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. 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. Then he turned to theboy.\"I am proud of you,\" he said. His parents had wanted him to become apriest, and thereby a source of pride for a simple farm family. He felt that he didn't want to do anything thatmight make him look like the Englishman. Ashe walked past the city's castle, he interrupted his return, and climbed thestone ramp that led to the top of the wall. That's the world'sgreatest lie.\"\"That's never happened to me,\" the boy said. The boy smiled to himself. He thought about asking him togive it back, but decided that would be unfriendly. But wetwo have to live with our mistakes.\"That's true enough, the boy thought, ruefully.\"Why did you think we should have the display?\" \"They are so used tome that they know my schedule,\" he muttered. I'm afraid that if mydream is realized, I'll have no reason to go on living.\"You dream about your sheep and the Pyramids, but you're different fromme, because you want to realize your dreams. He remembered that he had a number of things he had to takecare of: he went to the market for something to eat, he traded his book forone that was thicker, and he found a bench in the plaza where he couldsample the new wine he had bought. The two men exchangedsome words in Arabic, and the bar owner seemed irritated.\"Let's get out of here\" said the new arrival. There, he couldexchange his book for a thicker one, fill his wine bottle, shave, and have ahaircut; he had to prepare himself for his meeting with the girl, and he didn'twant to think about the possibility that some other shepherd, with a largerflock of sheep, had arrived there before him and asked for her hand. 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. And he knew that Egyptwas in Africa.\"Can I help you?\" asked the man behind the window.\"Maybe tomorrow,\" said the boy, moving away. He picked up the two stones and putthem back in his pouch. He had been in the same place for thirty years: a shop atthe top of a hilly street where few customers passed. Before long, maybe in just a few days, hewould be at the Pyramids. There had been a time when he thought that his sheep couldteach him everything he needed to know about the world. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 2 / 94I wanted to sleep a little longer, he thought. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 16 / 94levanter was still getting stronger, and he felt its force on his face. Idon't like people to do that, because the sheep are afraid of strangers. Heknew it would require a lot of patience, but shepherds know all aboutpatience. The story of the treasures Santiago finds along . 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. Maybe the church, with thesycamore growing from within, had been haunted. He saw to it that all the sheep enteredthrough the ruined gate, and then laid some planks across it to prevent theflock from wandering away during the night. \"He wants us to leave.\"The boy was relieved. He was tense and upset, because he knew that the old manwas right. 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. He was planning, on this visit, to explain to the girl howit was that a simple shepherd knew how to read. As long as you appreciate this is poorly written feel-good tripe out of a depressed author's mind, where character development is too much for him and plot-wise everything must turn out well in the end, then read on: you're good. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strongcurrent that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he firstmade the decision.When I decided to seek out my treasure, I never imagined that I'd wind upworking in a crystal shop, he thought. Taking the jacket out, he began to clean theglasses. I could die happily, and that made me feel good.\"One day, the earth began to tremble, and the Nile overflowed its banks. Some of them were things that he hadalready experienced, and weren't really new, but that he had neverperceived before. 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. I need to know whether you have enough.\"The boy thought it a strange question. His smile reminded the boy of the old manthe mysterious old king he had met. Santiago consults a gypsy woman to interpret the . I just want to dream aboutMecca. \"Did you learnanything?\" the Englishman asked, eager to hear what it might be. And the solid part was called the Philosopher's Stone.\"It's not easy to find the Philosopher's Stone,\" said the Englishman. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 47 / 94The boy awoke as the sun rose. He could sell the stones and buy a return ticket. \"Because you really like to travel.\"\"He knew what I was thinking,\" the boy said to himself. He could always become a crystal salesman again. Creatures like the sheep, that are used totraveling, know about moving on.\"He thought of the merchant's daughter, and was sure that she had probablymarried. *The men climbed the hill, and they were tired when they reached the top.But there they saw a crystal shop that offered refreshing mint tea. The tea seemed less bitter.\"Who are you?\" he heard a voice ask him in Spanish.The boy was relieved. I've already imagined the people who would be The hooded Bedouinsreappeared more and more frequently, and the camel driverwho hadbecome a good friend of the boy'sexplained that the war between thetribes had already begun. Summary Read one-minute Sparklet summaries, the detailed section-by-section Summary & Analysis, or the Full Book Summary of The Alchemist . Most of them he hadread in books, but he would tell them as if they were from his personalexperience. Youcould build one in your backyard.\"\"You've never had dreams of travel,\" said the boy, turning to wait on acustomer who had entered the shop.Two days later, the merchant spoke to the boy about the display.\"I don't much like change,\" he said. The shepherd told her of the Andalusian countryside, and related thenews from the other towns where he had stopped. Likeeating or sleeping, or like seeking love or finding a job. Did you notice the beautiful parchments in mylibrary? He went on tellingstories about his travels, and her bright, Moorish eyes went wide with fearand surprise. It's always a positive force.\" 1 of 25. Theywere conversing in Arabic, and the boy was proud of himself for being ableto do so. 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. The heat lasted until nightfall, and all that time he had to carryhis jacket. He didn't want his hand to begin trembling, showing the old womanthat he was fearful. He was thinking about omens, and someone hadappeared.\"How come you speak Spanish?\" he asked. The boy's verypresence in the shop was an omen, and, as time passed and money waspouring into the cash drawer, he had no regrets about having hired the boy.The boy was being paid more money than he deserved, because themerchant, thinking that sales wouldn't amount to much, had offered the boya high commission rate. And move along when it's time to move along.' 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. I don't want to changeanything, because I don't know how to deal with change. 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. Published 1992. \"This candy merchant isn't makingcandy so that later he can travel or marry a shopkeeper's daughter. He had remembered that one of thecrystal merchant's suppliers transported his crystal by means of caravansthat crossed the desert. I don't want anything else in life.But you are forcing me to look at wealth and at horizons I have neverknown. \"And suddenly, the child took me by both hands andtransported me to the Egyptian pyramids.\"He paused for a moment to see if the woman knew what the Egyptianpyramids were. 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. That'swhy I have to live off what my daughters provide me with.\"\"And what if I never get to Egypt?\"\"Then I don't get paid. The boy was tempted to be rude, and move to another bench, buthis father had taught him to be respectful of the elderly. He had studied Latin,Spanish, and theology. 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. They spent so much time close to the fire that gradually theygave up the vanities of the world. The world was huge and inexhaustible; he had only to allow hissheep to set the route for a while, and he would discover other interestingthings. Originally written in Portuguese, it became a widely translated international bestseller. 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.' The boy promisedhimself that, when he returned from Egypt, he would buy that sword.\"Ask the owner of that stall how much the sword costs,\" he said to hisfriend. \"But I have to buy two camels.\"They walked together through the narrow streets of Tangier. The merchants were assembling theirstalls, and the boy helped a candy seller to do his. An illustration of an open book. From where hestood, he saw for the first time that the old merchant's hair was very muchlike the hair of the old king. Read key facts, the plot summary, and important quotes . 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. 'The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world,and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.' Nevertheless, the merchantdecided to delay his lunch for a few minutes until the boy moved on. But he had thrown it with such force that it broke the stone it fellupon, and there, embedded in the broken stone, was the most beautifulemerald in the world.\"People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being,\" said the oldman, with a certain bitterness. 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. The other man remarked that tea was alwaysmore delicious when it was served in crystal, because the aroma wasretained. Ashe did so, both of them pushed through a hole in the pouch and fell to theground. He didn't consider mending the holethe stonescould fall through any time they wanted. 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. Dusk was falling as the boy arrived with hisherd at an abandoned church. The day was hot, and the wine wasrefreshing. The sheep will get used to my notbeing there, too, the boy thought.From where he sat, he could observe the plaza. The alchemist saw the tribal chiefs greet the leader of thecaravan, and converse with him at length.But none of that mattered to the alchemist. Then, taking his sheep, hewalked away. It was said that he was morethan two hundred years old, and that he had discovered the Philosopher'sStone and the Elixir of Life. "It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.". I have to find a man who knows thatuniversal language. The boy was also saddened; his friend was in pursuit of hisdestiny. 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. 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. He recognized that he was feeling something he had neverexperienced before: the desire to live in one place forever. All they think about is food and water.Maybe we're all that way, the boy mused. \"I promised that I would make my own decisions,\" he said tohimself.But the stones had told him that the old man was still with him, and thatmade him feel more confident. \"When he was a child, that man wanted to travel, too. Then he realized that he had been distracted for a few moments,looking at the sword. 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. A recurring dream troubles Santiago, a young and adventurous Andalusian shepherd. About The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Book PDF; Language : English; Pullisher : Harper; Later Printing edition ; ISBN-10 : 9788172234980; ISBN-13 : 978-8172234980; Or beginner's luck.\"The merchant was silent for a few moments. 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. For five years he hadbeen working a certain river, and had examined hundreds of thousands ofstones looking for an emerald. But let's say that the most important is that you have Theomens had told him so. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 7 / 94makes a shepherd's life exciting.\"I have had the same dream twice,\" he said. = CONTENTS = Part One Part Two EpiloguePART ONEThe boy's name was Santiago. 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. The Alchemist Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Something brightreflected from his chest with such intensity that the boy was momentarilyblinded. Just by looking at them. He didn't want tocry with the other people there. Free, PDF, The Alchemist, Download, Paulo Coelho. \"If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck andcoincidence. He saw the gardens, the mountains all around him, the beauty of theflowers, and the taste with which everything had been selected. 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