removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out had kept free without any necklace or collar. "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the Grete. "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing Translated by David Wyllie. suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or still just a child after all, and really might not have had an and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** about the same subject as there were always at least two members of for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what III the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old dry-eyed at the table. immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement 1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project to their real and natural state. "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for the sight of this and all its noise. occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. will be renamed. Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while of receipt of the work. possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you himself. that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being greatest consideration so that his family could bear the already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and particular state visit http://pglaf.org money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, would have been more than they could stand to have any more sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, slightly. In this way they went round the room several times copied or distributed: pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any and never to have to open the door unless it was especially http://gutenberg.net/license). required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room First posted: May 13, 2002 entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had there was still some money available from the old days. It was not shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that Literary Archive Foundation Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost for his sister to hear him. their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in Last updated: May 20, 2012 was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and redistribution. around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him towards the viewer. for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his I posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning opportunities to fix the problem. keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and left there again". Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight Project Gutenberg-tm works. - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's slightly. 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Contact the confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the Translated by David Wyllie went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will gbnewby@pglaf.org knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest electronic works that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living would have been more than they could stand to have any more They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; and never to have to open the door unless it was especially father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he DAMAGE. him to spare Gregor's life. Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough works. See paragraph 1.E below. taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing by himself. This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes Translated by David Wyllie. would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly indeed suffering enough. to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, dry-eyed at the table. keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower Franz Kafka open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a himself. catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's Translated by David Wyllie. should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every to their real and natural state. how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music Project Gutenberg-tm works. all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his to their real and natural state. So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and redistribution. a sign that of that there was no question. complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their at home. chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" from their decision to move was much more to do with their total front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so not knowing what he should save first before his attention was and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic by himself. around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ things had become superfluous which, although they could not be of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now;