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ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج ﻳُ َﺴﺎ ِﻓ ُﺮ َﻋ ْﱪَ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﺤ ِﺮ ا ْﻷَ ْﺣ َﻤ ِﺮ َوا ْﻟ ُﻤ ِﺤﻴ ِﻂ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْ ِﺪ ﱢي
َﺷﺄْ ُن ُ ْﴍ َﻃ ِﺔ َﻟﻨْ َﺪ َن؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﺠﺎ ِد ْﻟ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ؛ ِﻷَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ أَ ﱠن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻤ ُﻜ َﺚ ِﰲ
ﺑﻮﻣﺒﺎي ِﻟ َﻔ ْ َﱰ ٍة َﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻋ َﲆ أَﻳﱠ ِﺔ َﺣﺎ ٍلَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ إِﻳ َﺠﺎ ُد َو ِﺳﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ أُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِ ِﻹ ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِء ا ْﻟ َﻘﺒْ ِﺾ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ.
ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءَِ ،ﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻗ ِﺪ اﻧْ َﻄ َﻠ َﻖ ِﻟﺘَﻨْ ِﻔﻴ ِﺬ َﻣ َﻬﺎ ﱢﻣ ِﻪَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَ َﺪأَ ﻳُ َﺼ ﱢﺪ ُق أَﻧﱠ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ
ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻔ ْﻌ ِﻞ ِﰲ ِﺳﺒَﺎ ٍق َﺣ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢَ .وﺑْ َﻌ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﻗﺎ َم ِﺑ ِ َﴩاءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﻤ َﺼﺎ ِن َوا ْﻟ َﺠ َﻮا ِر ِب ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ِة ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ
َﻃ َﻠﺒَ َﻬﺎ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ،أَ ْﻣ َﴣ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺾ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﻜ َﺸﺎ ِف َﺷ َﻮا ِر ِع ﺑﻮﻣﺒﺎي َو َﻣﻴَﺎ ِدﻳﻨِ َﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺰ َد ِﺣ َﻤ ِﺔ،
َو َﻛﺎ َن اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ُس ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ُﺪو َن َﻣ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺲ ُﻣ ْﺨﺘَ ِﻠ َﻔ َﺔ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﺼ ِﻤﻴ ِﻢ! َﻓ َﻜﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒﱠ َﻌﺎ ُت ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺪﺑﱠﺒَ ُﺔ َوا ْﻟ ِﻌ َﻤﺎ َﻣﺎ ُت
َوا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻠﻨْ ُﺴ َﻮا ُت ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺮﺑﱠ َﻌ ُﺔ َو َﻋﺒَﺎءَا ٌت َﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٌﺔ؛ َﻓ َﻜﺎ َن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪو ُﻣ ْﺨﺘَ ِﻠ ًﻔﺎ!
َو ِﰲ ِﺧ َﻼ ِل َﺳ ْي ِر ِهَ ،و َﺟ َﺪ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻧَ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﰲ َو ْﺳ ِﻂ َﻣ ْﻮ ِﻛ ٍﺐ َو ِﻓﻴ ِﻪ َﻓﺘَﻴَﺎ ٌت ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺪﻳ َﻦ َﻣ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺲ
َﺟ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ َوﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻗ ْﺼ َﻦ ﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ ﻳَ ْ ِﴬﺑْ َﻦ ُد ُﻓﻮ ًﻓﺎ َﺻﺎ ِﺧﺒَ ًﺔَ .و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻮ ِﻛ ُﺐ َو َﺟ َﺪ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻧَ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ
َﻗ ِﺪ اﻧْ َﺠﺬَ َب إِ َﱃ َﻣ ْﻌﺒَ ٍﺪَ ،و َﻣﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳُ ْﺪ ِر ُﻛ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ أَ ﱠن ا ْﻷَ َﺟﺎ ِﻧ َﺐ َﻣ ْﻤﻨُﻮ ُﻋﻮ َن ِﻣ ْﻦ ُد ُﺧﻮ ِل َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻌﺎ ِﺑ ِﺪ،
َو َﻛﺎ َن ُد ُﺧﻮﻟُ ُﻪ َﻏ ْيرَ َﻗﺎﻧُﻮﻧِ ﱟﻲ!
