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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬

‫ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج ُﻳ َﺴﺎ ِﻓ ُﺮ َﻋ ْ َﱪ ا ْﻟ َﺒ ْﺤ ِﺮ ا ْ َﻷ ْ َﲪ ِﺮ‬
‫َوا ْﳌ ُ ِﺤﻴ ِﻂ ا ْ ِﳍ ْﻨ ِﺪ ﱢي‬

‫َﻏﺎ َد َر ِت ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ُة »ﻣﻨﻐﻮﻟﻴﺎ« اﻟ ﱡﺴ َﻮﻳْ َﺲ ِﰲ َﻣ ْﻮ ِﻋ ِﺪ َﻫﺎ — ِﰲ ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ِم اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻟﺜَ ِﺔ َﻋ ْ ًﴫا َﺣ ْﺴ َﺐ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮ ِﻗﻴ ِﺖ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺤ ﱢﲇﱢ — َوﺑَ َﺪأَ ْت ِر ْﺣ َﻠﺘَ َﻬﺎ إِ َﱃ َﻋ َﺪن‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻜ َ ِﱰ ْث ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج َﻛ ِﺜيرًا ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺸﺎ َﻫ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻤﻨَﺎ ِﻇ ِﺮ‬
‫اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺒﻴ ِﻌﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻗ َﴣ َﻗ ِﻠﻴ ًﻼ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ َﻋ َﲆ َﺳ ْﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة‪َ ،‬و ِﻋ َﻮ ًﺿﺎ َﻋ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أَ ْﻣ َﴣ ُﻣ ْﻌ َﻈ َﻢ‬

‫َو ْﻗ ِﺘ ِﻪ َﻛ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﻔ َﻌ ُﻞ ِﰲ ﻧَﺎ ِدي »رﻳﻔﻮرم ﻛﻠﻮب«‪ :‬ﻳَﺘَﻨَﺎ َو ُل َو َﺟﺒَﺎ ِﺗ ِﻪ َوﻳَ ْﻠ َﻌ ُﺐ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َر َق‪.‬‬
‫َﻋ َﲆ اﻟﻨﱠ ِﻘﻴ ِﺾ ِﻣ ْﻦ َرﺋِﻴ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻤ ِﺘ ُﻊ َﺣ ٍّﻘﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻤﻨَﺎ ِﻇ ِﺮ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺒﻴ ِﻌﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎ َن‬

‫ﻳَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠي ُن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ُﻓ ْﺮ َﺻ ٍﺔ ِﻟﻠ ﱡﺼ ُﻌﻮ ِد َﻋ َﲆ َﻇ ْﻬ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة ِﻟ ُﻤ َﺸﺎ َﻫ َﺪ ِة َﻣﺎ ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮو َن ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫َو ِﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َﻣﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑ َﻤ َﻬﺎ ﱢﻣ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِﻣﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ ِدﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎﺑَ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﻘ َﻖ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ‪.‬‬

‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ‪َ » :‬ﻣ ْﺮ َﺣﺒًﺎ‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠ َﻚ اﻟﻨﱠ ِﺒﻴ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﻄﻴﱢ ُﺐ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻗﺎﺑَ ْﻠﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱡﺴ َﻮﻳْ ِﺲ‪«.‬‬
‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻜﺲ‪َ » :‬وأَﻧْ َﺖ َﺧﺎ ِد ُم ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ِﻞ ا ْ ِﻹﻧْ ِﺠ ِﻠﻴ ِﺰ ﱢي َﻏ ِﺮﻳ ِﺐ ا ْﻷَ ْﻃ َﻮا ِر!«‬
‫– » َﻫ َﺬا َﺻ ِﺤﻴ ٌﺢ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ُﺪ …«‬
‫– »ﻓﻴﻜﺲ‪«.‬‬

‫َﻛ ﱠﺮ َر ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ‪» :‬ﻓﻴﻜﺲ‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ َﺳ ِﻌﻴ ٌﺪ ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺘ َﻚ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔ‪ .‬إِ َﱃ أَﻳْ َﻦ ﺗَ ْﺬ َﻫ ُﺐ؟«‬
‫– »إِ َﱃ ﺑﻮﻣﺒﺎي‪«.‬‬

‫َﺳﺄَ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ‪َ » :‬ﺣ ٍّﻘﺎ‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠ َﻬﺎ ِو ْﺟ َﻬﺘُﻨَﺎ ﻧَ ْﺤ ُﻦ أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ! َﻫ ْﻞ ُز ْر َت ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ؟«‬
‫أَ َﺟﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻄﺒْ ِﻊ َﻗ ْﺪ َزا َر ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪َ ،‬وأَﻧﱠ ُﻪ — ِﻟﻴُ ْﺨ ِﻔ َﻲ ُﻫ ِﻮﻳﱠﺘَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﻘﻴ ِﻘﻴﱠ َﺔ‬
‫َﻛ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﻘ ٍﻖ ِﰲ َﻟﻨْ َﺪ َن — َو ِﻛﻴ ٌﻞ َﻟ َﺪى َ ِﴍ َﻛ ِﺔ ﺑﻨﻴﻨﺴﻮﻻر آﻧﺪ أورﻳﻨﺘﺎل‪َ ،‬و ِﻫ َﻲ اﻟ ﱠ ِﴩ َﻛ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎ ِﻟ َﻜ ُﺔ‬