As soon as he had learned to know hiscamel better, and to establish a relationship with him, he threw the bookaway. The old man knew how to read, and had alreadyread the book. The only thing he had noticed was that talk ofwar was becoming more and more frequent. Books. It's going to test thecaravan's every step to see if it's in time, and, if it is, we will make it to theoasis.\"\"If either of us had joined this caravan based only on personal courage, butwithout understanding that language, this journey would have been muchmore difficult.\"They stood there looking at the moon.\"That's the magic of omens,\" said the boy. The boy had never even noticed that there was a hole in his pouch.He knelt down to find Urim and Thummim and put them back in the pouch.But as he saw them lying there on the ground, another phrase came to hismind.\"Learn to recognize omens, and follow them,\" the old king had said.An omen. Everything you need for every book you read. \"The caravan and the desert speak the same language, and it's forthat reason that the desert allows the crossing. His purpose in life was totravel, and, after two years of walking the Andalusian terrain, he knew all thecities of the region. He was sure the girl would never understand. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 6 / 94It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting,he thought, as he looked again at the position of the sun, and hurried hispace. They don't see that the fields are new and the seasonschange. And the solid part was called the Philosopher's Stone.\"It's not easy to find the Philosopher's Stone,\" said the Englishman. But, as time passes, a mysterious forcebegins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize theirdestiny.\"None of what the old man was saying made much sense to the boy. Published 1992. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 1 / 94 The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho Translated by Alan R. Clarke. 'The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world,and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.' He recognized that he was feeling something he had neverexperienced before: the desire to live in one place forever. The Alchemist Complete Novel PDF 19/04/2022 / English Books PDF, Novel / General, Paulo Coelho / By Kumar 'The Alchemist' PDF Quick download link is given at the bottom of this article. 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. When thecaravan was blocked by a boulder, it had to go around it; if there was alarge rocky area, they had to make a major detour. A recurring dream troubles Santiago, a young and adventurous Andalusian shepherd. It's with those words that the universal language is written. 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. So he began to wander through the city,and found himself at the gates. It turned out to be a bitter tea. It seemed as ifwhat the old king had called \"beginner's luck\" were no longer functioning. Once again he saw that, in that strange land, he was applying thesame lessons he had learned with his sheep.\"All things are one,\" the old man had said. Theboy felt ill and terribly alone. If he sold just one of hissheep, he'd have enough to get to the other shore of the strait. 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.\" * He put his headcloth in place and secured it with a ring made of camelskin. Yes, their days were all the same, with the seemingly endless hoursbetween sunrise and dusk; and they had never read a book in their younglives, and didn't understand when the boy told them about the sights of thecities. Like this book? A small sliver of the stone can transform large quantities of metalinto gold.\"Having heard that, the boy became even more interested in alchemy. He knew nothing aboutthe customs of the strange land he was in.\"I'll just watch him,\" he said to himself. The boy explained that it wasn't important, since that sheep was themost intelligent of the flock, and produced the most wool.\"Where is the treasure?\" he asked.\"It's in Egypt, near the Pyramids.\"The boy was startled. \"In alchemy, it's calledthe Soul of the World. \"It describes people's inability to choose theirown destinies. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 36 / 94an alchemist. In two years he hadlearned everything about shepherding: he knew how to shear sheep, how tocare for pregnant ewes, and how to protect the sheep from wolves. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 33 / 94He waited patiently for the merchant to awaken and open the shop. Read key facts, the plot summary, and important quotes . Maybe she didn't even remember him. Did you see the garden that it took the mastergardener ten years to create? About; . Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 45 / 94 *\"Why do they make things so complicated?\" he asked the Englishman onenight. \"They wanted me to be apriest, but I decided to become a shepherd.\"\"Much better,\" said the old man. But thosewho know about such things would know that those are Urim and Thummim.I didn't know that they had them in this part of the world.\"\"They were given to me as a present by a king,\" the boy said.The stranger didn't answer; instead, he put his hand in his pocket, and tookout two stones that were the same as the boy's.\"Did you say a king?\" he asked.\"I guess you don't believe that a king would talk to someone like me, ashepherd,\" he said, wanting to end the conversation.\"Not at all. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 16 / 94levanter was still getting stronger, and he felt its force on his face. And he hadn't perceived them because he had becomeaccustomed to them. I'm interested only inthe present. The othersare to pray five times a day, fast during Ramadan, and be charitable to thepoor.\"He stopped there. It seemed he had made the long journeyfor nothing. *\"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. 70,081 free ebooks. But shehadn't charged him anything.\"In order to find the treasure, you will have to follow the omens. Because life wantsyou to achieve your destiny,\" the old king had said.But the merchant understood what the boy had said. But as he held Urim and Thummim in his hand, theyhad transmitted to him the strength and will of the old king. Just by looking at them. 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. It was said that he was morethan two hundred years old, and that he had discovered the Philosopher'sStone and the Elixir of Life. 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. \"There is a universal language, understood by everybody,but already forgotten. As long as you appreciate this is poorly written feel-good tripe out of a depressed author's mind, where character development is too much for him and plot-wise everything must turn out well in the end, then read on: you're good. The heat lasted until nightfall, and all that time he had to carryhis jacket. \"I'm a shepherd, and Ihave been to many places, but I come from only one placefrom a citynear an ancient castle. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 40 / 94But, in the desert, there was only the sound of the eternal wind, and of thehoofbeats of the animals. And it ends up saying that everyone believes the world'sgreatest lie.\" I'm going to become bitter and distrustful of people because oneperson betrayed me. He was going to be able to save thelittle money he had because of a dream about hidden treasure!\"Well, interpret the dream,\" he said.\"First, swear to me. The Soul of the World is nourished bypeople's happiness. 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. For five years he hadbeen working a certain river, and had examined hundreds of thousands ofstones looking for an emerald. He recognized that he was feeling something he had neverexperienced before: the desire to live in one place forever. \"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. \"That's it! He said that for the past fewdays he had been paying attention to how the caravan operated, but that hehadn't learned anything new. Inhis pursuit of the dream, he was being constantly subjected to tests of hispersistence and courage. Some men were smoking from a gigantic pipethat they passed from one to the other. People continued to comeand go from the baker's shop. 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 27 / 94asleep. \"They are so used tome that they know my schedule,\" he muttered. It had caused him tohave the same dream for a second time, and it was causing him to feelanger toward his faithful companions. *Two more months passed, and the shelf brought many customers into thecrystal shop. They spent so much time close to the fire that gradually theygave up the vanities of the world. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 7 / 94makes a shepherd's life exciting.\"I have had the same dream twice,\" he said. \"This candy merchant isn't makingcandy so that later he can travel or marry a shopkeeper's daughter. 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 had learned that there werecertain things one shouldn't ask about, so as not to flee from one's owndestiny. = CONTENTS = Part One Part Two EpiloguePART ONEThe boy's name was Santiago. Please enter a valid web address. 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.