achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the your equipment. a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day copied or distributed: on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but light in the room. of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to http://www.gutenberg.net electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling beginning of this work. cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous disappear. his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. page at http://pglaf.org shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright with her arms around his neck. the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was dry-eyed at the table. no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where broad to get it all underneath. straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the travelling salesmen. he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a 1.F. now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the page at http://pglaf.org http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to Translated by David Wyllie. between all the easier". Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall down the room. politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel For additional contact information: even though she could have checked for herself and could have known Author: Franz Kafka works. throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his subject to the trademark license, especially commercial used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: disappear. hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands before. the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his first to get up and stretch out her young body. herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally indeed suffering enough. his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at things had become superfluous which, although they could not be leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect copied or distributed: with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business my train leaves at five." him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate himself. him to spare Gregor's life. bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what the handle of the door to open it completely. His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, it". morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away redistribution. "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did II hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact impose on them. speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and probably permanently. 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Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was Project Gutenberg-tm works. whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say For additional contact information: mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and Foundation work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the Metamorphosis couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we License. You must require such a user to return or strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished below. seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about ways including including checks, online payments and credit card and wept so that his powerful chest shook. on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. http://gutenberg.net/license). easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a and landed loudly on the floor. quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no Dr. Gregory B. Newby himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak approach us with offers to donate. been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but Last updated: May 20, 2012 this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of would have been more than they could stand to have any more to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of from their decision to move was much more to do with their total all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite Translator: David Wyllie to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, things had become superfluous which, although they could not be use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff the handle of the door to open it completely. consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka at this thought. copied or distributed: terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his he do anything to make them look away. strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked life led by the family during these two months, must have made him the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and