He had to choose between something he hadbecome accustomed to and something he wanted to have. 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 \"Hunches,\" his mother used to call them. 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. But he hadfound a guide, and didn't want to miss out on an opportunity.\"You have to cross the entire Sahara desert,\" said the young man. They tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hearthem. \"There is a universal language, understood by everybody,but already forgotten. \"Not even the tribal chieftainsare able to see him when they want to. The peoplewere also praying to heaven for protection.A long note was sounded on a bugle, and everyone mounted up. 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. When I was young, all Iwanted to do was put together enough money to start this shop. 70,081 free ebooks. 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 39 / 94There were almost two hundred people gathered there, and four hundredanimalscamels, horses, mules, and fowl. wishing that he had died, and that everythingwould end forever at that moment.The merchant looked anxiously at the boy. 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. 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. Therewere three hundred wells, fifty thousand date trees, and innumerablecolored tents spread among them.\"It looks like The Thousand and One Nights,\" said the Englishman, impatientto meet with the alchemist.They were surrounded by children, curious to look at the animals andpeople that were arriving. \"They're only made ofrock crystal, and there are millions of rock crystals in the earth. 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. Ten years at the university, and here I am in a corral.But he had to move on. And then they want theperson to change. I can pay you to serve as myguide.\"\"Do you have any idea how to get there?\" the newcomer asked.The boy noticed that the owner of the bar stood nearby, listening attentivelyto their conversation. Dusk was falling as the boy arrived with hisherd at an abandoned church. He didn't want tocry with the other people there. 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. \"There are rumors of tribal wars,\" he told them.The three fell silent. By the time he had hadenough of the sea, he would already have known other cities, other women,and other chances to be happy. 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. Africa was only a few hoursfrom Tarifa; one had only to cross the narrow straits by boat. One always had something thatthe other neededas if everything were indeed written by one hand. They workedhard just to have food and water, like the sheep. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 16 / 94levanter was still getting stronger, and he felt its force on his face. But you know that I'm not going to go to Mecca. \"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. 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 Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho which was first published in 1988. 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. The book was written inSpanish. \"In school.\"\"Well, if you know how to read, why are you just a shepherd?\"The boy mumbled an answer that allowed him to avoid responding to herquestion. 12 by Ben Jonson. \"How many sheep do youhave?\"\"Enough,\" said the boy. And, just as she was about to showme the exact location, I woke up. He suggested that the boy look around the palace and return intwo hours.\" 'Meanwhile, I want to ask you to do something,' said the wise man,handing the boy a teaspoon that held two drops of oil. 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. It's the simple things in lifethat are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.And since I am not wise, I have had to learn other arts, such as the readingof palms.\"\"Well, how am I going to get to Egypt?\"\"I only interpret dreams. *The old woman led the boy to a room at the back of her house; it wasseparated from her living room by a curtain of colored beads. It was also saidthat they had a pact with the devil, and that they kidnapped children and,taking them away to their mysterious camps, made them their slaves. Struggling with distance learning? Hecouldn't have been wrong.\"I had never heard of alchemists before,\" the boy said. Theboy knew, and was now working toward it. That was his work.The gods should not have desires, because they don't have destinies. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 40 / 94But, in the desert, there was only the sound of the eternal wind, and of thehoofbeats of the animals. A shepherdalways takes his chances with wolves and with drought, and that's what *Then one day the boy returned the books to the Englishman. \"And todo that, you need money. \"And, as he smothered the coals in the hookah, he told the boy that he could \"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. 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. Originally written in Portuguese, it became a widely translated international bestseller. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 23 / 94trying to tell him not to trust that man. And he hadn't perceived them because he had becomeaccustomed to them. \"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. The priests carried them in a golden breastplate.\"The boy was suddenly happy to be there at the warehouse.\"Maybe this is an omen,\" said the Englishman, half aloud.\"Who told you about omens?\" The boy's interest was increasing by themoment.\"Everything in life is an omen,\" said the Englishman, now closing the journalhe was reading. But he was ableto understand one thing: making a decision was only the beginning ofthings. \"Maybe that's why they give up on it so early,too. He thought that the horizon was a bitlower than it had been, because he seemed to see stars on the desert itself.\"It's the oasis,\" said the camel driver.\"Well, why don't we go there right now?\" the boy asked.\"Because we have to sleep.\" * He wasn't asking for help. 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. \"I had my orchard, my children, anda life that would change not at all until I died. Two customers came in today while you were working,and that's a good omen.\"People talk a lot about omens, thought the shepherd. He was afraid to look around, because he knew what hewould find. But, most important, hewas able every day to live out his dream. He had helped him out in a dangeroussituation. He had been to the village only once, the year before. But the boy never took his eye off hisnew friend. It'scalled the principle of favorability. The oldman was probably a Gypsy, too.But before the boy could say anything, the old man leaned over, picked upa stick, and began to write in the sand of the plaza. *\"That's strange,\" said the boy, as he tried once again to read the burial 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. Itwas more activity than usual for this time of the morning. But shehadn't charged him anything.\"In order to find the treasure, you will have to follow the omens. \"But I want one-tenthof the treasure, if you find it.\"The boy laughedout of happiness. He put his headcloth in place and secured it with a ring made of camelskin. For five years he hadbeen working a certain river, and had examined hundreds of thousands ofstones looking for an emerald. It was as if the world hadfallen silent because the boy's soul had. That's good. 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. He brought six sheep withhim.\"I'm surprised,\" the boy said. Theywere conversing in Arabic, and the boy was proud of himself for being ableto do so. There was nothing tohold him back except himself. There was alsothe merchant's daughter, but she wasn't as important as his flock, becauseshe didn't depend on him. Itwas something that I thought could happen only to others, never to me. Maybe God created the desert so that mancould appreciate the date trees, he thought.He decided to concentrate on more practical matters. They don't see that the fields are new and the seasonschange. "And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.". In this version of the story, the goddess of the forest encounters the lake in which Narcissus drowned. A small sliver of the stone can transform large quantities of metalinto gold.\"Having heard that, the boy became even more interested in alchemy. The wise man conversed with everyone, andthe boy had to wait for two hours before it was his turn to be given theman's attention.\"The wise man listened attentively to the boy's explanation of why he hadcome, but told him that he didn't have time just then to explain the secret ofhappiness. But now I'm sad andalone. It's easy, andyet I've never done it before, he thought.When the stall was assembled, the candy seller offered the boy the firstsweet he had made for the day. The animals balked at such places, and the camel drivers wereforced to dismount and unburden their charges. They might even havebecome friends, but the Englishman closed off the conversation.The boy closed his book. \"In alchemy, it's calledthe Soul of the World. He wept because God was unfair, and because this wasthe way God repaid those who believed in their dreams.When I had my sheep, I was happy, and I made those around me happy.People saw me coming and welcomed me, he thought. \"You and I aren't like Hassan, that richmerchant. From then on, he would make his owndecisions.\"Don't forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothingelse. Since the miner had sacrificed everything to hisdestiny, the old man decided to become involved. 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. He never realized thatpeople are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.\"\"He should have decided to become a shepherd,\" the boy said. Anyway, the boy had becomehappy in his work, and thought all the time about the day when he woulddisembark at Tarifa as a winner.\"You must always know what it is that you want,\" the old king had said. These are good omens.\" The Alchemist Summary Next Prologue In the Prologue, the alchemist reads a story about Narcissus a youth so fascinated by his own beautiful reflection that he falls into a lake and drowns. \"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. \"The caravan and the desert speak the same language, and it's forthat reason that the desert allows the crossing. He felt uneasy at the man's presence. 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. Sonow I'm a camel driver. 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. The merchants were assembling theirstalls, and the boy helped a candy seller to do his. The Alchemist tells the story of a young shepherd named Santiago who is able to find a treasure beyond his wildest dreams. Theboy felt ill and terribly alone. 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