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ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج ﻳَ ُﻘﻮ ُل َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻳَﻨْ َﺪ ُم َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ
َﻗﺎ َل أﻧﺪرو» :أَ َﻫﺎ! َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ِﻫ َﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ِﺳﻴ َﻠ َﺔ َﻋﻴْﻨَ َﻬﺎ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﻳَ ْﻬ ُﺮ ُب ِﺑ َﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱢﻠ ﱡﺺ«.
َﻗﺎ َل راﻟﻒُ » :رﺑﱠ َﻤﺎَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ َﻫﺬَا َﻻ ﻳُ َﻐ ﱢيرُ َﺣ ِﻘﻴ َﻘ َﺔ أَ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺮ َء ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻪ ا ْﻵ َن أَ ْن ﻳُ َﺴﺎ ِﻓ َﺮ َﺣ ْﻮ َل
ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ِﰲ ﺛَ َﻼﺛَ ِﺔ أَ ْﺷ ُﻬ ٍﺮ«.
َﻗﺎ َﻃ َﻌ ُﻪ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسِ » :ﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻮا ِﻗ ِﻊِ ،ﰲ ﺛَ َﻤﺎ ِﻧي َن ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎ َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂ«.
َﻗﺎ َل ﺟﻮن» :إِ ﱠن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ُﻣ ِﺤ ﱞﻖ ،ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﺮﻳ َﺪ ُة إِ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ َﺮ َﺣ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ا ْﻵ َن ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ُق
ﺛَ َﻤﺎ ِﻧي َن ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎ َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ أَ ِن ا ْﻛﺘَ َﻤ َﻞ َﺧ ﱡﻂ اﻟ ﱢﺴ َﻜ ِﻚ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﻀ ْﺨ ُﻢ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْ ِﺪَ «.و َﻓﺘَ َﺢ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﺮﻳ َﺪ َة
ِﻟ ُي ِرﻳَ َﻬﺎ ِﻷَ ْﺻ ِﺪ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ِﻪ ُﻣ ِﻀﻴ ًﻔﺎ» :اﻧْ ُﻈ ُﺮوا ُﻫﻨَﺎ ،إِﻧﱠ َﻬﺎ ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﺳ ُﻢ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ َﺔ َﻛﺎ ِﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﺼﻴ ِﻞ«.
أَ َﺧ َﺬ ُﻛ ﱞﻞ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ ْﻢ َد ْو َر ُه ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠ َﻈ ِﺮ إِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺼ ِﺤﻴ َﻔ ِﺔ َﺣﻴْ ُﺚ َﻛﺎ َن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َو ْﺻ ٌﻒ ِﺑﺎ ْﻷَﺑْﻴَ ِﺾ َوا ْﻷَ ْﺳ َﻮ ِد
ﻳُ َﻮ ﱢﺿ ُﺢ َﻛﻴْ َﻒ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜ ُﻦ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻤ ْﺮ ِء اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ ُﺮ َﺣ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ِﰲ ﺛَ َﻤﺎ ِﻧي َن ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎ.
َﻗﺎ َل راﻟﻒَ » :ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎ َﻟ ِﺔ ،ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻀ ْﻊ ِﰲ ا ِﻻ ْﻋ ِﺘﺒَﺎ ِر اﻟ ﱠﻄ ْﻘ َﺲ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢﺊَ أَ ِو
ا ْﻟ َﺤ َﻮا ِد َث أَ ْو ا ْﻟ َﻌ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻷَ ْﺷﻴَﺎ ِء ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮى ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗُ ْﻔ ِﻘ ُﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺮءَ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ُﻪ«.
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسُ » :ﻛ ﱡﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُو ِﺿ َﻊ ِﰲ ا ِﻻ ْﻋ ِﺘﺒَﺎ ِر«.
َﺟﺎ َد َل راﻟﻒَ » :ﻣﺎذَا َﻋ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺸ ِﻜ َﻼ ِت ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗَ ْﺤ ُﺪ ُث ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺴ َﻜ ِﻚ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ أَ ْو ِﻓ ْﻘ َﺪا ِن اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ؟«
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسَ » :ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ُو ِﺿ َﻊ ِﰲ ا ِﻻ ْﻋ ِﺘﺒَﺎ ِر أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ؛ َﻓﺎ ْﻟ َﺠ ِﺮﻳ َﺪ ُة َو َﺿ َﻌ ْﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْﳾ ٍء ِﰲ ا ِﻻ ْﻋ ِﺘﺒَﺎ ِر،
ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْﳾ ٍء ُﻣ ْﺤﺘَ َﻤ ٌﻞ أَ ْن ﻳَ ُﺴﻮءََ ،و ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﺗَﺄْ ِﺧي ٍر ُﻣ ْﺤﺘَ َﻤ ٌﻞ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺤ ُﺪ َث .ﻳَ ْﺤﺘَﺎ ُج اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ ُﺮ َﺣ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ
ِﻟﺜَ َﻤﺎ ِﻧي َن ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎ َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂَ «.و َو َﺿ َﻊ أَ ْو َرا َﻗ ُﻪ َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﻄﺎ ِو َﻟ ِﺔ َوأَ ْﻛ َﻤ َﻞَ » :و َر َﻗﺘَﺎ ِن َرا ِﺑ َﺤﺘَﺎ ِن! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َر ِﺑ ْﺤ ُﺖ
َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﺠ ْﻮ َﻟ َﺔ!«
َﺟ َﻤ َﻊ أﻧﺪرو أَ ْو َرا َق اﻟ ﱠﻠ ِﻌ ِﺐ َو َﺧ َﻠ َﻄ َﻬﺎ َو َو ﱠز َﻋ َﻬﺎ َو َﻗﺎ َلُ » :رﺑﱠ َﻤﺎ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻋ َﲆ َﺣ ﱟﻖَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ِﻨﻲ َﻣﺎ
ِز ْﻟ ُﺖ َﻻ أُ َﺻ ﱢﺪ ُق أَ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا ُﻣ ْﻤ ِﻜ ٌﻦ ﻳَﺎ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس«.
أَ َﺟﺎ َب ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس» :أَﻧَﺎ أَ ْﻋ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ُﻣ ْﻤ ِﻜ ٌﻦ«.
اﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ أﻧﺪرو َو َﻗﺎ َلَ » :ﻟ ْﻮ َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ُﺮ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚَ ،ﻓ َﻤﺎ َرأْﻳُ َﻚ أَ ْن ﻧَ َﱰَا َﻫ َﻦ؟ أُ َرا ِﻫ ُﻦ ِﺑﺄَ ْرﺑَ َﻌ ِﺔ آ َﻻ ِف
ُﺟﻨَﻴْ ٍﻪ ا ْﺳ ِ ْﱰ ِﻟﻴ ِﻨ ﱟﻲ َﻋ َﲆ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺤﻴ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ ُﺮ َﺣ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ِﰲ ﺛَ َﻤﺎ ِﻧي َن ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎ َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂ«.
أَ َ ﱠﴏ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس» :إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ ُﻣ ْﻤ ِﻜ ٌﻦ ِﺟ ٍّﺪا«.
َﻗﺎ َل أﻧﺪرو» :إِذَن ِﻟ َﻢ َﻻ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ؟!«
أَ َﺟﺎ َب ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس» :ﺗَ ُﺮو ُﻗ ِﻨﻲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ِﻔ ْﻜ َﺮ ُة َﻛ ِﺜيرًاَ ،و َﺳﺄُ ِرﻳ َﻚ ِﺑﻨَ ْﻔ ِﴘ أَﻧﱠ ِﻨﻲ أَ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ َﺮ
َﺣ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ِﰲ ﺛَ َﻤﺎ ِﻧي َن ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎ َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂ«.
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