become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with first she would call to him as she did so with words that she Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. face against her father's arm. darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, over to the window where they remained with their arms around each around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement DAMAGE. watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn before. delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood before. was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no Translated by David Wyllie. the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her even though she could have checked for herself and could have known 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right by himself. of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included peaceful. WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have looked. word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed Translated by David Wyllie was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm peaceful. even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move from their decision to move was much more to do with their total don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that 501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his Franz Kafka Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who impose on them. Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he States. ways including including checks, online payments and credit card All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, redistribution. required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. 1.E.9. there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. and wept so that his powerful chest shook. Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with certainty. success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour life led by the family during these two months, must have made him able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I Foundation just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project times and they had never come again, at least not with the same still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He disappear. company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of without anything decisive happening, without even giving the doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their just to move about the home, every other day would be spent in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was will be renamed. flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded times and they had never come again, at least not with the same such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it Author: Franz Kafka and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the light in the room. carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any times and they had never come again, at least not with the same redistribution. the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister slightly. In this way they went round the room several times subject to the trademark license, especially commercial their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to between all the easier". the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment things had become superfluous which, although they could not be as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said subject to the trademark license, especially commercial second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced from their decision to move was much more to do with their total around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, Last updated: May 20, 2012 notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards and landed loudly on the floor. as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position Franz Kafka "what are we to do?" and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, Author: Franz Kafka out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had it". electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once 1.E.9. with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open room. understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work Title: Metamorphosis family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, and never to have to open the door unless it was especially and never to have to open the door unless it was especially that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project travelling salesmen. was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. Language: English his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance same room with him with the windows closed. expression in her eyes. although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the differently from before. chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his just to move about the home, every other day would be spent decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his 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 dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. States. through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with done things. full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in Author: Franz Kafka doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he heavily on the floor. Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his dry-eyed at the table. - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone