But you know that I'm not going to go to Mecca. Arabs oftenappeared in the city, shopping and chanting their strange prayers severaltimes a day.\"Where are you from?\" the boy asked.\"From many places.\"\"No one can be from many places,\" the boy said. He wasfeeling sorry for himself, and lamenting the fact that his life could havechanged so suddenly and so drastically.He was so ashamed that he wanted to cry. But use them to buy your flock. \"We make a lot of detours, butwe're always heading for the same destination.\"\"And you ought to read more about the world,\" answered the Englishman.\"Books are like caravans in that respect.\"The immense collection of people and animals began to travel faster. 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. He could always become a crystal salesman again. He could sell the stones and buy a return ticket. He took Urim and Thummim fromhis pocket, and began playing with them.The stranger shouted, \"Urim and Thummim!\"In a flash the boy put them back in his pocket.\"They're not for sale,\" he said.\"They're not worth much,\" the Englishman answered. \"But I want one-tenthof the treasure, if you find it.\"The boy laughedout of happiness. He had fallen asleep in themiddle of the marketplace, and life in the plaza was about to resume.Looking around, he sought his sheep, and then realized that he was in anew world. If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happyman. If hepushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens leftby God along his path.God placed them along my path. A shepherdalways takes his chances with wolves and with drought, and that's what \"I have watched the caravan as it crossed the desert,\" hesaid. \"I know other girls in other places.\"But in his heart he knew that it did matter. 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. Neighbors movedaway, and there remained only a few small shops on the hill. \"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. Outside, a hugecaravan was being prepared for a crossing of the Sahara, and wasscheduled to pass through Al-Fayoum.I'm going to find that damned alchemist, the Englishman thought. As soon as he had learned to know hiscamel better, and to establish a relationship with him, he threw the bookaway. Then he turned to theboy.\"I am proud of you,\" he said. The dunes were changed constantlyby the wind, yet these were the same sands he had known since he was achild. 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. An illustration of an open book. He didn't want tocry with the other people there. He always enjoyed seeing the happiness that the travelersexperienced when, after weeks of yellow sand and blue sky, they first sawthe green of the date palms. Gold would lose its value.\"It's only those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, whoachieve the Master Work. \"You have helped me.\" Theman continued to prepare his tea, saying nothing. He had assumed he would soon return to hissheep.\"Why did you want to get to the Pyramids?\" he asked, to get away from thebusiness of the display.\"Because I've always heard about them,\" the boy answered, saying nothingabout his dream. I'm used to theway I am.\"The boy didn't know what to say. Butwe're both in search of our destinies, and I respect him for that.\" *The caravan began to travel day and night. He had come to the town only to find a woman who couldinterpret his dream. As long asthe boy knew how to find the best pastures in Andalusia, they would be hisfriends. He had worked for an entire year to make a dream cometrue, and that dream, minute by minute, was becoming less important.Maybe because that wasn't really his dream.Who knows maybe it's better to be like the crystal merchant: never go toMecca, and just go through life wanting to do so, he thought, again tryingto convince himself. 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. His parents had wanted him to become apriest, and thereby a source of pride for a simple farm family. They have gottenused to my being away, and so have I. 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. 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. On the very first page itdescribed a burial ceremony. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strongcurrent that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he firstmade the decision.When I decided to seek out my treasure, I never imagined that I'd wind upworking in a crystal shop, he thought. When he's anold man, he's going to spend a month in Africa. At the beginning of the novel, the protagonist Santiago is launched on a quest for his treasurehis Personal Legendthrough his encounter . They never have to make any decisions, he thought. At othertimes, at a crucial moment, I make it easier for things to happen. The new arrival was a youngman in Western dress, but the color of his skin suggested he was from thiscity. The boypreferred wine.But he didn't need to worry about that right now. He transformed himselfinto a stone that rolled up to the miner's foot. 2 of 25. Sometimes he would comment tothem on the things he had seen in the villages they passed.But for the past few days he had spoken to them about only one thing: thegirl, the daughter of a merchant who lived in the village they would reach inabout four days. I need to know whether you have enough.\"The boy thought it a strange question. But the Englishman appeared not to attach any importance toit.\"In a way, so am I,\" he said.\"I don't even know what alchemy is,\" the boy was saying, when thewarehouse boss called to them to come outside. Buthe was excited at his intuitive understanding of the camel driver's comment:maybe he was also learning the universal language that deals with the pastand the present of all people. 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. But the alchemists were strange people, who thought onlyabout themselves, and almost always refused to help him. If he did, it waspossible that the Arab would want a part of it as payment for taking himthere. He thought about asking him togive it back, but decided that would be unfriendly. Dusk was falling as the boy arrived with hisherd at an abandoned church. Since the miner had sacrificed everything to hisdestiny, the old man decided to become involved. *At the highest point in Tarifa there is an old fort, built by the Moors. The Alchemist a novel by Paulo Coelho. \"Thealchemists spent years in their laboratories, observing the fire that purifiedthe metals. But they really don'tknow what they're saying. He had never even wept in frontof his own sheep. But this fear evaporates when we understandthat our life stories and the history of the world were written by the samehand.