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ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻮ ُز ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺮ َﻫﺎ ِن!
َﻓﺄَ َﺟﺎﺑَ َﻬﺎَ » :ﻋ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﺗِﻲ ﻋﻮداَ ،ﻟ ْﻮ َﻻ ِك َﻣﺎ َﻛﺎ َن َﻟ َﺪ ﱠي أَ ﱡي أَ ْﻣ َﻮا ٍل ،إِذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻄﻠُ ِﺒﻲ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ أَ ْن
أَﺗَ َﺰ ﱠو َﺟ ِﻚَ ،ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﻟﻴَ ْﺬ َﻫ َﺐ ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎ ِﻫ ِﻦ«.
َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ» :ﻳَﺎ إِ َﻟ ِﻬﻲَ ،ﻋ ِﺰﻳ ِﺰي ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسَ ،ﻛ ْﻢ أَﻧْ َﺖ َرا ِﺋ ٌﻊ!«
ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ﻳَ ْﻮ َﻣ ْي ِنَ ،ﻛﺎ َن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َوﻋﻮدا َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺰ ﱠو َﺟﺎَ ،وا ْﺳﺘَ َﻤ ﱠﺮ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﰲ َﻋ َﻤ ِﻠ ِﻪ َﺧﺎ ِد ًﻣﺎ َﻟ ُﻬ َﻤﺎَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن
َﺳ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا ِﰲ َو ِﻇﻴ َﻔ ِﺘ ِﻪ.
َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓﺎ َز ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺮ َﻫﺎ ِنَ ،و َﻗﺎ َم ِﺑ َﺠ ْﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ َرا ِﺋ َﻌ ٍﺔ َﺣ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َر ِﻛ َﺐ ا ْﻟ ِﻔﻴ َﻞ،
َوا ْﺷ َ َﱰى َﻗﺎ ِرﺑًﺎَ ،وا ْﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻌ ِﺪﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ َرا ِتَ ،وأَﺑْ َﺤ َﺮ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻌ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَ َﻮا ِﺧ ِﺮَ ،و َﺣ ِﻈ َﻲ
ِﺑ ُﻤ َﻐﺎ َﻣ َﺮ ٍة َرا ِﺋ َﻌ ٍﺔَ .ﻓ َﻤﺎ َذا َر ِﺑ َﺢ ُﻣ َﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ َﻋﻨَﺎ ِﺋ ِﻪ؟ َﺣ َﺴﻨًﺎَ ،ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓﺎ َز ِﺑﺎ ْﻣ َﺮأَ ٍة َرا ِﺋ َﻌ ٍﺔَ ،ﺟ َﻌ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ
ِﺑ َﺴ َﻌﺎ َد ٍة َﻏﺎ ِﻣ َﺮ ٍة ِﰲ َﺣﻴَﺎ ِﺗ ِﻪ ،أَ َو َﻟﻴْ َﺲ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻛﺎ ِﻓﻴًﺎ ِﻷَ ﱢي َر ُﺟ ٍﻞ َﺻﺎ ِﻟ ٍﺢ؟
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