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ﺣﻮل اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻢ ﰲ ٨٠ﻳﻮ ًﻣﺎ
ﺳﻴﺘﻲَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ُﺔ ُﻣ َﺤﺎ َﻃ ًﺔ ِﺑ ُﺴﻮ ٍر ﺑُﻨِ َﻲ ِﰲ َﻋﺎ ِم ِ ١٨٥٣ﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﻄي ِن َوا ْﻟ َﺤ َﴡ .ﺗَ َﺠ ﱠﻮ َل
ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺴﺎ ِﻓ ُﺮو َن ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺸ َﻮا ِر ِعَ ،وﺗَﺄَ ﱠﻣﻠُﻮا ا ْﻟ َﻤﻨَﺎ ِز َل ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺮﺑﱠ َﻌ َﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻋﺎ ُدوا إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر.
َو ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺠ ﱠﺮ ِد أَ ِن اﻧْ َﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ َﺻﺎ ِﻓ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر َوﺑَ َﺪأَ ِت ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﺠ َﻼ ُت ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺤ ﱡﺮ ِك ،ﻧَ َﻈ َﺮ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ
َﺧﺎ ِر َج اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﻓﺬَ ِة َﻓ َﺮأَى َر ُﺟ ًﻼ َﻃ ِﻮﻳ ًﻼ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺪي ِﻣ ْﻌ َﻄ ًﻔﺎ َﻃ ِﻮﻳ ًﻼ َدا ِﻛ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﻮ ِن ﻳَ ْﺠ ِﺮي َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺻﻴ ِﻒ.
َﻓ َﺼﺎ َح ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ» :ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ ْﻒ! ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ ْﻒ!« َو ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻄﺒْ ِﻊ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ ِﻒ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ُرَ ،ﻓ َﺮ َﻛ َﺾ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ُﻞ
أَ ْ َﴎ َع َﻓﺄَ ْ َﴎ َع َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ أَ ِﺧيرًا َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨَ ﱠﺼ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻔﻴﱠ ِﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِرَ ،ﻓﺎﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َو َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ
ﻧَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪُ » :رﺑﱠ َﻤﺎ ﻳَ ُﻘﻮ ُم َذ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ُﻞ أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ ِﺑ َﺠ ْﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ َﺣ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ!«
اﺗﱠ َﺠ َﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ُر َﺷ َﻤﺎ ًﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ أوﺟﺪن إِ َﱃ ِﺟﺒَﺎ ِل روﻛﻲَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻳَ ْﻘ َﻄ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ َر ذَ َﻫﺎﺑًﺎ
َوإِﻳَﺎﺑًﺎ؛ إِذْ إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺪ ُﺻ ُﻌﻮﺑَ ًﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَ َﻘﺎ ِء َﻫﺎ ِدﺋًﺎ ِﰲ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪَ ،و َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻛﺎ َن ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َﻻ ﻳُ ِﺤ ﱡﺐ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ َﺮ
َﻋ ْﱪَ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺒَﺎ ِلَ ،ﻓ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺪ أَ َﺧﺎ َﻓ ُﻪ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻗ ِﻠﻴ ًﻼ .أَ ﱠﻣﺎ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسَ ،ﻓ َﻜﺎ َن ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻄﺒْ ِﻊ َﻫﺎ ِدﺋًﺎ ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ًﻣﺎ َﻛ َﻄ ِﺒﻴ َﻌ ِﺘ ِﻪ.
َو َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ُج َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ﺗَﻨْ َﻬ ِﻤ ُﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻤﺎءَِ ،ﻓﺘَ َﺴﺎءَ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﰲ ﻧَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪِ » :ﻟ َﻤﺎ َذا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻘ ْﻢ
َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي ِﺑ َﻬ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﺠ ْﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺼﻴْ ِﻒَ ،و ِﺑﺬَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻟﻨُ َﻮا ِﺟ َﻪ ُﻣ ْﺸ ِﻜ َﻠ َﺔ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ْﻘ ِﺲ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ِﺊ؟« ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﻧَ َﻈ َﺮ
َﺧﺎ ِر َج اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﻓ َﺬ ِة َوﺗَﺄَ ﱠﻣ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻤﺎءَ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎ ِر َﻗ َﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻐﻴُﻮ ِم.
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻜﺲ» :إِ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ َﻋﺎ ِت ﺗَ ْﻤ ِﴤ َﻛﺎﻟ ﱠﺪ ْﻫ ِﺮ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر«.
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس» :ﻧَ َﻌ ْﻢَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ َﻬﺎ ﺗَ ْﻤ ِﴤ«.
َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ُﻣ ْﻘ َ ِﱰ ًﺣﺎ» :ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ أَ ْن ﻧَ ْﻠ َﻌ َﺐ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺾ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ْﻮ َﻻ ِت ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َر ِق«.
َﻓﺄَ َﺟﺎ َب ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسِ » :ﻓ ْﻜ َﺮ ٌة َرا ِﺋ َﻌ ٌﺔ! ِﻟﻨَ ْﻠ َﻌ ْﺐ ﺑﺮﻳﺪج«.
َو َﻫ َﻜﺬَا أَ ْﻣ َﴣ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ َﺳﺎ َﻋﺎ ٍت َﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ َﻋ َﲆ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨْ َﻮا ِل؛ ﻳَ ْﻠ َﻌﺒُﻮ َن ا ْﻟ َﻮ َر َق َوﻳَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺪﺛُﻮ َن إِ َﱃ
ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﻀ ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻌ ِﺾ َوﻳَﺘَﻨَﺎ َوﻟُﻮ َن ا ْ ِﻹ ْﻓ َﻄﺎ َر أَ ِو ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺪاءَ أَ ِو ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﺸﺎءََ .و َﻛﺎ َن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ُﻣ ِﺤ ٍّﻘﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻣ ﱠﺮ
ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ُﺖ.
َﻓ ْﺠﺄَ ًة ،اﻧْ َﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ َﺻﺎ ِﻓ َﺮ ٌة ُﻣ َﺪ ﱢوﻳَ ٌﺔ َوﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻒ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ُر ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ًﻣﺎ.
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسَ » :ر َﺟﺎءً ،اذْ َﻫ ْﺐ َواﻧْ ُﻈ ْﺮ َﻣﺎذَا َﺣ َﺪ َث ﻳَﺎ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ«.
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