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| 21 | + <h1>Paulo Coelho</h1> |
| 22 | + <h6>Brazilian lyricist</h6> |
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| 24 | + He had already spent much of the fortune left to him by his |
| 25 | +father, fruitlessly seeking the Philosopher’s Stone. He had spent |
| 26 | +enormous amounts of time at the great libraries of the world, and |
| 27 | +had purchased all the rarest and most important volumes on |
| 28 | +alchemy. In one he had read that, many years ago, a famous Arabian |
| 29 | +alchemist had visited Europe. It was said that he was more than two |
| 30 | +hundred years old, and that he had discovered the Philosopher’s |
| 31 | +Stone and the Elixir of Life. The Englishman had been profoundly |
| 32 | +impressed by the story. But he would never have thought it more |
| 33 | +than just a myth, had not a friend of his—returning from an |
| 34 | +archaeological expedition in the desert—told him about an Arab |
| 35 | +that was possessed of exceptional powers. |
| 36 | +“He lives at the Al-Fayoum oasis,” his friend had said. “And |
| 37 | +people say that he is two hundred years old, and is able to |
| 38 | +transform any metal into gold.” |
| 39 | +The Englishman could not contain his excitement. He canceled |
| 40 | +all his commitments and pulled together the most important of his |
| 41 | +books, and now here he was, sitting inside a dusty, smelly |
| 42 | +warehouse. Outside, a huge caravan was being prepared for a |
| 43 | +crossing of the Sahara, and was scheduled to pass through AlFayoum. |
| 44 | +I’m going to find that damned alchemist, the Englishman |
| 45 | +thought. And the odor of the animals became a bit more tolerable. |
| 46 | +A young Arab, also loaded down with baggage, entered, and |
| 47 | +greeted the Englishman. |
| 48 | +“Where are you bound?” asked the young Arab. |
| 49 | +“I’m going into the desert,” the man answered, turning back to |
| 50 | +his reading. He didn’t want any conversation at this point. What he |
| 51 | +needed to do was review all he had learned over the years, because |
| 52 | +the alchemist would certainly put him to the test. |
| 53 | +The young Arab took out a book and began to read. The book |
| 54 | +was written in Spanish. That’s good, thought the Englishman. He |
| 55 | +spoke Spanish better than Arabic, and, if this boy was going to AlFayoum, there would be someone to talk to when there were no |
| 56 | +other important things to do. |
| 57 | +“THAT’S STRANGE,” SAID THE BOY, AS HE TRIED ONCE again to read the |
| 58 | +burial scene that began the book. “I’ve been trying for two years to |
| 59 | +read this book, and I never get past these first few pages.” Even |
| 60 | +without a king to provide an interruption, he was unable to |
| 61 | +concentrate. |
| 62 | +He still had some doubts about the decision he had made. But he |
| 63 | +was able to understand one thing: making a decision was only the |
| 64 | +beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really |
| 65 | +diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had |
| 66 | +never dreamed of when he first made the decision. |
| 67 | +When I decided to seek out my treasure, I never imagined that |
| 68 | +I’d wind up working in a crystal shop, he thought. And joining this |
| 69 | +caravan may have been my decision, but where it goes is going to be |
| 70 | +a mystery to me. |
| 71 | +Nearby was the Englishman, reading a book. He seemed |
| 72 | +unfriendly, and had looked irritated when the boy had entered. |
| 73 | +They might even have become friends, but the Englishman closed |
| 74 | +off the conversation. |
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