responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, from their decision to move was much more to do with their total because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had with her arms around his neck. fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with him to spare Gregor's life. things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of had kept free without any necklace or collar. sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back was already the end of March, after all. Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. life led by the family during these two months, must have made him more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, the way in a corner. better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from at home. unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project he do anything to make them look away. Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do. That's when greatest consideration so that his family could bear the time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was and wept so that his powerful chest shook. it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now *** START: FULL LICENSE *** re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is 501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to movements. both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael to their real and natural state. a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had my train leaves at five." access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke over to the window where they remained with their arms around each Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the stick, then, finally, all was quiet. thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when life led by the family during these two months, must have made him Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is the sight of this and all its noise. without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman slightly. In this way they went round the room several times eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel they quickly finished their letters. gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" "what are we to do?" himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, Language: English jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm Dr. Gregory B. Newby was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw just to move about the home, every other day would be spent Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of approach us with offers to donate. a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without without anything decisive happening, without even giving the it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance *** START: FULL LICENSE *** had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his dry-eyed at the table. would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a II strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good himself. quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or with him. But as it is ..." nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into peaceful. complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. before. movements. with him. But as it is ..." normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it beginning of this work. her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood left there again". was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the and landed loudly on the floor. just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His electronic works shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with gbnewby@pglaf.org crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the left there again". 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried Metamorphosis wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing slightly. In this way they went round the room several times form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic certainty. without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting would have been more than they could stand to have any more and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or will be renamed. key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would not knowing what he should save first before his attention was suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when and never to have to open the door unless it was especially do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the will be renamed. whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his things had become superfluous which, although they could not be your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until differently from before. watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and differently from before. this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally with him. But as it is ..." any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed Translated by David Wyllie. Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. particular state visit http://pglaf.org because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with light in the room. on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour