He suggested that the boy look around the palace and return intwo hours.\" 'Meanwhile, I want to ask you to do something,' said the wise man,handing the boy a teaspoon that held two drops of oil. He remembered thesword. Arabs oftenappeared in the city, shopping and chanting their strange prayers severaltimes a day.\"Where are you from?\" the boy asked.\"From many places.\"\"No one can be from many places,\" the boy said. Then, like a colony of worker ants, theydismantled their stalls and left.The sun began its departure, as well. Summary Read one-minute Sparklet summaries, the detailed section-by-section Summary & Analysis, or the Full Book Summary of The Alchemist . He had been in the same place for thirty years: a shop atthe top of a hilly street where few customers passed. Neither the woman nor the old man were at allimpressed by the fact that he was a shepherd. In his pouch, he had his jackethe certainly wasn't goingto need it in the desert. He had to choose between something he hadbecome accustomed to and something he wanted to have. There had been a time when he thought that his sheep couldteach him everything he needed to know about the world. There were thousands of people there,arguing, selling, and buying; vegetables for sale amongst daggers, andcarpets displayed alongside tobacco. = CONTENTS = Part One Part Two EpiloguePART ONEThe boy's name was Santiago. But the marketplace was empty, and he was far fromhome, so he wept. Once obstacles were overcome, it returned to its course, sighting ona star that indicated the location of the oasis. Sometimes it's better to leave things as they are, he thought tohimself, and decided to say nothing. The sheep were at the gates of the city, in a stable thatbelonged to a friend. *\"I need to sell some wool,\" the boy told the merchant.The shop was busy, and the man asked the shepherd to wait until theafternoon. 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. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Upgrade to A + Intro Plot Summary Summary & Analysis Themes Quotes Characters Symbols Theme Wheel Teachers and parents! Three days from now, he wouldbe with the merchant's daughter.He started to read the book he had bought. Butchildren always seem to be able to play with them without frightening them.I don't know why. The tea seemed less bitter.\"Who are you?\" he heard a voice ask him in Spanish.The boy was relieved. Ashe did so, both of them pushed through a hole in the pouch and fell to theground. They were people of the desert, and clamoredto hear his stories about the great cities.The boy told them about his life as a shepherd, and was about to tell themof his experiences at the crystal shop when the Englishman came into thetent.\"I've been looking for you all morning,\" he said, as he led the boy outside. Even meI haven't thought ofother women since I met the merchant's daughter. \"Not even the tribal chieftainsare able to see him when they want to. For five years he hadbeen working a certain river, and had examined hundreds of thousands ofstones looking for an emerald. They trust me, and they've forgotten how to rely on theirown instincts, because I lead them to nourishment. He got up to pay the bill, but the owner grabbed himand began to speak to him in an angry stream of words. The caravan would be very lucky to reach theoasis.The animals were exhausted, and the men talked among themselves lessand less. This wasn't a strange place; it was anew one.After all, what he had always wanted was just that: to know new places. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 42 / 94windstorms, and told stories about the desert.At other times, mysterious, hooded men would appear; they were Bedouinswho did surveillance along the caravan route. First he hadstudied Esperanto, then the world's religions, and now it was alchemy. 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. 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. The Alchemist - read free eBook by Paolo Coelho in online reader directly on the web page. They came in silence and departed the sameway, dressed in black garments that showed only their eyes. Neighbors movedaway, and there remained only a few small shops on the hill. pdf INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING PHENOMENON, 2012 Brahim EL FEZZAZI Paulo Coelho Full PDF Package This Paper A short summary of this paper 1 Full PDF related to this paper Download Download Full PDF Package Translate PDF 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. The old man had said to ask very clear questions, and to dothat, the boy had to know what he wanted. \"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. 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. 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. Theboy spoke very little with the Englishman, who spent most of his time withhis books.The boy observed in silence the progress of the animals and people acrossthe desert. But in the crystal shop you probably realized thateven the glasses were collaborating in your success.\"The boy thought about that for a while as he looked at the moon and thebleached sands. They spent so much time close to the fire that gradually theygave up the vanities of the world. But shehadn't charged him anything.\"In order to find the treasure, you will have to follow the omens. 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 already seen manypeople come and go, and the desert remained as it was. The hooded Bedouinsreappeared more and more frequently, and the camel driverwho hadbecome a good friend of the boy'sexplained that the war between thetribes had already begun. Only when he consents.\"Wait for the end of the war. An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 3 / 94\"How did you learn to read?\" the girl asked at one point.\"Like everybody learns,\" he said. He almostbegan to tell about his treasure, but decided not to do so. But that's the way life is with sheep and These are good omens.\" 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. Most of them he hadread in books, but he would tell them as if they were from his personalexperience. He always enjoyed seeing the happiness that the travelersexperienced when, after weeks of yellow sand and blue sky, they first sawthe green of the date palms. 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. 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. asked the wise man.\"Looking down at the spoon he held, the boy saw that the oil was gone.\" 'Well, there is only one piece of advice I can give you,' said the wisest ofwise men. 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. If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happyman. He could sell the stones and buy a return ticket. There were just drawings, coded instructions, andobscure texts. Enough to buy himself a hundred and twentysheep, a return ticket, and a license to import products from Africa into hisown country. The drivers carried thefreight themselves over such treacherous footing, and then reloaded thecamels. I'm going to become bitter and distrustful of people because oneperson betrayed me. Project Gutenberg. Lots of shepherds passed through, selling their wool.\"It doesn't matter,\" he said to his sheep. It's your mission on earth.\"\"Even when all you want to do is travel? *The Englishman was sitting on a bench in a structure that smelled ofanimals, sweat, and dust; it was part warehouse, part corral. 2 What did Santiago's parents originally hope he would be when he grew up? Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 30 / 94at my side, and those in front of me, and the conversations and prayers wewould share. They were on the right track.Finally, a young woman approached who was not dressed in black. And then they want theperson to change. 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. It had brought with it the sweat and the dreamsof men who had once left to search for the unknown, and for gold andadventureand for the Pyramids. 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. They were solitary individualswho no longer believed in things, and didn't understand that shepherdsbecome attached to their sheep. Theboy knew, and was now working toward it. The Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho which was first published in 1988. Heknew it would require a lot of patience, but shepherds know all aboutpatience. And both you and I needed to cleanse ourminds of negative thoughts.\"When they had eaten, the merchant turned to the boy and said, \"I'd like youto work in my shop. If he makes a buying mistake, it doesn't affect him much. 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. 'The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world,and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.' \"I had my orchard, my children, anda life that would change not at all until I died. \"Thealchemists spent years in their laboratories, observing the fire that purifiedthe metals. He canceled all hiscommitments and pulled together the most important of his books, and nowhere he was, sitting inside a dusty, smelly warehouse. \"And suddenly, the child took me by both hands andtransported me to the Egyptian pyramids.\"He paused for a moment to see if the woman knew what the Egyptianpyramids were. Then, taking his sheep, hewalked away. And he hadn't perceived them because he had becomeaccustomed to them. Full Book Summary. If he ever wrote a book, he thought, he wouldpresent one person at a time, so that the reader wouldn't have to worry Sometimes it's better to be withthe sheep, who don't say anything. I shouldhave repeated it for him. \"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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 45 / 94 *\"Why do they make things so complicated?\" he asked the Englishman onenight. 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.' There were no wolves in theregion, but once an animal had strayed during the night, and the boy hadhad to spend the entire next day searching for it.He swept the floor with his jacket and lay down, using the book he had justfinished reading as a pillow. Our Teacher Edition on The Alchemist can help. If hepushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens leftby God along his path.God placed them along my path. 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. And if the book was irritating, as the old man had said, theboy still had time to change it for another.