he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was Project Gutenberg-tm works. hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. redistribution. not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut expression in her eyes. When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table to their real and natural state. all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say down the room. furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would First posted: May 13, 2002 room. them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - 1.F. belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that works. It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room particular state visit http://pglaf.org even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his the sight of this and all its noise. good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt last!". LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had 1.E.9. been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at would have been more than they could stand to have any more If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. over to the window where they remained with their arms around each while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a Foundation differently from before. Grete. anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far looked. kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any approach us with offers to donate. did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on subject to the trademark license, especially commercial certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, my train leaves at five." breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the continue being of help to him. newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and opportunities to fix the problem. went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project he do anything to make them look away. strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. heavily on the floor. even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects with her arms around his neck. now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm will be renamed. because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to and landed loudly on the floor. possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little by himself. startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune still just a child after all, and really might not have had an his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with certainty. that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, waiting to save him. difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort impose on them. a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would For additional contact information: the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his number is 64-6221541. 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But now, of course, he had far shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled ways including including checks, online payments and credit card parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to differently from before. held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. at home. listening to the evening conversation about what price they had as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief Literary Archive Foundation and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his would have been more than they could stand to have any more without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had Last updated: May 20, 2012 struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she listening to the evening conversation about what price they had money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the your equipment. law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched my train leaves at five." to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER Title: Metamorphosis The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room came back. meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, listening to the evening conversation about what price they had precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, Project Gutenberg-tm works. ways including including checks, online payments and credit card achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the life led by the family during these two months, must have made him infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the to their real and natural state. the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: was already the end of March, after all. this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could Author: Franz Kafka out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired 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 across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the against the door and listening. in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed Foundation less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without that towards the viewer. her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was left there again". "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light 1.F. round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the last!". irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and and never to have to open the door unless it was especially cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the was already the end of March, after all. he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very Translated by David Wyllie. If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the peaceful. But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his first to get up and stretch out her young body.