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ﺣﻮل اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻢ ﰲ ٨٠ﻳﻮ ًﻣﺎ
ﺗَ َﻌ ﱠﺠ َﺐ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس» :أﻧَ ْﺤ ُﻦ ُﺳ َﺠﻨَﺎءُ؟ َﻣﺎ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟ ُﻬ َﺮاءُ! ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﺧ َﻄﺄٌ َﻣﺎ «.ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إِ َﱃ ﻋﻮدا
وﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ًﻼَ » :ﻻ ﺗَ ْﻘ َﻠ َﻘﺎَ ،ﻓ َﺴﻨَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة ِﺑ ُﺤﻠُﻮ ِل ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎ ِء«.
َوﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ َﻗ ِﻠﻴ ٍﻞُ ،ﻓ ِﺘ َﺢ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ُب َو َﻋﺎ َد اﻟ ﱡ ْﴩ ِﻃ ﱡﻲ َوا ْﺻ َﻄ َﺤﺒَ ُﻬ ْﻢ إِ َﱃ َﻗﺎ َﻋ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺤ َﻜ َﻤ ِﺔ.
َد َﺧ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﴈ ﻋﺒﺎدﻳﺎ — َو ُﻫ َﻮ َر ُﺟ ٌﻞ َﺿ ْﺨ ٌﻢ ُﻣ ْﻤﺘَ ِﻠﺊُ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﺴ ِﻢ — إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ َﻋ ِﺔ.
َوﻧَﺎ َدى ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﴈ» :ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻀﻴﱠ ُﺔ ا ْﻷُو َﱃ!«
َﻓ َﺼﺎ َح َﺣﺎ ِﺟ ُﺐ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺤ َﻜ َﻤ ِﺔ» :ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج!«
َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسَ » :ﺣﺎ ِ ٌﴐ«.
َد َﺧ َﻞ ﺛَ َﻼﺛَ ُﺔ ِر َﺟﺎ ٍل إِ َﱃ َﻗﺎ َﻋ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺤ َﻜ َﻤ ِﺔِ ،ﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﺪاﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻋﺘَ َﻘ َﺪ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َوﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ أَﻧﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ
أَ ْﻓ َﺮا ِد ا ْﻟ ِﻌ َﺼﺎﺑَ ِﺔ َوﻳُ َﺤﺎ ِوﻟُﻮ َن ا ْﺳ ِﺘ َﻌﺎ َد َة ﻋﻮدا َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮىَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻣﺎ َﻟ ِﺒ َﺚ أَ َﺣ ُﺪ ُﻫ ْﻢ أَ ْن َﻗ ﱠﺪ َم ِﺣﺬَا َء
ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ!
َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﴈ» :ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ،أَﻧْ َﺖ ُﻣﺘﱠ َﻬ ٌﻢ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺪ ُﺧﻮ ِل َﻏ ْي ِر ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﻧُﻮ ِﻧ ﱢﻲ إِ َﱃ َﻣ ْﻌﺒَ ٍﺪَ ،و َﻫﺬَا
ا ْﻟ ِﺤ َﺬا ُء َد ِﻟﻴ ٌﻞ َﻋ َﲆ ُو ُﺟﻮ ِد َك ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك«.
َﺻﺎ َح ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮِ » :ﺣ َﺬا ِﺋﻲ!«
– »إِذَ ْن ،أَﻧْ َﺖ ﺗَ ْﻌ َ ِﱰ ُف ِﺑﺄَﻧﱠ َﻚ ُﻛﻨْ َﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك؟«
أَ ْو َﻣﺄَ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﺑ َﺮأْ ِﺳ ِﻪ ِﺑﺒُ ْﻂ ٍء.
– » َﺣ َﺴﻨًﺎَ ،ﺳﺘَ ْﺪ َﻓ ُﻊ َﻏ َﺮا َﻣ ًﺔ َﻗ ْﺪ ُر َﻫﺎ ِﻣﺎﺋَ ٌﺔ َو َﺧ ْﻤ ُﺴﻮ َن ُﺟﻨَﻴْ ًﻬﺎ َو َﺳﺘَ ْﻘ ِﴤ أُ ْﺳﺒُﻮ ًﻋﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ْﺠ ِﺰ«.
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسَ » :ﺳ ْﻮ َف أَ ْد َﻓ ُﻊ َﻛ َﻔﺎ َﻟﺘَ ُﻪ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻳَ ْﺪ ُﺧ َﻞ اﻟ ﱢﺴ ْﺠ َﻦَ ،ﻣﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ُر َﻫﺎ؟«
ﻧَ َﻈ َﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﴈ إِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َو َﻗﺎ َل» :إِﻧﱠ َﻬﺎ ﺑَﺎ ِﻫ َﻈ ٌﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي؛ أَ ْﻟ َﻔﺎ ُﺟﻨَﻴْ ٍﻪ«.
أَ َﺧ َﺬ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻟُ َﻔﺎ َﻓ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ َﻮا ِل ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺣ ِﻘﻴﺒَﺘِ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ َﻤﺎ ِﺷﻴﱠ ِﺔ َو َد َﻓ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﻔﺎ َﻟ َﺔ.
َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﻘ ُﻖ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ﻳَ ِﻘ ُﻒ ِﰲ ِﻧ َﻬﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ َﻋ ِﺔ َوﻳُ َﺸﺎ ِﻫ ُﺪ َﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﺤ ُﺪ ُثَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن َﻗ ْﺪ َﻇ ﱠﻦ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َو َﺟ َﺪ
َو ِﺳﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ُﻣ َﺆ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ًة ِ ِﻹﺑْ َﻘﺎءِ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْ ِﺪ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَ ْﺤ ُﺼ َﻞ َﻋ َﲆ أَ ْﻣ ٍﺮ َر ْﺳ ِﻤ ﱟﻲ ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﻟ َﻘﺎءِ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺒْ ِﺾ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ،
َو َﻟ ِﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻵ َن ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ أَ ْن َﺧ َﺮ َج ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﺑ َﻜ َﻔﺎ َﻟ ٍﺔ ،ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪو أَ ﱠن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َﺳﻴُ ْﻔ ِﻠ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَ ْي ِن ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ُﻣ َﺠ ﱠﺪ ًدا!
َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﺘَ َﺨﻴﱠ ُﻞ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْ ِﻹ ْﻃ َﻼ ِق أَ ﱠن اﻟ ﱢﻠ ﱠﺺ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﺑ َﻬﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﺨﺎ ِء.
َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﴈَ » :ﺣ َﺴﻨًﺎَ ،ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ َﻮا ُل َﺳﺘَ ُﻌﻮ ُد إِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ﻳُ ْﻜ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻓ ْ َﱰ َة ا ْﻟ ُﻌ ُﻘﻮﺑَ ِﺔ
ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺴ ْﺠ ِﻦَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ إِ ْن َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻌ ْﺪ َﻓ َﺴﻨُ َﺼﺎ ِد ُر ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ َﻮا َل«.
أَ ْو َﻣﺄَ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َو َﻗﺎ َلَ » :ﺣ َﺴﻨًﺎ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي« ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إِ َﱃ ﻋﻮدا َوﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َو َﻗﺎ َلِ » :ﻟﻨَﺬْ َﻫ ْﺐ!«
ا ْﺧﺘَ َﻄ َﻒ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﺣﺬَاءَ ُه َو ُﻫ َﻮ َﺧﺎ ِر ٌج» :ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺐ أَ ْن ﻧَﺘﱠ ِﺠ َﻪ إِ َﱃ َر ِﺻﻴ ِﻒ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴﻨَﺎ ِء ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎ ِل!«
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