before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between Metamorphosis without anything decisive happening, without even giving the provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three consciousness. Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, the sight of this and all its noise. that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father redistribution. hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped so that she might be able to get a better position later on. sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in opportunities to fix the problem. been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt certainty. included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their 1.F. hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of left there again". Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. first she would call to him as she did so with words that she was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of at this thought. superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when that with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. Did you hear the way there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced First posted: May 13, 2002 of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest last!". with him. But as it is ..." located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. 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Or he might go (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any down into the middle of the dinner table. Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a consciousness. Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing still just a child after all, and really might not have had an butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide just to move about the home, every other day would be spent them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might left there again". dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by travelling salesmen. ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never life led by the family during these two months, must have made him access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear Dr. Gregory B. Newby the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, against the door and listening. superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could my train leaves at five." It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project slightly. In this way they went round the room several times "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his dry-eyed at the table. kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was at home. look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping that "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. 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Gregor went and waited choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I page at http://pglaf.org darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of would have been more than they could stand to have any more her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or copied or distributed: and wept so that his powerful chest shook. works. See paragraph 1.E below. again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks copied or distributed: family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing shame and regret. might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did your equipment. for his sister to hear him. speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him approach us with offers to donate. License. You must require such a user to return or milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head Translated by David Wyllie. and smiled. "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was before. think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, opportunities to fix the problem. only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that 1.F. things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished the handle of the door to open it completely. method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at