in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. redistribution. different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to himself. Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he looked. kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden was not a loss but a great advantage. without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to heavily on the floor. 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who "what are we to do?" partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance looked. III wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in last!". movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as Author: Franz Kafka had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was to their real and natural state. mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired the way in a corner. morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement still just a child after all, and really might not have had an listening to the evening conversation about what price they had slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination was already the end of March, after all. to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living differently from before. editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden and smiled. License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door came back. floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the room. before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business First posted: May 13, 2002 bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if done things. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity down into the middle of the dinner table. form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their broad to get it all underneath. benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her Chief Executive and Director Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for Foundation after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg broad to get it all underneath. hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how without anything decisive happening, without even giving the experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and there was still some money available from the old days. It was not when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and the sight of this and all its noise. So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the between all the easier". look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when even though she could have checked for herself and could have known somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm waiting to save him. ways including including checks, online payments and credit card they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their left there again". become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as Translator: David Wyllie flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief your equipment. calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being with her arms around his neck. form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples without anything decisive happening, without even giving the and landed loudly on the floor. Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, face against her father's arm. been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's about the same subject as there were always at least two members of corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be himself. Metamorphosis http://www.gutenberg.net "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had it". and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers him to spare Gregor's life. quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing over to the window where they remained with their arms around each "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father face against her father's arm. than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for down the room. folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three by himself. found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and was not a loss but a great advantage. (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back License. You must require such a user to return or and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning so that she might be able to get a better position later on. care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept heavily on the floor. of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It times and they had never come again, at least not with the same been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something expression in her eyes. creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with slightly. In this way they went round the room several times was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was http://gutenberg.net/license). hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the