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ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج َﻋ َﲆ َﻇ ْﻬ ِﺮ ِﻓﻴ ٍﻞ
َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱢﺴيرْ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺲِ » :ﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْ ِﻛﻴ ِﺪَ ،ﺳﺘُ َﻤﺜﱢ ُﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ُﻣ ْﺸ ِﻜ َﻠ ًﺔ َﻟ َﻚ؛ إِ ْذ إِﻧﱠ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ
ا ْﻟ ُﻮ ُﺻﻮ َل إِ َﱃ ﻛﻠﻜﺘﺎ ا ْﻵ َن«.
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسِ » :ﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻌ ْﻜ ِﺲَ ،ﻟ َﺪ ﱠي ِﻋ ﱠﺪ ُة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم إِ َﺿﺎ ِﻓﻴﱠ ٍﺔ؛ َﻓﺎ ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم َﻣﺎ َزا َل اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧ َﻲ َوا ْﻟ ِﻌ ْ ِﴩﻳ َﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ
أُ ْﻛﺘُﻮﺑَ َﺮ َو َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗُ َﻐﺎ ِد َر ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ُة إِ َﱃ ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ إِ ﱠﻻ ﻳَ ْﻮ َم ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِﻣ ِﺲ َوا ْﻟ ِﻌ ْ ِﴩﻳ َﻦَ ،ﻓ َﻤﺎ َزا َل َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻨَﺎ
ُﻣﺘﱠ َﺴ ٌﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻮ ُﺻﻮ ِل إِ َﱃ ﻛﻠﻜﺘﺎ«.
َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسَ » :ﺳﻨَ ْﻘ َﻄ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎ َﻓ َﺔ َﺳ ْيرًا َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻷَ ْﻗ َﺪا ِم«.
ﻧَ َﻈ َﺮ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ إِ َﱃ ِﺣ َﺬا ِﺋ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪَ ،وا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﺼ ُﻤ َﺪ ِﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎ َﻓ ِﺔ َﺧ ْﻤ ِﺴي َن ِﻣﻴ ًﻼ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ْي ِر،
َوﻧَ َﻈ َﺮ َﺣ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻟ َﺪ ِﻗﻴ َﻘ ٍﺔ ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل» :أَ ْﻋﺘَ ِﻘ ُﺪ أَﻧﱠ ِﻨﻲ َو َﺟ ْﺪ ُت َﻃ ِﺮﻳ ًﻘﺎ آ َﺧ َﺮ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي!«
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسَ » :ﻣﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺎ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ؟«
أَ َﺷﺎ َر ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪ ِه إِ َﱃ ُﻛﻮ ٍخ َﺻ ِﻐي ٍر ﻳَﺒْ ُﻌ ُﺪ ِﻋ ﱠﺪ َة ﻳَﺎ ْر َدا ٍت َﻋ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺤ ﱠﻄ ِﺔ َو َﻗﺎ َلِ » :ﻓﻴ ٌﻞ!« و َﻛﺎ َن ﺛَ ﱠﻤ َﺔ
ِﻓﻴ ٌﻞ ﻳَ ِﻘ ُﻒ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻔ ْﻌ ِﻞَ ،و َﺳﺎ َر اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ُل اﻟﺜﱠ َﻼﺛَ ُﺔ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻜﻮ ِخ َو َﻃ َﺮ ُﻗﻮا ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ َبَ ،ﻓ َﺨ َﺮ َج َر ُﺟ ٌﻞ
ِﻫﻨْ ِﺪ ﱞي َوأَ َرا ُﻫ ْﻢ »ﻛﻴﻮﻧﻲ«َ ،و َﻛﺎ َن َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﺳ َﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﻔﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ.
َﺣﺎ َو َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﺗَﺄْ ِﺟي َر ا ْﻟ ِﻔﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ِ ِﻹﻳ َﺼﺎ ِﻟ ِﻬ ْﻢ إِ َﱃ َﻣ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ »ﷲ أﺑﺎد«َ ،ﺣﻴْ ُﺚ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﺄْ ِﻧ ُﻒ اﻟ ﱢﺴ ﱠﻜ ُﺔ
ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪﻳﱠ ُﺔ ِر ْﺣ َﻠﺘَ َﻬﺎَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ َر َﻓ َﺾَ ،ﻓ َﻌ َﺮ َض َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َﻣﺒْ َﻠ ًﻐﺎ أَ ْﻛ َ َﱪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎ ِلَ ،ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ أَ َ ﱠﴏ َﻋ َﲆ
اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻓ ِﺾَ .وﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ِﻋ ﱠﺪ ِة َد َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺴﺎ َو َﻣ ِﺔ َﻋ َﺮ َض ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َﻣﺒْ َﻠ َﻎ ِﺳﺘﱢ ِﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ ُﺟﻨَﻴْ ٍﻪَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ا ْ ِﻹ َﺟﺎﺑَ َﺔ
َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻓ ِﺾ! ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﺣﺎ َو َل ِ َﴍا َء ﻛﻴﻮﻧﻲ ُﻣ َﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ أَ ْﻟ ِﻒ ُﺟﻨَﻴْ ٍﻪَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠ َﻖ َﻋ ْﺮ ُﺿ ُﻪ َﻗﺒُﻮ ًﻻ
َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ! ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢ َﻬﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﺿ ُﻄ ﱠﺮ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ِﻟ َﻌ ْﺮ ِض ِ َﴍا ِﺋ َﻬﺎ ُﻣ َﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ أَ ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻲ ُﺟﻨَﻴْ ٍﻪ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﻳُ َﻮا ِﻓ َﻖ ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎ ِﻟ ُﻚ.
َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ» :أَ ْﻟ َﻔﺎ ُﺟﻨَﻴْ ٍﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ْﺟ ِﻞ ِﻓﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ!« َوﺗَ َﻌ ﱠﺠ َﺐ ِﻷَ ﱠن َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ُه َﻛﺎ َن َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﻌ َﺪا ٍد
ِ ِﻹﻧْ َﻔﺎ ِق ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ َﻮا ِل!
َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺗَ َﻌ ﱠي َن َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ ُﻌﺜُﻮ ُر َﻋ َﲆ ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﺷ ٍﺪَ ،و َو َﺟ ُﺪوا ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ َﺷﺎﺑٍّﺎ َﻟ ِﻄﻴ ًﻔﺎ ﻳُ ْﺪ َﻋﻰ
َﻋ ِﻠﻴٍّﺎ َﻓﺎ ْﺳﺘَﺄْ َﺟ ُﺮو ُه َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻮ ِرَ .ﻛ َﻤﺎ ا ْﺷ َﱰَ ُوا ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ َن َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َوأَ ْﺻﺒَ ُﺤﻮا َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﻌ َﺪا ٍد ِﻟﻠ ﱠﺮ ِﺣﻴ ِﻞ.
َﺟ َﻠ َﺲ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َواﻟ ﱢﺴيرْ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺲ َﻋ َﲆ ُﻛ ْﺮ ِﺳﻴﱠ ْي ِن َﻋ َﲆ َﺟﺎ ِﻧﺒَ ِﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﻔﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ — ﻳُ ْﻄ َﻠ ُﻖ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ َﻫ ْﻮ َد ٌج
— ﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ َﺟ َﻠ َﺲ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﺑَ ْي َن اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻠ ْي ِنَ ،ﻋ َﲆ َﻇ ْﻬ ِﺮ ﻛﻴﻮﻧﻲَ ،و َﺟ َﻠ َﺲ ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﺷ ُﺪ ُﻫ ْﻢ َﻋ َﲆ َر َﻗﺒَﺘِ َﻬﺎ،
َوﺑَ َﺪ ُءوا ِر ْﺣ َﻠﺘَ ُﻬ ْﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺮﻳَ ِﺔ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ َﻋ ِﺔ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﺳ َﻌ ِﺔَ ،وﺑَ َﺪ ُءوا ﻳَ ُﺸ ﱡﻘﻮ َن َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻋ ْﱪَ َﻏﺎﺑَ ِﺔ اﻟﻨﱠ ِﺨﻴ ِﻞ
ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ِﺤﻴ َﻄ ِﺔ ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ.
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