Part5 Chapter 1The horizon was tinged with red, and suddenly the sun appeared. The boy thought back to that conversation with his father, and felt happy; he had already seen many castles and met many women (but none the equal of the one who awaited h
Read more…Part6 Chapter 1The old woman led the boy to a room at the back of her house; it was separated from her living room by a curtain of colored beads. The room's furnishings consisted of a table, an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and two chairs.The w
Read more…Part7 Chapter 1"I'm the king of Salem," the old man had said."Why would a king be talking with a shepherd?" the boy asked, awed and embarrassed."For several reasons. But let's say that the most important is that you have succeeded in discovering your
Read more…Part6 Chapter 1bead noun/biːd/ n [C]•a small coloured often round piece of plastic, wood, glass, etc. with a hole through it. It is usually put on a string with a lot of others to make jewelleryShe wore a necklace of brightly coloured wooden beads.•a
Read more…Part5 Chapter 1tinge verb/tɪndʒ/ v [T usually passive]to contain a slight amount ofHer joy at the birth of her son was tinged with sadness that her father had not lived to see him.tinged adjective/tɪndʒd/ adjHer dark hair is now tinged with grey.inex
Read more…wind sb up phrasal verb ( ANNOY )phrasal verb UK informal[M] to annoy or upset someoneIt really winds me up when he goes on about teachers having an easy life.She just knows how to wind me up.See also: wound upwind-up noun/ˈwaɪnd.ʌp/ n [C usually sin
Read more…Part2 Chapter 1"I need to sell some wool," the boy told the merchant.The shop was busy, and the man asked the shepherd to wait until the afternoon. So the boy sat on the steps of the shop and took a book from his bag."I didn't know shepherds knew how
Read more…Part3 Chapter 1And now it was only four days before he would be back in that same village. He was excited, and at the same time uneasy: maybe the girl had already forgotten him. Lots of shepherds passed through, selling their wool."It doesn't matter,
Read more…Part1 Chapter 1The boy's name was Santiago. Dusk was falling as the boy arrived with his herd at an abandoned church. The roof had fallen in long ago, and an enormous sycamore had grown on the spot where the sacristy had once stood.He decided to spen
Read more…The Brazilian author PAULO COELHO was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist.Coelho wrote song lyrics for many famous performer
Read more…carefree adjective/ˈkeə.friː/ /ˈker-/ adjhaving no problems or not being worried about anythingI remember my carefree student days.dawn verb ( BEGIN )/dɔːn/ /dɑːn/ v [I]If a day or period of time dawns, it beginsHe left the house just as the day was
Read more…Part4 Chapter 1"People from all over the world have passed through this village, son," said his father. "They come in search of new things, but when they leave they are basically the same people they were when they arrived. They climb the mountain to
Read more…Dusk dusk noun/dʌsk/ n [U]the time before night when it is not yet darkAs dusk fell, bats began to fly between the trees.herd noun/hɜːd/ /hɝːd/ n [C + singular or plural verb]•a large group of animals of the same type that live and feed togethera her
Read more…flowing adjective ( SMOOTH AND CONTINUOUS )/ˈfləʊ.ɪŋ/ /ˈfloʊ-/ adjproduced in a smooth, continuous or relaxed styleflowing movements/linesI thought I recognized your flowing script.vague adjective/veɪg/ adj•not clearly expressed, known, described or
Read more…Beside the well there was the ruin of an old stone wall. When I cameback from my work, the next evening, I saw from some distance away mylittle price sitting on top of a wall, with his feet dangling. And Iheard him say:
"Then you don't remember. This
Read more…It was now the eighth day since I had had my accident in the desert, andI had listened to the story of the merchant as I was drinking the lastdrop of my water supply.
"Ah," I said to the little prince, "these memories of yours are very charming; but I
Read more…And now six years have already gone by...
I have never yet told this story. The companions who met me on my return were well content to see me alive. I was sad, but I told them:"I am tired."
Now my sorrow is comforted a little. That is to say-- not ent
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