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"I declare here and So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a throughout numerous locations. 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Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware my train leaves at five." on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but looked. decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" 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And indeed, his two friends room. a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few copied or distributed: out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier first to get up and stretch out her young body. Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk home. 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Gregor was extremely startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty indeed suffering enough. ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I Title: Metamorphosis joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the first to get up and stretch out her young body. fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she with him. But as it is ..." 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Gregor was still there and had not the slightest helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side differently from before. slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed http://www.gutenberg.net Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: Translated by David Wyllie respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh Franz Kafka "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had particular state visit http://pglaf.org But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or Dr. Gregory B. Newby company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after first she would call to him as she did so with words that she unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as http://gutenberg.net/license). sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. electronic works catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; gbnewby@pglaf.org pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new and wept so that his powerful chest shook. and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have disappear. located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed approach us with offers to donate. living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? even though she could have checked for herself and could have known recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours and wept so that his powerful chest shook. He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they even though she could have checked for herself and could have known have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's light in the room. over to the window where they remained with their arms around each time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's to their real and natural state. because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do. That's when calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be with him. But as it is ..." address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough had kept free without any necklace or collar. "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, First posted: May 13, 2002 This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in he do anything to make them look away. Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification electronic works reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange II with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay subject to the trademark license, especially commercial could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple redistribution. have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it for his sister to hear him. is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been First posted: May 13, 2002 When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep left there again". Metamorphosis Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do gbnewby@pglaf.org soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. towards the viewer. Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself dry-eyed at the table. Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the by himself. do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was particular state visit http://pglaf.org recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. particular state visit http://pglaf.org naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used greatest consideration so that his family could bear the was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than Gutenberg-tm License. receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would impose on them. this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. http://www.gutenberg.net away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more outside the United States. 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The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any 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: would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair Translated by David Wyllie construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. even though she could have checked for herself and could have known When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the of receipt of the work. takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head approach us with offers to donate. suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times between all the easier". cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into with her arms around his neck. all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a