quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go listening to the evening conversation about what price they had immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the had kept free without any necklace or collar. that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising beginning of this work. and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said at this thought. posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an the handle of the door to open it completely. for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be first she would call to him as she did so with words that she whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would waiting to save him. both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he shame and regret. hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was with him. But as it is ..." expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown works. See paragraph 1.E below. experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that indeed suffering enough. strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak continue being of help to him. although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one and wept so that his powerful chest shook. tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant Metamorphosis strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. 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He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. 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So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project First posted: May 13, 2002 ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from times and they had never come again, at least not with the same regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth Translator: David Wyllie they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that done things. curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of first to get up and stretch out her young body. clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do. That's when was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation the way in a corner. Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that was not a loss but a great advantage. harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it opportunities to fix the problem. service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would left there again". again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw stick, then, finally, all was quiet. mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the ways including including checks, online payments and credit card wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. 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He had been reduced to the condition of an nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation came back. the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. works. was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, will be renamed. hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all impose on them. Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face it". bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely room. Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go times and they had never come again, at least not with the same open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. towards the viewer. superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to consciousness. parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their expression in her eyes. than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something and wept so that his powerful chest shook. so that she might be able to get a better position later on. himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't consciousness. with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with Author: Franz Kafka to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much your equipment. all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends it". work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning the sight of this and all its noise. make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats indeed suffering enough. unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, 1.F. three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed greatest consideration so that his family could bear the broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had slightly. In this way they went round the room several times Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and against the door and listening. When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to