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ﺣﻮل اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻢ ﰲ ٨٠ﻳﻮ ًﻣﺎ
َﺳﺄَ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮَ » :ﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧَﺎ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة »ﻛﺎرﻧﺎﺗﻴﻚ«؟«
– »ﻧَ َﻌ ْﻢ«.
– » ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ إِ َﱃ »ﻳﻮﻛﻮﻫﺎﻣﺎ«؟«
– »ﻧَ َﻌ ْﻢ«.
َﺳ َﻘ َﻂ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣ ْﻘ َﻌ ٍﺪ َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠ َﻤﺎ أَ َﺻﺎﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ َﺻﺎ ِﻋ َﻘ ٌﺔَ ،وﺑَ َﺪأ ﻳَ ْﺴ َ ْﱰ ِﺟ ُﻊ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻷَ ْﺣ َﺪا ِث! َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ
َوأَ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓﺎﺗَﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ُةَ .ﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ا ْﻵ َن ِﰲ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘ ِﻪ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻴَﺎﺑَﺎ ِن َو ُﻫ َﻮ َﻻ ﻳَ ْﻤ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻧُ ُﻘﻮ ًدا
َﻋ َﲆ ا ْ ِﻹ ْﻃ َﻼ ِقَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ُﺔ َﺳﺘَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ُق َﺧ ْﻤ َﺴ ًﺔ إِ َﱃ ِﺳﺘﱠ ِﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم؛ ِﻟ َﺬا َﻓ َﻌ َﲆ ا ْﻷَ َﻗ ﱢﻞ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن
أَ َﻣﺎ َﻣ ُﻪ ﺑَ ْﻌ ُﺾ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ ِﻟﻴُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ َﻣﺎ َذا َﺳﻴَ ْﻔ َﻌ ُﻞ.
ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َر َﺳ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ُﺔ ِﰲ ﻳﻮﻛﻮﻫﺎﻣﺎ ،ﻧَ َﺰ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﺑﺒُ ْﻂ ٍء ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔ إِ َﱃ
اﻟ ﱠﺸﺎ ِﻃ ِﺊَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ َ ْﳾءٌ ﻳُ ْﺮ ِﺷ ُﺪ ُه ِﺳ َﻮى َﻗ َﺪ ِر ِه َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ُﺠﻮ ُب َﺷ َﻮا ِر َع ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻴَﺎﺑَﺎ ِﻧﻴﱠ ِﺔ.
ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﺪاﻳَ ِﺔ ،ﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﻘ َﺪ ا ْﻟ ُﺠ ْﺰ َء ا ْﻷُو ُروﺑﱢ َﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ َﺣﻴْ ُﺚ َو َﺟ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻌ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱡ ﱠﺠﺎ ِر ﻳَ ِﺒﻴ ُﻌﻮ َن
ﺑَ َﻀﺎ ِﺋ َﻌ ُﻬ ْﻢ .ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﺟ َﻪ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻨْ ُﺼ ِﻠﻴﱠﺘَ ْي ِن ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮﻧْ ِﺴﻴﱠ ِﺔ َوا ْ ِﻹﻧْ ِﺠ ِﻠﻴ ِﺰﻳﱠ ِﺔ ِﻟ َي َرى إِ ْن َﻛﺎ َن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ أَ ﱡي َر َﺳﺎ ِﺋ َﻞ
ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮجَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﺤﺎ ِﻟ ْﻔ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ﱡﻆَ ،ﻓ َﻤ َﴣ ُﻗ ُﺪ ًﻣﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﻜ َﺸﺎ ِف ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ.
