His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen him to spare Gregor's life. filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I broad to get it all underneath. his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding 1.E.9. hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when page at http://pglaf.org sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself works. watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm 1.E.8. 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As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other Translated by David Wyllie. waiting to save him. when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest people in all walks of life. been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to Franz Kafka perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, down the room. corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his room. this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load gbnewby@pglaf.org their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor with him. But as it is ..." front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. my train leaves at five." front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their Project Gutenberg-tm works. swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but at home. performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated light in the room. all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of just to move about the home, every other day would be spent couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing looked. room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it room. complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room left there again". Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's First posted: May 13, 2002 after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be things had become superfluous which, although they could not be will be renamed. everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women still just a child after all, and really might not have had an work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three "what are we to do?" should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did against the door and listening. their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had dry-eyed at the table. hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half 1.E. 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Until then he had been relatively self and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but gbnewby@pglaf.org from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than a sign that of that there was no question. the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new left there again". decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. 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Of course, we hope that you will support the Project cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. License. You must require such a user to return or we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear certainty. representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of http://gutenberg.net/license). now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible impose on them. for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he at home. just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I things had become superfluous which, although they could not be - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This he do anything to make them look away. able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" was not a loss but a great advantage. *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be the way in a corner. continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, impose on them. possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did good news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she Translator: David Wyllie with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, dry-eyed at the table. screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different 1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on left there again". "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, III Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go from their decision to move was much more to do with their total access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after