eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared disappear. blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination listening to the evening conversation about what price they had your equipment. done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do approach us with offers to donate. one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile down the room. the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their movements. been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him will be renamed. slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back would have been more than they could stand to have any more listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had stick, then, finally, all was quiet. considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up slightly. In this way they went round the room several times the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and put into extreme danger. 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If you difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword States. (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project things had become superfluous which, although they could not be furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He was already the end of March, after all. of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they Translated by David Wyllie efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, the way in a corner. couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily electronic works ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not Dr. Gregory B. Newby parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations left there again". lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and *** START: FULL LICENSE *** father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound Franz Kafka she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this and wept so that his powerful chest shook. with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. indeed suffering enough. first she would call to him as she did so with words that she and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother III II she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There 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 throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at would have been more than they could stand to have any more re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing by himself. hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt Literary Archive Foundation clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the 1.F. just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. travelling salesmen. practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling over to the window where they remained with their arms around each Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and light in the room. for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the 1.E.9. too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in greatest consideration so that his family could bear the see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. "what are we to do?" after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him times and they had never come again, at least not with the same heavily on the floor. door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so Last updated: May 20, 2012 thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, works. See paragraph 1.E below. Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the III eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. below. catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could subject to the trademark license, especially commercial where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would broad to get it all underneath. and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, room. there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented consciousness. charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He status with the IRS. parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he and landed loudly on the floor. calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay approach us with offers to donate. emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she slightly. In this way they went round the room several times been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it at home. himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that there was still some money available from the old days. It was not and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. same room with him with the windows closed. infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There listening to the evening conversation about what price they had any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good they quickly finished their letters. he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included even though she could have checked for herself and could have known where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had States. on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he people in all walks of life. spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto of receipt of the work. Literary Archive Foundation Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his just to move about the home, every other day would be spent way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking the handle of the door to open it completely. there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his was not a loss but a great advantage. uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never expression in her eyes. dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls left there again". there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro differently from before. of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his at home. Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to shame and regret. but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as