The story of the treasures Santiago finds along . He almostbegan to tell about his treasure, but decided not to do so. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 5 / 94afford to travel,\" his father said. That he had attended aseminary until he was sixteen. Don't try to enterinto the life of the oasis,\" he said, and walked away.But the Englishman was exultant. 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. He could always go back to being ashepherd. But he decided to take a chance. The boyand the Englishman had bought camels, and climbed uncertainly onto theirbacks. Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist page 17. *And now it was only four days before he would be back in that same village.He was excited, and at the same time uneasy: maybe the girl had alreadyforgotten him. 'As you wanderaround, carry this spoon with you without allowing the oil to spill.' Everywherethere were stalls with items for sale. The years of research, the magicsymbols, the strange words and the laboratory equipment none of thishad made an impression on the boy. 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. 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 said that it was a goodthing for the boy to clean the crystal pieces, so that he could free himselffrom negative thoughts. \"I dreamed that I was in a fieldwith my sheep, when a child appeared and began to play with the animals. And better still to be alone with one's Video An illustration of an audio speaker. Now, I can see that it hasn't been too bad. 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. 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. Video An illustration of an audio speaker. 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. 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. It was only theEnglishman who was unaware of all this; he was, for the most part,immersed in reading his books.The boy, too, had his book, and he had tried to read it during the first fewdays of the journey. In his pouch, he had his jackethe certainly wasn't goingto need it in the desert. Why did they use suchstrange language, with so many drawings?\"The Englishman didn't answer him directly. \"There are rumors of tribal wars,\" he told them.The three fell silent. Ashe did so, both of them pushed through a hole in the pouch and fell to theground. The Englishman said nothing.And the murmur lasted longer than a simple vow would have. '\"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. Or marry the daughter of a textilemerchant?\"\"Yes, or even search for treasure. \"If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck andcoincidence. But he was ableto understand one thing: making a decision was only the beginning ofthings. Uponreturning to the wise man, he related in detail everything he had seen.\" 'But where are the drops of oil I entrusted to you?' For nearly a year, he had beenworking incessantly, thinking only of putting aside enough money so that hecould return to Spain with pride.\"Never stop dreaming,\" the old king had said. . Santiago is a humble shepherd whose desires are . But you know that I'm not going to go to Mecca. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 46 / 94\"Go back to watching the caravan,\" he said. He remembered thesword. The nearby city of Ceuta hadgrown faster than Tangier, and business had fallen off. 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. I thought that everything Iowned would be destroyed.\"The land was ruined, and I had to find some other way to earn a living. But he found it much more interesting to observe thecaravan and listen to the wind. 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. 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. Thatwind had brought the Moors, yes, but it had also brought the smell of thedesert and of veiled women. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 24 / 94Even if he never got to the Pyramids, he had already traveled farther thanany shepherd he knew. "I'm like everyone else-I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does.". After all, he had all his money. From then on, he would make his owndecisions.\"Don't forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothingelse. 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. Since they werevisitors, they would have to share living space with those who lived there,and would be given the best accommodations. Then leave with the caravan. \"And people say thathe is two hundred years old, and is able to transform any metal into gold.\"The Englishman could not contain his excitement. 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. If hepushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens leftby God along his path.God placed them along my path. \"Ineed you to help me find out where the alchemist lives.\"First, they tried to find him on their own. The new arrival was a youngman in Western dress, but the color of his skin suggested he was from thiscity. He was afraid to look around, because he knew what hewould find. Full text of "The Alchemist" 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. Originally written in Portuguese, it became a widely translated international bestseller. 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. We have to take advantage whenluck is on our side, and do as much to help it as it's doing to help us. \"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. 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. The old man had said to ask very clear questions, and to dothat, the boy had to know what he wanted. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 25 / 94He was learning a lot of new things. They placed the symbolsof the pilgrimage on the doors of their houses. The boy had noticed that the Englishman was irritable, and missed hisbooks.\"So that those who have the responsibility for understanding canunderstand,\" he said. Select files or add your book in reader. The boypreferred wine.But he didn't need to worry about that right now. When he speaks in our language, Ican interpret what he has said. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 45 / 94 *\"Why do they make things so complicated?\" he asked the Englishman onenight. He realized thathe could do the same thing the old man had donesense whether a personwas near to or far from his destiny. He had never beento that ruined church before, in spite of having traveled through those partsmany times. He had seen kingsand beggars walking the desert sands. This wasn't a strange place; it was anew one.After all, what he had always wanted was just that: to know new places. \"Therewas no way for everybody to know about alchemy. As long asthe boy knew how to find the best pastures in Andalusia, they would be hisfriends. 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. He had spent enormous amounts of timeat the great libraries of the world, and had purchased all the rarest and mostimportant volumes on alchemy. \"There is a universal language, understood by everybody,but already forgotten. But if he speaks in the language of the soul,it is only you who can understand. He had been in the same place for thirty years: a shop atthe top of a hilly street where few customers passed. The boy knew a lot of people in the city. 12 by Ben Jonson. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. 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. I couldn't have found God in the seminary,he thought, as he looked at the sunrise.Whenever he could, he sought out a new road to travel. Inhis pursuit of the dream, he was being constantly subjected to tests of hispersistence and courage. As they satdown at the only table in the place, the crystal merchant laughed.\"You didn't have to do any cleaning,\" he said. It had caused him tohave the same dream for a second time, and it was causing him to feelanger toward his faithful companions. Just handling them made himfeel better. But, most important, hewas able every day to live out his dream. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 16 / 94levanter was still getting stronger, and he felt its force on his face. \"I can interpret it, butthe interpretation is very difficult. \"Amongst us, the only ones who travel arethe shepherds.\"\"Well, then I'll be a shepherd!\"His father said no more. Looking at the sun, hecalculated that he would reach Tarifa before midday. 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