understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a subject to the trademark license, especially commercial representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it waiting to save him. main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or 1.E.9. sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no page at http://pglaf.org copied or distributed: his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he opportunities to fix the problem. would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that was already the end of March, after all. clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his by himself. - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked over to the window where they remained with their arms around each experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK for his sister to hear him. a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud himself. front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had Chief Executive and Director respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him Metamorphosis trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot just to move about the home, every other day would be spent between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. he do anything to make them look away. her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be between all the easier". 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The about the same subject as there were always at least two members of controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - about the same subject as there were always at least two members of to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his For additional contact information: achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them Literary Archive Foundation ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the to their real and natural state. pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it at home. is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, room. door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will will be renamed. and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic to their real and natural state. Franz Kafka unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery from their decision to move was much more to do with their total made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, electronic works come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime approach us with offers to donate. his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not about the same subject as there were always at least two members of sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong slightly. In this way they went round the room several times which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the http://www.gutenberg.net possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with done things. One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he and smiled. mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had there was still some money available from the old days. It was not He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the by himself. to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. done things. He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground people in all walks of life. she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into Franz Kafka this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and for his sister to hear him. work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed works. See paragraph 1.E below. speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he below. with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to copied or distributed: Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot listening to the evening conversation about what price they had some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known Translated by David Wyllie. Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed and never to have to open the door unless it was especially lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his room. morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up came back. Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. 1.F. chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a consciousness. anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel himself. effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say