\"Sometimes, their caravan met with another. He thought for a moment that it would be better to pay herfee and leave without learning a thing, that he was giving too muchimportance to his recurrent dream.\"You came so that you could learn about your dreams,\" said the old woman.\"And dreams are the language of God. If I don't find it, I can always go home. Oh, if they only knew how different things are justtwo hours by ship from where they are, he thought. The silence of thedesert was a distant dream; the travelers in the caravan were talkingincessantly, laughing and shouting, as if they had emerged from thespiritual world and found themselves once again in the world of people.They were relieved and happy.They had been taking careful precautions in the desert, but the camel driverexplained to the boy that oases were always considered to be neutralterritories, because the majority of the inhabitants were women andchildren. He had done this for years, and knew the schedule of everyonewho passed. There were just drawings, coded instructions, andobscure texts. Originally written in Portuguese, it became a widely translated international bestseller. = CONTENTS = Part One Part Two EpiloguePART ONEThe boy's name was Santiago. *The boy went to his room and packed his belongings. 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. There were oases throughout the desert, but the tribesmen foughtin the desert, leaving the oases as places of refuge.With some difficulty, the leader of the caravan brought all his peopletogether and gave them his instructions. There are thousands of kilometers ofdesert between here and there.\"There was a moment of silence so profound that it seemed the city was The Englishman said nothing.And the murmur lasted longer than a simple vow would have. But he decided to take a chance. Everything you need for every book you read. Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist page 17. So he could not be hasty, nor impatient. In the crowd were women,children, and a number of men with swords at their belts and rifles slung ontheir shoulders. He didn't want his hand to begin trembling, showing the old womanthat he was fearful. \"This candy merchant isn't makingcandy so that later he can travel or marry a shopkeeper's daughter. The boy, accustomed to recognizing omens, spoke to the merchant.\"Let's sell tea to the people who climb the hill.\"\"Lots of places sell tea around here,\" the merchant said.\"But we could sell tea in crystal glasses. \"Tangier is not like the rest of Africa. He looked likean Arab, which was not unusual in those parts. They filled threesacks. The group was to remain there atthe oasis until the conflict between the tribes was over. \"That didn't teach me anything,either.\"The boy went back to contemplating the silence of the desert, and the sandraised by the animals. 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. Because life wantsyou to achieve your destiny,\" the old king had said.But the merchant understood what the boy had said. 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. He realized: If I can learn to understand this languagewithout words, I can learn to understand the world.Relaxed and unhurried, he resolved that he would walk through the narrowstreets of Tangier. The boy noted that there was a sense of fear in the air,even though no one said anything. 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. Download Free PDF. It's your mission on earth.\"\"Even when all you want to do is travel? \"How many sheep do youhave?\"\"Enough,\" said the boy. *The boy began again to read his book, but he was no longer able toconcentrate. \"Amongst us, the only ones who travel arethe shepherds.\"\"Well, then I'll be a shepherd!\"His father said no more. Video An illustration of an audio speaker. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 26 / 94\"I can clean up those glasses in the window, if you want,\" said the boy.\"The way they look now, nobody is going to want to buy them.\"The man looked at him without responding.\"In exchange, you could give me something to eat.\"The man still said nothing, and the boy sensed that he was going to have tomake a decision. Like this book? We have to take advantage whenluck is on our side, and do as much to help it as it's doing to help us. He sat there, staring blanklythrough the door of the caf? In two years he hadlearned everything about shepherding: he knew how to shear sheep, how tocare for pregnant ewes, and how to protect the sheep from wolves. I began to make somemoney, but I could never bring myself to leave someone in charge of theshop; the crystals are delicate things. But theonly God I serve is Allah, and in his name I swear that I will do everythingpossible once again to win out over the desert. Then when he spoke about me he would say that Iam Melchizedek, the king of Salem.He looked to the skies, feeling a bit abashed, and said, \"I know it's thevanity of vanities, as you said, my Lord. He was afraid to look around, because he knew what hewould find. But, as time passes, a mysterious forcebegins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize theirdestiny.\"None of what the old man was saying made much sense to the boy. About; . Why did they use suchstrange language, with so many drawings?\"The Englishman didn't answer him directly. The boythought back to that conversation with his father, and felt happy; he hadalready seen many castles and met many women (but none the equal of theone who awaited him several days hence). There was nothing tohold him back except himself. = CONTENTS = Part One Part Two EpiloguePART ONEThe boy's name was Santiago. 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. I have to find a man who knows thatuniversal language. But all he foundwas the heavy book, his jacket, and the two stones the old man had givenhim.As he looked at the stones, he felt relieved for some reason. The only thing he had noticed was that talk ofwar was becoming more and more frequent. \"Alchemy is a serious discipline. He believed in omens. I just want to dream aboutMecca. And he knew that shepherds, likeseamen and like traveling salesmen, always found a town where there wassomeone who could make them forget the joys of carefree wandering.The day was dawning, and the shepherd urged his sheep in the direction ofthe sun. 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