He was older, and was carrying a small bucket. On the very first page itdescribed a burial ceremony. If he did, it waspossible that the Arab would want a part of it as payment for taking himthere. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 46 / 94\"Go back to watching the caravan,\" he said. \"I hold thepower of life and death for every person I take with me. Buthe was excited at his intuitive understanding of the camel driver's comment:maybe he was also learning the universal language that deals with the pastand the present of all people. The Alchemist: 25th Anniversary Edition by Paulo Coelho fThe Alchemist: 25th Anniversary Edition PDF The Alchemist: 25th Anniversary Edition by by Paulo Coelho This The Alchemist: 25th Anniversary Edition book is not really ordinary book, you have it then the world is in your hands. They provided warnings aboutthieves and barbarian tribes. He had had the same dreamthat night as a week ago, and once again he had awakened before it ended.He arose and, taking up his crook, began to awaken the sheep that stillslept. The Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that was first published in 1988. As he read on, an old man sat down at his side andtried to strike up a conversation.\"What are they doing?\" the old man asked, pointing at the people in theplaza.\"Working,\" the boy answered dryly, making it look as if he wanted toconcentrate on his reading.Actually, he was thinking about shearing his sheep in front of themerchant's daughter, so that she could see that he was someone who wascapable of doing difficult things. *The Englishman was sitting on a bench in a structure that smelled ofanimals, sweat, and dust; it was part warehouse, part corral. Theowner of the bar came over and looked, as well. He also tried to remembersome good stories to relate as he sheared the sheep. \"There's a caravan leaving todayfor Al-Fayoum.\"\"But I'm going to Egypt,\" the boy said.\"Al-Fayoum is in Egypt,\" said the Arab. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 32 / 94begin to sell tea in the crystal glasses. \"When I'm eating, that's all I think about. One always had something thatthe other neededas if everything were indeed written by one hand. 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 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. I'm used to theway I am.\"The boy didn't know what to say. If I don't find it, I can always go home. He had never even wept in frontof his own sheep. As he mused about these things, he realized that he had to choosebetween thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as anadventurer in quest of his treasure.\"I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure,\" he said to himself. \"You and I aren't like Hassan, that richmerchant. But hewanted to know what the \"mysterious force\" was; the merchant's daughterwould be impressed when he told her about that!\"It's a force that appears to be negative, but actually shows you how torealize your destiny. Thedays had always been silent, but now, even the nightswhen the travelerswere accustomed to talking around the fireshad also become quiet. As they satdown at the only table in the place, the crystal merchant laughed.\"You didn't have to do any cleaning,\" he said. \"Hewanted your money,\" he said. He hadalways believed that the sheep were able to understand what he 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. But he knew that Salem wasn't in Andalusia. \"Well, I'm the king ofSalem!\"People say strange things, the boy thought. There was a small building there, with awindow at which people bought tickets to Africa. 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. A shepherd may like to travel, but he should never forget about hissheep.The old man looked at the boy and, with his hands held together, madeseveral strange gestures over the boy's head. They trust me, and they've forgotten how to rely on theirown instincts, because I lead them to nourishment. Dusk was falling as the boy arrived with hisherd at an abandoned church. But he hadfound a guide, and didn't want to miss out on an opportunity.\"You have to cross the entire Sahara desert,\" said the young man. That he had attended aseminary until he was sixteen. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 13 / 94\"Well, he thought about that,\" the old man said. He was sure the girl would never understand. \"They are calledUrim and Thummim. \"They're only made ofrock crystal, and there are millions of rock crystals in the earth. If someone isn't what others want them to be, the othersbecome angry. The dunes were changed constantlyby the wind, yet these were the same sands he had known since he was achild. 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. 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. 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 got up to pay the bill, but the owner grabbed himand began to speak to him in an angry stream of words. \"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. And don't forget the language of omens. It was the time of day when all of Spain slept duringthe summer. Looking at the sun, hecalculated that he would reach Tarifa before midday. If the sand was too finefor the animals' hooves, they sought a way where the sand was moresubstantial. 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 told the boy it was no coincidence that he had met him with Urim andThummim in his hand. 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. She would never know the difference, because she didn't knowhow to read.Meanwhile, the old man persisted in his attempt to strike up a conversation.He said that he was tired and thirsty, and asked if he might have a sip ofthe boy's wine. They never have to make any decisions, he thought. *At the highest point in Tarifa there is an old fort, built by the Moors. . Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 19 / 94again after having charged him his one-tenth fee. We areobliged, at least once in our lives, to visit the holy city of Mecca.\"Mecca is a lot farther away than the Pyramids. Just by looking at them. 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. Uponreturning to the wise man, he related in detail everything he had seen.\" 'But where are the drops of oil I entrusted to you?' "I'm like everyone else-I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does.". They spent so much time close to the fire that gradually theygave up the vanities of the world. \"Alchemy is a serious discipline. The treasure is at thePyramids; that you already knew. Published 1992. 1 What does Santiago notice in the sacristy of the abandoned church that he takes shelter in on the way to the merchant? \"And, as he smothered the coals in the hookah, he told the boy that he could 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. Once again he was experiencing thelanguage without words the universal language.The Englishman asked if they were in danger.