or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" First posted: May 13, 2002 in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in "what are we to do?" looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have Franz Kafka opportunities to fix the problem. Language: English her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project with her arms around his neck. up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still from their decision to move was much more to do with their total with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to still just a child after all, and really might not have had an sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that and never to have to open the door unless it was especially time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and would have been more than they could stand to have any more electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; my train leaves at five." way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible indeed suffering enough. that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort would have been more than they could stand to have any more certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it expression in her eyes. the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down they quickly finished their letters. - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and by himself. Chief Executive and Director they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important and smiled. against the door and listening. 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" http://gutenberg.net/license). understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in the handle of the door to open it completely. Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you http://www.gutenberg.net Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is impose on them. Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware Franz Kafka the sight of this and all its noise. word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest still just a child after all, and really might not have had an "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project electronic works business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used http://www.gutenberg.net him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and heavily on the floor. rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be States. at home. this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with things had become superfluous which, although they could not be how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I light in the room. Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to greatest consideration so that his family could bear the works. See paragraph 1.E below. "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then Chief Executive and Director Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the and wept so that his powerful chest shook. else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the down into the middle of the dinner table. drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all without anything decisive happening, without even giving the came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to of receipt of the work. and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If expression in her eyes. Dr. Gregory B. Newby their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his Dr. Gregory B. Newby irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. II Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. page at http://pglaf.org Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple and smiled. This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light that of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without movements. quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in down the room. open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever with her arms around his neck. corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their things had become superfluous which, although they could not be three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his him to spare Gregor's life. on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his with her arms around his neck. different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. and never to have to open the door unless it was especially 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he Author: Franz Kafka instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could Project Gutenberg-tm works. put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. will be renamed. chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one was not a loss but a great advantage. prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments first she would call to him as she did so with words that she landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite 1.A. 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Gregor heard That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. down the room. After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong was not a loss but a great advantage. Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and gbnewby@pglaf.org so that she might be able to get a better position later on. burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was Last updated: May 20, 2012 It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear differently from before. eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm had kept free without any necklace or collar. there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of without anything decisive happening, without even giving the responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, Dr. Gregory B. Newby the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the still just a child after all, and really might not have had an Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt differently from before. fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. 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