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But he trusted in the old man, whohad said that, when you really want something, the universe alwaysconspires in your favor. Likeeating or sleeping, or like seeking love or finding a job. It was a pleasant changefrom talking to his sheep. Sothere were times when he read them parts of his books that had made animpression on him, or when he would tell them of the loneliness or thehappiness of a shepherd in the fields. Once again he saw that, in that strange land, he was applying thesame lessons he had learned with his sheep.\"All things are one,\" the old man had said. This Soul of the World allowedthem to understand anything on the face of the earth, because it was thelanguage with which all things communicated. Heknew how to speak Esperanto, he understood all the major religions well,but he wasn't yet an alchemist. The boy's verypresence in the shop was an omen, and, as time passed and money waspouring into the cash drawer, he had no regrets about having hired the boy.The boy was being paid more money than he deserved, because themerchant, thinking that sales wouldn't amount to much, had offered the boya high commission rate. \"But bakers are moreimportant people than shepherds. No hope, no adventure, no oldkings or destinies, no treasure, and no Pyramids. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 35 / 94to care for sheep, and I haven't forgotten how that's done. Today, I understand something I didn't see before:every blessing ignored becomes a curse. In some places, the ground was covered with the salt of dried-up lakes. I know good crystal from bad, andeverything else there is to know about crystal. And he hadn't perceived them because he had becomeaccustomed to them. They were people of the desert, and clamoredto hear his stories about the great cities.The boy told them about his life as a shepherd, and was about to tell themof his experiences at the crystal shop when the Englishman came into thetent.\"I've been looking for you all morning,\" he said, as he led the boy outside. *The old woman led the boy to a room at the back of her house; it wasseparated from her living room by a curtain of colored beads. \"I have to go and gather my sheep andget going.\"\"Give me one-tenth of your sheep,\" said the old man, \"and I'll tell you howto find the hidden treasure.\"The boy remembered his dream, and suddenly everything was clear to him.The old woman hadn't charged him anything, but the old manmaybe hewas her husbandwas going to find a way to get much more money inexchange for information about something that didn't even exist. From then on, he would make his owndecisions.\"Don't forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothingelse. I havenever heard of them, but, if it was a child who showed them to you, they Since that morning in the marketplace, he had never again madeuse of Urim and Thummim, because Egypt was now just as distant a dreamfor him as was Mecca for the merchant. They were on the right track.Finally, a young woman approached who was not dressed in black. There areother things I do, too, but most of the time people don't realize I've donethem.\"The old man related that, the week before, he had been forced to appearbefore a miner, and had taken the form of a stone. Struggling with distance learning? Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 38 / 94talking about, \"It's in the Bible. Several lost sheep. He looked around at the empty plaza again,feeling less desperate than before. The boypreferred wine.But he didn't need to worry about that right now. It had brought with it the sweat and the dreamsof men who had once left to search for the unknown, and for gold andadventureand for the Pyramids. The caravan would be very lucky to reach theoasis.The animals were exhausted, and the men talked among themselves lessand less. They don't see that the fields are new and the seasonschange. Idon't like people to do that, because the sheep are afraid of strangers. \"And todo that, you need money. So the boy sat on the steps of the shop and took a book fromhis bag.\"I didn't know shepherds knew how to read,\" said a girl's voice behind him.The girl was typical of the region of Andalusia, with flowing black hair, andeyes that vaguely recalled the Moorish conquerors.\"Well, usually I learn more from my sheep than from books,\" he answered.During the two hours that they talked, she told him she was the merchant'sdaughter, and spoke of life in the village, where each day was like all theothers. They spent so much time close to the fire that gradually theygave up the vanities of the world. Gold would lose its value.\"It's only those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, whoachieve the Master Work. He had to choose between something he hadbecome accustomed to and something he wanted to have. Butchildren always seem to be able to play with them without frightening them.I don't know why. And yet,none of these people has ever met the old king. I've already imagined a thousand times crossing the desert, arrivingat the Plaza of the Sacred Stone, the seven times I walk around it beforeallowing myself to touch it. And the solid part was called the Philosopher's Stone.\"It's not easy to find the Philosopher's Stone,\" said the Englishman. And joining this caravan may havebeen my decision, but where it goes is going to be a mystery to me.Nearby was the Englishman, reading a book. He prepared himself a sandwich and drank somehot tea from a crystal glass. A special 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new Foreword by Paulo Coelho. I wanted them to be a part of yourinheritance. In those days it had been wonderful to beselling crystal, and he had thought how he would become rich, and havebeautiful women at his side as he grew older.But, as time passed, Tangier had changed. Free, PDF, The Alchemist, Download, Paulo Coelho. He was sure the girl would never understand. From where hestood, he saw for the first time that the old merchant's hair was very muchlike the hair of the old king. That morning he had knowneverything that was going to happen to him as he walked through thefamiliar fields. The Alchemist by Ben Jonson - Free Ebook. The merchants were assembling theirstalls, and the boy helped a candy seller to do his. He was planning, on this visit, to explain to the girl howit was that a simple shepherd knew how to read. In one he had read that, many years ago, afamous Arabian alchemist had visited Europe. Theomens had told him so. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Upgrade to A + Intro Plot Summary Summary & Analysis Themes Quotes Characters Symbols Theme Wheel Teachers and parents! *They were strange books. \"This is an important book, but it's really irritating.\"The boy was shocked. He had surprised himself with the thought.Until then, he had considered the omens to be things of this world. As he took his jacket out of the pouch, thinking to give it tosomeone in the street, the two stones fell to the floor. All his life and all his studieswere aimed at finding the one true language of the universe. Uponreturning to the wise man, he related in detail everything he had seen.\" 'But where are the drops of oil I entrusted to you?' Since the miner had sacrificed everything to hisdestiny, the old man decided to become involved. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 9 / 94about memorizing a lot of names.When he was finally able to concentrate on what he was reading, he likedthe book better; the burial was on a snowy day, and he welcomed thefeeling of being cold. The boy smiled to himself. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist. ISBN -7225-3293-8. \"His way isn't the same as mine, nor mine as his. *The boy couldn't believe what he was seeing: the oasis, rather than beingjust a well surrounded by a few palm treesas he had seen once in ageography bookwas much larger than many towns back in Spain. It was shepherds who were the first to recognize a king that therest of the world refused to acknowledge. I understand sheep;they're no longer a problem, and they can be good friends. But she said nothing.\"Then, at the Egyptian pyramids,\"he said the last three words slowly, sothat the old woman would understand\"the child said to me, If you comehere, you will find a hidden treasure.' I just want to dream aboutMecca. Along the way, he learns to listen to his heart and, more importantly, realizes that his dreams, or his Personal Legend, are not just his but part of the Soul of the Universe. He told himself that he would have to startreading thicker books: they lasted longer, and made more comfortablepillows.It was still dark when he awoke, and, looking up, he could see the starsthrough the half-destroyed roof. Then, like a colony of worker ants, theydismantled their stalls and left.The sun began its departure, as well. *\"That's strange,\" said the boy, as he tried once again to read the burial Itwas something that I thought could happen only to others, never to me. \"There is a universal language, understood by everybody,but already forgotten. I don't want anything else in life.But you are forcing me to look at wealth and at horizons I have neverknown. And better still to be alone with one's That he wanted to travel. The people will enjoy the tea andwant to buy the glasses. Now everything was quite different from how it was that day theyhad set out: then, there had been confusion and shouting, the cries ofchildren and the whinnying of animals, all mixed with the nervous orders ofthe guides and the merchants. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 1 / 94 The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho Translated by Alan R. Clarke. Don't try to enterinto the life of the oasis,\" he said, and walked away.But the Englishman was exultant. Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations. Lots of shepherds passed through, selling their wool.\"It doesn't matter,\" he said to his sheep. You'll see that there is life in the desert, that there are stars in theheavens, and that tribesmen fight because they are part of the human race.Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the momentwe're living right now.\"Two nights later, as he was getting ready to bed down, the boy looked forthe star they followed every night. In his pouch, he had his jackethe certainly wasn't goingto need it in the desert. His heart squeezed, as if his chest had suddenlycompressed it. Theboy repeated his question.\"Why do you want to find that sort of person?\" the Arab asked.\"Because my friend here has traveled for many months in order to meet withhim,\" the boy said.\"If such a man is here at the oasis, he must be the very powerful one,\" saidthe old man after thinking for a few moments. But he had thrown it with such force that it broke the stone it fellupon, and there, embedded in the broken stone, was the most beautifulemerald in the world.\"People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being,\" said the oldman, with a certain bitterness. The old man,meanwhile, was leafing through the book, without seeming to want to returnit at all. All they ever do, really, islook for food and water. He recognized that he was feeling something he had neverexperienced before: the desire to live in one place forever. He almostbegan to tell about his treasure, but decided not to do so. The years of research, the magicsymbols, the strange words and the laboratory equipment none of thishad made an impression on the boy. But an old king sometimes has totake some pride in himself.\" *How strange Africa is, thought the boy.He was sitting in a bar very much like the other bars he had seen along thenarrow streets of Tangier. On the otherhand, I don't know if the desert can be a friend, and it's in the desert that Ihave to search for my treasure. One of them, a cobbler whomade his living mending boots, said that he had traveled for almost a yearthrough the desert, but that he got more tired when he had to walk throughthe streets of Tangier buying his leather.\"\"Well, why don't you go to Mecca now?\" asked the boy.\"Because it's the thought of Mecca that keeps me alive. The Alchemist is the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. These stones were the only form of divination permitted byGod. Heknew all the fields and pastures of Andalusia. He had worked hard for a year, andthe omens were that it was time to go.I'm going to go back to doing just what I did before, the boy thought. \"But I have to buy two camels.\"They walked together through the narrow streets of Tangier. Dusk was falling as the boy arrived with hisherd at an abandoned church. If he sold just one of hissheep, he'd have enough to get to the other shore of the strait. One always had something thatthe other neededas if everything were indeed written by one hand. A sycamore tree. Maybe that'swhy they always stay close to me.The only things that concerned the sheep were food and water. But hewanted to know what the \"mysterious force\" was; the merchant's daughterwould be impressed when he told her about that!\"It's a force that appears to be negative, but actually shows you how torealize your destiny. But, just before lunchtime, a boy stopped in front of the shop.He was dressed normally, but the practiced eyes of the crystal merchantcould see that the boy had no money to spend. And he asked the boy if he, too, were in search ofthe alchemist.\"I'm looking for a treasure,\" said the boy, and he immediately regrettedhaving said it. \"Why are you telling me all this?\"\"Because you are trying to realize your destiny. So he could not be hasty, nor impatient. He should respect tradition.The Englishman was disappointed. The miner hadabandoned everything to go mining for emeralds. But maybe I'llnever have another chance to get to the Pyramids in Egypt. His parents had wanted him to become apriest, and thereby a source of pride for a simple farm family. Everything you need for every book you read. He was no longer a shepherd, and he had nothing, not even themoney to return and start everything over.All this happened between sunrise and sunset, the boy thought. I'm afraid that if mydream is realized, I'll have no reason to go on living.\"You dream about your sheep and the Pyramids, but you're different fromme, because you want to realize your dreams. 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