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ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج ﻳَ ِﺠ ُﺪ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ُﻪ إِ َﱃ ﻟﻴﻔﺮﺑﻮل
أَ َرا َد ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎ َب إِ َﱃ ﻟﻴﻔﺮﺑﻮلَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َ ْﳾءٌ ِﻟﻴَ ُﺤﻮ َل ُدو َن ُو ُﺻﻮ ِﻟ ِﻪ إِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك،
َو َﻛﺎ َن َﻗ ْﺪ أَ ْﺧ َ َﱪ َﻃﺎ َﻗ َﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔ ُﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﻘ ﱠﺼ ِﺘ ِﻪَ ،و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﻋ ِﻠ ُﻤﻮا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎ َﻓ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻗ َﻄ َﻌ َﻬﺎَ ،ﻗ ﱠﺮ ُروا
ُﻣ َﺴﺎ َﻋ َﺪﺗَ ُﻪَ ،ﻓﺘَ َﺠﺎ َﻫﻠُﻮا أَ َوا ِﻣ َﺮ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َﻄﺎ ِنَ ،و َﺣ ﱠﺪ ُدوا ُو ْﺟ َﻬ ًﺔ َﺟ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ًة ِﻟﻠ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔ؛ ﻧَ ْﺤ َﻮ ﻟﻴﻔﺮﺑﻮل.
َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﺤ ِﺮﻳﱠ ُﺔ ﺗَ ِﺴيرُ َﻋ َﲆ َﺧ ْي ِر َﻣﺎ ﻳُ َﺮا ُم ِﰲ أَﻳﱠﺎ ِﻣ َﻬﺎ ا ْﻷُو َﱃ؛ َﻓ َﻜﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳُ َﺤﺎ ِﻓ ُﻈﻮ َن َﻋ َﲆ
َﺳ ْي ِر »ﻫﻨﺮﻳﺘﺎ« ِﺑﺄَ ْﻗ َﴡ ُ ْﴎ َﻋ ٍﺔ َوﻳُ ْﺤ ِﺮ ُﻗﻮ َن ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺰﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺤ ِﻢَ .و َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﻗ ْﺪ َﻋ َﱪُوا ﻧﻴﻮﻓﺎوﻧﺪﻻﻧﺪ
َو َﺧ َﺮ ُﺟﻮا إِ َﱃ ُﻋ ْﺮ ِض ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﺤﺎ ِرَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻳُ َﺴ ﱢﲇ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠﺤﺎ َر َة ِﺑ ِﺈ َﻗﺎ َﻣ ِﺔ ا ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﻌ َﺮا َﺿﺎ ٍت َﻟ ُﻬ ْﻢَ ،و َﻗ ْﺪ
َﺟ َﻌ َﻠ ْﺖ ُرو ُح اﻟ ﱡﺪ َﻋﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﻳَﺘَ َﻤﺘﱠ ُﻊ ِﺑ َﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ ُﺳ َﻌ َﺪاءَ.
أَ ْﻣ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻋﻮدا ُﻣ ْﻌ َﻈ َﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ْﻄ ِﺢ َﻣ َﻊ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﺣﺎ َو َل أَ ْن ﻳُ َﻬ ﱢﺪئَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُرو ِﻋ َﻬﺎ؛
َﻓ َﻜﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻗ ِﻠ َﻘ ًﺔ َﺣ ٍّﻘﺎ ِﺣﻴَﺎ َل َﻣﺎ َﺳﻴَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬﻲ إِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ُﺮ.
َو َﻓ ْﺠﺄَ ًة ﺗَﺒَ ﱠﺪ َل اﻟ ﱠﻄ ْﻘ ُﺲَ ،ﻓ ُﻌﺒُﻮ ُر ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ِﺤﻴ ِﻂ ا ْﻷَ ْﻃ َﻠﻨْ ِﻄ ﱢﻲ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺸﺘَﺎءِ ﻳَﻨْ َﻄ ِﻮي َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜي ِر ِﻣ َﻦ
ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺨﺎ ِﻃ ِﺮ؛ َﻓ ُﻬﻨَﺎ َك ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻮا ِﺻ ُﻒ اﻟ ﱠﺸ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ُة َوا ْﻷَ ْﻣ َﻮا ُج ا ْﻟ َﻌ ِﺘﻴﱠ ُﺔ؛ َﻓ ِﻔﻲ َﻟ ْﺤ َﻈ ٍﺔ َوا ِﺣ َﺪ ٍة ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜ ُﻦ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺨ ُﺮ َج
ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِر ُب َﻋ ْﻦ َﻣ َﺴﺎ ِر ِه أَ ْو ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﻠﺒُ ُﻪ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ َﻮا ُجَ .وﺑَ َﺪ ًﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ِﻻ ْﻋ ِﺘ َﻤﺎ ِد َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎ ِح ِﰲ ا ْ ِﻹﺑْ َﺤﺎ ِرَ ،ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا
ﻳَ ْﻌﺘَ ِﻤ ُﺪو َن َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﺮ ِك َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺤ ُﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ َﻣ ْﺼ َﺪ َر اﻟ ﱠﻄﺎ َﻗ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ِﺣﻴ َﺪ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳَ ْﺪ َﻓ ُﻌ ُﻬ ْﻢ إِ َﱃ
ا ْﻷَ َﻣﺎ ِم.
َو ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِد َس َﻋ َ َﴩ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِدﻳ َﺴ ْﻤ ِﱪََ ،ﺻ ِﻌ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺴﺌُﻮ ُل َﻋ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﺮ ِك ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔ إِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ْﻄ ِﺢ
ْﻟﻴُﺒْ ِﻠ َﻎ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس أَ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺤ َﻢ َﻗ ْﺪ أَ ْو َﺷ َﻚ َﻋ َﲆ اﻟﻨﱠ َﻔﺎ ِد.
َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ِﻟﻠ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ِﻞَ » :د ْﻋ ِﻨﻲ أُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ْﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ِﺮ ِﻟ َﻮ ْﻫ َﻠ ٍﺔ«.
َﺧﻴﱠ َﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺼ ْﻤ ُﺖ َﻋ َﲆ ا ِﻻﺛْﻨَ ْي ِن َوﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻳُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ َﻣﺎ َذا ﻳَ ْﻔ َﻌ ُﻞ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل» :ا ْﺟ َﻌ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﺮ َﻛﺎ ِت
ﺗَ ْﻌ َﻤ ُﻞ ِﺑﺄَ ْﻗ َﴡ ُ ْﴎ َﻋ ٍﺔ َﻛ َﻤﺎ ِﻫ َﻲَ ،ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َو َﺟ ْﺪ ُت َﺣ ٍّﻼ .ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ!«
َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِد ُم ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ْﻄ ِﺢ اﻟ ﱡﺴ ْﻔ ِﲇﱢ َو َو َﻗ َﻒ أَ َﻣﺎ َﻣ ُﻪَ ،ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسِ » :ﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﻀ ِﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻃﻠُ ْﺐ
ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َﻄﺎ ِن أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺨ ُﺮ َج ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﺎ ِﺑﻴﻨَ ِﺘ ِﻪَ «.ﻓﺄَ ْو َﻣﺄَ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﺑ َﺮأْ ِﺳ ِﻪ ِﰲ َﻃﺎ َﻋ ٍﺔ.
َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َﻄﺎ ُن ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏ ُﺐ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺤ ﱡﺮ ِك ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺸﻴ ُﻂ َﻏ َﻀﺒًﺎ ِﻷَ ﱠن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس
ﻓﻮج َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْﺳﺘَ ْﻮ َﱃ َﻋ َﲆ َﺳ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺘ ِﻪَ ،ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺤ ﱡﺪ َث َﻣ َﻌ ُﻪ ،ﻧَﺎ ِﻫﻴ َﻚ َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺼ ُﻌﻮ ِد إِ َﱃ َﺳ ْﻄ ِﺢ
اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ أَ َ ﱠﴏ.
َﺻﺎ َح ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َﻄﺎ ُن» :أَﻳْ َﻦ ﻧَ ْﺤ ُﻦ؟«
أَ َﺟﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسَ » :ﻋ َﲆ ﺑُ ْﻌ ِﺪ َﺳﺒْ ِﻌ ِﻤﺎﺋَ ٍﺔ َو َﺳﺒْ ِﻌي َن ِﻣﻴ ًﻼ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻟﻴﻔﺮﺑﻮل«.
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