Audiobook Sample - \"The Alchemist\" by Paulo Coehlo
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the woman was silent for some time. Then she again took his hands and studied them carefully. I'm not going to charge you anything now, she said. But I want 1/10 of the treasure if you find it. The boy laughed out of happiness. He was going to be able to save the little money he had because of a dream about hidden treasure. Well, interpret the dream, he said. First, swear to me, swear that you will give me 1/10 of your treasure in exchange for what I'm going to tell you. The shepherds swore that he would. The old woman asked him to swear again while looking at the image of the sacred heart of Jesus. It's a dream in the language of the world, she said. I can interpret it, but the interpretation is very difficult. That's why I feel that I deserve a part of what you find and this is my interpretation. You must go to the pyramids in Egypt. I have never heard of them, but if it was a child who showed them to you, they exist. There you will find a treasure that will make you a rich man. The boy was surprised and then irritated. He didn't need to seek out the old woman for this. But then he remembered that he wasn't going to have to pay anything. I didn't need to waste my time just for this, he said. I told you that your dream was a difficult one. It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary Onley. Wisemen are able to understand them, and since I am not wise, I have had to learn other arts, such as the reading of Palm's Well, how am I going to get to Egypt? I only interpret dreams. I don't know how to turn them into reality. That's why I have to live off what my daughter's provide me with. And what if I never get to Egypt? Then I don't get paid. It wouldn't be the first time, and the woman told the boy to leave, saying she had already wasted too much time with him. So the boy was disappointed. He decided that he would never again believe in dreams. He remembered that he had a number of things he had to take care of. He went to the market for something to eat he traded his book for one that was thicker, and he found a bench in the plaza where he could sample the new wine he had bought. The day was hot and the wind was refreshing. The sheep were at the gates of the city in a stable that belonged to a friend. The boy knew a lot of people in the city. That was what me traveling appealed to him. He always made new friends, and he didn't need to spend all of his time with them. When someone sees the same people every day as it happened with him at the seminary, they wind up becoming a part of that person's life.