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ﺣﻮل اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻢ ﰲ ٨٠ﻳﻮ ًﻣﺎ
َﺟﺎ ِﻟ ًﺴﺎ ِﰲ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪ ،ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ … ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ َﻣﺎذَا؟ َﻫ ْﻞ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ أَ َﻣ ٌﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻮ ِز ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺮ َﻫﺎ ِن؟ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ
َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ِﻘ ُﻒ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻒ أَ ْﺳ َﻮا ِر اﻟ ﱢﺴ ْﺠ ِﻦ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل أَ َﻣﺎ َﻣ ُﻪ ُﻓ ْﺮ َﺻ ٌﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻔ ْﻮ ِز؟
َو َﺿ َﻊ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َﺳﺎ َﻋﺘَ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﺤ ْﺮ ٍص ِﺑ َﺠﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪَ ،وﻧَ َﻈ َﺮ ﻳُ َﺮا ِﻗ ُﺐ َﻋ َﻘﺎ ِرﺑَ َﻬﺎ َو ِﻫ َﻲ ﺗَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺮ ُكَ .ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﻮ ْه
ِﺑ َﻜ ِﻠ َﻤ ٍﺔَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻮ ِﻗ ُﻒ ِﺑﺒَ َﺴﺎ َﻃ ٍﺔ َﻛﺎ ْﻵ ِﺗﻲ :إِ َذا َﻛﺎ َن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج َ ِﴍﻳ ًﻔﺎَ ،ﻓ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺪ أَ ْﻓ َﻠ َﺲ؛ َوإِ ْن
َﻛﺎ َن ُﻫ َﻮ اﻟ ﱢﻠ ﱠﺺَ ،ﻓ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻗ ِﺒ َﺾ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ.
َﻫ ْﻞ َﻓ ﱠﻜﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻬ ُﺮو ِب؟ ُرﺑﱠ َﻤﺎ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة َوا ِﺣ َﺪ ًة َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂَ ،و ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ِﺴيرُ ِﺑﺒُ ْﻂ ٍء ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺰﻧْ َﺰاﻧَ ِﺔَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ
َﻻ أَ َﻣ َﻞ ِﰲ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ َﻓﺎ ْﻟﺒَﺎ ُب َﻛﺎ َن ُﻣﻮ َﺻ ًﺪا ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﺣ َﻜﺎ ٍم َو َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ُﻗ ْﻀﺒَﺎ ٌن َﺣ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪﻳﱠ ٌﺔ َﻋ َﲆ اﻟﻨﱠ َﻮا ِﻓ ِﺬ.
َﻓ َﺠ َﻠ َﺲ َوأَ ْﺧ َﺮ َج َد ْﻓ َﱰَ ﻳَ ْﻮ ِﻣﻴﱠﺎ ِﺗ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺟﻴْ ِﺒ ِﻪَ ،و َﻛﺘَ َﺐ »اﻟ ﱠﺴﺒْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻮا ِﻓ ُﻖ ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎ ِد َي َوا ْﻟ ِﻌ ْ ِﴩﻳ َﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ
ِدﻳ َﺴ ْﻤ ِ َﱪ ،ﻟﻴﻔﺮﺑﻮل« ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ أَ َﺿﺎ َف »ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم اﻟﺜﱠ َﻤﺎﻧُﻮ َن ،اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ َﻋ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎ ِدﻳَ َﺔ َﻋ ْ َﴩ َة َوأَ ْرﺑَ ُﻌﻮ َن َد ِﻗﻴ َﻘ ًﺔ
َﺻﺒَﺎ ًﺣﺎ« ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﺑ ُﻮ ْﺳ ِﻌ ِﻪ ِﺳ َﻮى ا ِﻻﻧْ ِﺘ َﻈﺎ ِر.
