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ﺣﻮل اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻢ ﰲ ٨٠ﻳﻮ ًﻣﺎ
َو ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺠ ﱠﺮ ِد أَ ْن َد َﺧ َﻼ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻄ َﻌ ِﻢَ ،و َﺟ َﺪا ﻧَ ْﻔ َﺴﻴْ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ ِﰲ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ٍﺔ َﻛ ِﺒيرَ ٍة َﻣ ِﻠﻴﺌَ ٍﺔ ِﺑ َﻜ َﺮا ِ ﱠﳼ ُﻣ ِﺮﻳ َﺤ ٍﺔ
َوا ْﻟ َﻌ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ِﺪَ .وﺗَ َﺠﺎذَ َب اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن أَ ْﻃ َﺮا َف ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺚ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﺸﺎ ِءَ ،و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ أَﻧْ َﻬﻰ
ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َو ْﺟﺒَﺘَ ُﻪ ،ﻧَ َﻬ َﺾ ِﻟﻴُ َﻐﺎ ِد َرَ ،ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ» :اﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ْﺮُ ،ﻫﻨَﺎ َك َ ْﳾءٌ آ َﺧ ُﺮ أَ َو ﱡد أَ ْن أَﺗَ َﺤ ﱠﺪ َث
َﻣ َﻌ َﻚ َﻋﻨْ ُﻪ«.
– »ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺐ أَ ْن ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ َﺮَ ،ﻓ َﻌ َﲇﱠ أَ ْن أُ ْﺧ ِﱪَ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي أَ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ َة َﺳﺘُ َﻐﺎ ِد ُر ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا«.
– »اﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ْﺮ! َﻓ َﻤﺎ أُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَ َﻌ ﱢﻠ ٌﻖ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻓﻮج«.
َو َﺿ َﻊ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه َﻋ َﲆ ِذ َرا ِع ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َو َﻗﺎ َل ِﺑ ُﻬ ُﺪو ٍءَ » :ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺧ ﱠﻤﻨْ َﺖ َﻣ ْﻦ أَ ُﻛﻮ ُن ،أَ َﻟﻴْ َﺲ
َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟«
اﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮِ » :ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻄﺒْ ِﻊ«.
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻜﺲَ » :ﺣ َﺴﻨًﺎَ ،ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠ َﻚ َﺣﺘْ ًﻤﺎ ﺗَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ أَ ﱠن ُﻣ ِﻬ ﱠﻤ ِﺘﻲ ﺗَﻨْ َﻄ ِﻮي َﻋ َﲆ أَ ْﻣ َﻮا ٍل َﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٍﺔَ ،وأَﻧَﺎ
ُﻣ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻌ ﱞﺪ أَ ْن أُ ْﻋ ِﻄﻴَ َﻚ ﺑَ ْﻌ ًﻀﺎ ِﻣﻨْ َﻬﺎ إِذَا أَﺑْ َﻘﻴْ َﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ﻓﻮج ِﰲ ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞَ .ﻻ ﺗُ ْﺨ ِﱪْ ُه ِﺑﺄَ ْﻣ ِﺮ
اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔ«.
– » َﻻ أُ ْﺧ ِﱪُ ُه! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َزا َد ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ُﺮ َﻋ ْﻦ َﺣ ﱢﺪ ِه ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ُﺪَ .ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻇﻨَﻨْ ُﺖ أَ ﱠن أَ ْﻋ َﻀﺎءَ ﻧَﺎ ِدي »رﻳﻔﻮرم
ﻛﻠﻮب« ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡ َﴩ َﻓﺎءِ«.
ﻧَ َﻈ َﺮ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ إِ َﱃ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﺑﺎ ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﻐ َﺮا ٍب ِﻟ َﻮ ْﻫ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﺴﺎءَ َلَ » :ﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ُﻈﻨﱡ ِﻨﻲ؟«
– »أَﻧْ َﺖ َﺟﺎ ُﺳﻮ ٌس ُﻣ ْﺮ َﺳ ٌﻞ ِﻟﺘَﺘَﺒﱡ ِﻌﻨَﺎ َوﻟِﺘَﺘَﺄَ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ﱠن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻳَ ُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑ ِﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﻧَ ِﺰﻳ َﻬ ٍﺔ َﺣ ْﻮ َل
ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢَ ،وﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜ ُﻦ أَ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ َن َﻗ ْﺪ أُ ْر ِﺳ ْﻠ َﺖ ِﻟﺘَﺘَ َﺪ ﱠﺧ َﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ِﺮَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ِﻨﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أَ ْﺳ َﻤ َﺢ ِﺑ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚَ .و ُر ْﻏ َﻢ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ،
َﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ أُﺑْﻠِ ْﻎ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي ِﺑﺄَ ﱢي َ ْﳾءٍ ﺑَ ْﻌ ُﺪ«.
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻜﺲ» :إِذَ ْن َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ؟ َﺣ َﺴﻨًﺎ ،اﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ْﺮ َد ِﻗﻴ َﻘ ًﺔَ ،ﺳﺄُ ْﺣ ِ ُﴬ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﺑَ ْﻌ ًﻀﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ
َ َﴍا ِب ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎ َﻛﺎو«.
ﻧَ َﻬ َﺾ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َوﺗَ َﺮ َك اﻟ ﱠﻄﺎ ِو َﻟ َﺔَ ،و ِﰲ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘ ِﻪ ِ ِﻹ ْﺣ َﻀﺎ ِر ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎ َﻛﺎو ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻒ ِﻟﻴَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺪ َث َﻣ َﻊ َر ُﺟ ٍﻞ
ِﰲ َزا ِوﻳَ ٍﺔ ُﻣ ْﻈ ِﻠ َﻤ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔَ .و َﻛﺎ َن ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻃ َﻠ َﺐ ِﻣ َﻦ َﻫ َﺬا اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ِﻞ — َو ُﻫ َﻮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻗ ْﺴ ِﻢ
ُ ْﴍ َﻃ ِﺔ ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ — أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺼ َﺤﺒَ ُﻬ ْﻢ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻄ َﻌ ِﻢَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ أَ ﱠن َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﻔ َﻌ َﻞ
َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎَ ،ﻓ َﻼ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻪ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﱰُ َك ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻳُ َﻐﺎ ِد ُر ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ.
َﻋﺎ َد ﻓﻴﻜﺲ إِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﻄﺎ ِو َﻟ ِﺔ َو َﻣ َﻌ ُﻪ ُﻛﻮﺑَﺎ ِن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎ َﻛﺎوَ ،وﺑَ َﺪأَ َﺣ ِﺪﻳﺜَ ُﻪ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ًﻼ» :ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ،
أَ ْﺧ َﴙ أَﻧﱠ َﻚ ُﻣ ْﺨ ِﻄﺊٌَ ،ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ ُﻋ ْﻀ ًﻮا ِﰲ ﻧَﺎ ِدي »رﻳﻔﻮرم ﻛﻠﻮب« ،ﺑَ ْﻞ أَﻧَﺎ ُﻣ َﺤ ﱢﻘ ٌﻖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻟﻨْ َﺪ َن،
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