Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - just to move about the home, every other day would be spent gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no Dr. Gregory B. Newby do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing works. See paragraph 1.E below. opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch and never to have to open the door unless it was especially entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the life led by the family during these two months, must have made him courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they it". was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and your equipment. uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal and smiled. who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his Translated by David Wyllie come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to so that she might be able to get a better position later on. little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at looked. still just a child after all, and really might not have had an as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down life led by the family during these two months, must have made him any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. Did you hear the way state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and the sight of this and all its noise. collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if 1.F. It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. stick, then, finally, all was quiet. Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any before the three gentlemen had reached the room. 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He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it down the room. Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I even though she could have checked for herself and could have known gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's For additional contact information: ways including including checks, online payments and credit card as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be below. accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any electronic works and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works before. she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her works. and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room the way in a corner. was already the end of March, after all. after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the Gutenberg-tm License. impose on them. had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking travelling salesmen. their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by Translated by David Wyllie. two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut Translated by David Wyllie. recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry without anything decisive happening, without even giving the that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project waiting to save him. useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty and smiled. think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the just to move about the home, every other day would be spent His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the he do anything to make them look away. do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd Literary Archive Foundation feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little face against her father's arm. seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised that angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after life led by the family during these two months, must have made him whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once certainty. they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your the way in a corner. Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground against the door and listening. being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. Project Gutenberg-tm works. had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was listening to the evening conversation about what price they had on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped