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‫ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻳُ َﻮا ِﺻ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ َﺔ َو ِﺣﻴ ًﺪا …‬

‫َد َﺧ َﻞ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﰲ أَ ﱠو ِل َﻣ ْﻘ ًﻬﻰ َﻗﺎﺑَ َﻠ ُﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻃ َﻠ َﺐ ﺑَ ْﻌ ًﻀﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻷُ ْر ِز َواﻟ ﱠﺪ َﺟﺎ ِج َﻓ ْﻮ َر ُﺟﻠُﻮ ِﺳ ِﻪ‪،‬‬
‫َوا ْﻟﺘَ َﻬ َﻢ َﻃ َﻌﺎ َﻣ َﻪ ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ َﺷ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ٍة‪َ .‬وأَﺛْﻨَﺎ َء ﺗَﻨَﺎ ُو ِل اﻟ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ ِم َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻌﺜُﻮ ُر َﻋ َﲆ‬

‫َو ِﻇﻴ َﻔ ٍﺔ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ ﺑَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ٍة ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺠ َﻬ ٍﺔ إِ َﱃ أَ ْﻣ ِﺮﻳ َﻜﺎ ﺑَ َﺪ ًﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻐﻨَﺎ ِء ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ْﺟ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ ِم أَ ِو ا ْﻟ َﻤﺎ ِل‪.‬‬
‫– » َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻷَ َﻗ ﱢﻞ ِﺑ َﻬ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ِﺔ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻟ َﺪ ﱠي أَ َﻣ ٌﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻌﺜُﻮ ِر َﻋ َﲆ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي‪«.‬‬

‫َﻋﺎ َد ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺮ َﳻ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴْ َﻒ َﺳﺄَ ِﺟ ُﺪ َو ِﻇﻴ َﻔ ًﺔ؟ َﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﻴَ ْﱰُ ُﻛ ِﻨﻲ أَ ْﺻ َﻌ ُﺪ‬
‫َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة ِﺑ َﻬ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ؟« َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻷَ ْﺳ ِﺌ َﻠ ُﺔ َو َﻏ ْيرُ َﻫﺎ ﺗَ ُﺪو ُر ِﰲ ِذ ْﻫ ِﻨ ِﻪ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﺻﺎ َد َف‬

‫ُﻣ َﻬ ﱢﺮ ًﺟﺎ ﻳَ ْﺤ ِﻤ ُﻞ َﻟ ْﻮ َﺣ ًﺔ َﺿ ْﺨ َﻤ ًﺔ ُﻛ ِﺘ َﺐ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ َﻬﺎ‪:‬‬

‫ا ْﻟ ِﻔ ْﺮ َﻗ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻬ َﻠ َﻮا ِﻧﻴﱠ ُﺔ‬
‫ﻳُ َﻘ ﱢﺪ ُﻣ َﻬﺎ‬
‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺤ َ َﱰ ُم‬

‫وﻳﻠﻴﺎم ﺑﺎﺗﻮﻟﻜﺎر‬
‫َﻻ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻮﺗُﻮا آ ِﺧ َﺮ‬
‫َﻋ ْﺮ ٍض ِﻟ ِﻔ ْﺮ َﻗ ِﺔ‬
‫»ﻟﻮﻧﺞ ﻧﻮ ِزز« »ﻟﻮﻧﺞ ﻧﻮ ِزز«‬
‫َﺳﻨَﺘﱠ ِﺠ ُﻪ إِ َﱃ‬

‫»أَ ْﻣ ِﺮﻳ َﻜﺎ«!‬

‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ‪» :‬أَ ْﻣ ِﺮﻳ َﻜﺎ! َﻫ َﺬا ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻀﺒْ ِﻂ َﻣﺎ أَ ْﺣﺘَﺎ ُج إِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ!«‬
‫َﻟ ِﺤ َﻖ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻬ ﱢﺮ ِج َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َو ْﺳ ِﻂ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ َﺧ ْﻤ ِﺴي َن َد ِﻗﻴ َﻘ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ‬
‫ﻳَ ِﻘ ُﻒ أَ َﻣﺎ َم َﻛﺎ ِﺑﻴﻨَ ٍﺔ َﻛ ِﺒيرَ ٍة ُﻣ َﺰﻳﱠﻨَ ٍﺔ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ َﴩا ِﺋ ِﻂ َو َﻣ ْﺮ ُﺳﻮ ٍم َﻋ َﻠﻴْ َﻬﺎ ﺑَ ْﻬ َﻠ َﻮاﻧَﺎ ٌت‪َ .‬د َﺧ َﻞ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ إِ َﱃ‬

‫ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎ ِﺑﻴﻨَ ِﺔ َو َﺳﺄَ َل َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﺑﺎﺗﻮﻟﻜﺎر‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ُ ْﴎ َﻋﺎ َن َﻣﺎ َﺧ َﺮ َج ِﻟﻴُ َﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻠ ُﻪ‪.‬‬
‫َﺳﺄَ َل ﺑﺎﺗﻮﻟﻜﺎر‪َ » :‬ﻣﺎ َذا ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ؟«‬

‫َﻓﺄَ َﺟﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ َﻻ ِﻋ ُﺐ ُﺟ ْﻤﺒَﺎ ٍز َو ُﻣ ْﻄ ِﺮ ٌب َو ُﻣ َﻤﺜﱢ ٌﻞ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻬ ْﻞ ﺗَ ْﺤﺘَﺎ ُج إِ َﱃ أَ ﱟي‬
‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻣ َﻬﺎ َرا ِﺗﻲ؟«‬

‫َﺳﺄَ َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺑﺎﺗﻮﻟﻜﺎر‪َ » :‬ﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧْ َﺖ َﻓ َﺮﻧْ ِ ﱞﴘ؟«‬
‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ‪» :‬ﻧَ َﻌ ْﻢ‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﺎ ِرﻳ َﺲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ِﻨﻲ أَ ِﻋﻴ ُﺶ ِﰲ إِﻧْ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِ َﱰا ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﺳﻨَ َﻮا ٍت َﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬

‫َوا ْﻵ َن‪ ،‬أَ ْر َﻏ ُﺐ ِﰲ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ِة أَ ْﻣ ِﺮﻳ َﻜﺎ‪«.‬‬

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