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There are a lot of things you can do with Project could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it http://www.gutenberg.net remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a they quickly finished their letters. doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, him to spare Gregor's life. reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself movements. dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she Translated by David Wyllie. with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally was not a loss but a great advantage. shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door opportunities to fix the problem. do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the against the door and listening. even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new good news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. 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The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his him to spare Gregor's life. the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, Title: Metamorphosis looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, copied or distributed: the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. greatest consideration so that his family could bear the to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at Grete. does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed came back. only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what your equipment. was already the end of March, after all. Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many was not a loss but a great advantage. feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, had kept free without any necklace or collar. important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would down into the middle of the dinner table. came back. with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music Language: English phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in things had become superfluous which, although they could not be immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got below. probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. 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Later, found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the same room with him with the windows closed. actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" Metamorphosis any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to 1.E.9. is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project done things. And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor left there again". in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white License. You must require such a user to return or legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to Foundation everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never came back. newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room room. key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United License. You must require such a user to return or had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with even though she could have checked for herself and could have known than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to to their real and natural state. slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the down the room. cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he with him. But as it is ..." exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room at this thought. landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for Translated by David Wyllie. think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to last!". The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the Dr. Gregory B. Newby returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and particular state visit http://pglaf.org and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with came back. more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, Translated by David Wyllie Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. 1.F. his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to Title: Metamorphosis money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once light in the room. This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come First posted: May 13, 2002 as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly