If we serve tea in crystal, the shop is going to expand. He remembered what the old man had said about offering somethingyou didn't even have yet.\"I'd like you to take me there if you can. \"Amongst us, the only ones who travel arethe shepherds.\"\"Well, then I'll be a shepherd!\"His father said no more. They were men who had dedicated their entire lives to thepurification of metals in their laboratories; they believed that, if a metal wereheated for many years, it would free itself of all its individual properties, andwhat was left would be the Soul of the World. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 24 / 94Even if he never got to the Pyramids, he had already traveled farther thanany shepherd he knew. There were oases throughout the desert, but the tribesmen foughtin the desert, leaving the oases as places of refuge.With some difficulty, the leader of the caravan brought all his peopletogether and gave them his instructions. They spoke about mercury, salt, dragons, andkings, and he didn't understand any of it. 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. Bycoincidenceor maybe it was an omen, the boy thoughthe came to thebar he had entered on his first day there. 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 treasure is at thePyramids; that you already knew. It hurt him a bit to think about it, but he had never seen one like itbefore. They never have to make any decisions, he thought. = CONTENTS = Part One Part Two EpiloguePART ONEThe boy's name was Santiago. \"We make a lot of detours, butwe're always heading for the same destination.\"\"And you ought to read more about the world,\" answered the Englishman.\"Books are like caravans in that respect.\"The immense collection of people and animals began to travel faster. The drivers carried thefreight themselves over such treacherous footing, and then reloaded thecamels. 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. Published 1992. 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. 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. Before long, maybe in just a few days, hewould be at the Pyramids. But theonly God I serve is Allah, and in his name I swear that I will do everythingpossible once again to win out over the desert. And, when someone was in such pursuit, the entire universe madean effort to help him succeedthat's what the old king had said. \"The Koran requires me tofeed a hungry person.\"\"Well then, why did you let me do it?\" the boy asked.\"Because the crystal was dirty. That he wanted to travel. But that's the way it is.\"The boy reminded the old man that he had said something about hiddentreasure. He brought six sheep withhim.\"I'm surprised,\" the boy said. Hethought that, with some patience, he'd be able to transform everything intogold. \"Why are you telling me all this?\"\"Because you are trying to realize your destiny. They don't see that the fields are new and the seasonschange. 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. But, whichever it is, I'm going to chargeyou for the consultation.\"Another trick, the boy thought. "Sooo much more helpful than SparkNotes. That's why I'm here. Full text of "The Alchemist" The boy waited, and then interrupted the old man just as he himself hadbeen interrupted. 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 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. \"That didn't teach me anything,either.\"The boy went back to contemplating the silence of the desert, and the sandraised by the animals. It was \"yes.\"\"Am I going to find my treasure?\" he asked.He stuck his hand into the pouch, and felt around for one of the stones. They discovered that the purification ofthe metals had led to a purification of themselves.\"The boy thought about the crystal merchant. Why not?He suddenly felt tremendously happy. As he was leaving, he saw, in the corner of the room, his oldshepherd's pouch. 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. I've already imagined a thousand times crossing the desert, arrivingat the Plaza of the Sacred Stone, the seven times I walk around it beforeallowing myself to touch it. And, just as she was about to showme the exact location, I woke up. It was the time of day when all of Spain slept duringthe summer. 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. But I'm afraid that it would all be a disappointment, so I preferjust to dream about it.\"That day, the merchant gave the boy permission to build the display. 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. The miner, with all the angerand frustration of his five fruitless years, picked up the stone and threw itaside. 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. He went on tellingstories about his travels, and her bright, Moorish eyes went wide with fearand surprise. 2 What did Santiago's parents originally hope he would be when he grew up? He looked around at the empty plaza again,feeling less desperate than before. 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. The rest is up to Allah, including the danger.\"And he concluded by saying the mysterious word: \"Maktub.\"\"You should pay more attention to the caravan,\" the boy said to theEnglishman, after the camel driver had left. Books. 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. I began to make somemoney, but I could never bring myself to leave someone in charge of theshop; the crystals are delicate things. His purpose in life was totravel, and, after two years of walking the Andalusian terrain, he knew all thecities of the region. His heart squeezed, as if his chest had suddenlycompressed it. \"Maybe that's why they give up on it so early,too. The way the content is organized The Alchemist Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. 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 hadexchanged six sheep for two precious stones that had been taken from agold breastplate. He had seen kingsand beggars walking the desert sands. *\"I'm the king of Salem,\" the old man had said.\"Why would a king be talking with a shepherd?\" the boy asked, awed andembarrassed.\"For several reasons. \"I can interpret it, butthe interpretation is very difficult. They filled threesacks. I havenever heard of them, but, if it was a child who showed them to you, they *\"I need to sell some wool,\" the boy told the merchant.The shop was busy, and the man asked the shepherd to wait until theafternoon. But the stones were proof thathe had met with a kinga king who knew of the boy's past.\"They're called Urim and Thummim, and they can help you to read theomens.\" The boy put the stones back in the pouch and decided to do anexperiment. \"When he was a child, that man wanted to travel, too. A lawyer. Curse the moment I met that oldman, he thought. 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. Full Book Summary. \"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. Noteveryone can see his dreams come true in the same way. He canceled all hiscommitments and pulled together the most important of his books, and nowhere he was, sitting inside a dusty, smelly warehouse. Theywent in to drink the tea, which was served in beautiful crystal glasses.\"My wife never thought of this,\" said one, and he bought some crystalhewas entertaining guests that night, and the guests would be impressed bythe beauty of the glassware. Thedays had always been silent, but now, even the nightswhen the travelerswere accustomed to talking around the fireshad also become quiet. 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. Now everything was quite different from how it was that day theyhad set out: then, there had been confusion and shouting, the cries ofchildren and the whinnying of animals, all mixed with the nervous orders ofthe guides and the merchants. "It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.". I learned how 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. He also tried to remembersome good stories to relate as he sheared the sheep. But maybe I'llnever have another chance to get to the Pyramids in Egypt. \"I'll work all night, untildawn, and I'll clean every piece of crystal in your shop. The next day, he gave his son a pouch that heldthree ancient Spanish gold coins.\"I found these one day in the fields. 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 31 / 94The merchant put some new coals in the hookah, and inhaled deeply.\"I've had this shop for thirty years. One always had something thatthe other neededas if everything were indeed written by one hand. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 27 / 94asleep. Other shops were opened that served tea in crystal, but they weren't atthe top of a hill, and they had little business.Eventually, the merchant had to hire two more employees. 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. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other peopleshould lead their lives, but none about his or her own.He decided to wait until the sun had sunk a bit lower in the sky beforefollowing his flock back through the fields. Then she again took his hands andstudied them carefully.\"I'm not going to charge you anything now,\" she said. 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 story of the treasures Santiago finds along . The peoplewere also praying to heaven for protection.A long note was sounded on a bugle, and everyone mounted up. They were fascinating stories:each of them lived out his destiny to the end. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 25 / 94He was learning a lot of new things. 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. \"I'm a shepherd, and Ihave been to many places, but I come from only one placefrom a citynear an ancient castle. It turned out to be a bitter tea. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 16 / 94levanter was still getting stronger, and he felt its force on his face. He decided to stay right there and await his return.As he waited, a priest climbed to the top of a nearby tower and began hischant; everyone in the market fell to their knees, touched their foreheads tothe ground, and took up the chant. Then she tookboth of his hands in hers, and began quietly to pray.It sounded like a Gypsy prayer. 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. 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. 'As you wanderaround, carry this spoon with you without allowing the oil to spill.' ISBN 0-7225-3293-8. *Then one day the boy returned the books to the Englishman. He felt that he didn't want to do anything thatmight make him look like the Englishman. 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. 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. One year, when the crop wasthe best ever, we all went to Mecca, and I satisfied the only unmetobligation in my life. 1 of 25. 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. The merchants were assembling theirstalls, and the boy helped a candy seller to do his. 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 23 / 94trying to tell him not to trust that man. When you want something with all your heart, that'swhen you are closest to the Soul of the World. He remembered something his grandfather had once toldhim: that butterflies were a good omen. Each was swearing quietly to his orher own God. I have to find a man who knows thatuniversal language. He hadalways believed that the sheep were able to understand what he said. But you know that I'm not going to go to Mecca. 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. But if he speaks in the language of the soul,it is only you who can understand. The boy had never even noticed that there was a hole in his pouch.He knelt down to find Urim and Thummim and put them back in the pouch.But as he saw them lying there on the ground, another phrase came to hismind.\"Learn to recognize omens, and follow them,\" the old king had said.An omen. \"They're only made ofrock crystal, and there are millions of rock crystals in the earth. If a guide were to fall ill or die, the camel drivers would draw lotsand appoint a new one. pdf INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING PHENOMENON, 2012 Brahim EL FEZZAZI Paulo Coelho Full PDF Package This Paper A short summary of this paper 1 Full PDF related to this paper Download Download Full PDF Package Translate PDF The sheep were at the gates of the city, in a stable thatbelonged to a friend. So he held out thebook to the manfor two reasons: first, that he, himself, wasn't sure how topronounce the title; and second, that if the old man didn't know how toread, he would probably feel ashamed and decide of his own accord tochange benches.\"Hmm\" said the old man, looking at all sides of the book, as if it weresome strange object. From where hestood, he saw for the first time that the old merchant's hair was very muchlike the hair of the old king. wishing that he had died, and that everythingwould end forever at that moment.The merchant looked anxiously at the boy. He thought for a moment that it would be better to pay herfee and leave without learning a thing, that he was giving too muchimportance to his recurrent dream.\"You came so that you could learn about your dreams,\" said the old woman.\"And dreams are the language of God. 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. A sycamore tree. Most of them he hadread in books, but he would tell them as if they were from his personalexperience. Torealize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation. 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. And then they want theperson to change. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 1 / 94 The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho Translated by Alan R. Clarke. Idon't like people to do that, because the sheep are afraid of strangers. 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. 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. 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. The other man remarked that tea was alwaysmore delicious when it was served in crystal, because the aroma wasretained. But he knew that Salem wasn't in Andalusia. The Alchemist a novel by Paulo Coelho. Neighbors movedaway, and there remained only a few small shops on the hill. 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. 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. The boy approached awoman who had come to the well to fill a goatskin with water.\"Good afternoon, ma'am. Hewas selling better than ever as if time had turned back to the old dayswhen the street had been one of Tangier's major attractions.\"Business has really improved,\" he said to the boy, after the customer hadleft. Our Teacher Edition on The Alchemist can help. 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. The boy knew a lot of people in the city. As long asthe boy knew how to find the best pastures in Andalusia, they would be hisfriends. A shepherdalways takes his chances with wolves and with drought, and that's what Theboy felt ill and terribly alone. Download Free PDF. I'm used to theway I am.\"The boy didn't know what to say. His hands began to tremble, and thewoman sensed it. They might even havebecome friends, but the Englishman closed off the conversation.The boy closed his book. They were solitary individualswho no longer believed in things, and didn't understand that shepherdsbecome attached to their sheep. An illustration of two cells of a film strip. He realized thathe could do the same thing the old man had donesense whether a personwas near to or far from his destiny. He was thinking about omens, and someone hadappeared.\"How come you speak Spanish?\" he asked. But use them to buy your flock. The shepherd told her of the Andalusian countryside, and related thenews from the other towns where he had stopped. Theboy knew, and was now working toward it. 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. There are thousands of kilometers ofdesert between here and there.\"There was a moment of silence so profound that it seemed the city was Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist page 17. I hate this tea.\"\"There is no wine in this country,\" the young man said. 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. Just handling them made himfeel better. The old man,meanwhile, was leafing through the book, without seeming to want to returnit at all. 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. He had to choose between something he hadbecome accustomed to and something he wanted to have. And he knew that Egyptwas in Africa.\"Can I help you?\" asked the man behind the window.\"Maybe tomorrow,\" said the boy, moving away. *At the highest point in Tarifa there is an old fort, built by the Moors. \"It describes people's inability to choose theirown destinies. A huge wooden cross. \"What kind of Arab are you?\"\"That's a good luck omen,\" the Englishman said, after the fat Arab had goneout. He should respect tradition.The Englishman was disappointed. There was a small building there, with awindow at which people bought tickets to Africa. Once again he saw that, in that strange land, he was applying thesame lessons he had learned with his sheep.\"All things are one,\" the old man had said. The Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho which was first published in 1988. They were content with just food and water, and, in exchange, theygenerously gave of their wool, their company, andonce in a whiletheirmeat.If I became a monster today, and decided to kill them, one by one, theywould become aware only after most of the flock had been slaughtered,thought the boy. 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. Gold would lose its value.\"It's only those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, whoachieve the Master Work. The Alchemist by Ben Jonson - Free Ebook. And, above all, don't forgetto follow your destiny through to its conclusion.\"But before I go, I want to tell you a little story.\"A certain shopkeeper sent his son to learn about the secret of happinessfrom the wisest man in the world. *The boy began again to read his book, but he was no longer able toconcentrate. I understand sheep;they're no longer a problem, and they can be good friends. Several lost sheep. 'The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world,and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.' A recurring dream troubles Santiago, a young and adventurous Andalusian shepherd. Theold man wore a breastplate of heavy gold, covered with precious stones.The boy recalled the brilliance he had noticed on the previous day.He really was a king! The book was written inSpanish. 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. 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. *Two more months passed, and the shelf brought many customers into thecrystal shop. People continued to comeand go from the baker's shop. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 7 / 94makes a shepherd's life exciting.\"I have had the same dream twice,\" he said. He was at home with the silence of the desert, andhe was content just to look at the trees. In return, I needmoney to get to Egypt tomorrow.\"The merchant laughed. 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. Here I am, between my flock and mytreasure, the boy thought. Yes, the old man hadknown what he was talking about: during the time the boy had spent in the 2 of 25. Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist. 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. \"The shepherd said nothing. They were on the right track.Finally, a young woman approached who was not dressed in black. I'm trying to find out where the alchemist lives I don't want to changeanything, because I don't know how to deal with change. 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