Answer: He had a dream in which a child told him to seek treasure in the Egyptian pyramids.
Explanation:
The Alchemist is a novel written by Paulo Coelho. It features a boy named Santiago who travels in search of a treasure.
Every time Santiago sleeps under a sycamore tree, he has the same dream: a child tells him to go and find treasure at the foot of the Egyptian pyramids. Santiago tells a fortune teller about this dream, and she encourages him to go to Egypt. He takes her at her word and heads towards Egypt.
