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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«.‬‬