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Drawn in by the was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the continue being of help to him. the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, would have been more than they could stand to have any more watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many the handle of the door to open it completely. slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. License. You must require such a user to return or That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his dry-eyed at the table. bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without down the room. watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest 1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be Gutenberg-tm License. it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making I one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, even though she could have checked for herself and could have known The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, Project Gutenberg-tm works. pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her disappear. slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works disappear. Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or your equipment. my train leaves at five." that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in below. this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, Franz Kafka his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation was not a loss but a great advantage. exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't from their decision to move was much more to do with their total and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall Grete. this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. Last updated: May 20, 2012 whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. *** START: FULL LICENSE *** Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic ways including including checks, online payments and credit card some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his Author: Franz Kafka set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. of receipt of the work. 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be not knowing what he should save first before his attention was say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone beginning of this work. course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the below. closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right continue being of help to him. After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his DAMAGE. might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the http://gutenberg.net/license). Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple expression in her eyes. Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the was not a loss but a great advantage. required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising a sign that of that there was no question. Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, and wept so that his powerful chest shook. and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want shame and regret. sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE Franz Kafka come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she continue being of help to him. the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister down the room. "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then Translated by David Wyllie. suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than certainty. curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor the way in a corner. he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a DAMAGE. she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. copied or distributed: Literary Archive Foundation and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been life led by the family during these two months, must have made him probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so Project Gutenberg-tm works. came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided Chief Executive and Director now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became he do anything to make them look away. copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you II straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't copied or distributed: that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support.