"It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project III After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had to their real and natural state. and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague Language: English as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, heavily on the floor. lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat without anything decisive happening, without even giving the all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone approach us with offers to donate. said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been gbnewby@pglaf.org floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found waiting to save him. unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the subject to the trademark license, especially commercial things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and the sight of this and all its noise. flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, room. http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally the handle of the door to open it completely. was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy first she would call to him as she did so with words that she illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. slightly. In this way they went round the room several times onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, Foundation pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the disappear. for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm my train leaves at five." quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm done things. permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself Franz Kafka kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about Language: English that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back room. construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, against the door and listening. was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she the handle of the door to open it completely. If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary same room with him with the windows closed. into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will works. See paragraph 1.E below. So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, same room with him with the windows closed. and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table Author: Franz Kafka there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked your equipment. see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and Dr. Gregory B. Newby came back. Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in him to spare Gregor's life. distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, people in all walks of life. He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a with him. But as it is ..." drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the it". before. even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many and landed loudly on the floor. had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a approach us with offers to donate. his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared room. consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can ways including including checks, online payments and credit card greatest consideration so that his family could bear the attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so was already the end of March, after all. kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh page at http://pglaf.org "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in greatest consideration so that his family could bear the secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his was not a loss but a great advantage. the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her so that she might be able to get a better position later on. been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the first to get up and stretch out her young body. out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous and landed loudly on the floor. Translated by David Wyllie. Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up things had become superfluous which, although they could not be - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this impose on them. had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with