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But as if in gruff that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of http://www.gutenberg.net until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. 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Then, quietly, she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought was not a loss but a great advantage. was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, times and they had never come again, at least not with the same consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a face against her father's arm. and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer so that she might be able to get a better position later on. controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to things had become superfluous which, although they could not be unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, was not a loss but a great advantage. landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite Translated by David Wyllie. able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, differently from before. such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael approach us with offers to donate. up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand expression in her eyes. find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it and smiled. and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many a sign that of that there was no question. seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room with her arms around his neck. more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary works. See paragraph 1.E below. without anything decisive happening, without even giving the last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net down the room. his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in before. should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost continue being of help to him. soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't III copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its still just a child after all, and really might not have had an that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or without anything decisive happening, without even giving the become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in Project Gutenberg-tm works. before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than Grete. he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was heavily on the floor. entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player at this thought. went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door travelling salesmen. permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible the sight of this and all its noise. adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her consciousness. the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones room. dry-eyed at the table. PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop movements. around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact was already the end of March, after all. unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could himself. father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's Language: English with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them just to move about the home, every other day would be spent you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with your equipment. before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's will be renamed. hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was against the door and listening. state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock impose on them. sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies movements. knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. indeed suffering enough. well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the and smiled. badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual dry-eyed at the table. entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious I Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat opportunities to fix the problem. The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his below. happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the Last updated: May 20, 2012 and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how continue being of help to him. both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we 501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that expression in her eyes. she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He Metamorphosis turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by Literary Archive Foundation individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into