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ُﻣ َﻐﺎ َﻣ َﺮ ُة ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج وﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َواﻟ ﱢﺴي ْر ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺲ
َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻋ ِﲇﱞ» :إِ َذا أَ ْﻣ َﺴ ُﻜﻮا ِﺑ ُﻜ ْﻢَ ،ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﺣﺘْ ًﻤﺎ َﺳﻴُ َﻌﺬﱢﺑُﻮﻧَ ُﻜ ْﻢَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﺳﺄُ َﺳﺎ ِﻋ ُﺪ ُﻛ ْﻢَ ،ﻓ ِﺘ ْﻠ َﻚ
ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﻳَﺄْ ِ ُﴎوﻧَ َﻬﺎ ِﻫ َﻲ اﺑْﻨَ ُﺔ ﺗَﺎ ِﺟ ٍﺮ ﺛَ ِﺮ ﱟي ِﰲ ﺑﻮﻣﺒﺎيَ ،و ِﻫ َﻲ َﻓﺘَﺎ ٌة َﻣ ْﺸ ُﻬﻮ َر ٌة َوﺗُ ْﺪ َﻋﻰ ﻋﻮدا«.
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسَ » :ﻫ َﺬا ﻳُ َﻔ ﱢ ُﴪ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ َﺮَ ،ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَ َ ُﴎو َﻫﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﺤ ُﺼﻮ ِل َﻋ َﲆ ِﻓ ْﺪﻳَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ْﻫ ِﻠ َﻬﺎ ِ ِﻹ َﻋﺎ َد ِﺗ َﻬﺎ!
َد ُﻋﻮﻧَﺎ ﻧُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ْﺮ ِﰲ ُﺧ ﱠﻄ ٍﺔَ ،و ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻷَ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ ا ِﻻﻧْ ِﺘ َﻈﺎ ُر َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ُﻫﺒُﻮ ِط اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ِﻞ«.
أَ ْو َﻣﺄَ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊَ ،وأَ َﺿﺎ َف اﻟ ﱢﺴيرْ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺲ» :ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺐ َﻋ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ﻧَ ْﻘ ُﻞ ُﻣ َﺨﻴﱠ ِﻤﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ ْﻢ،
َﻓ َﻬ َﻜﺬَا ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜ ُﻦ َﻟﻨَﺎ َر ْﺻ ُﺪ َﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﻔ َﻌﻠُﻮﻧَ ُﻪ«.
َرﺑَ ُﻄﻮا ﻛﻴﻮﻧﻲ ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻗ َ َﱰﺑُﻮا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﻧي َرا ٌن َﻛ ِﺜﻴ َﻔ ٌﺔ ﺗَ ْﺸﺘَ ِﻌ ُﻞَ ،و َﺳ ِﻤ ُﻌﻮا
َﺻ َﺨﺒًﺎ َﻛ ِﺒي ًراَ .ﺧ ﱠﻄ َﻂ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ُل ِﻟ َﺸ ﱢﻖ ِﺟ َﺪا ِر َﺣﺎ ِﺋ ِﻂ ا ْﻟ ُﻜﻮ ِخ َﺣﻴْ ُﺚ َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ُﻣ ْﺤﺘَ َﺠ َﺰ ًة ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ
َﺧ ْﻄ ِﻔ َﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َكَ ،واﻧْﺘَ َﻈ ُﺮوا َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﺣ ﱠﻞ اﻟ ﱠﻈ َﻼ ُم َوﻧَﺎ َم ا ْﻟ ُﺤ ﱠﺮا ُس ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻞ َﻋ ِﲇﱞ وﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ
َوﺑَ َﺪآ ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﺤ ِﻄﻴ ِﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ َﺪا ِر ،ﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱢﺴيرْ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺲ وﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻳُ َﺮا ِﻗﺒَﺎ ِن ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ ْﻠ ِﻒ َﺷ َﺠ َﺮ ٍة
َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ.
َو َﻓ ْﺠﺄَ ًة َﻫ َﻤ َﺲ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس» :ﻳَﺎ إِ َﻟ ِﻬﻲ! َﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ ا ْﺳﺘَﻴْ َﻘ َﻆ ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎ ِر ُس! ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺐ أَ ْن ﻧَ ْﻔ َﻌ َﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ
أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﻌﺜُ َﺮ َﻋ َﲆ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ«.
ﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن ِﺑ ُﻬ ُﺪو ٍء َﺧ ْﻠ َﻒ ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎ ِر ِس َو َ َﴐﺑَﺎ ُه َﻋ َﲆ َرأْ ِﺳ ِﻪَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﺑ ِﻨﻴﱠﺘِ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ إِ ْﻟ َﺤﺎ ُق
أَ ًذى َﺷ ِﺪﻳ ٍﺪ ِﺑ ِﻪَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﻂ أَ َرا ُدوا إِﺑْ َﻘﺎ َء ُه ﻧَﺎ ِﺋ ًﻤﺎَ .واﻧْ َﻀ ﱠﻢ اﻟ ﱢﺴي ْر ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺲ وﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس إِ َﱃ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ
َو َﻋ ِﲇﱟ ِﻟ َﺸ ﱢﻖ ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎ ِﺋ ِﻂَ ،و ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢ َﻬﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﻧَ َﺠ ُﺤﻮا ِﰲ ُﻋﺒُﻮ ِر ِه!
َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴ ِﻜﻴﻨَ ُﺔ ُﻣ ْﻠ َﻘﺎ ًة َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ ِﴪﻳ ِﺮ َوﺗَﺒْ ُﺪو ﻛﺎ ْﻟ َﻤﻴﱢﺘَ ِﺔَ ،ﺣ َﻤ َﻠ َﻬﺎ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﺑ َﺤ َﺬ ٍر،
و َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس» :أَ ْ ِﴎ ْع! َﻋ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ أَ ْن ﻧَ ْﺨ ُﺮ َج ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َﺣﺎ ًﻻ!«
َز َﺣ َﻒ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ُل َﻋ ْﱪَ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﺠ ِﻮﻳ ِﻒ اﻟ ﱠﺼ ِﻐي ِر ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ َﺪا ِرَ ،و َر َﻛ ُﻀﻮا ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ َﻋﺎ ِﺋ ِﺪﻳ َﻦ إِ َﱃ ﻛﻴﻮﻧﻲ،
َو َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ُﻗ ﱠﻄﺎ َع اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ َرأَ ْو ُﻫ ْﻢ! َﻓ َﻄﺎ َر ُدو ُﻫ ْﻢ َﻋ ْ َﱪ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔَ ،واﻧْ َﻬﺎ َل َﺳﻴْ ٌﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻷَ ْﺳ ُﻬ ِﻢ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻬ ْﻢ،
َو َر َﻛ َﺾ َﻋ ِﲇﱞ ُﻣﺒَﺎ َ َﴍ ًة ِﺑﺄَ ْﻗ َﴡ ُ ْﴎ َﻋ ٍﺔ َﻓ َﻜﺎ َن ﻳُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أَ ْن ﻳُ َﺴﺎ ِﻋ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱡﺼ ُﻌﻮ ِد َﻋ َﲆ َﻇ ْﻬ ِﺮ
ا ْﻟ ِﻔﻴ َﻠ ِﺔَ ،و ُ ْﴎ َﻋﺎ َن َﻣﺎ َﺻ ِﻌ ُﺪوا َﻋ َﲆ َﻇ ْﻬ ِﺮ ﻛﻴﻮﻧﻲ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ اﻧْ َﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺨ َ ِﱰ ُق ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ َﺔ.
َﺻﺎ َح اﻟ ﱢﺴيرْ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺲَ » :ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧَ َﺠ ْﺤﻨَﺎ! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧَ َﺠ ْﺤﻨَﺎ! أَ ْﺣ َﺴﻨْﺘُ ْﻢ َﺟ ِﻤﻴ ًﻌﺎ! أَ ْﺣ َﺴﻨْﺘُ ْﻢ!«
َو َﺿ َﻊ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻋﻮدا ِﺑﺄَ َﻣﺎ ٍن ِﰲ أَ َﺣ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻬ ْﻮ َد َﺟي ِن َو َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ﺗَ ُﻐ ﱡﻂ ِﰲ ُﺳﺒَﺎ ٍت َﻋ ِﻤﻴ ٍﻖ،
ﺑَ ْﻞ إِﻧﱠ َﻬﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ْﻆ َﻗ ﱡﻂ! ﺛُ ﱠﻢ اﻧْ َﻀ ﱠﻢ إِ َﱃ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻋ َﲆ َﻇ ْﻬ ِﺮ ﻛﻴﻮﻧﻲ ،ﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ ﺑَ ِﻘ َﻲ اﻟ ﱢﺴي ْر
ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻬ ْﻮ َد ِج ا ْﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ.
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