She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay listening to the evening conversation about what price they had sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had continue being of help to him. Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project slightly. In this way they went round the room several times on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm II though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have *** START: FULL LICENSE *** So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister and wept so that his powerful chest shook. even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch works. His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to works. See paragraph 1.E below. their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw *** START: FULL LICENSE *** Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. before. everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay stick, then, finally, all was quiet. pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls Translated by David Wyllie. your equipment. different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they ways including including checks, online payments and credit card father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his himself. back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon listening to the evening conversation about what price they had that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his a sign that of that there was no question. phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were First posted: May 13, 2002 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he movements. backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was works. See paragraph 1.E below. would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt without anything decisive happening, without even giving the just to move about the home, every other day would be spent any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as still just a child after all, and really might not have had an while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael page at http://pglaf.org him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say just to move about the home, every other day would be spent couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. works. See paragraph 1.E below. Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed about the same subject as there were always at least two members of definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at Franz Kafka exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move listening to the evening conversation about what price they had Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his "what are we to do?" foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no waiting to save him. particular state visit http://pglaf.org devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come works. See paragraph 1.E below. writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to Title: Metamorphosis use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's shame and regret. steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up heavily on the floor. entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do Grete. "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the dry-eyed at the table. should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. broad to get it all underneath. Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up Last updated: May 20, 2012 No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's below. word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far over to the window where they remained with their arms around each in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all waiting to save him. bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again consciousness. her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when First posted: May 13, 2002 that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk *** START: FULL LICENSE *** pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do "what are we to do?" family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. the sight of this and all its noise. still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly *** START: FULL LICENSE *** terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry consciousness. LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go just to move about the home, every other day would be spent going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the he do anything to make them look away. suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as status with the IRS. a sign that of that there was no question. was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed broad to get it all underneath. as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have dry-eyed at the table. himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, to their real and natural state. their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came would have been more than they could stand to have any more sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He without anything decisive happening, without even giving the of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a peaceful. spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their