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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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