father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after DAMAGE. something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen and smiled. Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in down the room. defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can II Dr. Gregory B. Newby providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone waiting to save him. including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, her. 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For the days that I have been living under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they done things. terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone waiting to save him. amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would and wept so that his powerful chest shook. his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than if somebody came to help him. 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See paragraph 1.E below. his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body gbnewby@pglaf.org unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael Metamorphosis already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of your equipment. head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could heavily on the floor. was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner just to move about the home, every other day would be spent closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware Foundation sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka before. from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. Translated by David Wyllie. and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. him to spare Gregor's life. as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone Author: Franz Kafka without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth States. dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project looked. slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and room. electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower dry-eyed at the table. collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with *** START: FULL LICENSE *** takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever my train leaves at five." bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual Last updated: May 20, 2012 bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she below. instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed I would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was violin. 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Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? 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Their he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room looked. sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with against the door and listening. hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. 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Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned the handle of the door to open it completely. but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and face against her father's arm. think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current he should. 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They seemed to have realised one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for with him, and were ready to help. 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If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to Metamorphosis and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls a steady and invisible force. 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What he did, making more noise able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise gbnewby@pglaf.org achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the first to get up and stretch out her young body. clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could Gregor? 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It exists hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; it. But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on