continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been indeed suffering enough. the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand done things. thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his just to move about the home, every other day would be spent you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most against the door and listening. sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of so that she might be able to get a better position later on. his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to not knowing what he should save first before his attention was Last updated: May 20, 2012 in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter against the door and listening. had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if they quickly finished their letters. and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender Translated by David Wyllie stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay Chief Executive and Director sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, even though she could have checked for herself and could have known had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide 1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able Metamorphosis representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than indeed suffering enough. But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no looked. had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the page at http://pglaf.org Grete. it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried certainty. Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a was already the end of March, after all. wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up would have been more than they could stand to have any more quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: left there again". hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite gbnewby@pglaf.org in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he continue being of help to him. unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was at home. home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something good news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? subject to the trademark license, especially commercial have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in for his sister to hear him. foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no without anything decisive happening, without even giving the life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back even though she could have checked for herself and could have known shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were good news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. Gutenberg-tm License. as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's Project Gutenberg-tm works. responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you Last updated: May 20, 2012 out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to Chief Executive and Director called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier it". ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but DAMAGE. That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had still just a child after all, and really might not have had an understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so and smiled. think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter flow of coffee. 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His father was healthy but old, could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off Author: Franz Kafka had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about Section 1. 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If you throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. my train leaves at five." only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, same room with him with the windows closed. dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the 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 sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister 1.F. enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply between all the easier". the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He works. To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good with him. But as it is ..." only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples http://gutenberg.net/license). below. day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as