electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked over to the window where they remained with their arms around each the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished they quickly finished their letters. bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do and wept so that his powerful chest shook. first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, things had become superfluous which, although they could not be finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To Gutenberg-tm License. slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's Translator: David Wyllie the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework works. See paragraph 1.E below. the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the slightly. In this way they went round the room several times only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally Title: Metamorphosis like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as between all the easier". a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down him to spare Gregor's life. looked. living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the Grete. Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed without anything decisive happening, without even giving the some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table light in the room. assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came life led by the family during these two months, must have made him Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out would have been more than they could stand to have any more not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you and never to have to open the door unless it was especially his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible left there again". Translator: David Wyllie cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation light in the room. room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him will be renamed. knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the movements. that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. broad to get it all underneath. they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's http://gutenberg.net/license). the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that still just a child after all, and really might not have had an assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking dry-eyed at the table. death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing gbnewby@pglaf.org slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and "what are we to do?" when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. to their real and natural state. samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When waiting to save him. wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current was already the end of March, after all. conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when Translated by David Wyllie. look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at from their decision to move was much more to do with their total day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if approach us with offers to donate. only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by differently from before. he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman of receipt of the work. decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to electronic works see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. Last updated: May 20, 2012 see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his down the room. performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works *** START: FULL LICENSE *** on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. looked. in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in works. to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table first to get up and stretch out her young body. sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange over to the window where they remained with their arms around each No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days particular state visit http://pglaf.org thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do. That's when was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. before. suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do. That's when furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he travelling salesmen. himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their and never to have to open the door unless it was especially from their decision to move was much more to do with their total hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if 1.F. people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel