*They were strange books. That he had attended aseminary until he was sixteen. 2 of 25. \"You brought a new feeling into my crystalshop. It reminded him of thewool from his sheep his sheep who were now seeking food and water inthe fields of Andalusia, as they always had.\"They're not my sheep anymore,\" he said to himself, without nostalgia.\"They must be used to their new shepherd, and have probably alreadyforgotten me. 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. But that's the way it is.\"The boy reminded the old man that he had said something about hiddentreasure. Everything you need for every book you read. But there was one idea thatseemed to repeat itself throughout all the books: all things are themanifestation of one thing only.In one of the books he learned that the most important text in the literatureof alchemy contained only a few lines, and had been inscribed on thesurface of an emerald.\"It's the Emerald Tablet,\" said the Englishman, proud that he might teachsomething to the boy.\"Well, then, why do we need all these books?\" the boy asked.\"So that we can understand those few lines,\" the Englishman answered,without appearing really to believe what he had said. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 39 / 94There were almost two hundred people gathered there, and four hundredanimalscamels, horses, mules, and fowl. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 10 / 94\"What's the world's greatest lie?\" the boy asked, completely surprised.\"It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what'shappening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. 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. Download The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Book PDF. But, most important, hewas able every day to live out his dream. But that's the way life is with sheep and \"They're just a pile of stones. Just as you knowthat you're not going to buy your sheep.\"\"Who told you that?\" asked the boy, startled.\"Maktub\" said the old crystal merchant.And he gave the boy his blessing. 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. \"The religion hereforbids it.\"The boy told him then that he needed to get to the Pyramids. \"Ineed you to help me find out where the alchemist lives.\"First, they tried to find him on their own. These are good omens.\" But maybe I'llnever have another chance to get to the Pyramids in Egypt. *The times rush past, and so do the caravans, thought the alchemist, as hewatched the hundreds of people and animals arriving at the oasis. Don't try to enterinto the life of the oasis,\" he said, and walked away.But the Englishman was exultant. He suggested that the boy look around the palace and return intwo hours.\" 'Meanwhile, I want to ask you to do something,' said the wise man,handing the boy a teaspoon that held two drops of oil. I havenever heard of them, but, if it was a child who showed them to you, they 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. And, just as she was about to showme the exact location, I woke up. If he makes a buying mistake, it doesn't affect him much. They climb themountain to see the castle, and they wind up thinking that the past wasbetter than what we have now. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 48 / 94way because they were made up from the pure life, and this kind of lifecannot be captured in pictures or words.Because people become fascinated with pictures and words, and wind upforgetting the Language of the World. They placed the symbolsof the pilgrimage on the doors of their houses. The Alchemist Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Looking at the sun, hecalculated that he would reach Tarifa before midday. '\"The boy was embarrassed, and confessed that he had observed nothing.His only concern had been not to spill the oil that the wise man hadentrusted to him.\" 'Then go back and observe the marvels of my world,' said the wise man. The sheep were at the gates of the city, in a stable thatbelonged to a friend. If he were to tire of the Andalusianfields, he could sell his sheep and go to sea. He hadalways believed that the sheep were able to understand what he said. \"I've been trying for two years to read this book,and I never get past these first few pages.\" Even without a king to providean interruption, he was unable to concentrate.He still had some doubts about the decision he had made. 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. 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. 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 14 / 94\"Treasure is uncovered by the force of flowing water, and it is buried by thesame currents,\" said the old man. He could see that the old man wanted to knowmore about his life.\"Well, then, we've got a problem. 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. Uponreturning to the wise man, he related in detail everything he had seen.\" 'But where are the drops of oil I entrusted to you?' It was shepherds who were the first to recognize a king that therest of the world refused to acknowledge. (PDF) The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. "And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.". This wasn't a strange place; it was anew one.After all, what he had always wanted was just that: to know new places. An illustration of an open book. We are part of that soul, so we rarely recognizethat it is working for us. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 33 / 94He waited patiently for the merchant to awaken and open the shop. The Alchemist tells the story of a young shepherd named Santiago who is able to find a treasure beyond his wildest dreams. The boy smiled to himself. And yet,none of these people has ever met the old king. Theboy repeated his question.\"Why do you want to find that sort of person?\" the Arab asked.\"Because my friend here has traveled for many months in order to meet withhim,\" the boy said.\"If such a man is here at the oasis, he must be the very powerful one,\" saidthe old man after thinking for a few moments. Taking the jacket out, he began to clean theglasses. 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. I shouldhave repeated it for him. What he needed to do wasreview all he had learned over the years, because the alchemist wouldcertainly put him to the test.The young Arab took out a book and began to read. Torealize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation. But the boy never took his eye off hisnew friend. '\"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. The drivers carried thefreight themselves over such treacherous footing, and then reloaded thecamels. = CONTENTS = Part One Part Two EpiloguePART ONEThe boy's name was Santiago. He had spent enormous amounts of timeat the great libraries of the world, and had purchased all the rarest and mostimportant volumes on alchemy. 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. Now that I have seen them, and now that I see how immense mypossibilities are, I'm going to feel worse than I did before you arrived.Because I know the things I should be able to accomplish, and I don't wantto do so.\"It's good I refrained from saying anything to the baker in Tarifa, thought theboy to himself.They went on smoking the pipe for a while as the sun began to set. The treasure is at thePyramids; that you already knew. They workedhard just to have food and water, like the sheep. 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. 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. 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. The miner, with all the angerand frustration of his five fruitless years, picked up the stone and threw itaside. I learned how Just by looking at them. He canceled all hiscommitments and pulled together the most important of his books, and nowhere he was, sitting inside a dusty, smelly warehouse. Then she again took his hands andstudied them carefully.\"I'm not going to charge you anything now,\" she said. 1 of 25. The miner hadabandoned everything to go mining for emeralds. He went on tellingstories about his travels, and her bright, Moorish eyes went wide with fearand surprise. A special 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new Foreword by Paulo Coelho. \"And ask for aglass of wine for me. . And the names of the people involved werevery difficult to pronounce. His eyes filled with tears as he spoke of the Prophet. But, finally, he agreed that the boy,who spoke better Arabic than he, should do so. In return, I needmoney to get to Egypt tomorrow.\"The merchant laughed. On the very first page itdescribed a burial ceremony. 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. \"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. It's always a positive force.\" Hecouldn't have been wrong.\"I had never heard of alchemists before,\" the boy said. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 1 / 94 The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho Translated by Alan R. Clarke. They trust me, and they've forgotten how to rely on theirown instincts, because I lead them to nourishment. A small sliver of the stone can transform large quantities of metalinto gold.\"Having heard that, the boy became even more interested in alchemy. The peoplewere also praying to heaven for protection.A long note was sounded on a bugle, and everyone mounted up. 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. \"Because you really like to travel.\"\"He knew what I was thinking,\" the boy said to himself. 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. Andthen I'll have to change my way of life.\"\"Well, isn't that good?\"\"I'm already used to the way things are. *The boy went to his room and packed his belongings. He knew everything about each member ofhis flock: he knew which ones were lame, which one was to give birth twomonths from now, and which were the laziest. But he knew that Salem wasn't in Andalusia. Something brightreflected from his chest with such intensity that the boy was momentarilyblinded. 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. Theshop is exactly the size I always wanted it to be. The miner was about to give it all up, right atthe point when, if he were to examine just one more stonejust one morehe would find his emerald. 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 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. = CONTENTS = Part One Part Two EpiloguePART ONEThe boy's name was Santiago. But let's say that the most important is that you have \"If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck andcoincidence. He was older, and was carrying a small bucket. 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. 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. It had been eleven months and nine dayssince he had first set foot on the African continent.He dressed in his Arabian clothing of white linen, bought especially for thisday. \"Alchemy is a serious discipline. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 4 / 94The boy was surprised at his thoughts. \"I'm a shepherd, and Ihave been to many places, but I come from only one placefrom a citynear an ancient castle. \"I'll work all night, untildawn, and I'll clean every piece of crystal in your shop. If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happyman. God hasprepared a path for everyone to follow. 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. When he speaks in our language, Ican interpret what he has said. The way the content is organized Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 2 / 94I wanted to sleep a little longer, he thought. 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. \"Maybe no one herehas, either.\"The Englishman's eyes lit up. Bakers have homes, while shepherdssleep out in the open. The othersare to pray five times a day, fast during Ramadan, and be charitable to thepoor.\"He stopped there. \"You and I aren't like Hassan, that richmerchant. It hurt him a bit to think about it, but he had never seen one like itbefore. \"Thealchemists spent years in their laboratories, observing the fire that purifiedthe metals. 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 never have to make any decisions, he thought. This Soul of the World allowedthem to understand anything on the face of the earth, because it was thelanguage with which all things communicated. But hewanted to know what the \"mysterious force\" was; the merchant's daughterwould be impressed when he told her about that!\"It's a force that appears to be negative, but actually shows you how torealize your destiny. There were no wolves in theregion, but once an animal had strayed during the night, and the boy hadhad to spend the entire next day searching for it.He swept the floor with his jacket and lay down, using the book he had justfinished reading as a pillow. It was the time of day when all of Spain slept duringthe summer. \"I promised that I would make my own decisions,\" he said tohimself.But the stones had told him that the old man was still with him, and thatmade him feel more confident. \"That's it! Or beginner's luck.\"The merchant was silent for a few moments. 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