was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a heavily on the floor. drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the there was still some money available from the old days. It was not some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a about the same subject as there were always at least two members of some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is Translated by David Wyllie. there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that had kept free without any necklace or collar. bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room just to move about the home, every other day would be spent accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; without anything decisive happening, without even giving the Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated things had become superfluous which, although they could not be It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up 1.F. ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest and landed loudly on the floor. while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk "what are we to do?" hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found peaceful. pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly 1.E.9. - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and Grete. skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without redistribution. all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. Dr. Gregory B. Newby out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden just to move about the home, every other day would be spent this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. Did you hear the way Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. and smiled. to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt III For additional contact information: and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat Author: Franz Kafka Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** at home. He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and to their real and natural state. parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the disappear. business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to room. had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go works. this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with I nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally left there again". property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their electronic works sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with http://www.gutenberg.net whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday not knowing what he should save first before his attention was pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of heavily on the floor. landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. consciousness. furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her with a dish piled high with potatoes. 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Meanwhile Gregor's sister before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just Project Gutenberg-tm works. He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and even though she could have checked for herself and could have known License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, First posted: May 13, 2002 did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of with him. But as it is ..." couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and gbnewby@pglaf.org felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in before. milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to at home. him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh 1.F. into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery III room. will be renamed. himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three Project Gutenberg-tm works. slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father of receipt of the work. with him. But as it is ..." dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a with her arms around his neck. Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? to their real and natural state. forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest looked. course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used disappear. back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It For additional contact information: backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true Translated by David Wyllie. They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his listening to the evening conversation about what price they had people in all walks of life. badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation little legs would find a use. 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He was silent and looked straight of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw approach us with offers to donate. He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the I of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium it". back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** opportunities to fix the problem. "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. 501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated that hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, before. dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, subject to the trademark license, especially commercial experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his