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ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس وﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻳُ َﻮا ِﺟ َﻬﺎ ِن َﺧﺎ ِر ِﺟي َن َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﻧُﻮ ِن …
َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖَ » :ﻟ ْﻦ أَذْ َﻫ َﺐَ ،وأَﻧْ َﺖ أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺐ أَ ﱠﻻ ﺗَﺬْ َﻫ َﺐَ ،ﻫ َﺬا ُﻣ ْﺨ ٍﺰ«.
َﻗﺎ َل» :ﻳُ ْﺆ ِﺳ ُﻔ ِﻨﻲ أَﻧﱠ ِﻚ ﺗَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ِﺮﻳ َﻦ ِﺑ َﻬ َﺬا ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ِﺗﻲَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ َﻣ َﻌﻨَﺎ ُر ﱠﻛﺎﺑًﺎ آ َﺧ ِﺮﻳ َﻦ ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺐ أَ ْن
ﻧُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ِﺑ َﺸﺄْ ِﻧ ِﻬ ْﻢ أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ«.
َﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱠﻛﺎ ُب ا ْﻵ َﺧ ُﺮو َن — ﺑَ ْﻌ ُﻀ ُﻬ ْﻢ ُﻣ َﺼﺎ ٌب َوا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻌ ُﺾ ا ْﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ ُﻣ َﻌﺎ ًﰱ — َﻗ ْﺪ َﺻ ِﻌ ُﺪوا َﻋ َﲆ
َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر َو َﻋﺎ ُدوا إِ َﱃ َﻋ َﺮﺑَﺎ ِﺗ ِﻬ ْﻢَ .و َد َﻋ ْﺖ ﻋﻮدا اﻟﻜﻮﻟﻮﻧﻴﻞ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻗ ْﺪ َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر ُﻣ َﻮا َﺻ َﻠ َﺔ ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺘ ِﻪ،
َو َﺷ َﻜ َﺮﺗْ ُﻪ ِﻟ َﻤﺎ َﻗ ﱠﺪ َﻣ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣ َﺴﺎ َﻋ َﺪ ٍة ِﰲ ُﻣ َﻮا َﺟ َﻬ ِﺔ َﻗﺎ ِﻃ ِﻌﻲ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ.
َﺻ ِﻌ َﺪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﻘ ُﻖ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِرَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ آ ِﺧ ِﺮ َﻟ ْﺤ َﻈ ٍﺔ َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر ا ْﻟﺒَ َﻘﺎءَ َﻣ َﻊ
ﻋﻮداَ ،ﻛ َﻤﺎ َو َﻋ َﺪ .ﺗَ َﺼﺎ َﻋ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺒُ َﺨﺎ ُر ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣ َﻘ ﱢﺪ َﻣ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ِﺴيرُ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻌ ًﺪاَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ُج َﻻ
ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ﺗَﻨْ َﻬ ِﻤ ُﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻤﺎ ِء.
َﺣ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎءَُ ،و َﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱡﺴ َﺠﻨَﺎءُ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺄﺗُﻮا ﺑَ ْﻌ ُﺪَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ﻋﻮدا ﺗَﺘَ َﻤ ﱠﴙ ِﺑ ُﻄﻮ ِل اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺻﻴ ِﻒ ﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ
َﺟ َﻠ َﺲ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨًﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ َر ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺴﺘَ َﻄﺎ ِعَ ،و َﻣ َﻊ ُﻏ ُﺮو ِب اﻟ ﱠﺸ ْﻤ ِﺲ ،ا ْﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ْت ﺑُ ُﺮو َد ُة اﻟ ﱠﻄ ْﻘ ِﺲ ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ٍة.
َو َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻛﺎ َن َﺧﻴَﺎ ُل ﻋﻮدا َﻗ ْﺪ َﺳﺒَ َﺢ ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا َو ِﻫ َﻲ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﻓﻴ َﻤﺎ َﺣ َﺪ َث ِﻟﻔﻴﻠﻴﺎس َوﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ؟ َو ِﰲ
ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺠ ِﺮُ ،ﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َد ِو ﱡي َﻃ ْﻠ ٍﻖ ﻧَﺎ ِر ﱟي أُ ْﻃ ِﻠ َﻖ َﻛ ِﺈ َﺷﺎ َر ٍة ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻋ َﲆ ﺑُ ْﻌ ٍﺪَ ،واﻧْ َﺪ َﻓ َﻌ ْﺖ ﻋﻮدا إِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺻﻴ ِﻒ،
َو َو َﻗ َﻒ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ إِ َﱃ َﺟﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ َﻬﺎ .إِﻧﱠ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ ِﰲ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ َﻋ ْﻮ َد ِﺗ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ! ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َوﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻋﺎ َدا َﺳﺎ ِﻟ َﻤ ْي ِن!
ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻋ ْﻮ َد ِﺗ ِﻬ ْﻢ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺤ ﱠﻄ ِﺔ ،أَ ْﻋ َﻄﻰ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻜﺎ َﻓﺄَ َة ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﺠﻨُﻮ ِد ا ْﻟﺒَ َﻮا ِﺳ ِﻞ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬﻳ َﻦ َﺳﺎ َﻋ ُﺪو ُه،
ِﰲ ِﺣي ِن ﻧَ َﻈ َﺮ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﺣ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑَ ْﺤﺜًﺎ َﻋ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ِر ْﺣ َﻠ ُﺔ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪ ِه أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ َﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﺸ َﻐ ُﻞ
ﺑَﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ.
َﻓ َﺴﺄَ َل» :أَﻳْ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ُر؟«
َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻋﻮداَ » :ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َر َﺣ َﻞَ ،ﻏﺎ َد َر ِﺑﺎ ْﻷَ ْﻣ ِﺲ ِﺑ ُﺪوﻧِﻨَﺎ«.
َﺻﺎ َح ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮَ » :ﻻ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜ ُﻦ! َﻣﺘَﻰ َﺳﻴَ ِﺼ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ُر اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﱄ؟«
أَ َﺟﺎﺑَ ْﺖَ » :ﻟﻴْ َﺲ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎءِ«.
َﻗﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج ِﺑ ُﻬ ُﺪوءٍَ » :ﺣ َﺴﻨًﺎ«.
َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻏﺎ ِﺿﺒًﺎ ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ٍةَ ،ﻓﺎ ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻌ َﺮ َﻛ ُﺔ َﻣ َﻊ َﻗﺎ ِﻃ ِﻌﻲ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻛ ﱠﻠ َﻔ ْﺖ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ُه
اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﻫﺎ َن!
َﻓ َﺴﺄَ َلَ » :ﻣﺎذَا َﺳﻨَ ْﻔ َﻌ ُﻞ ا ْﻵ َن؟«
َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﻮ ْه أَ َﺣ ٌﺪ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﻠ َﻤ ٍﺔَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ أَ ﱞي ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْﺪ ِر ُك َﻣﺎذَا ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜ ُﻦ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﻔ َﻌﻠُﻮاَ ،ﻓ َﻼ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻬ ُﻢ
اﻧْ ِﺘ َﻈﺎ ُر ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِرَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻫ ْﻞ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﺣ ﱞﻞ آ َﺧ ُﺮ؟
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