It seemed he had made the long journeyfor nothing. The problem is that they don't even realize that they're walking anew road every day. When his vision returned to normal,the boy was able to read what the old man had written in the sand.There, in the sand of the plaza of that small city, the boy read the names ofhis father and his mother and the name of the seminary he had attended.He read the name of the merchant's daughter, which he hadn't even known,and he read things he had never told anyone. Some of them were richpilgrims, traveling in caravans with servants and camels, but most of thepeople making the pilgrimage were poorer than I.\"All who went there were happy at having done so. As soon as he had learned to know hiscamel better, and to establish a relationship with him, he threw the bookaway. *The boy awoke before dawn. He remembered what the old man had said about offering somethingyou didn't even have yet.\"I'd like you to take me there if you can. \"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. He almostbegan to tell about his treasure, but decided not to do so. 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. That he had attended aseminary until he was sixteen. He had suddenly remembered that, in Tarifa, there was an old womanwho interpreted dreams. 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. And, above all, don't forgetto follow your destiny through to its conclusion.\"But before I go, I want to tell you a little story.\"A certain shopkeeper sent his son to learn about the secret of happinessfrom the wisest man in the world. It's your mission on earth.\"\"Even when all you want to do is travel? \"There is a universal language, understood by everybody,but already forgotten. For five years he hadbeen working a certain river, and had examined hundreds of thousands ofstones looking for an emerald. He had worked hard for a year, andthe omens were that it was time to go.I'm going to go back to doing just what I did before, the boy thought. Then when he spoke about me he would say that Iam Melchizedek, the king of Salem.He looked to the skies, feeling a bit abashed, and said, \"I know it's thevanity of vanities, as you said, my Lord. 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. Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns . 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. \"And todo that, you need money. Then aman approached.\"Do you know someone here who cures people's illnesses?\" the boy asked.\"Allah cures our illnesses,\" said the man, clearly frightened of the strangers.\"You're looking for witch doctors.\" He spoke some verses from the Koran,and moved on.Another man appeared. 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 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. 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. The boy knew what he was about to describe,though: the mysterious chain that links one thing to another, the same chainthat had caused him to become a shepherd, that had caused his recurringdream, that had brought him to a city near Africa, to find a king, and to berobbed in order to meet a crystal merchant, andThe closer one gets to realizing his destiny, the more that destiny becomeshis true reason for being, thought the boy.The caravan moved toward the east. If we serve tea in crystal, the shop is going to expand. Then she tookboth of his hands in hers, and began quietly to pray.It sounded like a Gypsy prayer. 1 What does Santiago notice in the sacristy of the abandoned church that he takes shelter in on the way to the merchant? 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. 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. You can publish your book online for free in a few minutes! 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. Did you see the garden that it took the mastergardener ten years to create? \"This is an important book, but it's really irritating.\"The boy was shocked. The merchant spent the entire day mumbling behind the counter,telling the boy to be careful with the pieces and not to break anything.But he stayed with the job because the merchant, although he was an oldgrouch, treated him fairly; the boy received a good commission for eachpiece he sold, and had already been able to put some money aside. He sat there, staring blanklythrough the door of the caf? \"Tangier is not like the rest of Africa. Yes, the old man hadknown what he was talking about: during the time the boy had spent in the After all, he had all his money. 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. 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. He could always go back to being ashepherd. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 1 / 94 The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho Translated by Alan R. Clarke. If it were, hewould already have heard of it.\"And what do you do in Salem?\" he insisted.\"What do I do in Salem?\" The old man laughed. \"I hold thepower of life and death for every person I take with me. The Soul of the World is nourished bypeople's happiness. 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. Although the boy had developed a superstition that each time heopened the book he would learn something important, he decided it was anunnecessary burden.He became friendly with the camel driver who traveled alongside him. That's why I feel that I deserve a part ofwhat you find.\"And this is my interpretation: you must go to the Pyramids in Egypt. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 7 / 94makes a shepherd's life exciting.\"I have had the same dream twice,\" he said. \"They wanted me to be apriest, but I decided to become a shepherd.\"\"Much better,\" said the old man. Published 1992. 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. \"I'm a shepherd, and Ihave been to many places, but I come from only one placefrom a citynear an ancient castle. The dunes were changed constantlyby the wind, yet these were the same sands he had known since he was achild. Dusk was falling as the boy arrived with hisherd at an abandoned church. 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. When you want something with all your heart, that'swhen you are closest to the Soul of the World. Read Full Text. The sheep were at the gates of the city, in a stable thatbelonged to a friend. \"Maybe that's why they give up on it so early,too. As he was leaving, he saw, in the corner of the room, his oldshepherd's pouch. The Englishman said nothing.And the murmur lasted longer than a simple vow would have. When he's anold man, he's going to spend a month in Africa. He said that he had always dreamed of being a shepherd, andthat it was a good omen.\"\"That's the way it always is,\" said the old man. 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.\" * One always had something thatthe other neededas if everything were indeed written by one hand. 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. He hadexchanged six sheep for two precious stones that had been taken from agold breastplate. So, he asked if the old man'sblessing was still with him.He took out one of the stones. asked the wise man.\"Looking down at the spoon he held, the boy saw that the oil was gone.\" 'Well, there is only one piece of advice I can give you,' said the wisest ofwise men. 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. That waswhat made traveling appeal to himhe always made new friends, and hedidn't need to spend all of his time with them. We're only two hours from Spain.\"\"Sit down, and let me treat you to something,\" said the boy. If he did, it waspossible that the Arab would want a part of it as payment for taking himthere. Then he sat in the sun-filled doorway, smokingthe hookah.He smoked in silence, thinking of nothing, and listening to the sound of thewind that brought the scent of the desert. Since the miner had sacrificed everything to hisdestiny, the old man decided to become involved. The story of the treasures Santiago finds along . 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 23 / 94trying to tell him not to trust that man. Africa was only a few hoursfrom Tarifa; one had only to cross the narrow straits by boat. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 21 / 94He took his money from his pouch and showed it to the young man. About The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Book PDF; Language : English; Pullisher : Harper; Later Printing edition ; ISBN-10 : 9788172234980; ISBN-13 : 978-8172234980; "Sooo much more helpful than SparkNotes. I thought that everything Iowned would be destroyed.\"The land was ruined, and I had to find some other way to earn a living. A lawyer. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 14 / 94\"Treasure is uncovered by the force of flowing water, and it is buried by thesame currents,\" said the old man. Ashe did so, both of them pushed through a hole in the pouch and fell to theground. If a guide were to fall ill or die, the camel drivers would draw lotsand appoint a new one. \"Maybe no one herehas, either.\"The Englishman's eyes lit up. *The horizon was tinged with red, and suddenly the sun appeared. Once obstacles were overcome, it returned to its course, sighting ona star that indicated the location of the oasis. He recalled that when the sun had risen thatmorning, he was on another continent, still a shepherd with sixty sheep, andlooking forward to meeting with a girl. His newfriend pushed the owner aside, and pulled the boy outside with him. He transformed himselfinto a stone that rolled up to the miner's foot. Hecouldn't have been wrong.\"I had never heard of alchemists before,\" the boy said. He was tense and upset, because he knew that the old manwas right. Two customers came in today while you were working,and that's a good omen.\"People talk a lot about omens, thought the shepherd. 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. Urim and Thummim.It made the boy think of the old king, and it startled him to realize how longit had been since he had thought of him. Masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns have been wrong.\ '' I never. 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