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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺤﺎدي ﻋﴩ‬

‫ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ُﻳ َﺒﺎﻟِ ُﻎ ِﰲ ا ِﻻ ْﻫ ِﺘ َﲈ ِم ِ َﻷ ْﻣ ِﺮ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس‬
‫ﻓﻮج … َو َﻋﺎ ِﻗ َﺒ ُﺔ َذﻟِ َﻚ‬

‫أَ َﺧﺬَ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻳَﺘَ َﺠ ﱠﻮ ُل ِﰲ ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ َﻀ ُﻊ ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ِﰲ ُﺟﻴُﻮ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴﻨَﺎ ُء ﻳَ ِﻌ ﱡﺞ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻌ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪ‬
‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺴ ُﻔ ِﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﺘﱠﻰ أَﻧْ َﺤﺎءِ ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ‪ :‬إِﻧْ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِ َﱰا َو َﻓ َﺮﻧْ َﺴﺎ َوا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ِﺮﻳ َﻜﺘَ ْي ِن َو ُﻫﻮ َﻟﻨْ َﺪا َوا ْﻟﻴَﺎﺑَﺎ ِن َواﻟ ﱢﺼي ِن‪.‬‬
‫َو ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َو َﺻ َﻞ إِ َﱃ َر ِﺻﻴ ِﻒ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴﻨَﺎ ِء َﺣﻴْ ُﺚ َﺳﻴَ ْﺤ ِﺠ ُﺰ َﻛﺒَﺎ ِﺋ َﻦ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة »ﻛﺎرﻧﺎﺗﻴﻚ«‪َ ،‬رأَى‬

‫ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻣﻨْ َﺪ ِﻫ ًﺸﺎ‪.‬‬
‫َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﻘ ُﻖ ﻧَ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪو َﺳ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا؛ إِ ْذ إِ ﱠن ُﻣﺬَ ﱢﻛ َﺮﺗَ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ِﺼ ْﻞ ﺑَ ْﻌ ُﺪ‪.‬‬
‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ‪َ » :‬ﺣ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺣ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻫ ْﻞ َﻗ ﱠﺮ ْر َت ا ِﻻﻧْ ِﻀ َﻤﺎ َم إِ َﱃ ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺘﻨَﺎ إِ َﱃ أَ ْﻣ ِﺮﻳ َﻜﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ؟«‬

‫أَ َﺟﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ َﻜ ﱡﺰ َﻋ َﲆ أَ ْﺳﻨَﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪ‪» :‬ﻧَ َﻌ ْﻢ‪«.‬‬
‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ‪َ » :‬ﺣ َﺴﻨًﺎ! ُﻛﻨْ ُﺖ أَ ْﻋ َﻠ ُﻢ أَ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎ َل َﺳﻴَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬﻲ ِﺑ َﻚ َﻣ َﻌﻨَﺎ! ﺗَ َﻌﺎ َل ِﻟﻨَ ْﺤ ِﺠ ْﺰ َﻛﺒَﺎ ِﺋﻨَﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬
‫َوذَ َﻫ َﺐ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن إِ َﱃ َﻣ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة َﺣﻴْ ُﺚ أَ ْﺧ َ َﱪ ُﻫ َﻤﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻮ ﱠﻇ ُﻒ أَ ﱠن إِ ْﺻ َﻼ َح اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔ َﻗ ِﺪ‬

‫اﻧْﺘَ َﻬﻰ ا ْﻵ َن‪َ ،‬و َﺳﺘُﺒْ ِﺤ ُﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎءِ ﺑَ َﺪ ًﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺻﺒَﺎ ِح ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺪ‪.‬‬
‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ‪َ » :‬را ِﺋ ٌﻊ! َﺳﺄَذْ َﻫ ُﺐ ِﻷُ ْﺧ ِﱪَ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي‪َ ،‬ﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﺳ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬
‫َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر ﻓﻴﻜﺲ أَ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ َﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ َﺣﺎ َن ِﻟﻴُ ْﺨ ِﱪَ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َ ْﳾ ٍء؛ إِ ْذ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ أَ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ِﻫ َﻲ‬
‫اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ِﺣﻴ َﺪ ُة ِ ِﻹﺑْ َﻘﺎءِ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج ِﰲ ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ُو ُﺻﻮ ِل ُﻣﺬَ ﱢﻛ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻘﺒْ ِﺾ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪،‬‬
‫َﻓ َﺴﺄَ َل ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِد َم إِ َذا َﻛﺎ َن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻤ ِﻜ ِﻦ أَ ْن ﻳُ َﺸﺎ ِر َﻛ ُﻪ َو ْﺟﺒَ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ ِم‪َ ،‬وذَ َﻫ َﺐ ا ِﻻﺛْﻨَﺎ ِن إِ َﱃ َﻣ ْﻄ َﻌ ٍﻢ‬

‫َﺻ ِﻐي ٍر َﻗ ِﺮﻳ ٍﺐ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺮ َﻓﺄِ‪.‬‬