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اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ُﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْ ِﺪ إِ َﱃ ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ
َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ُم ا ْﻷُو َﱃ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺔ َﻫﺎ ِدﺋَ ًﺔ ﺗَ ْﺨﻠُﻮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻷَ ْﺣ َﺪا ِثَ ،ﻓ َﻜﺎ َن اﻟ ﱠﻄ ْﻘ ُﺲ َﺟ ِﻤﻴ ًﻼ َواﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎ ُح
ُﻣ ْﻌﺘَ ِﺪ َﻟ ًﺔَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َﺼ ِﻒ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ُق اﺛْﻨَ ْﻲ َﻋ َ َﴩ ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎ ،ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠيرَ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ْﻘ ُﺲ،
َﻓﺒَ َﺪأَ ْت أَ ْﻣ َﻮا ُج ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﺤ ِﺮ ﺗَ ْﻬﺘَﺎ ُج َﻣ َﻊ ِﺑ َﺪاﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ ِﺻ َﻔ ِﺔَ ،وﺗَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ َﻔ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ُﺔ َﻋ ْﻦ َﻣ ْﻮ ِﻋ ِﺪ َﻫﺎَ ،و َﻗ ْﺪ أَ ْﻏ َﻀ َﺐ
ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﰲ ِﺣي ِن َﺣﺎ َﻓ َﻆ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج َﻋ َﲆ ُﻫ ُﺪو ِﺋ ِﻪ.
َﻛﺎ َن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﴤ ﻧَ َﻬﺎ َر ُه َﻣ َﻊ ﻋﻮدا ،ﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ َﺪ ﱢو ُن ُﻣ َﻼ َﺣ َﻈﺎ ِﺗ ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎءِ.
َو ِﰲ أَ َﺣ ِﺪ ا ْﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِمَ ،و َﺟ َﺪ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻳَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺮ ُك ِﺟﻴﺌَ ًﺔ َو َذ َﻫﺎﺑًﺎ ِﺑﺘَ َﻮﺗﱡ ٍﺮ َﻋ َﲆ َﺳ ْﻄ ِﺢ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔ.
َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل» :أَﻧْ َﺖ َﻋ َﲆ َﻋ َﺠ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ْﻣ ِﺮ َك ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم!«
َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮَ » :ﻋ َﺠ َﻠ ٌﺔ َﺷ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ٌة! اﻟ ﱠﻄ ْﻘ ُﺲ ﻳُ َﺆ ﱢﺧ ُﺮﻧَﺎَ ،و َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ُﺔ َﻟﻴْ َﺴ ْﺖ َ ِﴎﻳ َﻌ ًﺔ ِﺑ َﻤﺎ
ﻳَ ْﻜ ِﻔﻲ«.
َﻓ َﺴﺄَ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ» :إِذَ ْن ،أَﻧْ َﺖ ﺗُ َﺼ ﱢﺪ ُق ا ْﻵ َن أَﻧﱠ َﻚ ِﰲ َﺟ ْﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ َﺣ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ؟«
َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮِ » :ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻄﺒْ ِﻊ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ،أَ َﻻ ﺗُ ْﺆ ِﻣ ُﻦ ِﺑ َﻬ َﺬا؟« َو َﻏ َﻤ َﺰ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺎ َر ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻌ ًﺪا.
َﺣ ﱠيرَ ْت ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ْﻤ َﺰ ُة ﻓﻴﻜﺲَ ،ﻓ َﻬ ْﻞ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻌ ِﻨﻲ أَ ﱠن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻋ ِﻠ َﻢ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ُﻣ َﺤ ﱢﻘ ٌﻖ؟ َﻫ ِﻞ
ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َﻒ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ َﺮ؟ َو ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﱄ ﺗَ َﻘﺎﺑَ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى.
َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮَ » :ﺣ َﺴﻨًﺎَ ،ﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﻨَ َﺮا َك ُﻣ َﺠ ﱠﺪ ًدا ِﰲ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘﻨَﺎ إِ َﱃ أَ ْﻣ ِﺮﻳ َﻜﺎ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ؟«
َو َﻏ َﻤ َﺰ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى.
ﺗَ ْﻤﺘَ َﻢ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ» :اﻣﻢ ،آ ْهَ ،ﻻ أَ ْﻋ َﻠ ُﻢ«.
– » َﻫﺬَا َﻏ ِﺮﻳ ٌﺐَ ،ﻓ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨْ َﺖ ُﻣ َﺴﺎ ِﻓ ًﺮا إِ َﱃ ﺑﻮﻣﺒﺎي َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ َﻚ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ذَ َﻫﺒْ َﺖ إِ َﱃ ﻛﻠﻜﺘﺎ،
َو َﻫﺎ أَﻧْ َﺖ ا ْﻵ َن ِﰲ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘ َﻚ إِ َﱃ ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ«.
َ َﴐ َب ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َﻋ َﲆ َﻇ ْﻬ ِﺮ ِه َ ْﴐﺑَ ًﺔ َﺧ ِﻔﻴ َﻔ ًﺔ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُ َﻐﺎ ِد ُرَ ،ﻓ َﻌﺎ َد ﻓﻴﻜﺲ إِ َﱃ
َﻛﺎ ِﺑﻴﻨَ ِﺘ ِﻪ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ُﻣ َﺸﺘﱠ َﺖ اﻟﺬﱢ ْﻫ ِﻦ؛ َﻓﺎ ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِد ُم َﺣﺘْ ًﻤﺎ َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َﻒ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﻘﻴ َﻘ َﺔَ ،و َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ ﻧَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪُ » :ﻫﻨَﺎ َك
َ ْﳾءٌ َوا ِﺣ ٌﺪ َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂ أَ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ِﻓ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻪ ،ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺐ أَ ْن أُ ْﺧ ِ َﱪ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َ ْﳾ ٍء«.
َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎ ُح ﺗَ ْﺸﺘَ ﱡﺪ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ َﻋ ﱠﻤﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻠ ُﻪَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ َﻮا ُج ا ْﻟ ِﻌ ْﻤ َﻼ َﻗ ُﺔ ﺗَﺘَ َﻘﺎذَ ُف ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ َة،
َﻓﺄُ ْﺟ ِ َﱪ ِت ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ُة َﻋ َﲆ ا ْ ِﻹﺑْ َﺤﺎ ِر ِﺑﺒُ ْﻂءٍ َﺷ ِﺪﻳ ٍﺪَ ،ﺣﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﺳﻴَﺘَﺄَ ﱠﺧ ُﺮو َن ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻮ ُﺻﻮ ِل إِ َﱃ ﻫﻮﻧﺞ
ﻛﻮﻧﺞ ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َﻛﺎ ِﻣ ٍﻞ َو َﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َﻫﺎ ِدﺋًﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ﱠن َﻫ َﺬا اﻟﺘﱠﺄْ ِﺧي َر ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﻨﻲ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﺣﺘْ ًﻤﺎ
َﺳﻴَ ْﺨ َ ُﴪ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﻫﺎ َنَ ،ﻓ َﻠ َﻘ ِﺪ ا ْﺳﺘَ ْﻬ َﻠ َﻚ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم اﻟ ﱠﺰا ِﺋ َﺪ ِة ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْ ِﺪ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ أُ ْﺟ ِﱪُوا َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ َﻋ َﲆ
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