In
Coelho's , Santiago has
had the same dream twice. He happens to be heading
to a village where he has
traveled once before, hoping to see a raven-haired girl that he has
been
thinking of for the previous year. To prepare for their meeting, he enters the town
of
Tarifa in the area of Andalusia, planning first to get cleaned up, and he
has errands to attend
to.
But it also occurs to the young
shepherd that there is an old woman in
town who can interpret dreams. So
Santiago goes to this Gypsy woman to see if he can discover
what his
recurring dream means. He has a great many prejudices against the Gypsies based
upon
stories he has heard. People say that they make pacts with the devil,
kidnap children and make
them the Gypsies' slaves, and steal. Santiago grew
up fearing that the Gypsies would
kidnap him, and he is
still fearful.
He enters the
woman's home and sees a religious picture: the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
This is
encouraging. Then they sit and she takes his hands to...
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