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اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ ﻋﴩ
ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ُﻳ َﻮا ِﺻ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ َﺔ َو ِﺣﻴ ًﺪاَ ،و َﻳ ْﻨ َﻀ ﱡﻢ
ﻟِ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ »ﻟﻮﻧﺞ ﻧﻮ ِزز«
َﻏﺎ َد َر ِت ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ُة »ﻛﺎرﻧﺎﺗﻴﻚ« ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ ِﰲ َﻣ ْﻮ ِﻋ ِﺪ َﻫﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱠﺪ ِدَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ِﺑ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓﺘَ ْي ِن َﻓﺎ ِر َﻏﺘَ ْي ِن،
إِﻧﱠ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓﺘَﺎ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج وﻋﻮداَ .و ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﱄ ،ﺗَ َﻌﺜﱠ َﺮ َرا ِﻛ ٌﺐ ذُو َﻋﻴْﻨَ ْي ِن َﻏﺎ ِﺋ َﻤﺘَ ْي ِن َو َﺷ ْﻌ ٍﺮ
أَ ْﺷ َﻌ َﺚ َﺧﺎ ِر َج َﻛﺎ ِﺑﻴﻨَ ِﺘ ِﻪ َوﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻤ َﺲ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ُﻪ إِ َﱃ َﺳ ْﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة؛ إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ!
َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْﺳﺘَﻴْ َﻘ َﻆ َو ُﻫ َﻮ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ﻳُ َﻌﺎ ِﻧﻲ ُد َوا ًرا ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺛَ ِﺮ اﻟ ﱠ ْﴬﺑَ ِﺔ َﻋ َﲆ َرأْ ِﺳ ِﻪ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ
ﺛَ َﻼ ِث َﺳﺎ َﻋﺎ ٍت ِﻣ ْﻦ َر ِﺣﻴ ِﻞ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻄ َﻌ ِﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺌﻴ ِﺐَ ،و َﺻﺎ َح» :ﻛﺎرﻧﺎﺗﻴﻚ! ﻛﺎرﻧﺎﺗﻴﻚ!«
َﻛﺄَﻧﱠ َﻤﺎ أَ ْد َر َك أَﻳْ َﻦ ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺐ أَ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ َنَ ،و ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜﺎ ِد ا ْﺳﺘَ َﻄﺎ َع ا ْﻟ ُﻮ ُﻗﻮ َف َو َﺳ َﺤ َﺐ ﻧَ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ َوﺗَ َﻌﺜﱠ َﺮ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ
َو َﺻ َﻞ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﺳ َﻘ َﻂ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة َو ِﻫ َﻲ َﻋ َﲆ َو ْﺷ ِﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺣﻴ ِﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴﻨَﺎ ِء.
َﻓﺄَ ْﺷ َﻔ َﻖ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﺛْﻨَﺎ ِن ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻃﺎ َﻗ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة َو َﺣ َﻤ َﻼ ُه إِ َﱃ َﻛﺎ ِﺑﻴﻨَ ِﺘ ِﻪَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ْﻆ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ
إِ ﱠﻻ ِﰲ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َﺼ ِﻒ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﱄ.
َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ َﻗ ِﻠ ًﻘﺎَ » :ﻣﺎ َذا َﺳﻴَ ُﻘﻮ ُل اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﻓﻮج َﻋﻨﱢﻲ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ﻳَ َﺮا ِﻧﻲ َﻫ َﻜ َﺬا؟ َﻣﺎ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﺣ َﺪ َث
ِﱄ؟ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻷَ َﻗ ﱢﻞ ﺗَ َﻤ ﱠﻜﻨْ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻮ ُﺻﻮ ِل إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة«.
ﻧَ َﻬ َﺾ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َوﺑَ َﺪأَ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻜ ِﺸ ُﻒ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ َةَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ أَ ﱠي َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪو ِﻣﺜْ َﻞ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس
ﻓﻮج أَ ْو ﻋﻮداَ ،ﻓﺬَ َﻫ َﺐ إِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ ِم ِﻟ َي َرى َﻣﺎ إِذَا َﻛﺎ َن أَ ﱞي ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َكَ ،ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮﻧَﺎ
ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك.
َوأَ ِﺧي ًراَ ،ﺳﺄَ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ُﻣ َﺴﺎ ِﻓ ًﺮا آ َﺧ َﺮ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة إِ َذا َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ُف أَﻳْ َﻦ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻪ
ا ْﻟ ُﻌﺜُﻮ ُر َﻋ َﲆ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج.
َﻓﺄَ َﺟﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺴﺎ ِﻓ ُﺮَ » :ﻻ ﻳُﻮ َﺟ ُﺪ أَ َﺣ ٌﺪ ِﺑ َﻬﺬَا ا ِﻻ ْﺳ ِﻢ َﻋ َﲆ َﻇ ْﻬ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة«.