\"Not even the tribal chieftainsare able to see him when they want to. The new arrival was a youngman in Western dress, but the color of his skin suggested he was from thiscity. Bycoincidenceor maybe it was an omen, the boy thoughthe came to thebar he had entered on his first day there. I shouldhave repeated it for him. One afternoon, on a visit to his family,he had summoned up the courage to tell his father that he didn't want tobecome a priest. His purpose in life was totravel, and, after two years of walking the Andalusian terrain, he knew all thecities of the region. I don't know how to turn them into reality. The drivers carried thefreight themselves over such treacherous footing, and then reloaded thecamels. But if he speaks in the language of the soul,it is only you who can understand. Yes, their days were all the same, with the seemingly endless hoursbetween sunrise and dusk; and they had never read a book in their younglives, and didn't understand when the boy told them about the sights of thecities. Find out who it is who cures the people's illnesses!\"Several women dressed in black came to the well for water, but the boywould speak to none of them, despite the Englishman's insistence. Full text of "The Alchemist" The boy saw a man appear behind the counter. The people will enjoy the tea andwant to buy the glasses. Sometimes it's better to leave things as they are, he thought tohimself, and decided to say nothing. If it were, hewould already have heard of it.\"And what do you do in Salem?\" he insisted.\"What do I do in Salem?\" The old man laughed. Curse the moment I met that oldman, he thought. But let's say that the most important is that you have \"You brought a new feeling into my crystalshop. They traveled, spoke withwise men, performed miracles for the incredulous, and owned thePhilosopher's Stone and the Elixir of Life.But when the boy wanted to learn how to achieve the Master Work, hebecame completely lost. But the marketplace was empty, and he was far fromhome, so he wept. The boy knew a lot of people in the city. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 40 / 94But, in the desert, there was only the sound of the eternal wind, and of thehoofbeats of the animals. The problem is that they don't even realize that they're walking anew road every day. Then he asked that everyone, including his own sentinels, handover their arms to the men appointed by the tribal chieftains.\"Those are the rules of war,\" the leader explained. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 21 / 94He took his money from his pouch and showed it to the young man. I need to know whether you have enough.\"The boy thought it a strange question. \"We could place it outside, and attract those people who pass atthe bottom of the hill.\"\"I've never had one before,\" the merchant answered. They came in silence and departed the sameway, dressed in black garments that showed only their eyes. He could always go back to being ashepherd. Andthen I'll have to change my way of life.\"\"Well, isn't that good?\"\"I'm already used to the way things are. The boy noticed that the man's clothing was strange. The most important is to believe only in the one true God. wishing that he had died, and that everythingwould end forever at that moment.The merchant looked anxiously at the boy. I don't want to changeanything, because I don't know how to deal with change. And it ends up saying that everyone believes the world'sgreatest lie.\" \"Maybe that's why they give up on it so early,too. Please enter a valid web address. Since the miner had sacrificed everything to hisdestiny, the old man decided to become involved. \"They're just a pile of stones. As the time passed, the boy found himself wishing that theday would never end, that her father would stay busy and keep him waitingfor three days. But maybe I'llnever have another chance to get to the Pyramids in Egypt. That's the world'sgreatest lie.\"\"That's never happened to me,\" the boy said. He looked at the people in the plaza for awhile; they were coming and going, and all of them seemed to be verybusy.\"So, what is Salem like?\" he asked, trying to get some sort of clue.\"It's like it always has been.\"No clue yet. The Englishman had several suitcases filled with books.There was a babble of noise, and the leader had to repeat himself severaltimes for everyone to understand what he was saying.\"There are a lot of different people here, and each has his own God. The boy wasstrong, and wanted to retaliate, but he was in a foreign country. Originally written in Portuguese, it became a widely translated international bestseller. He held Urim and Thummim in his hand; becauseof those two stones, he was once again on the way to his treasure.\"I am always nearby, when someone wants to realize their destiny,\" the oldking had told him.What could it cost to go over to the supplier's warehouse and find out if thePyramids were really that far away? I learned that many alchemistsrealized their destinies, and wound up discovering the Soul of the World, thePhilosopher's Stone, and the Elixir of Life.\"But, above all, I learned that these things are all so simple that they couldbe written on the surface of an emerald.\"The Englishman was disappointed. If he were to tire of the Andalusianfields, he could sell his sheep and go to sea. \"The shepherd said nothing. The oldman was probably a Gypsy, too.But before the boy could say anything, the old man leaned over, picked upa stick, and began to write in the sand of the plaza. He had remembered that one of thecrystal merchant's suppliers transported his crystal by means of caravansthat crossed the desert. *\"I need to sell some wool,\" the boy told the merchant.The shop was busy, and the man asked the shepherd to wait until theafternoon. Ashe walked past the city's castle, he interrupted his return, and climbed thestone ramp that led to the top of the wall. The othersare to pray five times a day, fast during Ramadan, and be charitable to thepoor.\"He stopped there. The boy watched it through itstrajectory for some time, until it was hidden behind the white housessurrounding the plaza. \"Let's go and have some lunch,\" said the crystal merchant.He put a sign on the door, and they went to a small caf?nearby. His eyes filled with tears as he spoke of the Prophet. Maybe theworld had other hidden treasures, but he had a dream, and he had met witha king. If he did, it waspossible that the Arab would want a part of it as payment for taking himthere. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 25 / 94He was learning a lot of new things. Themerchant was the proprietor of a dry goods shop, and he always demandedthat the sheep be sheared in his presence, so that he would not becheated. A friend had told the boy about the shop, and he had taken hissheep there. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 3 / 94\"How did you learn to read?\" the girl asked at one point.\"Like everybody learns,\" he said. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 5 / 94afford to travel,\" his father said. Then she tookboth of his hands in hers, and began quietly to pray.It sounded like a Gypsy prayer. He thought that the horizon was a bitlower than it had been, because he seemed to see stars on the desert itself.\"It's the oasis,\" said the camel driver.\"Well, why don't we go there right now?\" the boy asked.\"Because we have to sleep.\" * It was as if some mysterious energy bound his life to that ofthe sheep, with whom he had spent the past two years, leading themthrough the countryside in search of food and water. Nevertheless, the merchantdecided to delay his lunch for a few minutes until the boy moved on. The miner, with all the angerand frustration of his five fruitless years, picked up the stone and threw itaside. \"I hold thepower of life and death for every person I take with me. He suggested that the boy look around the palace and return intwo hours.\" 'Meanwhile, I want to ask you to do something,' said the wise man,handing the boy a teaspoon that held two drops of oil. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 50 / 94here at the oasis.\"The woman said she had never heard of such a person, and hurried away.But before she fled, she advised the boy that he had better not try toconverse with women who were dressed in black, because they weremarried women. He had suddenly remembered that, in Tarifa, there was an old womanwho interpreted dreams. Inhis pursuit of the dream, he was being constantly subjected to tests of hispersistence and courage. \"His way isn't the same as mine, nor mine as his. *A card hanging in the doorway announced that several languages werespoken in the shop. Africa was only a few hoursfrom Tarifa; one had only to cross the narrow straits by boat. It was as if the world hadfallen silent because the boy's soul had. *The boy began again to read his book, but he was no longer able toconcentrate. *The Englishman was sitting on a bench in a structure that smelled ofanimals, sweat, and dust; it was part warehouse, part corral. Oh, if they only knew how different things are justtwo hours by ship from where they are, he thought. \"I have watched the caravan as it crossed the desert,\" hesaid. 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. The Alchemist Quotes About Wisdom With Page Numbers. I'm going to hate those who have found their treasurebecause I never found mine. \"The oases may notshelter armies or troops.\"To the boy's surprise, the Englishman took a chrome-plated revolver out ofhis bag and gave it to the men who were collecting the arms.\"Why a revolver?\" he asked. \"And suddenly, the child took me by both hands andtransported me to the Egyptian pyramids.\"He paused for a moment to see if the woman knew what the Egyptianpyramids were. Who knows,maybe they had failed to discover the secret of the Master WorkthePhilosopher's Stoneand for this reason kept their knowledge tothemselves.He had already spent much of the fortune left to him by his father, fruitlesslyseeking the Philosopher's Stone. \"I promised that I would make my own decisions,\" he said tohimself.But the stones had told him that the old man was still with him, and thatmade him feel more confident. \"They are so used tome that they know my schedule,\" he muttered. He should respect tradition.The Englishman was disappointed. He was afraid to look around, because he knew what hewould find. After two hours, he returned to theroom where the wise man was.