\"Once you get into the desert, there's no going back,\" said the camel driver.\"And, when you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way ofmoving forward. 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. They were fascinating stories:each of them lived out his destiny to the end. But you know that I'm not going to go to Mecca. We have to take advantage whenluck is on our side, and do as much to help it as it's doing to help us. But as he held Urim and Thummim in his hand, theyhad transmitted to him the strength and will of the old king. But he trusted in the old man, whohad said that, when you really want something, the universe alwaysconspires in your favor. Maybe God created the desert so that mancould appreciate the date trees, he thought.He decided to concentrate on more practical matters. He was about the same age and height as the boy.\"Almost everyone here speaks Spanish. Download Free PDF. It was the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love There, in front of him, where the small starshad been the night before, was an endless row of date palms, stretchingacross the entire desert.\"We've done it!\" said the Englishman, who had also awakened early.But the boy was quiet. No hope, no adventure, no oldkings or destinies, no treasure, and no Pyramids. Who knows,maybe they had failed to discover the secret of the Master WorkthePhilosopher's Stoneand for this reason kept their knowledge tothemselves.He had already spent much of the fortune left to him by his father, fruitlesslyseeking the Philosopher's Stone. But thistime I'll be smarter, the boy thought, removing them from the pouch so hecould put them in his pocket. The Alchemist is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that was first published in 1988. 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. Then, like a colony of worker ants, theydismantled their stalls and left.The sun began its departure, as well. A special 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new Foreword by Paulo Coelho. In just a few hours he had seen menwalking hand in hand, women with their faces covered, and priests thatclimbed to the tops of towers and chantedas everyone about him went totheir knees and placed their foreheads on the ground.\"A practice of infidels,\" he said to himself. 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. = CONTENTS = Part One Part Two EpiloguePART ONEThe boy's name was Santiago. 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. That's why I'm here. What he had to beconcerned about was his treasure, and how he was going to go aboutgetting it. Share to Twitter . As the time passed, the boy found himself wishing that theday would never end, that her father would stay busy and keep him waitingfor three days. \"But bakers are moreimportant people than shepherds. And you are at the pointwhere you're about to give it all up.\"\"And that's when you always appear on the scene?\"\"Not always in this way, but I always appear in one form or another.Sometimes I appear in the form of a solution, or a good idea. 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. \"Maybe no one herehas, either.\"The Englishman's eyes lit up. The Alchemist Summary Next Prologue In the Prologue, the alchemist reads a story about Narcissus a youth so fascinated by his own beautiful reflection that he falls into a lake and drowns. \"They wanted me to be apriest, but I decided to become a shepherd.\"\"Much better,\" said the old man. \"And todo that, you need money. 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. But they couldnever have taught him Arabic.There are probably other things in the world that the sheep can't teach me,thought the boy as he regarded the old merchant. 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. Sometimes it's better to be withthe sheep, who don't say anything. \"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. If hepushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens leftby God along his path.God placed them along my path. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 50 / 94here at the oasis.\"The woman said she had never heard of such a person, and hurried away.But before she fled, she advised the boy that he had better not try toconverse with women who were dressed in black, because they weremarried women. 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. He put his headcloth in place and secured it with a ring made of camelskin. It was the old manwho had asked for a drink of his wine, and had started the conversation.\"Give me my book,\" the boy said. \"What kind of Arab are you?\"\"That's a good luck omen,\" the Englishman said, after the fat Arab had goneout. Three days from now, he wouldbe with the merchant's daughter.He started to read the book he had bought. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 34 / 94and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired.Tangier was no longer a strange city, and he felt that, just as he hadconquered this place, he could conquer the world.\"When you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieveit,\" the old king had said.But the old king hadn't said anything about being robbed, or about endlessdeserts, or about people who know what their dreams are but don't want torealize them. And joining this caravan may havebeen my decision, but where it goes is going to be a mystery to me.Nearby was the Englishman, reading a book. So the boy sat on the steps of the shop and took a book fromhis bag.\"I didn't know shepherds knew how to read,\" said a girl's voice behind him.The girl was typical of the region of Andalusia, with flowing black hair, andeyes that vaguely recalled the Moorish conquerors.\"Well, usually I learn more from my sheep than from books,\" he answered.During the two hours that they talked, she told him she was the merchant'sdaughter, and spoke of life in the village, where each day was like all theothers. Maybe no one here knows what analchemist is! Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 3 / 94\"How did you learn to read?\" the girl asked at one point.\"Like everybody learns,\" he said. \"Follow the omens.\"The boy picked up Urim and Thummim, and, once again, had the strangesensation that the old king was nearby. \"They come in search of new things, but when they leave theyare basically the same people they were when they arrived. 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. But now I'm sad andalone. The old woman had said the same thing. \"But I want one-tenthof the treasure, if you find it.\"The boy laughedout of happiness. Inhis pursuit of the dream, he was being constantly subjected to tests of hispersistence and courage. He had been to the village only once, the year before. When I was young, all Iwanted to do was put together enough money to start this shop. *\"I'm the leader of the caravan,\" said a dark-eyed, bearded man. But there was one idea thatseemed to repeat itself throughout all the books: all things are themanifestation of one thing only.In one of the books he learned that the most important text in the literatureof alchemy contained only a few lines, and had been inscribed on thesurface of an emerald.\"It's the Emerald Tablet,\" said the Englishman, proud that he might teachsomething to the boy.\"Well, then, why do we need all these books?\" the boy asked.\"So that we can understand those few lines,\" the Englishman answered,without appearing really to believe what he had said. Read key facts, the plot summary, and important quotes . The boy saw a man appear behind the counter. He believed in omens. 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. 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. The merchants were assembling theirstalls, and the boy helped a candy seller to do his. 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. From where hestood, he saw for the first time that the old merchant's hair was very muchlike the hair of the old king. \"This candy merchant isn't makingcandy so that later he can travel or marry a shopkeeper's daughter. 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. He had not a cent in his pocket, but he had faith. But when he thought to complain about the burden of its weight,he remembered that, because he had the jacket, he had withstood the coldof the dawn.We have to be prepared for change, he thought, and he was grateful for thejacket's weight and warmth.The jacket had a purpose, and so did the boy. He called to the boy, andthey took a walk along the dunes surrounding the encampment. 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. The third said that it was a tradition in the Orient to use crystalglasses for tea because it had magical powers.Before long, the news spread, and a great many people began to climb thehill to see the shop that was doing something new in a trade that was soold. 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. But I'm afraid that it would all be a disappointment, so I preferjust to dream about it.\"That day, the merchant gave the boy permission to build the display. \"Because you really like to travel.\"\"He knew what I was thinking,\" the boy said to himself. Noteveryone can see his dreams come true in the same way. There was afull moon, and the boy told the Englishman the story of his life.The Englishman was fascinated with the part about the progress achieved atthe crystal shop after the boy began working there.\"That's the principle that governs all things,\" he said. *They were strange books. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 21 / 94He took his money from his pouch and showed it to the young man. 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. But the Englishman appeared not to attach any importance toit.\"In a way, so am I,\" he said.\"I don't even know what alchemy is,\" the boy was saying, when thewarehouse boss called to them to come outside. I began to make somemoney, but I could never bring myself to leave someone in charge of theshop; the crystals are delicate things. 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. The boy swore to Jesus Christ. Theboy felt ill and terribly alone. Andthen I'll have to change my way of life.\"\"Well, isn't that good?\"\"I'm already used to the way things are. He was at home with the silence of the desert, andhe was content just to look at the trees. An alchemist.\"The conversation was interrupted by the warehouse boss.\"You're in luck, you two,\" the fat Arab said. \"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. \"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. 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. He had already seen manypeople come and go, and the desert remained as it was. They don't see that the fields are new and the seasonschange. Ashe did so, both of them pushed through a hole in the pouch and fell to theground. \"I'm doing much better, and soon you'll be able to return to your sheep.Why ask more out of life?\"\"Because we have to respond to omens,\" the boy said, almost withoutmeaning to; then he regretted what he had said, because the merchant hadnever met the king.\"It's called the principle of favorability, beginner's luck. If we serve tea in crystal, the shop is going to expand. His purpose in life was totravel, and, after two years of walking the Andalusian terrain, he knew all thecities of the region. But this fear evaporates when we understandthat our life stories and the history of the world were written by the samehand.\"Sometimes, their caravan met with another. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 28 / 94with shepherds.\"The merchant turned to a customer who wanted three crystal glasses. If a guide were to fall ill or die, the camel drivers would draw lotsand appoint a new one. 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. It had caused him tohave the same dream for a second time, and it was causing him to feelanger toward his faithful companions. \"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. \"His way isn't the same as mine, nor mine as his. Other shops were opened that served tea in crystal, but they weren't atthe top of a hill, and they had little business.Eventually, the merchant had to hire two more employees. \"That's it! But the marketplace was empty, and he was far fromhome, so he wept. 2 of 25. Project Gutenberg. *A card hanging in the doorway announced that several languages werespoken in the shop. With the girl withthe raven hair, his days would never be the same again.But finally the merchant appeared, and asked the boy to shear four sheep.He paid for the wool and asked the shepherd to come back the followingyear. And the leader posted armed sentinels at the fringes of the group.The Englishman was unable to sleep one night. 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. 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 took out his money and counted it.\"We could get to the Pyramids by tomorrow,\" said the other, taking themoney. God hasprepared a path for everyone to follow. 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. 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. 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. 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. About The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Book PDF; Language : English; Pullisher : Harper; Later Printing edition ; ISBN-10 : 9788172234980; ISBN-13 : 978-8172234980; The Thatwind had brought the Moors, yes, but it had also brought the smell of thedesert and of veiled women. The day was hot, and the wine wasrefreshing. \"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. They placed the symbolsof the pilgrimage on the doors of their houses. 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