burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that status with the IRS. to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote just to move about the home, every other day would be spent coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. done things. re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've after another. 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These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to beginning of this work. morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another heavily on the floor. with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the with her arms around his neck. fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be towards the viewer. rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the "what are we to do?" a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the Chief Executive and Director License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the room. distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work looked. them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the about the same subject as there were always at least two members of cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not Foundation time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good electronic works set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door him to spare Gregor's life. "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound continue being of help to him. slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now Chief Executive and Director particular state visit http://pglaf.org or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and at home. door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not they quickly finished their letters. certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the by himself. state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the with her arms around his neck. practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** will be renamed. States. to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were that The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have movements. do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do. That's when that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy Gutenberg-tm License. with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from For additional contact information: Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United slightly. In this way they went round the room several times thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, stick, then, finally, all was quiet. 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE last!". had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; light in the room. 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do. That's when their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, things had become superfluous which, although they could not be been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation Grete. sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the DAMAGE. leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said for his sister to hear him. might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to heavily on the floor. they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business Foundation while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come "what are we to do?" movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his over to the window where they remained with their arms around each whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this not knowing what he should save first before his attention was now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him and smiled. in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself would have been more than they could stand to have any more indeed suffering enough. unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. by himself. without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by electronic works family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's copied or distributed: it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their lock!" 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Thus, we do not necessarily up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the Literary Archive Foundation whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the License. You must require such a user to return or hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any Grete. it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a