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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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