\" 'Well,' asked the wise man, 'did you see the Persian tapestries that arehanging in my dining hall? \"It describes people's inability to choose theirown destinies. Everywherethere were stalls with items for sale. It's the simple things in lifethat are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.And since I am not wise, I have had to learn other arts, such as the readingof palms.\"\"Well, how am I going to get to Egypt?\"\"I only interpret dreams. \"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. Heknew it would require a lot of patience, but shepherds know all aboutpatience. He had surprised himself with the thought.Until then, he had considered the omens to be things of this world. He'sdoing it because it's what he wants to do,\" thought the boy. Youcould build one in your backyard.\"\"You've never had dreams of travel,\" said the boy, turning to wait on acustomer who had entered the shop.Two days later, the merchant spoke to the boy about the display.\"I don't much like change,\" he said. If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happyman. Uponreturning to the wise man, he related in detail everything he had seen.\" 'But where are the drops of oil I entrusted to you?' Therewere three hundred wells, fifty thousand date trees, and innumerablecolored tents spread among them.\"It looks like The Thousand and One Nights,\" said the Englishman, impatientto meet with the alchemist.They were surrounded by children, curious to look at the animals andpeople that were arriving. And then they want theperson to change. Ifinally have enough money, and all the time I need. The world was huge and inexhaustible; he had only to allow hissheep to set the route for a while, and he would discover other interestingthings. Hewas selling better than ever as if time had turned back to the old dayswhen the street had been one of Tangier's major attractions.\"Business has really improved,\" he said to the boy, after the customer hadleft. Struggling with distance learning? *\"I'm the king of Salem,\" the old man had said.\"Why would a king be talking with a shepherd?\" the boy asked, awed andembarrassed.\"For several reasons. *\"I'm the leader of the caravan,\" said a dark-eyed, bearded man. They tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hearthem. Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns . \"Even if you cleaned my crystal for an entire yeareven if you earned a good commission selling every piece, you would stillhave to borrow money to get to Egypt. 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. Santiago consults a gypsy woman to interpret the . Thatmorning he had done some calculating: if he continued to work every dayas he had been, he would need a whole year to be able to buy some sheep.\"I'd like to build a display case for the crystal,\" the boy said to themerchant. The third said that it was a tradition in the Orient to use crystalglasses for tea because it had magical powers.Before long, the news spread, and a great many people began to climb thehill to see the shop that was doing something new in a trade that was soold. It's going to test thecaravan's every step to see if it's in time, and, if it is, we will make it to theoasis.\"\"If either of us had joined this caravan based only on personal courage, butwithout understanding that language, this journey would have been muchmore difficult.\"They stood there looking at the moon.\"That's the magic of omens,\" said the boy. *At the highest point in Tarifa there is an old fort, built by the Moors. What he had to beconcerned about was his treasure, and how he was going to go aboutgetting it. They reached the center of a largeplaza where the market was held. And I will tellyou how to find the hidden treasure. As achild, the boy had always been frightened to death that he would becaptured by Gypsies, and this childhood fear returned when the old womantook his hands in hers.But she has the Sacred Heart of Jesus there, he thought, trying to reassurehimself. He knew how to shear them,and how to slaughter them. It's easy, andyet I've never done it before, he thought.When the stall was assembled, the candy seller offered the boy the firstsweet he had made for the day. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 16 / 94levanter was still getting stronger, and he felt its force on his face. The sheep fidgeted nearby, uneasy with their newowner and excited by so much change. The boy was tempted to be rude, and move to another bench, buthis father had taught him to be respectful of the elderly. An alchemist.\"The conversation was interrupted by the warehouse boss.\"You're in luck, you two,\" the fat Arab said. