That he wanted to travel. That waswhat made traveling appeal to himhe always made new friends, and hedidn't need to spend all of his time with them. Summary Read one-minute Sparklet summaries, the detailed section-by-section Summary & Analysis, or the Full Book Summary of The Alchemist . He had had the same dreamthat night as a week ago, and once again he had awakened before it ended.He arose and, taking up his crook, began to awaken the sheep that stillslept. He had tried in vain to establish a relationship with Originally written in Portuguese, it became a widely translated international bestseller. Thatwind had brought the Moors, yes, but it had also brought the smell of thedesert and of veiled women. *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. 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. Theysearched everywhere, and found that the oasis was much larger than theycould have imagined; there were hundreds of tents.\"We've wasted almost the entire day,\" said the Englishman, sitting downwith the boy near one of the wells.\"Maybe we'd better ask someone,\" the boy suggested.The Englishman didn't want to tell others about his reasons for being at theoasis, and couldn't make up his mind. He could sell the stones and buy a return ticket. An old man, with a breastplate of gold, wouldn'thave lied just to acquire six sheep.The old man had spoken about signs and omens, and, as the boy wascrossing the strait, he had thought about omens. If he ever wrote a book, he thought, he wouldpresent one person at a time, so that the reader wouldn't have to worry The old king hadn't told him that the Pyramids were just a pileof stones, or that anyone could build one in his backyard. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 7 / 94makes a shepherd's life exciting.\"I have had the same dream twice,\" he said. 1 of 25. Santiago is a humble shepherd whose desires are . 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. I don't know how animals know the age of humanbeings.\"\"Tell me more about your dream,\" said the woman. \"They come in search of new things, but when they leave theyare basically the same people they were when they arrived. They trust me, and they've forgotten how to rely on theirown instincts, because I lead them to nourishment. So he could not be hasty, nor impatient. The boy watched it through itstrajectory for some time, until it was hidden behind the white housessurrounding the plaza. The boy saw a man appear behind the counter. 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 began toimport enormous quantities of tea, along with his crystal, and his shop wassought out by men and women with a thirst for things new.And, in that way, the months passed. It'scalled the principle of favorability. He didn't want tocry with the other people there. 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. \"There's a caravan leaving todayfor Al-Fayoum.\"\"But I'm going to Egypt,\" the boy said.\"Al-Fayoum is in Egypt,\" said the Arab. The animals balked at such places, and the camel drivers wereforced to dismount and unburden their charges. He had said that it was a goodthing for the boy to clean the crystal pieces, so that he could free himselffrom negative thoughts. But the boy never took his eye off hisnew friend. \"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. If a guide were to fall ill or die, the camel drivers would draw lotsand appoint a new one. 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. But hedecided first to buy his bakery and put some money aside. 'As you wanderaround, carry this spoon with you without allowing the oil to spill.' If hepushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens leftby God along his path.God placed them along my path. But, most important, hewas able every day to live out his dream. He hoped that it would besomeone as capable as his previous apprentice.I don't know why these things have to be transmitted by word of mouth, hethought. It was the old manwho had asked for a drink of his wine, and had started the conversation.\"Give me my book,\" the boy said. *\"People from all over the world have passed through this village, son,\" saidhis father. \"I have to get back tomy cooking, and, since you don't have much money, I can't give you a lotof time.\"\"The child went on playing with my sheep for quite a while,\" continued theboy, a bit upset. 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. It was as if the world hadfallen silent because the boy's soul had. They have gottenused to my being away, and so have I. It turned out to be a bitter tea. 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. Everyone, when they areyoung, knows what their destiny is.\"At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible.They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like tosee happen to them in their lives. He knew that a few hours from now, with the sun at itszenith, the heat would be so great that he would not be able to lead hisflock across the fields. I hate this tea.\"\"There is no wine in this country,\" the young man said. 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. He hadexchanged six sheep for two precious stones that had been taken from agold breastplate. The Alchemist Quotes Showing 1-30 of 2,288. As theysat around the fire, the camel drivers exchanged information about I'm going to become bitter and distrustful of people because oneperson betrayed me. If he did, it waspossible that the Arab would want a part of it as payment for taking himthere. The peoplewere also praying to heaven for protection.A long note was sounded on a bugle, and everyone mounted up. In his pouch, he had his jackethe certainly wasn't goingto need it in the desert. Ashe did so, both of them pushed through a hole in the pouch and fell to theground. But he knew that Salem wasn't in Andalusia. 