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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﻌﺎﴍ‬

‫اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ُﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْ ِﳍ ْﻨ ِﺪ إِ َﱃ ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ‬

‫َﺻ ِﻌ َﺪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺴﺎ ِﻓ ُﺮو َن اﻟﺜﱠ َﻼﺛَ ُﺔ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة »راﻧﺠﻮن« ِﰲ َﻣ ْﻮ ِﻋ ِﺪ ِﻫ ْﻢ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ُة َﻋ َﲆ‬
‫َو ْﺷ ِﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺣﻴ ِﻞ إِ َﱃ ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ‪َ .‬ﻗ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻋﻮدا أَ ْﻏ َﻠ َﺐ أَﻳﱠﺎ ِﻣ َﻬﺎ ا ْﻷُو َﱃ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺔ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻌ ﱡﺮ ِف َﻋ َﲆ‬
‫ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َوﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ‪َ ،‬و َﺣ َﻜ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ ِﻗ ﱠﺼ َﺔ َﺣﻴَﺎ ِﺗ َﻬﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن َوا ِﻟ ُﺪ َﻫﺎ ﺗَﺎ ِﺟ َﺮ ُﻗ ْﻄ ٍﻦ َﻓﺎ ِﺣ َﺶ اﻟﺜﱠ َﺮا ِء‪،‬‬
‫َو َﻗ ْﺪ َﻋﺎ ُﺷﻮا َﺣﻴَﺎ ًة َر ْﻏ َﺪ ًة َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َوا َﺟ َﻬ ْﺖ َوا ِﻟ َﺪ َﻫﺎ ُﻣ ْﺸ ِﻜ َﻼ ٌت َﻣ َﻊ ُﻗ ﱠﻄﺎ ِع اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ‪ .‬ﺛُ ﱠﻢ أَ ْﺧ َ َﱪﺗْ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻋ ْﻦ‬

‫َﻗ ِﺮﻳ ِﺒ َﻬﺎ ﺟﻴﺠﺎه ﺟﻴﺠﻴﺒﻮي ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳَ ِﻌﻴ ُﺶ ِﰲ ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ‪.‬‬
‫َو َﻛ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎ ُل َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة »ﻣﻨﻐﻮﻟﻴﺎ«‪َ ،‬ﻗ َﴣ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ُﻣ ْﻌ َﻈ َﻢ أَ ْو َﻗﺎ ِت اﻟ ﱠﻈ ِﻬي َر ِة‬
‫ﻳَﺘَ َﻤ ﱠﴙ َﻋ َﲆ َﺳ ْﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة‪َ .‬و ِﰲ أَ َﺣ ِﺪ ا ْﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم َوﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﺘَﻨَ ﱠﺰ ُه‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﻔﺎ َﺟﺄَ ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ!‬
‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ‪» :‬ﻳَﺎ إِ َﻟ ِﻬﻲ! َﻣﺎذَا ﺗَ ْﻔ َﻌ ُﻞ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﺑ َﺤ ﱢﻖ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻤﺎ ِء ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي؟ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘُ َﻚ ِﰲ‬
‫ﺑﻮﻣﺒﺎي‪َ ،‬و َرأَﻳْﺘُ َﻚ ِﻟ َﻔ ْﱰَ ٍة َو ِﺟﻴ َﺰ ٍة ِﰲ ﻛﻠﻜﺘﺎ‪َ ،‬وا ْﻵ َن أَﻧْ َﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﰲ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘ َﻚ إِ َﱃ ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ‪َ .‬ﻫ ْﻞ‬

‫أَﻧْ َﺖ أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑ َﺠ ْﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ َﺣ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ؟«‬
‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻜﺲ‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ َﺳﺄَﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ ُﻒ ِﰲ ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ‪«.‬‬
‫َﻛﺎ َن ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻔ ْﻌ ِﻞ َﻗ ْﺪ أَ ْر َﺳ َﻞ ﺑَ ْﺮ ِﻗﻴﱠ ًﺔ أُ ْﺧ َﺮى إِ َﱃ َﻟﻨْ َﺪ َن ِﻟﻴَ ْﻄﻠُ َﺐ إِ ْر َﺳﺎ َل أَ ْﻣ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺒْ ِﺾ إِ َﱃ‬
‫ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ُﻓ ْﺮ َﺻﺘَ ُﻪ ا ْﻷَ ِﺧيرَ َة ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻘﺒْ ِﺾ َﻋ َﲆ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج‪ِ ،‬ﻟ ﱢﺺ ا ْﻟﺒَﻨْ ِﻚ؛ إِذْ إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ‬
‫ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺠ ﱠﺮ ِد أَ ْن ﻳُ َﻐﺎ ِد َر ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ َوﻳَ ِﺼ َﻞ إِ َﱃ أَ ْﻣ ِﺮﻳ َﻜﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُﻌﻮ َد َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻷَ َرا ِﴈ ا ْﻟ ِ ِﱪﻳ َﻄﺎ ِﻧﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬
‫ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﻨﻲ أَ ﱠن ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ إِ ْﻟ َﻘﺎءَ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺒْ ِﺾ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎ َن ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْ ِﻹ ْﺣﺒَﺎ ِط‬
‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ُو ُﺻﻮ ِﻟ ِﻪ إِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺮ َﺣ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠ َﻌ ِﺐ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣ َﻼ َﺣ َﻘ ِﺔ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َﺣ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ‪.‬‬
‫َﺳﺄَ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴْ َﻒ َﻟ ْﻢ أَ َر َك ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ُﻣ َﻐﺎ َد َر ِﺗﻨَﺎ ﻛﻠﻜﺘﺎ؟«‬
‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻜﺲ‪» :‬آ ْه‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨْ ُﺖ ُﻣ َﺼﺎﺑًﺎ ِﺑ ُﺪ َوا ِر ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﺤ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻴْ َﻒ َﺣﺎ ُل اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻓﻮج؟«‬