unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also works. a sign that of that there was no question. pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this looked. lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. was not a loss but a great advantage. with her arms around his neck. from their decision to move was much more to do with their total access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true disappear. shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He and never to have to open the door unless it was especially before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest even though she could have checked for herself and could have known Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had ways including including checks, online payments and credit card Grete. to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. times and they had never come again, at least not with the same find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** States. towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual shame and regret. *** START: FULL LICENSE *** 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable peaceful. consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room Translated by David Wyllie. nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family it". chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so the sight of this and all its noise. could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and 1.F. were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, opportunities to fix the problem. stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door him to spare Gregor's life. business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to first to get up and stretch out her young body. complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of about the same subject as there were always at least two members of works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been listening to the evening conversation about what price they had lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would http://gutenberg.net/license). It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the Translated by David Wyllie. there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her disappear. Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, works. See paragraph 1.E below. fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. heavily on the floor. cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into without anything decisive happening, without even giving the throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to by himself. a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to will be renamed. written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was "what are we to do?" This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards movements. word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When consciousness. terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about it. But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he himself. darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of Foundation service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied and landed loudly on the floor. pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in First posted: May 13, 2002 provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further Translated by David Wyllie made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to License. You must require such a user to return or all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had listening to the evening conversation about what price they had meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother Author: Franz Kafka had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across