﺣَ ﺒْ ٌﻞ َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٌﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻘﺎﻣَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻧَﺤِ ﻴ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﺴ ِﻢ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَﻮ ﱢَﻫﺞَ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻴْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻞ ُﻫ َﻮ َﺷﺒ ُ‬
‫َﻜﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪.‬‬ ‫وأن ذﻟِﻚ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺒْ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ ﻠِﻤَ ْﺖ أَﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﺗَ َﺮى أَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻬﺎ »ﻳﺎﻣﺎ«‪ ،‬ﱠ‬
‫ﺿﺎرﻋَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪:‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎﻃﺌَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬واﻧْﺤَ ﻨ َ ْﺖ أﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ‬ ‫َﻗﻔ ْﺖ ُﻣﺘَ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪِبﱠ ا ْﻟﻴﺄ ْ ُس َ‬
‫»ﻣَ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ َْﱃ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴْ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻮيﱡ ؟«‬
‫أن ﺗﻌْ َﻠ ِﻤﻲ أﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ِﺟﺌْ ُﺖ ِﻟ َﺰو ِْﺟﻚِ‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي«‪ .‬وَﺣَ ْﺴﺒُﻚِ ْ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻤﻲ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ‪» :‬ﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴ ِﺄﱄ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْ‬
‫»ﺳﺘْﻴﺎڨﺎن« ا ﱠﻟﺬِي اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﻴﺎﺗُﻪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫ري اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﺋ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻣْ َﺴ َﻜ ْﺖ ِﺑ ُﺮوﺣِ ِﻪ ﻛﻤﺎ ﺗُﻤْ ِﺴ ُﻚ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻜ َﺮةِ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل — ﻋَ َﲆ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ َﺷﺒَ َﻜﺘَ ُﻪ — ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ِ‬
‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳَﻌْ ﺪُو ﰲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ ُ ْ‬
‫ﴎﻋَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِْق‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮب‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮْبَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫وَﺟَ ﺬَﺑَﻬﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَدَا َر وَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻪ َ‬

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 ‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬

‫)‪ (4‬ﰲ ﻋﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ا َمل ْﻮﺗَﻰ‬

‫ُﴪﻋَ ًﺔ ِﰲ أَﺛ َ ِﺮهِ‪ .‬وﻣﺎ َزا َﻟ ْﺖ ﺗَﺠْ ِﺮي ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﻮﻓ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻴَ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﺟَ َﺮ ْت ﻣ ْ ِ‬
‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي« ﻣَ ْﻜﺘُ َ‬ ‫ﻒ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻘِ ْ‬
‫ﻒ »ﻳﺎﻣﺎ«‬ ‫َات‪ .‬وَﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ و ََﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َريَاﻧَﻬﺎ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻋﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬
‫َاﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫اﺟْ ﺘﺎ َز ْت ﻋﺎ َﻟ َﻢ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻴﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ‬
‫وا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ا ْرﺟﻌِ ﻲ — ﻳﺎ ﺑُﻨَﻴﱠﺘِﻲ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺗَﻴ ِْﺖ‪ ،‬وَادْﻓِ ﻨِﻲ ﺟُ ﺜ ﱠ َﺔ َزو ِْﺟﻚِ ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬
‫أَﺗْﻌَ ﺒ ِْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻚِ ِﺑﻼ ﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪةٍ‪«.‬‬
‫ْت َزو ِْﺟﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن‬ ‫»ﻛﻼ أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ َْﱃ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻢُ‪ .‬ﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴﻞ إﱃ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬
‫ﻋﺎﻫﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻘﺎﻟﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪ :‬ﱠ‬‫َﻓ ْ‬
‫ﻇﻨ ﱡ َﻚ — ﻳﺎ ﻣَ ﻮْﻻيَ — ﺗَ ْﺮ َﴇ ِﱄ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﺧ َ‬
‫ﻮن ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻬْ ﺪَ!«‬ ‫أَﺗْﺒَﻌَ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﻴْﺜُﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ أ ُ‬
‫ﺻﻬﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻮَﻓﺎء ِﺑﻌَ ﻬْ ﺪِﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وأُﻋْ ﺠَ ﺐ ِﺑﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ أ َ َد ِﺑﻬﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ني َرأَى ﺣِ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺎﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺞَ »ﻳﺎﻣﺎ« ﺣِ َ‬
‫وﺳﺄﺟْ ِﺰﻳﻚِ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﻓﺎﺋِﻚ أَﺣْ َﺴﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻘ ِﺖ‪َ .‬‬ ‫»ﺻﺪ َْﻗ ِﺖ — ﻳﺎ ﺑُﻨَﻴﱠﺘِﻲ — و ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﱢﻖ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻓﻘﺎل َﻟﻬﺎ‪َ :‬‬
‫ري ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ِة َزو ِْﺟﻚِ إﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰاءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻲ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻏ ْ َ‬

‫)‪ (5‬اﻟﺠﺎ ِﺋ َﺰ ُة اﻷ ُ َ‬
‫وﱃ‬

‫»ﺷ ْﻠﻮا َز« ﺑ َ َ‬

‫َﴫ ُه‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴ َ ِﱰ ﱠد ﻣَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬
‫ﻈ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ َرأ َ ْت أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗُﻀﻴﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬‫ﻃ َﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ ْ‬
‫و َُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗَﻪُ‪«.‬‬
‫ﱪ ﻫﺬَا‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ »ﻳﺎﻣﺎ«‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﺟَ ﺒْﺘُﻚِ إﱃ ِﻃ ْﻠﺒَﺘِﻚِ ‪َ .‬ﻓﻌُ ﻮدِي أَدْراﺟَ ﻚِ ﻳﺎ َﻓﺘﺎ ُة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ُ ْ‬
‫ﻜﺎن أَﺣَ ٌﺪ — ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ — و َُﻫ َﻮ ﺣَ ﱞﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬
‫ﻴﻖ أَﻣَ ﻠِﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺑﺮﻋَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻠ َﻚ‪،‬‬
‫ُﻮن ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَﻰ ﻳﻨْﻌَ ﻤ َ‬ ‫وﻗﺎﻟﺖ ُﻣﺘَ َﻮ ﱢد َد ًة‪» :‬إذا َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَﻴْﺄ ْس ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬
‫ﻮار َك ﺑَﻬْ ﺠَ ًﺔ‬ ‫ﻮات ُﻫ َﻮ — ﻋِ ﻨْﺪِي — َﺧ ْريٌ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻴﺎءِ؛ ِﻷ َ ﱠن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﻘﺎءِ إِﱃ ِﺟ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ﻋﺎ َﻟ َﻢ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِ‬
‫ُﻣﺘَﺠَ ﱢﺪ َد َة اﻟ ﱠﺮوْﻋَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬

‫)‪ (6‬ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺰة اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴ َُﺔ‬

‫ﺒﺎﻗﺘِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وﺣُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺟَ ﻮا ِﺑﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻚِ ﺟﺎ ِﺋ َﺰ ٌة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬ﻓﺎ ْ‬
‫ﻃﻠُ ِﺒﻴﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ إِﻋْ ﺠﺎبُ »ﻳﺎﻣﺎ« ﺑ َﻠ َ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﺗُﺠﺎ ِﺑﻲ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻘﺎﻟﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌﻴ َﺪ ِﻟﻮَا ِﻟ ِﺪ َزو ِْﺟﻲ ﻋَ ْﺮ َﺷ ُﻪ ْ‬
‫املﺴﻠُﻮبَ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬
‫ُ‬
‫ﺑﻨﺎت آوَى‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻴﺎڨﺎن« َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻠﻬﺎ‬
‫»ﺳﺘْ َ‬‫ني‪ ،‬ﻓﺎ ْر ِﺟﻌِ ﻲ إﱃ ﺟُ ﺜ ﱠ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻚِ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﻄﻠُﺒ َ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫ﺑﺎﱄ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﺴ َﻢ ﺑ ُ‬
‫َﻨﺎت آوَى؛ َﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ َﺴ ِﺪ — ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ ﻓﺎ َر َﻗﺘْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻘﺎﻟﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ ُ ِ‬
‫َﻓ ْ‬
‫ﻄﺮ‪.‬‬‫اﻟ ﱡﺮوحُ — َﻓ ِﻀﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ وﻻ َﺧ َ‬
‫ﻳﻀﻬﺎ!«‬ ‫ﱠض‪ ،‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺮوحُ َﻓﻼ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ َ‬
‫إﱃ ﺗَﻌْ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﺴ َﻢ ﻳُﻌَ ﻮ ُ‬

