He was going to miss the place and all thegood things he had learned. Maybe she didn't even remember him. He looked at the people in the plaza for awhile; they were coming and going, and all of them seemed to be verybusy.\"So, what is Salem like?\" he asked, trying to get some sort of clue.\"It's like it always has been.\"No clue yet. Arabs oftenappeared in the city, shopping and chanting their strange prayers severaltimes a day.\"Where are you from?\" the boy asked.\"From many places.\"\"No one can be from many places,\" the boy said. But now I'm sad andalone. Maybe the church, with thesycamore growing from within, had been haunted. Then he said, \"The Prophetgave us the Koran, and left us just five obligations to satisfy during ourlives. = CONTENTS = Part One Part Two EpiloguePART ONEThe boy's name was Santiago. An illustration of an open book. 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 he ever decided to leave them, they wouldsuffer.The wind began to pick up. Heknew how to speak Esperanto, he understood all the major religions well,but he wasn't yet an alchemist. 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. \"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. Inhis pursuit of the dream, he was being constantly subjected to tests of hispersistence and courage. It prepares your spirit and your will, because there isone great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that youdo, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated inthe soul of the universe. For five years he hadbeen working a certain river, and had examined hundreds of thousands ofstones looking for an emerald. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 25 / 94He was learning a lot of new things. I hate this tea.\"\"There is no wine in this country,\" the young man said. The Englishman had been profoundly impressedby the story. When I was young, all Iwanted to do was put together enough money to start this shop. The treasure is at thePyramids; that you already knew. 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. The Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho which was first published in 1988. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 34 / 94and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired.Tangier was no longer a strange city, and he felt that, just as he hadconquered this place, he could conquer the world.\"When you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieveit,\" the old king had said.But the old king hadn't said anything about being robbed, or about endlessdeserts, or about people who know what their dreams are but don't want torealize them. In just a few hours he had seen menwalking hand in hand, women with their faces covered, and priests thatclimbed to the tops of towers and chantedas everyone about him went totheir knees and placed their foreheads on the ground.\"A practice of infidels,\" he said to himself. In some places, the ground was covered with the salt of dried-up lakes. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 45 / 94 *\"Why do they make things so complicated?\" he asked the Englishman onenight. The book was written inSpanish. The merchant spent the entire day mumbling behind the counter,telling the boy to be careful with the pieces and not to break anything.But he stayed with the job because the merchant, although he was an oldgrouch, treated him fairly; the boy received a good commission for eachpiece he sold, and had already been able to put some money aside. Heneeded someone to talk to so as to avoid thinking about the possibility ofwar.\"I learned that the world has a soul, and that whoever understands that soulcan also understand the language of things. They were fascinating stories:each of them lived out his destiny to the end. She would never know the difference, because she didn't knowhow to read.Meanwhile, the old man persisted in his attempt to strike up a conversation.He said that he was tired and thirsty, and asked if he might have a sip ofthe boy's wine. The tea seemed less bitter.\"Who are you?\" he heard a voice ask him in Spanish.The boy was relieved. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 17 / 94The old man opened his cape, and the boy was struck by what he saw. 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. \"I'll work all night, untildawn, and I'll clean every piece of crystal in your shop. Like crickets, and like expectations;like lizards and four-leaf clovers.\"That's right,\" said the old man, able to read the boy's thoughts. The Alchemist is a novel by Paulo Coelho that was first published in 1988. He was about the same age and height as the boy.\"Almost everyone here speaks Spanish. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 4 / 94The boy was surprised at his thoughts. \"This is an important book, but it's really irritating.\"The boy was shocked. That's the world'sgreatest lie.\"\"That's never happened to me,\" the boy said. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 22 / 94The boy wanted to believe that his friend had simply become separatedfrom him by accident. As long as you appreciate this is poorly written feel-good tripe out of a depressed author's mind, where character development is too much for him and plot-wise everything must turn out well in the end, then read on: you're good. \"It's like the camel driver said:'Eat when it's time to eat. \"We could place it outside, and attract those people who pass atthe bottom of the hill.\"\"I've never had one before,\" the merchant answered. Just handling them made himfeel better. \"It's called the principle offavorability. 12 by Ben Jonson. He had tried in vain to establish a relationship with \"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 had surprised himself with the thought.Until then, he had considered the omens to be things of this world. As the time passed, the boy found himself wishing that theday would never end, that her father would stay busy and keep him waitingfor three days. \"Did you learnanything?\" the Englishman asked, eager to hear what it might be. He could always become a crystal salesman again. Just as I hadn't realized that for so many years Ihad been speaking a language without words to my sheep.\"Do you want to go to work for me?\" the merchant asked.\"I can work for the rest of today,\" the boy answered. He could see that the old man wanted to knowmore about his life.\"Well, then, we've got a problem. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 13 / 94\"Well, he thought about that,\" the old man said. It was the time of day when all of Spain slept duringthe summer. 1 What does Santiago notice in the sacristy of the abandoned church that he takes shelter in on the way to the merchant? Sometimes it's better to be withthe sheep, who don't say anything. \"That first day, everyone slept from exhaustion, including the Englishman.The boy was assigned a place far from his friend, in a tent with five otheryoung men of about his age. If someone isn't what others want them to be, the othersbecome angry. \"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. 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. I'm going to hate those who have found their treasurebecause I never found mine. \"I'm a shepherd, and Ihave been to many places, but I come from only one placefrom a citynear an ancient castle. When he's anold man, he's going to spend a month in Africa. \"They're just a pile of stones. Download Free PDF. The Alchemist is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that was first published in 1988. Likeeating or sleeping, or like seeking love or finding a job. He got up, adjusted his clothing, and picked up hispouch.\"I'll work for you,\" he said.And after another long silence, he added, \"I need money to buy somesheep.\"PART TWOThe boy had been working for the crystal merchant for almost a month, andhe could see that it wasn't exactly the kind of job that would make himhappy. 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 sale of his sheep had left him with enough money in hispouch, and the boy knew that in money there was magic; whoever hasmoney is never really alone. 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.' Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 8 / 94exist. I don't want to changeanything, because I don't know how to deal with change. An allegorical novel, The Alchemist follows a young Andalusian shepherd in his journey to the pyramids of Egypt, after having a recurring dream of finding a treasure there. \"I'm doing much better, and soon you'll be able to return to your sheep.Why ask more out of life?\"\"Because we have to respond to omens,\" the boy said, almost withoutmeaning to; then he regretted what he had said, because the merchant hadnever met the king.\"It's called the principle of favorability, beginner's luck. And he hadforgotten to mention that, when you have enough money to buy a flocklarger than the one you had before, you should buy it.The boy picked up his pouch and put it with his other things. 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 you know that I'm not going to go to Mecca. \"That didn't teach me anything,either.\"The boy went back to contemplating the silence of the desert, and the sandraised by the animals. The Alchemist Quotes About Wisdom With Page Numbers. \"Hunches,\" his mother used to call them. Struggling with distance learning? He was older, and was carrying a small bucket. There areother things I do, too, but most of the time people don't realize I've donethem.\"The old man related that, the week before, he had been forced to appearbefore a miner, and had taken the form of a stone. He had discovered that thepresence of a certain bird meant that a snake was nearby, and that acertain shrub was a sign that there was water in the area. \"I have the money I need to buy my sheep.And you have the money you need to go to Mecca.\"The old man said nothing.\"Will you give me your blessing?\" asked the boy. \"Thealchemists spent years in their laboratories, observing the fire that purifiedthe metals. Only when he consents.\"Wait for the end of the war. As he read on, an old man sat down at his side andtried to strike up a conversation.\"What are they doing?\" the old man asked, pointing at the people in theplaza.\"Working,\" the boy answered dryly, making it look as if he wanted toconcentrate on his reading.Actually, he was thinking about shearing his sheep in front of themerchant's daughter, so that she could see that he was someone who wascapable of doing difficult things. But he was ableto understand one thing: making a decision was only the beginning ofthings. \"He wants us to leave.\"The boy was relieved. pdf | Brahim EL FEZZAZI - Academia.edu Download Free PDF The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. All the joy he had seen thatmorning had suddenly disappeared.\"I can give you the money you need to get back to your country, my son,\"said the crystal merchant.The boy said nothing. If hepushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens leftby God along his path.God placed them along my path. It wouldn't be the first time.\"And the woman told the boy to leave, saying she had already wasted toomuch time with him.So the boy was disappointed; he decided that he would never again believein dreams. 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 50 / 94here at the oasis.\"The woman said she had never heard of such a person, and hurried away.But before she fled, she advised the boy that he had better not try toconverse with women who were dressed in black, because they weremarried women. They spoke about mercury, salt, dragons, andkings, and he didn't understand any of it. Did you see the garden that it took the mastergardener ten years to create? Atnight, as they sat around the fire, the boy related to the driver hisadventures as a shepherd.During one of these conversations, the driver told of his own life.\"I used to live near El Cairum,\" he said. Books. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 41 / 94But all this happened for one basic reason: no matter how many detoursand adjustments it made, the caravan moved toward the same compasspoint. His soul must be too primitive tounderstand those things, he thought.He took back his books and packed them away again in their bags. ISBN 0-7225-3293-8. 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. He haddecided, the night before, that he would be as much an adventurer as theones he had admired in books.He walked slowly through the market. 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. They filled threesacks. \"I had my orchard, my children, anda life that would change not at all until I died. 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 23 / 94trying to tell him not to trust that man. The peoplewere also praying to heaven for protection.A long note was sounded on a bugle, and everyone mounted up. I never thoughtI'd end up in a place like this, he thought, as he leafed through the pages ofa chemical journal. 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. Ten years at the university, and here I am in a corral.But he had to move on. All things are one.\"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you toachieve it.\"They were both silent for a time, observing the plaza and the townspeople.It was the old man who spoke first.\"Why do you tend a flock of sheep?\"\"Because I like to travel.\"The old man pointed to a baker standing in his shop window at one cornerof the plaza. If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happyman. The most important is to believe only in the one true God. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 28 / 94with shepherds.\"The merchant turned to a customer who wanted three crystal glasses. The Alchemist - read free eBook by Paolo Coelho in online reader directly on the web page. I thoughtthat someday I'd be rich, and could go to Mecca. Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist. *The horizon was tinged with red, and suddenly the sun appeared. Sometimes, there's just no way tohold back the river. I need to buy my sheep back, so I have to earn themoney to do so.\" As he was leaving, he saw, in the corner of the room, his oldshepherd's pouch. He had spent enormous amounts of timeat the great libraries of the world, and had purchased all the rarest and mostimportant volumes on alchemy. Looking at the sun, hecalculated that he would reach Tarifa before midday. He went downthe stairs and found the merchant waiting on a foreign couple, while twoother customers walked about the shop, drinking tea from crystal glasses. If a guide were to fall ill or die, the camel drivers would draw lotsand appoint a new one. 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 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 Theywere conversing in Arabic, and the boy was proud of himself for being ableto do so. He had to choose between something he hadbecome accustomed to and something he wanted to have. 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. \"Therewas no way for everybody to know about alchemy. And no onewas going to climb the hill just to browse through a few small shops.But the crystal merchant had no choice. The old man continued, \"You have been areal blessing to me. No hope, no adventure, no oldkings or destinies, no treasure, and no Pyramids. 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. 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. The world was huge and inexhaustible; he had only to allow hissheep to set the route for a while, and he would discover other interestingthings. tags: inspirational. You just have to read the omensthat he left for you.\"Before the boy could reply, a butterfly appeared and fluttered between himand the old man. Dusk was falling as the boy arrived with hisherd at an abandoned church. I can learn something from the desert, too. It wasn't exactly that they were secrets; God revealed his secretseasily to all his creatures.He had only one explanation for this fact: things have to be transmitted this \"When he was a child, that man wanted to travel, too. So, he asked if the old man'sblessing was still with him.He took out one of the stones. 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. Even the guides spoke very little to one another.\"I've crossed these sands many times,\" said one of the camel drivers onenight. \"How many sheep do youhave?\"\"Enough,\" said the boy. \"This candy merchant isn't makingcandy so that later he can travel or marry a shopkeeper's daughter. The old king hadn't told him that the Pyramids were just a pileof stones, or that anyone could build one in his backyard. The Alchemist is the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. Whenever he saw the sea, or a fire, he fell silent,impressed by their elemental force.I've learned things from the sheep, and I've learned things from crystal, hethought. 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. A huge wooden cross. The boy saw a man appear behind the counter. Buthe was excited at his intuitive understanding of the camel driver's comment:maybe he was also learning the universal language that deals with the pastand the present of all people. The Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that was first published in 1988. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 33 / 94He waited patiently for the merchant to awaken and open the shop. And it ends up saying that everyone believes the world'sgreatest lie.\" 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. Most of them he hadread in books, but he would tell them as if they were from his personalexperience. The miner hadabandoned everything to go mining for emeralds. The boy offered his bottle, hoping that the old man wouldleave him alone.But the old man wanted to talk, and he asked the boy what book he wasreading. Heknew it would require a lot of patience, but shepherds know all aboutpatience. He didn't need to seek out the oldwoman for this! 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