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ﺣﻮل اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻢ ﰲ ٨٠ﻳﻮ ًﻣﺎ
َوﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن ﻳَﺘَ َﺠﺎ َذﺑَﺎ ِن أَ ْﻃ َﺮا َف ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺚ ،ﻧَﺎ َم ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﺑ ُﻬ ُﺪو ٍء َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺘَ َﺪﺛﱠ ُﺮ
ِﺑﺒَ ﱠﻄﺎ ِﻧﻴﱠ ٍﺔَ .وأَ ِﺧيرًا ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻒ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن َﻋ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﻼ ِم َوﺑَ ِﻘﻴَﺎ َﺻﺎ ِﻣﺘَ ْي ِنَ ،و َﺷ ﱠﻖ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ُر َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ُﻪ أَﺛْﻨَﺎ َء
اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ِﻞَ ،و ِﺑ ُﺤﻠُﻮ ِل اﻟﻨﱠ َﻬﺎ ِر َﻛﺎ َن َﻗ ْﺪ َﻗ َﻄ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎ َﻓ َﺔ ﺑَ ْي َن ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺒَﺎ ِل ،ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ أَ ْﺻﺒَ َﺤ ْﺖ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ.
َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻣ َﺤ ﱠﻄﺘُ ُﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻷُو َﱃ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ُﻣ َﻐﺎ َد َر ِة ﺑﻮﻣﺒﺎي ِﻫ َﻲ ﺑﺮﻫﺎﻣﺒﻮرَ ،و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻒ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ُر
ِﻟﻠﺘﱠ َﺰ ﱡو ِد ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ِن َوا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺤ ِﻢ ،ا ْﺷ َﱰَى ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﻟﻨَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﺣﺬَاءً َﺟ ِﺪﻳ ًﺪا؛ إِ ْذ إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ َﻘ َﺪ ِﺣﺬَاءَ ُه ِﰲ
اﻟ ﱢﺸ َﺠﺎ ِر ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻌﺒَ ِﺪَ .و َﻛﺎ َن ِﺣ َﺬا ُؤ ُه ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﺪﻳ ُﺪ ِﻋﺒَﺎ َر ًة َﻋ ْﻦ ُﺧ ﱟﻒ ِﻫﻨْ ِﺪ ﱟي ُﻣ َﺰﻳﱠ ٍﻦ ِﺑ َﻶ ِﻟﺊَ َﻏ ْي ِر أَ ْﺻ ِﻠﻴﱠ ٍﺔ،
َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻤﺘَ ِﻠ ْﻚ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻗ ﱡﻂ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﺑ َﻬ َﺬا ا ْﻟ َﺠ َﻤﺎ ِل.
َو ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ﺑَ َﺪأَ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ُر ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَﺄْ ِﻧ ُﻒ ِر ْﺣ َﻠﺘَ ُﻪَ ،ﺟ َﻠ َﺲ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻳَﺘَﺄَ ﱠﻣ ُﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﻓﺬَ ِة،
َو َﻛﺎ َن َﻣ ْﺸ ُﺪو ًﻫﺎ ِﻷَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْ ِﺪ ُدو َن َﻏ ْي ِر َﻫﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻷَ َﻣﺎ ِﻛ ِﻦ؛ َو ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻮا ِﻗ ِﻊ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑَ َﺪأَ ﻳُ َﻐ ﱢيرُ ِﻓ ْﻜ َﺮﺗَ ُﻪ َﻋ ِﻦ
اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ ِﺻ َﻔ ِﺔ ،ﺑَ ْﻞ َوﺑَ َﺪأَ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻤ ِﺘ ُﻊ ِﺑ َﻬﺎ.
َو َﻓ ْﺠﺄَ ًة ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻒ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ُر َو َﺻﺎ َح ُﻣ َﺤ ﱢﺼ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِرَ » :ﻋ َﲆ َﺟ ِﻤﻴ ِﻊ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱠﻛﺎ ِب ُﻣ َﻐﺎ َد َر ُة ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر
ُﻫﻨَﺎ!«
ﻧَ َﻈ َﺮ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس إِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱢﺴي ْر ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺲَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳُ ْﺪ ِر ُك َﺳﺒَ َﺐ ﺗَ َﻮ ﱡﻗ ِﻔ ِﻬ ْﻢ،
َو ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِر ِج َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻗ ْﺮﻳَ ٌﺔ َﺻ ِﻐي َر ٌة ُﻣ َﺤﺎ َﻃ ٌﺔ ِﺑ َﻐﺎﺑَﺎ ٍت ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ْﺷ َﺠﺎ ِر اﻟﻨﱠ ِﺨﻴ ِﻞ .اﻧْ َﺪ َﻓ َﻊ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ
َﺧﺎ ِر َج ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر ِﻟ َيرَى َﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﺤ ُﺪ ُث.
َو ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻋ ْﻮ َد ِﺗ ِﻪ َﻗﺎ َلَ » :ﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي! َﻻ ﻳُﻮ َﺟ ُﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﻀﺒَﺎ ِن!«
َﺳﺄَ َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱢﺴيرْ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺲَ » :ﻣﺎ َذا ﺗَ ْﻌ ِﻨﻲ؟«
أَ َﺟﺎ َب ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ» :أَ ْﻗ ِﺼ ُﺪ أَ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ َر َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﺘَ َﻤ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ ِﻷَﺑْ َﻌ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ«.
َﺧ َﺮ َج اﻟ ِﺠ ِﻨ َﺮا ُل َو َﻟ ِﺤ َﻖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج َو َذ َﻫﺒَﺎ ِﻟﻴَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺪﺛَﺎ َﻣ َﻊ ُﻣ َﺤ ﱢﺼ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر.
َﺳﺄَ َل اﻟ ﱢﺴيرْ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺲَ » :ﻣﺎذَا ﻳَ ْﺤ ُﺪ ُث؟«
– » َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻪ إِﻧْ َﺸﺎءُ اﻟ ﱢﺴ ﱠﻜ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ ﺑَ ْﻌ ُﺪَ ،ﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻣ َﺴﺎ َﻓ ُﺔ َﺧ ْﻤ ِﺴي َن ِﻣﻴ ًﻼ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻪ
إِﻧْ َﺸﺎ ُؤ َﻫﺎ ،ﻳَﺘَ َﻌ ﱠي ُن َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ُﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﻜ َﻤﺎ ُل َﻃ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘ ُﻜ ْﻢ َو ْﺣ َﺪ ُﻛ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ«.
َوﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﺠ ْﻤ َﻠ ِﺔ ،ﺗَ َﺮ َك ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﺼ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ َل اﻟﺜﱠ َﻼﺛَ َﺔَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ أَ ﱞي ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ َﻣﺎذَا
َﺳﻴَ ْﻔ َﻌ ُﻞ ﺑَ ْﻌ ُﺪ.
َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ اﻟ ﱡﺼ ُﺤ ِﻒ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻨْ َﺪ ِﻧﻴﱠ ِﺔ ُﻣ ْﺨ ِﻄﺌَ ًﺔ؛ َﺣﻴْ ُﺚ إِ ﱠن اﻟ ﱢﺴ َﻜ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪﻳﱠ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗَ ْﻘ َﻄ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْ َﺪ
َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻋ َﲆ َو ْﺷ ِﻚ ا ِﻻﻧْ ِﺘ َﻬﺎ ِء.
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