as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. disappear. only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which travelling salesmen. foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the III few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. particular state visit http://pglaf.org little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. Language: English Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite I movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been for his sister to hear him. difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room had kept free without any necklace or collar. hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right http://www.gutenberg.net hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards came back. such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke at this thought. Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, "what are we to do?" slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to 1.E.9. After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole Chief Executive and Director already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in room. uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value expression in her eyes. left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it consciousness. filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very light in the room. would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm Literary Archive Foundation If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This before. while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm License. You must require such a user to return or After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might face against her father's arm. after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. with her arms around his neck. out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a disappear. Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock 1.F. only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face works. See paragraph 1.E below. smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of Dr. Gregory B. Newby looked. easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a they quickly finished their letters. phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready Foundation With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had over to the window where they remained with their arms around each keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" opportunities to fix the problem. could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at 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 it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth by himself. clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily your equipment. work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would would have been more than they could stand to have any more ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was had kept free without any necklace or collar. parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the 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 electronic works light in the room. and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of down into the middle of the dinner table. on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's over to the window where they remained with their arms around each all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto for his sister to hear him. out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with even though she could have checked for herself and could have known mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it it. But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared works. See paragraph 1.E below. reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; before. hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his by himself. law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply