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. About; . The animals balked at such places, and the camel drivers wereforced to dismount and unburden their charges. He hadalways believed that the sheep were able to understand what he said. 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. He knew that in thecaravan there was a man to whom he was to teach some of his secrets. 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. *Then one day the boy returned the books to the Englishman. Because life wantsyou to achieve your destiny,\" the old king had said.But the merchant understood what the boy had said. With the girl withthe raven hair, his days would never be the same again.But finally the merchant appeared, and asked the boy to shear four sheep.He paid for the wool and asked the shepherd to come back the followingyear. They came in silence and departed the sameway, dressed in black garments that showed only their eyes. He has the dream every time he sleeps under a sycamore tree that grows out of the ruins of a church. His purpose in life was totravel, and, after two years of walking the Andalusian terrain, he knew all thecities of the region. 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 8 / 94exist. 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. But that's the way it is.\"The boy reminded the old man that he had said something about hiddentreasure. They spoke about mercury, salt, dragons, andkings, and he didn't understand any of it. The boyprodded them, one by one, with his crook, calling each by name. \"My friend bought all the other sheepimmediately. 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. As he was leaving, he saw, in the corner of the room, his oldshepherd's pouch. Santiago is a humble shepherd whose desires are . If I have to fight, it will be just asgood a day to die as any other.\"Because I don't live in either my past or my future. He had remembered that one of thecrystal merchant's suppliers transported his crystal by means of caravansthat crossed the desert. 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. Even meI haven't thought ofother women since I met the merchant's daughter. So, he asked if the old man'sblessing was still with him.He took out one of the stones. *Two more months passed, and the shelf brought many customers into thecrystal shop. That'swhy I have to live off what my daughters provide me with.\"\"And what if I never get to Egypt?\"\"Then I don't get paid. Two customers came in today while you were working,and that's a good omen.\"People talk a lot about omens, thought the shepherd. But hedecided first to buy his bakery and put some money aside. The boy approached awoman who had come to the well to fill a goatskin with water.\"Good afternoon, ma'am. The They reminded him of the old man.\"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you toachieve it,\" he had said.The boy was trying to understand the truth of what the old man had said.There he was in the empty marketplace, without a cent to his name, andwith not a sheep to guard through the night. 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. What he had to beconcerned about was his treasure, and how he was going to go aboutgetting it. That he had attended aseminary until he was sixteen. \"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. There was nothing tohold him back except himself. Then he turned to theboy.\"I am proud of you,\" he said. 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. They have gottenused to my being away, and so have I. As they satdown at the only table in the place, the crystal merchant laughed.\"You didn't have to do any cleaning,\" he said. When his vision returned to normal,the boy was able to read what the old man had written in the sand.There, in the sand of the plaza of that small city, the boy read the names ofhis father and his mother and the name of the seminary he had attended.He read the name of the merchant's daughter, which he hadn't even known,and he read things he had never told anyone. *The boy awoke before dawn. Good afternoon.\"And he vanished around the corner of the plaza. The Alchemist: 25th Anniversary Edition by Paulo Coelho fThe Alchemist: 25th Anniversary Edition PDF The Alchemist: 25th Anniversary Edition by by Paulo Coelho This The Alchemist: 25th Anniversary Edition book is not really ordinary book, you have it then the world is in your hands. And he hadn't perceived them because he had becomeaccustomed to them. I understand sheep;they're no longer a problem, and they can be good friends. We are part of that soul, so we rarely recognizethat it is working for us. I'm going to hate those who have found their treasurebecause I never found mine. It was the time of day when all of Spain slept duringthe summer. \"And todo that, you need money. I could die happily, and that made me feel good.\"One day, the earth began to tremble, and the Nile overflowed its banks. 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. They filled threesacks. He looked around at the empty plaza again,feeling less desperate than before. The silence was the worst aspect of the night, when the meregroan of a camelwhich before had been nothing but the groan of acamelnow frightened everyone, because it might signal a raid.The camel driver, though, seemed not to be very concerned with the threatof war.\"I'm alive,\" he said to the boy, as they ate a bunch of dates one night, withno fires and no moon. When someone sees thesame people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary, theywind up becoming a part of that person's life. 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. The Alchemist Quotes Showing 1-30 of 2,288. It was said that he was morethan two hundred years old, and that he had discovered the Philosopher'sStone and the Elixir of Life. The lad wandered through the desert forforty days, and finally came upon a beautiful castle, high atop a mountain. 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. Some of them were richpilgrims, traveling in caravans with servants and camels, but most of thepeople making the pilgrimage were poorer than I.\"All who went there were happy at having done so. The room'sfurnishings consisted of a table, an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus,and two chairs.The woman sat down, and told him to be seated as well. That he wanted to travel. The only thing he had noticed was that talk ofwar was becoming more and more frequent. There you will find a treasure that will make you a rich man.\"The boy was surprised, and then irritated. The boy waited, and then interrupted the old man just as he himself hadbeen interrupted. Now it was too late tochange anythingthe only thing he had ever learned to do was to buy andsell crystal glassware. Originally written in Portuguese, it became a widely translated international bestseller. In lessthan a year, he would have doubled his flock, and he would be able to dobusiness with the Arabs, because he was now able to speak their strangelanguage. "Sooo much more helpful than SparkNotes. He had helped him out in a dangeroussituation. 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. He no longer hadto seek out food and water for the sheep; he could go in search of histreasure, instead. 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? A sycamore tree. Once again he was experiencing thelanguage without words the universal language.The Englishman asked if they were in danger.\"Once you get into the desert, there's no going back,\" said the camel driver.\"And, when you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way ofmoving forward. The boy's verypresence in the shop was an omen, and, as time passed and money waspouring into the cash drawer, he had no regrets about having hired the boy.The boy was being paid more money than he deserved, because themerchant, thinking that sales wouldn't amount to much, had offered the boya high commission rate. Fromatop its walls, one can catch a glimpse of Africa. 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. 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. He still had a long way to go toreach the pyramids, and someday this morning would just be a memory. He never realized thatpeople are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.\"\"He should have decided to become a shepherd,\" the boy said. These are good omens.\" 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. 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. The boy swore to Jesus Christ. Bakers have homes, while shepherdssleep out in the open. The Alchemist tells the story of a young shepherd named Santiago who is able to find a treasure beyond his wildest dreams. But instead of being saddened, he was happy. (PDF) The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. The old manwore a breastplate of gold, and he knew about my past. He owned a jacket, a book thathe could trade for another, and a flock of sheep. But they really don'tknow what they're saying. 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. He said that for the past fewdays he had been paying attention to how the caravan operated, but that hehadn't learned anything new. Yet the boy felt that there wasanother way to regard his situation: he was actually two hours closer to histreasure the fact that the two hours had stretched into an entire yeardidn't matter.I know why I want to get back to my flock, he thought. \"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. In some places, the ground was covered with the salt of dried-up lakes. 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. Neighbors movedaway, and there remained only a few small shops on the hill. 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 heat lasted until nightfall, and all that time he had to carryhis jacket. Published 1992. They tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hearthem. Nevertheless, the merchantdecided to delay his lunch for a few minutes until the boy moved on. But, most important, hewas able every day to live out his dream. 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. The boy could see in his father's gaze adesire to be able, himself, to travel the worlda desire that was still alive,despite his father's having had to bury it, over dozens of years, under theburden of struggling for water to drink, food to eat, and the same place tosleep every night of his life. The sheep were at the gates of the city, in a stable thatbelonged to a friend. But if he speaks in the language of the soul,it is only you who can understand. The scabbard was embossed in silver, and thehandle was black and encrusted with precious stones. 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. If he were to say anything, the bakerwould spend three days thinking about giving it all up, even though he hadgotten used to the way things were. 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. 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. The Alchemist Complete Novel PDF 19/04/2022 / English Books PDF, Novel / General, Paulo Coelho / By Kumar 'The Alchemist' PDF Quick download link is given at the bottom of this article. ISBN 0-7225-3293-8. He remembered something his grandfather had once toldhim: that butterflies were a good omen. 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. I don't know how animals know the age of humanbeings.\"\"Tell me more about your dream,\" said the woman. They were on the right track.Finally, a young woman approached who was not dressed in black. 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. That doesn't happen to just anyone!He was planning as he left the bar. 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. He thought about asking him togive it back, but decided that would be unfriendly. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 33 / 94He waited patiently for the merchant to awaken and open the shop. 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. These stones were the only form of divination permitted byGod. 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. He was thinking about omens, and someone hadappeared.\"How come you speak Spanish?\" he asked. Then, like a colony of worker ants, theydismantled their stalls and left.The sun began its departure, as well. 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. He hadexchanged six sheep for two precious stones that had been taken from agold breastplate. He quickly pulled his hands away.\"I didn't come here to have you read my palm,\" he said, already regrettinghaving come. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 24 / 94Even if he never got to the Pyramids, he had already traveled farther thanany shepherd he knew. 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. Thatwind had brought the Moors, yes, but it had also brought the smell of thedesert and of veiled women. There had been a time when he thought that his sheep couldteach him everything he needed to know about the world. 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. I havenever heard of them, but, if it was a child who showed them to you, they Someone had once told him that it was from there that theMoors had come, to occupy all of Spain.He could see almost the entire city from where he sat, including the plazawhere he had talked with the old man. Theboy spoke very little with the Englishman, who spent most of his time withhis books.The boy observed in silence the progress of the animals and people acrossthe desert. We're only two hours from Spain.\"\"Sit down, and let me treat you to something,\" said the boy. The black signifies 'yes,' and the white 'no.' 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. It traveled during the morning, haltedwhen the sun was at its strongest, and resumed late in the afternoon. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 1 / 94 The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho Translated by Alan R. Clarke. 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. 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 29 / 94\"I want to get back to my sheep faster. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 43 / 94He also said that this was not just a human gift, that everything on the faceof the earth had a soul, whether mineral, vegetable, or animalor even justa simple thought.\"Everything on earth is being continuously transformed, because the earth isalive and it has a soul. 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. \"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, finally, he agreed that the boy,who spoke better Arabic than he, should do so. There were just drawings, coded instructions, andobscure texts. I don't want anything else in life.But you are forcing me to look at wealth and at horizons I have neverknown. They discovered that the purification ofthe metals had led to a purification of themselves.\"The boy thought about the crystal merchant. 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. \"It's called the principle offavorability. Read key facts, the plot summary, and important quotes . He had been in the same place for thirty years: a shop atthe top of a hilly street where few customers passed. . \"Amongst us, the only ones who travel arethe shepherds.\"\"Well, then I'll be a shepherd!\"His father said no more. He had neverthought of them in terms of a language used by God to indicate what heshould do.\"Don't be impatient,\" he repeated to himself. Something brightreflected from his chest with such intensity that the boy was momentarilyblinded. 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. 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. 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