especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than Translated by David Wyllie "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a DAMAGE. door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall against the door and listening. Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had Grete. all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that even though she could have checked for herself and could have known always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room people in all walks of life. to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the done things. as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we http://www.gutenberg.net permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value my train leaves at five." appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you without anything decisive happening, without even giving the stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up slightly. In this way they went round the room several times front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated it. But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he consciousness. throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at copied or distributed: "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered License. You must require such a user to return or "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with beginning of this work. Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was that unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or Grete. at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free a sign that of that there was no question. entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. Did you hear the way seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me he do anything to make them look away. in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to first to get up and stretch out her young body. electronic works as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote dry-eyed at the table. as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all came back. about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or between all the easier". with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: will be renamed. all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but himself. would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. him to spare Gregor's life. come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably indeed suffering enough. to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door before. of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room he do anything to make them look away. doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself came back. in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without expression in her eyes. Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one First posted: May 13, 2002 impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and the handle of the door to open it completely. thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. for his sister to hear him. there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm "what are we to do?" Section 4. 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I'm speaking here on behalf of your stick, then, finally, all was quiet. on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief face against her father's arm. her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his II scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in Language: English throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will himself as he liked. 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Gregor was so resentful of it that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they it". called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously will be renamed. License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that heavily on the floor. water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few Translator: David Wyllie Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. without anything decisive happening, without even giving the there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my 1.F. suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when my train leaves at five." and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after http://www.gutenberg.net him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, broad to get it all underneath. was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you down into the middle of the dinner table. lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, with him. But as it is ..." pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with Translator: David Wyllie thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had