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ﺣﻮل اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻢ ﰲ ٨٠ﻳﻮ ًﻣﺎ
– » َﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧْ َﺖ َﻗ ِﻮ ﱡي ا ْﻟ ِﺒﻨْﻴَ ِﺔ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ ِﻐﻨَﺎءَ َوأَﻧْ َﺖ ﺗَ ِﻘ ُﻒ َﻋ َﲆ َرأْ ِﺳ َﻚَ ،و َﻋ َﲆ َﻗ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻚ
ا ْﻟﻴُ ْﻤﻨَﻰ ﻧَ ْﺤ َﻠ ٌﺔ َد ﱠوا َر ٌة َو َﻋ َﲆ َﻗ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴُ ْ َﴪى َﺳﻴْ ٌﻒ ُﻣﺘَ َﻮا ِز ٌن؟«
أَ َﺟﺎ َب ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮَ » :ﻫﺎ ْه! أَ ْﻋﺘَ ِﻘ ُﺪ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ!« َوﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ َﻛﻴْ َﻒ َﻛﺎ َن َر ِﺷﻴ ًﻘﺎ ِﰲ ِﺻ َﻐ ِﺮ ِهَ ،ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن
ﺑَ ْﻬ َﻠ َﻮاﻧًﺎ!
– » َﺣ َﺴﻨًﺎَ ،ﻫ َﺬا َﺟﻴﱢ ٌﺪ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ ِﱄ ،ﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ْﻌ ِﻴﻴﻨُ َﻚ!« ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﻧَ َﻈ َﺮ إِ َﱃ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َو َﻗﺎ َلَ » :و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ
َﻋ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻌﺜُﻮ ُر َﻋ َﲆ َﻣ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺲ ِﻧ ْﺼ ِﻒ َﻻ ِﺋ َﻘ ٍﺔ ِﻟ َﱰْﺗَ ِﺪﻳَ َﻬﺎ؛ َﻓﺎﻟ ﱢﺰ ﱡي ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﺗَ ْﻠﺒَ ُﺴ ُﻪ ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪو َﺳ ِﺨﻴ ًﻔﺎ«.
َﺷ َﻌ َﺮ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﺑ َﺴ َﻌﺎ َد ٍة َﻏﺎ ِﻣ َﺮ ٍة ِﻷَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ﻧَ َﺠ َﺢ أَ ِﺧيرًا ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﺤ ُﺼﻮ ِل َﻋ َﲆ َو ِﻇﻴ َﻔ ٍﺔَ ،ﻓ ِﺈ ْن َﻟ ْﻢ
ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﺧﺎ ِد َم اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ﻓﻮجَ ،ﻓ َﻌ َﲆ ا ْﻷَ َﻗ ﱢﻞ أَ ْﺻﺒَ َﺢ ِﰲ إ ْﻣ َﻜﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻮ ُﺻﻮ ُل إِ َﱃ أَ ْﻣ ِﺮﻳ َﻜﺎ َوا ْﻟ ُﻌﺜُﻮ ُر َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ
ُﻫﻨَﺎ َكَ .ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﺣ ِﺴ َﻢ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ُﺮ؛ َﻓ َﺴﻴَﻨْ َﻀ ﱡﻢ إِ َﱃ َﻓ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ »ﻟﻮﻧﺞ ﻧﻮ ِزز« ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬﻳ َﻦ ﻳَ ُﻘﻮ ُﻣﻮ َن ِﺑ َﻌ ْﺮ ٍض َﺧﺎ ﱟص
َدا ِﺧ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﻔ ْﺮ َﻗ ِﺔ ِﺑﺘَ ْﻜ ِﻮﻳ ِﻦ َﻫ َﺮ ٍم ﺑَ َ ِﴩ ﱟيَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻌ ْﺮ ُض ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺬ ِﻫ ُﻞ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺼ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﺨﺘَﺎ ِﻣ ﱡﻲ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ
َﻋ ْﺮ ٍض.
ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ اﻟ ﱠﻈ ِﻬي َر ِة ،ﺑَ َﺪأَ ِت ا ْﻟ ُﺤ ُﺸﻮ ُد ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺠ ﱡﻤ ِﻊ؛ َﻓﺎ ْﻛﺘَ ﱠﻈ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺪ ﱠر َﺟﺎ ُت ِﺑﺄُﻧَﺎ ٍس ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣ ْﺨﺘَ ِﻠ ِﻒ
ا ْﻷَ ْﺷ َﻜﺎ ِل َوا ْﻷَ ْﺣ َﺠﺎ ِم َوا ْﻷَ ْﻟ َﻮا ِنَ .و َﺣ َ َﴬ َﻛ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮ ِﺳﻴ ِﻘﻴﱡﻮ َن ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬﻳ َﻦ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺰ ُﻓﻮ َن ِﺑﺎ ْﻷَ ْﺟ َﺮا ِس
ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِﺻﻴﱠ ِﺔ َواﻟ ﱡﻄﺒُﻮ ِل ا ْﻷَ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘﻴﱠ ِﺔ َواﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِي َواﻟ ﱡﻄﺒُﻮ ِل َواﻟ ﱡﺪ ُﻓﻮ ِف.
َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻬ ﱢﺮ ُﺟﻮ َن ِﻟﺒَ ْﺪءِ ا ْﻟ َﻌ ْﺮ ِضَ ،و َﻗﺎ ُﻣﻮا ِﺑﺘَﻨْ ِﻔﻴ ِﺬ َﺣ َﺮ َﻛﺎ ٍت ُﻣﺒْ ِﻬ َﺮ ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺪ ْﺣ ُﺮ ِج َوا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻔ ِﺰ
َوا ِﻻﻧْ ِﺪ َﻓﺎ ِع؛ ِﻣ ﱠﻤﺎ أَ ْﺳ َﻌ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ْﺸ َﺪ َﻛ ِﺜي ًراَ .ﻛﺎ َن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﺑَ ْﻬ َﻠ َﻮا ٌن ﻳَ ْﺮ ِﻣﻲ اﻟ ﱡﺸ ُﻤﻮ َع ُﻣ ْﺸﺘَ ِﻌ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻬ َﻮا ِء!
َو َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ ْﻄ ِﻔﺌُ َﻬﺎ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ِﺑ َﺠﺎ ِﻧ ِﺐ َﻓ ِﻤ ِﻪ َوﻳُ ِﻀﻴﺌُ َﻬﺎ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى ُدو َن أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺴ ُﻘ َﻂ أَ ﱞي ِﻣﻨْ َﻬﺎ،
َو َﻣ َﴙ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﺋ ُﺮو َن َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﺤﺒَﺎ ِل َﻋ َﲆ ِﺳ ْﻠ ٍﻚ َر ِﻓﻴ ٍﻊ َﻋ ْﱪَ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْ َﴪ ِحَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَ ُﺪو ُرو َن َوﻳَ ْﻘ ِﻔ ُﺰو َن
ِﺑ ُﺪو ِن أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺴ ُﻘ ُﻄﻮا.
َو َر ْﻏ َﻢ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚَ ،ﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻷَﻧْ َﻈﺎ ُر ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺠ َﻬ ًﺔ إِ َﱃ َﻋ ْﺮ ِض »ﻟﻮﻧﺞ ﻧﻮ ِزز«َ ،ﻓ َﻜﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ُﺪو َن
ِﻣﺜْ َﻞ ا ْ ِﻹ َﻟ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺪﻳ ِﻢ »ﺗﻨﺠﻮ« ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻛﺎ َن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ أَﻧْ ٌﻒ َﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٌﻞ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔَ ،ﻛ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَ َﻀ ُﻌﻮ َن أَ ْﺟ ِﻨ َﺤ ًﺔ
َرا ِﺋ َﻌ ًﺔَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ أُﻧُﻮ ُﻓ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻣ ْﺼﻨُﻮ َﻋ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ْﻣﺒُﻮ َو ُﻃﻮﻟُ َﻬﺎ َﺧ ْﻤ َﺴ ٌﺔ َو ِﺳﺘﱠ ٌﺔ َو َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﻋ ْ ِﴩ أَ ْﻗ َﺪا ٍم!
َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑَ ْﻌ ُﺾ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻷُﻧُﻮ ِف ُﻣ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻘﻴ ًﻤﺎ َوا ْﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ َﻣ ْﻌ ُﻘﻮ ًﻓﺎ َوﺑَ ْﻌ ُﻀ َﻬﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺑُﺜُﻮ ٌر ُﻣ ْﻀ ِﺤ َﻜ ٌﺔ.
ﺗَ َﺪ ْﺣ َﺮ َج ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻬ ﱢﺮ ُﺟﻮ َن َوﺗَ َﻤﺎﻳَﻠُﻮا َوأَ ﱠد ْوا َﺣ َﺮ َﻛﺎ ٍت ﺑَ ْﻬ َﻠ َﻮا ِﻧﻴﱠ ًﺔ َو ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻀ ُﻌﻮ َن ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻷُﻧُﻮ َف اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ َﺔ
َﻋ َﲆ ُو ُﺟﻮ ِﻫ ِﻬ ْﻢَ ،ﻛﺎ َن َﻋ ْﺮ ًﺿﺎ َﻻ ﻳُ َﺼ ﱠﺪ ُق!
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