َو َﺳﺄَ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻧَ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺘَ َﺠ ﱠﻮ ُل ِﰲ َﺷ َﻮا ِر ِع ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺰ َد ِﺣ َﻤ ِﺔَ » :ﻣﺎ َذا َﺳﺄَ ْﻓ َﻌ ُﻞ
ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﺤ ُﺼﻮ ِل َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ ِم؟« َوأَ َﺧﺬَ ﻳَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﺤ ُﺺ ﻧَ َﻮا ِﻓﺬَ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺤ ﱠﻼ ِت اﻟﺜﱠ ِﺮﻳﱠ ِﺔ َوا ْﻟ َﻌ ِﺠﻴﺒَ ِﺔَ ،ﻛ َﻤﺎ َرأَى َﻣ َﻘﺎ ِﻫ َﻲ
َوﺗَ َﻤﻨﱠﻰ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛﺎ َن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎ ُل ِﻟﻴَ ْﺠ ِﻠ َﺲ ِﰲ إِ ْﺣ َﺪا َﻫﺎَ .ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﺟﺎ ِﺋ ًﻌﺎ ِﻟ َﻔ ْﱰَ ٍة َﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَ َﻬﺎ ِر
َو َﻟﻴْ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ا ْﻷَ ﱠو ِل َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺘَ َﺠ ﱠﻮ ُل ِﰲ أَ ْر َﺟﺎ ِء ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔَ ،ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻤ ِﴚ َوﻳَ ْﻤ ِﴚَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺤ ُﺼ ْﻞ َﻋ َﲆ ِﻗ ْﺴ ٍﻂ
ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮا َﺣ ِﺔ َﻗ ﱡﻂَ ،ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﺣ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎ ُء.
َو ِﰲ َﺻﺒَﺎ ِح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﱄَ ،ﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴ ِﻜي ُن ﻳُ ْﺪ ِر ُك أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﺤﺘَﺎ ُج ِﻟﻴَﺄْ ُﻛ َﻞ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎَ .ﻛﺎ َن
ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻤ ِﻜ ِﻦ أَ ْن ﻳَ ِﺒﻴ َﻊ َﺳﺎ َﻋﺘَ ُﻪ َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ َﻬﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻋ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ ًة ِﺟ ٍّﺪا ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ َﻟ ُﻪَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏ ُﺐ ِﰲ
ِﻓ َﺮا ِﻗ َﻬﺎَ .وﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜي ِر ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜي ِرَ ،ﻗ ﱠﺮ َر أَ ْن ﻳُ َﺤﺎ ِو َل ا ْﻟ ِﻐﻨَﺎ َء ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ْﺟ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﺤ ُﺼﻮ ِل َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ ِم.
ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮَ » :ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ِﻨﻲ ُﻣﺘَﺄَﻧﱢ ٌﻖ ِﺑ َﺪ َر َﺟ ٍﺔ َﻻ ﺗُﻨَﺎ ِﺳ ُﺐ ا ْﻟ ِﻐﻨَﺎ َء ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺸﺎ ِر ِع .ﻧَ َﻌ ْﻢَ ،ﺳ ْﻮ َف أُ َﻗﺎ ِﻳ ُﺾ
َﻣ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﴘ ِﺑ َﻤ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺲ َذا ِت َﻃﺎﺑَ ٍﻊ ﻳَﺎﺑَﺎ ِﻧ ﱟﻲ«.
َﺧ َﺮ َج ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻋﻨْ ِﺪ ﺗَﺎ ِﺟ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ ِﺑﺒَ ْﻌ ِﺾ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄ ِﻊ ا ْﻟ ِﻔ ﱢﻀﻴﱠ ِﺔ ِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪ ِه َو َﻣ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺲ
ﻳَﺎﺑَﺎ ِﻧﻴﱠ ٍﺔ َﺟ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ٍةَ ،ﻓ َﻜﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺪي ﺛَ ْﻮﺑًﺎ َﻃ ِﻮﻳ ًﻼ َو ِﻋ َﻤﺎ َﻣ ًﺔ َذا َت َﺟﺎ ِﻧ ٍﺐ َوا ِﺣ ٍﺪ.
َو َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ ﻧَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ» :ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ِﻨﻲ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻈﺎ ُﻫ ُﺮ ِﺑﺄَﻧﱠ ِﻨﻲ ِﰲ ِﻣ ْﻬ َﺮ َﺟﺎ ٍن!«
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