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

‫ُﻫ ِﺮ َع ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ِﻟﻴَ ْﺤ ِﺰ َم أَ ْﻣ ِﺘ َﻌﺘَ ُﻪ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﻳُ َﻐﺎ ِد َر َﻣ َﻌ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ‪َ ،‬و ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ‪ ،‬ذَ َﻫ َﺐ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس وﻋﻮدا‬
‫إِ َﱃ ِﻗ ْﺴ ِﻢ اﻟ ﱡ ْﴩ َﻃ ِﺔ ِﰲ ُﻣ َﺤﺎ َو َﻟ ٍﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻌﺜُﻮ ِر َﻋ َﲆ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﺎ َﻣﺒْ َﻠ ًﻐﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎ ِل َﻣ َﻊ اﻟ ﱡ ْﴩ َﻃ ِﺔ‬

‫ِﻟﻴَﺘَ َﻤ ﱠﻜﻨُﻮا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﺤ ِﺚ َﻋ ْﻦ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ‪.‬‬
‫َو َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺮ َﻛ ُﺐ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ا ْﺳﺘَﺄْ َﺟ َﺮ ُه ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻳُ ْﺪ َﻋﻰ »ﺗﺎﻧﻜﺎدﻳﺮ«‪َ ،‬و ُﻗﺒْ َﻄﺎﻧُ ُﻪ ﻳُ ْﺪ َﻋﻰ ﺟﻮن‬
‫ﺑﺎﻧﺴﺒﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻃﺎ َﻗ ُﻤ ُﻪ ُﻣ َﻜ ﱠﻮ ٌن ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ْرﺑَ َﻌ ِﺔ ﺑَ ﱠﺤﺎ َر ٍة أَ ِﺷ ﱠﺪا َء‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﺻ ِﻌ َﺪ ﻋﻮدا وﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ‬

‫ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‪ ،‬اﻧْ َﺪ َﻫ َﺸﺎ ِﻷَ ﱠن ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َﻗ ْﺪ َﺳﺒَ َﻘ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ إِ َﱃ َﺳ ْﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻔ ْﻌ ِﻞ‪.‬‬
‫َو َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس‪» :‬أَ ْﻋﺘَ ِﺬ ُر َﻋ ْﻦ ِﺻ َﻐ ِﺮ َﺣ ْﺠ ِﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺒَﺎ ِﺋ ِﻦ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻷَ َﻗ ﱢﻞ َﻟﻴْ َﺲ َﻋ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ا ِﻻﻧْ ِﺘ َﻈﺎ ُر‬

‫أُ ْﺳﺒُﻮ ًﻋﺎ آ َﺧ َﺮ ِﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺎﺑَ َﻌ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺔ!«‬
‫اﻧْ َﺤﻨَﻰ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﻮ ْه ِﺑ َﻜ ِﻠ َﻤ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ًﻼ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َر ُﺟ ٌﻞ ﻧَ ِﺒﻴ ٌﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻋ َﲇﱠ ا ِﻻ ْﻋ ِﱰَا ُف ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬

‫َﻛﺎ َن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ ِﺑ َﺪاﻳَ ِﺔ َﺷ ْﻬ ِﺮ ﻧُﻮ َﻓ ْﻤ ِ َﱪ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ﱠﻤﺎ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﻨﻲ أَ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺴﺎ ِﻓ ِﺮﻳ َﻦ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَ َﺪ ُءوا ِر ْﺣ َﻠﺘَ ُﻬ ْﻢ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬
‫ِﺳﺘﱠ ٍﺔ َوﺛَ َﻼ ِﺛي َن ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ِﺑ َﺤﺎ ُر اﻟ ﱢﺼي ِن َﻫﺎ ِﺋ َﺠ ًﺔ َواﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎ ُح َﻗ ِﻮﻳﱠ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ »ﺗﺎﻧﻜﺎدﻳﺮ« ﺗَ ُﺸ ﱡﻖ‬
‫َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ َﻬﺎ ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎ ُن ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َﻄﺎ ُن ﺑﺎﻧﺴﺒﻲ ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ أَ ﱠن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ َﺳ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ًﺔ َﻗ ِﻮﻳﱠ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺒْﺬُ ُل ُﻗ َﺼﺎ َرى ُﺟ ْﻬ ِﺪ ِه‬

‫ِﻟ َﺠ ْﻌ ِﻠ َﻬﺎ ﺗَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺮ ُك ِﺑﺄَ ْﻗ َﴡ ُ ْﴎ َﻋ ٍﺔ ُﻣ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨَ ٍﺔ َﻟ َﻬﺎ‪.‬‬
‫َو َﻗ َﻒ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج َﻋ َﲆ َﻇ ْﻬ ِﺮ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔ ﻳُ َﺮا ِﻗ ُﺐ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ َﻮا َج ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ ِﺗﻴَ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗَ ْﺰ َدا ُد ا ْر ِﺗ َﻔﺎ ًﻋﺎ‪،‬‬
‫َو َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺮ َﻛ ُﺐ ﻳَ ْﻬﺘَ ﱡﺰ ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ٍة إِ َﱃ ا ْﻷَ َﻣﺎ ِم َوا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴ ُﻘ ْﻂ َﻗ ﱡﻂ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ‬
‫ُﻗ ْﺪ َر ٌة َﻫﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٌﺔ َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ْي ِر َﻋ َﲆ َﺳ ْﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻷَ ْ ِﴍ َﻋ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴْ َﻀﺎ ُء اﻟ ﱠﻀ ْﺨ َﻤ ُﺔ ﺗَ ْﺨ ِﻔ ُﻖ ِﰲ‬

‫اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻤﺎ ِء‪َ .‬و َﺟ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ ﻋﻮدا َﻋ َﲆ ُﻛ ْﺮ ِ ﱟﳼ َوﺗَ َﺸﺒﱠﺜَ ْﺖ َﺧ ْﻮ ًﻓﺎ َﻋ َﲆ َﺣﻴَﺎ ِﺗ َﻬﺎ‪.‬‬
‫أَ ﱠﻣﺎ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻗﺒَ َﻊ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎ ِﺑﻴﻨَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎ َن َﺣ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ ِﻷَ ﱠن َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱢﻠ َﺤﺎ َق ِﺑﻔﻴﻠﻴﺎس إِ َﱃ أَ ْﻣ ِﺮﻳ َﻜﺎ‪،‬‬
‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻗ َﻄ َﻊ َو ْﻋ ًﺪا َﻋ َﲆ ﻧَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻠ َﻢ أَﺑَ ًﺪا‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َﺳﻴَ ُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑ َﻮا ِﺟ ِﺒ ِﻪ ِﻟﻠﺘﱠﺄَ ﱡﻛ ِﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺒْ ِﺾ‬
‫َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱢﻠ ﱢﺺ‪َ .‬و ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻌﺎ َﻣ َﻠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﻄﻴﱢﺒَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﺎ َﻫﺎ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِر ِب َﻛﺎ َن َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‬
‫اﻟ ﱠ ْﱰ ِﻛﻴ ُﺰ َﻋ َﲆ َوا ِﺟ ِﺒ ِﻪ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﺳﻠُﻮ ُك ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس اﻟﻨﱠ ِﺒﻴ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﺜَﺎ ِﱄﱡ َذا أَ َﻫ ﱢﻤﻴﱠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﻬ َﻮ ُﻣ ْﺠ ِﺮ ٌم‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ‬
‫َﻣ َﻬ ﱠﻤ ُﺔ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ِﻫ َﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺒْ َﺾ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻣ َﻊ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﺳ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا ِﺣﻴَﺎ َل َر ْﻓ ِﺾ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس أَ ْن ﻳَﺄْ ُﺧ َﺬ‬
‫أَ ﱠي أَ ْﻣ َﻮا ٍل ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪ‪َ ،‬ﺳ َﻮا ٌء ُﻣ َﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ ِم أَ ْو ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﺳﺄَ َل ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺒَ ِﺐ‪،‬‬
‫أَ َﺟﺎ َب ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ِﺑ ُﻮ ُﺿﻮ ٍح َو ُ ْﴎ َﻋ ٍﺔ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ أَ ْﻣ ٌﺮ َﻻ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺤ ﱡﻖ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ َﺚ َﻋﻨْ ُﻪ‪َ ،‬وأَ ﱠن اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ َﺔ ُﺟ ْﺰ ٌء ِﻣ ْﻦ‬

‫»ﻧَ َﻔ َﻘﺎ ِﺗ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ ﱠﻣ ِﺔ«‪.‬‬

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