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ﺣﻮل اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻢ ﰲ ٨٠ﻳﻮ ًﻣﺎ
َﻗﺎ َل ﺻﻤﻮﺋﻴﻞَ » :ﻻ أَ ْﻋﺘَ ِﻘ ُﺪ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻋ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ا ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﻌ َﺠﺎ ُل ا ْﻷُ ُﻣﻮ ِر ا ْﻵ َنَ ،ﻓﻔﻴﻠﻴﺎس َدا ِﺋ ًﻤﺎ ﻳَ ِﺼ ُﻞ ِﰲ
َﻣ ْﻮ ِﻋ ِﺪ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱠﺪ ِد ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ًﻣﺎ«.
َﻗﺎ َل ﺗﻮﻣﺎسَ » :ﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﻘﻴ َﻘ َﺔ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل َﻛ َﻤﺎ ِﻫ َﻲ؛ َﻓ َﻬ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ُﺔ ِﺑﺄَ ْﻛ َﻤ ِﻠ َﻬﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ﻧَ ْﻮ ًﻋﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ
ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻘﺎ َﻣ َﺮ ِةَ ،واﻟﺘﱠﺄْ ِﺧيرُ ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َوا ِﺣ ٍﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻤ ِﻜ ِﻦ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﻘ ِ َﴤ َﻋ َﲆ ُﻓ ْﺮ َﺻ ِﺘ ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻌ ْﻮ َد ِة ِﰲ َﻣ ْﻮ ِﻋ ِﺪ ِه
ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱠﺪ ِد«.
أَ َ ﱠﴏ أﻧﺪروَ » :ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺧ ِ َﴪ أَﻳﱡ َﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ َد ُةَ ،ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺧ ِ َﴪ؛ َﻓﺎ ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻮ ِﺣﻴ َﺪ ُة ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜ ُﻦ
أَ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ َن َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻨ َﻬﺎ ِﻫ َﻲ »ﺗﺸﺎﻳﻨﺎ«َ ،وأَﻧَﺎ أَ ْﻋ َﻠ ُﻢ ِﻋ ْﻠ َﻢ ا ْﻟﻴَ ِﻘي ِن أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻨ َﻬﺎَ .و ِﰲ َﻇﻨﱢﻲ
أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَﺄَ ﱢﺧ ٌﺮ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻷَ َﻗ ﱢﻞ ِﻋ ْ ِﴩﻳ َﻦ ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎ«.
ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﺤ َﻈ ِﺔ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻋ َﻘﺎ ِر ُب اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ َﻋ ِﺔ ﺗُ ِﺸيرُ إِ َﱃ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻣﻨَ ِﺔ َوأَ ْرﺑَ ِﻌي َن َد ِﻗﻴ َﻘ ًﺔَ ،ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل راﻟﻒ:
» َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﺒَ ﱠﻖ ِﺳ َﻮى َﺧ ْﻤ ِﺲ َد َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻖ ،أَ ْﻋﺘَ ِﻘ ُﺪ أَ ﱠن أﻧﺪرو َﺳﻴَ ْ ِﴫ ُف اﻟ ﱢﺸﻴ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﻨْ ِﻚ َﻏ ًﺪا«.
ﻧَ َﻈ َﺮ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ُل ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻤ َﺴ ُﺔ إِ َﱃ ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﻀ ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻌ ِﺾَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﺟ ِﻤﻴ ًﻌﺎ ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮو َن ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻘ َﻠ ِﻖَ ،و َﺣﺎ َوﻟُﻮا
اﻟ ِﺘ َﻘﺎ َط أَ ْو َرا ِﻗ ِﻬ ْﻢ َوإِﻧْ َﻬﺎ َء ا ْﻟ َﺠ ْﻮ َﻟ ِﺔَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أَ ﱞي ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ ْﻢ أَ ْن ﻳُﺒْ ِﻌ َﺪ ﻧَﺎ ِﻇ َﺮﻳْ ِﻪ َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ َﻋ ِﺔ.
ﺑَ َﺪأَ ِت اﻟﺜﱠ َﻮا ِﻧﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻌ ﱢﺪ اﻟﺘﱠﻨَﺎ ُز ِﱄﱢَ :ﺧ ْﻤ ُﺴﻮ َنَ ،وا ِﺣ ٌﺪ َو َﺧ ْﻤ ُﺴﻮ َن ،اﺛْﻨَﺘَﺎ ِن َو َﺧ ْﻤ ُﺴﻮ َنَ .و ِﰲ
ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِﻣ َﺴ ِﺔ َوا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻤ ِﺴي َنَ ،ﺳ ِﻤ ُﻌﻮا َﺻ ْﻮ َت َﺟ َﻠﺒَ ٍﺔ َﻋﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِر ِج ﺗَ ِﺒ َﻌ َﻬﺎ ﺗَ ْﺼ ِﻔﻴ ٌﻖَ ،و َو َﻗ َﻒ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ُل
ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻤ َﺴ ُﺔَ ،و ِﰲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻌ ِﺔ َوا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻤ ِﺴي َنَ ،ﻓﺘَ َﺢ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج ﺑَﺎ َب ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ َﻋ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﱪَىَ ،و َﻗﺎ َل:
» َﻫﺄَﻧَﺬَا أَﻳﱡ َﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ َد ُة!«
َﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ ا ْﺳﺘَ َﻄﺎ َع ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ َﺮ َﺣ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ِﰲ ﺛَ َﻤﺎ ِﻧي َن ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎَ ،و َﻓﺎ َز ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺮ َﻫﺎ ِنَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ
َﻛﻴْ َﻒ؟ أَﻳْ َﻦ َﺳ َﻘ َﻂ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺣ َﺴﺎﺑَﺎ ِﺗ ِﻪ؟ َﻻ ِﺳﻴﱠ َﻤﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ ِﻟ َﺸ ْﺨ ٍﺺ ﻳَ ْﺤ ِﺮ ُص ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ٍة َﻋ َﲆ
ُﻣ َﺮا َﻗﺒَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ .ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪو أَ ﱠن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َوﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧَ ِﺴﻴَﺎ َو ْﺿ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻤﻨَﺎ ِﻃ ِﻖ اﻟ ﱠﺰ َﻣ ِﻨﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺨﺘَ ِﻠ َﻔ ِﺔ
ِﰲ َﻋ ْي ِن ا ِﻻ ْﻋ ِﺘﺒَﺎ ِرَ ،و َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أَﻧﱠ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﺳﺎ َﻓ َﺮا إِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠ ْﴩ ِقَ ،ﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ﻳَ ْﺮﺑَ َﺤﺎ ِن َﺳﺎ َﻋ ًﺔ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َو ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك،
َو ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﻋﺎ َدا إِ َﱃ َﻟﻨْ َﺪ َن َﻛﺎ َن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٌم َﻛﺎ ِﻣ ٌﻞ! و َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﺳﺎ َﻋﺘُ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ ﺗُ ِﺸيرُ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ
ﺑَ َﺪ ًﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ َﻋﺎ ِت َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂَ ،ﻷَ ْد َر َﻛﺎ َﻫ َﺬا!
إِذَ ْن َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺨ ِ ْﴪ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﺛَ ْﺮ َوﺗَ َﻪَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن َﻣ ْ ُﴪو ًرا ِﺑ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻛﺎ َن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ُﺳ َﺆا ٌل آ َﺧ ُﺮ ﻳَ ُﺪو ُر
ِﺑ ِﺬ ْﻫ ِﻨ ِﻪ » َﻫ ْﻞ َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ﻋﻮدا ﺗُ َﻮا ِﻓ ُﻖ َﻋ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺰ َوا ِج ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪ؟«
َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﻫ َﻲ» :أَ ْﻋﺘَ ِﻘ ُﺪ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻋ َﲇﱠ أَﻧَﺎ أَ ْن أَ ْﺳﺄَ َﻟ َﻚ َﻫ َﺬا اﻟ ﱡﺴ َﺆا َل ،ا ْﻵ َن َوﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ أَ ْن أَ ْﺻﺒَ ْﺤ َﺖ ﺛَ ِﺮﻳٍّﺎ
َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮىَ ،ﻫ ْﻞ َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻏ ُﺐ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺰ َوا ِج ِﺑﻲ؟«
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