put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was and wept so that his powerful chest shook. belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him works. See paragraph 1.E below. wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her my train leaves at five." achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of Grete. become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. the way in a corner. courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want Grete. received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room differently from before. seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. beginning of this work. listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, down into the middle of the dinner table. round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had peaceful. with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in impose on them. until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had Translated by David Wyllie. explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made things had become superfluous which, although they could not be condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell waiting to save him. feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that beginning of this work. looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little was already the end of March, after all. knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple First posted: May 13, 2002 some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention DAMAGE. soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a your equipment. hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, him to spare Gregor's life. make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. just to move about the home, every other day would be spent strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The was already the end of March, after all. peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it so that she might be able to get a better position later on. to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the of receipt of the work. wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had *** START: FULL LICENSE *** involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." Chief Executive and Director as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air travelling salesmen. Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise before. of receipt of the work. Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT beginning of this work. bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to himself. entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried differently from before. So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of disappear. possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with peaceful. kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that a sign that of that there was no question. the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a Metamorphosis looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by redistribution. even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might was already the end of March, after all. superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: even though she could have checked for herself and could have known in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed impose on them. active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do. That's when up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had status with the IRS. Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way Translated by David Wyllie "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear life led by the family during these two months, must have made him back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** looked. they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the redistribution. and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the Translator: David Wyllie front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be by himself. her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed same room with him with the windows closed. understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force Dr. Gregory B. Newby without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when III politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you page at http://pglaf.org now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the III around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. copied or distributed: spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing States. One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort