1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position States. his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. Translated by David Wyllie. Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the with her arms around his neck. this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the Translator: David Wyllie lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes had kept free without any necklace or collar. way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously there was still some money available from the old days. It was not smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to between all the easier". morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He electronic works had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond against the door and listening. word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had from their decision to move was much more to do with their total without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut good news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy would have been more than they could stand to have any more useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing First posted: May 13, 2002 set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which Metamorphosis line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and came back. first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly Project Gutenberg-tm works. used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do. That's when To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak *** START: FULL LICENSE *** recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could subject to the trademark license, especially commercial think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers not knowing what he should save first before his attention was and never to have to open the door unless it was especially they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to indeed suffering enough. be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his done things. hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with from their decision to move was much more to do with their total not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without works. See paragraph 1.E below. achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to works. See paragraph 1.E below. sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost Dr. Gregory B. Newby into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning indeed suffering enough. frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, he do anything to make them look away. as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and to their real and natural state. good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards there was still some money available from the old days. It was not ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to down the room. find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously would have been more than they could stand to have any more posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new so that she might be able to get a better position later on. had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make still just a child after all, and really might not have had an on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included and never to have to open the door unless it was especially to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down certainty. access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family against the door and listening. nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her Franz Kafka or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists "what are we to do?" things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some and landed loudly on the floor. she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there Translated by David Wyllie. do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with down the room. time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room last!". 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his page at http://pglaf.org useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no Gutenberg-tm License. was not a loss but a great advantage. complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt and landed loudly on the floor. able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg Language: English chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the Franz Kafka looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his with him. But as it is ..." electronic works seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him a sign that of that there was no question. by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but times and they had never come again, at least not with the same practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See gbnewby@pglaf.org and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution