\"They are calledUrim and Thummim. Peoplewere shouting at the new arrivals, dust obscured the desert sun, and thechildren of the oasis were bursting with excitement at the arrival of thestrangers. \"That first day, everyone slept from exhaustion, including the Englishman.The boy was assigned a place far from his friend, in a tent with five otheryoung men of about his age. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2019-08-17 17:11:21 Identifier thealchemist_201908 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6b35q07j Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR) \"Because you really like to travel.\"\"He knew what I was thinking,\" the boy said to himself. 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. \"You have helped me.\" Theman continued to prepare his tea, saying nothing. *A card hanging in the doorway announced that several languages werespoken in the shop. After all, he had all his money. The link to download The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Book in PDF has been shared down below. 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. Itwas more activity than usual for this time of the morning. The boy waited, and then interrupted the old man just as he himself hadbeen interrupted. Now, I can see that it hasn't been too bad. He didn't need to seek out the oldwoman for this! 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. Books. He had been in the same place for thirty years: a shop atthe top of a hilly street where few customers passed. 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. Published 1992. His parents had wanted him to become apriest, and thereby a source of pride for a simple farm family. \"How many sheep do youhave?\"\"Enough,\" said the boy. In half an hour, he had cleaned all the glasses in the window, and,as he was doing so, two customers had entered the shop and bought somecrystal.When he had completed the cleaning, he asked the man for something toeat. But that disaster taught me to understand the wordof Allah: people need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achievingwhat they need and want.\"We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or ourpossessions and property. The boy felt jealous of the freedom of thewind, and saw that he could have the same freedom. The group was to remain there atthe oasis until the conflict between the tribes was over. \"But I have to buy two camels.\"They walked together through the narrow streets of Tangier. The shepherd told her of the Andalusian countryside, and related thenews from the other towns where he had stopped. He thought about asking him togive it back, but decided that would be unfriendly. \"They are so used tome that they know my schedule,\" he muttered. But instead of being saddened, he was happy. Ashe walked past the city's castle, he interrupted his return, and climbed thestone ramp that led to the top of the wall. But shehadn't charged him anything.\"In order to find the treasure, you will have to follow the omens. 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. \"And todo that, you need money. When he had gone only a short distance, he realized that, whilethey were erecting the stall, one of them had spoken Arabic and the otherSpanish.And they had understood each other perfectly well.There must be a language that doesn't depend on words, the boy thought.I've already had that experience with my sheep, and now it's happening withpeople. If I don't find it, I can always go home. They filled threesacks. They were content with just food and water, and, in exchange, theygenerously gave of their wool, their company, andonce in a whiletheirmeat.If I became a monster today, and decided to kill them, one by one, theywould become aware only after most of the flock had been slaughtered,thought the boy. Summary Read one-minute Sparklet summaries, the detailed section-by-section Summary & Analysis, or the Full Book Summary of The Alchemist . Good afternoon.\"And he vanished around the corner of the plaza. 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. A small sliver of the stone can transform large quantities of metalinto gold.\"Having heard that, the boy became even more interested in alchemy. In one he had read that, many years ago, afamous Arabian alchemist had visited Europe. Then he turned to theboy.\"I am proud of you,\" he said. The infidels had an evil look about them.Besides this, in the rush of his travels he had forgotten a detail, just onedetail, which could keep him from his treasure for a long time: only Arabicwas spoken in this country.The owner of the bar approached him, and the boy pointed to a drink thathad been served at the next table. They discovered that the purification ofthe metals had led to a purification of themselves.\"The boy thought about the crystal merchant. He had never beento that ruined church before, in spite of having traveled through those partsmany times. The black signifies 'yes,' and the white 'no.' And he knew what was thefair price for every one of his animals.He decided to return to his friend's stable by the longest route possible. \"Ineed you to help me find out where the alchemist lives.\"First, they tried to find him on their own. He knew how to shear them,and how to slaughter them. 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. An alchemist would probably live ina manner that was different from that of the rest of the people at the oasis,and it was likely that in his tent an oven was continuously burning. \"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. An illustration of an open book. 'The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world,and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.' Today, I understand something I didn't see before:every blessing ignored becomes a curse. He felt that he didn't want to do anything thatmight make him look like the Englishman. 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. When he had finished his smoke,he reached into one of his pockets, and sat there for a few moments,regarding what he had withdrawn.It was a bundle of money. 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. 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. If someone isn't what others want them to be, the othersbecome angry. But he was ableto understand one thing: making a decision was only the beginning ofthings. 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. But he knew that Salem wasn't in Andalusia. After two hours, he returned to theroom where the wise man was.\" 'Well,' asked the wise man, 'did you see the Persian tapestries that arehanging in my dining hall? 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. A recurring dream troubles Santiago, a young and adventurous Andalusian shepherd. \"His way isn't the same as mine, nor mine as his. Then leave with the caravan. 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. \"That didn't teach me anything,either.\"The boy went back to contemplating the silence of the desert, and the sandraised by the animals. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 30 / 94at my side, and those in front of me, and the conversations and prayers wewould share. 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. 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. . 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. Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist page 17. When I was young, all Iwanted to do was put together enough money to start this shop. All the joy he had seen thatmorning had suddenly disappeared.\"I can give you the money you need to get back to your country, my son,\"said the crystal merchant.The boy said nothing. Theboy felt ill and terribly alone. 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. \"You brought a new feeling into my crystalshop. Originally written in Portuguese, it became a widely translated international bestseller. If he ever decided to leave them, they wouldsuffer.The wind began to pick up. It was a pleasant changefrom talking to his sheep. His hands began to tremble, and thewoman sensed it. Did you notice the beautiful parchments in mylibrary? He went downthe stairs and found the merchant waiting on a foreign couple, while twoother customers walked about the shop, drinking tea from crystal glasses. It was shepherds who were the first to recognize a king that therest of the world refused to acknowledge. He was no longer a shepherd, and he had nothing, not even themoney to return and start everything over.All this happened between sunrise and sunset, the boy thought. This wasn't a strange place; it was anew one.After all, what he had always wanted was just that: to know new places. The othersare to pray five times a day, fast during Ramadan, and be charitable to thepoor.\"He stopped there. 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. There were just drawings, coded instructions, andobscure texts. Since that morning in the marketplace, he had never again madeuse of Urim and Thummim, because Egypt was now just as distant a dreamfor him as was Mecca for the merchant. At othertimes, at a crucial moment, I make it easier for things to happen. On the otherhand, I don't know if the desert can be a friend, and it's in the desert that Ihave to search for my treasure. *\"I'm the king of Salem,\" the old man had said.\"Why would a king be talking with a shepherd?\" the boy asked, awed andembarrassed.\"For several reasons. \"Amongst us, the only ones who travel arethe shepherds.\"\"Well, then I'll be a shepherd!\"His father said no more. Theywere conversing in Arabic, and the boy was proud of himself for being ableto do so. \"Not even the tribal chieftainsare able to see him when they want to. 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.' Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Upgrade to A + Intro Plot Summary Summary & Analysis Themes Quotes Characters Symbols Theme Wheel Teachers and parents! 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 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. And, when someone was in such pursuit, the entire universe madean effort to help him succeedthat's what the old king had said. 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. And theodor of the animals became a bit more tolerable.A young Arab, also loaded down with baggage, entered, and greeted theEnglishman.\"Where are you bound?\" asked the young Arab.\"I'm going into the desert,\" the man answered, turning back to his reading.He didn't want any conversation at this point. 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. 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. Africa was only a few hoursfrom Tarifa; one had only to cross the narrow straits by boat. If I'm on themarch, I just concentrate on marching. 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. They reached the center of a largeplaza where the market was held. 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. Read key facts, the plot summary, and important quotes . Hewas selling better than ever as if time had turned back to the old dayswhen the street had been one of Tangier's major attractions.\"Business has really improved,\" he said to the boy, after the customer hadleft. \"I have to go and gather my sheep andget going.\"\"Give me one-tenth of your sheep,\" said the old man, \"and I'll tell you howto find the hidden treasure.\"The boy remembered his dream, and suddenly everything was clear to him.The old woman hadn't charged him anything, but the old manmaybe hewas her husbandwas going to find a way to get much more money inexchange for information about something that didn't even exist. The boyand the Englishman had bought camels, and climbed uncertainly onto theirbacks. 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. The Englishman had been profoundly impressedby the story. The other man remarked that tea was alwaysmore delicious when it was served in crystal, because the aroma wasretained. 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. \"And ask for aglass of wine for me. Then he asked that everyone, including his own sentinels, handover their arms to the men appointed by the tribal chieftains.\"Those are the rules of war,\" the leader explained. \"Maybe no one herehas, either.\"The Englishman's eyes lit up. 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 haddecided, the night before, that he would be as much an adventurer as theones he had admired in books.He walked slowly through the market. Theysearched everywhere, and found that the oasis was much larger than theycould have imagined; there were hundreds of tents.\"We've wasted almost the entire day,\" said the Englishman, sitting downwith the boy near one of the wells.\"Maybe we'd better ask someone,\" the boy suggested.The Englishman didn't want to tell others about his reasons for being at theoasis, and couldn't make up his mind. 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. But she said nothing.\"Then, at the Egyptian pyramids,\"he said the last three words slowly, sothat the old woman would understand\"the child said to me, If you comehere, you will find a hidden treasure.' \"When he was a child, that man wanted to travel, too. Don't try to enterinto the life of the oasis,\" he said, and walked away.But the Englishman was exultant. Hewas a devout man, and, even with all his impatience, he wanted to live hislife in accordance with Muslim law.\"What's the fifth obligation?\" the boy asked.\"Two days ago, you said that I had never dreamed of travel,\" the merchantanswered. "It's the simple things in life that are most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.". 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. They never have to make any decisions, he thought. The sheep will get used to my notbeing there, too, the boy thought.From where he sat, he could observe the plaza. Our Teacher Edition on The Alchemist can help. He seemed unfriendly, andhad looked irritated when the boy had entered. He was thinking about omens, and someone hadappeared.\"How come you speak Spanish?\" he asked. 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. 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. 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. '\"Relieved, the boy picked up the spoon and returned to his exploration ofthe palace, this time observing all of the works of art on the ceilings and thewalls. I'm going to hate those who have found their treasurebecause I never found mine. \"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. 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. People continued to comeand go from the baker's shop. 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. 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. \"And people say thathe is two hundred years old, and is able to transform any metal into gold.\"The Englishman could not contain his excitement. One of them, a cobbler whomade his living mending boots, said that he had traveled for almost a yearthrough the desert, but that he got more tired when he had to walk throughthe streets of Tangier buying his leather.\"\"Well, why don't you go to Mecca now?\" asked the boy.\"Because it's the thought of Mecca that keeps me alive. He was sure the girl would never understand. 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. 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. One night, acamel driver came to the fire where the Englishman and the boy weresitting. His eyes filled with tears as he spoke of the Prophet. The Alchemist a novel by Paulo Coelho. The Alchemist - read free eBook by Paolo Coelho in online reader directly on the web page. And he asked the boy if he, too, were in search ofthe alchemist.\"I'm looking for a treasure,\" said the boy, and he immediately regrettedhaving said it. Maybe the church, with thesycamore growing from within, had been haunted. 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. 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 had studied Latin,Spanish, and theology. He drank a bit from the wine thatremained from his dinner of the night before, and he gathered his jacketcloser to his body. 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. *\"I'm the leader of the caravan,\" said a dark-eyed, bearded man. He called to the boy, andthey took a walk along the dunes surrounding the encampment. The closer he got to therealization of his dream, the more difficult things became. \"The oases may notshelter armies or troops.\"To the boy's surprise, the Englishman took a chrome-plated revolver out ofhis bag and gave it to the men who were collecting the arms.\"Why a revolver?\" he asked. 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. 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. Maybe God created the desert so that mancould appreciate the date trees, he thought.He decided to concentrate on more practical matters. But let's say that the most important is that you have You can publish your book online for free in a few minutes! During the dream, a child tells him to seek treasure at the foot of the Egyptian pyramids. He was older, and was carrying a small bucket. The desert is acapricious lady, and sometimes she drives men crazy.\" He'sdoing it because it's what he wants to do,\" thought the boy. \"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. The Alchemist tells the story of a young shepherd named Santiago who is able to find a treasure beyond his wildest dreams. Struggling with distance learning? 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. \"Why are you telling me all this?\"\"Because you are trying to realize your destiny. The same book that taught me about Urimand Thummim. He no longer hadto seek out food and water for the sheep; he could go in search of histreasure, instead. Uponreturning to the wise man, he related in detail everything he had seen.\" 'But where are the drops of oil I entrusted to you?' Lots of shepherds passed through, selling their wool.\"It doesn't matter,\" he said to his sheep. 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. \"Imagine if everyone went around transforming leadinto gold. \"I'm like everyone elseI see theworld in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does.\"He ran his fingers slowly over the stones, sensing their temperature andfeeling their surfaces. \"They're only made ofrock crystal, and there are millions of rock crystals in the earth. The only thing he had noticed was that talk ofwar was becoming more and more frequent. \"Just asyour grandfather taught you. \"The shepherd said nothing. A special 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new Foreword by Paulo Coelho. The old manwore a breastplate of gold, and he knew about my past. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 20 / 94fields of Andalusia, he had become used to learning which path he shouldtake by observing the ground and the sky. 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 crystal merchant awoke with the day, and felt the same anxiety that hefelt every morning. He also tried to remembersome good stories to relate as he sheared the sheep. \"There are rumors of tribal wars,\" he told them.The three fell silent. They spent so much time close to the fire that gradually theygave up the vanities of the world. \"I dreamed that I was in a fieldwith my sheep, when a child appeared and began to play with the animals. 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. It was \"yes.\"\"Am I going to find my treasure?\" he asked.He stuck his hand into the pouch, and felt around for one of the stones. 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. The boyprodded them, one by one, with his crook, calling each by name. The problem is that they don't even realize that they're walking anew road every day. Heknew it would require a lot of patience, but shepherds know all aboutpatience. 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. 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