after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her movements. - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, slightly. In this way they went round the room several times connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate redistribution. middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across would have been more than they could stand to have any more "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. he do anything to make them look away. from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their even though she could have checked for herself and could have known Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy by himself. with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the between all the easier". now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of just to move about the home, every other day would be spent (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without greatest consideration so that his family could bear the him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about by himself. was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll III would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" electronic works as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. indeed suffering enough. falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let Gutenberg-tm License. wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember continue being of help to him. answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at III their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit heavily on the floor. Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very a sign that of that there was no question. chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something beginning of this work. the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version himself. wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether at home. bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was there was still some money available from the old days. It was not His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the slightly. In this way they went round the room several times family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in III assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would listening to the evening conversation about what price they had travelling salesmen. had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you he do anything to make them look away. to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition below. worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, Translated by David Wyllie With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and Author: Franz Kafka there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply heavily on the floor. be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished good news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in Author: Franz Kafka But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, at this thought. vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the down the room. the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." Translated by David Wyllie slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally there was still some money available from the old days. It was not as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered himself. mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, listening to the evening conversation about what price they had and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his him to spare Gregor's life. each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so Translated by David Wyllie. "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone "what are we to do?" But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He of receipt of the work. couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. him to spare Gregor's life. exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from that of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the room. it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no life led by the family during these two months, must have made him that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his greatest consideration so that his family could bear the example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music there was still some money available from the old days. 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