This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the 1.E.9. three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. but he no longer gave any attention to it. 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Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still face against her father's arm. The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so "what are we to do?" expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the at home. the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set first she would call to him as she did so with words that she thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom still just a child after all, and really might not have had an as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in done things. harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes himself. one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any subject to the trademark license, especially commercial 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; So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's first to get up and stretch out her young body. Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really face against her father's arm. for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones my train leaves at five." sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the "what are we to do?" agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough heavily on the floor. effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects would have been more than they could stand to have any more was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become left there again". they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself DAMAGE. whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too dry-eyed at the table. going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender page at http://pglaf.org such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all between all the easier". she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came by himself. screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? 1.E.9. a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, certainty. his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open dry-eyed at the table. - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, I hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, status with the IRS. round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who without anything decisive happening, without even giving the her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out done things. the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. Did you hear the way beginning of this work. money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been http://www.gutenberg.net state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. Did you hear the way that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door it". it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of still just a child after all, and really might not have had an understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. and never to have to open the door unless it was especially the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy dry-eyed at the table. Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly the sight of this and all its noise. from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the came back. now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, Author: Franz Kafka - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this subject to the trademark license, especially commercial do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the heavily on the floor. still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as Grete. 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do Grete. with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me