completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his towards the viewer. strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. was not a loss but a great advantage. them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were over to the window where they remained with their arms around each would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their just to move about the home, every other day would be spent with him. But as it is ..." and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest a sign that of that there was no question. expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him 1.E.9. had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched with her arms around his neck. But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we with her arms around his neck. was not a loss but a great advantage. he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael left there again". been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, For additional contact information: with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, Author: Franz Kafka course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. first she would call to him as she did so with words that she all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. and landed loudly on the floor. flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of *** START: FULL LICENSE *** to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all looked. anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had 501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it times and they had never come again, at least not with the same This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no him to spare Gregor's life. Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force things had become superfluous which, although they could not be to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do was not a loss but a great advantage. everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did indeed suffering enough. dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes for his sister to hear him. illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed 1.E.9. this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to down the room. Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt face against her father's arm. transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he beginning of this work. important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately just to move about the home, every other day would be spent eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had your equipment. strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do first to get up and stretch out her young body. this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. himself. condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, page at http://pglaf.org meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the 1.E.9. to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the Dr. Gregory B. Newby himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** shame and regret. stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; they quickly finished their letters. after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in heavily on the floor. greatest consideration so that his family could bear the and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of works. See paragraph 1.E below. decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to peaceful. make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his against the door and listening. stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come *** START: FULL LICENSE *** up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown him to spare Gregor's life. nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm and wept so that his powerful chest shook. experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower with him. But as it is ..." the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising just to move about the home, every other day would be spent sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister of receipt of the work. times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could "what are we to do?" of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of face against her father's arm. clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a the handle of the door to open it completely. even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously http://www.gutenberg.net gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he