2. Why does the king tell his story to be the boy before leaving? What relevance does it have to your life and Santiago’s?

I think that the king told the story of the boy in the castle to Santiago to give him advice for his journey. I think that the story of the boy has many symbols. I think that the spoone of oil represents the your goal or what you want in life and when the boy is told not to let it go so you should never let your dream or goal get away from you. in the story the boy walks through the castle but dosnt notice the beauties around him. When the boy comes back to the wise the wise man ask him if he saw the persain tapestries, the garden and the parchments in the libary and the boy had not noticed any of the great things so he was told to walk around the castle again and this time he saw all the great beauties of the wise mans catsle. When the boy returns the wise man ask him where did the drops go and the boy had droped them. i think that the purpose of this story is to tell you to notice the beauties around you and enjoy them but never lose sight of your personal legand. i think the king told this to Santiago in order to tell him to keep his goal of finding the treasure in sight but also appricate the beauties and the world around him.