He brings in more business to the shop for about a year. The owner tells him about how he fears to complete his personal legend because he feels the dream is probably better than the reality. This puts Santiago back onto the path of his personal legend, because he does not want to live in question about the pyramids. So he sets on a journey through the desert with a caravan. He becomes friends with an Englishman who is on a journey to find an alchemist. The caravan makes it to Al-Fayoum, an oasis in the desert where a village resides. The caravan is told by the leaders of the village that they must stay, because there is a war going on in the desert and the oasis is the only safe land. However, Santiago has a vision that the village is going to be attacked and ends up saving the village from being unarmed. So the leaders of the village allow him to leave with the Alchemist of their village to seek his treasure. Santiago struggles with leaving the love of his life, Fatima, at the village, but the alchemist convinces him that this is the only way. Finally, in a month's time Santiago makes it to the pyramid and begins to dig for his treasure. However, he keeps searching and can not find his treasure from his Personal Legend. Eventually two men come up to Santiago and laugh at him for his foolishness. One of the men tells the shepherd how he had a dream just like his except the treasure was
He brings in more business to the shop for about a year. The owner tells him about how he fears to complete his personal legend because he feels the dream is probably better than the reality. This puts Santiago back onto the path of his personal legend, because he does not want to live in question about the pyramids. So he sets on a journey through the desert with a caravan. He becomes friends with an Englishman who is on a journey to find an alchemist. The caravan makes it to Al-Fayoum, an oasis in the desert where a village resides. The caravan is told by the leaders of the village that they must stay, because there is a war going on in the desert and the oasis is the only safe land. However, Santiago has a vision that the village is going to be attacked and ends up saving the village from being unarmed. So the leaders of the village allow him to leave with the Alchemist of their village to seek his treasure. Santiago struggles with leaving the love of his life, Fatima, at the village, but the alchemist convinces him that this is the only way. Finally, in a month's time Santiago makes it to the pyramid and begins to dig for his treasure. However, he keeps searching and can not find his treasure from his Personal Legend. Eventually two men come up to Santiago and laugh at him for his foolishness. One of the men tells the shepherd how he had a dream just like his except the treasure was