responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about Project Gutenberg-tm works. their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily the sight of this and all its noise. works. See paragraph 1.E below. grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately License. You must require such a user to return or glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect think you can get over an illness without staying at home. 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On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been Last updated: May 20, 2012 form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy Translated by David Wyllie opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly and smiled. something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make and never to have to open the door unless it was especially stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the had kept free without any necklace or collar. approach us with offers to donate. It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: left there again". http://www.gutenberg.net quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than 1.F. PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, Literary Archive Foundation things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would was already the end of March, after all. both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had *** START: FULL LICENSE *** threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a Chief Executive and Director TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make to their real and natural state. be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever "what are we to do?" and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. for his sister to hear him. coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the against the door and listening. "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He face against her father's arm. pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new peaceful. although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything subject to the trademark license, especially commercial again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by over to the window where they remained with their arms around each To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to your equipment. outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few a sign that of that there was no question. special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in it". was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the redistribution. there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do. That's when entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself my train leaves at five." You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they came back. looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the by himself. corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from same room with him with the windows closed. ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he Dr. Gregory B. Newby light in the room. unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there Title: Metamorphosis had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had slightly. In this way they went round the room several times Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly consciousness. long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his there was still some money available from the old days. It was not all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if face against her father's arm. just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might 1.F. interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up himself. they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen the sight of this and all its noise. Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them with her arms around his neck. it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help Last updated: May 20, 2012 seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to between all the easier". cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a times and they had never come again, at least not with the same doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest States. Title: Metamorphosis as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official impose on them. Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware him to spare Gregor's life. floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really Grete.