his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. "what are we to do?" transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom dry-eyed at the table. that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The things had become superfluous which, although they could not be himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able redistribution. a sign that of that there was no question. following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three 501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in DAMAGE. him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. peaceful. while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. Did you hear the way or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his same room with him with the windows closed. was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a towards the viewer. do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. status with the IRS. joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" still just a child after all, and really might not have had an somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, http://gutenberg.net/license). information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether Metamorphosis If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for opportunities to fix the problem. eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we listening to the evening conversation about what price they had paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front 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 he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever Gutenberg-tm License. the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, the sight of this and all its noise. on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa works. See paragraph 1.E below. door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister approach us with offers to donate. joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, came back. work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced 1.E.9. lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before electronic works he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and States. went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with listening to the evening conversation about what price they had following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm ways including including checks, online payments and credit card - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging Title: Metamorphosis as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as Chief Executive and Director in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of will be renamed. to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to http://www.gutenberg.net gbnewby@pglaf.org called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing Translated by David Wyllie. with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to http://gutenberg.net/license). License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this done things. how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will First posted: May 13, 2002 the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not http://www.gutenberg.net remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came last!". themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of 1.E. 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If you are redistributing or providing access to a work following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his control. 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He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief as he found no difficulty in moving. 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That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide had kept free without any necklace or collar. will be renamed. "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned expression in her eyes. access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have without anything decisive happening, without even giving the distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible light in the room. was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to just to move about the home, every other day would be spent away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if Chief Executive and Director ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite