which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that towards the viewer. a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would last!". the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy between all the easier". creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's connection with their leader. 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The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough still just a child after all, and really might not have had an "what are we to do?" course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in so that she might be able to get a better position later on. situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to with her arms around his neck. his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg and smiled. in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, down into the middle of the dinner table. success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in waiting to save him. care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, Translated by David Wyllie. had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to certainty. nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between States. of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether 1.F. have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to works. from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed first to get up and stretch out her young body. round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he impose on them. state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. done things. His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and it". side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they I out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the disappear. this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with ways including including checks, online payments and credit card infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom Project Gutenberg-tm works. would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended copied or distributed: first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, III (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on of receipt of the work. are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, status with the IRS. condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly of receipt of the work. importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch and landed loudly on the floor. from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower consciousness. shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by Last updated: May 20, 2012 fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, Title: Metamorphosis come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of the way in a corner. nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore just to move about the home, every other day would be spent here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness consciousness. sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; movements. almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or will be renamed. parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and they quickly finished their letters. side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" redistribution. flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free the sight of this and all its noise. ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you shame and regret. stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself stick, then, finally, all was quiet. enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed Translator: David Wyllie people in all walks of life. these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he against the door and listening. Franz Kafka drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by heavily on the floor. to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro light in the room. called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he last!". chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm he do anything to make them look away. that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that 1.F.3. 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It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free Translated by David Wyllie beginning of this work. to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room donations. 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