the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief movements. away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do came back. "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's left there again". appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the subject to the trademark license, especially commercial whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help continue being of help to him. side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his License. You must require such a user to return or make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the Foundation door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. there was still some money available from the old days. It was not idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of between all the easier". couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant Language: English the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his himself. had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his III this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from below. they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't even though she could have checked for herself and could have known open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would redistribution. access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight room. and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on towards the viewer. and landed loudly on the floor. everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do stick, then, finally, all was quiet. away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the works. the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was still just a child after all, and really might not have had an while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which works. See paragraph 1.E below. floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was Translated by David Wyllie. it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the he do anything to make them look away. construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come and wept so that his powerful chest shook. "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the III lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner by himself. course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied redistribution. suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up slightly. In this way they went round the room several times Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough good news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, Author: Franz Kafka see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that down into the middle of the dinner table. himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, towards the viewer. because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes done things. and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. consciousness. be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing greatest consideration so that his family could bear the the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a States. early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy looked. foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost first she would call to him as she did so with words that she question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had greatest consideration so that his family could bear the towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most particular state visit http://pglaf.org enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with without anything decisive happening, without even giving the his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help my train leaves at five." Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned face against her father's arm. hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in Language: English better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or Author: Franz Kafka although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room things had become superfluous which, although they could not be such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go the way in a corner. their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he indeed suffering enough. had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for would have been more than they could stand to have any more soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles slightly. In this way they went round the room several times charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United States. looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. 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If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest and never to have to open the door unless it was especially what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did the way in a corner. make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no Grete. fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I Translated by David Wyllie. driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any Literary Archive Foundation prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much there was still some money available from the old days. It was not about the same subject as there were always at least two members of life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on opportunities to fix the problem. possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding Author: Franz Kafka of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting done things. "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; Gutenberg-tm License. would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the still just a child after all, and really might not have had an takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. Did you hear the way 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it