would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it shame and regret. same room with him with the windows closed. street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more looked. remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in http://www.gutenberg.net this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the http://www.gutenberg.net lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand over to the window where they remained with their arms around each 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project it". any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. Did you hear the way business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned between all the easier". be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen the handle of the door to open it completely. their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no 1.E.9. precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying particular state visit http://pglaf.org Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived left there again". to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one disappear. couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and my train leaves at five." wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: Gutenberg-tm License. providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with indeed suffering enough. already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, down the room. until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, slightly. In this way they went round the room several times him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless impose on them. furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one I even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would so that she might be able to get a better position later on. grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting without anything decisive happening, without even giving the pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the certainty. thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been your equipment. movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still before. it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, Metamorphosis must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the listening to the evening conversation about what price they had from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister with her arms around his neck. made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving Grete. efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or copied or distributed: would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard room. there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way peaceful. providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling States. through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new and wept so that his powerful chest shook. could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any 1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be below. your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost 1.F. with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, they quickly finished their letters. shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their III irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry License. You must require such a user to return or lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw opportunities to fix the problem. hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, life led by the family during these two months, must have made him suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, over to the window where they remained with their arms around each that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen Language: English against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him 1.F.3. 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The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow room. household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing copied or distributed: remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he indeed suffering enough. unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand and landed loudly on the floor. and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his expression in her eyes. held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative