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He saw the gardens, the mountains all around him, the beauty of theflowers, and the taste with which everything had been selected. They were on the right track.Finally, a young woman approached who was not dressed in black. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 24 / 94Even if he never got to the Pyramids, he had already traveled farther thanany shepherd he knew. \"They are calledUrim and Thummim. He had come to the town only to find a woman who couldinterpret his dream. He had spent enormous amounts of timeat the great libraries of the world, and had purchased all the rarest and mostimportant volumes on alchemy. 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 instead of being saddened, he was happy. And then they want theperson to change. For five years he hadbeen working a certain river, and had examined hundreds of thousands ofstones looking for an emerald. He never realized thatpeople are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.\"\"He should have decided to become a shepherd,\" the boy said. Full Book Summary. 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. The miner, with all the angerand frustration of his five fruitless years, picked up the stone and threw itaside. \"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 boy saw a man appear behind the counter. If he sold just one of hissheep, he'd have enough to get to the other shore of the strait. That he had attended aseminary until he was sixteen. That he wanted to travel. This is aport, and every port has its thieves.\"The boy trusted his new friend. 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? And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. 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. The miner hadabandoned everything to go mining for emeralds. 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. \"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. He didn't need to seek out the oldwoman for this! 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. If he ever wrote a book, he thought, he wouldpresent one person at a time, so that the reader wouldn't have to worry Ashe walked past the city's castle, he interrupted his return, and climbed thestone ramp that led to the top of the wall. But then he remembered that he wasn't going to have topay anything.\"I didn't need to waste my time just for this,\" he said.\"I told you that your dream was a difficult one. The peoplewere also praying to heaven for protection.A long note was sounded on a bugle, and everyone mounted up. It seemed he had made the long journeyfor nothing. \"Hewanted your money,\" he said. In the desert, disobedience means death.\"There was a murmur from the crowd. If we serve tea in crystal, the shop is going to expand. They have gottenused to my being away, and so have I. The tea seemed less bitter.\"Who are you?\" he heard a voice ask him in Spanish.The boy was relieved. He took out his money and counted it.\"We could get to the Pyramids by tomorrow,\" said the other, taking themoney. 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. 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. 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. Maybe that'swhy they always stay close to me.The only things that concerned the sheep were food and water. 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. 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. He knew that in thecaravan there was a man to whom he was to teach some of his secrets. I understand sheep;they're no longer a problem, and they can be good friends. 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. If the sand was too finefor the animals' hooves, they sought a way where the sand was moresubstantial. He'sdoing it because it's what he wants to do,\" thought the boy. And don't forget the language of omens. The dunes were changed constantlyby the wind, yet these were the same sands he had known since he was achild. 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 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. 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. He was more confident in himself, though, andfelt as though he could conquer the world.\"But I'm going back to the fields that I know, to take care of my flockagain.\" He said that to himself with certainty, but he was no longer happywith his decision. He hadalways believed that the sheep were able to understand what he said. When he's anold man, he's going to spend a month in Africa. \"I dreamed that I was in a fieldwith my sheep, when a child appeared and began to play with the animals. 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. The boy had already had experience on theroad with Gypsies; they also traveled, but they had no flocks of sheep.People said that Gypsies spent their lives tricking others. First he hadstudied Esperanto, then the world's religions, and now it was alchemy. But I had to insist on the payment of sixsheep because I helped you to make your decision.\"The boy put the stones in his pouch. Sometimes it's better to leave things as they are, he thought tohimself, and decided to say nothing. They tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hearthem. At the beginning of the novel, the protagonist Santiago is launched on a quest for his treasurehis Personal Legendthrough his encounter . 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. 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. Ashe did so, both of them pushed through a hole in the pouch and fell to theground. And, just as she was about to showme the exact location, I woke up. It was the time of day when all of Spain slept duringthe summer. *\"That's strange,\" said the boy, as he tried once again to read the burial 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. But thistime I'll be smarter, the boy thought, removing them from the pouch so hecould put them in his pocket. Then, like a colony of worker ants, theydismantled their stalls and left.The sun began its departure, as well. The two men exchangedsome words in Arabic, and the bar owner seemed irritated.\"Let's get out of here\" said the new arrival. Itwas there that the wise man lived.\"Rather than finding a saintly man, though, our hero, on entering the mainroom of the castle, saw a hive of activity: tradesmen came and went,people were conversing in the corners, a small orchestra was playing softmusic, and there was a table covered with platters of the most deliciousfood in that part of the world. The oldman was probably a Gypsy, too.But before the boy could say anything, the old man leaned over, picked upa stick, and began to write in the sand of the plaza. 'As you wanderaround, carry this spoon with you without allowing the oil to spill.' Books. Don't try to enterinto the life of the oasis,\" he said, and walked away.But the Englishman was exultant. ISBN -7225-3293-8. But, whichever it is, I'm going to chargeyou for the consultation.\"Another trick, the boy thought. But, just before lunchtime, a boy stopped in front of the shop.He was dressed normally, but the practiced eyes of the crystal merchantcould see that the boy had no money to spend. The problem is that they don't even realize that they're walking anew road every day. *They were strange books. Three days from now, he wouldbe with the merchant's daughter.He started to read the book he had bought. 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 13 / 94\"Well, he thought about that,\" the old man said. It reminded him of thewool from his sheep his sheep who were now seeking food and water inthe fields of Andalusia, as they always had.\"They're not my sheep anymore,\" he said to himself, without nostalgia.\"They must be used to their new shepherd, and have probably alreadyforgotten me. I can learn something from the desert, too. 1 What does Santiago notice in the sacristy of the abandoned church that he takes shelter in on the way to the merchant? \"People will pass byand bump into it, and pieces will be broken.\"\"Well, when I took my sheep through the fields some of them might havedied if we had come upon a snake. \"If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck andcoincidence. 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.' Theold man wore a breastplate of heavy gold, covered with precious stones.The boy recalled the brilliance he had noticed on the previous day.He really was a king! The nearby city of Ceuta hadgrown faster than Tangier, and business had fallen off. 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