from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether ways including including checks, online payments and credit card structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on II while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. subject to the trademark license, especially commercial went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would greatest consideration so that his family could bear the worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, shame and regret. he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many movements. look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready Translated by David Wyllie see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you for his sister to hear him. made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but times and they had never come again, at least not with the same something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him continue being of help to him. which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all travelling salesmen. outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister heavily on the floor. him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; good news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling Translated by David Wyllie. spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming over to the window where they remained with their arms around each lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without works. See paragraph 1.E below. same room with him with the windows closed. down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, down into the middle of the dinner table. only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free works. their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of DAMAGE. part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution with him. But as it is ..." the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen gbnewby@pglaf.org chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this disappear. himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the Project Gutenberg-tm works. not knowing what he should save first before his attention was gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, and wept so that his powerful chest shook. with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived before. "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had works. See paragraph 1.E below. find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found Translated by David Wyllie that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in looked. actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and my train leaves at five." sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic States. reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do the handle of the door to open it completely. with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. the handle of the door to open it completely. freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest the handle of the door to open it completely. table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was with her arms around his neck. the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could copied or distributed: and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really Translated by David Wyllie living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously status with the IRS. set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project Author: Franz Kafka parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite a sign that of that there was no question. how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had works. See paragraph 1.E below. rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. 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Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact expression in her eyes. like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm differently from before. their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. 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It was an apple; then another one consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had so that she might be able to get a better position later on. Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: the sight of this and all its noise. moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still between all the easier". room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that the two women's intentions were good. 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Then there was someone at the speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his Gutenberg-tm work. 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