َد ﱠﻗ ْﺖ َﺳﺎ َﻋ ُﺔ َﻣ ْﺼ َﻠ َﺤ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺠ َﻤﺎ ِر ِك ُﻣ ْﻌ ِﻠﻨَ ًﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻮا ِﺣ َﺪ َة ُﻇ ْﻬ ًﺮاَ ،ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﺳﺎ َﻋﺘُ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَﺄَ ﱢﺧ َﺮ ًة
َﺳﺎ َﻋﺘَ ْي ِن! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَ َﺿﺎ ُﻋﻮا ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ َﺖ ِﰲ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ٍن َﻣﺎ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺔَ ،ﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛﺎ َن َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ
ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر اﻟ ﱠ ِﴪﻳ ِﻊَ ،ﻟﺘَ َﻤ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻮ ُﺻﻮ ِل إِ َﱃ َﻟﻨْ َﺪ َن ﺛُ ﱠﻢ إِ َﱃ ﻧَﺎ ِدي »رﻳﻔﻮرم ﻛﻠﻮب« ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ
ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱠﺪ ِد ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻔ ْﻮ ِز ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺮ َﻫﺎ ِنَ .ﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ِﻟ ْﻸَ َﺳ ِﻒَ ،ﻛﺎ َن َدا ِﺧ َﻞ أَ ْﺳ َﻮا ِر اﻟ ﱢﺴ ْﺠ ِﻦَ ،و َﻣ ﱠﺮ ْت َﺳﺎ َﻋ ٌﺔ َوﻧِ ْﺼ ٌﻒ
أُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺴ َﻤ َﻊ َﺿ ْﻮ َﺿﺎءَ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِر ِجَ ،ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َو َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻋﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه ﺗَ ْﻠ َﻤ َﻌﺎ ِن َﻗ ِﻠﻴ ًﻼ.
ُﻓ ِﺘ َﺢ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ُب َﻋ َﲆ ِﻣ ْ َﴫا َﻋﻴْ ِﻪ َو َرأَى ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َوﻋﻮدا َوﻓﻴﻜﺲ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي اﻧْ َﺪ َﻓ َﻊ ﺗُ َﺠﺎ َﻫ ُﻪ.
َﻛﺎ َن ﻓﻴﻜﺲ ﻳَ ْﻠ َﻬ ُﺚ َو َﺷ ْﻌ ُﺮ ُه ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪو أَ ْﺷ َﻌ َﺚَ ،وﺗَ ْﻬﺘَ َﻪ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ًﻼ» :ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي ،ﺳَ… َﺳ… َﺳ… ﱢﻳ…
ِد… يَ ،ﺳﺎ ِﻣ ْﺤ ِﻨﻲ … َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن … َﺧ َﻄﺄً … َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪو َﺷﺒَ َﻬ َﻚ ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ًﻣﺎ … ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱢﻠ ﱡﺺ … َو ُﻫ َﻮ
… ﻫُ… ُﻫ… و… أُ ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺒْ ُﺾ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ِﺑ ْﻀ َﻌ ِﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻣ َﻀ ْﺖ! أَﻧْ َﺖ ُﺣ ﱞﺮ!«
َو َﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱢﻠ ﱡﺺ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﻘﻴ ِﻘ ﱡﻲ — َوا ْﺳ ُﻤ ُﻪ ﺟﻴﻤﺲ ﺳﱰاﻧﺪ — َﻗ ْﺪ أُ ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺒْ ُﺾ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﰲ أَ ِدﻧْ َ َﱪ َة
ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﺛَ َﻼﺛَ ِﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍمَ .ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج ﺑَ ِﺮﻳﺌًﺎ! َﻓ َﻮ َﻗ َﻒ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َو َﻋ ﱠﺪ َل ِﻣ ْﻌ َﻄ َﻔ ُﻪ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ اﺗﱠ َﺠ َﻪ
ُﻣ ْ ِﴪ ًﻋﺎ ﻧَ ْﺤ َﻮ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﻘ ِﻖ ﻓﻴﻜﺲَ ،و َﺳ ﱠﺪ َد َﻟ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻜ َﻤ ًﺔ َﻗ ِﻮﻳﱠ ًﺔ ِﰲ أَﻧْ ِﻔ ِﻪ َﻃ َﺮ َﺣﺘْ ُﻪ أَ ْر ًﺿﺎ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻮ ِر!
َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ» :أَ ْﺣ َﺴﻨْ َﺖ َﻋ َﻤ ًﻼ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي!« َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﺤ ﱢﺮ ْك ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨًﺎَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ
أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺤ ﱡﻖ َذ ِﻟ َﻚَ .ﻏﺎ َد َر ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َوﻋﻮدا َوﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻣ ْﺼ َﻠ َﺤ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺠ َﻤﺎ ِر ِك ِﰲ َﻋ َﺠ َﻠ ٍﺔَ ،و َﻗ َﻔ ُﺰوا ِﰲ
َﺳﻴﱠﺎ َر ِة أُ ْﺟ َﺮ ٍة ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻮ ُﺻﻮ ِل إِ َﱃ َﻣ َﺤ ﱠﻄ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ.
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