\"It's a book that says the same thing almost all the other books in the worldsay,\" continued the old man. A special 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new Foreword by Paulo Coelho. I know its dimensions andhow it behaves. All his life and all his studieswere aimed at finding the one true language of the universe. The group was to remain there atthe oasis until the conflict between the tribes was over. One night, acamel driver came to the fire where the Englishman and the boy weresitting. 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. He had never even wept in frontof his own sheep. As they satdown at the only table in the place, the crystal merchant laughed.\"You didn't have to do any cleaning,\" he said. Several lost sheep. Download The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Book PDF. 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 26 / 94\"I can clean up those glasses in the window, if you want,\" said the boy.\"The way they look now, nobody is going to want to buy them.\"The man looked at him without responding.\"In exchange, you could give me something to eat.\"The man still said nothing, and the boy sensed that he was going to have tomake a decision. The old woman had said the same thing. Itwas more activity than usual for this time of the morning. \"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. He had fallen asleep in themiddle of the marketplace, and life in the plaza was about to resume.Looking around, he sought his sheep, and then realized that he was in anew world. He realized: If I can learn to understand this languagewithout words, I can learn to understand the world.Relaxed and unhurried, he resolved that he would walk through the narrowstreets of Tangier. One year, when the crop wasthe best ever, we all went to Mecca, and I satisfied the only unmetobligation in my life. \"The caravan and the desert speak the same language, and it's forthat reason that the desert allows the crossing. The two men exchangedsome words in Arabic, and the bar owner seemed irritated.\"Let's get out of here\" said the new arrival. \"Everyone has his or her own way of learning things,\"he said to himself. The Alchemist Book PDF Free Download Link Click down the button below to download the full PDF file PDF File Author Source: Twitter The author of The Alchemist PDF Book is Paulo Coelho, he was born on 24 August 1954 in Brazil Rio de Janeiro. Bakers have homes, while shepherdssleep out in the open. It prepares your spirit and your will, because there isone great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that youdo, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated inthe soul of the universe. As a child in church, he hadalways looked at the image of Saint Santiago Matamoros on his white horse,his sword unsheathed, and figures such as these kneeling at his feet. But an old king sometimes has totake some pride in himself.\" *How strange Africa is, thought the boy.He was sitting in a bar very much like the other bars he had seen along thenarrow streets of Tangier. They provided warnings aboutthieves and barbarian tribes. Sometimes, there's just no way tohold back the river. 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. I have to find a man who knows thatuniversal language. 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. Atnight, as they sat around the fire, the boy related to the driver hisadventures as a shepherd.During one of these conversations, the driver told of his own life.\"I used to live near El Cairum,\" he said. 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 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. His purpose in life was totravel, and, after two years of walking the Andalusian terrain, he knew all thecities of the region. Published 1992. Before long, maybe in just a few days, hewould be at the Pyramids. Maybe that'swhy they always stay close to me.The only things that concerned the sheep were food and water. But maybe I'llnever have another chance to get to the Pyramids in Egypt. The boy noticed that the man's clothing was strange. \"Even if you cleaned my crystal for an entire yeareven if you earned a good commission selling every piece, you would stillhave to borrow money to get to Egypt. A small sliver of the stone can transform large quantities of metalinto gold.\"Having heard that, the boy became even more interested in alchemy. I havenever heard of them, but, if it was a child who showed them to you, they If the sand was too finefor the animals' hooves, they sought a way where the sand was moresubstantial. He had not a cent in his pocket, but he had faith. Africa was only a few hoursfrom Tarifa; one had only to cross the narrow straits by boat. They were his treasure. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 11 / 94books. Maybe God created the desert so that mancould appreciate the date trees, he thought.He decided to concentrate on more practical matters. In the crowd were women,children, and a number of men with swords at their belts and rifles slung ontheir shoulders. 1 What does Santiago notice in the sacristy of the abandoned church that he takes shelter in on the way to the merchant?