‫)‪ (7‬اﻟﺠﺎ ِﺋ َﺰ ُة اﻟﺜ ﱠ ُ‬

‫ﺎﻟﺜﺔ‬
‫ﻧﺎﳼ أَﺑْﻨﺎءِ‬
‫ﻮل اﻷ َ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ني! إ ِ ﱠن ﻋَ ْﻘ َﻠﻚِ — أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘﺎ ُة — أ َ ْﻛ َﱪُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ََق ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮﻟ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ﻟﻬﺎ‪» :‬ﻣﺎ أ َ ْ‬
‫اﻷ َ ْر ِض‪.‬‬
‫ُﻜﺎﻓﺄ َ ًة َﻟﻚِ ‪«.‬‬
‫وﻗ ْﺪ أَﻣَ ْﺮ ُت َﻟﻚِ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺰ ٍة ﺛﺎ ِﻟﺜ َ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣ َ‬
‫َ‬
‫ﻮن ِﱄ ﻣﺎﺋَ ُﺔ َو َﻟ ٍﺪ ﻳﺎ ﻣَ ﻮْﻻيَ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻢ!«‬ ‫ﻘﺎﻟﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫َﻓ ْ‬
‫»ﺳﺄُﺣَ ﱢﻘ ُﻖ َﻟﻚِ ﻣﺎ ﺗ ْ‬
‫ﻄﻠُ ِﺒني‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ‪َ :‬‬
‫وﻗﺎﻟﺖ‪» :‬ﻣﺎ دُﻣْ َﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ وَﻋَ ْﺪﺗَﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫وﺻ ﱠﻔ َﻘ ْﺖ ِﺑﻴَ َﺪﻳْﻬﺎ ﻣَ ﺤْ ﺒُﻮ َر ًة )ﻣَ ْ ُ‬
‫ﴪو َر ًة(‪،‬‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺠَ ِﺖ اﻷﻣريَ ُة‪َ ،‬‬
‫ري ُه أَﺑَﺪًا!«‬
‫إﱃ ﺟَ َﺴﺪِه‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ أَﺗَ َﺰوﱠجَ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺘﻴﺎڨﺎن«‪ .‬أَﻋِ ْﺪ ُروﺣَ ُﻪ َ‬
‫َ‬ ‫»ﺳ‬‫ِﺑﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ ْر ِﺟ ْﻊ إﱄ ﱠ َزوْﺟﻲ َ‬

‫)‪ (8‬ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺰ ُة اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُ‬

‫اﺑﻌﺔ‬
‫َت ذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪.‬‬‫ﱪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗ ِِﻪ أَراد ْ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْد َر َك »ﻳﺎﻣﺎ« أ َ ﱠن ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ًة أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺒَ َﻜ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻄﺎ َر ْت — ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮاء —‬ ‫ﱪ ِﺑﻮَﻋْ ﺪِه‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ اﻟ ﱡﺮوحَ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑُ ﱞﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِ ﱢ‬
‫ﻴﺎڨﺎن« ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫»ﺳﺘْ َ‬ ‫َت إِﱃ ﺟُ ﺜ ﱠ ِﺔ َ‬
‫وﻋﺎد ْ‬

‫)‪ (9‬ﺗَﺤَ ﱡﻘ ُﻖ اﻟ ﱠﺮ َﻏ ِ‬
‫ﺒﺎت‬

‫ﻮﻳﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأ َ ْت َزوْﺟَ ﻬﺎ ِ‬

‫ﻏﺎر ًﻗﺎ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣ ِِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻃ ٍ‬ ‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي« إﱃ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒَ َﻠ َﻐﺘْﻬﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﺳ َﻔ ٍﺮ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫وأ َ ْ َ‬
‫ﻄ ً‬
‫ﻔﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻳ َْﻘ َ‬
‫ﻈﺘْ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠ ﱢ‬
‫ﺘﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻃﺎ َل ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻲ ِﺑﻼ َﺷ ﱟﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤﺎ ﺑﺎﻟُ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫َﻓﻤَ ﱠﺪ ﺟَ َﺴ َﺪ ُه َوﺗَﺜﺎءَبَ ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟ َ‬
‫اﻵن؟«‬‫ﺗُﻮﻗِﻈﻴﻨِﻲ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ َ‬
‫»ﻫﻠُﻢﱠ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﻠﻨُﴪ ْع ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬
‫»ﺳڨِ ْﱰي«‪َ ،‬و َرﺑﱠﺘَ ْﺖ َﻛﺘ َِﻔ ُﻪ ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻠﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ َ‬
‫ﻈﻼ ُم ﻋَ َﲆ اﻷ َ ْر ِض‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ‪َ ،‬‬
‫وﺧﻴﱠ َﻢ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻏ َﺮﺑ َِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫َث‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ — وﻫِ َﻲ ﻋﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ٌة ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ — ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬

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 ‫ﺷﺒـﻜﺔ اﻟـﻤﻮت‬

‫َﴫ ِه‬‫ﴪو ًرا ِﺑﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة ﺑ َ ِ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﺖ َﻓ َﺮأَى أَﺑﺎ ُه ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ني د َ‬‫ﻛﺎن أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ د َْﻫ َﺸﺘَ ُﻪ واﺑْﺘِﻬﺎﺟَ ُﻪ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫وﻣﺎ َ‬
‫ﻴﺎڨﺎن« ﰲ َﻓ َﺮﺣِ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻧ ُ ﱠﺴﺎ ُك ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ﻳُﻬﻨﱢﺌُﻮﻧ َ ُﻪ ِﺑﻌَ ﻮ َد ِة‬‫»ﺳﺘْ َ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ ﺷﺎ َر َﻛﺘْ ُﻪ أ ُ ﱡم َ‬‫وﺻﺤﱠ ﺘ ِِﻪ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪َ .‬‬ ‫ِ‬
‫َﴫ ِه إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ﺑ َ ِ‬
‫»ﺷ ْﻠﻮا َز« َﻗ ْﺪ َﻟﻘِ َﻲ ﻣَ ْﴫَﻋَ ﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺼﺐَ ُﻣ ْﻠ َﻚ َ‬ ‫وﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ َﻗ ِﺪ َم َر ُﺳﻮ ٌل ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﱪ ُُﻫ ْﻢ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱠو ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ْ‬
‫اﻏﺘَ َ‬
‫ِﻳﻼ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻠﻴﻜﻪ ا ْﻟﻌﺎدِ ِل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺣِ ﻴ ِﻢ ﺑَﺪ ً‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ﺐَ ﻻ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ِﺑﻤَ ِ‬ ‫وأ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬
‫ور‬‫ﴎ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻮا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ ُ ُ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻠﻮا َز«‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻋَ ُ‬ ‫ﴎ ُة ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬﺎ إﱃ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎﱄ ﻋﺎد َِت اﻷ ُ ْ َ‬
‫ﻃﻮا َل ﺣَ ﻴﺎﺗِﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻬﺎج َ‬ ‫واﺑْﺘ ِ‬

‫)‪ (10‬ﺧﺎﺗِﻤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬

‫ﺼ ِﺔ‬

‫»ﺳڨِ ْ ِﱰي« ِﻣﺎﺋَ َﺔ َو َﻟﺪٍ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ وَﻋَ ﺪَﻫﺎ »ﻳﺎﻣﺎ«‪.‬‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ ُر ِز َﻗ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻌﺎﴍ‪ ،‬اﺣْ ﺘ ً‬
‫ِﻔﺎﻻ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ — ﻣَ ﺘﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ا ْﻟﻌﺎ َم ا ْﻟ ِ َ‬ ‫وﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﻔِ ُﻞ ﺑﺄَﻋْ ﻴﺎدِ ِﻣﻴﻼدِ ﻫِ ْﻢ — واﺣﺪًا ﺑﻌْ َﺪ َ‬
‫ﺟﺎﻻ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻓ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ َة — ﺗَ ِ‬
‫ﻔﺎﺻﻴ َﻞ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ور ً‬ ‫ﺿﻴُﻮﻓِﻬﺎ‪ :‬ﻧ َِﺴﺎءً ِ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﲆ ُ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤً ﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ُﻘ ﱡ‬
‫ﻼﺻﻬﺎ َﺧ ْ َ‬
‫ري‬ ‫ﻮزﻳ َْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ إ ِ ْﺧ ِ‬ ‫ُﻜﺎﻓﺄَةٍ‪ .‬وﺟُ ِ‬‫ري ﻣ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ُﻛﻮ ِﻓﺌَ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ و ََﻓﺎﺋِﻬﺎ َﺧ ْ َ‬
‫ﺼ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ِﺠﺒَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬
‫ﺟَ َﺰاءِ‪.‬‬

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