Themerchant was the proprietor of a dry goods shop, and he always demandedthat the sheep be sheared in his presence, so that he would not becheated. An old man, with a breastplate of gold, wouldn'thave lied just to acquire six sheep.The old man had spoken about signs and omens, and, as the boy wascrossing the strait, he had thought about omens. 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. He had already imagined the scene manytimes; every time, the girl became fascinated when he explained that thesheep had to be sheared from back to front. Then he turned to theboy.\"I am proud of you,\" he said. The boy watched it through itstrajectory for some time, until it was hidden behind the white housessurrounding the plaza. He had surprised himself with the thought.Until then, he had considered the omens to be things of this world. In the crowd were women,children, and a number of men with swords at their belts and rifles slung ontheir shoulders. 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. He really was aking, a wise king.The hills of Andalusia were only two hours away, but there was an entiredesert between him and the Pyramids. When he speaks in our language, Ican interpret what he has said. 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. ISBN 0-7225-3293-8. They might even havebecome friends, but the Englishman closed off the conversation.The boy closed his book. The boy, accustomed to recognizing omens, spoke to the merchant.\"Let's sell tea to the people who climb the hill.\"\"Lots of places sell tea around here,\" the merchant said.\"But we could sell tea in crystal glasses. \"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. I know good crystal from bad, andeverything else there is to know about crystal. He transformed himselfinto a stone that rolled up to the miner's foot. \"Tangier is not like the rest of Africa. 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. It was the time of day when all of Spain slept duringthe summer. 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? 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! There areother things I do, too, but most of the time people don't realize I've donethem.\"The old man related that, the week before, he had been forced to appearbefore a miner, and had taken the form of a stone. *The boy couldn't believe what he was seeing: the oasis, rather than beingjust a well surrounded by a few palm treesas he had seen once in ageography bookwas much larger than many towns back in Spain. The boy felt jealous of the freedom of thewind, and saw that he could have the same freedom. Theboy knew, and was now working toward it. It had been eleven months and nine dayssince he had first set foot on the African continent.He dressed in his Arabian clothing of white linen, bought especially for thisday. He had remembered that one of thecrystal merchant's suppliers transported his crystal by means of caravansthat crossed the desert. I've already imagined a thousand times crossing the desert, arrivingat the Plaza of the Sacred Stone, the seven times I walk around it beforeallowing myself to touch it. \"Well, I'm the king ofSalem!\"People say strange things, the boy thought. Published 1992. And the names of the people involved werevery difficult to pronounce. Then leave with the caravan. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. He had suddenly remembered that, in Tarifa, there was an old womanwho interpreted dreams. He had already seen manypeople come and go, and the desert remained as it was. 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. I hate this tea.\"\"There is no wine in this country,\" the young man said. 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. If he were to say anything, the bakerwould spend three days thinking about giving it all up, even though he hadgotten used to the way things were. It was the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love A friend had told the boy about the shop, and he had taken hissheep there. If he makes a buying mistake, it doesn't affect him much. 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. Don't try to enterinto the life of the oasis,\" he said, and walked away.But the Englishman was exultant. One night, acamel driver came to the fire where the Englishman and the boy weresitting. That's the world'sgreatest lie.\"\"That's never happened to me,\" the boy said. 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. He was planning, on this visit, to explain to the girl howit was that a simple shepherd knew how to read. wishing that he had died, and that everythingwould end forever at that moment.The merchant looked anxiously at the boy. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 1 / 94 The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho Translated by Alan R. Clarke. The boyand the Englishman had bought camels, and climbed uncertainly onto theirbacks. Itmade me very depressed. 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. Theowner of the bar came over and looked, as well. The thief wasn't there, and theowner brought him a cup of tea.I can always go back to being a shepherd, the boy thought. Butthis was the present momentthe party the camel driver had mentionedand he wanted to live it as he did the lessons of his past and his dreams ofthe future. It's the simple things in lifethat are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.And since I am not wise, I have had to learn other arts, such as the readingof palms.\"\"Well, how am I going to get to Egypt?\"\"I only interpret dreams. He had unraveled the truths behindimportant questions, but his studies had taken him to a point beyond whichhe could not seem to go. 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. Like crickets, and like expectations;like lizards and four-leaf clovers.\"That's right,\" said the old man, able to read the boy's thoughts. Myneighbors feared they would lose all their olive trees in the flood, and mywife was afraid that we would lose our children. This was a port town, and the only truthfulthing his friend had told him was that port towns are full of thieves.Now he understood why the owner of the bar had been so upset: he was "And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.". 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. He had discovered that thepresence of a certain bird meant that a snake was nearby, and that acertain shrub was a sign that there was water in the area. He looked around at the empty plaza again,feeling less desperate than before. Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations. The boyprodded them, one by one, with his crook, calling each by name. But use them to buy your flock. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 47 / 94The boy awoke as the sun rose. The If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happyman. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 46 / 94\"Go back to watching the caravan,\" he said. And yet,none of these people has ever met the old king. He remembered the smile of the candy seller,on his first day in Tangier, when he had nothing to eat and nowhere to gothat smile had also been like the old king's smile.It's almost as if he had been here and left his mark, he thought. Free, PDF, The Alchemist, Download, Paulo Coelho. \"They are so used tome that they know my schedule,\" he muttered. They workedhard just to have food and water, like the sheep. Good afternoon.\"And he vanished around the corner of the plaza. He believed in omens. It was only theEnglishman who was unaware of all this; he was, for the most part,immersed in reading his books.The boy, too, had his book, and he had tried to read it during the first fewdays of the journey. \"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. The silence of thedesert was a distant dream; the travelers in the caravan were talkingincessantly, laughing and shouting, as if they had emerged from thespiritual world and found themselves once again in the world of people.They were relieved and happy.They had been taking careful precautions in the desert, but the camel driverexplained to the boy that oases were always considered to be neutralterritories, because the majority of the inhabitants were women andchildren. Just as I hadn't realized that for so many years Ihad been speaking a language without words to my sheep.\"Do you want to go to work for me?\" the merchant asked.\"I can work for the rest of today,\" the boy answered. So he could not be hasty, nor impatient. It's your mission on earth.\"\"Even when all you want to do is travel? We are part of that soul, so we rarely recognizethat it is working for us. I could die happily, and that made me feel good.\"One day, the earth began to tremble, and the Nile overflowed its banks. And don't forget the language of omens. 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. "It's the simple things in life that are most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.". Butwe're both in search of our destinies, and I respect him for that.\" *The caravan began to travel day and night. He had never beento that ruined church before, in spite of having traveled through those partsmany times. 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. You can see the PDF demo, size of the PDF, page numbers, and direct download Free PDF of 'The Alchemist Novel' using the download button. 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