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اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺘﺎﺳﻊ
ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج ُﻳ ْﻨ ِﻔ ُﻖ َﻣ َﺒﺎﻟِ َﻎ َﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ
َو َﺻ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ُر إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺤ ﱠﻄ ِﺔ ِﰲ ﻛﻠﻜﺘﺎَ ،وﻧَ َﺰ َل ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺴﺎ ِﻓ ُﺮو َن ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻨ ِﻪَ ،وأَ َرا َد ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس اﻟﺘﱠ َﻮ ﱡﺟ َﻪ
ُﻣﺒَﺎ َ َﴍ ًة إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘﱠ ِﺠ َﻬ ِﺔ إِ َﱃ ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَ ْﺼ َﻌ َﺪ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻨ َﻬﺎ َو ُﻫ َﻮ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ
ُﻣﺘﱠ َﺴ ٌﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑ ْﻀ ُﻊ َﺳﺎ َﻋﺎ ٍت َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ِﺤي َن َﻟ ْﺤ َﻈ ُﺔ ُﻣ َﻐﺎ َد َر ِة اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔَ .وأَ َرا َد
ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس أَ ْن ﻳَﺘَﺄَ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ﱠن ﻋﻮدا َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺎ ﻳُ َﺮا ُم َو َﻟ َﺪﻳْ َﻬﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻣﺎ ﺗَ ْﺤﺘَﺎ ُج إِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ؛ َو ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻄﺒْ ِﻊ َﻛﺎ َن َذ ِﻟ َﻚ
ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﻨﻲ أَ ﱠن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﺳﻴَ ُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑﺒَ ْﻌ ِﺾ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻬﺎ ﱢم.
َو ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺠ ﱠﺮ ِد أَ ْن َﺳﺎ َﻋ َﺪ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻋﻮدا َﻋ َﲆ اﻟﻨﱡ ُﺰو ِل ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر ،أَ ْو َﻗ َﻔ ُﻪ ُ ْﴍ ِﻃ ﱞﻲ َو َﺳﺄَ َﻟ ُﻪَ » :ﻫ ْﻞ
أَﻧْ َﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج؟«
أَ َﺟﺎ َب ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس» :ﻧَ َﻌ ْﻢ«.
ﺛُ ﱠﻢ أَ َﺷﺎ َر اﻟ ﱡ ْﴩ ِﻃ ﱡﻲ إِ َﱃ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮَ » :ﻫ ْﻞ َﻫ َﺬا اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ُﻞ ُﻫ َﻮ َﺧﺎ ِد ُﻣ َﻚ؟«
– »ﻧَ َﻌ ْﻢ«.
– »إِ َذ ْنَ ،ﻋ َﻠﻴْ ُﻜ َﻤﺎ أَﻧْﺘُ َﻤﺎ ا ِﻻﺛْﻨَ ْي ِن ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ُﺪو ُم َﻣ ِﻌﻲ«.
ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﺟ َﻪ اﻟ ﱡ ْﴩ ِﻃ ﱡﻲ إِ َﱃ َﻋ َﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ َو َﻓﺘَ َﺢ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ َب َﻟ ُﻬ َﻤﺎَ ،ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻟﻌﻮدا أَ ْن ﺗَﺄْ ِﺗ َﻲ َﻣ َﻌ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ؛ ِﻷَﻧﱠ ُﻪ
َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ِﺮ ْد أَ ْن ﺗَ َﻈ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ ُﻤ ْﻔ َﺮ ِد َﻫﺎ.
ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﺻﺎ ِﻣﺘَ ٍﺔ ا ْﺳﺘَ َﻤ ﱠﺮ ْت ِﻋ ْ ِﴩﻳ َﻦ َد ِﻗﻴ َﻘ ًﺔَ ،و َﺻﻠُﻮا إِ َﱃ َﻣﻨْ ِﺰ ٍل َﺻ ِﻐي ٍرَ ،و َﻓﺘَ َﺢ اﻟ ﱡ ْﴩ ِﻃ ﱡﻲ
ﺑَﺎ َب ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﺮﺑَ ِﺔَ ،و َﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻬ ْﻢ َو ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺨ ُﺮ ُﺟﻮ َن ِﻣﻨْ َﻬﺎ» :اﺗْﺒَ ُﻌﻮﻧِﻲ«.
َو َﻗﺎ َد اﻟﺜﱠ َﻼﺛَ َﺔ إِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ٍﺔ َﺻ ِﻐيرَ ٍة ِﺑ َﻬﺎ ُﻗ ْﻀﺒَﺎ ٌن َﻋ َﲆ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﻓﺬَ ِةَ ،و َﻗﺎ َلَ » :ﺳ ْﻮ َف ﺗَ ْﻤﺜُﻠُﻮ َن أَ َﻣﺎ َم
ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﴈ ﻋﺒﺎدﻳﺎ ِﰲ ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ِم اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻣﻨَ ِﺔ َواﻟﻨﱢ ْﺼ ِﻒ«.
