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اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﻓﻮج َو َﻓ ِﺮﻳ ُﻘ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﻌ ُﱪُو َن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ِﺤﻴ َﻂ ا ْﻟ َﻬﺎ ِدئَ
ُﻫ ِﺮ َع ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﺧﺎ ِر ًﺟﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﺮﺑَ ِﺔَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻣ ْﺠ ُﻤﻮ َﻋ ٌﺔ أُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱠﻛﺎ ِب َﻗ ْﺪ
ﺗَ َﺠ ْﻤ َﻬ ُﺮواَ .ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَ ْو َﻗ َﻒ َﺿ ْﻮءٌ أَ ْﺣ َﻤ ُﺮ َﺣ َﺮ َﻛ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ﺑُﻠُﻮ ِﻏ ِﻪ أَ َﺣ َﺪ ا ْﻟ ُﺠ ُﺴﻮ ِرَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ُﻖ
ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر َوا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﺼ ُﻞ ﻳَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺪﺛَﺎ ِن َﻣ َﻊ َﻣ ْﺴﺌُﻮ ِل ا ْ ِﻹ َﺷﺎ َر ِة َﻋ ْﻦ َﺳﺒَ ِﺐ إِﻳ َﻘﺎ ِف ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر.
َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ» :إِ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْ َﴪ َﺧﺎ ِر َج ا ْﻟ ِﺨ ْﺪ َﻣ ِﺔ َو ُﻣ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺤﻴ ٌﻞ ُﻋﺒُﻮ ُر ُه«.
َو ُﻫﻨَﺎ َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ُﻞ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺪي ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻌ َﻄ َﻒ ا ْﻷَ ْﺳ َﻮ َد اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻞ َوﻳُ ْﺪ َﻋﻰ ﻛﻮﻟﻮﻧﻴﻞ ﺑﺮوﻛﺘﻮر:
»إِﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻧَ َﻈ ﱠﻞ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ،أَ َﻟﻴْ َﺲ َﻛ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ؟ أَ َﺳ ْﻮ َف ﻧَ ْﻘﺒَ ُﻊ ﺑَ ْي َن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ِج؟«
َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﺼ ُﻞَ » :ﻗ ْﻄ ًﻌﺎ َﻻَ ،ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَ ْر َﺳ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ﺑَ ْﺮ ِﻗﻴﱠ ًﺔ ِﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ٍر آ َﺧ َﺮ ِﻟ ُﻤ َﻼ َﻗﺎ ِﺗﻨَﺎ ِﰲ َﻣ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ ﻣﻴﺪﻳﺴين
ﺑﺎو ِﰲ ُﻏ ُﻀﻮ ِن ِﺳ ﱢﺖ َﺳﺎ َﻋﺎ ٍت«.
َﺻﺎ َح ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮِ » :ﺳ ﱢﺖ َﺳﺎ َﻋﺎ ٍت! ِﺳ ﱢﺖ َﺳﺎ َﻋﺎ ٍت!«
ﺗَﺎﺑَ َﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﺼ ُﻞ» :ﻧَ َﻌ ْﻢَ ،ﺳﻨَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ُق َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ َﺖ ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻮ ُﺻﻮ ِل إِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﺳ ْي ًرا َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻷَ ْﻗ َﺪا ِم«.
َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮَ » :ﺳ ْي ًرا َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻷَ ْﻗ َﺪا ِم! َﻛ ْﻢ ﺗَﺒْ ُﻌ ُﺪ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ُﺔ؟«
َﻗﺎ َل ﻛﻮﻟﻮﻧﻴﻞ ﺑﺮوﻛﺘﻮر» :إِﻧﱠ َﻬﺎ َﻋ َﲆ ﺑُ ْﻌ ِﺪ ِﻣﻴ ٍﻞ َوا ِﺣ ٍﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎِ ،ﻟ َﻤﺎ َذا َﺳﻨَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ُق ِﺳ ﱠﺖ
َﺳﺎ َﻋﺎ ٍت ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻮ ُﺻﻮ ِل إِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك؟«
َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﺼ ُﻞَ » :ﺣ َﺴﻨًﺎ ،إِﻧﱠ َﻬﺎ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﺠﺎ ِﻧ ِﺐ ا ْﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠ ْﻬ ِﺮ«.
َﺳﺄَ َل اﻟﻜﻮﻟﻮﻧﻴﻞ» :أَ َﻻ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ ُﻋﺒُﻮ ُر اﻟﻨﱠ ْﻬ ِﺮ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ َﻗﺎ ِر ٍب؟«
أَ َﺟﺎ َب ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﺼ ُﻞَ » :ﻫﺬَا ُﻣ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺤﻴ ٌﻞَ ،ﻓﺎﻟﻨﱠ ْﻬ ُﺮ ﻳَ ِﻔﻴ ُﺾ ِﺑ َﺴ ِﺒ ِﺐ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ َﻄﺎ ِرَ ،ﻓﻴَ ِﺠ ُﺐ َﻋ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ْيرُ
َﻋ َ َﴩ َة أَ ْﻣﻴَﺎ ٍل َﺷ َﻤﺎ ًﻻ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻌﺒُﻮ ُر«.
َو َﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱠﻛﺎ ُب َﺟ ِﻤﻴ ًﻌﺎ ُﻣﻨْ َﺰ ِﻋ ِﺠي َن ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻓ ْﻜ َﺮ ِة اﻟ ﱠﺴ ْي ِر ِﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎ َﻓ ِﺔ َﻋ َ َﴩ ِة أَ ْﻣﻴَﺎ ٍل ِﰲ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ َﻄﺎ ِر
َوا ْﻟ َ ْﱪ ِد ْواﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ِجَ .ﺻ َﻤ َﺖ اﻟﻜﻮﻟﻮﻧﻴﻞ ِﻟ َﺪ ِﻗﻴ َﻘ ٍﺔ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﺤ ﱠﺪ َث ِﺑ َﺼ ْﻮ ٍت َﻋﺎ ٍل ُﻣ َﺨﺎ ِﻃﺒًﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬﻳ َﻦ
َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﻣ ْﺸ ُﻐﻮﻟِي َن ِﰲ ﺗَﺬَ ﱡﻣ ِﺮ ِﻫ ْﻢ.
َﻗﺎ َل» :اﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮوا ،أَ ْﻋﺘَ ِﻘ ُﺪ أَ ﱠن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ًﺔ ِﻟ ُﻌﺒُﻮ ِر ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْ ِﴪ«.
َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﺼ ُﻞَ » :ﻣﺎذَا ﺗَ ْﻌ ِﻨﻲ؟«
أَ َﺟﺎ َب اﻟﻜﻮﻟﻮﻧﻴﻞ» :أَ ْﻋﺘَ ِﻘ ُﺪ أَ ﱠن َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻨَﺎ ُﻓ ْﺮ َﺻ ًﺔ ِﰲ ُﻋﺒُﻮ ِر ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْ ِﴪ إِذَا َﺟ َﻌ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ َر ﻳَ ِﺴيرُ
ِﺑﺄَ ْﻗ َﴡ ُ ْﴎ َﻋ ِﺘ ِﻪ؛ َﻓ ِﺈ َذا ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﻧَ ِﺴيرُ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡ ْﴪ َﻋ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺼ َﻮىَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻟ َﺪﻳﻨَﺎ ُﻓ ْﺮ َﺻ ٌﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻌﺒُﻮ ِر َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أَ ْن
ﻳَﻨْ َﻬﺎ َر ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْ ُﴪ ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ًﻣﺎ«.
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