choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, same room with him with the windows closed. it. But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with For additional contact information: The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the before. things had become superfluous which, although they could not be So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and Translated by David Wyllie useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would without anything decisive happening, without even giving the there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or http://gutenberg.net/license). in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, *** START: FULL LICENSE *** to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his from their decision to move was much more to do with their total a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his Last updated: May 20, 2012 with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped would have been more than they could stand to have any more improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room left there again". protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel beginning of this work. from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have I to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE himself. bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd broad to get it all underneath. abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he gbnewby@pglaf.org immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the ways including including checks, online payments and credit card She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his 1.F. round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit about the same subject as there were always at least two members of more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any with her arms around his neck. up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be Franz Kafka any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" last!". Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it Foundation went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full beginning of this work. front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and Franz Kafka States. how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other heavily on the floor. Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room listening to the evening conversation about what price they had He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry Title: Metamorphosis posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty particular state visit http://pglaf.org prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him first she would call to him as she did so with words that she dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more http://gutenberg.net/license). been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the page at http://pglaf.org feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you movements. International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, before. electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with over to the window where they remained with their arms around each would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself greatest consideration so that his family could bear the for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were left there again". had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. dry-eyed at the table. When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. impose on them. highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at at this thought. done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: about the same subject as there were always at least two members of folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke people in all walks of life. milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 him to spare Gregor's life. he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm beginning of this work. serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go waiting to save him. stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been electronic works she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed continue being of help to him. hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to page at http://pglaf.org the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would the handle of the door to open it completely. Chief Executive and Director PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had had kept free without any necklace or collar. much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman