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اﻟﺘﱠ َﻌ ﱡﺮ ُف إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﻘ ِﻖ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ
َﻓ َﺬ َﻫ َﺐ إِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َو َﻗﺎ َلَ » :ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَﺘَﺄَ ﱠﻣ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻜﺎ َن؟«
أَ َﺟﺎ َب ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ» :إِﻧﱠﻨَﺎ ﻧُ َﺴﺎ ِﻓ ُﺮ ِﰲ َﻋ َﺠ َﻠ ٍﺔ َوأَ ْر َﻏ ُﺐ ِﰲ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ َﻣﺎ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ِﻨﻲ .إِذَ ْنَ ،ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ِﻫ َﻲ
ِﻣ ْ ُﴫ؟«
– »ﻧَ َﻌ ْﻢَ ،ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ِﻫ َﻲ ِﻣ ْ ُﴫ«.
– »ﺗَ َﻘ ُﻊ ِﰲ أَ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘﻴَﺎ؟«
أَ َﺟﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ» :ﻧَ َﻌ ْﻢ«.
ﺗَ َﻌ ﱠﺠ َﺐ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َو َﻗﺎ َل» :أَ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘﻴَﺎ! إِﻧﱠ ِﻨﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أُ َﺳﺎ ِﻓ ْﺮ َﻗ ﱡﻂ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ أَﺑْ َﻌ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﺎ ِرﻳ َﺲ ،إِﻧﱠ َﻬﺎ
َو َﻃ ِﻨﻲ َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨَﺎ َﻣ َﺮ ْرﻧَﺎ ِﺑ َﻬﺎ ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ ِﻟ َﺪ َر َﺟ ِﺔ أَﻧﱠ ِﻨﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أُ َﺷﺎ ِﻫ ْﺪ إِ ﱠﻻ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ َﺔ ﺑَ ْي َن ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺤ ﱠﻄ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺸ َﻤﺎ ِﻟﻴﱠ ِﺔ
َو َﻣ َﺤ ﱠﻄ ِﺔ ﻟﻴﻮن«.
َﺳﺄَ َل ﻓﻴﻜﺲ» :إِﻧﱠ َﻚ ِﰲ َﻋ َﺠ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ْﻣ ِﺮ َك إِذَن؟« َو َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ َﺤﺎ ِو ُل أَ ﱠﻻ ﻳَ ْﻄ َﺮ َح ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜيرَ ِﻣ َﻦ
ا ْﻷَ ْﺳ ِﺌ َﻠ ِﺔ.
أَ َﺟﺎ َب ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮَ » :ﻛ ﱠﻼ ،إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي َو َﻟﻴْ َﺲ أَﻧَﺎَ ،ﻓ ُﻬ َﻮ ﻳَ ُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑ َﺠ ْﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ َﺣ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ«.
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻜﺲَ » :ﺟ ْﻮ َﻟ ٌﺔ َﺣ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ!«
َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ» :ﻧَ َﻌ ْﻢ ِﰲ ﺛَ َﻤﺎ ِﻧي َن ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎَ ،و ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ُﻘﻮ ُل إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ ِر َﻫﺎ ٌنَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ﺑَﻴْ ِﻨﻲ َوﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻚ أَﻧَﺎ
َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ ُﻣﺘَﺄَ ﱢﻛ ًﺪا ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚَ ،ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ َوأَ ﱠن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أَ ْﻣ ًﺮا آ َﺧ َﺮ«.
أَ َﺿﺎ َف ﻓﻴﻜﺲِ » :ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻄﺒْ ِﻊ!«
– » َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي َر ُﺟ ٌﻞ ﺛَ ِﺮ ﱞيَ ،و ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﺤ ِﻤ ُﻞ َﻣﺒْ َﻠ ًﻐﺎ َﻛ ِﺒي ًرا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻷَ ْو َرا ِق ا ْﻟﺒَﻨْ ِﻜﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ِةَ ،و َﺳﻴَ ْﻔ َﻌ ُﻞ
أَ ﱠي َ ْﳾءٍ ِﻟ َي ْرﺑَ َﺢ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﻫﺎ َن«.
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮىِ » :ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻄﺒْ ِﻊ! َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ُف اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ﻓﻮج ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َو ْﻗ ٍﺖ َﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٍﻞ؟«
َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮَ » :ﻻَ ،ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺑَ َﺪأْ ُت ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻤ َﻞ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ِﰲ ﻧَ ْﻔ ِﺲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻏﺎ َد ْرﻧَﺎ ِﻓﻴ ِﻪَ .ﻋ َﲇﱠ أَ ْن
أَ ْذ َﻫ َﺐ ا ْﻵ َن؛ َﻓﻴَ ِﺠ ُﺐ أَ ْن أَ ْﺷ َ ِﱰ َي ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺾ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﻤ َﺼﺎ ِن ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ِة ِﻟ َﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪي َﻗﺒْ َﻞ َﻋ ْﻮ َد ِﺗﻲ َﻋ َﲆ َﻇ ْﻬ ِﺮ
اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔ؛ َﻓﻨَ ْﺤ ُﻦ ِﰲ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘﻨَﺎ إِ َﱃ ﺑﻮﻣﺒﺎي ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ!«
َﻛﺎ َن ﺗَ َﺪ ﱡﻓ ُﻖ ا ْﻟ َﺤ َﻘﺎ ِﺋ ِﻖ أَ ْﻏ َﺰ َر ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻮ ِﻋﺒَ ُﻪ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ؛ َﻓﺎﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ ُﺮ اﻟ ﱠ ِﴪﻳ ُﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻟﻨْ َﺪ َن َوا ْﻟ َﻤﺒْ َﻠ ُﻎ
ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎ ِﱄﱡ اﻟ ﱠﻀ ْﺨ ُﻢ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳَ ْﺤ ِﻤﻠُﻪ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮجَ ،و َﻛ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺣ ِﻘﻴ َﻘ ُﺔ أَ ﱠن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻳُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ َﺮ ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ
إِ َﱃ ُد َو ٍل ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ َﺪ ٍة ،ﻧَﺎ ِﻫﻴ َﻚ َﻋ ْﻦ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ُﻣ َﻄﺎ ِﺑ ٌﻖ ِﻟ ُﻤ َﻮا َﺻ َﻔﺎ ِت اﻟ ﱢﻠ ﱢﺺ؛ إِذْ إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱡﺒَ َﻼءُِ .ﻫ ِﺮ َع ﻓﻴﻜﺲ
إِ َﱃ َﻣ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺐ اﻟ ﱢﺪﺑْﻠُﻮ َﻣﺎ ِ ﱢﳼ ِﻟ ُيرْ ِﺳ َﻞ ﺑَ ْﺮ ِﻗﻴﱠ ًﺔ إِ َﱃ َﻟﻨْ َﺪ َن.
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