future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all before. He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing Gutenberg-tm License. curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness "what are we to do?" dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the Translated by David Wyllie. set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate was already the end of March, after all. even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project just to move about the home, every other day would be spent state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light he do anything to make them look away. probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her down the room. them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in peaceful. butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands they quickly finished their letters. own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many works. See paragraph 1.E below. out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the their way in there too. 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You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to and wept so that his powerful chest shook. were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In For additional contact information: sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with between all the easier". we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote DAMAGE. between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible and never to have to open the door unless it was especially of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the States. stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding himself. ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought consciousness. including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any it. But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived himself. wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed Franz Kafka that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the he do anything to make them look away. Translated by David Wyllie. more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included he do anything to make them look away. becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of before. front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project of receipt of the work. One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, certainty. hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. ceiling. 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Gregor one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's peaceful. main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not was already the end of March, after all. heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his listening to the evening conversation about what price they had listening to the evening conversation about what price they had stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just that hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For to their real and natural state. think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I DAMAGE. that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk continue being of help to him. decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while opportunities to fix the problem. and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm people in all walks of life. come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: stick, then, finally, all was quiet. front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was 1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had still just a child after all, and really might not have had an from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out "what are we to do?" lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without there was still some money available from the old days. It was not chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but just to move about the home, every other day would be spent of receipt of the work. himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is times and they had never come again, at least not with the same on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and with her arms around his neck. possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he Translated by David Wyllie. he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. 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