The sheep, the merchant's daughter, and thefields of Andalusia were only steps along the way to his destiny.The next day, the boy met the old man at noon. He said that for the past fewdays he had been paying attention to how the caravan operated, but that hehadn't learned anything new. If he did, it waspossible that the Arab would want a part of it as payment for taking himthere. 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. 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. Wearing his new sandals, he descended the stairs silently.The city was still sleeping. 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. That's where I was born.\"\"Well then, we could say that I was born in Salem.\"The boy didn't know where Salem was, but he didn't want to ask, fearingthat he would appear ignorant. The boy felt jealous of the freedom of thewind, and saw that he could have the same freedom. Sometimes it's better to leave things as they are, he thought tohimself, and decided to say nothing. When he speaks in our language, Ican interpret what he has said. Itwas something that I thought could happen only to others, never to me. There was a small building there, with awindow at which people bought tickets to Africa. They don't see that the fields are new and the seasonschange. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 5 / 94afford to travel,\" his father said. At othertimes, at a crucial moment, I make it easier for things to happen. "Sooo much more helpful than SparkNotes. Today, I understand something I didn't see before:every blessing ignored becomes a curse. Taking the jacket out, he began to clean theglasses. Outside, a hugecaravan was being prepared for a crossing of the Sahara, and wasscheduled to pass through Al-Fayoum.I'm going to find that damned alchemist, the Englishman thought. 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 reached the center of a largeplaza where the market was held. (PDF) The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. \"I have to get back tomy cooking, and, since you don't have much money, I can't give you a lotof time.\"\"The child went on playing with my sheep for quite a while,\" continued theboy, a bit upset. 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. 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 ever since he had been a child, he had wantedto know the world, and this was much more important to him than knowingGod and learning about man's sins. He had remembered that one of thecrystal merchant's suppliers transported his crystal by means of caravansthat crossed the desert. There had been a time when many people knew ofhis shop: Arab merchants, French and English geologists, German soldierswho were always well-heeled. He felt that he didn't want to do anything thatmight make him look like the Englishman. I havenever heard of them, but, if it was a child who showed them to you, they \"The shepherd said nothing. One year, when the crop wasthe best ever, we all went to Mecca, and I satisfied the only unmetobligation in my life. \"When he was a child, that man wanted to travel, too. Thedays had always been silent, but now, even the nightswhen the travelerswere accustomed to talking around the fireshad also become quiet. But he was ableto understand one thing: making a decision was only the beginning ofthings. Even the guides spoke very little to one another.\"I've crossed these sands many times,\" said one of the camel drivers onenight. His heart squeezed, as if his chest had suddenlycompressed it. *The boy awoke before dawn. The treasure was now nothing but a painful memory, andhe tried to avoid thinking about it.\"I don't know anyone around here who would want to cross the desert justto see the Pyramids,\" said the merchant. Like this book? Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2019-08-17 17:11:21 Identifier thealchemist_201908 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6b35q07j Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR) As long asthe boy knew how to find the best pastures in Andalusia, they would be hisfriends. The Soul of the World is nourished bypeople's happiness. Each was swearing quietly to his orher own God. He wasfeeling sorry for himself, and lamenting the fact that his life could havechanged so suddenly and so drastically.He was so ashamed that he wanted to cry. The other man remarked that tea was alwaysmore delicious when it was served in crystal, because the aroma wasretained. In this version of the story, the goddess of the forest encounters the lake in which Narcissus drowned. 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. His smile reminded the boy of the old manthe mysterious old king he had met. The boy felt sorry for the Englishman's camel, loaded down as hewas with the cases of books.\"There's no such thing as coincidence,\" said the Englishman, picking up theconversation where it had been interrupted in the warehouse. 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. I have been told that beauty is the great seducer ofmen.\"The merchant didn't respond, but that afternoon, after saying his prayersand closing the shop, he invited the boy to sit with him and share hishookah, that strange pipe used by the Arabs.\"What is it you're looking for?\" asked the old merchant.\"I've already told you. The animals balked at such places, and the camel drivers wereforced to dismount and unburden their charges. He recognized that he was feeling something he had neverexperienced before: the desire to live in one place forever. Download The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Book PDF. If I'm on themarch, I just concentrate on marching. They were on the right track.Finally, a young woman approached who was not dressed in black. And no onewas going to climb the hill just to browse through a few small shops.But the crystal merchant had no choice. \"His way isn't the same as mine, nor mine as his. His hands began to tremble, and thewoman sensed it. 'As you wanderaround, carry this spoon with you without allowing the oil to spill.' At the same time, people werepassing my shop all the time, heading for Mecca. The boy was tempted to be rude, and move to another bench, buthis father had taught him to be respectful of the elderly. He was about the same age and height as the boy.\"Almost everyone here speaks Spanish. Someone had once told him that it was from there that theMoors had come, to occupy all of Spain.He could see almost the entire city from where he sat, including the plazawhere he had talked with the old man. He had fallen asleep in themiddle of the marketplace, and life in the plaza was about to resume.Looking around, he sought his sheep, and then realized that he was in anew world. I don't know how to turn them into reality. *\"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. "And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.". Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist. Video An illustration of an audio speaker. The old man continued, \"You have been areal blessing to me. The \"But the desert is so huge, and the horizons so distant, that theymake a person feel small, and as if he should remain silent.