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ﺣﻮل اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻢ ﰲ ٨٠ﻳﻮ ًﻣﺎ
َﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َﻗ ِﺼيرَ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ َﻣ ِﺔَ ،ذا َﻋﻴْﻨَي ِن َﺿﻴﱢ َﻘﺘَ ْي ِنَ ،و َﺣ َﻮا ِﺟ َﺐ َﻛ ِﺜﻴ َﻔ ٍﺔ ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻔ ُﺾ
ِﺑﺎ ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﻤ َﺮا ٍر ِﺑ َﺸ ْﻜ ٍﻞ َﻻ إِ َرا ِد ﱟيَ .و ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻣ ْﻈ َﻬ ِﺮ ِه ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳَ ْﺠ َﻌﻠُ ُﻪ ﻳُ ْﺸ ِﺒ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺄْ َرَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ُﻣ َﺤ ﱢﻘ ًﻘﺎ
ذَ ِﻛﻴٍّﺎَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻣ ِﻬ ﱠﻤﺘُ ُﻪ أَ ْن ﻳُ َﺮا ِﻗ َﺐ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َرا ِﻛ ٍﺐ ﻳَﺄْ ِﺗﻲ إِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱡﺴ َﻮﻳْ ِﺲَ ،و َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أَ ْن ﻳُﺒْ ِﻠ َﻎ َﻋ ْﻦ أَ ﱢي َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ
َﻗ ْﺪ ﻳَ ْﺸﺘَ ِﺒ ُﻪ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱢﻠ ﱡﺺ.
َو َﻛﺎ َن ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ﻳَ ُﻘﻮ ُل ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻤ ﱠﺮ ِة ا ْﻟ ِﻌ ْ ِﴩﻳ َﻦَ » :ﺣ َﺴﻨًﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﺳﺘﻴﻔﻨﺴﻮن ،أَﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل إِ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ َة
ﺗَ ِﺼ ُﻞ » َدا ِﺋ ًﻤﺎ« ِﰲ َﻣ ْﻮ ِﻋ ِﺪ َﻫﺎ؟«
ﺗَﻨَ ﱠﻬ َﺪ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﺘﻴﻔﻨﺴﻮن» :ﻧَ َﻌ ْﻢ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﻓﻴﻜﺲَ ،ﻫﺬَا َﺻ ِﺤﻴ ٌﺢَ ،و ِﰲ ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﺾ ا ْﻷَ ْﺣﻴَﺎ ِن ﺗَ ِﺼ ُﻞ
ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ُة »ﻣﻨﻐﻮﻟﻴﺎ« َﻗﺒْ َﻞ َﻣ ْﻮ ِﻋ ِﺪ َﻫﺎ«.
َﺳﺄَ َل ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﻘ ُﻖَ » :و َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَﺄْ ِﺗﻲ ُﻣﺒَﺎ َ َﴍ ًة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑﺮﻳﻨﺪﻳﺰي ِﰲ إِﻳ َﻄﺎﻟﻴَﺎ؟«
َﻗﺎ َل ﺳﺘﻴﻔﻨﺴﻮنَ » :ﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮىَ ،ﻫ َﺬا َﺻ ِﺤﻴ ٌﺢ؛ َﻓﺎﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ُﺔ ﺗَ ْﺠ َﻤ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ َ ِﱪﻳ َﺪ ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺗُ َﻐﺎ ِد ُر ِﰲ
ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِﻣ َﺴ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻣ َﺴﺎ ِء ﻳَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟ ﱠﺴﺒْ ِﺖَ ،وا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻮا ِﻋﻴ ُﺪ َﻻ ﺗَﺘَ َﻐ ﱠيرُ أَﺑَ ًﺪا» .ﻣﻨﻐﻮﻟﻴﺎ« َﺳﺘَ ِﺼ ُﻞ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ِم
ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎ ِدﻳَ َﺔ َﻋ ْ َﴩ َة ،ﺗَ َﺤ ﱠﻞ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺼ ْ ِﱪ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﻓﻴﻜﺲَ .و َﻋ َﲆ أَﻳﱠ ِﺔ َﺣﺎ ٍلَ ،ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ َﻻ أَ ْﻓ َﻬ ُﻢ َﻛﻴْ َﻒ َﺳﺘَﺘَ َﻤ ﱠﻜ ُﻦ
ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻌﺜُﻮ ِر َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ِﻞ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﺗَﺒْ َﺤ ُﺚ َﻋﻨْ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻮا َﺻ َﻔﺎ ِت ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ َﻚ َﻋﻨْ ُﻪَ ،ﻓ ِﻤ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻤ ِﻜ ِﻦ أَ ْن
ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ َن أَ ﱠي َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ؛ إِذْ إِ ﱠن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ا ْﻟ َﻌ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱡﺒَ َﻼءِ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬﻳ َﻦ ﻳَﺄﺗُﻮ َن إِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ إِﻳ َﻄﺎﻟﻴَﺎ«.
أَ َﺟﺎ َب ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َ ِﴎﻳ ًﻌﺎ» :ﻧَ َﻌ ْﻢ! َو َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي ،ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺮ ُء ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻪ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ َﺮ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن
ِﺑ ُﺼ ْﺤﺒَ ِﺔ أَ ْ َﴍا ٍرَ ،ﻓ َﻠ َﺪ ﱠي ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ُة إِ ْﺣ َﺴﺎ ٍس ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢَ ،ﺣﺎ ﱠﺳ ٌﺔ َﺳﺎ ِد َﺳ ٌﺔ ﺗَ ْﻤ ِﺰ ُج اﻟ ﱠﺴ ْﻤ َﻊ َواﻟﻨﱠ َﻈ َﺮ َواﻟ ﱠﺸ ﱠﻢ!
َو َﻫ َﻜﺬَا أَ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أَ ْن أُ َﻣﻴﱢ َﺰ ُه«.
َﺳﺄَ َل ﺳﺘﻴﻔﻨﺴﻮنَ » :ﺣﺘﱠﻰ إِ َذا َﻛﺎ َن َر ُﺟ ًﻼ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱡﺒَ َﻼءِ؟«
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻜﺲَ » :ﺳ ْﻮ َف أَ َﺷ ﱡﻢ َرا ِﺋ َﺤ َﺔ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ِﻞ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َو َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛﺎ َن ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱡﺒَ َﻼءِ!«
َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ َﻋ ُﺔ ﺗُ ِﺸيرُ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ ِ َﴍ ِة َواﻟﻨﱢ ْﺼ ِﻒ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ﺑَ َﺪأَ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺻﻴ ُﻒ ِﰲ ا ِﻻ ْز ِد َﺣﺎ ِمَ ،ﺣﻴْ ُﺚ
َﻣ ﱠﺮ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠﺤﺎ َر ُة َواﻟﺘﱡ ﱠﺠﺎ ُر َوﺑَﻨﱠﺎ ُءو اﻟ ﱡﺴ ُﻔ ِﻦ َوا ْﻟ َﺤ ﱠﻤﺎﻟُﻮ َنَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﻘ ُﻖ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ﻳَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﺤ ُﺺ ِﺑ َﺤ َﺬ ٍر ُﻛ ﱠﻞ
َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ِﺑ َﺠﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َلَ » :ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺄْ ِت »ﻣﻨﻐﻮﻟﻴﺎ« ﺑَ ْﻌ ُﺪ!«
َﻛ ﱠﺮ َر ﺳﺘﻴﻔﻨﺴﻮنَ » :ﺳﺘَ ِﺼ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ُﺔ ِﰲ َﻣ ْﻮ ِﻋ ِﺪ َﻫﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱠﺪ ِد«.
َﺳﺄَ َل ﻓﻴﻜﺲَ » :ﻛ ْﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ َﺳﺘَ َﻈ ﱡﻞ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱡﺴ َﻮﻳْ ِﺲ؟«
أَ َﺟﺎ َب ﺳﺘﻴﻔﻨﺴﻮنِ » :ﻷَ ْرﺑَ ِﻊ َﺳﺎ َﻋﺎ ٍت َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺘَ َﺰ ﱠو َد ِﺑ َﺤ ُﻤﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ َﺟ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺤ ِﻢ«.
– » َو ِﺣﻴﻨَ َﻬﺎ ﺗُﺒْ ِﺤ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ُة ُﻣﺒَﺎ َ َﴍ ًة إِ َﱃ ﺑﻮﻣﺒﺎي؟«
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