despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do. That's when to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother Franz Kafka 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And broad to get it all underneath. drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and License. You must require such a user to return or they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked first to get up and stretch out her young body. was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back from their decision to move was much more to do with their total by himself. a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm just to move about the home, every other day would be spent "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. Did you hear the way shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good greatest consideration so that his family could bear the used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but himself. inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had that ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery Project Gutenberg-tm works. first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There opportunities to fix the problem. harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his works. See paragraph 1.E below. enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked and smiled. understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the works. See paragraph 1.E below. 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was page at http://pglaf.org that this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the things had become superfluous which, although they could not be from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. page at http://pglaf.org frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. Did you hear the way that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily below. reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him continue being of help to him. with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced him to spare Gregor's life. living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring "what are we to do?" had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of times and they had never come again, at least not with the same himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be travelling salesmen. Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in and landed loudly on the floor. skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional for his sister to hear him. (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but slightly. In this way they went round the room several times of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged at this thought. instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself people in all walks of life. shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill Translator: David Wyllie you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go that out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. DAMAGE. It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door times and they had never come again, at least not with the same ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were and never to have to open the door unless it was especially Metamorphosis sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then light in the room. the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in Grete. himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as had kept free without any necklace or collar. look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief from their decision to move was much more to do with their total people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't last!". cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation electronic works possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to down the room. "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman below. only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the dry-eyed at the table. occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and travelling salesmen. because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally without anything decisive happening, without even giving the impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen Translated by David Wyllie. to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if himself. because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his "what are we to do?" expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room about the same subject as there were always at least two members of work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, over to the window where they remained with their arms around each things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that Chief Executive and Director possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked