him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his 1.E.9. even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough after another. 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And nor is your position movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on certainty. respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be times and they had never come again, at least not with the same "what are we to do?" owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room Project Gutenberg-tm works. was already the end of March, after all. INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite travelling salesmen. her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up looked. room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the impose on them. subject to the trademark license, especially commercial For additional contact information: to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort between all the easier". the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and status with the IRS. doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so differently from before. would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed II their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the disappear. 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of will be renamed. our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, shame and regret. experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke waiting to save him. promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, with him. But as it is ..." not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they was already the end of March, after all. before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown Title: Metamorphosis there was still some money available from the old days. It was not No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and electronic works suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my works. Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and without anything decisive happening, without even giving the fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It without anything decisive happening, without even giving the possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at works. uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; DAMAGE. sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the Language: English friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially "what are we to do?" 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was it. But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the heavily on the floor. 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to Translated by David Wyllie. speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's for his sister to hear him. agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out will be renamed. number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him him to spare Gregor's life. like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness ways including including checks, online payments and credit card was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always heavily on the floor. usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently life led by the family during these two months, must have made him from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the Literary Archive Foundation dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never foot at him as he went. 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If you do not agree to abide by all When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he beginning of this work. forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. Grete. When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps will be renamed. butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do. That's when he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE Chief Executive and Director to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR at home. see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, listening to the evening conversation about what price they had the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was without anything decisive happening, without even giving the come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with for his sister to hear him. on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself same room with him with the windows closed. the way in a corner. falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the light in the room. nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. him to spare Gregor's life. think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost Grete. wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was Metamorphosis lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa had kept free without any necklace or collar. "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly just to move about the home, every other day would be spent consciousness. Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would the way in a corner. leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. page at http://pglaf.org Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had of receipt of the work. secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing so that she might be able to get a better position later on. TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond first she would call to him as she did so with words that she front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth the handle of the door to open it completely. copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with ways including including checks, online payments and credit card 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still,