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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 32 / 94begin to sell tea in the crystal glasses. Or beginner's luck.\"The merchant was silent for a few moments. And I will tellyou how to find the hidden treasure. He knew that wind: people called it the levanter,because on it the Moors had come from the Levant at the eastern end ofthe Mediterranean.The levanter increased in intensity. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 35 / 94to care for sheep, and I haven't forgotten how that's done. 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. He got up to pay the bill, but the owner grabbed himand began to speak to him in an angry stream of words. 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. 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. Swear that you will give me one-tenth of your treasurein exchange for what I am going to tell you.\"The shepherd swore that he would. 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. Don't try to enterinto the life of the oasis,\" he said, and walked away.But the Englishman was exultant. Theomens had told him so. Along the way, he learns to listen to his heart and, more importantly, realizes that his dreams, or his Personal Legend, are not just his but part of the Soul of the Universe. Only when he consents.\"Wait for the end of the war. That waswhat made traveling appeal to himhe always made new friends, and hedidn't need to spend all of his time with them. 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. I'm interested only inthe present. \"Not even the tribal chieftainsare able to see him when they want to. The ideafrightened him.\"Another dreamer,\" said the ticket seller to his assistant, watching the boywalk away. But, whichever it is, I'm going to chargeyou for the consultation.\"Another trick, the boy thought. When he had gone only a short distance, he realized that, whilethey were erecting the stall, one of them had spoken Arabic and the otherSpanish.And they had understood each other perfectly well.There must be a language that doesn't depend on words, the boy thought.I've already had that experience with my sheep, and now it's happening withpeople. 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 Alchemist is a novel by Paulo Coelho that was first published in 1988. \"Imagine if everyone went around transforming leadinto gold. He transformed himselfinto a stone that rolled up to the miner's foot. 19362 likes. That's the world'sgreatest lie.\"\"That's never happened to me,\" the boy said. 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. He knew nothing aboutthe customs of the strange land he was in.\"I'll just watch him,\" he said to himself. They were people of the desert, and clamoredto hear his stories about the great cities.The boy told them about his life as a shepherd, and was about to tell themof his experiences at the crystal shop when the Englishman came into thetent.\"I've been looking for you all morning,\" he said, as he led the boy outside. He recited an Our Father silently.\"Very interesting,\" said the woman, never taking her eyes from the boy'shands, and then she fell silent.The boy was becoming nervous. He has the dream every time he sleeps under a sycamore tree that grows out of the ruins of a church. Several lost sheep. His soul must be too primitive tounderstand those things, he thought.He took back his books and packed them away again in their bags. Download Free PDF. 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. And,one day, the leader of the caravan made the decision that the fires shouldno longer be lighted, so as not to attract attention to the caravan.The travelers adopted the practice of arranging the animals in a circle atnight, sleeping together in the center as protection against the nocturnalcold. "Sooo much more helpful than SparkNotes. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 7 / 94makes a shepherd's life exciting.\"I have had the same dream twice,\" he said. His newfriend pushed the owner aside, and pulled the boy outside with him. And, when someone was in such pursuit, the entire universe madean effort to help him succeedthat's what the old king had said. Thenthe two went off to have some more tea.\"I'm leaving today,\" said the boy. 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. Good afternoon.\"And he vanished around the corner of the plaza. In the crowd were women,children, and a number of men with swords at their belts and rifles slung ontheir shoulders. On the otherhand, I don't know if the desert can be a friend, and it's in the desert that Ihave to search for my treasure. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 44 / 94The book that most interested the boy told the stories of the famousalchemists. If the sand was too finefor the animals' hooves, they sought a way where the sand was moresubstantial. The peoplewere also praying to heaven for protection.A long note was sounded on a bugle, and everyone mounted up. It hurt him a bit to think about it, but he had never seen one like itbefore. 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. 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. Sometimes, there's just no way tohold back the river. 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. The dunes were changed constantlyby the wind, yet these were the same sands he had known since he was achild. But when you're talking to people, they say some things that are sostrange that you don't know how to continue the conversation.\"My name is Melchizedek,\" said the old man. He had suddenly remembered that, in Tarifa, there was an old womanwho interpreted dreams. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 38 / 94talking about, \"It's in the Bible. In one he had read that, many years ago, afamous Arabian alchemist had visited Europe. He prepared himself a sandwich and drank somehot tea from a crystal glass. They workedhard just to have food and water, like the sheep. He was about the same age and height as the boy.\"Almost everyone here speaks Spanish. When youare unable to read the omens, they will help you to do so. Since that morning in the marketplace, he had never again madeuse of Urim and Thummim, because Egypt was now just as distant a dreamfor him as was Mecca for the merchant. An illustration of two cells of a film strip. We areobliged, at least once in our lives, to visit the holy city of Mecca.\"Mecca is a lot farther away than the Pyramids. 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 33 / 94He waited patiently for the merchant to awaken and open the shop. The boy watched it through itstrajectory for some time, until it was hidden behind the white housessurrounding the plaza. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 5 / 94afford to travel,\" his father said. *At the highest point in Tarifa there is an old fort, built by the Moors. If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happyman. Here I am, between my flock and mytreasure, the boy thought. At the same time, people werepassing my shop all the time, heading for Mecca. Everything you need for every book you read. I understand sheep;they're no longer a problem, and they can be good friends. The Englishman had been profoundly impressedby the story. He had to choose between something he hadbecome accustomed to and something he wanted to have. "It's the simple things in life that are most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.". 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. Creatures like the sheep, that are used totraveling, know about moving on.\"He thought of the merchant's daughter, and was sure that she had probablymarried. \"Thealchemists spent years in their laboratories, observing the fire that purifiedthe metals. I have to find a man who knows thatuniversal language. He was tense and upset, because he knew that the old manwas right. I know its dimensions andhow it behaves. The old king hadn't told him that the Pyramids were just a pileof stones, or that anyone could build one in his backyard. That was the law ofhospitality. He didn't want his hand to begin trembling, showing the old womanthat he was fearful. In return, I needmoney to get to Egypt tomorrow.\"The merchant laughed. '\"Relieved, the boy picked up the spoon and returned to his exploration ofthe palace, this time observing all of the works of art on the ceilings and thewalls. I need to buy my sheep back, so I have to earn themoney to do so.\" \"I can interpret it, butthe interpretation is very difficult. Every step has to be followedexactly as it was followed by the masters.\"The boy learned that the liquid part of the Master Work was called the Elixirof Life, and that it cured all illnesses; it also kept the alchemist fromgrowing old. He still had a long way to go toreach the pyramids, and someday this morning would just be a memory. The boy was also saddened; his friend was in pursuit of hisdestiny. \"You brought a new feeling into my crystalshop. When he speaks in our language, Ican interpret what he has said. \"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. \"How many sheep do youhave?\"\"Enough,\" said the boy. He wassure that it made no difference to her on which day he appeared: for her,every day was the same, and when each day is the same as the next, it'sbecause people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their livesevery day that the sun rises.I left my father, my mother, and the town castle behind. 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. 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 16 / 94levanter was still getting stronger, and he felt its force on his face. He was more confident in himself, though, andfelt as though he could conquer the world.\"But I'm going back to the fields that I know, to take care of my flockagain.\" He said that to himself with certainty, but he was no longer happywith his decision. \"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. 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. Wearing his new sandals, he descended the stairs silently.The city was still sleeping. The Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that was first published in 1988. \"He doesn't have enough money to travel.\"While standing at the ticket window, the boy had remembered his flock, and 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. \"I hold thepower of life and death for every person I take with me. Butthe king of Salem hoped desperately that the boy would be successful.It's too bad that he's quickly going to forget my name, he thought. They don't see that the fields are new and the seasonschange. He drank a bit from the wine thatremained from his dinner of the night before, and he gathered his jacketcloser to his body. Now, I can see that it hasn't been too bad. The tea seemed less bitter.\"Who are you?\" he heard a voice ask him in Spanish.The boy was relieved. Torealize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation. Select files or add your book in reader. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. 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. Butchildren always seem to be able to play with them without frightening them.I don't know why. 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. \"When he was a child, that man wanted to travel, too. \"There is a universal language, understood by everybody,but already forgotten. 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