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. He prepared himself a sandwich and drank somehot tea from a crystal glass. They called that discoverythe Master Workit was part liquid and part solid.\"Can't you just observe men and omens in order to understand thelanguage?\" the boy asked.\"You have a mania for simplifying everything,\" answered the Englishman,irritated. I need to know whether you have enough.\"The boy thought it a strange question. So the boy sat on the steps of the shop and took a book fromhis bag.\"I didn't know shepherds knew how to read,\" said a girl's voice behind him.The girl was typical of the region of Andalusia, with flowing black hair, andeyes that vaguely recalled the Moorish conquerors.\"Well, usually I learn more from my sheep than from books,\" he answered.During the two hours that they talked, she told him she was the merchant'sdaughter, and spoke of life in the village, where each day was like all theothers. As they satdown at the only table in the place, the crystal merchant laughed.\"You didn't have to do any cleaning,\" he said. Before you came, I was thinkingabout how much time I had wasted in the same place, while my friends hadmoved on, and either went bankrupt or did better than they had before. 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. The Alchemist Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. 'The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world,and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.' They reached the center of a largeplaza where the market was held. 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. The boy was becoming more and more convincedthat alchemy could be learned in one's daily life.\"Also,\" said the Englishman, \"the Philosopher's Stone has a fascinatingproperty. 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. Butthe king of Salem hoped desperately that the boy would be successful.It's too bad that he's quickly going to forget my name, he thought. The next day, he gave his son a pouch that heldthree ancient Spanish gold coins.\"I found these one day in the fields. Thatmorning he had done some calculating: if he continued to work every dayas he had been, he would need a whole year to be able to buy some sheep.\"I'd like to build a display case for the crystal,\" the boy said to themerchant. It was as if some mysterious energy bound his life to that ofthe sheep, with whom he had spent the past two years, leading themthrough the countryside in search of food and water. First he hadstudied Esperanto, then the world's religions, and now it was alchemy. = CONTENTS = Part One Part Two EpiloguePART ONEThe boy's name was Santiago. He had already seen manypeople come and go, and the desert remained as it was. \"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. I can't help you if you feel you've gotenough sheep.\"The boy was getting irritated. No sound from the bazaars, no arguments among the merchants,no men climbing to the towers to chant. Enough to buy himself a hundred and twentysheep, a return ticket, and a license to import products from Africa into hisown country. The boyand the Englishman had bought camels, and climbed uncertainly onto theirbacks. Thinking about that for amoment, he realized that it could be the other way around: that it was hewho had become accustomed to their schedule.But there were certain of them who took a bit longer to awaken. If he did, it waspossible that the Arab would want a part of it as payment for taking himthere. Project Gutenberg. During the dream, a child tells him to seek treasure at the foot of the Egyptian pyramids. 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. 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. Theboy spoke very little with the Englishman, who spent most of his time withhis books.The boy observed in silence the progress of the animals and people acrossthe desert. But that's the way life is with sheep and 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. 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. Just handling them made himfeel better. The Alchemist Book PDF Free Download Link Click down the button below to download the full PDF file PDF File Author Source: Twitter The author of The Alchemist PDF Book is Paulo Coelho, he was born on 24 August 1954 in Brazil Rio de Janeiro. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. Gold would lose its value.\"It's only those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, whoachieve the Master Work. \"I've seen how the guides readthe signs of the desert, and how the soul of the caravan speaks to the soulof the desert.\"The Englishman said, \"I'd better pay more attention to the caravan.\"\"And I'd better read your books,\" said the boy. 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. 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. I've already imagined the people who would be He was going to miss the place and all thegood things he had learned. 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. There had been a time when he thought that his sheep couldteach him everything he needed to know about the world. He called to the boy, andthey took a walk along the dunes surrounding the encampment. Oh, if they only knew how different things are justtwo hours by ship from where they are, he thought. 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. If hepushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens leftby God along his path.God placed them along my path. God hasprepared a path for everyone to follow. \"They wanted me to be apriest, but I decided to become a shepherd.\"\"Much better,\" said the old man. 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. 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. But he found it much more interesting to observe thecaravan and listen to the wind. *And now it was only four days before he would be back in that same village.He was excited, and at the same time uneasy: maybe the girl had alreadyforgotten him. The group was to remain there atthe oasis until the conflict between the tribes was over. . They climb themountain to see the castle, and they wind up thinking that the past wasbetter than what we have now. And then they want theperson to change. I thoughtthat someday I'd be rich, and could go to Mecca. 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. \"I had my orchard, my children, anda life that would change not at all until I died. But the alchemists were strange people, who thought onlyabout themselves, and almost always refused to help him. For nearly a year, he had beenworking incessantly, thinking only of putting aside enough money so that hecould return to Spain with pride.\"Never stop dreaming,\" the old king had said. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 4 / 94The boy was surprised at his thoughts. \"My friend bought all the other sheepimmediately. Lots of shepherds passed through, selling their wool.\"It doesn't matter,\" he said to his sheep. 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. Each was swearing quietly to his orher own God. \"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. Maybe the church, with thesycamore growing from within, had been haunted. His parents had wanted him to become apriest, and thereby a source of pride for a simple farm family. The boy knew a lot of people in the city. He was planning, on this visit, to explain to the girl howit was that a simple shepherd knew how to read. 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. About; . Since the miner had sacrificed everything to hisdestiny, the old man decided to become involved. 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. Select files or add your book in reader. 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 43 / 94He also said that this was not just a human gift, that everything on the faceof the earth had a soul, whether mineral, vegetable, or animalor even justa simple thought.\"Everything on earth is being continuously transformed, because the earth isalive and it has a soul. 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. He almostbegan to tell about his treasure, but decided not to do so. Did you notice the beautiful parchments in mylibrary? The caravan would be very lucky to reach theoasis.The animals were exhausted, and the men talked among themselves lessand less. Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist. 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 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. He had lived thirty years of his lifebuying and selling crystal pieces, and now it was too late to do anythingelse.He spent the entire morning observing the infrequent comings and goings inthe street. 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 had already imagined the scene manytimes; every time, the girl became fascinated when he explained that thesheep had to be sheared from back to front. Ashe walked past the city's castle, he interrupted his return, and climbed thestone ramp that led to the top of the wall. He had had the same dreamthat night as a week ago, and once again he had awakened before it ended.He arose and, taking up his crook, began to awaken the sheep that stillslept. 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. \"This candy merchant isn't makingcandy so that later he can travel or marry a shopkeeper's daughter. The All his life and all his studieswere aimed at finding the one true language of the universe. And no onewas going to climb the hill just to browse through a few small shops.But the crystal merchant had no choice. He had helped him out in a dangeroussituation. Everywherethere were stalls with items for sale. We're only two hours from Spain.\"\"Sit down, and let me treat you to something,\" said the boy. He had spent enormous amounts of timeat the great libraries of the world, and had purchased all the rarest and mostimportant volumes on alchemy. 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. One always had something thatthe other neededas if everything were indeed written by one hand. 12 by Ben Jonson. 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. They placed the symbolsof the pilgrimage on the doors of their houses. \"The shepherd said nothing. There was afull moon, and the boy told the Englishman the story of his life.The Englishman was fascinated with the part about the progress achieved atthe crystal shop after the boy began working there.\"That's the principle that governs all things,\" he said. Now it was too late tochange anythingthe only thing he had ever learned to do was to buy andsell crystal glassware. Now, I can see that it hasn't been too bad. The drivers carried thefreight themselves over such treacherous footing, and then reloaded thecamels. These stones were the only form of divination permitted byGod. He had never even wept in frontof his own sheep. Since they werevisitors, they would have to share living space with those who lived there,and would be given the best accommodations. Did you see the garden that it took the mastergardener ten years to create? 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. And move along when it's time to move along.' 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. It's going to test thecaravan's every step to see if it's in time, and, if it is, we will make it to theoasis.\"\"If either of us had joined this caravan based only on personal courage, butwithout understanding that language, this journey would have been muchmore difficult.\"They stood there looking at the moon.\"That's the magic of omens,\" said the boy. The nearby city of Ceuta hadgrown faster than Tangier, and business had fallen off. Read Full Text. She hada vessel on her shoulder, and her head was covered by a veil, but her face. Ten years at the university, and here I am in a corral.But he had to move on. But they really don'tknow what they're saying. It's always a positive force.\" Then, taking his sheep, hewalked away. The boy was also saddened; his friend was in pursuit of hisdestiny. We have to take advantage whenluck is on our side, and do as much to help it as it's doing to help us. \"They come in search of new things, but when they leave theyare basically the same people they were when they arrived. I can learn something from the desert, too. 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. Neither the woman nor the old man were at allimpressed by the fact that he was a shepherd. 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