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The Alchemist 原文 （5-2）
The boy picked up his pouch and put it with his other things. He went down the stairs and found the merchant waiting on a foreign couple, while two other customers walked about the shop, drinking tea from crystal glasses. It was more activity than usual for this time of the morning. From where he stood, he saw for the first time that the old merchant's hair was very much like the hair of the old king. He remembered the smile of the candy seller, on his first day in Tangier, when he had nothing to eat and nowhere to go—that smile had also been like the old king's smile.
It's almost as if he had been here and left his mark, he thought. And yet, none of these people has ever met the old king. On the other hand, he said that he always appeared to help those who are trying to realize their destiny.
He left without saying good-bye to the crystal merchant. He didn't want to cry with the other people there. He was going to miss the place and all the good things he had learned. He was more confident in himself, though, and felt as though he could conquer the world.
"But I'm going back to the fields that I know, to take care of my flock again." He said that to himself with certainty, but he was no longer happy with his decision. He had worked for an entire year to make a dream come true, and that dream, minute by minute, was becoming less important. Maybe because that wasn't really his dream.
Who knows… maybe it's better to be like the crystal merchant: never go to Mecca, and just go through life wanting to do so, he thought, again trying to convince himself. But as he held Urim and Thummim in his hand, they had transmitted to him the strength and will of the old king. By coincidence—or maybe it was an omen, the boy thought—he came to the bar he had entered on his first day there. The thief wasn't there, and the owner brought him a cup of tea.
我的译文：
男孩拾起袋子和其他行李放到一起。他走下楼，看到商人正在招待一对外国夫妇，还有两个客人在店里逛着，喝着水晶杯里的茶。现在比以往每天早上忙多了。他站在那里，第一次发现老商人的头发，和那个撒冷的老王的头发很像。此刻，他想起了糖果商人的笑脸，那是他来到丹吉尔的第一天，他没的可吃也无处可去----那个糖果商人的笑容就像老国王的笑容一样。
这就好像他在这里留下了印迹一样，他想。然而，他们不曾遇到过老国王。另一方面，老王说过他总会出现，去帮助那些想要实现天命的人。
他没有和水晶商人告别。他不想在外人面前流泪。他要离开这里了，而在这里他学会了很多有用的东西。他充满了自信，感觉好像可以征服世界。
“但是我将回到我熟悉的地方，我还会再去放羊。”他很肯定的对自己说，但他不再为自己的决定感到高兴。他为了实现梦想努力工作了一整年，然而那个梦想却越来越变得不那么重要了。也许那不是他真正的梦想。
谁知道呢。他心想，也许像水晶商人一样也挺好：永远不去麦加，只过自己想过的生活，他再次试图说服自己。但当他手握乌陵和土明时，它们却传递出老王的力量与意志。或许这是一个预兆，男孩心想。他来到那个第一天他曾到过的那间茶吧。那个贼不在了，主人递给了他一杯茶。
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