does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in greatest consideration so that his family could bear the held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had disappear. entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes listening to the evening conversation about what price they had fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was Project Gutenberg-tm works. WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't at this thought. parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's it. But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once Franz Kafka he do anything to make them look away. not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came against the door and listening. came back. with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot ways including including checks, online payments and credit card again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make and wept so that his powerful chest shook. him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply that ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down impose on them. suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost opportunities to fix the problem. you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at a sound to be heard. 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Meanwhile Gregor's sister "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in 1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. 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Arms outstretched, she fell onto the easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended all his force out of the bed. 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If he succeeded in falling out and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the he do anything to make them look away. taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself broad to get it all underneath. Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he against the door and listening. eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do people in all walks of life. after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled between all the easier". find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in at this thought. So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible movements. little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front sweetly. 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LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father the handle of the door to open it completely. spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would Last updated: May 20, 2012 where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa waiting to save him. doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said things had become superfluous which, although they could not be and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous III stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been from their decision to move was much more to do with their total vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might still just a child after all, and really might not have had an doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with Gutenberg-tm License. receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with down the room. middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the open country outside the town. 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The next train went at posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he that the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at without anything decisive happening, without even giving the was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some towards the viewer. this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with No-one noticed him, though. 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The first response to his considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know and wept so that his powerful chest shook. conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email ways including including checks, online payments and credit card herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution redistribution. "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even II watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a status with the IRS. lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been works. of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock