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ﺣﻮل اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻢ ﰲ ٨٠ﻳﻮ ًﻣﺎ
َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ» :إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻄﺒْ ِﻊ ﻳَ ْﻤ ِﻠ ُﻚ َﻣﺎ ًﻻ ِﻷَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ِﻟ ﱞﺺ!«
ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ا ْﻷَ ﱠو ِلَ ،ﻗ َﻄ َﻌ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ُﺔ أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻣﺎﺋَ ِﺔ ِﻣﻴ ٍﻞَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َﺳ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا ِﺑ َﻬ َﺬا اﻟﺘﱠ َﻘ ﱡﺪ ِم،
َﻛ َﻤﺎ ا ْرﺗَ َﻔ َﻌ ْﺖ َﻣ ْﻌﻨَ ِﻮﻳﱠﺎ ُت ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َﻄﺎ ِن إِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻤﺎ ِءَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن َﻋ َﲆ ﻳَ ِﻘي ٍن أَﻧﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﺳﻴَ ِﺼﻠُﻮ َن إِ َﱃ ﺷﺎﻧﻐﻬﺎي
ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱠﺪ ِد ِﻟﻴَ ْﻠ َﺤ َﻖ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة »ﻛﺎرﻧﺎﺗﻴﻚ«.
َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻟ ِﺚ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠي َر ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْﳾ ٍء؛ إِذْ َﺻﺎ َﺣ َﺐ َﻓ ْﺠ َﺮ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم َﺳ َﻤﺎ ٌء ُﻣ ْﻈ ِﻠ َﻤ ٌﺔ َو ُﻣ َﻠﺒﱠ َﺪ ٌة
ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻐﻴُﻮ ِم.
َو َﻗ َﻒ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َﻄﺎ ُن َﻋ َﲆ َﺳ ْﻄ ِﺢ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔ ِﺑ َﺠﺎ ِﻧ ِﺐ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسَ ،وﺗَﺄَ ﱠﻣ َﻼ َﻣ ًﻌﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺴ ُﺤ َﺐ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜﻴ َﻔ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ
ﺗَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﻮ ُن َﺧ ْﻠ َﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِر ِب.
َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َﻄﺎ ُن ﺑﺎﻧﺴﺒﻲ» :أَ ْﻋﺘَ ِﻘ ُﺪ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﺳﻨُ َﻮا ِﺟ ُﻪ َﻋﺎ ِﺻ َﻔ ًﺔ َﻋﺎ ِﺗﻴَ ًﺔ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي«.
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس» :أَﻧَﺎ أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ أَ ْﻋﺘَ ِﻘ ُﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎ َح ﺗَ ُﻬ ﱡﺐ ِﰲ ا ِﻻﺗﱢ َﺠﺎ ِه اﻟ ﱠﺼ ِﺤﻴ ِﺢ ِﻟ ُﻤ َﺴﺎ َﻋ َﺪ ِﺗﻨَﺎ
ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ِ ﱢﴤ ُﻗ ُﺪ ًﻣﺎ«.
ﻧَ َﻈ َﺮ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َﻄﺎ ُن إِ َﱃ َرا ِﻛ ِﺒ ِﻪَ ،و َﻗﺎ َل» :إِ َذ ْنَ ،ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻏ ُﺐ ِﰲ ا ِﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﻤ َﺮا ِر ِﰲ ا ْ ِﻹﺑْ َﺤﺎ ِر َﻋ َﲆ َﻫﺬَا
ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨْ َﻮا ِل؟«
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسِ » :ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻄﺒْ ِﻊ!«
ﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﺤ َﺺ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َﻄﺎ ُن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج ِﺑﻨَ ْﻈ َﺮ ٍة َﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ َو َﻻ َﺣ َﻆ ِﺑ ُﻬ ُﺪوءٍ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن َﺟﺎ ٍّدا ِﻓ ْﻌ ًﻼ.
أَ َﺧﺬَ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺮ َﻛ ُﺐ ﻳَﺘَ َﻤﺎﻳَ ُﻞ َوﻳَ َﱰَﻧﱠ ُﺢَ ،ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﺣﺎ َﻓ َﻆ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣ َﺴﺎ ِر ِه إِ َﱃ ﺷﺎﻧﻐﻬﺎيَ ،ر ْﻏ َﻢ أَ ﱠن إِﺑْ َﻄﺎ َء
ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ َواﻟﺘﱠ َﻮ ﱡﻗ َﻒ ِﰲ أَ ْﻗ َﺮ ِب ِﻣﻴﻨَﺎ ٍء َﻛﺎ َن أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ أَ َﻣﺎﻧًﺎ .ﺗَ َﺤ ﱠﻮ َل اﻟﻨﱠ َﻬﺎ ُر إِ َﱃ َﻟﻴْ ٍﻞَ ،واﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ إِ َﱃ ﻧَ َﻬﺎ ٍر،
َوا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ ِﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ ﺗَﺜُﻮ ُر ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺣ ْﻮﻟِ ِﻬ ْﻢَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أَ ﱡي َﻗ َﻮا ِر َب أُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻋ َﲆ َﻣ ْﺮ َﻣﻰ ا ْﻟﺒَ َ ِﴫَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ
َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ »ﺗﺎﻧﻜﺎدﻳﺮ« ﺗُﺒْ ِﺤ ُﺮ َو ْﺣ َﺪ َﻫﺎ.
َو ِﺑ ُﺤﻠُﻮ ِل َﻇ ِﻬي َر ِة ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻲَ ،ﻫ َﺪأَ ِت ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ ِﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ أَ ِﺧيرًاَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﺳ َﻮى ِﺳ ﱢﺖ
َﺳﺎ َﻋﺎ ٍت َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂ ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻮ ُﺻﻮ ِل إِ َﱃ ِو ْﺟ َﻬ ِﺘ ِﻬ ْﻢ أَ ِو ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨﺎ َﻃ َﺮ ِة ِﺑ َﻌ َﺪ ِم اﻟ ﱢﻠ َﺤﺎ ِق ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِةَ .و ْﻓ َﺠﺄَ ًة ا ْﺧﺘَ َﻔ ِﺖ
اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎ ُح ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ًﻣﺎ! َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ْف ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َو ُﻣ َﺮا ِﻓ ُﻘﻮ ُه َﻛﻴْ َﻒ ا ْﺳﺘَ َﻄﺎ َع ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َﻄﺎ ُن ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎ ِﻫ ُﺮ َو َﻃﺎ َﻗ ُﻢ َﻋ َﻤ ِﻠ ِﻪ
ا ْﻟ ِﺤ َﻔﺎ َظ َﻋ َﲆ ُ ْﴎ َﻋ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐَ ،ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﻧَ َﺠ ُﺤﻮا ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺤ َﻔﺎ ِظ َﻋ َﲆ ُ ْﴎ َﻋ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ُﺸ ﱡﻖ
َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﺤ ِﺮ.
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