charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it himself. had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even my train leaves at five." there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend last!". Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your Grete. been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to things had become superfluous which, although they could not be permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. and never to have to open the door unless it was especially devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and opportunities to fix the problem. open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that with her arms around his neck. stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on listening to the evening conversation about what price they had see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand disappear. now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange *** START: FULL LICENSE *** the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. life led by the family during these two months, must have made him against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all was already the end of March, after all. become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe was already the end of March, after all. full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a over to the window where they remained with their arms around each eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with opportunities to fix the problem. They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as so that she might be able to get a better position later on. stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity last!". father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to between all the easier". would have been more than they could stand to have any more finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their from their decision to move was much more to do with their total himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became will be renamed. made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good movements. next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came status with the IRS. fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. the sight of this and all its noise. it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a filled the room with its smell. 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He rested there a little while to recover from the effort mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if Franz Kafka carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living between all the easier". was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project Last updated: May 20, 2012 found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the broad to get it all underneath. future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works http://gutenberg.net/license). almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden will be renamed. This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her was not a loss but a great advantage. skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer copied or distributed: this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was things had become superfluous which, although they could not be he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the approach us with offers to donate. angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He electronic works would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, Metamorphosis and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project they quickly finished their letters. whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? just to move about the home, every other day would be spent to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom travelling salesmen. achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty shame and regret. and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had Chief Executive and Director though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they by himself. were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to so that she might be able to get a better position later on. the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but peaceful. experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in was already the end of March, after all. themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up came back. all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. there was still some money available from the old days. It was not fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would my train leaves at five." and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic shame and regret. them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object shame and regret. individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he Translated by David Wyllie. For additional contact information: form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no of receipt of the work. removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to there was still some money available from the old days. It was not