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. = CONTENTS = Part One Part Two EpiloguePART ONEThe boy's name was Santiago. "It's the simple things in life that are most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.". 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. There, in front of him, where the small starshad been the night before, was an endless row of date palms, stretchingacross the entire desert.\"We've done it!\" said the Englishman, who had also awakened early.But the boy was quiet. They have blond hair, or dark skin, butbasically they're the same as the people who live right here.\"\"But I'd like to see the castles in the towns where they live,\" the boyexplained.\"Those people, when they see our land, say that they would like to live hereforever,\" his father continued.\"Well, I'd like to see their land, and see how they live,\" said his son.\"The people who come here have a lot of money to spend, so they can It's your mission on earth.\"\"Even when all you want to do is travel? The boy smiled to himself. The boy promisedhimself that, when he returned from Egypt, he would buy that sword.\"Ask the owner of that stall how much the sword costs,\" he said to hisfriend. The sheep will get used to my notbeing there, too, the boy thought.From where he sat, he could observe the plaza. He could see that the old man wanted to knowmore about his life.\"Well, then, we've got a problem. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 46 / 94\"Go back to watching the caravan,\" he said. The boy noticed that the man's clothing was strange. He put his headcloth in place and secured it with a ring made of camelskin. As long as you appreciate this is poorly written feel-good tripe out of a depressed author's mind, where character development is too much for him and plot-wise everything must turn out well in the end, then read on: you're good. That's good, thought the Englishman. I understand sheep;they're no longer a problem, and they can be good friends. 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 didn't consider mending the holethe stonescould fall through any time they wanted. The way the content is organized And don't forget the language of omens. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 33 / 94He waited patiently for the merchant to awaken and open the shop. 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. If I don't find it, I can always go home. Then, like a colony of worker ants, theydismantled their stalls and left.The sun began its departure, as well. The old manwore a breastplate of gold, and he knew about my past. From then on, he would make his owndecisions.\"Don't forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothingelse. But if he speaks in the language of the soul,it is only you who can understand. Sometimes it's better to leave things as they are, he thought tohimself, and decided to say nothing. \"That didn't teach me anything,either.\"The boy went back to contemplating the silence of the desert, and the sandraised by the animals. In the crowd were women,children, and a number of men with swords at their belts and rifles slung ontheir shoulders. 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. \"It's like the camel driver said:'Eat when it's time to eat. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 18 / 94\"The boy began climbing and descending the many stairways of the palace,keeping his eyes fixed on the spoon. Myneighbors feared they would lose all their olive trees in the flood, and mywife was afraid that we would lose our children. This Soul of the World allowedthem to understand anything on the face of the earth, because it was thelanguage with which all things communicated. \"Because you really like to travel.\"\"He knew what I was thinking,\" the boy said to himself. All they think about is food and water.Maybe we're all that way, the boy mused. About; . That was the law ofhospitality. Fromatop its walls, one can catch a glimpse of Africa. The treasure is at thePyramids; that you already knew. It wasn't exactly that they were secrets; God revealed his secretseasily to all his creatures.He had only one explanation for this fact: things have to be transmitted this That's what helpsme face these days that are all the same, these mute crystals on theshelves, and lunch and dinner at that same horrible caf? Our Teacher Edition on The Alchemist can help. One night, acamel driver came to the fire where the Englishman and the boy weresitting. The old man,meanwhile, was leafing through the book, without seeming to want to returnit at all. And he hadn't perceived them because he had becomeaccustomed to them. Although the boy had developed a superstition that each time heopened the book he would learn something important, he decided it was anunnecessary burden.He became friendly with the camel driver who traveled alongside him. 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. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. He was going to be able to save thelittle money he had because of a dream about hidden treasure!\"Well, interpret the dream,\" he said.\"First, swear to me. Then he turned to theboy.\"I am proud of you,\" he said. Free, PDF, The Alchemist, Download, Paulo Coelho. 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. He called to the boy, andthey took a walk along the dunes surrounding the encampment. They placed the symbolsof the pilgrimage on the doors of their houses. The roof had fallen in long ago, and anenormous sycamore had grown on the spot where the sacristy had oncestood.He decided to spend the night there. Most of them he hadread in books, but he would tell them as if they were from his personalexperience. He still had a long way to go toreach the pyramids, and someday this morning would just be a memory. There was afull moon, and the boy told the Englishman the story of his life.The Englishman was fascinated with the part about the progress achieved atthe crystal shop after the boy began working there.\"That's the principle that governs all things,\" he said. The black signifies 'yes,' and the white 'no.' And you are at the pointwhere you're about to give it all up.\"\"And that's when you always appear on the scene?\"\"Not always in this way, but I always appear in one form or another.Sometimes I appear in the form of a solution, or a good idea. If he makes a buying mistake, it doesn't affect him much. For five years he hadbeen working a certain river, and had examined hundreds of thousands ofstones looking for an emerald. \"Not even the tribal chieftainsare able to see him when they want to. His parents had wanted him to become apriest, and thereby a source of pride for a simple farm family. asked the wise man.\"Looking down at the spoon he held, the boy saw that the oil was gone.\" 'Well, there is only one piece of advice I can give you,' said the wisest ofwise men. They spoke about mercury, salt, dragons, andkings, and he didn't understand any of it. \"He doesn't have enough money to travel.\"While standing at the ticket window, the boy had remembered his flock, and She would never know the difference, because she didn't knowhow to read.Meanwhile, the old man persisted in his attempt to strike up a conversation.He said that he was tired and thirsty, and asked if he might have a sip ofthe boy's wine. *He was shaken into wakefulness by someone. And both you and I needed to cleanse ourminds of negative thoughts.\"When they had eaten, the merchant turned to the boy and said, \"I'd like youto work in my shop. *The men climbed the hill, and they were tired when they reached the top.But there they saw a crystal shop that offered refreshing mint tea. 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) The sheep hadtaught him that.If God leads the sheep so well, he will also lead a man, he thought, and thatmade him feel better. He had discovered that thepresence of a certain bird meant that a snake was nearby, and that acertain shrub was a sign that there was water in the area. Then, taking his sheep, hewalked away. Ten years at the university, and here I am in a corral.But he had to move on. If the sand was too finefor the animals' hooves, they sought a way where the sand was moresubstantial. The boy was becoming more and more convincedthat alchemy could be learned in one's daily life.\"Also,\" said the Englishman, \"the Philosopher's Stone has a fascinatingproperty. Did you notice the beautiful parchments in mylibrary? \"How many sheep do youhave?\"\"Enough,\" said the boy. "I'm like everyone else-I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does.". I can't help you if you feel you've gotenough sheep.\"The boy was getting irritated. *The crystal merchant awoke with the day, and felt the same anxiety that hefelt every morning. But then he remembered that he wasn't going to have topay anything.\"I didn't need to waste my time just for this,\" he said.\"I told you that your dream was a difficult one. Itwas there that the wise man lived.\"Rather than finding a saintly man, though, our hero, on entering the mainroom of the castle, saw a hive of activity: tradesmen came and went,people were conversing in the corners, a small orchestra was playing softmusic, and there was a table covered with platters of the most deliciousfood in that part of the world. \"They're only made ofrock crystal, and there are millions of rock crystals in the earth. I shouldhave repeated it for him. I havenever heard of them, but, if it was a child who showed them to you, they But you know that I'm not going to go to Mecca. 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. 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. The shepherd told her of the Andalusian countryside, and related thenews from the other towns where he had stopped. As he mused about these things, he realized that he had to choosebetween thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as anadventurer in quest of his treasure.\"I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure,\" he said to himself. The old woman asked him to swearagain while looking at the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.\"It's a dream in the language of the world,\" she said. Taking the jacket out, he began to clean theglasses. Then she tookboth of his hands in hers, and began quietly to pray.It sounded like a Gypsy prayer. Thinking about that for amoment, he realized that it could be the other way around: that it was hewho had become accustomed to their schedule.But there were certain of them who took a bit longer to awaken. Inhis pursuit of the dream, he was being constantly subjected to tests of hispersistence and courage. The people will enjoy the tea andwant to buy the glasses. \"They're just a pile of stones. An alchemist would probably live ina manner that was different from that of the rest of the people at the oasis,and it was likely that in his tent an oven was continuously burning. \"The caravan and the desert speak the same language, and it's forthat reason that the desert allows the crossing. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 19 / 94again after having charged him his one-tenth fee. If he ever decided to leave them, they wouldsuffer.The wind began to pick up. The merchant spent the entire day mumbling behind the counter,telling the boy to be careful with the pieces and not to break anything.But he stayed with the job because the merchant, although he was an oldgrouch, treated him fairly; the boy received a good commission for eachpiece he sold, and had already been able to put some money aside. The sheep, the merchant's daughter, and thefields of Andalusia were only steps along the way to his destiny.The next day, the boy met the old man at noon. "It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.". . And he knew what was thefair price for every one of his animals.He decided to return to his friend's stable by the longest route possible. \"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. The old man continued, \"You have been areal blessing to me. 