movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching Translated by David Wyllie was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he before. outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. page at http://pglaf.org and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project "what are we to do?" him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of down into the middle of the dinner table. finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing listening to the evening conversation about what price they had Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air Foundation This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her slightly. In this way they went round the room several times respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email http://www.gutenberg.net II slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with below. condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell I - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange peaceful. other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way between all the easier". despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for times and they had never come again, at least not with the same simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination light in the room. usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to times and they had never come again, at least not with the same his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, License. You must require such a user to return or it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his below. until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition first to get up and stretch out her young body. do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no just to move about the home, every other day would be spent a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk Gutenberg-tm License. as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own it". him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a differently from before. and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or Author: Franz Kafka It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at just to move about the home, every other day would be spent He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down differently from before. probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be there was still some money available from the old days. It was not bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be the handle of the door to open it completely. driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic it. But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. of receipt of the work. Dr. Gregory B. Newby Translator: David Wyllie Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: him to spare Gregor's life. made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. http://gutenberg.net/license). would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from Title: Metamorphosis "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply disappear. and landed loudly on the floor. the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort looked. your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to over to the window where they remained with their arms around each Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite would have been more than they could stand to have any more and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister Translated by David Wyllie wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was *** START: FULL LICENSE *** look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising Title: Metamorphosis head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper stick, then, finally, all was quiet. only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have continue being of help to him. that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether travelling salesmen. with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the Chief Executive and Director precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, heavily on the floor. him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it before. before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty consciousness. have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way peace I get in my old age!" 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Contributions to the Project Gutenberg father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got looked. and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself more, everything was left up to him. 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"What do you mean?", asked the attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from Chief Executive and Director Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept continue being of help to him. suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and had kept free without any necklace or collar. the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his down the room. they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the and wept so that his powerful chest shook. should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without to their real and natural state. benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each