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‫ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻳُﺒَﺎ ِﻟ ُﻎ ِﰲ ا ِﻻ ْﻫ ِﺘ َﻤﺎ ِم ِﻷَ ْﻣ ِﺮ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج …‬

‫َو َﺳﻴﱢ ُﺪ َك َﻣﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ إِ ﱠﻻ ِﻟ ﱞﺺ َﻗﺎ َم ِﺑ َ ِﴪ َﻗ ِﺔ َﻣﺒْ َﻠ ٍﻎ َﻛ ِﺒي ٍر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎ ِل ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻨْ ِﻚ إِﻧْ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِﱰَا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أُ ْر ِﺳ ْﻠ ُﺖ‬
‫ِﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘ َﻌﺎ َد ِة َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ َﻮا ِل‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺐ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ُﻣ َﺴﺎ َﻋ َﺪ ِﺗﻲ ِ ِﻹﺑْ َﻘﺎ ِﺋ ِﻪ ِﰲ ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨَ ِﻨﻲ إِ ْﻟ َﻘﺎءُ‬

‫ا ْﻟ َﻘﺒْ ِﺾ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪«.‬‬
‫َﺳ َﻘ َﻂ َﻓ ُﻢ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻣ ْﺸ ُﺪو ًﻫﺎ‪ِ » :‬ﻟ ﱞﺺ! إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻟﻴْ َﺲ ِﻟ ٍّﺼﺎ! ﺑَ ْﻞ إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ أَ ْ َﴍ ُف اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ِل!«‬
‫أَ ْﺧ َﱪَ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ أَ ﱠن ُﻣ َﻮا َﺻ َﻔﺎ ِت اﻟ ﱢﻠ ﱢﺺ ﺗَﺘَ َﻄﺎﺑَ ُﻖ ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ًﻣﺎ َﻣ َﻊ ُﻣ َﻮا َﺻ َﻔﺎ ِت ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس‬
‫ﻓﻮج؛ َﻓﺎﻟ ﱢﻠ ﱡﺺ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱡﺒَ َﻼءِ ِﻣﺜْ َﻞ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ أَ ْﻣ َﻮا ٌل َﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِﻣﺜْ َﻞ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس‪َ ،‬ﻛ َﻤﺎ‬

‫أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻧَ ْﻔ ِﺲ اﻟ ﱡﻄ ْﻮ ِل َوا ْﻟ ِﺒﻨْﻴَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎ ﱠﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻷَ ْﺣ َﺪا ِث أَ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ْت َﻫﺬَا‪.‬‬
‫َذ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِد َم ِﺑ َﻤ ْﻌ ِﺮ َﻓ ِﺘ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺤ ُﺪو َد ِة ِﺑ َﺮﺋِﻴ ِﺴ ِﻪ؛ إِذْ إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ — َر ْﻏ َﻢ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْﳾ ٍء — ﺑَ َﺪأَ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻤ َﻞ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ِﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ِم ُﻣ َﻐﺎ َد َر ِﺗ ِﻬ ْﻢ‪ ،‬ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄَ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ُﻣ َﺠ ﱠﺪ ًدا‪» :‬ا ْﻵ َن‪َ ،‬ﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﺘُ َﺴﺎ ِﻋ ُﺪ ِﻧﻲ ِﰲ إِﺑْ َﻘﺎ ِﺋ ِﻪ ِﰲ‬

‫ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ؟«‬
‫– »أَﻧَﺎ أَ ْر ُﻓ ُﺾ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪي َر ُﺟ ٌﻞ ﻧَ ِﺒﻴ ٌﻞ َو ُﻣ ْﺤ َﱰَ ٌم‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﻜ ْﺐ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﺮﻳ َﻤ َﺔ‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ َﻻ أُ َﺻ ﱢﺪ ُﻗ َﻚ‬

‫َو َﺳﺄَ ْر َﺣ ُﻞ ا ْﻵ َن‪«.‬‬
‫– »أَﺗَ َﻤﻨﱠﻰ أَ ْن ﺗُ َﻐ ﱢي َر َرأْﻳَ َﻚ‪َ «.‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻳَ ُﻬ ﱡﻢ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻐﺎ َد َر ِة‪ ،‬أَ ْو َﻣﺄَ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ِﺑ َﺮأْ ِﺳ ِﻪ‬
‫ِﻟﻠ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ِﻞ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺰا ِوﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻈ ِﻠ َﻤ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻓ ْﺠﺄَ ًة ﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ُﻞ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻒ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َو َ َﴐﺑَ ُﻪ َﻋ َﲆ َرأْ ِﺳ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴ َﻘ َﻂ‬

‫ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ أَ ْر ًﺿﺎ! ﺛُ ﱠﻢ أَ ْو َﻣﺄَ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ُﻞ ِﻟﻔﻴﻜﺲ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أَ ْن ﻳُ ْ ِﴪ َع إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِر ِج َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺮا ُه أَ َﺣ ٌﺪ‪.‬‬
‫َو َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ِﻟﻨَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﺤ ِﻤ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِد َم َوﻳَ َﻀ ُﻌ ُﻪ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣ ْﻘ َﻌ ٍﺪ َو ِﺛي ٍر‪» :‬أَ ِﺧي ًرا! َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ َف‬
‫اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﻓﻮج أَ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ َة َﺳﺘُ َﻐﺎ ِد ُر ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا‪َ ،‬و َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ُﻣ ْﺠ َ ًﱪا َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒَ َﻘﺎءِ ِﰲ ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ ِﻷُ ْﺳﺒُﻮ ٍع‬

‫آ َﺧ َﺮ!«‬
‫َو ِﺑ َﻬ َﺬا ﺗَ َﺮ َك ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴ ِﻜي َن ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻄ َﻌ ِﻢ َو ُﻫ َﻮ َﻓﺎ ِﻗ ُﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻋ ِﻲ‪.‬‬

‫َﻛﺎ َن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َوﻋﻮدا ﻳَﺘَ َﺠ ﱠﻮ َﻻ ِن ِﰲ ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ ِﻟ ِ َﴩاءِ ُﻣ َﺆ ٍن ِﻟﻠ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﺤ ِﺮﻳﱠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ‬
‫ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ُﻫ َﻤﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ أَ ﱞي ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ أَ ﱠن »ﻛﺎرﻧﺎﺗﻴﻚ« َﺳﺘُ َﻐﺎ ِد ُر ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎ ِء‪َ .‬و َﻗ َﻀﻴَﺎ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم‬

‫ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺴ ﱡﻮ ِق َوﺗَﻨَﺎ ُو ِل ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺪا ِء ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻋﺎ َدا إِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓﺘَﻴْ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ ِﻟﻠﻨﱠ ْﻮ ِم‪.‬‬
‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﻼ ِﺣ َﻈﺎ ِﻏﻴَﺎ َب ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﺻﺒَﺎ ِح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﱄ‪ .‬ذَ َﻫ َﺐ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َوﻋﻮدا إِ َﱃ‬
‫َر ِﺻﻴ ِﻒ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴﻨَﺎءِ َو ْﺣ َﺪ ُﻫ َﻤﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ﻳَﺄْ ُﻣ َﻼ ِن ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻌﺜُﻮ ِر َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِد ِم ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َو َﺻ َﻼ‪،‬‬

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