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ﺣﻮل اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻢ ﰲ ٨٠ﻳﻮ ًﻣﺎ
َﻏﺎ َد َر ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ َﺔ َﻣ ْﺬ ُﻫﻮ ًﻻَ .ﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﺤ َﻘﺎ ِﺋ ُﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ َﻤﺎ ِﺷﻴﱠ ُﺔ َﺻ ِﻐي َر ًة ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔِ ،ﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜﺎ ِد
ﺗَ ْﻜ ِﻔﻲ َﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﺤﺘَﺎ ُﺟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺮ ُء ِﰲ ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ُق َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ًﺔ َوا ِﺣ َﺪ ًةَ .و َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮَ » :ﺣ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ،
َو ِﰲ ﺛَ َﻤﺎ ِﻧي َن ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎ! َﻫ ْﻞ َﻫ َﺬا اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ َﻣ ْﺠﻨُﻮ ٌن؟«
ِﺑ ُﺤﻠُﻮ ِل اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻣﻨَ ِﺔَ ،ﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻗ ْﺪ َﺣ َﺰ َم ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ِﺘ َﻌ َﺔ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ أَ ْﻏ َﻠ َﻖ ِﺑ َﺤ َﺬ ٍر ﺑَﺎ َب ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺘ ِﻪ َوﻧَ َﺰ َل
إِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﻄﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ اﻟ ﱡﺴ ْﻔ ِﲇﱢ َﺣﻴْ ُﺚ َﻛﺎ َن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ُﻣﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ًﺮاَ .ﻛﺎ َن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻳَ َﻀ ُﻊ ﺗَ ْﺤ َﺖ ِذ َرا َﻋﻴْ ِﻪ َد ِﻟﻴ َﲇْ
َﺳ َﻔ ٍﺮ ،أَ َﺣ ُﺪ ُﻫ َﻤﺎ ِﻟ ُﺨ ُﻄﻮ ِط اﻟ ﱢﺴ َﻜ ِﻚ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ َوا ْﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ ِﻟﻠ ﱡﺴ ُﻔ ِﻦ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َو َﺿ َﻊ ا ْﻟ ِﻜﺘَﺎﺑَ ْي ِن َو ِﻣ ْﺤ َﻔ َﻈﺘَ ُﻪ ِﰲ
ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﻘﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ َﻤﺎ ِﺷﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻗ ﱠﺪ َﻣ َﻬﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ.
َﺳﺄَ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس» :أَ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨْ َﺲ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ؟«
أَ َﺟﺎ َب ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮَ » :و َﻻ أَ ﱠي َ ْﳾءٍ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي«.
َﺳﺄَ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسُ » :ﻗﺒﱠ َﻌ ِﺘﻲ َو ِﻣ ْﻌ َﻄ ِﻔﻲ؟«
أَ ْﻋ َﻄﺎ ُﻫ َﻤﺎ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ًﻼَ » :ﻫﺎ ُﻫ َﻤﺎ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي «.أَ َﺧﺬَ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ُﻗﺒﱠ َﻌﺘَ ُﻪ َو ِﻣ ْﻌ َﻄ َﻔ ُﻪ
َوأَ ْﻋ َﻄﻰ َﺣ ِﻘﻴﺒَﺘَ ُﻪ ِﻟ َﺨﺎ ِد ِﻣ ِﻪ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ًﻼ» :ا ْﻵ َن اﻧْﺘَ ِﺒ ْﻪ ِﻟ َﺤ ِﻘﻴﺒَﺘِﻲ َﺟﻴﱢ ًﺪا؛ َﻓ ِﺒ َﻬﺎ ِﻋ ْ ُﴩو َن أَ ْﻟ َﻒ ُﺟﻨَﻴْ ٍﻪ!« ُﺻ ِﺪ َم
ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َد ﻳُﻮ ِﻗ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﻘﻴﺒَ َﺔ.
َﺧ َﺮ َج ا ِﻻﺛْﻨَﺎ ِن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻤﻨْ ِﺰ ِل َوا ْﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﻼ َﺳﻴﱠﺎ َر َة أُ ْﺟ َﺮ ٍة َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎﻧْ ِﺘ َﻈﺎ ِر ِﻫ َﻤﺎ .أَ َﻗ ﱠﻠﺘْ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱠﺎ َر ُة
ُﻣﺒَﺎ َ َﴍ ًة إِ َﱃ َﻣ َﺤ ﱠﻄ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱢﺴ ﱠﻜ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔَ ،و َﻓ ْﻮ َر ُد ُﺧﻮﻟِ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ ا ْﺷ َﱰَى ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس اﻟﺘﱠ َﺬا ِﻛ َﺮ.
ِﰲ ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﺳ َﻌ ِﺔ إِ ﱠﻻ ِﻋ ْ ِﴩﻳ َﻦ َد ِﻗﻴ َﻘ ًﺔَ ،ﻋﺜَ َﺮ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس وﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣ ْﻘ َﻌ َﺪﻳْ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ ِﰲ َﻋ َﺮﺑَ ِﺔ
اﻟ ﱠﺪ َر َﺟ ِﺔ ا ْﻷُو َﱃَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ َو َﺻ َﻼ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر َو َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل أَ َﻣﺎ َﻣ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ َﺧ ْﻤ ُﺲ َد َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻖ إِ َﺿﺎ ِﻓﻴﱠ ٌﺔَ .ﻛﺎ َن
ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻳَﺘَ َﺸﺒﱠ ُﺚ ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ٍة ِﺑ َﺤ ِﻘﻴﺒَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗَ ْﺤ ِﻮي أَ ْﻣ َﻮا َل َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪ ِهَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل َﻻ ﻳُ َﺼ ﱢﺪ ُق
َﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﺤ ُﺪ ُثَ .و َد ﱠوى َﺻ ِﻔيرُ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر ُﻣ ْﻌ ِﻠﻨًﺎ ﺑَ ْﺪ َء ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺘ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ!
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