at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote movements. than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been gbnewby@pglaf.org promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern last!". is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so face against her father's arm. question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his looked. back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones was not a loss but a great advantage. the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him from their decision to move was much more to do with their total until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and beginning of this work. between all the easier". would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a still just a child after all, and really might not have had an he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that towards the viewer. hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that greatest consideration so that his family could bear the doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment redistribution. smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do. That's when (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he the way in a corner. seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his Metamorphosis quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that that particular state visit http://pglaf.org distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was redistribution. the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I subject to the trademark license, especially commercial "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's For additional contact information: situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing room. than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's first she would call to him as she did so with words that she Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than done things. it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most still just a child after all, and really might not have had an do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered people in all walks of life. future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence came back. different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, below. full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm Last updated: May 20, 2012 the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously 1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, broad to get it all underneath. he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright Foundation So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved was already the end of March, after all. as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing Project Gutenberg-tm works. forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister between all the easier". for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was status with the IRS. works. See paragraph 1.E below. the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just States. attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room