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I'm speaking here on behalf of your both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit waiting to save him. use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the will be renamed. works. See paragraph 1.E below. subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the waiting to save him. the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his subject to the trademark license, especially commercial the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying for his sister to hear him. family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good Title: Metamorphosis promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as would have been more than they could stand to have any more But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm Metamorphosis uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands broad to get it all underneath. our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. consciousness. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they there was still some money available from the old days. It was not law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had continue being of help to him. "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, Gutenberg-tm License. out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be light in the room. as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. particular state visit http://pglaf.org in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times down into the middle of the dinner table. early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. Translator: David Wyllie been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me life led by the family during these two months, must have made him charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a dry-eyed at the table. she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and of receipt of the work. It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the with him. But as it is ..." again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be down into the middle of the dinner table. don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would people in all walks of life. seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. listening to the evening conversation about what price they had swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. copied or distributed: expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out would have been more than they could stand to have any more "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping Language: English and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was that intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go works. breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried II adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their copied or distributed: room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with Literary Archive Foundation could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was shame and regret. there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper himself. samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm below. time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: will be renamed. not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt had kept free without any necklace or collar. success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate my train leaves at five." movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go not knowing what he should save first before his attention was "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project room. had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would same room with him with the windows closed. almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm with her arms around his neck.