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2019-08-17 17:11:21 Identifier thealchemist_201908 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6b35q07j Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR) But I want each and everyone of you to swear by the God you believe in that you will follow my ordersno matter what. Theboy felt ill and terribly alone. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 45 / 94 *\"Why do they make things so complicated?\" he asked the Englishman onenight. But thistime I'll be smarter, the boy thought, removing them from the pouch so hecould put them in his pocket. It was said that he was morethan two hundred years old, and that he had discovered the Philosopher'sStone and the Elixir of Life. Sometimes it's better to be withthe sheep, who don't say anything. Read Full Text. The scabbard was embossed in silver, and thehandle was black and encrusted with precious stones. The most prominent theme in The Alchemist is the idea that each person has a "Personal Legend"a type of ideal fate or destinyand that each person can chose whether or not to pursue that legend. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 10 / 94\"What's the world's greatest lie?\" the boy asked, completely surprised.\"It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what'shappening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. \"Ineed you to help me find out where the alchemist lives.\"First, they tried to find him on their own. I'm going to become bitter and distrustful of people because oneperson betrayed me. They filled threesacks. \"I'm herebecause a friend of mine heard of an Arab who\"But the caravan began to move, and it was impossible to hear what theEnglishman was saying. But he knew that Salem wasn't in Andalusia. They spent so much time close to the fire that gradually theygave up the vanities of the world. Butwe're both in search of our destinies, and I respect him for that.\" *The caravan began to travel day and night. They placed the symbolsof the pilgrimage on the doors of their houses. It was the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love He remembered what the old man had said about offering somethingyou didn't even have yet.\"I'd like you to take me there if you can. When he speaks in our language, Ican interpret what he has said. He got up, adjusted his clothing, and picked up hispouch.\"I'll work for you,\" he said.And after another long silence, he added, \"I need money to buy somesheep.\"PART TWOThe boy had been working for the crystal merchant for almost a month, andhe could see that it wasn't exactly the kind of job that would make himhappy. Now that I have seen them, and now that I see how immense mypossibilities are, I'm going to feel worse than I did before you arrived.Because I know the things I should be able to accomplish, and I don't wantto do so.\"It's good I refrained from saying anything to the baker in Tarifa, thought theboy to himself.They went on smoking the pipe for a while as the sun began to set. Full Book Summary. He had tried in vain to establish a relationship with Thedays had always been silent, but now, even the nightswhen the travelerswere accustomed to talking around the fireshad also become quiet. *The times rush past, and so do the caravans, thought the alchemist, as hewatched the hundreds of people and animals arriving at the oasis. The wise man conversed with everyone, andthe boy had to wait for two hours before it was his turn to be given theman's attention.\"The wise man listened attentively to the boy's explanation of why he hadcome, but told him that he didn't have time just then to explain the secret ofhappiness. Two customers came in today while you were working,and that's a good omen.\"People talk a lot about omens, thought the shepherd. The heat lasted until nightfall, and all that time he had to carryhis jacket. 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.' This is aport, and every port has its thieves.\"The boy trusted his new friend. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 29 / 94\"I want to get back to my sheep faster. \"What kind of Arab are you?\"\"That's a good luck omen,\" the Englishman said, after the fat Arab had goneout. 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. Since they werevisitors, they would have to share living space with those who lived there,and would be given the best accommodations. When he's anold man, he's going to spend a month in Africa. He hadalways believed that the sheep were able to understand what he said. Noteveryone can see his dreams come true in the same way. Now it was too late tochange anythingthe only thing he had ever learned to do was to buy andsell crystal glassware. Video An illustration of an audio speaker. Published 1992. His heart squeezed, as if his chest had suddenlycompressed it. It's your mission on earth.\"\"Even when all you want to do is travel? He spoke Spanish betterthan Arabic, and, if this boy was going to Al-Fayoum, there would besomeone to talk to when there were no other important things to do. \"I'm like everyone elseI see theworld in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does.\"He ran his fingers slowly over the stones, sensing their temperature andfeeling their surfaces. I can learn something from the desert, too. 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. For nearly a year, he had beenworking incessantly, thinking only of putting aside enough money so that hecould return to Spain with pride.\"Never stop dreaming,\" the old king had said. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 44 / 94The book that most interested the boy told the stories of the famousalchemists. But when he thought to complain about the burden of its weight,he remembered that, because he had the jacket, he had withstood the coldof the dawn.We have to be prepared for change, he thought, and he was grateful for thejacket's weight and warmth.The jacket had a purpose, and so did the boy. So, he asked if the old man'sblessing was still with him.He took out one of the stones. But that disaster taught me to understand the wordof Allah: people need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achievingwhat they need and want.\"We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or ourpossessions and property. A shepherd may like to travel, but he should never forget about hissheep.The old man looked at the boy and, with his hands held together, madeseveral strange gestures over the boy's head. All his life and all his studieswere aimed at finding the one true language of the universe. I'm trying to find out where the alchemist lives I learned how There was alsothe merchant's daughter, but she wasn't as important as his flock, becauseshe didn't depend on him. I know its dimensions andhow it behaves. Then aman approached.\"Do you know someone here who cures people's illnesses?\" the boy asked.\"Allah cures our illnesses,\" said the man, clearly frightened of the strangers.\"You're looking for witch doctors.\" He spoke some verses from the Koran,and moved on.Another man appeared. Myneighbors feared they would lose all their olive trees in the flood, and mywife was afraid that we would lose our children. There you will find a treasure that will make you a rich man.\"The boy was surprised, and then irritated. In just a few hours he had seen menwalking hand in hand, women with their faces covered, and priests thatclimbed to the tops of towers and chantedas everyone about him went totheir knees and placed their foreheads on the ground.\"A practice of infidels,\" he said to himself. I don't know how animals know the age of humanbeings.\"\"Tell me more about your dream,\" said the woman. And if the book was irritating, as the old man had said, theboy still had time to change it for another.\"It's a book that says the same thing almost all the other books in the worldsay,\" continued the old man. And, above all, don't forgetto follow your destiny through to its conclusion.\"But before I go, I want to tell you a little story.\"A certain shopkeeper sent his son to learn about the secret of happinessfrom the wisest man in the world. The caravan would be very lucky to reach theoasis.The animals were exhausted, and the men talked among themselves lessand less. In the desert, disobedience means death.\"There was a murmur from the crowd. A shepherdalways takes his chances with wolves and with drought, and that's what He recognized that he was feeling something he had neverexperienced before: the desire to live in one place forever. He recalled that when the sun had risen thatmorning, he was on another continent, still a shepherd with sixty sheep, andlooking forward to meeting with a girl. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 39 / 94There were almost two hundred people gathered there, and four hundredanimalscamels, horses, mules, and fowl. Theboy was beginning to understand that intuition is really a sudden immersionof the soul into the universal current of life, where the histories of all peopleare connected, and we are able to know everything, because it's all writtenthere.\"Maktub,\" the boy said, remembering the crystal merchant.The desert was all sand in some stretches, and rocky in others. Theomens had told him so. Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist page 17. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 41 / 94But all this happened for one basic reason: no matter how many detoursand adjustments it made, the caravan moved toward the same compasspoint. From then on, he would make his owndecisions.\"Don't forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothingelse. But they couldnever have taught him Arabic.There are probably other things in the world that the sheep can't teach me,thought the boy as he regarded the old merchant. When I was young, all Iwanted to do was put together enough money to start this shop. Theowner of the bar came over and looked, as well. He knew he was stronger than hisfriend.Suddenly, there in the midst of all that confusion, he saw the most beautifulsword he had ever seen. But he hadfound a guide, and didn't want to miss out on an opportunity.\"You have to cross the entire Sahara desert,\" said the young man. 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