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. The miner hadabandoned everything to go mining for emeralds. \"Well, I'm the king ofSalem!\"People say strange things, the boy thought. He sat there, staring blanklythrough the door of the caf? This was a port town, and the only truthfulthing his friend had told him was that port towns are full of thieves.Now he understood why the owner of the bar had been so upset: he was Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 4 / 94The boy was surprised at his thoughts. As long asthe boy knew how to find the best pastures in Andalusia, they would be hisfriends. By the time he had hadenough of the sea, he would already have known other cities, other women,and other chances to be happy. But the stones were proof thathe had met with a kinga king who knew of the boy's past.\"They're called Urim and Thummim, and they can help you to read theomens.\" The boy put the stones back in the pouch and decided to do anexperiment. The infidels had an evil look about them.Besides this, in the rush of his travels he had forgotten a detail, just onedetail, which could keep him from his treasure for a long time: only Arabicwas spoken in this country.The owner of the bar approached him, and the boy pointed to a drink thathad been served at the next table. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 45 / 94 *\"Why do they make things so complicated?\" he asked the Englishman onenight. The hooded Bedouinsreappeared more and more frequently, and the camel driverwho hadbecome a good friend of the boy'sexplained that the war between thetribes had already begun. 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 27 / 94asleep. 'You cannot trust a man if you don't know his house. As he read on, an old man sat down at his side andtried to strike up a conversation.\"What are they doing?\" the old man asked, pointing at the people in theplaza.\"Working,\" the boy answered dryly, making it look as if he wanted toconcentrate on his reading.Actually, he was thinking about shearing his sheep in front of themerchant's daughter, so that she could see that he was someone who wascapable of doing difficult things. \"I'm a shepherd, and Ihave been to many places, but I come from only one placefrom a citynear an ancient castle. His soul must be too primitive tounderstand those things, he thought.He took back his books and packed them away again in their bags. And theodor of the animals became a bit more tolerable.A young Arab, also loaded down with baggage, entered, and greeted theEnglishman.\"Where are you bound?\" asked the young Arab.\"I'm going into the desert,\" the man answered, turning back to his reading.He didn't want any conversation at this point. Maybe she didn't even remember him. 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. He was going to miss the place and all thegood things he had learned. He wept because God was unfair, and because this wasthe way God repaid those who believed in their dreams.When I had my sheep, I was happy, and I made those around me happy.People saw me coming and welcomed me, he thought. \"Everyone has his or her own way of learning things,\"he said to himself. Just handling them made himfeel better. Maybe no one here knows what analchemist is! No sound from the bazaars, no arguments among the merchants,no men climbing to the towers to chant. He was sure the girl would never understand. Several lost sheep. Parents would rather see their children marry bakersthan shepherds.\"The boy felt a pang in his heart, thinking about the merchant's daughter.There was surely a baker in her town.The old man continued, \"In the long run, what people think about shepherdsand bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies.\"The old man leafed through the book, and fell to reading a page he cameto. Only in that way would he be able to read the omens. They were his treasure. And I will tellyou how to find the hidden treasure. They called that discoverythe Master Workit was part liquid and part solid.\"Can't you just observe men and omens in order to understand thelanguage?\" the boy asked.\"You have a mania for simplifying everything,\" answered the Englishman,irritated. The rest is up to Allah, including the danger.\"And he concluded by saying the mysterious word: \"Maktub.\"\"You should pay more attention to the caravan,\" the boy said to theEnglishman, after the camel driver had left. But shehadn't charged him anything.\"In order to find the treasure, you will have to follow the omens. The boy wasstrong, and wanted to retaliate, but he was in a foreign country. 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 I had to insist on the payment of sixsheep because I helped you to make your decision.\"The boy put the stones in his pouch. \"You have helped me.\" Theman continued to prepare his tea, saying nothing. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 11 / 94books. It had caused him tohave the same dream for a second time, and it was causing him to feelanger toward his faithful companions. The old man knew how to read, and had alreadyread the book. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 20 / 94fields of Andalusia, he had become used to learning which path he shouldtake by observing the ground and the sky. 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