\"I dreamed that I was in a fieldwith my sheep, when a child appeared and began to play with the animals. 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. Nevertheless, the merchantdecided to delay his lunch for a few minutes until the boy moved on. That's good, thought the Englishman. It seemed he had made the long journeyfor nothing. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Upgrade to A + Intro Plot Summary Summary & Analysis Themes Quotes Characters Symbols Theme Wheel Teachers and parents! And he knew that shepherds, likeseamen and like traveling salesmen, always found a town where there wassomeone who could make them forget the joys of carefree wandering.The day was dawning, and the shepherd urged his sheep in the direction ofthe sun. 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. A small sliver of the stone can transform large quantities of metalinto gold.\"Having heard that, the boy became even more interested in alchemy. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 11 / 94books. *At the highest point in Tarifa there is an old fort, built by the Moors. He had already seen manypeople come and go, and the desert remained as it was. \"Amongst us, the only ones who travel arethe shepherds.\"\"Well, then I'll be a shepherd!\"His father said no more. I understand sheep;they're no longer a problem, and they can be good friends. It turned out to be a bitter tea. From where hestood, he saw for the first time that the old merchant's hair was very muchlike the hair of the old king. Did you see the garden that it took the mastergardener ten years to create? = CONTENTS = Part One Part Two EpiloguePART ONEThe boy's name was Santiago. I'm going to hate those who have found their treasurebecause I never found mine. \"He doesn't have enough money to travel.\"While standing at the ticket window, the boy had remembered his flock, and 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 owned a jacket, a book thathe could trade for another, and a flock of sheep. As achild, the boy had always been frightened to death that he would becaptured by Gypsies, and this childhood fear returned when the old womantook his hands in hers.But she has the Sacred Heart of Jesus there, he thought, trying to reassurehimself. \"Hewanted your money,\" he said. *The crystal merchant awoke with the day, and felt the same anxiety that hefelt every morning. He brought six sheep withhim.\"I'm surprised,\" the boy said. Take to the fields, and somedayyou'll learn that our countryside is the best, and our women the mostbeautiful.\"And he gave the boy his blessing. Maybe she didn't even remember him. If the sand was too finefor the animals' hooves, they sought a way where the sand was moresubstantial. I'm going to become bitter and distrustful of people because oneperson betrayed me. 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. \"Alchemy is a serious discipline. The miner, with all the angerand frustration of his five fruitless years, picked up the stone and threw itaside. The boy could see in his father's gaze adesire to be able, himself, to travel the worlda desire that was still alive,despite his father's having had to bury it, over dozens of years, under theburden of struggling for water to drink, food to eat, and the same place tosleep every night of his life. The shepherd told her of the Andalusian countryside, and related thenews from the other towns where he had stopped. 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. One year, when the crop wasthe best ever, we all went to Mecca, and I satisfied the only unmetobligation in my life. 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. \"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. There you will find a treasure that will make you a rich man.\"The boy was surprised, and then irritated. Maybe that'swhy they always stay close to me.The only things that concerned the sheep were food and water. He remembered something his grandfather had once toldhim: that butterflies were a good omen. If I have to fight, it will be just asgood a day to die as any other.\"Because I don't live in either my past or my future. He knew that in thecaravan there was a man to whom he was to teach some of his secrets. Now that I have seen them, and now that I see how immense mypossibilities are, I'm going to feel worse than I did before you arrived.Because I know the things I should be able to accomplish, and I don't wantto do so.\"It's good I refrained from saying anything to the baker in Tarifa, thought theboy to himself.They went on smoking the pipe for a while as the sun began to set. But theonly God I serve is Allah, and in his name I swear that I will do everythingpossible once again to win out over the desert. The silence was the worst aspect of the night, when the meregroan of a camelwhich before had been nothing but the groan of acamelnow frightened everyone, because it might signal a raid.The camel driver, though, seemed not to be very concerned with the threatof war.\"I'm alive,\" he said to the boy, as they ate a bunch of dates one night, withno fires and no moon. 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. And the leader posted armed sentinels at the fringes of the group.The Englishman was unable to sleep one night. As he took his jacket out of the pouch, thinking to give it tosomeone in the street, the two stones fell to the floor. \"If you want to learn about your owntreasure, you will have to give me one-tenth of your flock.\"\"What about one-tenth of my treasure?\"The old man looked disappointed. Hecouldn't have been wrong.\"I had never heard of alchemists before,\" the boy said. \"We could place it outside, and attract those people who pass atthe bottom of the hill.\"\"I've never had one before,\" the merchant answered. \"You and I aren't like Hassan, that richmerchant. He had helped him out in a dangeroussituation. The old king hadn't told him that the Pyramids were just a pileof stones, or that anyone could build one in his backyard. The Alchemist Quotes About Wisdom With Page Numbers. 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. They provided warnings aboutthieves and barbarian tribes. Heknew how to speak Esperanto, he understood all the major religions well,but he wasn't yet an alchemist. In this version of the story, the goddess of the forest encounters the lake in which Narcissus drowned. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 5 / 94afford to travel,\" his father said. Here I am, between my flock and mytreasure, the boy thought. 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? He had come to the town only to find a woman who couldinterpret his dream. But shehadn't charged him anything.