now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my III see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the impose on them. Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you waiting to save him. light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing States. left there again". assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in was not a loss but a great advantage. Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any Translator: David Wyllie eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the States. from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. consciousness. early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of by himself. Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange that of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related page at http://pglaf.org LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just times and they had never come again, at least not with the same Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the redistribution. heavily on the floor. only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any Dr. Gregory B. Newby the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible down into the middle of the dinner table. feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been works. dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say heavily on the floor. splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. travelling salesmen. and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in Language: English mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good my train leaves at five." chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to beginning of this work. found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could about the same subject as there were always at least two members of him to spare Gregor's life. as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a last!". "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when status with the IRS. earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he 1.E.9. darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move Translator: David Wyllie WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended peaceful. while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: stick, then, finally, all was quiet. she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all still just a child after all, and really might not have had an His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, particular state visit http://pglaf.org almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in would have been more than they could stand to have any more ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance http://www.gutenberg.net phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own indeed suffering enough. She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed things had become superfluous which, although they could not be Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away was not a loss but a great advantage. morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. came back. this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry Author: Franz Kafka because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some Author: Franz Kafka The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door License. You must require such a user to return or the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions even though she could have checked for herself and could have known First posted: May 13, 2002 could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he the handle of the door to open it completely. Language: English meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of works. See paragraph 1.E below. to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self impose on them. for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative just to move about the home, every other day would be spent - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest below. they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on he do anything to make them look away. slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that about the same subject as there were always at least two members of his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him would have been more than they could stand to have any more "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". 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She was clever; she was already 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very I her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so