The Alchemist

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A boy, who is a shepherd lives in an abandoned church with his herd of sheep until one day he gets told that there is a treasure hidden in the pyramids of Egypt. He goes to follow his dream of finding the treasure in the pyramids, but he is regretting it along the way as he does not want to abandon his sheep. He can´t decide what to do as he is traveling along the way to gain money in order to go to Egypt. He meets a man who calls himself the King of Salem. He tells the boy to not give up on his dream and continue on his journey to find his Personal Legend. The old man gives the boy two stones that go by the name of Urim and Thummim. He firsts gets money by selling wavers in order to travel to Northern Africa. When he had arrived to his destination, …show more content…

Santiago then finds a girl as the vehicle reaches the oasis, and he falls in love with her. However, on his way to the pyramids, there was a war going on, and they could not go any further. Santiago has no choice but to travel on foot to the pyramids in which on his way meets the alchemist the Englishman was talking about. They travel together until they are stopped by tribesmen who tell them they can´t go any further. The alchemist convinces them to let them continue on their voyage. They then find themselves in a war torn area. They somehow make their way out, and the alchemist tells that the rest of the trip of the trip he will have to be by himself. Santiago starts listening to the voice of the desert and the sun guiding him to the treasure hidden in the pyramids as he had already known what the Soul of the World was. He starts digging as he reached his destination,but he couldn´t find any treasure there. Shortly after, thieves appear and proceed to beat the kid up for his money. He later on returns to his hometown, and sits next to the very place he dreamed of finding the treasure of the pyramids. Santiago begins to dig in that spot, and realizes that the treasure was there all

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