الْعُلْبَةُ الْمَسْحُوْرَةُ
This Arabic short story is for foreigners. We took it from a book written by Kamil Keilany, an Egyptian writer and a poet. The original text was written for native speakers of Arabic. To make it suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language, it has been abridged, simplified, and slightly modified. Some of the details in the original story have been left out. Also, sentence structures are simple so that learners of Arabic as a foreign language can process them easily. This Arabic short story is suitable for high-beginner to pre-intermediate learners.
This Arabic short story is the sixth in our list. Read the seventh story here.
كَانَ صَادِقٌ وَلَدًا قَلِيلَ الْكَلَامِ. كَانَ صَادِقٌ يَخَافُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ. كَانَ صَادِقٌ يَتَوَقَّعُ الشَّرَّ دَائِمًا. أَصْبَحَ النَّاسُ يُنَادُونَ صَادِقًا بِالْجَبَانِ. نَسِيَ النَّاسُ اِسْمَ صَادِقٍ الْحَقِيْقِيَّ.
وَبَعْدَ سَنَوَاتٍ، أصْبَحَ صَادِقٌ مُوَظَّفًا فِي أَحَدِ الْمَصَارِفِ. عَرَفَ زُمَلَاءُ صَادِقٍ فِي الْمَصْرِفِ أَنَّ صَادِقًا جَبَانٌ. كَانَ الزُّمَلَاءُ يَنَادُونَ صَادِقًا بِالْفَتَى الْجَبَانِ. كَانَ الزُّمَلَاءُ يَسْخَرُونَ مِنْ صَادِقٍ. كَانَ صَادِقٌ يَحْزَنُ مِنْ سُخْرِيَّةِ زُمَلَائِهِ. لَمْ يَرُدْ صَادِقٌ عَلَى كَلَامِ زُمَلَائِهِ.
وَفِي أَحَدِ الأَيَّامِ، خَرَجَ صادِقٌ مِنَ الْمَصْرِفِ، وَهُوَ حَزِينٌ. ذَهَبَ صَادِقٌ إِلَى نَهْرِ النِّيلِ. جَلَسَ صَادِقٌ قَرِيبًا مِنَ النَّهْرِ. جَلَسَ صَادِقٌ بَعِيدًا عَنِ النَّاسِ. فَكَّرَ صادِقٌ فِي خَوْفِهِ، وَفَكَّرَ فِي سُّخْرِيَّةِ الزُّمَلَاءِ. سَمِعَ صَادِقٌ صَوْتَ شَيْخٍ. كَانَ الشَّيْخُ يُنَادِي صَادِقًا. اِلْتَفَتَ صَادِقٌ إِلَى الشَّيْخِ. اِبْتَسَمَ الشَّيْخُ وَقَالَ: لِمَاذَا أَرَاكَ حَزِينَاً يَا بُنَيَّ؟
شَعَرَ صَادِقٌ بِطُمَأْنِينَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ. أَخْبَرَ صَادِقٌ الشَّيْخَ بِقِصَّتِهِ. اِبْتَسَمَ الشَّيْخُ وَقَالَ: لا تَحْزَنْ يا بُنَيَّ!
أَعْطَى الشَّيْخُ صَادِقًا عُلْبَةً مُغْلَقَةً. أَخْبَرَ الشَّيْخُ صَادِقًا أَنَّ الْعُلْبَةَ مَسْحُورَةٌ. قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: هَذِهِ الْعُلْبَةُ تَجْعَلُ الْجَبَانَ شُجَاعًا. لَكِنْ… هُنَالِكَ شَرْطٌ وَاحِدٌ.
قَالَ صَادِقٌ: أَنَا مُوَافِقٌ عَلَى أَيِّ شَرْطٍ؛ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُصْبِحَ شُجَاعًا!
قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: لَا تَفْتَحْهَا أَبَدًا. إِذَا فَتَحْتَهَا سَوْفَ يَنْتَهِيَ السَّحْرُ.
سَأَلَ صَادِقٌ الشَّيْخَ: مَاذَا يُوجَدُ فِي دَاخِلِ الْعُلْبَةِ؟ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: تَعَالَ بَعْدَ عامٍ. بَعْدَ عَامٍ، سَوْفَ تَفْتَحُ الْعُلْبَةَ، وَتَعْرِفُ. إِذَا عَرَفَ أَحَدٌ هَذِهِ الْعُلْبَةَ، سَوْفَ يَنْتَهِيَ السِّحْرُ.
وَضَعَ صَادِقٌ الْعُلْبَةَ فِي جَيْبِهِ. شَكَرَ صَادِقٌ الشَّيْخَ. عَادَ صَادِقٌ إِلى مَنْزِلِهِ، وَهُوَ مُرْتَاحٌ. وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ، شَعَرَ صادِقٌ بِالشَّجَاعَةِ فِي جَسَدِهِ. أَصْبَحَ صَادِقٌ وَاثِقًا بِنَفْسِهِ. نَظَرَ الزُّمَلَاءُ إِلَى صَادِقٍ. شَعَرَ الزُّمَلَاءُ بَالدَّهْشَةِ. بَعْدَ مُدَّةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ، نَسِيَ الزُّمَلَاءُ صَادِقًا الْقَدِيمَ. أَصْبَحَ الزُّمَلَاءُ يَحْتَرِمُونَ صَادِقًا. ………………………………..
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……………………………….. قَرَأَ صَادِقٌ الْمَكْتُوبَ: «السِّحْرُ لَيْسَ فِي الْعُلْبَةِ، السِّحْرُ فِيكَ أَنْتَ: إِذَا كُنْتَ شُجَاعًا وَوَاثِقًا بِنَفْسِكَ!».
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