\"In order to find the treasure, you will have to follow the omens. A burning bush. Some men were smoking from a gigantic pipethat they passed from one to the other. *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. \"Inany case, it's good that you've learned that everything in life has its price.This is what the Warriors of the Light try to teach.\"The old man returned the book to the boy.\"Tomorrow, at this same time, bring me a tenth of your flock. 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. But they really don'tknow what they're saying. *He was shaken into wakefulness by someone. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. The group was to remain there atthe oasis until the conflict between the tribes was over. \"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. I shouldhave repeated it for him. Along the way, he learns to listen to his heart and, more importantly, realizes that his dreams, or his Personal Legend, are not just his but part of the Soul of the Universe. 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. One afternoon, on a visit to his family,he had summoned up the courage to tell his father that he didn't want tobecome a priest. He was tense and upset, because he knew that the old manwas right. 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. They were his treasure. \"When he was a child, that man wanted to travel, too. He knew that wind: people called it the levanter,because on it the Moors had come from the Levant at the eastern end ofthe Mediterranean.The levanter increased in intensity. A friend had told the boy about the shop, and he had taken hissheep there. Two customers came in today while you were working,and that's a good omen.\"People talk a lot about omens, thought the shepherd. In his pouch, he had his jackethe certainly wasn't goingto need it in the desert. "I'm like everyone else-I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does.". 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. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. Lots of shepherds passed through, selling their wool.\"It doesn't matter,\" he said to his sheep. The boy wasstrong, and wanted to retaliate, but he was in a foreign country. 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. But let's say that the most important is that you have I am in search of that universal language, amongother things. . Thenthe two went off to have some more tea.\"I'm leaving today,\" said the boy. All things are one.\"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you toachieve it.\"They were both silent for a time, observing the plaza and the townspeople.It was the old man who spoke first.\"Why do you tend a flock of sheep?\"\"Because I like to travel.\"The old man pointed to a baker standing in his shop window at one cornerof the plaza. 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. He could sell the stones and buy a return ticket. His parents had wanted him to become apriest, and thereby a source of pride for a simple farm family. He must be disguised to avoid encounters withthieves.\"Take these,\" said the old man, holding out a white stone and a black stonethat had been embedded at the center of the breastplate. They tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hearthem. Perhaps to a baker, or to another shepherd who could read andcould tell her exciting storiesafter all, he probably wasn't the only one. The Englishman had several suitcases filled with books.There was a babble of noise, and the leader had to repeat himself severaltimes for everyone to understand what he was saying.\"There are a lot of different people here, and each has his own God. The boy swore to Jesus Christ. \"The religion hereforbids it.\"The boy told him then that he needed to get to the Pyramids. \"That didn't teach me anything,either.\"The boy went back to contemplating the silence of the desert, and the sandraised by the animals. Theshop is exactly the size I always wanted it to be. He continued to look at the beautiful sword for a bit longer, untilhe summoned the courage to turn around.All around him was the market, with people coming and going, shouting andbuying, and the aroma of strange foods but nowhere could he find hisnew companion. *The boy began again to read his book, but he was no longer able toconcentrate. He quickly pulled his hands away.\"I didn't come here to have you read my palm,\" he said, already regrettinghaving come. \"When I'm eating, that's all I think about. \"The caravan and the desert speak the same language, and it's forthat reason that the desert allows the crossing. \"That's it! 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. And if the book was irritating, as the old man had said, theboy still had time to change it for another.\"It's a book that says the same thing almost all the other books in the worldsay,\" continued the old man. God hasprepared a path for everyone to follow. For five years he hadbeen working a certain river, and had examined hundreds of thousands ofstones looking for an emerald. He had neverthought of them in terms of a language used by God to indicate what heshould do.\"Don't be impatient,\" he repeated to himself. They spent so much time close to the fire that gradually theygave up the vanities of the world. He no longer hadto seek out food and water for the sheep; he could go in search of histreasure, instead. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 15 / 94decided he should go back to being a shepherd. When he speaks in our language, Ican interpret what he has said. Santiago consults a gypsy woman to interpret the . 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. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist. He had assumed he would soon return to hissheep.\"Why did you want to get to the Pyramids?\" he asked, to get away from thebusiness of the display.\"Because I've always heard about them,\" the boy answered, saying nothingabout his dream. 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. The same book that taught me about Urimand Thummim. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 1 / 94 The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho Translated by Alan R. Clarke. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 28 / 94with shepherds.\"The merchant turned to a customer who wanted three crystal glasses. But the stones were proof thathe had met with a kinga king who knew of the boy's past.\"They're called Urim and Thummim, and they can help you to read theomens.\" The boy put the stones back in the pouch and decided to do anexperiment. There was nothing tohold him back except himself. \"I'm a shepherd, and Ihave been to many places, but I come from only one placefrom a citynear an ancient castle. \"Why are you telling me all this?\"\"Because you are trying to realize your destiny. These are good omens.\" 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 37 / 94scene that began the book. 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