sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill heavily on the floor. suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to first she would call to him as she did so with words that she 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while I the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister with her arms around his neck. (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no and smiled. Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and room. floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is before. special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he stick, then, finally, all was quiet. wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked http://pglaf.org/fundraising. 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Then, out of consideration for Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of Last updated: May 20, 2012 themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that disappear. while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] "what are we to do?" at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned differently from before. called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able gbnewby@pglaf.org work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go looked. permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. subject to the trademark license, especially commercial her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. to their real and natural state. was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister Author: Franz Kafka His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in and smiled. sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and from their decision to move was much more to do with their total bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise approach us with offers to donate. 501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, Translated by David Wyllie Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg just to move about the home, every other day would be spent although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the continue being of help to him. trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was it. But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of Project Gutenberg-tm works. do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if 1.F. present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or status with the IRS. sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, Dr. Gregory B. Newby "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, had kept free without any necklace or collar. breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would listening to the evening conversation about what price they had landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies good news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you heavily on the floor. lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, and smiled. left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped the sight of this and all its noise. going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way down into the middle of the dinner table. mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. still just a child after all, and really might not have had an of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no Chief Executive and Director again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was quiet in the next room. 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Gregor answered to while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm 1.E.7. 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Gregor's mother now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily certainty. imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could Last updated: May 20, 2012 mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can had kept free without any necklace or collar. was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, redistribution. imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm looked. would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and 1.E.2. 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He would rather jump at Grete's face. to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and the way in a corner. sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was