In the crowd were women,children, and a number of men with swords at their belts and rifles slung ontheir shoulders. God hasprepared a path for everyone to follow. As they satdown at the only table in the place, the crystal merchant laughed.\"You didn't have to do any cleaning,\" he said. Theboy was beginning to understand that intuition is really a sudden immersionof the soul into the universal current of life, where the histories of all peopleare connected, and we are able to know everything, because it's all writtenthere.\"Maktub,\" the boy said, remembering the crystal merchant.The desert was all sand in some stretches, and rocky in others. The Alchemist is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that was first published in 1988. So he could not be hasty, nor impatient. Thenthe two went off to have some more tea.\"I'm leaving today,\" said the boy. \"They're only made ofrock crystal, and there are millions of rock crystals in the earth. He seemed unfriendly, andhad looked irritated when the boy had entered. They don't see that the fields are new and the seasonschange. He knew nothing aboutthe customs of the strange land he was in.\"I'll just watch him,\" he said to himself. He almostbegan to tell about his treasure, but decided not to do so. 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 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. He knew that a few hours from now, with the sun at itszenith, the heat would be so great that he would not be able to lead hisflock across the fields. Itmade me very depressed. Theboy repeated his question.\"Why do you want to find that sort of person?\" the Arab asked.\"Because my friend here has traveled for many months in order to meet withhim,\" the boy said.\"If such a man is here at the oasis, he must be the very powerful one,\" saidthe old man after thinking for a few moments. And theodor of the animals became a bit more tolerable.A young Arab, also loaded down with baggage, entered, and greeted theEnglishman.\"Where are you bound?\" asked the young Arab.\"I'm going into the desert,\" the man answered, turning back to his reading.He didn't want any conversation at this point. I need to buy my sheep back, so I have to earn themoney to do so.\" \"Hewanted your money,\" he said. 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. Maybe no one here knows what analchemist is! It was bunched up, and he had hardly thought of it for along time. And then they want theperson to change. \"Follow the omens.\"The boy picked up Urim and Thummim, and, once again, had the strangesensation that the old king was nearby. But he had thrown it with such force that it broke the stone it fellupon, and there, embedded in the broken stone, was the most beautifulemerald in the world.\"People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being,\" said the oldman, with a certain bitterness. Then when he spoke about me he would say that Iam Melchizedek, the king of Salem.He looked to the skies, feeling a bit abashed, and said, \"I know it's thevanity of vanities, as you said, my Lord. 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. The most prominent theme in The Alchemist is the idea that each person has a "Personal Legend"a type of ideal fate or destinyand that each person can chose whether or not to pursue that legend. Even the guides spoke very little to one another.\"I've crossed these sands many times,\" said one of the camel drivers onenight. Even meI haven't thought ofother women since I met the merchant's daughter. The boy smiled to himself. \"Amongst us, the only ones who travel arethe shepherds.\"\"Well, then I'll be a shepherd!\"His father said no more. It had caused him tohave the same dream for a second time, and it was causing him to feelanger toward his faithful companions. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 17 / 94The old man opened his cape, and the boy was struck by what he saw. The closer he got to therealization of his dream, the more difficult things became. 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. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 47 / 94The boy awoke as the sun rose. 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. Nevertheless, the merchantdecided to delay his lunch for a few minutes until the boy moved on. It was as if the world hadfallen silent because the boy's soul had. Heknew how to speak Esperanto, he understood all the major religions well,but he wasn't yet an alchemist. \"Ineed you to help me find out where the alchemist lives.\"First, they tried to find him on their own. By the time he had hadenough of the sea, he would already have known other cities, other women,and other chances to be happy. ISBN -7225-3293-8. \"You and I aren't like Hassan, that richmerchant. Now it was too late tochange anythingthe only thing he had ever learned to do was to buy andsell crystal glassware. There were oases throughout the desert, but the tribesmen foughtin the desert, leaving the oases as places of refuge.With some difficulty, the leader of the caravan brought all his peopletogether and gave them his instructions. Two customers came in today while you were working,and that's a good omen.\"People talk a lot about omens, thought the shepherd. He didn't want tocry with the other people there. And, just as she was about to showme the exact location, I woke up. Hecouldn't have been wrong.\"I had never heard of alchemists before,\" the boy said. He went on tellingstories about his travels, and her bright, Moorish eyes went wide with fearand surprise. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2019-08-17 17:11:21 Identifier thealchemist_201908 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6b35q07j Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR) Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 1 / 94 The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho Translated by Alan R. Clarke. Why not?He suddenly felt tremendously happy. *\"People from all over the world have passed through this village, son,\" saidhis father. He held Urim and Thummim in his hand; becauseof those two stones, he was once again on the way to his treasure.\"I am always nearby, when someone wants to realize their destiny,\" the oldking had told him.What could it cost to go over to the supplier's warehouse and find out if thePyramids were really that far away? He quickly pulled his hands away.\"I didn't come here to have you read my palm,\" he said, already regrettinghaving come. At othertimes, at a crucial moment, I make it easier for things to happen. Then she tookboth of his hands in hers, and began quietly to pray.It sounded like a Gypsy prayer. The men of the oasis wanted to know if they hadseen any fighting, and the women competed with one another for access tothe cloth and precious stones brought by the merchants. When he speaks in our language, Ican interpret what he has said. The other man remarked that tea was alwaysmore delicious when it was served in crystal, because the aroma wasretained. I don't know how to turn them into reality. They climb themountain to see the castle, and they wind up thinking that the past wasbetter than what we have now. 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. "It's the simple things in life that are most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.". In return, I needmoney to get to Egypt tomorrow.\"The merchant laughed. There are thousands of kilometers ofdesert between here and there.\"There was a moment of silence so profound that it seemed the city was Gold would lose its value.\"It's only those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, whoachieve the Master Work. \"I'll work all night, untildawn, and I'll clean every piece of crystal in your shop. \"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. Neighbors movedaway, and there remained only a few small shops on the hill. One afternoon, on a visit to his family,he had summoned up the courage to tell his father that he didn't want tobecome a priest. This is aport, and every port has its thieves.\"The boy trusted his new friend. He went downthe stairs and found the merchant waiting on a foreign couple, while twoother customers walked about the shop, drinking tea from crystal glasses. They tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hearthem. Maybe God created the desert so that mancould appreciate the date trees, he thought.He decided to concentrate on more practical matters. I shouldhave repeated it for him. He had done this for years, and knew the schedule of everyonewho passed. They placed the symbolsof the pilgrimage on the doors of their houses. A sycamore tree. The peoplewere also praying to heaven for protection.A long note was sounded on a bugle, and everyone mounted up. They reminded him of the old man.\"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you toachieve it,\" he had said.The boy was trying to understand the truth of what the old man had said.There he was in the empty marketplace, without a cent to his name, andwith not a sheep to guard through the night. \"Inany case, it's good that you've learned that everything in life has its price.This is what the Warriors of the Light try to teach.\"The old man returned the book to the boy.\"Tomorrow, at this same time, bring me a tenth of your flock. 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! Maybe the church, with thesycamore growing from within, had been haunted. The nearby city of Ceuta hadgrown faster than Tangier, and business had fallen off. As he took his jacket out of the pouch, thinking to give it tosomeone in the street, the two stones fell to the floor. Sometimes, there's just no way tohold back the river. \"In school.\"\"Well, if you know how to read, why are you just a shepherd?\"The boy mumbled an answer that allowed him to avoid responding to herquestion. As he was leaving, he saw, in the corner of the room, his oldshepherd's pouch. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 31 / 94The merchant put some new coals in the hookah, and inhaled deeply.\"I've had this shop for thirty years. Then, taking his sheep, hewalked away. Along the way, he learns to listen to his heart and, more importantly, realizes that his dreams, or his Personal Legend, are not just his but part of the Soul of the Universe. They were content with just food and water, and, in exchange, theygenerously gave of their wool, their company, andonce in a whiletheirmeat.If I became a monster today, and decided to kill them, one by one, theywould become aware only after most of the flock had been slaughtered,thought the boy. 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