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ﺣﻮل اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻢ ﰲ ٨٠ﻳﻮ ًﻣﺎ
َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ ا ْﻟﺒَ َﻘﺎءَ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺪا ِﺧ ِﻞ َﻃ َﻮا َل ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ؛ َﻓ ِﻔﻲ أَ َﺣ ِﺪ ا ْﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِمَ ،ﺷ َﻌ َﺮ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﺤﺎ َﺟ ٍﺔ
إِ َﱃ ا ْﺳ ِﺘﻨْ َﺸﺎ ِق ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﺾ ا ْﻟ َﻬ َﻮا ِء ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْ ِﻌ ِﺶَ .ﻣﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻄﺄُ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟! َو ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺠ ﱠﺮ ِد أَ ْن َو ِﻃﺌَ ْﺖ َﻗ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ُه َﺳ ْﻄ َﺢ
اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔَ ،و َﺟ َﺪ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي اﺗﱠ َﺠ َﻪ إِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻣﺒَﺎ َ َﴍ ًة َو َﻟ َﻜ َﻤ ُﻪ ِﰲ أَﻧْ ِﻔ ِﻪ َﻓ َﻄ َﺮ َﺣ ُﻪ أَ ْر ًﺿﺎ.
َو َﺳﺄَ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﺴ ُﻚ أَﻧْ َﻔ ُﻪَ » :ﻫ ِﻞ ا ْﻛﺘَ َﻔﻴْ َﺖ ِﺑ َﻬﺬَا؟«
أَ َﺟﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮِ » :ﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﻫ ِﻦ ،ﻧَ َﻌ ْﻢ«.
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻜﺲ» :إِ َذ ْن ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﻀ ِﻠ َﻚَ ،د ْﻋ ِﻨﻲ أَﺗَ َﺤ ﱠﺪ ُث إِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ِﻟ َﻠ ْﺤ َﻈ ٍﺔ ،إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ أَ ْﻣ ٌﺮ ﻳَﺘَ َﻌ ﱠﻠ ُﻖ ِﺑ َﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ َك«.
َوا َﻓ َﻖ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮَ ،ر ْﻏ َﻢ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل َﻻ ﻳَﺜِ ُﻖ ِﺑ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﻘ ِﻖَ ،ﻓ َﻮ َﻗ َﻒ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َﻋ َﲆ َﻗ َﺪ َﻣﻴْ ِﻪ
َوذَ َﻫ َﺐ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن َو َﺟ َﻠ َﺴﺎ ﻣ ًﻌﺎ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻘﺎ ِﻋ ِﺪ َﻋ َﲆ َﻇ ْﻬ ِﺮ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔ.
َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ» :إِ َذ ْن أَﻧْ َﺖ ﺗَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ ا ْﻵ َن أَ ﱠن َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي َر ُﺟ ٌﻞ َ ِﴍﻳ ٌﻒَ ،وﺗَ َﺨ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﺖ َﻋ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﻔ ْﻜ َﺮ ِة
ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺠﻨُﻮﻧَ ِﺔ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ِﻟ ﱡﺺ ا ْﻟﺒَﻨْ ِﻚ ،أَ َﻟﻴْ َﺲ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟«
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻜﺲِ » :ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻄﺒْ ِﻊ َﻻَ «.ﻓ َﺮ َﻓ َﻊ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻗﺒْ َﻀﺘَ ُﻪ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ُﻬ ﱡﻢ ِﺑﺘَ ْﻮ ِﺟﻴ ِﻪ َﻟ ْﻜ َﻤ ٍﺔ
ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ٍﺔ؛ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻜﺲ »اﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ْﺮ! َد ْﻋ ِﻨﻲ أُ ْﻛ ِﻤ ْﻞ «.أَﻧْ َﺰ َل ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِد ُم ﻳَ َﺪ ُهَ ،ﻓﺎ ْﺳﺘَ ْﻄ َﺮ َد ﻓﻴﻜﺲ» :أَﻧَﺎ ا ْﻵ َن
َدا ِﺧ َﻞ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﻌﺒَ ِﺔَ ،ﻓﺎﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ِﺣﻴ َﺪ ُة ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻘﺒْ ِﺾ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻫ َﻲ أَ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ َن ِﰲ إِﻧْ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِﱰَاَ ،واﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ِﺣﻴ َﺪ ُة
ِﻟ َﻌ ْﻮ َد ِﺗ ُﻜ ْﻢ إِ َﱃ إِﻧْ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِ َﱰا ِﻫ َﻲ أَ ْن ﺗُ ْﻜ ِﻤﻠُﻮا َﻫ َﺬا اﻟ ﱢﺴﺒَﺎ َق ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺠﻨُﻮ َن َﺣ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢَ ،ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ أُ ْد ِر ُك أَﻧﱠ ِﻨﻲ َﻻ
أَ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ إِﻳ َﻘﺎ َﻓ ُﻪ؛ ِﻟﺬَا َﺳﺄَ ْﻓ َﻌ ُﻞ َﻣﺎ ِﺑ ُﻮ ْﺳ ِﻌﻲ ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻤ َﺴﺎ َﻋ َﺪ ِة«.
َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﻮ ْه ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﻠ َﻤ ٍﺔ؛ َﻓﺘَﺎﺑَ َﻊ ﻓﻴﻜﺲَ » :ﻫ ْﻞ ﻧَ ْﺤ ُﻦ أَ ْﺻ ِﺪ َﻗﺎ ُء؟«
– » َﻛ ﱠﻼَ ،ﻟ ْﺴﻨَﺎ أَ ْﺻ ِﺪ َﻗﺎ َءَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜ ُﻦ أَ ْن ﻧَ ُﻜﻮ َن ُﺣ َﻠ َﻔﺎءََ .و َر ْﻏ َﻢ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺐ أَ ْن أُ َﺣ ﱢﺬ َر َك
ِﺑﺄَﻧﱠ ِﻨﻲ َﺳ ْﻮ َف أَ ُد ﱡق ُﻋﻨُ َﻘ َﻚ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ أَ ﱠو ِل إِ َﺷﺎ َر ٍة ﺗَ ُﺪ ﱡل َﻋ َﲆ أَﻧﱠ َﻚ َﺳﺘُ َﻜ ﱢﺮ ُر َﻣﺎ َﻓ َﻌ ْﻠﺘَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻫﻮﻧﺞ ﻛﻮﻧﺞ!«
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻜﺲُ » :ﻣ َﻮا ِﻓ ٌﻖَ «.و َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ ْﺪ ِر ُك أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﻣ ْﻮ ِﻗ ِﻒ َﺿ ْﻌ ٍﻒ.
ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ أَ َﺣ َﺪ َﻋ َ َﴩ ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎَ ،ر َﺳ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ُة »ﺟﻨﺮال ﺟﺮاﻧﺖ« ِﰲ ﺳﺎن ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺴﻜﻮَ ،و ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ
ﻳَ ْﻜ ِﺴ ْﺐ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج أَ ْو ﻳَ ْﺨ ِ ْﴪ أَ ﱠي ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ِﰲ ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺘ ِﻪَ ،و َﻗ ْﺪ َد ﱠو َن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ َد ْﻓ َ ِﱰ ﻳَ ْﻮ ِﻣﻴﱠﺎ ِﺗ ِﻪ.
َذ َﻫ َﺐ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ُﻣﺒَﺎ َ َﴍ ًة إِ َﱃ َﻣ َﺤ ﱠﻄ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر ِﻟﻴَ ْﻌ ِﺮ َف َﻣ ْﻮ ِﻋ َﺪ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﱄ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘﱠ ِﺠ ِﻪ إِ َﱃ
َﻣ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ ﻧﻴﻮﻳﻮركَ ،ﻓ َﻮ َﺟ َﺪ أَ ﱠن َﻣ ْﻮ ِﻋ َﺪ ُه ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِد َﺳ ِﺔ َﻣ َﺴﺎءً؛ ِﻣ ﱠﻤﺎ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﻨﻲ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ وﻋﻮدا ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ أَ ْن
ﻳَﻨَﺎ َﻻ ِﻗ ْﺴ ًﻄﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮا َﺣ ِﺔ ِﰲ ُﻓﻨْ ُﺪ ِق »إﻧﱰﻧﺎﺷﻮﻧﺎل ﻫﻮﺗﻴﻞ« ِﻟﺒَ ِﻘﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم.
َوﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ اﺗﱠ َﺠ َﻪ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﻟ َﻘ َﻀﺎ ِء ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﺾ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻬﺎ ﱢم ،ﺗَﻨَﺎ َو َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َوﻋﻮدا َﻓ ُﻄﻮ ًرا َﺷ ِﻬﻴٍّﺎ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ
َذ َﻫ َﺐ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس — ِﻣﺜْ َﻠ َﻤﺎ َﻓ َﻌﻞ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ِﻣﻴﻨَﺎءٍ َر َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ — ِﻟﻴَ ْﺨ ِﺘ َﻢ َﺟ َﻮا َز َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮ ِهَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻤ ﱠﺮ َة
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