him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into came back. Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother to their real and natural state. about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really 1.E.3. 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He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at room. back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There with him. But as it is ..." wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** http://gutenberg.net/license). finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - him to spare Gregor's life. License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become a sign that of that there was no question. where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared works. here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH peaceful. was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him http://gutenberg.net/license). "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible III or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something had kept free without any necklace or collar. probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it peaceful. *** START: FULL LICENSE *** left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their the sight of this and all its noise. how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work there was still some money available from the old days. It was not up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite Translated by David Wyllie Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to 501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing Foundation Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped Translator: David Wyllie his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in dry-eyed at the table. home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and still just a child after all, and really might not have had an and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was him to spare Gregor's life. looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the between all the easier". instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way Last updated: May 20, 2012 staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project Literary Archive Foundation goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But gbnewby@pglaf.org morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in without anything decisive happening, without even giving the almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room last!". would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the approach us with offers to donate. of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to status with the IRS. with him. But as it is ..." expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her came back. to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can the way in a corner. Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps he do anything to make them look away. would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, Title: Metamorphosis thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to III "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - First posted: May 13, 2002 For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with expression in her eyes. It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted http://www.gutenberg.net top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room differently from before. his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight my train leaves at five." they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door Project Gutenberg-tm works. was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards looked. "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would consciousness.