everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough without anything decisive happening, without even giving the different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had gbnewby@pglaf.org if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it people in all walks of life. made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the electronic works they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room the handle of the door to open it completely. work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. 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She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to same room with him with the windows closed. Chief Executive and Director they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do. That's when to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, down the room. because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the for his sister to hear him. falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed done things. there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do. That's when without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one http://gutenberg.net/license). as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some License. You must require such a user to return or "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand subject to the trademark license, especially commercial watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family page at http://pglaf.org a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At the way in a corner. he do anything to make them look away. chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other against the door and listening. If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the couch. 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He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she by himself. legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door Section 5. 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It was clear that no-one would his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on DAMAGE. connection with their leader. 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That was something that Gregor did not want to stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear peaceful. True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and down the room. just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised opportunities to fix the problem. ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot For additional contact information: himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the page at http://pglaf.org lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up beginning of this work. cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front shame and regret. his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes down the room. only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their against the door and listening. somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if Translated by David Wyllie screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. 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There are a few it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we Title: Metamorphosis able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a over to the window where they remained with their arms around each thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from dry-eyed at the table. backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from 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 front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not would have been more than they could stand to have any more Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is consciousness. So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. was not a loss but a great advantage. opportunities to fix the problem. not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the things had become superfluous which, although they could not be differently from before. feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in towards the viewer. their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, done things. have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was to their real and natural state. I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all down into the middle of the dinner table. less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate him to spare Gregor's life. you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, for his sister to hear him. fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in there was still some money available from the old days. It was not dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be movements. grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact if she had done her an enormous service. 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