\"The boy understood intuitively what he meant, even without ever having setfoot in the desert before. The old king hadn't told him that the Pyramids were just a pileof stones, or that anyone could build one in his backyard. If he ever decided to leave them, they wouldsuffer.The wind began to pick up. *The crystal merchant awoke with the day, and felt the same anxiety that hefelt every morning. That's what helpsme face these days that are all the same, these mute crystals on theshelves, and lunch and dinner at that same horrible caf? Did you notice the beautiful parchments in mylibrary? The boy saw a man appear behind the counter. \"I hold thepower of life and death for every person I take with me. It seems old and wise.The wind never stopped, and the boy remembered the day he had sat at thefort in Tarifa with this same wind blowing in his face. Free, PDF, The Alchemist, Download, Paulo Coelho. What he had to beconcerned about was his treasure, and how he was going to go aboutgetting it. All they wanted was food and water.Melchizedek watched a small ship that was plowing its way out of the port.He would never again see the boy, just as he had never seen Abraham 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. They were fascinating stories:each of them lived out his destiny to the end. The link to download The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Book in PDF has been shared down below. Good afternoon.\"And he vanished around the corner of the plaza. The boy noticed that the man's clothing was strange. \"They are so used tome that they know my schedule,\" he muttered. And he knew what was thefair price for every one of his animals.He decided to return to his friend's stable by the longest route possible. 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. Did you see the garden that it took the mastergardener ten years to create? 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. A special 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new Foreword by Paulo Coelho. The way the content is organized He has the dream every time he sleeps under a sycamore tree that grows out of the ruins of a church. 2 What did Santiago's parents originally hope he would be when he grew up? *The times rush past, and so do the caravans, thought the alchemist, as hewatched the hundreds of people and animals arriving at the oasis. Just handling them made himfeel better. Nevertheless, the merchantdecided to delay his lunch for a few minutes until the boy moved on. The boy had noticed that the Englishman was irritable, and missed hisbooks.\"So that those who have the responsibility for understanding canunderstand,\" he said. There were just drawings, coded instructions, andobscure texts. tags: inspirational. Heknew it would require a lot of patience, but shepherds know all aboutpatience. One always had something thatthe other neededas if everything were indeed written by one hand. 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. 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.' I don't want anything else in life.But you are forcing me to look at wealth and at horizons I have neverknown. 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. I understand sheep;they're no longer a problem, and they can be good friends. 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 Alchemist tells the story of a young shepherd named Santiago who is able to find a treasure beyond his wildest dreams. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 37 / 94scene that began the book. 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. It traveled during the morning, haltedwhen the sun was at its strongest, and resumed late in the afternoon. 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. But the Englishman appeared not to attach any importance toit.\"In a way, so am I,\" he said.\"I don't even know what alchemy is,\" the boy was saying, when thewarehouse boss called to them to come outside. Since the miner had sacrificed everything to hisdestiny, the old man decided to become involved. Inhis pursuit of the dream, he was being constantly subjected to tests of hispersistence and courage. That he had attended aseminary until he was sixteen. Thatwind had brought the Moors, yes, but it had also brought the smell of thedesert and of veiled women. He had studied Latin,Spanish, and theology. You'll see that there is life in the desert, that there are stars in theheavens, and that tribesmen fight because they are part of the human race.Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the momentwe're living right now.\"Two nights later, as he was getting ready to bed down, the boy looked forthe star they followed every night. If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happyman. But use them to buy your flock. Find out who it is who cures the people's illnesses!\"Several women dressed in black came to the well for water, but the boywould speak to none of them, despite the Englishman's insistence. Then, like a colony of worker ants, theydismantled their stalls and left.The sun began its departure, as well. He had worked for an entire year to make a dream cometrue, and that dream, minute by minute, was becoming less important.Maybe because that wasn't really his dream.Who knows maybe it's better to be like the crystal merchant: never go toMecca, and just go through life wanting to do so, he thought, again tryingto convince himself. 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. That was his work.The gods should not have desires, because they don't have destinies. Or beginner's luck.\"The merchant was silent for a few moments. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 15 / 94decided he should go back to being a shepherd. Or marry the daughter of a textilemerchant?\"\"Yes, or even search for treasure. The men of the oasis wanted to know if they hadseen any fighting, and the women competed with one another for access tothe cloth and precious stones brought by the merchants. If someone isn't what others want them to be, the othersbecome angry. Ten years at the university, and here I am in a corral.But he had to move on. 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. 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. The dunes were changed constantlyby the wind, yet these were the same sands he had known since he was achild. 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. 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. The book was written inSpanish. And yet,none of these people has ever met the old king. \"Hunches,\" his mother used to call them. As he took his jacket out of the pouch, thinking to give it tosomeone in the street, the two stones fell to the floor. 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. \"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. As theysat around the fire, the camel drivers exchanged information about 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. Maybe God created the desert so that mancould appreciate the date trees, he thought.He decided to concentrate on more practical matters. Neighbors movedaway, and there remained only a few small shops on the hill. But all he foundwas the heavy book, his jacket, and the two stones the old man had givenhim.As he looked at the stones, he felt relieved for some reason. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 29 / 94\"I want to get back to my sheep faster. The boy noted that there was a sense of fear in the air,even though no one said anything. Struggling with distance learning? It hurt him a bit to think about it, but he had never seen one like itbefore. Fromatop its walls, one can catch a glimpse of Africa. 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. \"He wants us to leave.\"The boy was relieved. \"That's it! 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