Only in that way would he be able to read the omens. On the other hand, he saidthat he always appeared to help those who are trying to realize their destiny.He left without saying good-bye to the crystal merchant. 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. His purpose in life was totravel, and, after two years of walking the Andalusian terrain, he knew all thecities of the region. If he were to say anything, the bakerwould spend three days thinking about giving it all up, even though he hadgotten used to the way things were. Enough to buy himself a hundred and twentysheep, a return ticket, and a license to import products from Africa into hisown country. He had noticed that, as soon as he awoke, most of his animals alsobegan to stir. They never have to make any decisions, he thought. That's good, thought the Englishman. \"It describes people's inability to choose theirown destinies. The boy watched it through itstrajectory for some time, until it was hidden behind the white housessurrounding the plaza. They might even havebecome friends, but the Englishman closed off the conversation.The boy closed his book. He brought six sheep withhim.\"I'm surprised,\" the boy said. 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. We're only two hours from Spain.\"\"Sit down, and let me treat you to something,\" said the boy. But I want each and everyone of you to swear by the God you believe in that you will follow my ordersno matter what. The candy seller had asmile on his face: he was happy, aware of what his life was about, andready to begin a day's work. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 42 / 94windstorms, and told stories about the desert.At other times, mysterious, hooded men would appear; they were Bedouinswho did surveillance along the caravan route. *Two more months passed, and the shelf brought many customers into thecrystal shop. "I'm like everyone else-I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does.". Peoplewere shouting at the new arrivals, dust obscured the desert sun, and thechildren of the oasis were bursting with excitement at the arrival of thestrangers. The boythought back to that conversation with his father, and felt happy; he hadalready seen many castles and met many women (but none the equal of theone who awaited him several days hence). 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. A sycamore tree. \"But I want one-tenthof the treasure, if you find it.\"The boy laughedout of happiness. The boy was tempted to be rude, and move to another bench, buthis father had taught him to be respectful of the elderly. Everywherethere were stalls with items for sale. Like this book? The boy explained that it wasn't important, since that sheep was themost intelligent of the flock, and produced the most wool.\"Where is the treasure?\" he asked.\"It's in Egypt, near the Pyramids.\"The boy was startled. 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 15 / 94decided he should go back to being a shepherd. Always ask anobjective question.\"But, if you can, try to make your own decisions. He knew that a few hours from now, with the sun at itszenith, the heat would be so great that he would not be able to lead hisflock across the fields. 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. 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. I shouldhave repeated it for him. Before long, maybe in just a few days, hewould be at the Pyramids. \"I had my orchard, my children, anda life that would change not at all until I died. The ideafrightened him.\"Another dreamer,\" said the ticket seller to his assistant, watching the boywalk away. Curse the moment I met that oldman, he thought. . Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 9 / 94about memorizing a lot of names.When he was finally able to concentrate on what he was reading, he likedthe book better; the burial was on a snowy day, and he welcomed thefeeling of being cold. The Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that was first published in 1988. 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. After all, he had all his money. 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. Ten years at the university, and here I am in a corral.But he had to move on. They filled threesacks. Itwas something that I thought could happen only to others, never to me. 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. The room'sfurnishings consisted of a table, an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus,and two chairs.The woman sat down, and told him to be seated as well. Even the guides spoke very little to one another.\"I've crossed these sands many times,\" said one of the camel drivers onenight. 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. I've already imagined the people who would be He was afraid to look around, because he knew what hewould find. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 16 / 94levanter was still getting stronger, and he felt its force on his face. 2 of 25. 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. \"Hewanted your money,\" he said. Yes, the old man hadknown what he was talking about: during the time the boy had spent in the Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 8 / 94exist. 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. That he had attended aseminary until he was sixteen. He had surprised himself with the thought.Until then, he had considered the omens to be things of this world. If hepushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens leftby God along his path.God placed them along my path. 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. I just want to dream aboutMecca. 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. He thought about asking him togive it back, but decided that would be unfriendly. Yes, their days were all the same, with the seemingly endless hoursbetween sunrise and dusk; and they had never read a book in their younglives, and didn't understand when the boy told them about the sights of thecities. With the girl withthe raven hair, his days would never be the same again.But finally the merchant appeared, and asked the boy to shear four sheep.He paid for the wool and asked the shepherd to come back the followingyear. wishing that he had died, and that everythingwould end forever at that moment.The merchant looked anxiously at the boy. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. And he knew that Egyptwas in Africa.\"Can I help you?\" asked the man behind the window.\"Maybe tomorrow,\" said the boy, moving away. 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. He had helped him out in a dangeroussituation. Sometimes, there's just no way tohold back the river. The lad wandered through the desert forforty days, and finally came upon a beautiful castle, high atop a mountain. He had not a cent in his pocket, but he had faith. If I'm on themarch, I just concentrate on marching. Video An illustration of an audio speaker. asked the wise man.\"Looking down at the spoon he held, the boy saw that the oil was gone.\" 'Well, there is only one piece of advice I can give you,' said the wisest ofwise men. 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. That's why I feel that I deserve a part ofwhat you find.\"And this is my interpretation: you must go to the Pyramids in Egypt. Maybe theworld had other hidden treasures, but he had a dream, and he had met witha king. He had spent enormous amounts of timeat the great libraries of the world, and had purchased all the rarest and mostimportant volumes on alchemy. Video An illustration of an audio speaker. That morning he had knowneverything that was going to happen to him as he walked through thefamiliar fields. It traveled during the morning, haltedwhen the sun was at its strongest, and resumed late in the afternoon. Sonow I'm a camel driver. Bakers have homes, while shepherdssleep out in the open. Bycoincidenceor maybe it was an omen, the boy thoughthe came to thebar he had entered on his first day there. \"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. The Alchemist a novel by Paulo Coelho. 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 old woman asked him to swearagain while looking at the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.\"It's a dream in the language of the world,\" she said. \"I'll work all night, untildawn, and I'll clean every piece of crystal in your shop. He had come to the town only to find a woman who couldinterpret his dream. Itwas more activity than usual for this time of the morning. I'm going to become bitter and distrustful of people because oneperson betrayed me. The merchants were assembling theirstalls, and the boy helped a candy seller to do his. They were solitary individualswho no longer believed in things, and didn't understand that shepherdsbecome attached to their sheep. In his pouch, he had his jackethe certainly wasn't goingto need it in the desert. He remembered the smile of the candy seller,on his first day in Tangier, when he had nothing to eat and nowhere to gothat smile had also been like the old king's smile.It's almost as if he had been here and left his mark, he thought. 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. 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. The Alchemist Complete Novel PDF 19/04/2022 / English Books PDF, Novel / General, Paulo Coelho / By Kumar 'The Alchemist' PDF Quick download link is given at the bottom of this article. And I'm going to hold on to what little I have,because I'm too insignificant to conquer the world.He opened his pouch to see what was left of his possessions; maybe therewas a bit left of the sandwich he had eaten on the ship. 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. 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. 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. They spent so much time close to the fire that gradually theygave up the vanities of the world. \"Even if you cleaned my crystal for an entire yeareven if you earned a good commission selling every piece, you would stillhave to borrow money to get to Egypt. He hoped that it would besomeone as capable as his previous apprentice.I don't know why these things have to be transmitted by word of mouth, hethought. Thatwind had brought the Moors, yes, but it had also brought the smell of thedesert and of veiled women. You can publish your book online for free in a few minutes! 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 22 / 94The boy wanted to believe that his friend had simply become separatedfrom him by accident. 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. Today, I understand something I didn't see before:every blessing ignored becomes a curse. Originally written in Portuguese, it became a widely translated international bestseller. 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 35 / 94to care for sheep, and I haven't forgotten how that's done. When the people saw thatstar shining in the morning sky, they knew they were on the right coursetoward water, palm trees, shelter, and other people. He saw the gardens, the mountains all around him, the beauty of theflowers, and the taste with which everything had been selected. And joining this caravan may havebeen my decision, but where it goes is going to be a mystery to me.Nearby was the Englishman, reading a book. Although his new worldat the moment was just an empty marketplace, he had already seen it whenit was teeming with life, and he would never forget it. The boy swore to Jesus Christ. And you are at the pointwhere you're about to give it all up.\"\"And that's when you always appear on the scene?\"\"Not always in this way, but I always appear in one form or another.Sometimes I appear in the form of a solution, or a good idea. The caravan would be very lucky to reach theoasis.The animals were exhausted, and the men talked among themselves lessand less. One of them, a cobbler whomade his living mending boots, said that he had traveled for almost a yearthrough the desert, but that he got more tired when he had to walk throughthe streets of Tangier buying his leather.\"\"Well, why don't you go to Mecca now?\" asked the boy.\"Because it's the thought of Mecca that keeps me alive. *\"I'm the leader of the caravan,\" said a dark-eyed, bearded man. The boyprodded them, one by one, with his crook, calling each by name. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 2 / 94I wanted to sleep a little longer, he thought. 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. 'You cannot trust a man if you don't know his house. They were fascinating stories:each of them lived out his destiny to the end. 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 is a universal language, understood by everybody,but already forgotten. Although the vision of the date palms would someday be just amemory, right now it signified shade, water, and a refuge from the war.Yesterday, the camel's groan signaled danger, and now a row of date palmscould herald a miracle.The world speaks many languages, the boy thought. In those days it had been wonderful to beselling crystal, and he had thought how he would become rich, and havebeautiful women at his side as he grew older.But, as time passed, Tangier had changed. They trust me, and they've forgotten how to rely on theirown instincts, because I lead them to nourishment. \"What kind of Arab are you?\"\"That's a good luck omen,\" the Englishman said, after the fat Arab had goneout. \"The shepherd said nothing. He had to choose between something he hadbecome accustomed to and something he wanted to have. Why not?He suddenly felt tremendously happy. If someone isn't what others want them to be, the othersbecome angry. 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. 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