To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; below. dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as same room with him with the windows closed. 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" differently from before. went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was Grete. day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in done things. as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the continue being of help to him. by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by ways including including checks, online payments and credit card where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother ways including including checks, online payments and credit card the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was even though she could have checked for herself and could have known trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than he do anything to make them look away. shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. the handle of the door to open it completely. but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then he do anything to make them look away. receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she looked. Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; and wept so that his powerful chest shook. she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance Translated by David Wyllie. posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution Foundation with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but between all the easier". found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be DAMAGE. his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the between all the easier". any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was differently from before. onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke Project Gutenberg-tm works. wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up was not a loss but a great advantage. permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right 1.E.9. seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and came back. 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her Foundation electronic works without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. and smiled. Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but good news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was III it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to expression in her eyes. day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and travelling salesmen. tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, would have been more than they could stand to have any more page at http://pglaf.org broad to get it all underneath. himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do movements. badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's my train leaves at five." But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by II Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project electronic works The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply came back. mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without Author: Franz Kafka both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or greatest consideration so that his family could bear the immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of Translated by David Wyllie. The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm differently from before. them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he electronic works from their decision to move was much more to do with their total heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he left there again". frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the http://gutenberg.net/license). All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see your equipment. even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together gbnewby@pglaf.org drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with Author: Franz Kafka parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded of receipt of the work. strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand just to move about the home, every other day would be spent better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also below. it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I Author: Franz Kafka that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister before. then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself http://gutenberg.net/license). Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and works. See paragraph 1.E below. the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that First posted: May 13, 2002 forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right of receipt of the work. knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief light in the room. terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. not knowing what he should save first before his attention was last!". unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would redistribution. dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some