that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite towards the viewer. All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, so that she might be able to get a better position later on. suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. Did you hear the way alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke Franz Kafka slightly. In this way they went round the room several times they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 and never to have to open the door unless it was especially while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide at home. quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately Franz Kafka him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so left there again". from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table http://gutenberg.net/license). of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would subject to the trademark license, especially commercial a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying Translator: David Wyllie which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, continue being of help to him. "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she at this thought. If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening times and they had never come again, at least not with the same electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full down the room. milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her impose on them. no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had Translator: David Wyllie to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the http://www.gutenberg.net while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was they quickly finished their letters. the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with it. But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the subject to the trademark license, especially commercial must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took and never to have to open the door unless it was especially milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of For additional contact information: window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. 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LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall peaceful. outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back shame and regret. lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the not knowing what he should save first before his attention was screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father opportunities to fix the problem. nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into and wept so that his powerful chest shook. Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's at this thought. including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand Literary Archive Foundation very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had so that she might be able to get a better position later on. "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower disappear. make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor works. See paragraph 1.E below. was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room by himself. incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all for his sister to hear him. politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered shame and regret. something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be himself. people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very Grete. behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the had kept free without any necklace or collar. His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his travelling salesmen. peaceful. in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his face against her father's arm. lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room had kept free without any necklace or collar. all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until light in the room. left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the shame and regret. most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their Gutenberg-tm License. still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply at home. Literary Archive Foundation public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen down into the middle of the dinner table. next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief ways including including checks, online payments and credit card probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing and landed loudly on the floor. head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time over to the window where they remained with their arms around each at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which was not a loss but a great advantage. way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything with him. But as it is ..." and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained the way in a corner. his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown