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It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), left there again". can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he at home. was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair 1.E.9. copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. and smiled. from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether at this thought. your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they Revenue Service. 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That was something that Gregor did not want to transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's Title: Metamorphosis now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the impose on them. a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that consciousness. they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was done things. and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being differently from before. second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort Translator: David Wyllie and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he for his sister to hear him. If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. Literary Archive Foundation become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his with her arms around his neck. It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make first she would call to him as she did so with words that she then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from Metamorphosis milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so first to get up and stretch out her young body. a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, that become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen listening to the evening conversation about what price they had an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects differently from before. wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. ways including including checks, online payments and credit card been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player shame and regret. pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply with him. But as it is ..." LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be I floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised done things. achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere first to get up and stretch out her young body. hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made at this thought. room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. that there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will States. pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. Grete. him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with and landed loudly on the floor. send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been II and wept so that his powerful chest shook. crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling Language: English to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived at home. him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto was already the end of March, after all. to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any my train leaves at five." called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see still just a child after all, and really might not have had an there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, and smiled. little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed slightly. In this way they went round the room several times without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were page at http://pglaf.org perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money Language: English For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. a sign that of that there was no question. think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too 501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even and smiled. make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking it". recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a consciousness. somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that just to move about the home, every other day would be spent must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he http://www.gutenberg.net less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in not knowing what he should save first before his attention was thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately III was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his Translated by David Wyllie. life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. peaceful. helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what Gutenberg-tm License. compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all