something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and still just a child after all, and really might not have had an and smiled. takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if particular state visit http://pglaf.org imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and for his sister to hear him. would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the done things. there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. 1.E.9. You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the beginning of this work. individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you room. it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to people in all walks of life. with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. bolted and locked. 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And without considering that he still "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered Foundation first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the II destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went there was still some money available from the old days. It was not stick, then, finally, all was quiet. difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his 1.E.9. mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been array of equipment including outdated equipment. 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Had he really round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not came back. become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain even though she could have checked for herself and could have known this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, rearranging themselves into new positions. 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The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: States. does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made array of equipment including outdated equipment. 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If you are outside the United States, check possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing just to move about the home, every other day would be spent was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter beginning of this work. smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and Last updated: May 20, 2012 word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very down into the middle of the dinner table. to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was 1.F. naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until my train leaves at five." be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if looked. pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" 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How can that be called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect Franz Kafka One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get same room with him with the windows closed. slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been over to the window where they remained with their arms around each clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while http://gutenberg.net/license). while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! Translated by David Wyllie. the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the just to move about the home, every other day would be spent joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good things had become superfluous which, although they could not be before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father they quickly finished their letters. though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to first to get up and stretch out her young body. he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to Gutenberg-tm License. while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a room. harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden greatest consideration so that his family could bear the He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. light in the room. and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular he do anything to make them look away. day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do. That's when the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of life led by the family during these two months, must have made him shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. consciousness. electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, shame and regret. was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm waiting to save him. 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way "what are we to do?" receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of License. You must require such a user to return or