َﻣﺎ إِ ْن َو ِﻃﺌَ ْﺖ َﻗ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ أَ ْر َض ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻌﺒَ ِﺪ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َو َﺟ َﺪ ﻧَ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ُﻣ ْﻠ ًﻘﻰ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻷَ ْر ِض َﻓ ْﺠﺄَ ًة!
َﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻧْ َﻘ ﱠﺾ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺛَ َﻼﺛَ ُﺔ ُر ْﻫﺒَﺎ ٍن َﻏﺎ ِﺿﺒُﻮ َن َوأَ َﺧﺬُوا ﻳَ ْ ِﴬﺑُﻮﻧَ ُﻪ َوﻳَ ْ ُﴫ ُﺧﻮ َن ِﺑﻠُ َﻐ ٍﺔ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ
َﺧ َﻠ ُﻌﻮا َﻋﻨْ ُﻪ ِﺣ َﺬاءَ ُه! َﻫ ﱠﺐ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َوا ِﻗ ًﻔﺎ َﻋ َﲆ َﻗ َﺪ َﻣﻴْ ِﻪ َو َد َﻓ َﻊ اﺛْﻨَ ْي ِن ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣ َﻬﺎ ِﺟ ِﻤﻴ ِﻪ ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا َواﻧْ َﻄ َﻠ َﻖ
َﺧﺎ ِر ًﺟﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِب ِﺑﺄَ ْﻗ َﴡ ُ ْﴎ َﻋ ٍﺔ.
ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َو َﺻ َﻞ إِ َﱃ َﻣ َﺤ ﱠﻄ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱢﺴ ﱠﻜ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔَ ،ﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ َﻋ ُﺔ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻣﻨَ َﺔ إِ ﱠﻻ َﺧ ْﻤ َﺲ َد َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻖ،
َو َﻛﺎ َن َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ َﻘ َﺪ ُﺣ ْﺰ َﻣ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺠ َﻮا ِر ِب َوا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﻤ َﺼﺎ ِن ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ِة ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺸﺎ َﺟ َﺮ ِةَ ،و َﺣﺎ َو َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ أَ ْن
ﻳَ ْ َﴩ َح َﻣﺎ َﺣ َﺪ َثَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َﻛﺎ َن ُﻣ ْﺴﺘَﺎءً ِﻣ ﱠﻤﺎ َﺣ َﺪ َث.
َو َﻓ ْﻮ َر ُﺻ ُﻌﻮ ِد ِﻫ َﻤﺎ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس» :آ ُﻣ ُﻞ أَ ﱠﻻ ﻳَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﺮ َر َﻫ َﺬا ُﻣ َﺠ ﱠﺪ ًداَ «.ﺧ َﻔ َﺾ
ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َرأْ َﺳ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﺧ َﺠ ٍﻞ َو َو َﻋ َﺪ ِﺑﺄَ ﱠن َﻣﺎ َﺣ َﺪ َث َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﺮ َر ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ًﺔ؛ إِ ْذ َﻛﺎ َن آ ِﺧ ُﺮ َﻣﺎ ﻳُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ُه ُﻫ َﻮ
إِﺛَﺎ َر ُة َﻏ َﻀ ِﺐ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪ ِه.
َﻛﺎ َن ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ ِﺑ ُﺨ ْﻄ َﻮﺗَ ْي ِنَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن َﻋ َﲆ َو ْﺷ ِﻚ ُﺻ ُﻌﻮ ِد ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﻏ ﱠي َر َرأْﻳَ ُﻪ
َﻓ ْﺠﺄَ ًة؛ إِ ْذ إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻛ ِﻠ َﻤ ٍﺔ َو َﻋ ِﻠ َﻢ ِﺑ َﻤﺎ َﺣ َﺪ َث ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻀﺒْ ِﻂ ﻟﺒﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮَ ،ﻓ َﻬ َﻤ َﺲ ِﻟﻨَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ
َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ًﻼَ » :ﺟ ِﺮﻳ َﻤ ٌﺔ ا ْرﺗُ ِﻜﺒَ ْﺖ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻷَ َرا ِﴈ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ!« َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻄ ِﺄ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ا ْرﺗَ َﻜﺒَ ُﻪ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ
ِﺑ ُﺪ ُﺧﻮ ِﻟ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻌﺒَ َﺪَ ،و َﻗﺎ َلَ » :ﻫ َﻜ َﺬا َﺳﺄَ ْﻗ ِﺒ ُﺾ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ!«
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