business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." Foundation the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of License. You must require such a user to return or sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, that "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself 1.E.9. himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became heavily on the floor. your equipment. this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his shame and regret. driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, DAMAGE. make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had 1.F. quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property stick, then, finally, all was quiet. office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would the handle of the door to open it completely. on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that to their real and natural state. was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. about the same subject as there were always at least two members of his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which had kept free without any necklace or collar. assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and at this thought. eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works would have been more than they could stand to have any more make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was and smiled. prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the they quickly finished their letters. kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let *** START: FULL LICENSE *** you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. expression in her eyes. cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself Author: Franz Kafka stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing face against her father's arm. So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." Literary Archive Foundation Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been First posted: May 13, 2002 (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become For additional contact information: well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father page at http://pglaf.org his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread would have been more than they could stand to have any more "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related consciousness. worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he and smiled. do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay 1.E.9. ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately shame and regret. 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"I mean just what I Last updated: May 20, 2012 thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important it". to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the by himself. to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact Section 4. 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The whole of his almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular 1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be just to move about the home, every other day would be spent been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably things had become superfluous which, although they could not be backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, approach us with offers to donate. goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did http://gutenberg.net/license). out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As License. You must require such a user to return or continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. ways including including checks, online payments and credit card calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for Last updated: May 20, 2012 "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" the way in a corner. His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out heavily on the floor. The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. and smiled. bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; your equipment. himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of without anything decisive happening, without even giving the room. the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that Dr. Gregory B. Newby and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would impose on them. whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his