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ﺣﻮل اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻢ ﰲ ٨٠ﻳﻮ ًﻣﺎ
ِﻟﻠﺘﱠ ْﺪ ِﻓﺌَ ِﺔَ ،وﻧَﺎ َﻣ ْﺖ ﻛﻴﻮﻧﻲ َﺧﺎ ِر َج ا ْﻟ ُﻜﻮ ِخ ُﻣ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻨ َﺪ ًة إِ َﱃ َﺷ َﺠ َﺮ ٍة َﻛ ِﺒي َر ٍةَ ،و ُ ْﴎ َﻋﺎ َن َﻣﺎ َﻏ ﱡﻄﻮا َﺟ ِﻤﻴ ًﻌﺎ
ِﰲ ُﺳﺒَﺎ ٍت َﻋ ِﻤﻴ ٍﻖ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ أَ ْﺻﺒَ َﺢ َﺻ ْﻮ ُت َﺷ ِﺨي ِر ِﻫ ْﻢ َﻣ ْﺴ ُﻤﻮ ًﻋﺎ.
َو ِﺑ ُﺤﻠُﻮ ِل اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِد َﺳ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺻﺒَﺎ ِح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﱄ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَ ُﺸ ﱡﻘﻮ َن َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮىَ ،وأَ َرا َد
َﻋ ِﲇﱞ ﺗَ ْﻮ ِﺻﻴ َﻠ ُﻬ ْﻢ إِ َﱃ َﻣ َﺤ ﱠﻄ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱢﺴ ﱠﻜ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ ِﰲ َﻣ َﺴﺎ ِء ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِمَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﻨﻲ أَ ﱠن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس
َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﺨ َ َﴪ ِﺳ َﻮى ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻠﻴ ِﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻛ َﺴﺒَ ُﻪ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﺑَ ْﺪءِ ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺘ ِﻪ .ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻒ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ُل ﺗَ ْﺤ َﺖ َﺷ َﺠ َﺮ ِة
َﻣ ْﻮ ٍز ِﻟﺘَﻨَﺎ ُو ِل َو ْﺟﺒَ ٍﺔ َﺧ ِﻔﻴ َﻔ ٍﺔَ ،ﺣﻴْ ُﺚ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ أَ َﻣﺎ َﻣ ُﻬ ْﻢ ِﺳ َﻮى َﻣ َﺴﺎ َﻓ ِﺔ اﺛْﻨَ ْﻲ َﻋ َ َﴩ ِﻣﻴ ًﻼ َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂ
ِﻟﻴَ ْﻘ َﻄ ُﻌﻮ َﻫﺎ.
ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ اﻟ ﱠﺮا َﺣ ِﺔَ ،ﻗﺎ َد َﻋ ِﲇﱞ ﻛﻴﻮﻧﻲ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮىَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺠﻨﱠﺒُﻮا
ُﻛ ﱠﻞ إِ َﺷﺎ َرا ِت َﻗﺎ ِﻃ ِﻌﻲ اﻟ ﱡﻄ ُﺮ ِق َوأَ َرا ُدوا ا ِﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﻤ َﺮا َر َﻋ َﲆ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨْ َﻮا ِل.
َو ْﻓ َﺠﺄَ ًة ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻛﻴﻮﻧﻲ.
َﻓ َﺴﺄَ َل اﻟ ﱢﺴي ْر ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺲ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُ ْﺨ ِﺮ ُج َرأْ َﺳ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻬ ْﻮ َد ِجَ » :ﻣﺎ َذا َﺣ َﺪ َث؟« ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ُل
أَ ْﺻ َﻮاﺗًﺎ َﻋﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ًﺔ َﻗﺎ ِد َﻣ ًﺔ َﻋ ْﱪَ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ.
َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻋ ِﲇﱞ» :أَ ْ ِﴎ ُﻋﻮا ،ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺐ أَ ْن ﻧَ ْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺊَ«.
ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َد ﻛﻴﻮﻧﻲ َﺧﺎ ِر َج اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺮا ُﻫ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِد ُﻣﻮ َنَ ،وا ْﻗ َ َﱰﺑَ ْﺖ أَ ْﺻ َﻮا ُت ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻌ ﱠﺪا ِت
َواﻟ ﱠﻀ ْﻮ َﺿﺎءُ أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ َﻓﺄَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻇ َﻬ َﺮ َﻣ ْﺠ ُﻤﻮ َﻋ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ِل ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ُﺪو َن اﻟ ﱢﺰ ﱠي ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺤ ﱢﲇﱠ َوﻳَ ُﺠ ﱡﺮو َن
َﻋ َﺮﺑَ ًﺔ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ َﻬﺎ ِﺗ ْﻤﺜَﺎ ٌل َﻗ ِﺒﻴ ٌﺢ.
َﻫ َﻤ َﺲ اﻟ ﱢﺴي ْر ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺲَ » :ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ ْﻌﺘَ ِﻘ ُﺪ أَﻧﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ َرأَ ْوﻧَﺎ؟« َﻓﺄَ َﺷﺎ َر َﻋ ِﲇﱞ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪ ِه أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺼ ُﻤ َﺖ.
َر َﻗ َﺺ ﺑَ ْﻌ ُﺾ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ِل َﺣ ْﻮ َل اﻟﺘﱢ ْﻤﺜَﺎ ِلَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ َﻌ ِﺪﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ُﺪو َن أَﺛْ َﻮاﺑًﺎ َﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ
َﻣ ْﺠ ُﻤﻮ َﻋ ٌﺔ أُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﺗَ ُﺠ ﱡﺮ ا ْﻣ َﺮأَ ًة َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ َﻬﺎَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺴ ُﻘ ُﻂ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ُﺧ ْﻄ َﻮ ٍة ﺗَ ْﺨ ُﻄﻮ َﻫﺎ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ
َﺷﺎﺑﱠ ًﺔ َﺣ ْﺴﻨَﺎ َء ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺪﻳَ ًﺔ َﺟ َﻮا ِﻫ َﺮ ِﰲ ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ َﻬﺎ َو َﻗ َﺪ َﻣﻴْ َﻬﺎ َو َر َﻗﺒَ ِﺘ َﻬﺎ َو ِذ َرا َﻋﻴْ َﻬﺎ َو َﺳﺎ َﻗﻴْ َﻬﺎَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ ُﺤ ﱠﺮا ُس
ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬﻳ َﻦ ﻳَﺘْﺒَ ُﻌﻮﻧَ َﻬﺎ ﻳَ ْﺤ ِﻤﻠُﻮ َن ُﺳﻴُﻮ ًﻓﺎ ِﻋ ْﻤ َﻼ َﻗ ًﺔ َﺣﺎ ﱠد ًة.
َﻫ َﻤ َﺲ اﻟ ﱢﺴيرْ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺲ» :أَ ْﻋﺘَ ِﻘ ُﺪ أَﻧﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﺳﻴُ ْﺆذُو َن ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴ ِﻜﻴﻨَ َﺔ«.
َﻓﺄَ َﺟﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس» :أَ ْﻋﺘَ ِﻘ ُﺪ أَﻧﱠ َﻚ َﻋ َﲆ َﺣ ﱟﻖ .إِﻧﱠ َﻬﺎ أَ ِﻣي َر ٌة ،اﻧْ ُﻈ ُﺮوا إِ َﱃ َﻣﺎ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺪﻳ ِﻪَ .ﻟ َﺪ ﱠي اﺛْﻨَﺘَﺎ
َﻋ ْ َﴩ َة َﺳﺎ َﻋ ًﺔ َزا ِﺋ َﺪ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ ،ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺐ َﻋ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ إِﻧْ َﻘﺎذُ َﻫﺎ!«
َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱢﺴي ْر ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺲُ » :ﻣ َﻮا ِﻓ ٌﻖ!«
َوأَ َﺿﺎ َف ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮُ » :ﻣ َﻮا ِﻓ ٌﻖ!«
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