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ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻳُ َﻮا ِﺻ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ َﺔ َو ِﺣﻴ ًﺪا …
أَ ْﻋ َﻠ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺑﺎﺗﻮﻟﻜﺎر َﻋ ْﻦ آ ِﺧ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ ُﻌ ُﺮو ِض ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ؛ أَ َﻻ َو ُﻫ َﻮ َﻋ ْﺮ ُض ا ْﻟ َﻬ َﺮ ِم ا ْﻟﺒَ َ ِﴩ ﱢي،
َو َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ُﻣ َﺆ ﱢدي ا ْﻟ َﻌ ْﺮ ِض َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ُﻘﻮا َﻋ َﲆ ُﻇ ُﻬﻮ ِر ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﻀ ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻌ ِﺾَ ،وإِﻧﱠ َﻤﺎ َﺳﻴُ َﺤﺎ ِﻓ ُﻈﻮ َن َﻋ َﲆ
اﺗﱢ َﺰا ِﻧ ِﻬ ْﻢ َﻋ َﲆ أُﻧُﻮ ِف ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﻀ ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻌ ِﺾ! َو َو َﻗ َﻒ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﰲ َو ْﺳ ِﻂ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ْﻠﺒَ ِﺔ َو َﻋ َﲆ َو ْﺟ ِﻬ ِﻪ أَﻧْ ٌﻒ
ُﻃﻮﻟُ ُﻪ ِﺳ ﱡﺖ أَ ْﻗ َﺪا ٍمَ ،و َﻋ َﲆ َﻇ ْﻬ ِﺮ ِه أَ ْﺟ ِﻨ َﺤ ٌﺔ ُﻣﺘَ َﻌ ﱢﺪ َد ُة ا ْﻷَ ْﻟ َﻮا ِن.
َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ُﻖ أَ ْﻋ َﲆ أَ َﺣ ِﺪ ا ْﻷُﻧُﻮ ِف َوﻳَ ْﺴ َﻌﻰ َﺟﺎ ِﻫ ًﺪا ِﻟ ْﻠ ِﺤ َﻔﺎ ِظ َﻋ َﲆ اﺗﱢ َﺰا ِﻧ ِﻪ:
» َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻷَ َﻗ ﱢﻞ َﺳﺄَ ْﺣ ُﺼ ُﻞ َﻋ َﲆ َﻋ َﺸﺎ ٍء اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ«.
َو َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﺤ َﻈ ِﺔَ ،و ِﺑﻨَ ْﻔ ِﺲ اﻟ ﱡ ْﴪ َﻋ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗَ َﺸ ﱠﻜ َﻞ ِﻓﻴ َﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻬ َﺮ ُم ،اﻧْ َﻬﺎ َر ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ أَ ْر ًﺿﺎ
َوﺗَ َﺤ ﱠﻄ َﻤ ْﺖ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ا ْﻷُﻧُﻮ ِف َﺣ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻬ ْﻢ.
َو َﺻﺎ َح ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﰲ ﺗَ َﻌ ﱡﺠ ٍﺐَ » :ﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي! أَﻧْ َﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ!« َﻛﺎ َن َذ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺻ ِﺤﻴ ًﺤﺎ! َﻛﺎ َن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس
ﻓﻮج ﻳَ ْﺠ ِﻠ ُﺲ ﺑَ ْي َن ا ْﻟ ُﺠ ْﻤ ُﻬﻮ ِرَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ُﻫ َﻮ وﻋﻮدا ِﺑ َﻼ ِﻓﺘَﺎ ِت ا ْﻟ َﻌ ْﺮ ِض َو ُﻫ َﻤﺎ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻜ ِﺸ َﻔﺎ ِن ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺪﻳﻨَ َﺔ
َو َﻗ ﱠﺮ َرا اﻟ ﱡﺪ ُﺧﻮ َل َو ُﻣ َﺸﺎ َﻫ َﺪ َة ا ْﻟ َﻌ ْﺮ ِض.
َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسَ » :ﻫ ْﻞ َﻫ َﺬا أَﻧْ َﺖ ﻳَﺎ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ؟«
– »ﻧَ َﻌ ْﻢ! أَﻧَﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ! أَﻧَﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ!«
َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسَ » :ﺣ َﺴﻨًﺎ ،ﻫﻴﱠﺎ ِﺑﻨَﺎ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة أَﻳﱡ َﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺸﺎ ﱡب!«
َﻏﺎ َد َر ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َوﻋﻮدا َوﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْ َﴪ َح ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺠ ِﻬي َن إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِر ِجَ ،ﻓﺘَ َﻌ ﱠﻘﺒَ ُﻬ ُﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ
ﺑﺎﺗﻮﻟﻜﺎر إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِر ِج َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْ ُﴫ ُخ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ًﻼ إِ ﱠن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻗ ْﺪ َد ﱠﻣ َﺮ َﻋ ْﺮ َﺿ ُﻪ! َﻓﺄَ ْﻋ َﻄﺎ ُه اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﻓﻮج
ِﺑ َﻜ َﺮ ٍم ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺾ اﻟﻨﱡ ُﻘﻮ ِد ِ ِﻹ ْﺻ َﻼ ِح َﻣﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ ِﻠ َﻒَ ،و َﺷ ﱠﻖ اﻟﺜﱠ َﻼﺛَ ُﺔ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ُﻬ ْﻢ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘﱠ ِﺠ َﻬ ِﺔ إِ َﱃ
أَ ْﻣ ِﺮﻳ َﻜﺎَ .ﻛﺎ َن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َ ْﳾءٌ َوا ِﺣ ٌﺪ َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂ؛ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧَ ِ َﴘ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺨ َﻠ َﻊ أَﻧْ َﻔ ُﻪَ ،ﻓ َﻈ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ َﻀ ُﻊ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ
ا ْﻷَﻧْ َﻒ َوا ْﻷَ ْﺟ ِﻨ َﺤ َﺔ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﺼ َﻌ ُﺪ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗَ ْﺤ ِﻤ ُﻞ ا ْﺳ َﻢ »ﺟﻨﺮال ﺟﺮاﻧﺖ«!
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