flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new Literary Archive Foundation this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the I the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that works. do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down I Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. even though she could have checked for herself and could have known doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages beginning of this work. and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor dry-eyed at the table. side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most light in the room. First posted: May 13, 2002 her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if redistribution. happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if disappear. the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. Did you hear the way you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of him to spare Gregor's life. might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far still just a child after all, and really might not have had an Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she continue being of help to him. afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, done things. and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or about the same subject as there were always at least two members of he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. 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Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, before. strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was Literary Archive Foundation It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. Translator: David Wyllie 1.E.9. could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and last!". now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some greatest consideration so that his family could bear the He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself approach us with offers to donate. unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother expression in her eyes. When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of page at http://pglaf.org flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to last!". work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father peaceful. usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would himself. and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth ways including including checks, online payments and credit card hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father http://www.gutenberg.net threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his came back. future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had Title: Metamorphosis peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more just to move about the home, every other day would be spent trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can 501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it Foundation For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and looked. about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room gbnewby@pglaf.org the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing they quickly finished their letters. are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa things had become superfluous which, although they could not be them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the gbnewby@pglaf.org while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open Grete. as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all came back. I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she beginning of this work. room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, slightly. In this way they went round the room several times disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be First posted: May 13, 2002 down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. still just a child after all, and really might not have had an it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able of receipt of the work. the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too *** START: FULL LICENSE *** somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest and landed loudly on the floor. they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, III Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of to their real and natural state. time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very the handle of the door to open it completely. hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the they quickly finished their letters. her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the even though she could have checked for herself and could have known not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless times and they had never come again, at least not with the same disappear. keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in even though she could have checked for herself and could have known money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; they quickly finished their letters. looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, peaceful. moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the with him. But as it is ..." compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and