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‫ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس وﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻳُ َﻮا ِﺟ َﻬﺎ ِن َﺧﺎ ِر ِﺟي َن َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﻧُﻮ ِن …‬

‫َو ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﻤ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ٍة‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﻤ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳ ْﺤ ِﺐ ِﺳ ْﻠ ِﺴ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻷَ َﻣﺎ ِن ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻋ َﺮﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻘﻴَﺎ َد ِة‪،‬‬
‫َو َرأَى ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﺮﺑَ َﺔ َو ِﻫ َﻲ ﺗَﻨْ َﻔ ِﺼ ُﻞ َﻋ ْﻦ ﺑَﺎ ِﻗﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر‪ ،‬ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﺬَ َل َﻣﺎ ِﰲ ُو ْﺳ ِﻌ ِﻪ ﻟ َﺴ ْﺤ ِﺐ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮا ِﻣ ِﻞ‪َ .‬وأَ ِﺧيرًا‪،‬‬
‫ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ ﺑَﺎ ِﻗﻲ َﻋ َﺮﺑَﺎ ِت ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ًﻣﺎ أَ َﻣﺎ َم َﻣ َﺤ ﱠﻄ ِﺔ ﻓﻮرت ﻛيرﻧﻲ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ اﻧْ َﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ َﻋ َﺮﺑَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻘﻴَﺎ َد ِة‬

                                                                       ‫َو ْﺣ َﺪ َﻫﺎ‪.‬‬
‫َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ ُﺠﻨُﻮ ُد ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺤ ْﺼ ِﻦ َﻗ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤ ُﻌﻮا اﻟ ﱠﺸ ْﻐ َﺐ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﻋ َﲆ أُ ْﻫﺒَ ِﺔ ا ِﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﻌ َﺪا ِد ِﻟ ُﻤ َﻮا َﺟ َﻬ ِﺔ ُﻗ ﱠﻄﺎ ِع‬
‫اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َرأَى أَ ْﻓ َﺮا ُد ا ْﻟ ِﻌ َﺼﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﺠﻨُﻮ َد َو ُﻫ ْﻢ ُﻣ ْﺼ َﻄ ﱡﻔﻮ َن َو ُﻣ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻌ ﱡﺪو َن ِﺑﺄَ ْﺳ ِﻠ َﺤ ِﺘ ِﻬ ْﻢ‬

                   ‫ِ ِﻹ ْﻃ َﻼ ِق اﻟﻨﱢي َرا ِن‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﺮ ُﻛﻮا ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ َر‪َ ،‬و َﻗ َﻔ ُﺰوا َﻋ َﲆ ُﺧﻴُﻮﻟِ ِﻬ ْﻢ‪َ ،‬و َﻻذُوا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻔ َﺮا ِر‪.‬‬
‫َوﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ أَ ْن أَ ْﺻﺒَ َﺢ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻮ ِﻗ ُﻒ آ ِﻣﻨًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻏﺎ َدر ﻋﻮدا َوﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َوﻓﻴﻜﺲ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ َر َو َو َﻗ ُﻔﻮا َﻋ َﲆ‬

                         ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺻﻴ ِﻒ‪ ،‬ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﺻﺎ َﺣ ْﺖ ﻋﻮدا‪» :‬أَﻳْ َﻦ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ؟ إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻟﻴْ َﺲ ُﻫﻨَﺎ!«‬
‫َﺣﺎ َو َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﺗَ ْﻬ ِﺪﺋَﺘَ َﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻋ ِﻠ َﻢ ِﻓﻴ َﻢ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ِﻫ َﻲ َوﻓﻴﻜﺲ ﻳُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮا ِن؛ َﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ ا ْﺧﺘَ َﻄ َﻔ ِﺖ‬

                                        ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻌ َﺼﺎﺑَ ُﺔ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ! َوﺑَ َﺪأَ ْت ﻋﻮدا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒُ َﻜﺎءِ‪.‬‬
‫إِ َذا َﻛﺎ َن َﺧﺎ ِد ُم ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َﺳ ِﺠﻴﻨًﺎ َﻟ َﺪى ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِر ِﺟي َن َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﻧُﻮ ِن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻌ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ إِﻧْ َﻘﺎذُ ُه‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ‬

                                                               ‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﺧﻴَﺎ ٌر آ َﺧ ُﺮ‪.‬‬
                   ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻻ ﺗَ ْﻘ َﻠ ِﻘﻲ ﻳَﺎ ﻋﻮدا‪َ ،‬ﺳﺄَ ْﻋﺜُ ُﺮ َﻋ َﲆ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﺣﻴٍّﺎ أَ ْو َﻣﻴﱢﺘًﺎ‪«.‬‬

                     ‫ﺑَ َﻜ ْﺖ ﻋﻮدا َو ِﻫ َﻲ ﺗُ َﻐ ﱢﻄﻲ َو ْﺟ َﻬ َﻬﺎ ِﺑﻴَ َﺪﻳْ َﻬﺎ‪» :‬ﻳَﺎ إِ َﻟ ِﻬﻲ! ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس!«‬
‫أَ َ ﱠﴏ‪َ » :‬ﺣﻴٍّﺎ! إِ َذا َذ َﻫﺒْﻨَﺎ َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا‪ «.‬ا ْﺳﺘَ َﺪا َر ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َو َرأَى َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ا ْﻟ ِﺤ ْﺼ ِﻦ ﻳَ ِﻘ ُﻒ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣ ْﻘ َﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ‬

                                                  ‫ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨَﺎ َدى َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪» :‬أَﻳﱡ َﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﺋ ُﺪ!«‬
‫ا ْﺳﺘَ َﺪا َر ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﺋ ُﺪ ﻧَ ْﺤ َﻮ ُه‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ ا ْﺧﺘَ َﻄ َﻒ َﻗﺎ ِﻃ ُﻌﻮ اﻟ ﱡﻄ ُﺮ ِق َﺧﺎ ِد ِﻣﻲ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي‪،‬‬

                    ‫َوأَ ْﻋﺘَ ِﻘ ُﺪ أَﻧﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻗﺪ ا ْﺧﺘَ َﻄ ُﻔﻮا ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺾ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱠﻛﺎ ِب َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺐ ُﻣ َﻄﺎ َر َدﺗُ ُﻬ ْﻢ!«‬
‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﺋ ُﺪ‪َ » :‬ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ُﻣ َﺨﺎ َﻃ َﺮ ٌة َﺷ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ٌة ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﺮﺑﱠ َﻤﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮﻧُﻮ َن َﻗ ْﺪ َﻋﺎ ُدوا ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ إِ َﱃ‬

                         ‫أرﻛﻨﺴﺎس‪َ ،‬وأَﻧَﺎ َﻻ أَ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أَ ْن أَﺗْ ُﺮ َك ا ْﻟ ِﺤ ْﺼ َﻦ ِﺑ ُﺪو ِن ِﺣ َﻤﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ‪«.‬‬
                                 ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس‪َ » :‬ﺣ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬إِ َذ ْن َﺳﺄَذْ َﻫ ُﺐ ِﺑ ُﻤ ْﻔ َﺮ ِدي‪«.‬‬

       ‫َﺻﺎ َح ﻓﻴﻜﺲ‪ِ » :‬ﺑ ُﻤ ْﻔ َﺮ ِد َك! َﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﺘَﺬْ َﻫ ُﺐ ِﻟ ُﻤ َﻄﺎ َر َد ِة َﻗﺎ ِﻃ ِﻌﻲ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ ِﺑ ُﻤ ْﻔ َﺮ ِد َك؟«‬
‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﺋ ُﺪ‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ أَ ْﺳ َﻤ َﺢ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺄُ ْﻋ ِﻄﻴ َﻚ ﺛَ َﻼ ِﺛي َن ُﻣﺘَ َﻄ ﱢﻮ ًﻋﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ْﺬ َﻫﺒُﻮا َﻣ َﻌ َﻚ‪ «.‬ﺛُ ﱠﻢ‬
‫ا ْﺳﺘَ َﺪا َر إِ َﱃ ُﻗ ﱠﻮا ِﺗ ِﻪ َو َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬أَﻳﱡ َﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ُل! أَ ْﺣﺘَﺎ ُج إِ َﱃ ﺛَ َﻼ ِﺛي َن ُﻣﺘَ َﻄ ﱢﻮ ًﻋﺎ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻜ ْﻢ ِﻟﻠ ﱠﺬ َﻫﺎ ِب َﻣ َﻊ َﻫ َﺬا‬

    ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱡﺸ َﺠﺎ ِع ِ ِﻹﻧْ َﻘﺎ ِذ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱠﻛﺎ ِب ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬﻳ َﻦ ا ْﺧﺘَ َﻄ َﻔ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻗﺎ ِﻃ ُﻌﻮ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ‪َ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﻴَﺬْ َﻫ ُﺐ َﻣ َﻌ ُﻪ؟«‬

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