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LESSON 2 · Overhyped or Underrated?

PAUSE TO THINK

Where did the core story come from?

An old folk tale

Coelho has said the plot grew from a short tale found in **One Thousand and One Nights** — a man who dreams of distant treasure, only to learn it was buried back home all along. He reshaped that fable into Santiago's journey.

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