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. Bakers have homes, while shepherdssleep out in the open. *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. 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. But now, as the sun began to set, he was in a differentcountry, a stranger in a strange land, where he couldn't even speak thelanguage. The Several lost sheep. Santiago consults a gypsy woman to interpret the . 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. 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. If he ever wrote a book, he thought, he wouldpresent one person at a time, so that the reader wouldn't have to worry He said that he had always dreamed of being a shepherd, andthat it was a good omen.\"\"That's the way it always is,\" said the old man. She hada vessel on her shoulder, and her head was covered by a veil, but her face. Project Gutenberg. \"It's called the principle offavorability. Curse the moment I met that oldman, he thought. wishing that he had died, and that everythingwould end forever at that moment.The merchant looked anxiously at the boy. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 49 / 94\"It helped me to trust in people,\" the Englishman answered.Meanwhile, the boy thought about his treasure. 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. The men of the oasis wanted to know if they hadseen any fighting, and the women competed with one another for access tothe cloth and precious stones brought by the merchants. He owned a jacket, a book thathe could trade for another, and a flock of sheep. I understand sheep;they're no longer a problem, and they can be good friends. The Alchemist is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that was first published in 1988. \"Inany case, it's good that you've learned that everything in life has its price.This is what the Warriors of the Light try to teach.\"The old man returned the book to the boy.\"Tomorrow, at this same time, bring me a tenth of your flock. *Two more months passed, and the shelf brought many customers into thecrystal shop. Free, PDF, The Alchemist, Download, Paulo Coelho. He was tense and upset, because he knew that the old manwas right. Why not?He suddenly felt tremendously happy. But, whichever it is, I'm going to chargeyou for the consultation.\"Another trick, the boy thought. He had said that it was a goodthing for the boy to clean the crystal pieces, so that he could free himselffrom negative thoughts. One year, when the crop wasthe best ever, we all went to Mecca, and I satisfied the only unmetobligation in my life. And it ends up saying that everyone believes the world'sgreatest lie.\" 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). 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. The day was hot, and the wine wasrefreshing. It was the time of day when all of Spain slept duringthe summer. A huge wooden cross. The treasure is at thePyramids; that you already knew. \"If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck andcoincidence. \"And todo that, you need money. The Alchemist Summary Next Prologue In the Prologue, the alchemist reads a story about Narcissus a youth so fascinated by his own beautiful reflection that he falls into a lake and drowns. I don't know how to turn them into reality. 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. The boy approached awoman who had come to the well to fill a goatskin with water.\"Good afternoon, ma'am. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 5 / 94afford to travel,\" his father said. \"I had my orchard, my children, anda life that would change not at all until I died. He sat there, staring blanklythrough the door of the caf? He went over to the bakery and bought a loaf of bread, thinkingabout whether or not he should tell the baker what the old man had saidabout him. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 23 / 94trying to tell him not to trust that man. He no longer hadto seek out food and water for the sheep; he could go in search of histreasure, instead. Then he sat in the sun-filled doorway, smokingthe hookah.He smoked in silence, thinking of nothing, and listening to the sound of thewind that brought the scent of the desert. \"That's it! They came in silence and departed the sameway, dressed in black garments that showed only their eyes. 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. His heart squeezed, as if his chest had suddenlycompressed it. Hethought that, with some patience, he'd be able to transform everything intogold. But he found it much more interesting to observe thecaravan and listen to the wind. When he had finished his smoke,he reached into one of his pockets, and sat there for a few moments,regarding what he had withdrawn.It was a bundle of money. 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? And maybe it wasn't that they were teaching me,but that I was learning from them.\"Maktub,\" the merchant said, finally.\"What does that mean?\"\"You would have to have been born an Arab to understand,\" he answered.\"But in your language it would be something like 'It is written.' 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 had unraveled the truths behindimportant questions, but his studies had taken him to a point beyond whichhe could not seem to go. The alchemist saw the tribal chiefs greet the leader of thecaravan, and converse with him at length.But none of that mattered to the alchemist. The boy thanked him, ate it, and went onhis way. He had studied Latin,Spanish, and theology. The old king hadn't told him that the Pyramids were just a pileof stones, or that anyone could build one in his backyard. I'm interested only inthe present. It's always a positive force.\" But as he held Urim and Thummim in his hand, theyhad transmitted to him the strength and will of the old king. 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. \"There is a universal language, understood by everybody,but already forgotten. But he knew that Salem wasn't in Andalusia. But the alchemists were strange people, who thought onlyabout themselves, and almost always refused to help him. \"Did you learnanything?\" the Englishman asked, eager to hear what it might be. \"Imagine if everyone went around transforming leadinto gold. 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. At the beginning of the novel, the protagonist Santiago is launched on a quest for his treasurehis Personal Legendthrough his encounter . After all, he had all his money. 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 That was his work.The gods should not have desires, because they don't have destinies. ISBN 0-7225-3293-8. An illustration of an open book. 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. 2 What did Santiago's parents originally hope he would be when he grew up? Theywere conversing in Arabic, and the boy was proud of himself for being ableto do so. A sycamore tree. 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. When you play cards the first time, you are almost sure to win.Beginner's luck.\"\"Why is that?\"\"Because there is a force that wants you to realize your destiny; it whetsyour appetite with a taste of success.\"Then the old man began to inspect the sheep, and he saw that one waslame. If a guide were to fall ill or die, the camel drivers would draw lotsand appoint a new one. It was the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love Theshop is exactly the size I always wanted it to be. If he sold just one of hissheep, he'd have enough to get to the other shore of the strait. He had tried in vain to establish a relationship with \"He wants us to leave.\"The boy was relieved. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 35 / 94to care for sheep, and I haven't forgotten how that's done. Just by looking at them. The problem is that they don't even realize that they're walking anew road every day. Like this book? When he speaks in our language, Ican interpret what he has said. And don't forget the language of omens. Each was swearing quietly to his orher own God. It was said that he was morethan two hundred years old, and that he had discovered the Philosopher'sStone and the Elixir of Life. So, he asked if the old man'sblessing was still with him.He took out one of the stones. As long asthe boy knew how to find the best pastures in Andalusia, they would be hisfriends. 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. I thoughtthat someday I'd be rich, and could go to Mecca. Then, taking his sheep, hewalked away. One always had something thatthe other neededas if everything were indeed written by one hand. 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. He didn't want tocry with the other people there. \"This candy merchant isn't makingcandy so that later he can travel or marry a shopkeeper's daughter. Hewas a devout man, and, even with all his impatience, he wanted to live hislife in accordance with Muslim law.\"What's the fifth obligation?\" the boy asked.\"Two days ago, you said that I had never dreamed of travel,\" the merchantanswered. Then he realized that he had been distracted for a few moments,looking at the sword. \"The fifth obligation of every Muslim is a pilgrimage. He saw the gardens, the mountains all around him, the beauty of theflowers, and the taste with which everything had been selected. I'm going to become bitter and distrustful of people because oneperson betrayed me. On the very first page itdescribed a burial ceremony. Now, I can see that it hasn't been too bad. Even the guides spoke very little to one another.\"I've crossed these sands many times,\" said one of the camel drivers onenight. 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. 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. . People continued to comeand go from the baker's shop. 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. They tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hearthem. Eventhough the sheep didn't teach me to speak Arabic.But the sheep had taught him something even more important: that therewas a language in the world that everyone understood, a language the boyhad used throughout the time that he was trying to improve things at theshop. The boy had never even noticed that there was a hole in his pouch.He knelt down to find Urim and Thummim and put them back in the pouch.But as he saw them lying there on the ground, another phrase came to hismind.\"Learn to recognize omens, and follow them,\" the old king had said.An omen. He hadexchanged six sheep for two precious stones that had been taken from agold breastplate. A young couple sat on the bench where hehad talked with the old man, and they kissed.\"That baker\" he said to himself, without completing the thought. He also tried to remembersome good stories to relate as he sheared the sheep. And no onewas going to climb the hill just to browse through a few small shops.But the crystal merchant had no choice. But hedecided first to buy his bakery and put some money aside. Maybe that'swhy they always stay close to me.The only things that concerned the sheep were food and water. There you will find a treasure that will make you a rich man.\"The boy was surprised, and then irritated. Read Full Text. It seemed as ifwhat the old king had called \"beginner's luck\" were no longer functioning. Here I am, between my flock and mytreasure, the boy thought. That morning he had knowneverything that was going to happen to him as he walked through thefamiliar fields. But if he speaks in the language of the soul,it is only you who can understand. That's the world'sgreatest lie.\"\"That's never happened to me,\" the boy said. They spoke about mercury, salt, dragons, andkings, and he didn't understand any of it. *\"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. As a child in church, he hadalways looked at the image of Saint Santiago Matamoros on his white horse,his sword unsheathed, and figures such as these kneeling at his feet. *The boy awoke before dawn. 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. I need to buy my sheep back, so I have to earn themoney to do so.\" Most of them he hadread in books, but he would tell them as if they were from his personalexperience. \"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. *He was shaken into wakefulness by someone. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. Published 1992. An illustration of an open book. 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 45 / 94 *\"Why do they make things so complicated?\" he asked the Englishman onenight. This is aport, and every port has its thieves.\"The boy trusted his new friend. All they wanted was food and water.Melchizedek watched a small ship that was plowing its way out of the port.He would never again see the boy, just as he had never seen Abraham \"The religion hereforbids it.\"The boy told him then that he needed to get to the Pyramids. 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. \"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. They were fascinating stories:each of them lived out his destiny to the end. But maybe I'llnever have another chance to get to the Pyramids in Egypt. The people will enjoy the tea andwant to buy the glasses. All his life and all his studieswere aimed at finding the one true language of the universe. \"They are calledUrim and Thummim. He had learned some important things, like how todeal in crystal, and about the language without words and about omens.One afternoon he had seen a man at the top of the hill, complaining that itwas impossible to find a decent place to get something to drink after such aclimb. He must be disguised to avoid encounters withthieves.\"Take these,\" said the old man, holding out a white stone and a black stonethat had been embedded at the center of the breastplate. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 47 / 94The boy awoke as the sun rose. 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. He had come to the town only to find a woman who couldinterpret his dream. He knew how to shear them,and how to slaughter them. 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 16 / 94levanter was still getting stronger, and he felt its force on his face. That doesn't happen to just anyone!He was planning as he left the bar. They filled threesacks. \"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. Then leave with the caravan. The boy noticed that the man's clothing was strange. 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. 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 32 / 94begin to sell tea in the crystal glasses. No sound from the bazaars, no arguments among the merchants,no men climbing to the towers to chant. *The horizon was tinged with red, and suddenly the sun appeared. The caravan would be very lucky to reach theoasis.The animals were exhausted, and the men talked among themselves lessand less. He had understood the story the old king hadtold him. I'm going to hate those who have found their treasurebecause I never found mine. 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. In one he had read that, many years ago, afamous Arabian alchemist had visited Europe. I can pay you to serve as myguide.\"\"Do you have any idea how to get there?\" the newcomer asked.The boy noticed that the owner of the bar stood nearby, listening attentivelyto their conversation. It's with those words that the universal language is written. pdf | Brahim EL FEZZAZI - Academia.edu Download Free PDF The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. But wetwo have to live with our mistakes.\"That's true enough, the boy thought, ruefully.\"Why did you think we should have the display?\" The group was to remain there atthe oasis until the conflict between the tribes was over. It seems old and wise.The wind never stopped, and the boy remembered the day he had sat at thefort in Tarifa with this same wind blowing in his face. He said that for the past fewdays he had been paying attention to how the caravan operated, but that hehadn't learned anything new. Only in that way would he be able to read the omens. Two customers came in today while you were working,and that's a good omen.\"People talk a lot about omens, thought the shepherd. Sometimes, there's just no way tohold back the river. 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. The shepherd told her of the Andalusian countryside, and related thenews from the other towns where he had stopped. Then he turned to theboy.\"I am proud of you,\" he said. Maybe it was his treasure tohave wound up in that strange land, met up with a thief, and doubled thesize of his flock without spending a cent.He was proud of himself. He could see that the old man wanted to knowmore about his life.\"Well, then, we've got a problem. 2 of 25. \"Ineed you to help me find out where the alchemist lives.\"First, they tried to find him on their own. *Then one day the boy returned the books to the Englishman. He still had a long way to go toreach the pyramids, and someday this morning would just be a memory. Like. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 6 / 94It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting,he thought, as he looked again at the position of the sun, and hurried hispace. In some places, the ground was covered with the salt of dried-up lakes. \"I hold thepower of life and death for every person I take with me. The boy saw a man appear behind the counter. I'm used to theway I am.\"The boy didn't know what to say. The boy knew a lot of people in the city. 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? The boy swore to Jesus Christ. In half an hour, he had cleaned all the glasses in the window, and,as he was doing so, two customers had entered the shop and bought somecrystal.When he had completed the cleaning, he asked the man for something toeat. I could die happily, and that made me feel good.\"One day, the earth began to tremble, and the Nile overflowed its banks. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 7 / 94makes a shepherd's life exciting.\"I have had the same dream twice,\" he said. He had spent enormous amounts of timeat the great libraries of the world, and had purchased all the rarest and mostimportant volumes on alchemy. He looked likean Arab, which was not unusual in those parts. Maybe she didn't even remember him. The boypreferred wine.But he didn't need to worry about that right now. "Sooo much more helpful than SparkNotes. Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist page 17. \"Why are you telling me all this?\"\"Because you are trying to realize your destiny. Dusk was falling as the boy arrived with hisherd at an abandoned church. From where hestood, he saw for the first time that the old merchant's hair was very muchlike the hair of the old king. Butthis was the present momentthe party the camel driver had mentionedand he wanted to live it as he did the lessons of his past and his dreams ofthe future. The Soul of the World is nourished bypeople's happiness. That waswhat made traveling appeal to himhe always made new friends, and hedidn't need to spend all of his time with them. He had surprised himself with the thought.Until then, he had considered the omens to be things of this world. 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